America: I came here to study, not to show mercy.

Chapter 150 Maid
"whats the matter?"

Seraphina frowned and looked over in confusion along with the other girls.

"You must agree to my conditions first."

Li Xiaoen smiled and spoke slowly, constantly opening and closing the Eye of Insight to monitor the little maid.

"Is it still about the safety of this manor?"

Seraphina couldn't help but confirm it again, but she could already tell from the young man's expression. After a moment's hesitation, she said, "You go first. If the price isn't high enough, then forget it."

"It's up to you, but I have confidence."

Li Xiaoen shrugged, not caring about the trap in the other party's words. He looked at Sufeier and Seraphina. "When you were moving the documents and the safe just now, did you encounter any suspicious people or suspicious actions?"

After these words were spoken, the entire shelter fell silent for a moment. Seraphina and Sophiel looked at each other, frowned, and shook their heads in denial.

"Think about it again?"

Perhaps subconsciously, he thought it was normal. Li Xiaoen continued to guide him, "For example, some people are doing what they are supposed to do according to their identity and mission, but it is definitely not the time for this emergency."

This time, the two women lowered their heads in silence for a long time. At a certain moment, they finally raised their heads and looked at each other.

"That maid!"

They both said in unison, shock creeping onto their faces, "At that time, she was the only one still cleaning."

"It really is that maid."

Li Xiaoen nodded as if nothing had happened and muttered to himself, which immediately attracted the attention of all the girls.

"Sean, you were watching those maids. Was that when you discovered the problem?"

Victoria's mind worked quickly, and she immediately figured out the whole story based on the conversation between the few people. She couldn't help but look up at the young man.

Before entering Seraphina's "arsenal", Victoria also knew about his visit to the maid?

Li Xiaoen's expression turned strange, but he nodded in acknowledgement in response to the gazes of the girls.

"So the hints you gave just now about what you were going to do to that maid were just guesses and inferences?"

Sufeier asked again in disbelief, "Are you so confident in your inference?"

The girls' inexplicable looks turned into shock, and Li Xiaoen nodded, which made them gasp again.

Quietly waiting for the girls to come back to their senses, Li Xiaoen smiled and raised his chin to Seraphina. He didn't care when he got a roll of the eyes. He wiped his hands with a towel and then put them on Victoria's shoulders.

"Victoria, I told you, someone will help."

"air."

Victoria rolled her eyes. The young man just now looked so confident and confident, but now he has become so carefree and funny. He really doesn't want to maintain any glorious image at all.

Suddenly remembering that she had just mentioned that the other party was looking at the maid, Victoria's face flushed, she twisted her shoulders, shook off the boy's arm, turned around and walked out of the bar.

"I helped point out such an important clue, and you won't even give me a word of praise?"

Li Xiaoen complained, but saw Seraphina approaching with a gloomy face and pursed lips, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Thanks, Sean, you're so smart."

Serafina responded with a simple remark and extended her hand.

"Although the tone is wrong, I don't care."

Li Xiaoen was helpless, smiled and shrugged, turned the knife in his hand, and placed the handle in Seraphina's hand, "Thank you for the compliment, Seraphina."

Faced with such words, the young man maintained his usual casual attitude. Seraphina couldn't help but look up at his handsome face with a carefree smile and took a deep breath.

In front of the bar, Sufeil watched the scene quietly, his eyes narrowed slightly.

The atmosphere fell into an eerie silence. Seraphina suddenly came to her senses and her body couldn't help but bump into the young man in front of her, letting out a breath of impatience.

"If you want me to make fruit tea, get out of the way and don't stand here blocking the way."

"I just kindly reminded you, are you being so rude to me again?"

Li Xiaoen walked out of the bar and said, "Seraphina, I'm telling you, I was thinking of letting me drink that cocktail so you could make one less to reduce your workload. I've taken that idea back now."

"Don't worry, I'll make you a big cup, a bucket, and fill you up to death!"

After glaring at the young man, Seraphina washed her hands, lowered her head and began to cut the fruit quickly.

Sitting on the high stool in front of the bar, Li Xiaoen took his cocktail and took a sip. His face was grimacing with excitement again, and only after he recovered did he feel some sweetness.

"By the way, I think I must say this in advance."

He repeatedly turned the Eye of Insight on and off every few moments to monitor the little maid. When he saw her return to the other maids' rooms, Li Xiaoen completely put the system away, looked up and added another sentence.

"You mean, the maid's accomplice, or someone higher up?"

As soon as Li Xiaoen finished speaking, Su Feier took over.

"Yes."

Li Xiaoen smiled and nodded, "Sufeier, you are so smart."

The girl rolled her eyes at the compliment, and Li Xiaoen ignored it, glancing around at the other girls. "For now, we can confirm that the maid is a suspect, but whether she has any accomplices in the manor is still a question."

"Either he's a higher-ranking official than the maid, handing over the easily exposed thefts to her while he handles the rest of the work. Or he's the same rank as the maid, lurking or framing her elsewhere in the various manor teams."

"Is it that serious?"

After hearing what Li Xiaoen said, Seraphina paused her knife movements, frowned, and her face became visibly ugly.

"Assuming the worst-case scenario, this is it."

Li Xiaoen nodded, took another sip of his cocktail, and grinned again.

"If you can drink it, drink it. If you can't drink it, just pour it out."

Sufeil had long been fed up with the young man's nonchalant appearance, so he calmed down and reached out to take the cocktail in front of him.

"Etc., etc……"

Li Xiaoen quickly grabbed Sufei's hand and said, "I can drink it. Wouldn't it be a waste if I pour it out?"

Giving the young man a meaningful glance, Sufeier released his hand and turned to look at Seraphina, whose face was as gloomy as water. "Sean is right. Moreover, judging by the current situation, this possibility is quite high."

"They were able to place explosives on the training grounds for the security team, and even organized a firefight outside the manor to draw attention. They must have a strong background. If only a maid infiltrated without anyone to support them, it would be an exaggeration."

"……""I see."

After pondering for a long while, Seraphina took a deep breath and nodded.

Perhaps these words affected her mentality. Seraphina took a long time to finish the fruit tea for several people. Her face was always gloomy and she didn't say a word.

They looked at each other and sat on the sofa, drinking their drinks in silence and occasionally talking in low voices.

"Sean, tell me, for what benefit are they willing to take such a huge risk, giving up their freedom and even using their lives as chips on the gambling table?"

Sitting next to the young man, Victoria had been thinking with her head down since a while ago, taking small sips of fruit tea, staring blankly at the blanket on the floor in front of her, and muttered.

“Life is priceless, but there are always people who take risks for a price.”

Li Xiaoen glanced sideways at Victoria. He knew she didn't understand, but was simply stuck in a cycle of lamenting life. He couldn't help but whisper, "Everyone's price is different, and it changes depending on the environment and their own conditions."

"For someone starving to death, a full meal can motivate them to do anything. For a fanatical believer, a single word from someone might make them go through fire and water. And for ordinary people at the bottom of society, all it takes is a certain amount of money to make them do anything."

As he spoke, Li Xiaoen was also quite emotional. He couldn't help but take a deep breath. Suddenly, he felt his shoulders sink, and the girl next to him leaned her head on them.

Seeing Victoria closing her eyes and breathing slowly through her delicate nose, Li Xiaoen shook his head helplessly, controlling his body not to make any big movements.

After experiencing such a thrilling attack and escape today, and hearing from him and Sufeil about the reality of the treacherous and cruel struggle, the mind of this girl who has never even practiced with a gun must have reached its limit.

Thinking to himself, Li Xiaoen suddenly felt an inexplicable and strange atmosphere. He turned around and noticed Sufeil, who was biting a straw and looking straight ahead. His eyelids couldn't help but twitch.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Xiaoen reached out and held the girl's soft hand on her thigh, and immediately received the murderous gaze from the other party.

Sufeil glared at the young man fiercely, gritted his teeth secretly, and used his hand to clamp the young man's hand tightly.

Li Xiaoen felt a sharp pain in his hand and didn't dare to make a sound. He opened his mouth and took a few deep breaths before he recovered. He quickly propped up his palm, broke free and took it back.

Feeling quite helpless and having a headache, Li Xiaoen shook his head gently, retracted his hand and rubbed it tightly on the sofa in an attempt to relieve the pain, but it was suddenly covered by Sufei's somewhat cold palm. He was so scared that he quickly pulled it out and hid it behind his body.

With a frown and a subtle glare, Sufeil took a deep breath, reached back, grabbed the young man's hand and put it back.

But this time, she didn't use any force, but just held her hands together quietly.

Li Xiaoen couldn't help but look over in surprise. Sufei turned his head to avoid his gaze and looked to the other side. Seraphina was sitting alone in the distance, supporting her head with her hand and staring blankly.

With subtle thoughts, he shook the girl's hand and scratched her palm with his fingers, which scared her so much that she quickly pursed her lips to suppress the smile on her face.

Sufeil quickly turned around, took a deep breath, and began to exert force with that hand again. However, this time the young man's palm was stretched out in advance, and she could not do anything to him. She could not help but let go and was about to pull it back, but the young man held it tightly in his hand again.

Looking up at Li Xiaoen, Sufeil squeezed hard, and finally relaxed his strength and let the other party hold it in his palm.

……

An unknown amount of time passed before a deep voice came from the pager at the door. All of them finally woke up from their dreams and stood up and went to the door of the shelter.

The heavy metal door slowly opened again, revealing many figures standing at the stairs. Leading among them was Seraphina's uncle Henry, who was exhausted and still panting.

"Seraphina, are you okay?"

Henry asked hurriedly as he walked quickly into the shelter.

"I'm fine, Uncle Henry."

Seraphina shook her head and pointed to a pile of paper documents and a safe nearby. "I was worried someone might sneak in and steal something, so I helped you move all these documents from the office here."

"Ok, I know."

Henry nodded, then noticed Li Xiaoen and the others standing nearby, and nodded to Victoria beside him, "Are you okay?"

After a brief greeting, the group finally walked out of the shelter, came to the grass outside the mansion, and saw the sun again.

Taking a long breath of fresh air, Li Xiaoen looked around.

In the distance, a large group of people in black uniforms gathered and carefully explored the grassy area under the manor. Even on the hillside outside the manor, one could vaguely see the black-clad team moving continuously.

It's really spectacular.

Looking at the several fully armed security guards beside Henry, Li Xiaoen couldn't help but feel emotional.

This was the first time that he, a man from China who had lived a peaceful life for eighteen years, had seen such a scene.

"Mr. Henry."

An off-road vehicle came speeding from the door. Augustus, the butler in a suit, opened the window and stuck his head out, and shouts were heard.

The vehicle stopped and he quickly got out. He walked in front of the group and bowed slightly.

"Mr. Henry, Ms. Seraphina, I sent most of the base's team out to search, and found two gangs near the base."

Augustus said breathlessly, "They are engaged in a firefight. Perhaps one side is deliberately trying to divert the fighting to our base to muddy the waters and drag us in to help."

"Did they catch anyone?"

Henry's eyes narrowed slightly, "Can you tell specifically which team this is from?"

Augustus opened his mouth when he heard this and looked at Li Xiaoen and the other young men inconspicuously.

Nodding seriously, Henry turned around and said, "It's not suitable to play here now. I'll send a team to escort you back to school. Remember to study hard and don't make trouble, okay?"

The latter sentence was naturally said while looking at Seraphina, but she immediately refuted it.

"Uncle Henry, I'll stay. I want to see what the final result is." Seraphina shook her head firmly.

"you……"

Henry narrowed his eyes, looked up at Li Xiaoen and the others, then nodded helplessly.

As a result, Li Xiaoen and his companions were unable to hear any further developments in the investigation, and had to prepare to return under the escort of the two cars in front and behind.

"Sean, you just drank, are you comfortable driving?"

Just as she was about to get in the car, Victoria quickly grabbed Li Xiaoen's arm.

After stopping to feel the car, Li Xiaoen didn't force it and shook his head. "Who can help me get out of the car?"

He looked around at Sufeil and Mary, and finally Sufeil took the initiative to embrace her.

Helping Li Xiaoen to sit in the back seat of the car, Victoria couldn't help but widen her eyes in surprise when she saw Sufei skillfully operating the buttons on the main console in the car and adjusting the seat.

It seems that Sufei is very familiar with Sean's car?

(End of this chapter)