A swift and decisive victory in the early stages, a post-apocalyptic survival story in America!

Li Qi is very self-aware.

Don't even mention that you're so thin you look like a human specimen. Even if you regain your original appearance, you still won't be universally loved.

It's not US dollars.

Appreciation between people requires time and opportunity. Like those six beautiful women, their rescue and religious beliefs were purely accidental and cannot be replicated.

Looking at the panel, Lola's favorability towards her had increased slightly, but it was only 69 points.

This is what normal interpersonal relationships should be like.

The smarter and more focused a woman is, the slower her favorability rating will rise.

Unlike Cindy Sophie, who is either not tall or, when she is, frighteningly tall.

Li Qi didn't waste any time and patted the file folder directly: "It's all here. I hope you keep your word!"

Lola blushed: "Of course I keep my word!"

Li Qi glanced down at her exposed, fair collarbone from unbuttoning her shirt, and immediately reached out his hand.

Lola quickly covered her shirt, embarrassed and scolding, "What are you doing now!"

"Can't I take a deposit?" Li Qi asked, his tone overly self-righteous.

Lola blushed, wanting to refuse but not wanting to break her promise, hesitating and unsure of what to do.

Li Qi shoved away her hand that was blocking his way and brazenly began collecting deposits.

It feels good, very full, but it's not actually outstanding.

Not to mention the voluptuous Sofia and Cindy, even the delicate Nalin is older than her, so what are you pretending for?

Is it rare?

"I'll do my thing, you can do yours. See, division of labor, how great is that!" Li Qi laughed shamelessly, showing no awkwardness whatsoever.

A hint of humiliation flashed in Lola's eyes, but she had no choice but to accept Li Qi's advances.

Li Qi, pressing his advantage, grinned slyly and said, "Let's make a deal, could you lower the price for permanent residency?"

"It's already very cheap, okay?" Lola blurted out. Ten thousand dollars, that really couldn't be any lower!

"But I still have five hard drives. What are you going to offer in exchange?"

Lola was completely stunned.

Having already given up my body, what else is there to exchange?

Life? Is that thing worth anything?

Lola was speechless: "Why are you so shameless? 100,000 dollars for permanent residency is already the lowest price. Any lower, and I'd have to pay for it myself, which is simply impossible. It's not that I don't want to, it's that I don't have that much money!"

For the noble cause, for the well-being of the people, I have already given my body; there is truly nothing more I can give...

Li Qi shrugged, indicating that he didn't care, and chuckled softly, "I think what I have is very valuable, at least worth six permanent residency permits."

Lola thought for a moment, then reluctantly gave up: "Anyway, that's all I can give. You decide..."

Having given away their physical bodies, they have nothing left to exchange for.

Li Qi coaxed her gently, unwilling to let her off easily: "Look at you, getting anxious again. You have no money, no power, but you can call your bureau chief! Just say you have an informant with important leads and want six permanent residency spots, and see what she says."

Lola's expression shifted, and she began to consider this possibility.

The director and I are on the same side. It was the director's instruction to assign Nick as his partner.

The two families were old friends; his father was Maeve's former boss and mentor, and Maeve was his mentor, so their relationship was very close.

In fact, my father took a step further from Los Angeles and went on to work in Washington, D.C.

With her father's influence and the fact that they're now on the same side, Maeve is likely to accept her suggestion...

Feeling eager to try it out, Lola suddenly realized something was wrong, and then it dawned on her.

I've fallen for that jerk's trick again!

I'm completely helpless against this terrible pork rib noodle soup...

Laura felt a wave of frustration.

It's not really her fault; the two of them have such different mindsets.

One was determined to win, the other was indifferent.

Li Qi didn't really care whether he could get the six permanent residency permits for free: if he got them, everyone would be happy; if he didn't, the six women wouldn't dare leave him or the house, and would be like his kept canaries, to be played with and amused at his whim.

Although I didn't want to do it subjectively, it was the truth objectively.

The six beauties didn't even dare to go shopping. With their looks, any law enforcement agency would take the initiative to enforce the law if they appeared in public. If there were no problems, great; if there were, they would be doomed.

Not to mention gangsters and thugs.

In contrast, Lola genuinely cared about Nick's carefully preserved and important documents.

She glanced at the paper document briefly during the brief moment Li Qi was taking advantage of her, and found it quite useful.

These were just the files Nick brought home for routine processing; the files on that hard drive must have been incredibly important and explosive—it's unimaginable.

Li Qi saw through this, which is why he was fearless.

"I'll call Maeve." Lola got out of the car and went back to her own car to make the call.

After a while, she returned to Li Qi's car: "Okay, I promise you, if you hand over the hard drive, I'll help you get six permanent residency permits for free!"

"Deal!" Li Qi spat into his right palm.

Lola frowned, reached out her hand, and shook his, refusing to follow suit.

Laura took the file: "When are you giving me the hard drive?"

"I didn't bring it today, maybe tomorrow!" Li Qi said with a sly look. "Before that, I need to collect a deposit."

When he mentioned "deposit," Lola blushed.

"That didn't count?"

"That doesn't count, how much is that?" Li Qi said matter-of-factly, acting like a rogue.

Lola had given up, nodded in agreement, and was about to get off the bus.

Li Qi grabbed her arm and said, "Look at it here. I want you to tell me how to analyze these documents."

Lola was taken aback, then said speechlessly, "This is an internal matter for our ERO, it's confidential, how could I tell you?"

Li Qi shrugged: "I've already read the document. I just want to know how you interpret it."

I still have hard drives that I haven't looked at. If I don't know how to analyze these files and data, I'll inevitably be manipulated by Lola again.

The hard drive could be given to Lola, but Li Qi hadn't promised he wouldn't copy or back it up.

Lola thought for a moment and nodded in agreement: "We can't do it here, let's find somewhere..."

"Want to go to your house?" Li Qi asked, making an inappropriate suggestion.

"Dream on!" Lola rolled her eyes. "Go find a motel!"

Li Qi leaned back against the car door, looking like a frightened little rabbit: "Isn't that a bad idea? We've only known each other for a short time, and we're already going to a hotel?"

Laura ignored him and started flipping through the documents.

Feeling bored, Li Qi drove his Dodge pickup truck to the nearest motel, checked in, took the key, and went up to the third floor.

Once inside the room, Lola sat on the bed, spread out the documents, and began to look through them one by one.

Li Qi turned on the light and drew the curtains before standing beside her, waiting for her to share her experience.

Lola glanced through the document but remained silent, lost in thought.

"Don't tell me you've finished reading this already! You didn't tell me anything!" Li Qi protested.

"Oh? Oh!" Lola realized what was happening and began to introduce the documents one by one: "This is a file on our internal transfer of illegal immigrants. Here you can see that there was a plane flying to Mexico that appeared to be carrying sixteen illegal immigrants, but the data doesn't match up. Obviously, this is falsified."

Li Qi listened patiently and attentively, reaching into his shirt to collect the deposit while absorbing the professional knowledge he had never heard of before.

Lola blushed, but stopped resisting and even seemed to enjoy it.

"There's a problem with this data too. We usually don't deport this many illegal immigrants on a single occasion; it's too much of a fuss and not cost-effective."

"This data is clearly problematic; the mortality rate shouldn't be this high..."

"This isn't an internal document; it looks like a customs declaration for a cargo ship. There's a container here, but I don't know what's going on..."

Lola spoke eloquently and logically. Despite her lack of skill in infiltration, raids, and gunfights, this girl was truly professional and astute when it came to handling business related to illegal immigrants.

I have to say, that focused look is kind of sexy...