One could say he was trying to surprise the enemy!
Their caution taught him that the moment the other party had discovered him, they would start asking about him to protect themselves. The moment someone told them he was from Flagstaff…
He believed that they were smart enough to connect the dots. Once someone told them he was from Flagstaff, they would be able to make the connection between him and the National College of Flagstaff.
Li Du could not let that happen. He had to uncover the reason they were at this auction; he had to deal with these two cheats.
As such, he had to make them less cautious.
The boiling hot coffee hit Stein right on — it was his fault for being the mastermind. Initially, at the postgraduate entrance ceremony, Li Du had been completely and utterly tricked by his honest face.
If not for the little bug, his life would really have been ruined by those two.