After Hayasaka Ai finished breakfast, although she said she had rested enough, Su Rui still insisted that she stay in his room and not run around, to continue resting for a while longer.
As for Su Rui, he took this time to circulate his spiritual power while wandering around his castle, standing on a high point of the castle to look at the distant scenery.
He just didn't want to disturb Hayasaka Ai's rest, but Su Rui also planned to check on Hayasaka Ai every now and then to make sure she was truly resting and not secretly working when she needed to rest.
About an hour or two later, Su Rui arrived at Hayasaka Ai's door again and reached out to open it.
The girl sitting on the bed, startled, quickly hid her phone under the covers, but this small movement did not escape Su Rui's eyes.
Then, closing the door, Su Rui moved to her in a speed Hayasaka Ai couldn't perceive, reaching out to take Hayasaka Ai's phone:
"What are you secretly looking at?"
"Lord Su Rui!" the girl cried out shyly, but seeing that Su Rui was already looking at the content on the phone, her cheeks immediately turned crimson, and she lowered her head, curling up and burying her face in the covers.
"...Wow~" Su Rui exclaimed subconsciously as he looked at the screen of the phone, and the girl who was observing him at that moment immediately became even shyer, hiding in the covers with only her eyes peeking out at him.
"I didn't expect you to have this kind of hobby." Su Rui awkwardly placed the phone in front of Hayasaka Ai and smiled at the girl hiding under the covers:
"It's okay, I don't think it's a bad thing, it's just a hobby."
Hayasaka Ai peeked out from the covers with only her eyes at Su Rui, then gently extended one hand to grasp the phone before quickly pulling it back, her muffled voice coming from under the covers: "Got it."
What Su Rui saw on Hayasaka Ai's phone was a type of manga usually called a "doujinshi," no wonder Hayasaka Ai was shy; Su Rui only took a glance, and the theme was even maid-related.
Forcing a calm expression, Su Rui nodded at Hayasaka Ai, turned, and walked towards the door: "Then you rest well, I'll go out now."
The door closed, and the girl hiding under the covers let out a sigh of relief. Just as Hayasaka Ai was about to start browsing her phone again, Su Rui opened her door once more:
"Oh, by the way, can you share the contact information of that doujinshi artist, Eiri Kashiwagi, with me?"
"I know!" The girl, startled by Su Rui's sudden reappearance and shrinking back into the covers, shouted in embarrassment, then extended her slender hand from under the covers and clenched her harmless little fist at Su Rui as if to show defiance.
"Remember to share it with me~"
Su Rui couldn't help but chuckle, amused by Hayasaka Ai's cute gesture, and after a greeting, he closed the door.
A few minutes after the room quieted down, the girl, finally recovering from her shy state, crawled out from under the covers, her cheeks flushed with a blush that was either from shyness or from being cooped up.
"What an unreasonable master."
Hayasaka Ai grumbled in embarrassment, sending a message to Su Rui with Eiri Kashiwagi's contact information, and even unhappily included an angry emoji.
"You already have me, why are you still thinking about looking at doujinshi? I only look at doujinshi for inspiration."
After saying this, Hayasaka Ai retreated back into the covers. After the farce just now, she no longer felt like continuing, so she decided to rest properly first.
The blonde girl closed her eyes in her room, her breathing gradually becoming even. As for Su Rui, his mood was joyful because of what had just happened, and he left the castle, planning to take a walk in the city, perhaps encountering something interesting.
Moreover, eliminating these evil spirits floating in the air could refine pure spiritual power from them, which was also beneficial for Su Rui's own cultivation. Therefore, Su Rui walked aimlessly through the streets, wandering.
Golden flames burned on his body, turning every approaching and passing evil spirit into ashes, which transformed into pure spiritual power absorbed by Su Rui, but other people on the street could not see anything.
Even spiritual power has different states; when spiritual power is strong enough, even ordinary people can see the golden flames burning on Su Rui's body. It's just that Su Rui didn't do so because he didn't need that intensity of flames at the moment.
"Yo~ Want to go for a drink?"
Just as Su Rui was walking alone on the street, occasionally being approached by passing girls and politely declining them, a sports car pulled up beside him, and the woman inside, like a hooligan, flirted with Su Rui in a strange tone.
"Do you always have to greet people like that?"
Turning his head, Su Rui looked somewhat helplessly at the female teacher leaning against the car door, greeting him so casually. He opened the passenger door and got into the car:
"Let's go, where are we heading?"
"First, help me solve a problem, and then we'll go for a drink together."
The long-haired, black-haired, big-sister-type teacher, Shizuka Hiratsuka, grinned at Su Rui, who was sitting beside her, then started the car. The engine roared as it sped off, racing down the street.
Feeling the G-force from the car, Su Rui was not flustered by the rapidly passing scenery; he certainly wouldn't get hurt.
However, Su Rui was more concerned about one thing. He turned to look at Shizuka Hiratsuka, who was focused on driving with a happy expression on her face:
"So, Shizuka, what problem do you need my help with?"
"Of course, it's to explore a haunted house, and then after venting with satisfying screams, we'll go for a drink to relax!"
"...You're not suited for a delicate and fragile style."
Although Su Rui wasn't particularly clear about what style suited each girl, he felt that a woman who could punch a podium so hard it jumped in class couldn't play a weak role.
Moreover, the last time they went to a haunted house, the seemingly scared Shizuka Hiratsuka accidentally broke the bone of an employee dressed as a ghost. The owner only asked for compensation and didn't even dare to reprimand her, as if afraid she would do it again.
"Don't be such a spoilsport~ This time we're not going to the Amusement Park's haunted house; it's a house I found that truly has rumors of being haunted."
Shizuka Hiratsuka drove fast while raising her hand to pat Su Rui's shoulder, a hint of resentment flashing in her dark eyes:
'If it weren't to get your attention, why would I deliberately do something that doesn't suit me? So why can't you just be direct and tell me you're interested in me?'
Even someone as carefree as her can feel shy.
