Great, we're doomed now!

A gentle breeze swept across the rooftop, and the distant sounds of students clamored from the playground. Qianhua secretly glanced at Ye Shou's profile, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up in a smile.

"By the way... Ruri-chan works so hard, I can help her with some of the workload."

"puff!"

Ye Shou was taken aback: "You?"

"What's wrong? Are you looking down on me?" Qianhua puffed out her chest and raised her head. "I'm very talented too."

She stood tall and proud, wanting Ye Shou to notice the latter, but Ye Shou looked at the former instead.

"Indeed...then I'll let you share some of the burden."

I need to ask for leave. Sorry, I'm not available today.

Sorry, no update today. I'll try to update earlier tomorrow.

I thought I was almost better, but my cough has gotten worse. Plus, other things are bothering me, so typing is a bit of a hassle. I'll go to bed early tonight and try to feel better.

I owe you all an update today, but I'll make it up to you later.

One hundred words, one hundred words, one hundred words, one hundred words, one hundred words.

Chapter 292: The Maid's Amazing Wisdom (4K)

"Good morning, Lord Rurikawa."

"Good morning." The girl nodded slightly, without stopping her steps.

The mansion was gradually lit up. The young woman stood tall with her back straight and her eyes looking straight ahead. She walked with light and unhurried steps, slightly raising her head as she passed by a group of maids. She carried a tray in one hand to the door of the master bedroom, raised her hand and knocked three times, with even the intervals between knocks being equal, fully demonstrating her meticulousness in doing things.

"Lord Kuse, it's time to get up."

There was no response. She waited five seconds and then pushed the door open and went in.

The room was still dark, and steady breathing came from the bed. She walked to the side and drew back the curtains. A beam of sunlight shone in, landing precisely on the edge of the bed and illuminating the handsome, dashing features of the young man, who was fast asleep.

"That was fast..."

The person on the bed stirred, turned over, and said in a muffled voice, "What are the plans for today?"

Liuli walked to the bedside and placed the tray directly on the flat, soft cushion. She leaned over and whispered a few words in the boy's ear.

After saying that, she lightly poked Ye Shou's cheek as if it were a dragonfly skimming the water, and then stood up gracefully: "Breakfast is ready."

She stepped aside and took out several sets of clothes needed for the day from the wardrobe. After he got up, she skillfully took off his pajamas and changed him into regular clothes. During the process, Ye Shou was half naked. Their skin was close, but there was not much lust between them. Liu Li's expression was calm and serious, and she was unmoved.

While Ye Shou went to wash up, Liuli began to tidy the bed: smoothing out the wrinkles, straightening the corners of the quilt, and placing the pillows in the correct positions, each movement swift and decisive.

Given her "rank" at the Kuse Mansion, she wouldn't normally need to do such menial tasks herself; any ordinary maid could have sufficed. But no matter how busy she was with the company and TPC, Ruri always insisted on doing the task of getting Ye Shou up in the morning all by herself.

This was her exclusive domain. She held absolute power over Ye Shou's clothing choices, cuisine, and bedding.

Ye Shou didn't care much about such details and rarely offered his own opinions. Over time, even he himself couldn't go against Liuli's wishes.

Of course, the maid did her job perfectly, and there was nothing to complain about.

Today, Ye Shou surprisingly wanted to go to school. Because of his capricious idea, his schedule had to be rearranged again. However, the maid was already quite adept at handling this situation and took over the mess without complaint.

After seeing Ye Shou off, Liuli returned to her study. Her personal assistant had already completed the preliminary work, categorizing and arranging various documents, and marking their type and urgency with sticky notes.

After sitting down, Liuli put on white gloves, which was her personal hobby, even if it was just for handling documents.

She opened the first report, quickly scanned it, and nodded slightly.

In the past, she would have been engrossed in endless meetings and paperwork, a symphony of pen scratching and keyboard clattering, but today she didn't start writing immediately.

She opened the drawer, revealing a neatly arranged array of writing tools, reminiscent of a stationery store, ranging from luxury fountain pens to handcrafted quill pens. She then opened a hidden compartment, divided into several small spaces, each containing silk gloves of different colors and styles.

Like a conductor leading an orchestra, the maid twitched her fingertips slightly, and then the gloves seemed to rise up as if manipulated by an invisible hand, jumping onto the table to retrieve documents and search for information.

Her fingertips touched the quill pen beside her, and the quill pen immediately floated up, automatically dipped in ink, and signed her neat handwriting at the end of the document.

This is "Living Spirit," a Stand ability she gradually mastered through meditation. Although it is not a power-type Stand and can only manipulate small objects when multiple tasks are running in parallel, at most it can move objects the size of a motorcycle, which is even less than the maid herself, but it is more than enough to handle paperwork.

Liuli is responsible for an astonishing number of projects, but she handles each one with ease, even with a sense of superiority. To those who know her well, she is practically a superhuman!

In fact, although she is excellent, she does not have the ability to create clones; she mainly relies on the ability to use a substitute.

This greatly simplified her workload; she only needed to coordinate, while the specific repetitive and tedious steps could be handled by "Huoling".

Of course, the abilities of [Kiki no Senpai] are not that simple. If she could only help with official duties, then she would only be considered a relatively powerful AI.

In fact, the maid also collected many living beings that could be used for combat. Although the Stands were not very powerful, as long as one had the strength of an ordinary person, it was enough to control most artificial weapons, from space battleships to Gundams without exception.

She followed Ye Shou into the world of "Iron Blood" several times, accumulating excellent living spirits since the time of the Calamity War. Those destroyed M·A, warships, relics of former combat heroes, and even the wreckage of M·A... If it weren't for her limited mental strength, she could have easily drawn up a real legion.

Although it's hard to believe, if you don't consider the human hosts within TPC, Ruri is the strongest "powerful one." Even Commander Yoshioka of the Defense Force doesn't have as many trump cards as she does!

It's just that no one except Ye Shou and Lucy knew about this—even though those two didn't actually know just how wealthy Liuli's family was.

With the help of the living spirit, Liuli quickly finished her chores for the day, tidied everything up, left the study and came to an empty training room. She had the AI ​​project the background of the dojo, and then sat cross-legged on the futon with her hands on her knees to begin her first meditation of the day.

Breathing slows, consciousness sinks...

She could feel the gentle energy within her body—the "flowing sensation" brought about by the Ripple Qigong, like warm water slowly flowing through her meridians, circulating repeatedly, guiding the circulation through three cycles...

-

The underground training ground was brightly lit.

Liuli changed into a tight-fitting pilot suit and stood in the center of the arena. In front of her was a simulated control panel for the "Valkyrie" mecha. As she put on the psycho-sensing helmet, the supporting frame and control panel automatically swarmed around her, supporting her body and suspending her in mid-air. Then, as the virtual technology activated, the scene before her changed.

It was no longer a training ground but a virtual wilderness battlefield. She "sat" in the cockpit of the mecha, her hands gripping the control stick.

“Start it,” she said softly.

hum~

The mech engines roared, and the AI ​​projection generated three enemy machines, each wielding a physical sword, charging forward.

Liuli's eyes narrowed. Her mecha shifted to the side, blocking with her left arm and swinging her sword with her right. Her movements were clean and swift, without any unnecessary flourishes. Her skill in blocking, dodging, and counterattacking was so refined that even TPC's ace could not match it.

This was not achieved through special abilities, but through a lot of hard work and skill!

Five minutes later, the three enemy planes fell to the ground and disappeared.

[Rating: A, Hit Rate: 67%]

Second item: Shooting training —

[Rating: A+. Full hit, time consumption below average.]

……

As Kuze Yoru's personal maid, Ruri always holds herself to the highest standards, whether in the business world or on the battlefield. Although Yoru's current strength doesn't seem like someone else could help him, the so-called "backup plan" is meant to be prepared for any eventuality.

Liuli believed that no one but herself could be Ye Shou's backup plan, and with such a heavy responsibility on her shoulders, she naturally dared not slack off in the slightest.

After training, she had to wash up and tidy herself up before lunch, even though she was exhausted. Her strong sense of pride wouldn't allow her to go to the rest room smelling of sweat.

Maintaining elegance at all times—that was her motto.

"Lady Liuli, my apologies."

"Ah."

Several assistants had already prepared everything for Ruri's bath in advance—yes, the maid also had her own maid.

drop drop~

Just then, the phone rang, and an assistant handed it to him: "It's Lord Kuse."

"Ok?"

Calling home from school? That's unusual. Is something wrong?

The maid quickly picked up her phone: "It's me."

"Yay (＾－＾)V~"

It's me, Ruri-chan~

"..."

Unexpectedly, it was Fujiwara Chika's voice coming from the other end.

Liuli frowned almost imperceptibly, then immediately relaxed, her voice remaining as elegant and calm as ever: "Qianhua, is this Lord Ye Shou's phone?"

"Little Guardian is right beside me."

"Okay... Is there anything I can help you with?" Liuli asked patiently.

To be fair, she didn't dislike the pink-haired girl. Although she was an eyesore for always sticking around Lord Ye Shou, Ruri knew that she was essentially a very kind and excellent girl, and that she had a very deep emotional bond with Lord Ye Shou.

Although as a woman, Ruri was unwilling to admit it, Chika was indeed someone Ye Shou couldn't let go of. Being with her was one of the few times Ye Shou could enjoy ordinary life without any pressure.

Since that's the case, the maid felt she could accept her presence and allow the pink-haired girl to share Lord Ye Shou's affections, as long as it made Ye Shou happy...

"I've heard about it. Ruri-chan, have you been working late into the night a lot lately? And even cried from exhaustion?"

Chika's voice was full of worry and concern: "Did Mamoru bully you? I gave him a good talking to, but he argued that it was your choice... How could that be? Ruri-chan, you just can't bring yourself to say it, right?"

"..."

What is this guy talking about?

Liuli's eyes glazed over, and after a moment of stunned silence, her face flushed red: "I...I did do a lot of work that kept me up all night, but...but it's all part of a maid's...duty."

"Ahem, actually, I did it voluntarily... Thank you for your concern, but I can handle it, please don't worry."

"Eek... Ruri-chan, you..."

Chika was silent for a moment, then seemed to realize something: "I understand! You don't need to say anything, Ruri-chan!"

"?"

"I understand everything!"

What do you unserstand?

"While I understand how you feel, this can't go on. How can you willingly allow yourself to be exploited just because of personal feelings? This is against labor laws!"

"what?"

"I'm going to save you! We absolutely can't let Xiao Shou continue to be so arrogant. We must strike hard against the zaibatsu!"

"Chika, you..."