An Unusual Life Beginning with Evil Spirits-Chapter 165 : Buy Buy Buy

Volume 4: High School Arc - “I” Come to Find You~
Shao He looked calm and composed, but after taking a sip of tea, her eyebrows suddenly furrowed as she stared at me and asked:
"Yunyan, did you encounter it again..."
Hearing Shao He's question, my heart jolted immediately.
I had to admit, bodyguards really did have a good sixth sense.
Not daring to hesitate, I feigned confusion and asked:
"No…"
Crap...
Shao He didn’t ask about anything specific, so by saying "no", I had indirectly confirmed it.
Hearing my response, Shao He furrowed her brows again.
"So frequently? Before you caught the cold, you often went out late..."
"Ahem ahem ahem! Sister Shao He!"
As soon as I heard what Shao He said, I quickly coughed to interrupt her, giving a glance toward Reina who was outside the door.
Shao He noticed as well, so she immediately dropped the topic.
"Where are you planning to shop today?"
"Wanhe."
"Downtown?"
Shao He muttered to herself, lowered her head, and her eyes carried a trace of haze.
Then she looked up at me again.
"Criminal Investigation?"
"Pfft!"
I spat out my tea immediately, then abruptly raised my head.
Shao He and I locked eyes, and a flash of realization flickered in her gaze before she lowered her head again and continued drinking tea.
Crap, crap...
Now Shao He was getting even closer to discovering this game.
This was going to be trouble!
"Ojou-sama, should I go change clothes?"
Reina didn’t really understand why I had just spat tea.
After entering the room, she held Sha Ha in one hand and asked me.
"Mm, go ahead."
I said to Reina, then turned to look at Shao He again.
Shao He simply nodded slightly, responded with a soft "mm", and downed the rest of her tea in one gulp before getting up and walking out the door.
Watching Shao He’s silhouette gradually fade into the distance, my head genuinely started to ache this time.
Raising my hand to support my forehead, I felt a deep sense of helplessness.
"This time… I really exposed myself without even trying. Looks like I was too relaxed around Shao He and Reina."
Even the smartest people, when they let their guard down around certain individuals, experienced a decline in their reasoning abilities.
In fact, it wasn’t that their intelligence decreased, it just appeared less clever—because of the lack of vigilance, they came across as a bit naïve.
I rubbed my forehead.
In recent times, although it seemed like we hadn’t talked much on the surface, the prolonged time spent together had gradually worn down my defenses against Reina and Shao He.
That was also why Shao He could so easily ask about these things in just a few words.
After all, constantly being on guard while living under the same roof with someone was extremely exhausting.
"Tsk… Looks like even if I don’t want to, I’ll have to be more careful from now on, otherwise…"
"Otherwise what?"
Just as I was conducting my ‘self-reflection’, a somewhat awkward Chinese voice suddenly rang beside my ear.
"Ah~ It’s nothing. Reina, you’re done changing?"
"Mm, Ojou-sama, how is it? This was one of my casual outfits."
I looked her up and down—it was quite simple.
A white short skirt, a yellow top with cartoon prints, making her look rather cute.
On her feet were a pair of sneakers.
Judging from this outfit, it was clear that Reina used to be a lively kind of girl.
But ever since she came to my place, she seldom went out.
From her eyes, which now had a new glimmer of excitement and liveliness unlike before, I could tell she was genuinely looking forward to today’s shopping trip.
Hmm... Let’s not worry about other things for now.
At least let’s enjoy this morning first.
I glanced at the time—it was already past eight.
The mall should be opening soon.
"Let’s go then. We’ll shop this morning, and this afternoon we’ll head to the amusement park!"
Speaking of which, I hadn’t been to an amusement park yet.
Plus, there were three pretty well-known amusement parks in the provincial capital.
Although going to a water park was out of the question now, at least there were still other parks we could go to.
After all, it was late autumn already, and this was the north.
Temperatures had dropped long ago.
The water in water parks was freezing by now.
Anyone going there would be out of their mind.
"Mm!"
Reina clearly looked excited, her eyes radiating anticipation.
That made me feel a bit guilty deep down for using her as an excuse to go out.
Sigh…
Using such a good girl as an excuse to go out—I must really be turning bad.
"Let’s go."
The animals had all been locked up.
There was no choice.
Taking pets out on the street wasn't allowed.
Common sense.
The car had been prepared in advance.
With Reina in tow, I grabbed my bag and got into Shao He’s car.
As the car started, Reina, sitting inside, looked visibly unable to contain her excitement.
I couldn’t help but exchange a glance with Shao He, and in each other's eyes, we saw a trace of amusement.
"Heh~"
"Hehe..."
Hearing the laughter, Reina instinctively turned her head toward the sound.
When she saw Shao He and me exchanging smiles, she froze for a moment, then quickly realized what was going on, her cheeks turning red.
"Um… Am I…"
Looking at Reina’s blushing face through the rearview mirror, I couldn’t help but smile a little.
"It’s okay, Reina. It was my fault before for not paying attention to how you were doing. I won’t let that happen again. Today, just relax and enjoy yourself."
Reina was momentarily stunned by my words.
When she looked up at me, her eyes were filled with that look—the kind that sees a glimmer of light in the midst of despair.
"Ojou-sama…"
Watching her eyes quickly fill with tears, I could guess what she was thinking.
My heart ached a little.
Truly, fate played cruel tricks.
Such a good girl, yet her own father pushed her into this mess.
"Alright, don’t cry. Today, we’re going to have fun."
"Mm!"
Then we headed straight for downtown.
Since I had already given the destination, and Shao He now knew a bit about my situation, she intentionally parked in the lot closest to the Criminal Investigation Headquarters.
After getting out of the car, the three of us walked straight toward the Wanhe Mall.
Wanhe Mall wasn’t a chain mall, but it had a wide variety of shops.
It was dozens of stories high.
The upper ten floors were leased office spaces, while the lower ten were for shopping and entertainment.
We didn’t head to the criminal investigation team right away.
Instead, I first took Reina shopping.
Since I used her as an excuse, I might as well turn that “excuse” into “reality” and let her fully enjoy a day of relaxation.
After that, there wasn’t much else to say.
Saw a nice pair of shoes.
Buy!
Saw pretty clothes.
Buy!
Saw a cute bag.
Buy!
In short, just one word.
Buy, buy, buy!
Before we knew it, we had wandered through most of the mall, and the time… had already reached noon.
After lunch, I said I had a bit of a headache and wanted to lie down in the car for a while.
Naturally, Shao He and Reina didn’t object.
Just like that, the three of us returned to the parking lot, and I lay down directly in the back seat.
With Shao He and Reina looking at me in concern, I closed my eyes.
Next… was evidence hunting!