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Vulpisfoglia merely gave a subtle smile, then lowered her head to pinch Lily of the Suzuran's cheek before asking:
"So, Little Suzuran, tell me, when Daddy drove you here before, how fast was he going?"
"I didn't notice, but Dad wasn't driving fast. We could see quite a few cars rushing past us."
Suzuran spoke the truth, while Vulpisfoglia revealed an expression of "I knew it," and Su Rui looked at each other through the rearview mirror.
How do you explain this now?
"... I just wanted Suzuran to see more of Syracuse's scenery." Su Rui's tone was a little unnatural, but for him, changing the subject was enough. After Vulpisfoglia and Suzuran were seated and had their seatbelts fastened, he started the car and drove off.
At first, because of Vulpisfoglia's teasing, Su Rui didn't drive too fast, driving very steadily at an almost leisurely pace.
However, later on, after driving onto the highway, because of the slower speed, Su Rui was honked at by the cars behind her.
"..."
"Calm down, honey, don't argue with them."
Su Rui remained silent with a cold expression, but Vulpisfoglia had already anticipated Su Rui thoughts and advised Su Rui not to act impulsively.
"Don't worry, I'll know what's good for me."
As Su Rui casually remarked, she instantly overloaded the cell phones of several passengers in the car behind her.
The cell phones in Syracuse have metal-cased batteries that can turn into bombs if overloaded by certain passengers. Sometimes, the explosive force can even blow off half of a person's cheek, just like some Apple phones.
However, Su Rui was only a little angry and did not actually overload the phone. She simply turned the phone's speaker to the maximum volume, causing it to heat up continuously. This startled the people in the car, who threw their phones out of their pockets, and one even threw the phone out of the window.
"If you're so capable of honking, then overtake us yourselves! The road is wide enough for you to drive on!"
Su Rui complained, but after being honked at, he loosened up his driving, shifting gears and accelerating smoothly. However, he drove rather erratically, almost crashing into other cars several times, receiving the same number of honks as before, or even more.
Volume 7, Chapter 432: An Encounter at the Theater
However, Su Rui found the trick: not all parts of a car are mechanical. With the development of technology, many parts are controlled by electronic devices, such as the audio system, navigation system, and clock. Some cars even have electronically controlled horns.
So, although the reason was that Su Rui's driving skills were very poor, every car that honked at him had various malfunctions, and they were too busy taking care of themselves to bother with Su Rui.
Vulpisfoglia sat in the back seat of the car, holding Suzuran of the Valley in her arms, watching as Su Rui drove off, creating a cacophony of honking horns, then malfunctioning other cars before continuing to drive, causing chaos along the way.
"You see, sometimes Daddy is like a spoiled child, and he has a terrible temper and is incredibly destructive, so Little Suzuran shouldn't be like Daddy."
Vulpisfoglia whispered these words in Suzuran of the Valley's ear, and even Suzuran couldn't help but nod in agreement:
"Okay, I understand."
"Hey, I can hear you."
Su Rui glanced at Vulpisfoglia in the rearview mirror with some dissatisfaction, which made Little Suzuran subconsciously droop her big ears.
"Alright, Suzuran, I wasn't talking about you."
Seeing the aggrieved expression on Suzuran, Su Rui quickly softened her tone and comforted Suzuran:
I was talking about Vulpisfoglia, not you.
Suzuran nodded. "But Dad's driving skills aren't very good. Let Mom teach him to drive next time."
"...We'll talk about it later." Su Rui stiffened for a moment, then silently changed the subject, driving Vulpisfoglia and Suzuran to the Wolseini Opera House and parking the car in the parking lot.
Vulpisfoglia inwardly praised Suzuran, thinking that Ling Suzuran's words carried weight. If it were Vulpisfoglia, she wouldn't dare to tell Su Rui about this, and even if Vulpisfoglia did, Su Rui would probably still be stubborn.
That's amazing, daughter! At this moment, only Suzuran could stop Su Rui's willful behavior, right?
Vulpisfoglia couldn't help but smile and affectionately nuzzled against her daughter.
Su Rui said nothing, and after parking the car, she pretended nothing had happened and went to the back to open the car door for Vulpisfoglia and Suzuran:
"We've arrived at your stop. You two may get off now."
"Will you hold my hand?" Vulpisfoglia raised her hand and smiled at Su Rui.
"Of course, my lady."
Su Rui reached out and took Vulpisfoglia's hand, helping her stand up from her seat.
Suzuran of the Valley watched her parents' affectionate interaction with sparkling eyes, full of curiosity.
"Let's go, the highlight of today is the opera performance."
As Su Rui spoke, she prepared to let go of Vulpisfoglia's hand and, together with Vulpisfoglia, led Suzuran into the opera house, one on each side.
However, the mark that Su Rui had placed in Vulpisfoglia's mind had no effect. Vulpisfoglia Dong grabbed Su Rui's wrist to prevent him from breaking free, while Suzuran reached out from the other side and grabbed Su Rui's other wrist.
"I'm not some little kid who'll sneak away, you don't need to do that."
Su Rui immediately saw through Suzuran and Vulpisfoglia's thoughts, but Vulpisfoglia definitely didn't believe Su Rui's explanation. After experiencing Su Rui's speeding, Suzuran also felt that although her father was very capable, he was indeed a bit childish.
So she simply looked up at Su Rui and smiled, "I want to hold Daddy's hand like this."
"Okay, of course, no problem. Suzuran can hold it for as long as she wants."
Su Rui nodded. Although he knew Suzuran was trying to calm him down, Su Rui was easily swayed by that approach.
And so, they walked hand in hand happily into the opera house. Along the way, the family of three attracted a lot of attention, their outstanding appearance making passersby turn their heads to stare at them.
While buying tickets, Su Rui was Penance. Noticing the judge's gaze, Su Rui nodded to her.
"Hello, Miss Penance, I didn't expect to meet you here."
"Hello, Mr. Su Rui, and Suzuran, and this is Miss Ingrid."
"Hello." Vulpisfoglia looked at Penance with some confusion, then at Su Rui: "I don't think I know her? How do you know her?"
Could it be that he cheated on her with something? But given Su Rui's personality, she would never do such a thing behind her back, right? Even if she did, Su Rui would always do it openly.
After noticing Vulpisfoglia's gaze, Penance, seemingly worried about Su Rui's safety, quickly explained:
"Miss Ingrid, I wanted to visit you this morning to ask about the Venice Family, but you were resting. I wonder if you have time later?"
"Hmm... maybe when I have time." Vulpisfoglia nodded, politely declining Penance's invitation. So that's what happened. Looking at Suzuran's expression, Penance and Su Rui weren't lying either.
After exchanging greetings, Vulpisfoglia reached out and took Su Rui's wrist to Penance:
"Then I'll bring my family in. Penance, you still need to buy a ticket, don't you?"
As she spoke, Vulpisfoglia pulled Su Rui along, leading Su Rui and Suzuran into the opera house.
I didn't pay much attention to the Penance. As a judge, it's normal to encounter all sorts of uncooperative people. I have my own methods for Penance. But for now, let's focus on the opera.
There have been so many frustrating things today, Penance really need to relax a bit.
Then, she ran into Lappland at the ticket booth, who was also there to kill time since she had nothing else to do.
"It's you? What do you want now?"
Penance instinctively reached for his bag, cautiously glancing around to guard against any potential danger.
However, Lappland just smiled at him:
"Don't worry, I'm just here to kill some time. It has nothing to do with you. We just happened to run into each other."
"..." That's for the best. Chi Zui nodded, Penance to say anything more, and too lazy to talk to Lappland.
Penance really didn't know how to deal with this killer who was somewhat inexplicable to her, so the best course of action was to avoid communicating with her unless she needed something.
Su Rui and Vulpisfoglia sat with Suzuran in the opera house, quietly waiting for the opera performance to begin.
Soon, upon seeing Kong appear, Suzuran's eyes widened, and she turned to look at Su Rui.
Although Su Rui had said from the beginning that Sora had come here because she had received a job offer, Suzuran still couldn't help but widen her eyes when she actually saw her.
However, the sensible little girl didn't say anything, and Su Rui just affectionately lowered her head and nuzzled Lily of the Suzuran's cheek, continuing to watch the opera with her.
Volume 7, Chapter 433: Two Furry Foxes
Kong's performance was energetic and immersive, and the audience thoroughly enjoyed it, as did Su Rui.
So much so that when Su Rui pulled Suzuran and Vulpisfoglia away from the opera house, she was still somewhat dazed, not yet fully recovered from the atmosphere of the opera.
On her way out of the opera house and onto the parking lot, Su Rui happened to run into another Penance who was also driving to the parking lot.
"Hello, Madam Judge, you look very tired. I hope you get some rest tonight."
Su Rui looked at the somewhat sleepy- Penance, smiled, and greeted her. The girl paused for a moment, then nodded to Su Rui.
"Thanks."
Afterwards, Su Rui bid farewell to Penance and went to the car with Vulpisfoglia and Suzuran of the Valley.
With the tacit cooperation of Vulpisfoglia and Suzuran, Su Rui was hugged around the waist by Suzuran of the Valley and pulled to sit in the back seat of the car, while Vulpisfoglia took the opportunity to sit in the driver's seat and fasten her seatbelt.
"You wouldn't have greeted that judge for no reason, would you? Is something going to happen tomorrow?"
While trying to change the subject and attract Su Rui's attention, Vulpisfoglia reached out to take the keys from Su Rui's hand.
"Hmm, something big will happen tomorrow morning, at least for that judge and for Lappland."
Su Rui shrugged and then handed the key from her hand to Vulpisfoglia:
"I know what you're thinking. Here are the keys. I'm a bit tired now, so I won't drive."
Of course, it's already night. Although there are streetlights and car headlights, the road isn't very bright. Plus, everyone is a bit tired at night, so having Su Rui drive would be like deliberately trying to cause an accident.
With this teasing thought in mind, Vulpisfoglia's lips couldn't help but curl up. Then she started the car. She couldn't say such things out loud, otherwise, if Su Rui wanted to keep up the fight, she might actually try to drive them back, which would be terrible.
Exhausted, Su Rui paid no attention to Vulpisfoglia's little antics. Although she noticed Ren Dong's sly smile, Su Rui only glanced at Vulpisfoglia in the rearview mirror with a disgruntled look before sitting in the back seat with Suzuran in her arms. She buried her face in Suzuran's fluffy tail and then lay down in the back seat with her daughter.
Su Rui was a little sleepy, so he closed his eyes, cleared his mind, and planned to take a short nap while the vehicle was in motion.
Then, when the car drove back to the hotel, Vulpisfoglia turned her head and saw that Suzuran and Su Rui were snuggling together under each other's big tails, sleeping soundly.
Although it wasn't easy for Su Rui and Suzuran to lie down in the back seat, fortunately, the nine tails of the Nine-Tailed Fox fox were fluffy and took up a lot of space, so even if Su Rui and Suzuran fell asleep and lost their balance, they wouldn't fall off the seat due to the swaying of the vehicle.
A smile involuntarily crept onto Vulpisfoglia's lips. She tried to move as quietly as possible while locking the car, then opened the door and picked up the two fluffy little bundles of fur, Su Rui and Suzuran, who were snuggling together.
The car doesn't need a lock. If there were car thieves in Syracuse... their hands would probably have been chopped off several times over by now.
However, Vulpisfoglia still locked the car with the remote control, and then carried Su Rui and Suzuran into the hotel through the front desk.
"Please press the button for the stairs, on the top floor."
With two fluffy Nine-Tailed Fox Vulpisfoglia, Su Rui and Suzuran, in her arms, Honeysuckle had no free hands to do anything else, so she asked the waiter for help.
"Okay, ma'am."
Recognizing that Vulpisfoglia was the guest on the top floor, the receptionist followed Vulpisfoglia, opened the elevator for Vulpisfoglia, verified her identity, pressed the floor button, and went to the top floor with Vulpisfoglia.
"Do you need my help?"
"No need, you can go back now."
"OK."
Vulpisfoglia watched as the elevator doors closed in front of her, and the attendant inside disappeared from her sight. Only then did she turn around and place Su Rui and Suzuran together on the large bed in the double bedroom.
Su Rui and Suzuran are both asleep today, so it's not really a good time to do anything. Let's just get some sleep.
With this thought in mind, after covering Su Rui and Suzuran with blankets, Vulpisfoglia came to Su Rui's side, buried her face in Su Rui's big tail, and closed her eyes.
In fact, Vulpisfoglia had some ideas that she considered rather irresponsible, namely, not covering Su Rui and Suzuran with blankets.
That way, she can see her two fluffy little darlings hugging each other's bodies with their nine big tails, snuggling together as they sleep. That sight must be incredibly cute.
However, Vulpisfoglia ultimately did not do so out of concern for Su Rui and Suzuran's health.
If only she could sleepwalk, maybe she'd accidentally roll up the blanket and see Su Rui and Suzuran's adorable faces.
Vulpisfoglia gradually sank into a sweet dream, her breathing becoming steady as she lay beside Su Rui.
And what about Su Rui?
The next morning, Vulpisfoglia was woken up by the sound of an alarm clock. But where did the alarm clock come from? She clearly hadn't set one.
Vulpisfoglia opened her eyes with some confusion, and then saw a floating alarm clock in her field of vision, constantly ringing and swinging.
Was this Su Rui's doing? Vulpisfoglia subconsciously turned her head to look at Su Rui, only to find that he was still fast asleep.
Slightly annoyed, Vulpisfoglia sat down gently. Just as she was about to reach out and pinch Su Rui Su Rui's cheek to gently wake her, she saw the alarm clock that had been constantly ringing disappear, replaced by a note left by Su Rui:
[The real show is about to begin, but I can't get up, so Vulpisfoglia will have to enjoy it by herself.]