After putting away the money in his pocket, Su Chen looked up and said, "Didn't you tell the madam downstairs that you were going to play a piece? You looked busy, so I took care of it for you."
Hearing this, Hinatsuru felt a little ashamed. She said somewhat awkwardly, "Um, my lord, you didn't have to do that yourself. You're a Hashira! How could I trouble you to do something like that for me?"
There was something else Hinatsuru left unsaid. Besides, you can't even play. Weren't you afraid the madam would beat you to death...?
"It's fine." Su Chen smiled. "You helped me, after all. I can't keep accepting favors without doing something in return."
A smile blossomed on Su Chen's face. The warmth at the corners of his mouth was as dazzling as the gentle March sun.
Hinatsuru froze for a moment. She had never seen such a gentle Hashira before.
He was completely different from Lord Tengen. Lord Tengen gave her a sense of security, while Su Chen gave her the strength of friendship between companions.
The Dragon Hashira instinctively considered his companions.
At this thought, Hinatsuru was thoroughly won over. No wonder Lord Tengen liked him so much...
Wait, wasn't something off here?
Hinatsuru suddenly remembered something. "My lord, do you mean you earned this money by playing downstairs?"
"Yes." Su Chen paused. "Is there a problem?"
"Well..." Hinatsuru had no idea what to say.
She had thought she had misheard, but now she understood what Su Chen meant. He meant that he had gone downstairs to play for her and earned a pocketful of coins in the process.
The problem was, she had never earned that much money playing downstairs herself...
Seeing Hinatsuru's grave expression, Su Chen, unaware of the situation, thought he had