"I'm planning to change my hairstyle."

Yuan Qi held a comb in one hand and a pair of scissors in the other, and gently gestured at his hair in the mirror, which was messy from sleeping, as if he was thinking about how to start.

"A slicked-back hairstyle is pretty good. Just comb it back and add some hairspray. It's simple and saves trouble." Ai opened the quilt, stuffed her white and tender feet into cotton shoes, and slowly got down from the bed.

Although it is a cold winter now, the room is heated and the temperature is as high as that in early summer. Therefore, even though Ai is only wearing a thin pink pajamas, she still feels warm.

Yuan Qi looked through the mirror at Ai who was slowly coming up behind him, and began to explain, "Yesterday I ran into Qingshi, the Qingshi classmate we knew back when we were at Duelist Academy. Do you remember him?"

"Bluestone?" Ai tilted her head slightly, as if recalling something. "Let me think... um... the one with the Red-Eyes Black Dragon?"

"Yes, that's him." Yuan Qi nodded.

"What happened to him?" Ai asked.

"He said my disguise was too obvious and he saw through it right away." Yuan Qi sighed softly, "I think he has a point. I should change my hairstyle to one that can better conceal my identity."

"A hairstyle that hides one's identity better..." Ai held her chin and carefully examined Yuan Qi's face in the mirror. After thinking for a moment, she said, "How about a middle part?"

"No, no." Yuan Qi refused decisively.

"What about those bangs?"

"Isn't that the same as before?"

"Why don't you go to the barber shop and get a perm and dye?"

Ai said, rubbing Yuan Qi's hair with his hands, making it messy, and said, "Anyway, let's leave it like this for now. You can go to the barber shop to get your hair done later. Don't do it in the room. If your hair falls on the floor, it will be very troublesome to clean it up."

Yuan Qi looked at Ai's silver hair that was as beautiful as the Milky Way and couldn't help but wonder, "You are also losing your hair?"

"Of course you'll lose your hair if you don't sleep well." Ai glanced at Yuan Qi and said, "I'm a human now."

At this point, Ai paused, then continued, "A human with a bit too much dueling power."

That point shouldn’t be “a little”, right?

Yuan Qi thought secretly in his heart.

However, he did not speak. Instead, he put down the comb and scissors, stood up from his seat and said, "You have a point. It's better to leave things like haircuts to the barbers. It's really disrespectful to the barbers to just do it casually by yourself and expect it to be done well."

"That's right." Ai nodded in agreement, then lowered her head to unbutton the few remaining buttons on her pajamas, threw them casually on the bed, reached out to open the door of the wardrobe, and began to choose clothes to wear today.

"By the way, today is Friday, right? Do you have any plans for tomorrow?" Ai asked in a low voice while touching the clothes hanging in the closet with his fingertips.

"Sorry, I plan to go check on Nero and the others." Yuan Qi thought for a moment and replied.

Ai's eyes were slightly lost: "What about Sunday?"

"It seems that there is still no time." Yuan Qi said a little embarrassedly.

"Forget it, it's harder than climbing to the sky to ask you out." Ai sighed, then pulled out a khaki coat from the closet and said, "Just indulge yourself. You'll only end up hurting yourself."

"Is it really okay for you to say this yourself?" Yuan Qi couldn't help but curl his lips.

"Hmph~"

So, after doing a simple morning exercise, Yuan Qi and Ai came to the living room, and they were greeted by Xuefeng who had already prepared breakfast.

"Hey, let's forget about yesterday. Today it should be my turn, right?" Xuefeng looked at the atmosphere between the two and immediately understood what had happened. His soft face suddenly puffed up like a pufferfish.

"It's over after you leave Fang's room in the morning. You can do the same tomorrow morning." Ai winked at Xuefeng mischievously.

Xuefeng's face turned red, and she kept saying, "How can you do that kind of thing in broad daylight? Activities between husband and wife should...should be healthy!" Then she said even more difficult to understand words, such as "you should have a sense of shame" and "you should know how to be moderate", which made Ai laugh loudly, and the living room was filled with a happy atmosphere.

"It's so lively so early in the morning. Did something good happen?" At this moment, Sera also dragged her tired body out of the room.

"Did you stay up late last night? Are you okay?" Yuan Qi looked at Sera's tired appearance and couldn't help but worry.

"The deadline for the manuscript is coming up soon, so I have to stay up late." Sera sat down at the dining table, half-opening her eyes and said, "Today is Snow Wind? Then is tomorrow..."

"I'll make breakfast tomorrow." Ai took over the conversation and said, "I don't have anything to do anyway."

"Thank you." Sera agreed without hesitation.

"I'm afraid I'll be busy these days too," Xuefeng added. "After the Duelist system collapsed, a large number of people have faced employment issues. Many are even accusing the government of being ungrateful and raising the banner of resistance."

"There's no other way. They could make a living by playing cards before, but now if we suddenly ask them to do a serious job, they will definitely not be able to accept it." Sera said as a matter of course. She happened to find the path of writing novels. Otherwise, she didn't know what she should do. She might even become a parasite who only knows how to eat and drink.

"Even if they can't accept it, they have to accept it." Yuan Qi said calmly, "Duelists can no longer bring the same huge benefits to society as before. Even if they don't accept it, life will make them accept it."

"I just can't get over it mentally." Xuefeng said this, looking at Yuan Qidao with some resentment, "Why don't you come and help me?"

Yuan Qi shrugged helplessly and said, "I might be able to do some behind-the-scenes work during the initial stages of reconstruction, but if you want to deal with the large number of unemployed duelists now, I absolutely cannot intervene. Otherwise, it will only further intensify the conflict."

"Why do I feel like you just want to be lazy?" Xuefeng looked at Yuan Qidao suspiciously.

Yuan Qi picked up the bread on the plate and stuffed it into his mouth without commenting. He had been working for Her Majesty the Queen for more than two years, and now it was time to let go.

Extra six

Just two years ago in the winter, a drastic change occurred in this world dominated by duels. This drastic change affected the social structure, living habits, and economic status of all human beings in the world... Although many people expressed hatred and despair about this, the development of things will not change because of their thoughts.

That's right, on that day, no one in the world could duel.

Although the duelist still has the power to duel in his body and can still summon the duel disk, he is unable to start a duel.

The inability to start a duel means that it is impossible to generate duel power, and the inability to generate duel power means that there is no energy available.

The social status of duelists suddenly fell from heaven to hell, and the major families and political systems based on dueling were also impacted. Many big families went bankrupt and became small families, and the small families went bankrupt and became penniless.

However, among them, apart from Her Majesty the Queen, who had foresight and made large-scale acquisitions of physical businesses, there was another family that was not affected.

In other words, although it was impacted, it still survived the torrent because of its huge size. Of course, this does not mean that it lived well.

At this moment, in an office at the family's headquarters, a young woman in a suit with long black hair was lying on a chair, looking at the documents in her hands while holding a microphone and having a "friendly conversation" with her subordinates:

"The garment factory is laying off employees? No, no, no. We've already survived the most chaotic two years, and orders will gradually increase. Don't worry. If you're going to lay off employees, lay off those logistics and security staff first. That suburban branch with hundreds of employees needs dozens of people to clean, boil water, and guard the factory? And a security team of more than 20 people? I'm afraid they're all your kids, right? Keep two in logistics, two in security, and get the rest out. Can't you find a job? The construction site is still short of people."

"Why didn't you give me funding? The plan you submitted last time was shit. There were no case studies, no market research, and the specific action plan was vague. I'm lucky I didn't fire you, and you're still asking me why I didn't give you funding?"

"The warehouse inventory doesn't match? Then go check it yourself, why are you looking for me?!"

"..."

After cursing for about twenty minutes, the girl picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and moistened her dry throat.

"Thanks a lot."

Nero, who was studying with a notebook on the side, said to the girl.

"It's okay. On the contrary, I should thank you for taking me in." The girl chuckled and then asked Nero, "You've been studying with me for almost two years. How do you feel about your studies?"

Nero hesitated for a moment and then said, "It's okay."

"...Do you really want to be the next head of the family?" The girl narrowed her eyes and looked at Nero, her black pupils filled with displeasure.

Nero thought about it, shook his head and said, "Why don't you be the one?"

Even after studying with this girl for two years, Nero still felt that he was not cut out to be the head of a family.

The girl rolled her eyes in annoyance: "My last name isn't Arisa, so why should I be the head of the family?"

"Then... let my aunt take over." Nero said. The current head of the Arisa family is her aunt Purviya. There doesn't seem to be any problem at the moment. In that case, it would be better to let my aunt continue to be the head.

"Your aunt doesn't seem to have any intention of leaving any offspring. When she retires, it will be you who will take care of her," the girl said indifferently.

Nero frowned. It would be fine if he asked her to help with the family business, but it would be too difficult for her to become the head of the family.

"In that case..." Nero thought about it and suddenly found a good idea, "Let my child be the head of the family."

The girl was slightly stunned, then said unhappily, "You can't help but feel like you're just a piece of rotten mud."

Nero blinked, pretending not to hear.

"Jingle Bell!"

At this moment, the phone in the office rang again. When the girl impatiently picked up the phone and was about to start spitting, a familiar voice rang out from the other side.

"Hello? Can you hear me?"

"..."

"Noona? Is this your office number? Are you on the phone?"

Nona raised her head slightly and looked at the branches outside the window. After a long moment, she coldly said into the microphone, "Who are you?"

"Can't you hear me? I'm Yuan Qi."

Yuan Qi was squatting not far from the gate of the Arisa Group at this moment. He lowered his voice and said helplessly to his phone, "I'm at the door of your company and the security guards stopped me. They said I'm not a company employee and I don't have an appointment, so they can't let me in. Could you please call the security guards and let me in?"

"Let you in?" Nona showed a meaningful smile on her face. She gently put her right leg on her left leg and leaned back slightly. "Why should I let you in?"

"Hey, you can't be so ruthless, right?" Yuan Qi whispered.

"I'm ruthless? You are absolutely right. I am a cold-blooded and heartless guy. I can't be as affectionate as you. I heard that you bought a small apartment near the Third Ring Road recently? I wonder how many beauties are hidden in that golden house?" Nona said sarcastically.

"Ahem, only three..."

"You think it's not enough?"

"Indeed."

"Bah, shameless!" Nona said while gritting her teeth.

"Okay, it's so cold outside, let me in quickly, otherwise I will freeze into a snowman outside." Yuan Qi said as he looked at the snowflakes floating down from the sky.

"I don't intend to let a pervert who's still not satisfied with his three wives into this place. Who knows if you'll have any bad intentions towards me? You'll just be out here freezing!"

Having said that, Nona hung up the phone without hesitation.

"You really won't let it in?"

Nero looked at Nona with some disappointment.

"Idiot, if you don't show some attitude, how can he take you seriously?" Nona tapped Nero's smooth forehead and said, "He hasn't looked at us for so long, we should make a fuss."

"What if he really can't get in outside and keeps freezing?" Nero asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, he has his own way." Nona stretched and said, "Just because he doesn't have the power to duel doesn't mean he doesn't have other things."

On the other side, after hearing the beeping sound coming from the phone, Yuan Qi had no choice but to put the phone away and said to the little girl behind him, "There's no other way. It seems I can only ask you for help."

"How to do?"

The little girl inquired.

Yuan Qi stood up, strode towards the company's gate and said, "Clear all obstacles in front of me."

"Yes, my lord!"

The little girl, no, Ghost Rabbit picked up the sheathed long sword in her hand and nodded with a firm expression.