The Empire's First Fleet is defeated, and the calm, beautiful, undefeated First Commander Shen Que is severely injured, becoming a frail invalid.
Even more shocking news arrives:
Th...
Now I see that he is indeed like that, crazy and insane, with not a single thing about him that is worthy of being called Chen Que.
Her expression darkened. "General Pei has his own dark history, and you want me to solve it for you?"
Pei Ji lifted his long legs and said, "Your Highness is so good at idol management. Coko, a virtual idol, can generate tens of billions of traffic. It should be easy to solve the black history, right?"
He suddenly paused.
"Or is it that... Her Royal Highness's financial situation is not optimistic, and she can no longer take care of my little pre-game operations?"
A hint of astonishment flashed across Lu Ya's eyes, but quickly disappeared.
She looked deeply at Pei Ji.
How did he know that all the industries he owned were facing funding shortages?
Carolina recently changed its funding strategy, allocating more funds to the Seven Fleets and this league. Many of her projects are about to be put on hold...
"Did I get it right?" Pei Ji caught Lu Ya's momentary surprise. "Don't panic. I just asked a few veteran council members about the Queen's recent financial allocation."
"General Pei has acquaintances in the parliament?" Lu Ya's voice was a little uncontrollable. "I heard that the previous lords of Baisha Star never participated in political affairs?"
"They don't participate in political affairs." Pei Ji smiled, "But they have borrowed money from my family."
Pei Ji snapped his fingers. "Would you like me to lend you some money, Princess? Since you're going to run the business for me, I'll charge you less interest."
Lu Ya's fist hardened again. "General Pei, what you said... After all, I am the heir to the throne. The industries run by my subordinates don't need you, a young lord of a remote planet, to worry about."
Pei Ji played with his badge.
"Our White Sand Planet is not some remote planet, Your Highness."
He paused deliberately.
"Do you know how much profit we made last year? Do you know how much I have?"
Lu Ya was stunned.
She knew that Baisha Star was the largest supplier of sand gold, and the others...
Pei Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, and his smile hurt Lu Ya's eyes.
“How about this, don’t look at my property anymore, just go and see how much I gave Shen Que as a gift at the inheritance banquet.”
Pei Ji pinched his fingertips as he spoke.
"It's just a small gift, a little more than he would earn working for you for 100 years."
Lu Ya stood up suddenly and said, "What do you think of my brother? Is he something that can be bought with a few bucks?!" Before he could finish his words, he heard the door open.
She swallowed back the words that were about to be revealed and shouted, "Come in."
Maid Tina pushed the door open and came in.
"Your Highness, Commander Shen is here."
Lu Ya frowned slightly, "Why is he here?"
Tina: “His Majesty has just ordered you to arrange publicity activities for Commander Shen and Admiral Pei at the same time.”
Lu Ya was stunned.
Before she could react, Pei Ji spoke: "See, I told you that the Queen likes me."
The veins on Lu Ya's forehead bulged and he slammed the table.
"Get out of here!"
Pei Ji was kicked out of the study.
The heavy door slammed shut behind him.
Pei Ji chuckled, straightened the wrinkles on his military uniform, and grabbed a small robot passing by.
"Where is Commander Shen?" he asked.
The location of the living room was displayed on the little robot's screen.
"Thank you." Pei Ji patted the little robot's head.
He walked all the way to the living room, pushed the door open, and sure enough, he saw Shen Que in a white military uniform sitting on the sofa eating dessert.
Seven or eight small robots, carrying pudding, cake and ice cream, surrounded him enthusiastically.
Pei Ji raised his eyebrows. "You're so happy, aren't you? I stood outside the door for over an hour before I came in."
Shen Que slowly swallowed a bite of cake and asked, "How is the battle going?"
Pei Ji confiscated the desserts from all the little robots and drove them all away, leaving only him and Shen Que in the room.
"It's okay." Pei Ji sat down next to Shen Que, put the dessert on the table, and reached out to take off the pinhole headset in his ear. "Aren't you listening?"
When his fingertips brushed against his earlobe, Shen Que suddenly trembled.
A faint floral fragrance emanated from the air.
They were both stunned at the same time.
"What's wrong?" Pei Ji looked at Chen Que in confusion, "So sensitive?"
Shen Que's throat rolled for a moment, and he turned his head away, "Nothing..."
Pei Ji looked at Chen Que's small chin, which was exposed at one corner, and the slightly red tips of his ears under his black hair, and his mentality suddenly became unhealthy.
He took the remaining one-third of the cake from Shen Que's hand, put it back on the table, and pressed the Omega onto the sofa.
"Let me give you a kiss." He tilted his heavy chin. "I've been waiting outside for over an hour... and got a lot of cold stares."
"Wait, Admiral..."
Shen Que shuddered again. When Pei Ji pressed on him, he found that his pheromones suddenly became difficult to suppress.
"I seem to... um..."
The rest of the words were stuck in his mouth.
…
At the same time, An Luya, who had just confirmed the property under Pei Ji's name, was walking stiffly towards the reception room.
After reading that string of numbers, she felt like she almost didn't recognize zero anymore.
How is it possible... How could he, a young lord of a remote planet, have so much wealth...
If only I could lend her some… not to mention Coko’s latest tour, but also her brewing new group and the new research project on the Sea of Life…
She walked to the living room in a daze and was surprised to find a row of small robots parked at the door.
"Why are you outside?" she asked with a frown, "Weren't we told to entertain Commander Shen?"
Little robot, look at me and I look at you.
At this moment, a loud voice suddenly came from inside the door.
"No! Admiral... wait... not here, um..."
"I was wrong, let go, ah——"