26. Maybe
In the hot season, the sky is still bright enough even at eight o'clock in the evening.
It was not until nightfall that Huo Jie arranged a small dinner party in the open air of the hotel for Ansel and Su Liu to "cultivate their relationship."
At the dinner table, Su Liu had no appetite in the face of delicious food.
Ansel on the opposite side did the same, holding the knife and fork very tightly, imagining the bloody scene of inserting the sharp silver into Su Liu's neck.
Su Liu deeply felt that if he really married Ansel, it might be worse than marrying Zhang Yanchen.
As an outsider, Huo Jie also held the same view: some people are naturally incompatible, and no amount of matchmaking can change that.
He sent a message to Victor: suggesting replacing Vincent.
Victor replied: The age difference is too big.
Huo Jie: There is no problem with the performance.
Victor: It turns out that none of my sons are serious.
Huo Jie was about to reply when he heard Su Liu's voice.
"I can't come back now, so have fun. Yeah, I'll be back before school closes."
After Su Liu ended the call, Huo Jie asked, "Is it your roommate?"
"Yes, a purifier has emerged in the first grade, and the whole department has pooled money to hold a celebration party for him. Originally, my roommates and I were going to go tonight." Su Liu felt a little regretful.
At least there would be plenty of food at the celebration banquet, and she could eat happily, unlike now, when all the delicacies from land and sea tasted bland.
The order issued by the military was approved by Huo Jie, so he knew about the advance testing of the planting departments of various schools.
"Have you taken the test? What's the compatibility?"
Su Liu waved his knife and fork like a crab waving its claws: "Zero."
zero?
Huo Jie's eyes flashed.
Ansel swallowed his food and sneered, "Shit has a compatibility rating of three for Strange Factor, and you're not even as good as shit."
Su Liu rolled his eyes at him.
Huo Jie pondered for a moment and said, "This number is indeed very... puzzling. Are you sure the test process is correct?"
Su Liu roughly told what happened, and Huo Jie fell into thought.
Neither reject nor absorb?
It's really an interesting phenomenon.
After dinner, although Huo Jie still planned to do some other projects, the two of them continued to spend time together.
However, when Su Liu's school was closing time, Ansel used the excuse of work and refused to continue the "blind date" even though he would rather give up the time with his beloved brother.
Ansel slipped away too quickly and Victor didn't come back, so Huo Jie had to take Su Liu back to school.
Private airships are prohibited from flying in the city to avoid interfering with normal radar operations.
In the car, Su Liu said, "I'm planting mung beans and pumpkins now. I'll be able to harvest and sell them in two months. Can I pay you back the loan shark then?"
"Hmm? No rush." Huo Jie didn't really care about this matter. He just teased the little brat occasionally to make his monotonous life a little more lively.
He noticed something else than the loan sharking. "You've been using honorifics for me?"
Su Liu didn't seem like someone who could respect his status as an imperial admiral, and if she were a sycophantic person, she wouldn't be so resistant to the engagement with the Ives family.
Every word she spoke was "you", not out of fear or yearning, but simply out of heartfelt respect.
Su Liu said seriously, "There's nothing strange about using a respectful title for my savior, right?"
It was like a mysterious attraction. How many times had Huo Jie saved her in just a few months?
Although I could never see her face clearly, how many times did those beautiful and sharp eyes, emitting green light, appear in the depths of my mind when I woke up in the middle of the night?
The lights in the carriage were a little dim. Huo Jie turned his head to look at Su Liu with a leisurely and lazy expression.
He seems to be a completely different person from Admiral Ives, who is always calm, stern and serious in interstellar news.
"Is it out of gratitude, so respect?"
Su Liu smiled in a very soft tone.
"Besides, there are other things. It's understandable for a weak commoner like me to respect a great and powerful person like you who is fair, selfless, and wields the sword for common people, right?"
Huo Jie fell into a strange silence because of her "praise", and the driver and the deputy general in the front seat also stared with wide eyes and looked dazed.
Fair? Selfless? Great?
What is this innocent little girl talking in her sleep?
Even the extremely shameless Admiral Ives coughed to cover up his mistake.
After entering the Maha Military Academy area, the driver asked for the location of the dormitory and then drove there.
Su Liu was surprised.
She remembered that cars from other schools were not allowed to enter casually, but from the moment Huo Jie's car entered the campus, it was not stopped or questioned at all, and even the closed gates were opened in advance.
So, is this a privilege?
Ten minutes later, the car stopped downstairs of the dormitory building.
Su Liu got out of the car and expressed his gratitude to Huo Jie through the window.
It is now past closing time, and normally she would not be able to enter the school smoothly. She would definitely be criticized by the department head.
But because of the admiral's privileges, she returned to the dormitory unhindered.
In the car window, the admiral's profile under the dim street lights looked deeper and more resolute due to the changes in light and shadow.
"You should reconsider Vion's proposal. Ansel isn't completely useless," he advised dutifully. "Besides, perhaps we can become a very close family."
Thinking of the arrogant and cocky Ansel, Su Liu shuddered.
"No, no, no. If I marry your brother, I'm afraid I'll want to beat him to death within three days." Of course, the possibility of being beaten to death in return is greater.
In order to prevent Huo Jie from continuing to talk about this matter, Su Liu ran away.
It was not until she entered the dormitory building and her figure disappeared that the green eyes gradually withdrew their gaze.
The admiral gently stroked the silver snake-shaped ring, and after a moment, he turned the ring face, and a blue screen popped up on the computer.
He asked before the person on the other side of the video spoke.
"Compatibility test: It neither rejects nor absorbs the fusion fluid. Is that even possible?"
In the dormitory, as soon as Su Liu entered the room, three faces came up to him.
Su Liu took a step back in shock, "Wow! What are you doing!"
Yan Ziyan screamed a little excitedly, "We saw it on the balcony! Who brought you back? It's not an ordinary person who can drive a car like that!"
Rosa also said, "I can't believe it, Liuliu, you have a complicated relationship with some important people."
Lan Xianger had already found out the car model and handed the computer to Su Liu.
"It's reserved for high-ranking officials and nobles, a symbol of power and status. Ordinary wealthy people are not eligible to use it even if they want to buy it."
She held it so close that Su Liu almost became cross-eyed.
Pulling the laptop away, Su Liu calmly changed the subject, "No dormitory inspection today, right? How was your evening?"
Yan Ziyan's attention was immediately drawn to this point. "The second and third grades have also done compatibility tests, and each has produced two purifiers!"
Rosa rushed to say, "It's equivalent to this year's Maha, the planting department has produced a total of five purifiers!"
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