52. Sorry
Su Liu took out his laptop and pretended to release it.
But the admiral came closer and watched her every move with great distrust.
Su Liu: “…”
Those who can become generals are indeed extraordinary, even their thickness of skin is amazing.
After making sure he was released from the small dark room, Huo Jie looked at the pond again.
"What's this?"
"Fish pond."
"What about those?" Huo Jie pointed to the anti-seepage membrane and other items piled under the tree.
Su Liu said, "I'm not very good at installation, I'm still trying to figure it out."
Upon hearing this, Huo Jie took off his military coat.
Underneath it was a black shirt with silver stripes, which was slightly tight and highlighted the beautiful muscle lines of the back.
Under Su Liu's puzzled gaze, he picked up the equipment and installed it in an orderly manner.
Su Liu was stunned.
"Admiral, I don't have a single cent to 'hire' you."
"As a reward for letting me out of the little dark room, I'll help you for free."
Compared to Su Liu, who has very low manual skills, Huo Jie can even do odd jobs very well.
He quickly laid the anti-seepage membrane, installed the water pump and filter, and re-dug the parts of the pond that were not designed well. He is simply a senior engineer with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Su Liu originally wanted to help out, but later found that he didn't even have the chance to help, and instead became a bit of a hindrance.
The "flattered" girl squatted on the side, almost scratching her scalp with anxiety.
At the same time, on the airship, officers were using radar to monitor the situation below and captured this unusual scene.
Everyone's mind was experiencing a storm comparable to the end of the world.
Why is the admiral doing chores for that woman?
What is the origin of that woman?
Is she the admiral's stepmother?
Huo Jie was very efficient. He manually completed the installation of the pond in two hours and pumped water into it to ensure that there were no omissions.
Su Liu really couldn't be happy. She didn't know how to "thank" this powerful man.
Seeing Su Liu's dilemma, Huo Jie asked, "Can you cook?"
"Yes, I will."
"Cook something for me," Huo Jie said, "I'm a little hungry."
Su Liu doesn't live at home, so the only place where he can cook is the dormitory.
But it was impossible to bring Huo Jie to the dormitory, otherwise all the news media in the Imperial Star might get wind of it.
So, Su Liu placed Huo Jie in the sheep pen, and then rushed back to the dormitory to cook.
Two hours later, Su Liu came back panting with a food box in his hand, just in time to see Huo Jie standing by the sheep pen, being spat on by several sheep.
“…”
So magical, so weird.
Today really feels like a dream.
Huo Jie had already noticed Su Liu coming, so he tilted his head and asked, "Can we have dinner now?"
“Yes, yes, yes!”
There was a small table in the farm, and Su Liu put the food box on it.
"Time is tight, and there aren't many ingredients, so we can only eat simply."
Huo Jie responded calmly, observing Su Liu calmly.
She is a very ordinary girl. Although she looks good, she is not a top beauty with particularly bright and dazzling looks.
In terms of personality, she is a contradiction, being very Buddhist yet unwilling to admit defeat. She will play badly if no one stimulates her, but will work hard to improve herself only when stimulated. Generally speaking, there is nothing special about her.
If I have to say something, it's only that his physical condition is not like that of a normal person, nothing else is good about him.
So it was really just because of the friendship between the previous generation that the old man forced his brother to marry her?
The general still felt it was unreasonable.
No one knew Victor better than he did; the old man would never do anything without profit.
To the Ives family, Su Liu was too ordinary, with no identity or background, and was not even worthy of marriage.
Unless Victor and Zhang Mingzhu had a great love story, but finally broke up due to worldly prejudice, it would be heartbreaking.
In the end, out of immense guilt, he could only compensate Su Liu.
The general thought about it seriously for a long time and came to the conclusion that his old man was having an affair with Zhang Mingzhu.
All the plates in the food box have been placed. Su Liu took out his chopsticks and said, "It's time to eat."
Huo Jie took a look.
Stir-fried shredded potatoes.
Steamed potato cubes.
Mix mashed potatoes.
French fries.
Fried potato pancakes.
At first glance, there were several plates, but upon closer inspection, they were all filled with potatoes.
"Is the whole Potato family here?"
Su Liu was slightly embarrassed, "I've sold all the other vegetables, and all I have left are potatoes."
It would take too much time to kill the sheep now, and the admiral would probably starve to death if he had to go to the school to get the tilapia and cook it all.
To ease the awkwardness, she handed over the cutlery and asked, "Why is the Admiral here?"
This was nonsense. She thought Huo Jie would still say he was just passing by, but she didn't expect the general to pick up some potato cubes and said slowly, "I came to see you."
"What's so good about me?"
Huo Jie looked at her and explained calmly, "I don't mean to manipulate your life."
Su Liu was stunned.
"It's just that whether you marry Vincent or Ansel, it's a good choice." Huo Jie tried to make Su Liu understand his thoughts: "They are aristocrats, limited by their upbringing. Even if they don't like each other, at least they will maintain a superficial harmony."
Su Liu hesitated for a while and was about to answer when he was interrupted by Huo Jie again.
"This is just my opinion. I didn't expect it to offend you," Huo Jie said with a hint of guilt and confusion that even he couldn't understand. "I've never believed in so-called love. When it comes to marriage, I've always believed that we should focus on the more material aspects."
Love is hypocritical and short-lived, and marriage is more fragile than thin paper.
Instead of pursuing some illusory "true love" and choosing a marriage that may end at any time and is very difficult, it is better to marry into the Yves family.
As long as the empire does not collapse, Su Liu will always be protected by the nobles.
However, this kind of thinking that focuses on weighing the pros and cons is still arrogant and presumptuous.
The general was never one to shy away from admitting his mistakes: "Forgive me for my presumptuous behavior. I won't do it again."
Su Liu was already stunned.
She never thought that Admiral Ives would come to apologize to her for such a thing.
Even though the Admiral was somewhat inconsiderate of her thoughts, overall, he didn't push her to someone too bad.
On the contrary, that was an aristocratic family that she could never get in touch with.
After being shocked for a long time, Su Liu reacted and smiled.
"Admiral, you are so strange."
Huo Jie was puzzled: "What's so strange about it?"
"Well, it's pretty weird everywhere."
Looking at the table full of potatoes, Huo Jie said bluntly, "You're even weirder for using only potatoes to entertain guests."
“…I’ve already said that time is really tight!”
Su Liu returned to the dormitory late at night, his steps so light that he seemed to be flying.
As she covered herself with the quilt, she was still humming a little tune, with the ending note of her voice rising wildly in joy.
The other three squeezed over.
"Did you find money?" Yan Ziyan asked.
"Any new gains?" Lan Xiang'er guessed.
Rosa put it more bluntly: "This girl is in love?"
Su Liu shuddered, sat up suddenly and said, "It's over!"
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