"Yes! The General wouldn't stoop to such a level! We can all figure something out together." Bai Xingyu, swayed by their words, even had tears of emotion on his face, believing the General had sacrificed so much for them!
Before, it was their reputation that was lost, and now they were directly selling their looks.
Veins throbbed on Xingyuan's forehead. Unable to bear it any longer, she directly initiated a video call and roared at the others, "All of you, shut up."
"Has everyone's skill points been poured into imagination? If I'm unwilling, can anyone force me? And speaking of which, even if I were forced, couldn't I resist? I could secretly eliminate them first. With my strength, would I be caught by anyone? It's simply laughable!"
Xingyuan's words left them speechless. It seemed the General was right. Given her temper, it was already impressive if anyone could tolerate her, so they couldn't demand anything more.
Seeing them fall into silence, Xingyuan smirked with satisfaction. That's more like it! She had merely informed them, not sought their opinions, so naturally, they had no right to object.
Silence is the Kangqiao of tonight!
After a brief silence, Bai Xingyu, on behalf of the others, asked the question they all wanted to know:
"Who is the General's arranged marriage partner?"
"I already said it's not an arranged marriage!" Xingyuan replied, feigning shyness.
"Exactly, you've all met her. Xi Yue, your future General's wife. So, from now on, when you see her, be mindful and don't be as careless as before," Xingyuan said sternly.
She had always disliked their closeness before, but she had no standing to make them keep their distance. Now, she did! All of them should stay away from her wife; no one else should even think about her.
The group nodded in unison, indicating they understood and would obediently listen to the General from now on and maintain some distance from Xi Yue.
"Alright, the important matters are settled! I recall you were already on your way back a few days ago. You should be back on the main planet by tomorrow!" Xingyuan's gaze seemed to reach Bo Xi and the others through the screen.
"Uh... roughly! If you could push it to the afternoon, General, we should be able to make it to the scene," Wang Zhiping snatched the smart device from Bo Xi's hand and replied with a serious expression.
"Hmm, I'll discuss it with my wife!" Xingyuan didn't directly refuse. For her, more people were always better, but Xi Yue's opinion was crucial. If she didn't like it, it wouldn't matter if these people didn't come.
Seeing that they seemed to have nothing else, Xingyuan promptly ended the video call and went downstairs to find Xi Yue.
"Sister~ I asked Bo Xi and the others, and they said they'll be back around afternoon. Should we change our registration to the afternoon?"
Although in Xingyuan's heart, Xi Yue was already hers whether they registered or not, having a legitimate status was also very good.
Xi Yue's brow furrowed slightly, seeming a bit confused. After a moment, she looked into Xingyuan's eyes and said, "Okay!"
Xingyuan saw online that newlyweds needed a new home. So, she informed Xi Yue and went to unseal her smart device and her frozen assets.
Although it was best to choose a new home together, Xingyuan was too eager to surprise her sister. Otherwise, if they registered but it felt the same as not registering, how would her sister feel like she had lost out? She wanted to eliminate that possibility from the root.
Xingyuan excitedly looked at the new home models recommended by the salesperson. The advantage of the interstellar era was that you didn't need to visit houses to buy them. You could just sit in a room, and intelligent machines would constantly adjust the camera angles according to your requirements, allowing you to understand the features of the house from all angles.
Xingyuan looked at dozens of properties but wasn't very satisfied. Her sister preferred natural-style architecture, so the surroundings of the building couldn't be barren, nor could it be a commercial district. Ideally, there would be a lush forest.
However, this wasn't difficult. As long as there was money, hiring more robots to help could solve it within a day.
The difficult part was the size of the house. If it was too large, they might not even find each other when they were busy. If it was too small, they might constantly run into each other, disrupting the other's normal work. Xingyuan felt that Xi Yue quite enjoyed her profession.
She couldn't let others see her as someone who got by on connections. After much deliberation, Xingyuan finally remembered a private property she owned. It was a gift from a nobleman who was grateful for her saving his life, and Xingyuan had never visited it.
It was also on this property recommendation list. Xingyuan felt it was the most suitable.
The environment was serene, not too far from the First Legion, with some flowers, grass, and small animals around. With some processing and renovation, it should be usable.
She acted on impulse, sketching a very rudimentary design plan in a few strokes, then asked a professional designer to refine it. She paid the money, and the property sales office accepted her commission to handle it according to her wishes.
Given the tight deadline, they explicitly stated that it would be difficult to achieve her desired effect, at most a seven-tenths completion.
Seven-tenths already made Xingyuan very satisfied, as she had originally expected only three-tenths.
The smile on her face brightened, and then she went to find a renowned mecha designer to help her repair her "Weiguang."
She had collected most of the materials for Weiguang. Yu Xuan'an had played a huge role. He truly lived up to being the Duke valued by the Federation's Emperor; his network and influence were vast. Some rare materials were even in stock at his family's residence.
Xingyuan felt she owed him another debt. However, the more debts there were, the more worried it would be for the creditor, not Xingyuan. After all, if she decided one day she couldn't repay the debt and ran away, he wouldn't even be able to find her, let alone collect the debt. This was quite frustrating.
Xingyuan never considered herself a person of good credit. She was curious about where Yu Xuan'an's inexplicable confidence in her came from. Perhaps it was because of her high status, thinking she couldn't escape – the monk might run, but the temple wouldn't?
He was truly overestimating her! When she ran away, she wouldn't care about her status at all. Only her sister could make her care a little.
Xingyuan silently complained in her heart, but her hands, which were taking the materials, didn't falter at all. If she couldn't repay, she couldn't repay! If she helped him stage a rebellion, that would be considered settling the score.
After all, could a country's Emperor have the nerve to ask for back the paltry sum he gave her? What about his image?
"Are you sure you don't want a smart mainboard?" the old man, who was absorbed in admiring the sunlight on the pile of materials, asked Xingyuan again.
"Yes, I'm sure! I already have one. However, my previous mecha was broken, and I want to build a more powerful one. As for the smart mainboard, I'll use the old one."