"You're still smiling. A few feudal lords are fighting, making it impossible for us to live, and you have the leisure to study tactics."
Cai Lihua, leaning on his shoulder, suddenly cursed.
"By the way, Uncle, I just thought of something. This time, you'll definitely agree to let Jiu'er be my wife."
Tuoba Yan's words completely changed the direction of the conversation.
Ajiu stared at Tuoba Yan, dumbfounded, for a long time before remembering to blink.
"Are you talking in your sleep?" Meng Shaode's eyes widened in shock. This was his sore point.
"That King of Nanming insisted I be his son. If I agree, won't I be a young prince with power, money, and influence? Jiu'er, don't you agree?"
Tuoba Yan grinned cheekily at Meng Shaode and then at Ajiu. This matter had come too suddenly, yet it was so simple.
"Are you crazy? You're not his son at all." Ajiu sized up Tuoba Yan, wondering how his thought process could be so different from a normal person's.
"King... King of Nanming?" Meng Shaode stammered in fear.
"It doesn't matter. One is willing to hit, the other is willing to be hit." Tuoba Yan's face never showed worry or any negative emotions. At this moment, he even crossed his arms and grinned foolishly.
"Do as you please." Ajiu didn't want to talk to a madman. "Mother, let's go. If we don't hurry, it will be dark."
"Jiu'er, wait for me. I promise, after I'm enfeoffed as a king, I'll come to Lingnan to marry you."
Tuoba Yan always kept his word. He waved his arm from a distance.
Ajiu lowered her head and gritted her teeth, unsure whether to acknowledge him or not.
Cai Lihua and Meng Shaode, seeing their daughter's patient demeanor, were relieved. Fortunately, their daughter wasn't swayed by Tuoba Yan, and there was still plenty of room for maneuver.
"Take care, Jiu'er. I'll come find you..." Tuoba Yan continued to shout from behind, unwilling to give up.
"Boss, are you really... really planning to become a young prince? When can we go home and rejoin the team?"
Zhao Kun looked as if he had swallowed a fly.
"This time, when I calculated our return, there's a significant gap between the timelines. Even if a hundred years pass on this planet, for us, it will be at most what they call a month's time."
"Oh? Is that true, General?" Zhao Kun had no opportunity to go back, so he couldn't find anything to compare.
"It's true, no mistake. Don't worry. This time, I've added a link in the program. We can transmit signals to the space patrol at any time. We can definitely carve out a territory here."
Tuoba Yan said, his eyes narrowing as he looked in the direction Ajiu had disappeared.
The moment he made up his mind, this memory was deeply etched into the program instructions of his chip.
"Ah..." Zhao Kun felt that his boss had changed since meeting Miss Jiu. He had changed dramatically:
"Boss, you plan to compete for territory with these foolish humans? Is it worth it? We have a greater mission."
"It is worth it." Tuoba Yan looked at Zhao Kun. "If it weren't for an accident that brought me here, I might never have felt the subtle connection with Jiu'er."
"Connection?"
"Yes, the first time I saw Jiu'er, I felt we could connect seamlessly. It was like finding a familiar program code, or like automatically connecting code."
Zhao Kun listened, completely bewildered. Such a strange thing could happen?
He glanced back in the direction Jiu'er had gone. How could his boss form a connection with someone? It was too bizarre, no wonder his system programming seemed to freeze whenever he saw Miss Jiu, his information processing ability dropping to an absurd level, which humans would call not using his brain properly.
Turning back, he found Tuoba Yan had already walked far away. He hurried to catch up:
"Boss, what's the point of fighting with these people? They only live for less than a hundred years."
"Fame and fortune." Tuoba Yan never cared about these insignificant trifles, but now, he considered them very important.
"...What do you need money for? It's not very useful." Zhao Kun muttered cautiously.
After all, as long as his boss wasn't with Jiu'er, his authority immediately returned, and he was once again the aloof interstellar general.
"Heh heh." A hint of playful mockery appeared on Tuoba Yan's stern face. "Have you heard the human saying that life is like a play? Since we're here, why not play along?"