Chapter 14 Deciding to Go on a Trip
Chapter 14 Deciding to Go on a Trip
Mo Ze was completely unaware that the gifts he gave his parents had brought them a sweet burden, even making them afraid to stay at home.
At this moment, Mo Ze and Lin Shushu are sparring in the manor. Since Mo Ze regained his human form, they have spent most of their time outside. Mo Ze also has his own private room in the manor.
Lin Shushu sheathed her longsword, and Mo Ze opposite her followed suit by withdrawing his palms.
In terms of pure skill, Mo Ze and Lin Shushu are evenly matched. Lin Shushu's advantage lies in her light and agile movements. Mo Ze, on the other hand, is a power-type fighter with wide and sweeping moves. When the two face off, it can only be said that they each have their own strengths and weaknesses.
However, if Lin Shushu uses her spiritual power, Mo Ze, despite possessing SSS-level mental strength, currently lacks a mecha, making the outcome uncertain.
The two sat down in the pavilion by the lake. Lin Shushu took out some spiritual tea from her spatial storage and brewed it. She poured a cup for Mo Ze and took a sip herself. The aroma of the tea filled her mouth.
During this time, Mo Ze also fell in love with drinking tea. Especially in such a beautiful environment, with a girl who made his heart flutter by his side, how could he not be so happy that he forgot about home?
"Aren't you the marshal of the First Army Group? You've been away for so long. Can the border be stable? Besides, aren't you afraid that you'll lose power when you go back?" Lin Shushu asked curiously.
"It's alright, there are trustworthy generals in the legion. Besides, the insect swarm has already receded, and they won't attack again anytime soon." What Mo Ze didn't say was that he actually wanted to stay by her side forever.
“I have submitted a leave application to the Empire. Given the serious injuries I sustained, the Empire has granted me a year's leave. The next year is my own time.”
"It belongs to you too." He added this sentence to his mind.
The two were chatting when Mo Ze's personal terminal rang.
Since logging back into his personal computer, Mo Ze has received a lot of messages. He picked out some important ones to reply to and ignored the rest.
Upon seeing that the person who came was Gu Rong, Mo Ze rejected the video request and switched to a voice call.
As soon as the call connected, Gu Rong's loud voice came through.
"Commander-in-chief, where are you? I'm coming to get you." Heaven knows how much guilt he felt after losing his commander-in-chief. After being rescued, he learned that his commander-in-chief was still missing, and he even considered committing suicide to atone for his sins.
After that, he searched everywhere, but to no avail, until a few days ago when he received a call from the old man who told him that there was news about the head coach.
He couldn't get in touch with the head coach until today, when he finally got through and almost cried tears of joy.
Mo Ze could hear his urgency and sense his worry, but he didn't want him to bother him. Besides, he wasn't the host here and had no right to entertain outsiders.
"I'm fine now, you don't need to worry, and you don't need to come pick me up. I'll go back when it's time," Mo Ze refused.
"But everyone is worried about you. I can't explain to them if I don't see you with my own eyes," Gu Rong pleaded.
"Please tell everyone that I have fully recovered. Doing your own part is the greatest support you can give me."
Gu Rong was helpless. He knew that once the commander-in-chief made a decision, no one could change it.
"Commander, you...you..."
"Say what you have to say, what's with all this fussing and beating around the bush?" I never knew Gu Rong could be this kind of girlish.
"Commander, don't be angry, I'll tell you, I'll tell you now... Do you still have any of the spiritual fruits you sent back to the Imperial Star? I can buy them, I'm willing to pay any price." Gu Rong quickly revealed his purpose.
Mo Ze was taken aback. How did Gu Rong know about this? He had only given it to his parents once, but Gu Rong's words made it sound like many people already knew.
Next, Mo Ze heard from Gu Rong what happened after his father received the spirit fruit that day, and also learned that a craze for finding spirit fruits had swept across the Imperial Star.
It turned out that after being rebuffed by Mo Kun, the major powers on the Imperial Star had no choice but to send people to search various planets. They believed that if Mo Ze could find him, they certainly could too.
Nowadays, greetings between families consist of asking each other questions:
"Have you found your home?" "No."
"Which planets did you search for?" "Star xx."
Lin Shushu overheard their conversation. She hadn't expected the Space Spirit Fruit to cause such a stir on the Imperial Star. But then again, who could resist its taste and effects?
"Did your family also send people to search?" Mo Ze asked.
"Of course, my husband is very proactive, but there's been no news, so he asked me to ask you."
“You can tell him that he doesn’t need to look anymore, that he can’t find them anywhere else, and that I can buy some for him, but you can’t tell anyone else.”
"Alright, that's what I've been waiting for," Gu Rong cheered happily, then chuckled, "We still have to look for it, otherwise people will get suspicious, won't they?"
Lin Shushu had no objection to Mo Ze selling spirit fruits for her, since she had plenty in her space anyway.
However, this incident gave her a new idea. Although the pill shop had been doing well recently, it was still far from 3000 million star coins, and spirit fruits were a good breakthrough point.
They immediately discussed the specifics of opening another store with Moze. Thus, Moze became the manager of both stores.
The new store is called "Guozhen You Ni" (果真有你), inspired by the names of various fruit shops on the streets and alleys in Lin Shushu's previous life.
After deciding on the store name, Lin Shushu selected three types of spiritual fruits to put on the shelves: Glazed Fruit, Seven-Colored Fruit, and Holy Essence Fruit. Their grades were beginner, intermediate, and advanced, respectively, and their prices were 100,000 star coins, 200,000 star coins, and 500,000 star coins.
So, "Guoran You Ni" opened without any publicity or notification. As for who will be the first to try it, that's up to fate.
After settling things at the shop, Lin Shushu had the idea of going out for a walk, which meant going to another planet.
Anyway, she can operate her shop anywhere, refine pills at any time, and harvest spiritual fruits whenever she grows them in her spatial storage. Unlike others, she doesn't need a fixed warehouse to store her goods.
To be honest, having been in the interstellar world for so long, she had always stayed on planet M19. Although she had transformed it into a paradise for interstellar people, she was still full of curiosity about the outside world, especially the vast and boundless universe.
She told Mo Ze about her idea, and Mo Ze immediately said he would go with her.
Although Mo Ze preferred to stay on this planet where only the two of them lived, he would go wherever she wanted to go. As long as he was with her, he wouldn't be afraid even if it meant going to a black hole in space.
Without further ado, Lin Shushu enthusiastically planned her travel route, and ultimately, the task fell to Mo Ze, the interstellar native.
Before leaving, Lin Shushu used an array to hide the manor. There was no other way; as the impurities on the planet were cleared away, more and more animals emerged.
If no measures are taken, the farm might become a home for animals by the time they return.
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