The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits
Chapter 680 - 684: Interstellar Heartthrob (3)

Chapter 680: Chapter 684: Interstellar Heartthrob (3)

Since she had come, those people might as well go see a ghost.

Who isn’t a baby here? She still needed someone to take care of herself.

It was truly unbearable.

Su Li thought more and more theatrically, and her fingers formed the orchid finger even tighter, waving vigorously beside her own ear.

"Xiao Hei, bring me a cup of tea," Su Li suddenly said to herself, but a young man’s voice appeared out of nowhere in the room.

"Yes, Lord," the voice responded.

The interstellar era was truly wonderful. Even on a backward garbage star, the convenient technology available was incomparable to modern society.

The seamless eggshell metal wall cracked open to form a doorway, and a black-haired, blue-eyed young man entered, holding a tray in his hands.

"Lord, your tea."

After placing the tea on the table with utmost respect, the young man named Xiao Hei, whose demeanor did not match his name, did not leave.

Instead, he seemed hesitant, as if he was brewing some words to say.

Su Li turned around, glanced casually over, and nonchalantly picked up the tea to take a sip.

Hmm, the taste was somewhat astringent, not very pleasant.

Yet, as the most cherished drink of the ancient humans, even though Su Li considered this tea to be of low quality, it was still priceless on the interstellar black market, unattainable unless one was wealthy and influential.

This was something the original owner had unintentionally acquired after robbing a small merchant airship.

Usually, she would never dare to drink it, carefully preserving it, planning to sell it at the black market for a good price to cover the children’s expenses for a while longer.

The original owner could be said to be the most pitiful Lord in history... to be so reluctant to even drink a cup of tea...

Su Li didn’t have so many concerns.

Those children were pitiful, but that was their parents’ doing. What did it have to do with her?

No money for education, no money for a better life, go find their own parents...

Xiao Hei kept casting glances at Su Li, waiting for her to start the conversation.

The original owner, being a woman, was naturally endowed with delicate emotions, which, even though unknown to others, made her especially considerate and tolerant towards the people around her.

In the past, without the need for the rich expressions on Xiao Hei’s face as a reminder, just a glance would prompt the original owner to proactively start asking questions. Unlike today when Xiao Hei was showing such obvious signs, she was like a blind person, completely disregarding them.

Su Li took another small sip of the tea and then, with disgust, pushed the cup far away.

She turned her head and asked in confusion, "Xiao Hei, is there something wrong with your eyes?"

When the original owner first came to this planet, she couldn’t bear the fate facing the children and decided to stay.

And those poor children rescued at that time had all grown up by now.

Xiao Hei was one of those children, who had now become the captain of the Lord’s Guard Team.

He was also the one who took the lead in bringing the Federation’s people in.

The original owner had always been very fond of this child she had watched grow up, yet she never realized that his attitude towards her had changed a few years ago.

Now, everyone addressed the original owner merely with the official title of "Lord," which was laughable because the original owner trusted them wholeheartedly.

Su Li saw clearly that compared to the favor they owed the Lord, Xiao Hei had a deeper sense of belonging to the original inhabitants of this planet.

What he cared about was whether the Lord could bring them more benefits, not his loyalty to the person.

Even if there might have been gratitude before, after so many years, the accumulating dissatisfaction was enough to dilute everything.

Moreover, there were a number of disgruntled family and friends shaking hearts beside him.

In comparison, it was actually the Lord who was an outsider, while everyone else was united as one.

After waiting for a while, Xiao Hei didn’t get any reaction from the Lord, nor did she ask him any questions. Instead, he said his eye was twitching.

A flash of dissatisfaction passed quickly through Xiao Hei’s eyes.

The young man thought he had concealed it well, but he was as transparent as a blank sheet of paper in front of Su Li, with all his emotions plainly visible.

The boy was still too young.

Finally, Xiao Hei couldn’t hold back any longer and asked Su Li, "Lord, didn’t you say you wanted to sell these tea leaves before, how come...."

Before the young man could finish speaking, Su Li glared, her authority pressing down on Xiao Hei so heavily that he broke out in a cold sweat and, involuntarily, his legs gave way, and he knelt on one knee.

Su Li stared coldly at Xiao Hei and said, "Do I, as a Lord, not even have the right to enjoy such mediocre tea leaves?"

Xiao Hei quickly lowered his head and muttered an apology.

He was nervous inside, feeling that today’s Lord was very different from usual; her stern face had made him feel an unprecedented fear.

It was as if he was facing a Fierce Beast, baring its sharp teeth and ready to tear him apart the next second.

However, at the same time, the dissatisfaction he had harbored only grew more substantial, buried deep inside his heart, waiting for the day to sprout and break through the soil.

Su Li waved her hand and said indifferently, "You may leave."

Xiao Hei gritted his teeth, still forcing his courage, hastily added, "Lord, the educational supplies for the children’s school... and those elderly people in the Respect Education Hall, the annual hurricane is coming in a few days, and we haven’t prepared enough preventative supplies."

Su Li tapped her fingers on the desk, the sounds tapping like a drumbeat on one’s heart, making it follow the rhythm.

Xiao Hei’s voice began to trail lower and lower until it was barely audible.

"Heh..." A low chuckle spilled from Su Li’s mouth, and Xiao Hei, surprised, snapped his head up, his incredulous expression instantly pleasing Su Li, making her laughter grow louder.

Hahahaha....

"Are you joking? We’re barely even managing to survive, and you’re talking to me about education?"

"I’ve come to realize now that education should be the responsibility of parents. Me overstepping in the past must’ve caused constant complaints from those below.... They don’t speak clearly, just hide their dissatisfaction inside, how stifling must that be, huh?"

The words Su Li said in a relaxed tone hit Xiao Hei like a blow to the head.

He frantically lowered his head even further and repeated, "Lord, you are mistaken, they definitely didn’t mean...."

Su Li cut him off, "It doesn’t matter whether they meant it or not; what is important is... I think it’s time to give them a good chance to be parents."

"You can go and let them know later...."

Xiao Hei was still reluctant to give up explaining, but Su Li changed the subject, "As for the protective supplies you mentioned just now, the preparations I consider have been sufficient; no need for more."

Now, Xiao Hei couldn’t care less about the previous topic, his anger ignited by Su Li’s last words.

His face flushed with fury, disregarding everything else, he stood up sharply, raising his voice at Su Li, "Sufficient, how could they be sufficient? You have no idea...."