Chapter 42: The Arranged Marriage Partner is Major General Feng

Therefore, the food samples prepared for Xiong Sheng included chocolate milkshakes, chocolate puffs, chocolate crepe cakes, chocolate cookies, and so on. For the other combat team captains and adjutants, each tasting portion included two cups of milk tea and two pieces of cake.

"Oh! Old Zuo, what kind of drink did we get?"

"Yours is Grape Burst!"

"What about this one?"

"Damn! You're in luck! Strawberry Shaking Milkshake!"

"What about mine..."

Zuo Xi reached out to snatch it away...

"Hey! What are you doing? No snatching back once it's chosen!"

Comparatively speaking, Zuo Xi preferred sweet and sour flavors.

"Passion Fruit Cheese Foam... Consider yourself lucky!"

A group of burly men crammed into the office, snatching pieces from one another and taking bites of each other's food. That sight... was simply unwatchable!

"Tell me, Old Zuo, when is your wife's shop opening?"

"Three days from now!"

"Come on, General! Can't you give us a special early approval? To be honest, how much are you guys pricing these at? 299 Star Coins? Hey! When my wasteful wife goes to buy a box of pastries from Royal Pavilion, it costs well over a thousand Star Coins, doesn't it?"

The point was, although the cake made by Zuo Xi's wife wasn't very large, her pricing was very reasonable. Over at Royal Pavilion, a thousand coins would only get you six bite-sized pieces!

And they didn't even taste particularly good!

Xiong Sheng glanced at Zuo Xi.

"Rounded up, that's still only three hundred Star Coins? Are you sure you can make a profit? I hope it's not just a young girl running on youthful passion and generating momentary hype, only to fizzle out later..."

It wasn't as if he had never eaten chocolate cake from Royal Pavilion. To be honest, it didn't taste as good as the ones he was holding right now. More importantly, the ingredients used by Zuo Xi's wife were substantial. Unlike Royal Pavilion's cakes, which looked large at first glance, but once you pinched them with your fingers, only a fingernail-sized scrap was left!

"Our Zuo family, Xing family, and Long family all own planting planets, so the cost control has been kept to an absolute minimum."

Actually, Ye Moxi had wanted to set the price even lower at first, but since her partners were being so practical, they couldn't let her suffer a loss! Besides, by helping several major families solve the headache of owning planting planets that required massive investments with very little return, Ye Moxi still insisted on taking only the smallest share of the dividends!

If anyone else had been in her position, those families would have picked her clean down to the bones! But with Feng Yanting and Ye Tianjiao around, who would dare bully her?

"I'll grant you a special expedited approval. Give it a try and open tomorrow."

Xiong Sheng toyed with the cup in his hand.

The reason interstellar humans had such a strong craving for sweets was partly because they had a soothing effect. After finishing his cup of chocolate milkshake, he felt that his headache had eased considerably.

Word had it that Zuo Xi's wife's new roommate was that turtle-shell-hiding coward Ye Moxi. Who would have thought she possessed such excellent culinary skills? Their Xiong family also had wood-attribute superpower spiritual chefs, and the dishes they prepared possessed extra mental-energy-nourishing properties compared to ordinary meals. Presumably, because of this girl's superpowers, the food she made also had similar effects.

Xiong Sheng rubbed his lips. If it weren't for the fact that a mutated wasteland beast had been suspected of appearing within their defense zone recently, he would have flown back to the Imperial Star long ago to meet this Ye Moxi in person!

"General, Feng Yanting has submitted a marriage application..."

A marriage application? Was this kid getting cold feet?

"Intercept it. Meanwhile, draft a new marriage application between myself and Ye Moxi based on his template and submit it. Tell those people in the Military Department that they should know what to do..."

"However, his application lists Ye Moxi as the primary head of the household. He has waived all his own rights and acknowledged Ye Moxi as his primary wife..."

Interstellar marriage law stipulated: When a male surrendered all his rights and acknowledged his wife as the head of the household, it meant that all rights belonging to the family and himself would exclusively belong to Ye Moxi.

Primary wife? Feng Yanting was certainly willing to make a heavy investment.

No matter how capable a woman was, there was no way he would ever acknowledge her as his primary wife!

"Proceed through normal channels!"

"Yes, General!"

...

"Moxi, are you done with class? Zuo Xi is coming to pick us up to go sign the contract. I heard the lawyer they hired is Wen Boyan, the top authority in the legal circles of the Moyun Galaxy..."

Ye Moxi was staring at the light-spliced screen on her wrist when she inadvertently raised her head and locked gazes with... Leng Baihe.

Seriously? You just quieted down for a few days, and now you're starting up again?

"You're so fortunate, Baihe, to actually be able to form a political marriage with Major General Feng..."

"No way! We're still just in the mutual acquaintance stage; the marriage hasn't been finalized yet."

"You're so pretty and have such a great personality, Major General Feng will definitely agree..."

"He... probably values capability more..."

"Since he agreed to meet again, he must still favor you. Which man doesn't like a gentle and considerate woman? Who would ever like someone petty and sharp-tongued..."

Excuse me? Is there really any need for you guys to be so blatantly praising one while tearing down the other?

Good lord, what kind of sins did she commit in her past life? Every time she transmigrated, drama followed. Couldn't this Leng Baihe find anyone else to compete with? Did she have to single her out for torment?

However, even with Ye Moxi's limited social circle, she knew that in the current Planting Department, she and Leng Baihe were treated as foils to one another.

Ye Moxi: the high-talent, poor-popularity, spoiled little brat of the Planting Department versus Leng Baihe: the beautiful, kind-hearted, and lucky darling!

"With our kind of talent in the Planting Department, naturally we still hope for a good marriage match. It's just that Major General Feng's status and standing are right there, and I'm afraid someone might harbor jealousy and try to muscle their way in. It wouldn't matter much if I lost a marriage prospect, but if Major General Feng were to get entangled with social climbers trying to marry into wealth, that would be my sin..."

Do you hear yourselves?

You're talking amongst yourselves, so what's with the constant side-eyeing in my direction?

"Baihe, next time you go on a date, make sure not to let him pick you up at the academy. Heaven forbid some ignorant person tries to muscle their way over..."

Ye Moxi stood up abruptly, startling Leng Baihe and her best friend who were busy indulging in their own self-absorbed delusions. Yet she said nothing, not even sparing them a glance as she walked straight out of the classroom.

After signing the contract, Luxue suggested going shopping, so she had to take the afternoon off. However, since her advisor was back today, she still needed to go deliver some "warmth" to her advisor!

Naturally, a portion of the sample milk tea and cakes was reserved for her advisor.

Although it was initially said he might not make it back to the Imperial Star in time to accompany Ye Moxi to the contract signing, Feng Yanting managed to return after all.

However, the moment he appeared outside the gates of the Planting Department, he was spotted by Leng Baihe and her friends.

"Oh my god! Major General Feng is here to pick you up, Baihe. How blissful! I wish I had a marriage partner like that too..."

Leng Baihe felt a thrill of secret delight.

She had heard from her cousins back home that Major General Feng had already gotten engaged, and his partner was from the Planting Department, though nobody knew exactly who it was.

Thus, a bold idea sprouted in her mind.

She was going to snatch Feng Yanting away!

I mean, as a transmigrator equipped with a system, making a man fall head over heels for her was as easy as snapping her fingers, right?

Leng Baihe put on a shy expression.

"Don't say that. He's probably here to see the department head..."

"Oh, come on! Young couples shouldn't play that whole coy game of playing hard to get! Did you forget? There's that notorious 'little spoiled brat' in our Planting Department. Aren't you worried she might see Major General Feng and... well?"

"That's out of the question! How could she possibly be worthy? ... I mean, Major General Feng is like a celestial being; how could he ever be tainted by someone like Ye Moxi?"

"That's why you need to hurry over and stake your claim, and by the way, let him know that someone in our department harbors improper designs on him..."

"That wouldn't be right, would it? She hasn't really done anything out of line..."

"Oh, please! Why don't you understand a woman's jealousy? Especially savages coming from these fringe galaxies—they don't care about morals at all..."