After all, his people hadn’t been fully dealt with yet. Having his wife and child on a barren planet was actually safer.
Su Yue paused for a moment.
“All right,” she replied.
With that foundation for cooperation at least Su Yue thought so the atmosphere between them relaxed considerably.
Su Yue began to probe about Di Kun’s family.
She guessed that since Di Kun valued her and the child so much well, mostly the child it must have something to do with his family.
Maybe the man was infertile? Or perhaps he urgently needed an heir to satisfy his family.
Di Kun gave her a faint smile.
“My father and mother are well, along with my elder brother and younger sister. But my elder brother is from my father and his previous wife.”
Su Yue’s mind raced: So now he wants to compete with his elder brother for the family inheritance, and urgently needs a child to increase his weight?
“They’re all easy to get along with. When you meet them, you’ll like them,” Di Kun added.
Su Yue glanced at him and gave a small “Mm.”
“By the way, you said you’d stay here with me until after the confinement period?” Su Yue asked.
Di Kun smiled gently and nodded.
This time, he had used all the leave he had accumulated over the past ten years at once just to take care of his wife and child.
“So… how much money did you bring?” Su Yue asked.
Di Kun’s smile froze instantly.
Money?
Su Yue’s own smile disappeared.
“No way… you didn’t bring any money?!”
Di Kun looked embarrassed.
“My light-brain can’t be used temporarily.”
Not that it couldn’t be used, but much of its contents including his accounts couldn’t be accessed.
After all, he had just been ambushed and had to dodge his elder brother to reach planet DQ008.
If anyone from his elder brother’s side found out he was alive and hiding here, all his efforts would be wasted.
Su Yue’s face darkened immediately.
“So, you expect free food and lodging?” she asked, displeased.
Di Kun felt awkward; he hadn’t expected his wife to scold him for being “too poor.”
“I… can help sell juice with you,” he offered.
Su Yue’s expression shifted.
Sure enough, this guy had been watching her all along.
“And I can help with things like picking oranges too. Those oranges on that tree you haven’t finished picking them, right?” Di Kun continued.
Although he had no idea how his wife could turn poisonous fruit into safe food, it didn’t stop him from wanting to help.
She was pregnant, after all; she shouldn’t overexert herself.
Su Yue:
Sure enough, her secret had been discovered.
At this point, Su Yue had no choice but to keep Di Kun around.
After their conversation, Su Yue left the room and began assigning tasks to him.
She had Di Kun work with Su Yi processing sugarcane.
Su Yue herself went to the kitchen to cook.
Seeing this, Di Kun made a request: he wanted deer meat.
Su Yue told him to forget it.
“Brother, why does Yue Yue swear?” Di Kun asked Su Yi after a moment.
Before coming to DQ008, he would watch videos of his wife sent by drones whenever he had free time.
In the videos, she was cheerful and lively he couldn’t take his eyes off her.
He would watch for a long while, reluctant to look away afterwards.
Previously, he had never seen her swear.
But even if she swore now, she seemed kind of cute.
Su Yi glanced at Di Kun.
“Our house is too small; we can’t fit that moose in here,” he said.
Hadn’t he seen how crowded the area for processing sugarcane was?
Di Kun immediately understood.
“Brother’s right. Next time we hunt a star beast, I’ll cut it into pieces first, then give them to Yue Yue.”
“Mm,” Su Yi replied. Thinking of how powerful his brother-in-law was, he felt a bit envious.
With a brother-in-law like that, their family might have meat from now on…
In the living room, the two men worked and chatted, quickly growing familiar.
In the kitchen, Su Yue kept an ear on their conversation while cooking.
As her elder brother had said, she couldn’t prepare deer meat today, so she made eggs for protein.
For vegetables, she used wild greens and potatoes.
The rice was simple cooked in the rice cooker until full.
Di Kun had more spiritual energy than her elder brother and had piloted a mech today, so he would eat a lot.
Sure enough, at mealtime, Di Kun transformed into a voracious eater, finishing more than Su Yi.
Su Yue’s expression darkened. She resolved that when they sold juice later, Di Kun would have to work harder.
After finishing the meal, Su Yue cleaned the kitchen and set out with the two men to earn money.
On the commercial street, Su Yue allocated a total of 100 cups of orange juice and sugarcane juice to Di Kun.
Di Kun had a mech necklace, and given the size of his mech, storing extra juice inside it wasn’t a problem.
Besides giving him the juice, Su Yue also handed over the payment QR code that had been around Su Yi’s neck.
Since Di Kun’s light-brain couldn’t be used, he could use her code to receive payments.
She, naturally, acted as before taking her brother with her.
With her elder brother and his intimidating fake mech necklace, ordinary people wouldn’t dare cause trouble.
They split into two groups; Su Yue took Su Yi along.
She considered that although Di Kun had no money, he was decent labor.
If she could put him to work efficiently, having an extra person at home wouldn’t be a loss.
In fact… not only wouldn’t it be a loss, it might even earn some money.
With that thought, Su Yue quickly completed the first order.
Soon after, came the second.
Half an hour later, Su Yue realized that aside from her own earnings, no extra money had been received.
This meant that Di Kun hadn’t sold a single cup.
Realizing this, Su Yue was furious.
“Let’s go! Let’s see what that guy is up to!” she shouted, heading toward the place where she and Di Kun had split.
Su Yi quickly followed.
Just a few steps later, Su Yue’s wrist alerted her with a message.
“Your Star Coin account has received 2,500 Star Coins.”
Su Yue was surprised.
She stopped and checked her light-brain.
Sure enough, 2,500 Star Coins had been deposited into her account.
She couldn’t help but grin.
2,500 Star Coins a huge sum!
That Di Kun! Not bad!
He’d found a big client!
“Yue Yue” Su Yi was puzzled. First his sister was angry, now ecstatic.
Su Yue put away the light-brain.
“It’s fine, Brother. Let’s continue selling juice,” she said, shouting her sales pitch again.
Su Yi scratched his head and followed along.
Meanwhile, Di Kun left a small amusement park satisfied.
Earlier, he had delivered 54 cups of juice to the owner 50 sold, 4 as freebies.
With this order, he had completed half of the task assigned by his wife.
Sitting on a nearby outdoor bench, Di Kun pulled up his light-brain and called his military supply officer, Tao Fu.
That order had been introduced to him by Tao Fu; the amusement park was run by one of Tao Fu’s distant relatives.