“I’m not tired. We did gather a lot today, but the real gain comes from selling it. The more people helping, the faster it goes. Let’s go together,” Su Yue said.
“No need. I can handle it alone,” Di Kun insisted, glancing at her belly.
“You’re not alone now. You and the baby both need rest.”
“Just make sure I get a thousand cups of juice. If I can’t sell them all, I won’t come back.”
That last line effectively shut Su Yue up.
“Are you sure?” she asked, surprised.
Di Kun nodded.
“Don’t worry. For you and the baby, I can do it.”
Tao Fu had prepared the location for him, and with the previous preorders, a thousand cups of juice were easy for him to sell.
“Alright then,” Su Yue said.
“But this time, if you can’t sell a thousand cups, you won’t be able to stop me from selling juice in the future,” she added.
Their relationship was more of a “cooperation,” and she had no authority to command him. It was best to operate peacefully, with mutual understanding.
Di Kun’s eyes flickered slightly.
“If I can sell a thousand cups, you have to agree to let me accompany you for the prenatal checkup tomorrow,” he said.
Su Yue was taken aback.
She realized she had long needed to go for prenatal checks. Previously, she hadn’t done many because of money, and in the past two days, she had simply been too busy, and the baby hadn’t caused any trouble.
“Alright,” she agreed.
Since it was for the baby’s health, she should go. She didn’t mind Di Kun coming along.
Whether he could sell a thousand cups had no bearing on that. Of course, she couldn’t tell him that yet what if he didn’t try his best?
Di Kun smiled.
He instructed Su Yue to take the juice from her space, then stored it in his mech necklace.
“Wait for my good news,” he said, leaving the house.
Su Yue smiled, not taking his words too seriously.
If Di Kun wouldn’t let her go out, she could cook some good food at home.
They had only eaten noodles for lunch; she couldn’t slack for dinner.
Additionally, she could prepare food and store it in her space, so next time a situation like today arose, it wouldn’t need to be cooked fresh.
Su Yue took the service robot to the kitchen and began working.
Su Yi chose to stay in the sunroom to continue juicing fruit.
This time, Su Yue had brought back oranges, apples, pears, and mangoes all suitable for juice.
The more Su Yi worked, the lighter his sister’s load became.
Meanwhile, Di Kun rode the hover bike to first deliver juice to the administrative building, then the Safety Bureau.
Finally, he arrived at the location Tao Fu had told him about, collected the materials from the contact, then deployed Zhan Feng from the mech necklace to set up a stall selling juice.
On the bustling plaza, a sleek silver mech suddenly appeared.
A digital screen on it read: Fresh Natural Juice Only 50 Star Coins a Cup!
The screen scrolled messages. Soon it displayed: Buy juice and take a photo with me!
The striking mech immediately caught the attention of passersby, and many came over to watch.
When they saw the masked, handsome man beside the mech, they lined up to buy juice.
The mech was stunning; from its material alone, it was clearly at least S-class.
S-class mechs were rare not just on DQ008, but even on more advanced planets. Only the most developed worlds had S-class mech exhibitions.
Meanwhile, Su Yue’s wrist kept vibrating with incoming payment notifications.
Sometimes 50 Star Coins, sometimes 80, sometimes 100 or more.
She was astonished, nearly doubting her own lightbrain.
Suddenly, she remembered what Di Kun had said when leaving.
“No way… could he really sell that many cups?” she murmured.
“Maybe a large crowd suddenly came… a thousand cups in one afternoon? That’s not easy,” she thought.
“No matter, maybe they’ll all be gone soon.”
She returned to marinating meat.
Ten minutes later, Su Yue began to get nervous.
Her lightbrain kept signaling incoming Star Coins.
“What’s happening with Di Kun over there? In just ten minutes, he’s probably sold over a hundred cups!”
Her eyes gleamed.
No matter how he sold it, as long as payments kept coming in, that was fine!
She calmed herself and continued working.
Some meat was marinated, ready for the oven, and she had also made a pot of meat soup.
Now, she prepared to render lard.
Twenty minutes later, her wrist still vibrated constantly.
Although less frequent, Star Coins kept arriving.
“What on Earth happened over there? How is he selling so much juice?” she murmured.
She considered sending more juice to him, as at his current pace, a thousand cups wouldn’t last.
But her lightbrain couldn’t reach him; even if she went to look, she might not find him.
Regret crept in. If she had known, she would have sent him more juice when he left. She still had over 500 cups in her space.
Wait
Su Yue suddenly realized something.
If Di Kun sold all 1,000 cups and her stock was low, would they have enough juice for the evening if business stayed as busy?
Thinking this, she didn’t want to stay in the kitchen anymore.
Glancing at the service robot, she took it with her to the basement.
In the sunroom, Su Yi had finished sealing large quantities of juice, all mango juice.
Golden and fragrant, it looked delicious.
“Big brother, Di Kun will likely sell those thousand cups soon. We don’t have much juice left,” Su Yue said.
“The kitchen is busy rendering lard, so it can help you for now,” she added.
“Great!” Su Yi agreed.
Working alone had been a bit boring, but with the robot, he was happy.
“I checked before; the robot can play music and stories. Big brother can have it play to avoid boredom.”
“Later, when Di Kun returns, we’ll go shopping. I’ll also buy some energy crystals. No need to save energy this time.”
Su Yi’s face lit up with a bright smile.
“Okay!”
Su Yue returned to the first-floor kitchen.
Rendering lard didn’t require high heat but took time, so she set two large pots of lard.
While waiting, she opened her lightbrain and browsed online stores.
Even in the interstellar era, online shopping existed. Although DQ008 was on the Wild Planet, with less developed transportation and high shipping costs, purchases could still be made online.