The biggest downside of mangoes was that they were much harder to process than oranges or sugarcane.
Still, the two men were handling the job surprisingly well.
“Why don’t you stop for now and come upstairs to eat first?” Su Yue called out.
Su Yi immediately looked at her and swallowed hard.
Although Di Kun also wanted to eat dinner right away, he shook his head.
“Let’s finish this batch of mangoes first, then clean everything up.”
“I bought a water hose. We can connect it to the bathroom next door and wash all the machines and the mango juice off the floor.”
“After dinner, we’ll turn on the dryer to dry the sunroom.”
“Then we’ll switch to making sugarcane juice.”
“I’ve thought it through. It’s more efficient to focus on one kind of juice at a time, and we won’t have to keep washing the juicers.”
Su Yue nodded in agreement.
“Do you need my help?”
She looked around the messy sunroom but honestly didn’t want to go inside. She was still clean, and stepping in would definitely leave her covered in sticky mango juice.
“No need. I’ll just store the trash in my mech storage pendant later.”
“You head upstairs first. We’ll come once we’re done.”
Without even looking up, Di Kun continued working.
If his subordinates had heard those words, their jaws would have dropped.
Their Marshal was actually using the storage space of his precious mech to hold garbage…
Wet garbage, no less.
No one would have believed it without seeing it themselves.
“Alright. Hurry up then,” Su Yue said before heading back upstairs.
The two men continued working.
Knowing dinner was almost ready made them move even faster.
Di Kun showed Su Yi how to store the finished juice inside the mech’s storage pendant before telling him to remove his raincoat and rain boots and fetch the water hose from the nearby bathroom.
Di Kun then began washing the entire sunroom.
He cleaned the equipment first.
After rinsing each machine thoroughly, he stored it inside the mech pendant.
Next came the tables and chairs.
Anything that could be moved was cleaned and stored away.
Then he washed both his own rain gear and Su Yi’s.
Finally, he sprayed down the entire room.
The dirty water flowed into the floor drain in the corner.
When everything was finished, Di Kun took each item back out of storage and returned it to its proper place.
At last, he brought out a dryer.
After inserting an energy crystal, he switched it on.
Warm air quickly filled the room, drying every corner of the sunroom.
Looking at the spotless workspace once more, Di Kun smiled in satisfaction.
He hung his raincoat on the wall hook, took off his rain boots, and walked upstairs.
Meanwhile, on the first floor, Su Yi was in the kitchen with Su Yue.
He was trying to learn how to make dumplings.
Unfortunately…
No matter how hard he tried, the dumplings he folded looked terrible.
After several failed attempts, the siblings burst into laughter.
Di Kun arrived just in time to witness the cheerful scene.
For a brief moment…
He felt a little jealous.
“We’re done. Let’s eat,” Su Yue said with a smile when she noticed him.
The tiny bit of jealousy instantly disappeared.
“Okay.”
His gaze casually swept across the neatly arranged dumplings on the table.
Su Yue followed his eyes.
“We’ll cook dumplings for our late-night snack. Tonight we’ll just eat the dishes I prepared earlier.”
“Sounds good,” Di Kun replied with a smile.
His expression made Su Yue’s heart skip a beat.
She quickly looked away and headed toward the dining room.
She began taking dishes out one after another.
Everything had been stored inside her space earlier.
Her space was special.
Time inside it stood completely still.
Food went in hot…
And came out just as hot.
It was very different from the storage rings used in this era.
Storage rings only preserved food because they contained a vacuum environment.
Even then, heat would still gradually dissipate through thermal radiation.
Eventually, hot food became cold.
Her space, however, froze everything exactly as it was.
Taking out steaming hot dishes so casually could easily make others suspicious.
But Su Yue already knew Di Kun had long suspected she possessed unusual abilities.
If he truly investigated her, she wouldn’t be able to hide them anyway.
Rather than constantly worrying about concealing everything, she decided it was easier to live naturally.
As long as he didn’t ask…
She wouldn’t explain.
If he did ask…
She could simply refuse to answer.
Unless, of course, he forced the issue.
Without realizing it, Su Yue had slowly begun to trust Di Kun.
Part of that trust came from the way he cared for her.
Another part came from the child they shared.
And perhaps…
His identity as an elite mech pilot also gave her a sense of security.
Di Kun merely paused for a moment after watching her take the hot food out.
He asked no questions.
Dinner was as plentiful as ever.
The three of them enjoyed the meal together.
Afterward, Di Kun needed to return to Infinity Square to collect the display mech model and let the two employees finish work.
Su Yi volunteered to go with him.
Di Kun agreed.
Once the two men left, Su Yue didn’t stay idle.
She asked the household robot to clean the dishes while she sat on the sofa and browsed the online marketplace through her wrist computer.
They were producing more and more juice every day.
Juice cups, straws, and plastic bags were being used up quickly.
She decided it was time to purchase them in bulk.
She also planned to stockpile cooked meals and ready-to-cook ingredients inside her space.
That meant buying a large number of trays, bowls, basins, and food containers.
She also wanted to organize her storage space into different sections so everything would be easier to find.
For that…
She would need plenty of storage shelves.
Because Planet DQ008 was remote and transportation costs were high, buying only a few items online wasn’t economical.
But purchasing directly from manufacturers in large quantities would save a lot of money.
Even though the expense made her hesitate…
She knew these were all things they would eventually need.
After taking a deep breath…
She bought everything.
Meanwhile, Di Kun and Su Yi arrived at the juice cart in Infinity Square.
Only about ten minutes remained before closing.
Di Kun taught Su Yi how to complete the closing procedures and instructed Wang Xiaohu to record the day’s sales before sending the report to Su Yue after closing.
At 7:30 p.m., the juice cart officially closed.
The business day had ended.
Di Kun and Su Yi headed home.
But their work wasn’t over yet.
Just as Su Yue wanted to stockpile cooked food and ready-made meals…
The two of them also wanted to produce as much juice as possible and build up a reserve.
That way, even if something unexpected happened, the juice cart would never run out of stock.
When they arrived home, they found Su Yue still busy in the kitchen.
She had already prepared two more large bowls of dumpling filling for the household robot to wrap.
At the same time…
She was using the meat grinder to prepare even more minced pork.