After Becoming an Alpha Upon Meeting an Alpha - Chapter 7

Su Yunshan had given orders that the matter of Su Cha leaving the Marshal’s Residence could not be revealed. It had to wait until the crucial moment before being widely announced. Therefore, the butler did not answer Qu Yanting’s question, only perfunctorily saying, “Miss has transferred schools.”

Qu Yanting had not expected to receive this answer. She pressed, “May I know where she transferred to?”

“Apologies, that cannot be said.”

Su Cha’s file had been set as classified, so even Qu Yanting had no way to investigate it.

As for Leng Zhuoyan’s family, after being forced to leave and return to their hometown, they had changed spaceships along the way. Since the spaceship passing by Water Blue Planet did not register identity information at all, people could only find out that she had passed through a transit station. Where she had ultimately gone, no one knew.

Qu Yanting’s expression changed slightly. She did not say anything else and left after saying goodbye.

The robot butler did not care about her departure. It merely sent the news that she had come to Su Yunshan, who was far away at the military headquarters.

Su Yunshan knew Qu Yanting. She was General Qu’s youngest daughter, one year older than Su Cha. Unfortunately, her differentiation timing had been wrong, so she could only repeat a grade. She was not particularly close to Su Cha. After all, Su Yunshan had heard about everything Su Cha did at school.

He had thought that after Su Cha had not gone to school for several days, this person would only feel pleased.

“Heh. A little clever, but not much.”

He saw through the thoughts Qu Yanting was hiding in her heart at a glance. After all, he was someone who could sit in the marshal’s position. He naturally understood this bit of scheming.

If these little schemes had been aimed at someone else, he might only have found them childish. But when they were aimed at him, all that remained was the disgust of being offended.

His long, well-defined fingers lightly tapped the tabletop. His tone was faint as he said, “It’s time to give Qu Zhe a warning.”

Completely unaware of what had happened on the Imperial Capital Planet, Su Cha’s only thought right now was: how was she going to get back?

The schools on this planet were unlike Central Academy. Boarding was not allowed here. In addition, by the time Su Cha arrived, it was almost noon, and she had not brought lunch. There was only the cheapest nutrient solution here—colorless, odorless, and with a texture like drinking a bottle of thick aloe vera juice.

After Su Cha drank it, her expression changed. It was too strange.

It was not exactly unpleasant to drink, since there was no flavor. But that texture really made people want to vomit.

She took a deep breath and deeply felt that there was a reason plants were so expensive in this world.

Leng Zhuoyan finished drinking it without changing expression, then began reviewing her lessons. The lessons here were unlike those on the Imperial Capital Planet. Every class taught at Central Academy told people that they had to be loyal to the empire, loyal to the military, and loyal to their superiors.

Although the Luoyang Empire was called an empire, it did not have an imperial system. Instead, there was no emperor. The military and the Council of Elders held the highest status, and the military was headed by the marshal and the five great generals.

So when calculated this way, Su Cha’s status within the entire empire was very high.

It was understandable that Qu Zhe had made Qu Yanting get close to Su Cha and keep her hooked.

Moreover, the school here was unlike Central Academy, where the curriculum was varied and students could learn whatever they wanted, even changing classes they did not want to take. Here, they mostly taught basic knowledge. There was even a class on how to farm, which made Su Cha find it unbelievable.

As someone from the flower-growing nation, farming was something carved into her blood and bones. Even though this era’s farming methods were more mechanized, and many parts were different, Su Cha still kept up very quickly. Only Leng Zhuoyan, who was not very used to these things, filled several pages of notes on her tablet.

Aside from farming, there were no entertainment facilities here either. There was only mud.

Because this place was not completely counted as part of the empire, no one taught them that they had to be absolutely loyal to the empire. What they taught was loyalty to this planet, and to give for the future of this planet.

History was no longer the past glory of the empire, but the past of this planet. Although it could not be considered especially beautiful, it was still barely something to yearn for.

Even Su Cha, who had come from the past, was unconsciously drawn in by it. From this, it could be seen how lovable this planet’s past had been.

But all of that was already in the past. This planet had long since been forgotten by people, just like them. No one would remember them again.

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Su Cha held the empty nutrient solution bottle and squeezed it. She let out a long sigh. She really missed Earth’s food. She could not bear drinking nutrient solution every day.

Dejected, she sat on the empty bench in front of the vending machine. A few classmates passed by her. Perhaps because they were not familiar with her, they did not dare talk to her. They only watched her for a few glances, then hurriedly left before Su Cha raised her head.

Su Cha: “?”

Why did they seem so afraid of her?

She could not figure it out, but she did not dare ask either, afraid that once she opened her mouth, she would expose something.

After finally enduring until school ended, Su Cha once again squeezed onto that broken-down bus and headed toward her manor. This time, she first looked at the driver’s mechanical leg. Very good. It was even more broken.

The bus was not as crowded as it had been in the morning.

Perhaps because her gaze was too direct, the driver even spared time to chat with her. “You’re the little girl from this morning. What, you transferred here recently?”

Su Cha said, “Mm.”

The driver asked, “Curious about my leg?”

Su Cha also felt it would not be good to bluntly say that this was dangerous driving, so she could only tighten her jaw. “A little.”

The driver touched his chin and said with much emotion, “Back then, I was also a member of this planet’s defense army. Unfortunately, the light pollution here is too serious. On top of that, when I was fighting the Zerg back then, my leg was injured.”

The driver sighed and shook his head. “The injury was too serious at the time, so I could only replace my right eye and right leg with mechanical parts in order to survive.”

Speaking of what happened back then, the driver still sighed with emotion. If his body were still intact, he definitely would have lived differently. He absolutely would not be driving a bus.

Unfortunately, there were no ifs in life.

But he did not really regret it either. After all, he had exchanged one leg and one eye for the safety of his wife and child.

After Su Cha learned that he was a hero, the vigilance in her eyes faded quite a bit. Thinking of the huge sum of money in her hands, then looking at the vehicle around them, whose paint had peeled off in many places, she thought for a moment and said, “Uncle, why don’t I sponsor a new vehicle for you? This one really isn’t very good anymore.”

The driver hurriedly shook his head. “No need. It can still drive.”

“You’re just a little kid, but your tone sure is big. Money isn’t meant to be wasted. What do you mean, sponsor? It’s not like Uncle can’t move anymore. This vehicle is still one of the good ones at the station.”

“But this isn’t safe.”

Su Cha earnestly persuaded him the entire way, but the driver did not agree. In the end, she could only get off in front of the manor. Watching the vehicle clatter and rattle away into the distance, she sighed.

This would not do. That bit of money alone was not enough. She still had to develop people’s livelihoods.

She was now the planet lord of this planet. She could no longer just watch everyone suffer.

She had to do something.

First, she had to give everyone safe transportation.

That vehicle was already so broken, yet it was still considered good. Then what about the other vehicles?

In any case, the next two days were rest days, so she did not need to go to school. She had time to deal with these things.

Central Academy did not have such things as Saturday and Sunday rest days, but fortunately, she was quite used to it.

Su Cha looked at the newly refreshed manor in front of her and felt a wave of emotion in her heart. This was an entire manor. She had no idea how long 66 had spent cleaning it.

“66? 66, where are you?”

“Master!”

66’s pleasantly surprised little voice carried excitement as it ran out from some unknown corner, covered entirely in black grime. It frightened Su Cha so badly that she almost did not dare recognize it.

Su Cha’s voice trembled. “66?”

“Master!”

66 blinked its mechanical eyes. Its round body had no clean place to touch. Its short little legs moved very quickly, raising a trail of dust along the way.

Su Cha covered her mouth and nose, despairing inwardly. “66, can all that dirt on you be washed clean?”

If it could not be washed clean…

Thinking of the repair costs for robots, Su Cha only wanted to roll her eyes and faint.

66 was also not very certain. “It should… be possible?”

Su Cha: “…”

Sigh. The robot she bought herself had to be endured by herself.

Su Cha stepped into the manor. The inside had already been cleaned very thoroughly. Even though there was still a moldy smell lingering, that was unavoidable. After all, this manor was like a haunted house. Who knew how long it had been since anyone lived here?

Her room had been cleaned especially well. It was obvious that 66 had truly worked very hard. She had to buy it the tastiest machine oil.

66 followed behind Su Cha, feeling extremely anxious, afraid that Su Cha would dislike how slowly it had worked. But Su Cha smiled and said, “Good, you did very well. Go take a bath first and scrub yourself clean. After we eat later, we’ll go out for a walk.”

“All right, Master.”

66 took its short little legs outside to rinse itself with a water hose. Su Cha walked around the areas of the manor that had been cleaned and felt that this place was still too big. With only 66 as the only robot cleaning, who knew how long it would take to finish everything? Sure enough, buying a cleaning robot was urgent.

She directly placed an order for a robot and waited for the star network to ship it.

Because this place was remote, even the delivery fee was much more expensive. Su Cha thought for a moment, then also ordered many different flavors of machine oil from the same shop, along with some parts, moldable metal skin for robots, and a batch of flying cars.

After that, she ordered some nutrient solutions of different flavors from another shop. It was not that she wanted to eat them, but rather that they were currently the only things she could eat.

All these bits and pieces cost her about ten million. The main expense was still the flying cars. Even the cheapest single-person flying car cost more than three hundred thousand, not to mention the ordinary transport-type multi-person flying cars Su Cha wanted, which started at one million each.

Su Cha took out the nutrient solution she had bought from the vending machine at noon and poured it into her mouth in one gulp. After drinking it with a bitter, resentful expression, she pulled the freshly cleaned 66 out the door. Fortunately, 66’s exterior was not the type that had to be replaced once it got dirty and could not be washed.

Otherwise, Su Cha would cry herself to death.

One person and one robot walked along the road. No one lived nearby. Only occasionally could they see a few pedestrians who had missed the bus and could only hurry along the road on foot.

Looking at these people rushing along, Su Cha sighed again. This was too miserable.

After Su Cha walked two or three kilometers, she finally saw a few scattered houses. They were all ordinary small, flat mechanical houses, not even as safe as her manor.

Regarding all this, Su Cha could only shake her head. As she looked, she had 66 record everything. These were all things that would need to be improved in the future.