Jilted by Day, Cuddled At Night-Chapter 26 The Favored Ones Always Dwell in Fearlessness
Su Wan couldn’t help but laugh in exasperation.
Is this a trivial matter?
The fact that she almost randomly married a stranger she had never even met is a trivial matter?
Su Wan yawned lazily, "Huo Yichang, when I said I loved you, did you love me?"
This love was never equal. I could love you, Huo Yichang, but the moment I realized you’re nothing more than a rotten potato, unworthy of my love, I could take back my love just as quickly.
Why was Huo Yichang so arrogant before, even daring to stand her up on their wedding day?
Was it not because he took advantage of her affection for him?
The one who is favored always acts with impunity.
Su Wan spoke meaningfully, "Huo Yichang, have you ever heard an old saying, ’Spilled water cannot be retrieved’? Well, that’s us. I’m tired, I need to rest, goodbye."
"Wait! Su Wan, aren’t you worried that our Huo Family will stop supplying your Su Family with fruits and vegetables?"
Su Wan laughed, "My husband is now Commander of the First, if you dare to cut off supplies, go ahead and try."
With a click, she ended the communication.
Indeed, now that Su Wan’s husband was the Commander of the First, the Huo Family’s budding ideas were immediately suppressed.
But the Su Family had already been systematically developing a new supply chain and would no longer be hindered by the Huo Family.
So, this time, the Huo Family’s maneuvers truly resulted in losing both the lady and the troops.
After hanging up on Huo Yichang, Su Wan found messages from her brother and others, but in the end, she simply instructed Xiaobai to shut down her device and went to take a bath and sleep.
Meanwhile, the residence of Gu Jue was bustling with activity, brightly lit.
Feeling ashamed, Li Rui, who was in charge of publicity, said, "Commander, I really didn’t know that the person at the wedding was you."
At the time, he felt that the groom looked somewhat familiar, and Eric even mentioned that the groom resembled His Majesty.
And wasn’t that the case? After all, they were uncle and nephew!
The reason Li Rui attended the Su Family wedding was under the Commander’s instruction, it seemed that the Commander had been looking after the Su Family for years.
But who could have imagined that looking after them would turn out to be... the groom?!
Even Li Rui, who was usually so composed, was now feeling a bit dizzy, as if in a dream.
Gu Jue sat on a dark blue sofa, his long legs stretched out awkwardly, and since he was in his residence, he was not wearing a military uniform.
Even dressed in a warm-toned, beige leisure suit, Gu Jue still looked cold and aloof.
He inquired, "How is the control of online opinion?"
Li Rui promptly answered, "It’s under control, there are no comments that are unfavorable to you or Miss Su."
"Call her Madam."
"Ah, yes!"
Li Rui glanced at Gu Jue’s expression and asked, "So, my lord, do you need to hold another wedding?"
After all, the originally intended groom for that wedding was someone else.
The wedding dress posters hanging outside, the advertisements, and even the groom’s outfit were all prepared for that groom.
How could their great Commander be subjected to such an injustice? How could he be married off in such a confused manner?
Moreover, this was also the Emperor’s wish.
The Emperor’s exact words were, "I didn’t even get to attend my own uncle’s wedding!"
Gu Jue himself didn’t care much, but thinking of Su Wan, he said softly, "We’ll talk about that later."
"Yes, my lord!"
When Li Rui left, White Tiger immediately reported as if seeking praise, "Master, I have warmed the squirrel fish, it’s ready to eat now!"
"Mm."
Gu Jue’s mansion seemed not small, but it was very quiet.
Apart from himself, or subordinates like Li Rui who came for work, the rest were robots.
Gu Jue was just too indifferent!
This led to a legend in the outside world: the First Commander was actually artificial intelligence.
Underneath his mask, was a machine!
Now as Gu Jue took off the distinctive Silver Mask, everyone who saw his cool demeanor, aside from those fawning over his looks, also speculated that he might be a clone.
The reason was simple: the First Commander was too perfect, too cold...
At this moment, the Commander who the public suspected to be a clone, and who was very cold, was sitting at a marble dining table, with a plate of squirrel fish in front of him.
The long fingers that usually maneuvered mechas were now adeptly holding chopsticks in a very standard posture.
Although the taste was not as good as when it was fresh due to defrosting and reheating, the sweet aroma stimulated the taste buds and whetted the appetite.
Even White Tiger, who had no taste buds, took a hearty sniff and exclaimed, "Madam is truly amazing to be able to cook such delicious food!"
White Tiger was a somewhat overly lively and even somewhat noisy artificial intelligence, which Gu Jue had always found annoying.
But now, hearing its various ways of praising Su Wan, he suddenly didn’t mind it so much anymore.
Perhaps it was because the squirrel fish in front of him was just too delicious.
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With school starting soon, no matter what Su Wan said, she couldn’t diminish her family’s enthusiasm to meet the Commander.
The one solace was that they didn’t dare to simply show up. Instead, they asked Su Wan to communicate first and wait until the Commander had free time before they would visit.
Lin Ranyue knew her daughter’s predicament and said softly, "We have to check on the First Star District branch opening anyways, so don’t feel pressured. If it doesn’t work out... just say the Commander is very busy. Once the branch is taken care of, your grandfather and your father will go back."
The Su Family’s restaurants were quite impressive in the Federal Empire, but, they were still just restaurateurs.
In front of the Commander, they were just chefs!
Therefore, the Su Family members were all apprehensive and uneasy about the upcoming meeting with the Commander, feeling both anticipation and anxiety.
Su Wan was actually even more nervous than they were!
In this period, she had tried to contact Gu Jue multiple times, and he had always responded with the same phrase: "Let’s talk when we meet".
In the end, without any other option, Su Wan could only hope that Gu Jue would remain busy and have no time to meet with her.
As for the family’s plans to visit the Commander’s residence, Su Wan hadn’t mentioned it to Gu Jue at all.
She believed that he definitely wouldn’t agree, and bringing it up would only make things between them even more awkward.
The family took a spaceship to the First Star District, settled in the Su Family restaurant branch, and Su Wan along with Su Man got a bit familiar with the area. Then, leaving the others behind, they continued directly to Empire University to register.
The whole way, Su Man was very silent.
Ever since she learned that Su Wan had married the First Commander, she hadn’t been able to get over it.
As there were no other people on the aircraft, Su Wan couldn’t be bothered to pretend sisterly affection and lazily browsed the Star Web.
Just as they were about to reach their destination, Su Man suddenly said, "If Commander Gu helps you, there’s no way I can get the management rights to this branch."
Su Wan looked up at her, "And so?"
Su Man bit the corner of her mouth, her expression a tad aggrieved. "If you rely on the Commander to get the management rights to the branch, it won’t be a fair win!"
