Chapter 98: Differences
Kirov's newspapers were delivered to every household by small couriers, and people were talking about it everywhere. However, until they walked out of the small garden by the pond, stood on the sloping grass, and looked out at the sunlit sea in the distance, the boundless sea water reflected the vast sky, and there was no disturbance.
When they reached the mountainside, they saw tall trees with straight trunks and dark green leaves covering the sky, and the surroundings seemed deep and quiet. There was no road ahead. Richelieu said that there was a stairway leading to the mountain shrine a little further ahead. Su Xia's cell phone rang, startling the birds on the branches.
It was Lexington calling.
Su Xia answered the phone and heard the gentle voice of a woman. He could probably imagine the woman with long flaxen hair sitting at a small ivory round table on the balcony filled with potted plants, gazing at the beautiful garden so close.
"Hello, Admiral?"
"Um."
"Where are you now?"
"Outside..." Su Xia peeked at Richelieu. He thought of what happened before. He was kissed by Richelieu, Tashkent secretly photographed him and ran away. Now the news is probably spread everywhere in the garrison. Kanmusu is a girl first, so she must be able to spread gossip at an unusual speed. "With Richelieu."
"Are you still dating?" The voice was still gentle, with a hint of teasing, "Then I won't bother you, Admiral, and let's have a good date."
Su Xia thought Lexington called to call him to find fault, but it turned out to be a shameful misunderstanding. How could Lexington be a jealous woman? How could a jealous woman deserve the title of "wife"? Lexington must have had other purposes for calling him, so he asked quickly, "What's the matter?"
"It's nothing important, Admiral, go ahead and make your date... I just bought you some things that might be useful after everyone came back from going out, such as clothes, pants, and shoes. Go to the warehouse when you have time... Try to see if those things fit you and your feet. If they don't fit, they need to be altered."
"I see."
"Then I won't bother you... You can come back later today."
Su Xia hung up the phone.
"A call from Lexington?" Richelieu asked . She was already prepared.
"Yes." Su Xia said, looking at the thick leaves on the mountainside that neither sunlight nor breeze could penetrate.
"How's it going? Are you back?"
"It's up to you... do you want to keep walking?"
"If it were up to me, I would like to continue walking with the admiral." Richelieu looked at Su Xia and smiled.
Just as Su Xia was about to put away her phone, it rang again, this time from Missouri.
"Hello, Missouri?" They walked along the side of the mountain, and Suxia looked down at the fallen leaves piled on the concrete ground.
"When I called your cell phone, it showed that it was busy. Your business is really busy."
"Lexington just called me and asked me to go to the warehouse when I have time." Su Xia explained.
"That's it?"
"What else?"
"Didn't she tell you?"
"What?"
"Hahaha." Missouri's unbridled laughter came from the other end of the phone. She was definitely lying on the sofa laughing and eating grapes. "Haven't you seen that newspaper yet? Hurry up and find a place to read it. You'll know when you read it... I said you and Richelieu kissed, but someone actually took a picture of it and published it in the newspaper."
"What's the big deal..." Su Xia accepted the identity of admiral, but it was still not so easy to accept it completely.
After traveling through time, most time travelers find it difficult to accept the original owner's parents, and they have to struggle with it for a while. It is much easier to accept a beautiful wife, or a sister, or a maid. Accepting a child is like taking over. So people... Su Xia didn't know what kind of time traveler he was, nothing, anyway, he was silent for a while before he started: "Richelieu is my wedding ship, so..."
"Undoubtedly, Richelieu is your wedding ship...hahahaha, it's just that you seem to have too many wedding ships, more than a hundred. Even if you don't count those little ones, there are dozens of destroyers and submarines. Now everyone is jealous...do you understand?"
"I don't understand...what is there to be jealous of."
"Do you really think there's nothing to be jealous of... What a shameless face."
Su Xia was noncommittal: "Okay... then?"
"The newspapers say Richelieu forcefully kissed the admiral, right?"
"I don't know how to say it..."
" Isn't it a forced kiss... There's a photo on the newspaper, you were pushed against the wall by Richelieu and then forcefully kissed, like a little quail, there's no point in explaining. You're a weakling. Anyway, the newspaper says you're a herbivore, and if you want to capture me, you have to be more proactive."
"I'm a herbivore. Isn't that funny?" Su Xia said. He thought he was self-aware. But was he really?
"I think so." Missouri's voice was charming, and she was smiling sweetly.
"I just can't let go for the time being." Su Xia said that it still felt easier to deal with the little loli.
"I don't care if you can't let go or not, I just want to talk to you, be prepared... maybe someone will believe it, that newspaper that caused the trouble. You are a herbivore, if I want to capture you, Richelieu is the best example, I have to take the initiative, such as forcefully kissing or forcing you."
"Not really... and would I be afraid of being pushed?" Su Xia said, lowering her voice when she said the last word.
"Who knows... Anyway, I reminded you to make plans early."
"You keep talking about newspapers, newspapers. It's mainly that newspaper that's causing trouble. Who writes the newspaper, Tashkent?"
"Tashkent is just a small reporter...Kirov, Kirov himself wrote the newspaper."
"Kirov..."
"Yes, the Kirov whose equipment you stripped off and gave to Helena, who now has a pile of useless equipment in the tutelary fort warehouse, but you never thought of compensating him... Do you understand?"
"knew."
Su Xia hung up the phone and stopped. There were stone lanterns, torii gates and steps not far ahead. He said, "Richelieu, this may be a bit troublesome."
When Su Xia answered the phone, she did not deliberately avoid Richelieu, so Richelieu could hear a little. She thought that everyone would point the conflict to her, and she was not afraid. It seemed that a report had burned all the fire on the admiral, and the fire was completely out of control.
In conclusion, Richelieu said: "Admiral, don't worry, no matter what happens, I will protect you."
Su Xia smiled. Is it really okay for you to say this?
Richelieu did not explain, but she was quite concerned about why Lexington and Missouri knew that she had kissed the admiral forcefully, but when they called, it was as if nothing had happened, without any sense of urgency. A wife without any jealousy, a good helper. Another one with no grudges, not like a marriage ship, but like a good friend, a bad friend.
Richelieu consoled him, saying, "It's all right. We all know our limits and know what we can and cannot do."
"Really?"
"I guess so."
"Please be more confident."
Even if Kirov is very good at creating a good reputation and the report is very exciting, it is not that easy.
After reading the report, the little girl only knew that the admiral and Sister Richelieu were kissing each other, and she had no other thoughts.
It is important to know oneself. Not everyone wants to be the first. Most people's goal is just to pass the exam and make a stable income. As girls, most people are still shy. Even if they want to do it, it is another matter to dare to do it.
Among the heads of the eight great families, the first elder and the second elder, which one is an easy person to deal with? How could they rush into action just by reading a piece of news?
In the end, what does it matter if you are ahead for a while? Even if you are the first to attack the city and take it, you have the first-mover advantage. Sooner or later, everyone will enter the city and live in the city. Whoever can occupy the best and largest territory in the city, whoever can have the greatest voice in the city and keep it forever, this is the most important thing.
Of course, Richelieu has already taken the lead, and a sense of crisis is a must, and plans must be made early. The fire has been lit, the gunshots have been heard, and it is not time to wait until preparations are complete. Of course, winning the admiral's heart is the most important thing, but he cannot be let go either, and both hands must be grasped.
But not everyone is so smart. There are always a few people who cannot see the situation clearly and become confused.
