Hua hesitated in her heart.
The guardian's tone sounded like… he was very unwilling.
When Zero received nine golden nanmu trees on the Xianzhou, he specially asked professionals to investigate first. After confirming it would not affect the Xianzhou environment, he then had his subordinates plant them in Zhizhong Forest.
Then, he thought of Hua.
According to Xianzhou customs from several thousand years ago, parents would prepare a dowry early for their daughter.
It was a pity Hua had no father or mother, so Zero and Guanliang and the others could only put in more thought. Because of this, Zero specially planted the remaining tree in Hua's courtyard.
Hua was his successor, the next Marshal of the Xianzhou. She could not marry out, only take a husband in.
Therefore, Zero did not say it was a dowry, only said it was preparation for Hua's future marriage.
Guanliang glanced at his superior and could not help complaining in his heart.
Talking about marriage…
Listening to the Marshal's tone, it sounded more like preparing to kill the yellow-haired guy.
Then, he heard his superior use a calm tone like discussing what to eat tonight and say to Lan, "If her partner changes his heart in the future, remember to deal with him."
One god and two people instantly fell silent.
They knew the Marshal was someone who planned ten steps ahead after taking one step, but Hua had not even reached the legal marriage age yet.
Why discuss dealing with a scumbag so far ahead?
Also, can you not assume Hua will meet a scumbag?
Hua placed her hope of stopping the guardian on the Aeon and Guanliang, raising her head to look at them.
Lan opened his mouth, about to say something, but Guanliang spoke first.
Guanliang said firmly, "Is there a possibility that Hua can solve it herself?"
That was Hua who could punch a stone bench into powder and learned from the "Reignbow Arbiter".
Even if Hua met a scumbag, she could solve it herself. Why trouble an Aeon?
Hua, "..."
Lan, "..."
One person and one god rarely reached agreement in their hearts.
They looked at each other and thought, it's over.
How did the most reliable person also become unreliable?
After hearing this, Zero fell into deep thought.
He specially reminded the Aeon and handed over this very important task because he was afraid Hua herself would not be able to do it.
Letting the inhuman Lan take action would surely handle the trash cleanly and decisively for Hua.
Wait, why was he thinking about how to handle trash? Why not solve it from the source?
While thinking, Hua found a way to break the situation and asked back, "Why don't you find a partner?"
Zero was stunned and said helplessly, "Do you think getting married is a very simple thing?"
He paused for a moment, recalling the child who came looking for him not long ago.
Leaving aside Zero's own feelings, if he really got together with the daughter of a company shareholder… the next day the company would belong to the Xianzhou.
When the two biggest forces in the star sea built the closest cooperation relationship, the rest would probably lose sleep all night.
Zero patiently began analyzing for Hua all the various impacts on the Xianzhou afterward.
Hua thought, according to the guardian's Xianzhou-first thinking… he would probably only like someone with no benefit ties to the Xianzhou, right?
She listened quietly and said nothing more.
After finishing this topic, Zero seemed thoughtful.
Perhaps… only by giving Hua enough love would she not be easily tricked away.
Zero had no clue about this.
He thought for a while and decided to first ask Hua's partner selection standards.
Zero spoke very cautiously, "What kind of partner do you want to find in the future?"
Hua, who would only reach legal marriage age ten years later, was speechless.
She looked at Zero, silent for a long time, and after quite a while finally gave an answer, "A normal person."
Hearing this, the expressions of one god and two people became hard to read.
Zero was very dissatisfied. "Isn't your requirement too low?"
Guanliang could not believe it. "That requirement is low?"
'Do you even understand how valuable a normal person is?!'
Lan wanted to speak but stopped, wanting to say something yet finally closed his mouth, acting like decoration.
Guanliang glared at his superior and asked, "Do you think normal people are easy to find on the Xianzhou? Then tell me, what kind of partner should Hua find?"
Zero answered without thinking, "You should find a partner with stable emotions, high IQ and EQ, and good learning ability."
"Oh, also, family relations must be harmonious, not too poor, but not too rich either."
"Your partner cannot be an only child, and absolutely cannot be the youngest child in the family."
"As for age… you are a long-life species, it's up to you, just don't find someone too young, otherwise he will be childish and getting along will be tiring."
One god and one person thought, the Marshal was not exactly young, but he did not seem that mature either.
Zero paused and added one more line, "Last condition, he must be handsome."
If Hua's partner looked too ugly…
Zero could not accept it.
He personally did not care about others' appearance, but he could still tell beauty from ugliness.
His successor at least counted as a beauty, right? If she found an ugly yellow-haired guy… that would really not match well.
Just thinking about it made Zero feel like collapsing.
If he found out after his death… he would probably be angered back to life.
One god and two people were deeply shocked.
You might as well just say the successor is not allowed to marry at all.
Guanliang deeply sighed.
The Marshal did not mention the Xianzhou at all. It seemed he truly treated Hua as his daughter.
Guanliang could roughly guess his superior's thinking.
In his eyes, the successor he chose was naturally the best, so she definitely needed a matching partner.
But some requirements were really too unbelievable.
Guanliang patted Hua's shoulder and earnestly said, "You should just find a good-looking normal person."
Hua, "…No, I won't get married."
Adults really were more unreliable than the kids.
She raised her head and glanced at the Aeon who had not spoken the whole time.
'Oh, and the Aeon too, even more unreliable.'
The future of the Xianzhou Alliance could be seen at a glance.
What could Hua do?
As the most reliable minor, of course she had to carry the burden.
Under arrangements by the guardian and Guanliang, she interacted with Xianzhou senior officials and learned how the Six Commissions operated.
Sometimes Hua also had questions she did not understand.
"Why do they ignore the overpass and insist on climbing over the fence?"
Zero did not think much of it. "Normal. When there are many people, there will always be a few who like to be different."
"I once met someone who thought the Starskiff Sea was too far from his home, said it took five minutes walking, and wanted Yaoping to rebuild it around his house."
"Oh, someone else thought the Starskiff Sea was too close to his home, the noise too loud, affecting his luck."
Hua felt the guardian being abnormal had reasons.
Working so hard every day, and all the Xianzhou people below were this special, could the guardian stay normal?
Soon, Hua finished work with the Six Commissions and came to the side of the Yaoping general.
After that, during every long vacation each year, she went to other Xianzhou ships, dealing with different people accompanied by the generals.
When school time approached, she returned to Yaoping again.
During this time, the guardian sometimes sent her strange gifts.
For example yachts, starskiffs, fishing farms, and similar gifts.
He said, "Since I gave it to you, learn it properly."
Hua could not help complaining in her heart.
'Who forces people to study like you do?!'
Complaining aside, she still seriously followed his idea. In free time she learned to drive yachts and starskiffs, and sometimes went fishing at the fishing farm.
Hua traveled across eight giant ships including Zhuming and Luofu. Accompanied by generals, she visited affiliated planets, saw landforms from geography books and famous historical sites from history books.
She crossed mountain ridges and arrived at a quiet uninhabited valley.
…Result, her legs were covered in mosquito bites.
She rode a yacht, through the glass used her jade terminal to photograph huge waves over ten meters high constantly hitting the ship.
…Result, the ship shook too badly and she vomited terribly.
When she reached the end of the world, followed the whale-watching boat, saw whales leap high then crash back into the sea splashing waves, Hua suddenly remembered a sentence from the guardian.
He said, "What I can do… is let Xianzhou people personally see the famous sights of the universe."
Hua thought, that sentence sounded easy.
To let Xianzhou people see textbook scenery, besides enough patrol currency to support travel spending, strong power that could deter the star sea was also needed. Only that could best ensure their safety.
She pulled back her thoughts and followed the guide to the next place.
The guide said, "People who see aurora can be happy for a whole year."
The group waited and waited, finally seeing the aurora.
Hua thought the guardian's luck would make anyone shake their head.
So she raised her jade terminal, took a photo of the scene, and shared it with the homebound guardian.
Soon, Hua turned eighteen. She no longer needed to raise her head to look at the guardian, only slightly lifting it to meet his eyes.
At the same time, the academy had many more elective courses.
Zero was very dissatisfied, tapping the table lightly with his finger and asking, "So many electives, why did you choose social dance?"
When dancing, wouldn't Hua have to hold hands with a yellow-haired guy?