When Cecil got up the next day, he found that Zhou Mian actually had got up earlier than him and slipped away early, presumably to avoid him.
Little bunny.
Cecil reached out and touched the already cold bed on his side and shook his head.
After Cecil quickly got up ,washed and groomed himself , he also went downstairs to the treatment room to get hold of certain people.
In the treatment room, Ellen and Zhou Mian had already put on neat formal clothes and were ready to set off with Cecil.
Today is the official opening ceremony of the plant factory.
Because Gu Xingzhi still had injuries on his body, Cecil asked him to recuperate in the hospital, and not accompany them to the crowded areas .
Cecil glanced at Zhou Mian, perhaps to match the theme of plants, Zhou Mian’s blazer was a light mint color, with a white shirt inside, and his long straight silver blue hair fell down his shoulders, looking very elegant.
Cecil touched his chin and said, “Like the elves of the ancient earth legends.”
Zhou Mian also smiled and said, “Then are you a hunter?” Cecil
was dressed very ostentatiously like he was on important occasions, and his momentum was even more oppressive. He wore his black military uniform today, and a dark green trench coat rested on his shoulders, which was also to show his status in the Federation.
“Yo. What do you mean? Is this you hinting that your heart has been hunted by me?” Cecil touched his chin.
Gu Xingzhi’s eyes widened, while Ellen glanced at the two with disgust.
Show off.
“It’s not that.” Zhou Mian had a weird expression on his face first… then it became expressionless: “I have no heart and no feelings. The medicine has been changed, let’s go.”
It was Ellen’s turn to glare.
Is that something someone can say ? What’s going on, with Zhou Mian! What have you been through!
Cecil touched his nose and said, “Well, let’s go.”
In the end, several people said goodbye to Gu Xingzhi and went to the plant factory.
Perhaps to prevent further accidents, the plant factory valued safety and convenience more than beauty, so the architectural design is simple and clear, made of some metal sheets, looking rough and primitive. It has a bit of an ancient earth factory feeling, and Zhou Mian also thought this was because phytotherapy is a retro move.
A stage and open-air tent were set up in front of the plant factory, a lot of food and wine were provided, and now nobles, royalty and representatives of all planets, including military families, gathered there to raise a glass and drink.
After Cecil led Zhou Mian to get off the aircraft, he attracted the attention of many people, especially as the federal couple who caused a huge storm in the Federation recently.
Zhou Mian lowered his eyes slightly, indifferently accepting the different gazes cast by everyone.
“Admiral Zhou, we have long heard of your great name.”
“Admiral Zhou is really as good as the rumors say… Come, a toast to you.”
“This cup is a tribute to Admiral Zhou, and I wish you and Admiral Cecil a lifetime of harmony and beauty.”
However, after the previous incident, Zhou Mian noticed that everyone’s attitude towards him was a little different.
Sycophants, ones with good relations, all in all, everyone is obviously more enthusiastic about him, and the high-ranking officials and soldiers of the federation came to toast Zhou Mian politely one by one.
After all, everyone knows that now Zhou Mian is the “benefactor” of the Federation, Admiral Cecil spoils him, and Major General Gu is close to him along with His Royal Highness Ellen.
“Thank you.” Cecil was called away by Admiral Gu, and Zhou Mian faced the endless toasts alone, and there was some distress in his heart. Although every time he had just a small sip, but after all, he was not good at drinking, and a small sip multiplied by multiple times was enough to have an effect.
After Cecil was pulled away by Admiral Gu, he came to the Saturn royal family.
Admiral Gu said in a low voice: “The Saturn royal family has been talking to me about the marriage, I hope the admiral will solve it himself.”
…… Marriage?
Cecil raised an eyebrow.
The fat middle-aged man in front of him was the king of Saturn, and the king came personally this time and brought his little daughter, full of sincerity.
“Your Majesty hope you’re been well.” Cecil raised his glass and said, “Thank you Your Majesty and the princess for rushing to the banquet this time, Saturn’s sincerity, the Federation cherishes it very much.”
“It is also an honor for Saturn to be invited by the Federation! In fact, I brought my daughter here this time, mainly to talk to the admiral about the marriage alliance!” King Saturn smiled and said, “My youngest daughter has been in love with the admiral for a long time, and she cried when she learned that the admiral was already married!”
Cecil turned to look at the Saturn princess, the girl with a beautiful eyeset, looking at him shyly at the moment.
Cecil raised his eyebrows: “Well, Saturn also knows that I am married.” Yet only in a contract marriage!
The Saturn king was very open, patted his chest and said calmly: “What about being already married?! My Angelia is not as useful and good-looking as Admiral Zhou , hence she doesn’t mind being the little mistress! “
Major General Gu: “…”
Cecil: “…”
???
Angelia blinked her eyes and smiled sweetly: “I am different from Admiral Zhou, he can fight with you, and I can be more intimate and careful as a girl, I can take care of the family for you. Admiral Zhou is also a soldier, he needs to fight all year round and cannot give birth to children, I can give birth for the admiral.”
“…”
The style of approach was so fierce that Cecil fell silent.
Also gave the promise of giving birth.
Cecil laughed: “It’s a pity, but I prefer monogamy.”
“The admiral has only one husband, no wife! I just could be that.” Angelia smiled sweetly.
“Ouch! Admiral, I tell you that the kings of the ancient earth and many places today still keep many companions! After all, they are men standing at the top, and is it not only appropriate to have a few more wives to show off their status?”
Cecil touched his nose and smiled: “I don’t think a man should be proud of having many partners.Conversely, when a man accompanies the same partner everywhere he goes, that’s the real thing. ” The two were stunned by Cecil’s words.
“Her Royal Highness is beautiful and lively, and she will definitely find a better partner that belongs to you only.” Cecil clinked glasses with Angelia and strongly rejected the marriage.
Angelia pouted, a little dissatisfied.
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After Cecil left, the Saturn king patted her on the shoulder and said, “It’s okay! We’re going to stay longer in the capital.”
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Cecil had to turn around and go to him first.
As everyone knows, Zhou Mian on the other end is already a little drunk.
Zhou Mian was overwhelmed by the strength of wine, and did not know how to refuse, so his cheeks and ears were red at the moment, and his eyes were a little misty.
It’s just that he stands up straight, and he still has that cold expression on his face, so outsiders couldn’t guess his current state.
“Admiral Zhou!”
Zhou Mian was stunned, and then he saw a beautiful little girl in a puffy skirt coming to him.
The girl said coquettishly: “My name is Angelia, the youngest princess of Saturn!”
Zhou Mian toasted with a polite smile, an almost mechanical action.
Angelia wondered in her heart, didn’t it mean that Admiral Zhou was not only Admiral Cecil’s marriage, but also his most effective comrade-in-arms?
Why is this there a dull appearance instead of the smart looking pictures?
But…… Even if Zhou Mian is a little sluggish at the moment, he is still very good-looking, Angelia smiled: “Admiral Zhou is really good-looking, how does he usually maintain it?”
Zhou Mian looked down at his feet and paused for a long time before looking up and grinning: “Nothing.”
“Really? Then I have a set of volcanic mud masks for face care and moisturizing, how about I give them to the admiral? ”
“…… Yes? Zhou Mian tilted his head: Volcano? What did she say?
Angelia said in her heart, why is it so dull! Like a fool.
Angelia suddenly became much more confident, and felt that it must not be difficult for Cecil to like herself in the next few days!
Looking at the man in front of her with blank eyes, Angelia had a plan.
“Will you be dancing Mr Zhou?”
“I won’t…”
Angelia blinked her eyes and said, “Then I’ll teach you?”
“Don’t…” Zhou Mian said, “Cecil will make trouble again later…”
“…”
The corners of Angelia’s mouth twitched, pointed to the piano on the table and said,
“Then will you play the piano Mr Zhou?”
“Yes.”
“Shall we compete?” Angelia was very happy, this is the opportunity to show off her skills in front of Cecil!
“Your Royal Highness,please have self-respect.”
Zhou Mian was stunned, a calm female voice came from behind him, and when he turned his head, he saw a tall and sharp woman with distant facial features standing behind him and said, “Admiral Zhou, you are drunk, I’ll take you to rest.”
Zhou Mian paused, remembering that this woman was one of the secretary generals of Cecil – Mo Qing.
Mo Qing stepped forward and held Zhou Mian’s hand and said, “The admiral entrusted me to take care of you.”
“Wait…!”
Angelia was anxious, and stepped forward with her skirt: “Admiral Zhou promised to play the piano with me!” You nosy woman!
Mo Qing frowned slightly.
Zhou Mian turned his head and said, “Do I have to…?”
“Don’t you dare?! You’re afraid! You dare not compete with me!” Angelia just stopped short of stomping her foot on the ground.
“I’m not.” Zhou Mian said, “I can play the piano.”
Then Zhou Mian slapped Mo Qing’s hand away and went on stage with Angelia.
Mo Qing was stunned.
This is a changed heart??
Zhou Mian said to her before leaving that this game…he has to win?
Can’t lose!
Zhou Mian took a deep breath, and a raging war ignited in his heart, as if on the eve of an expedition.
Angelia didn’t notice at all, pulled Zhou Mian onto the stage, took the microphone and smiled: “Good afternoon, everyone!”
…… ？？？
The people in the audience saw Angelia and Zhou Mian, the rival who wanted to marry Cecil this time and the husband, standing on the stage together, and their jaws almost dropped. Some people showed concern on their faces, worried that Zhou Mian would suffer losses, after all, the little princess was eccentric. There are also people gossiping and eating melons and watching the battle field.
“Admiral Zhou and I agreed that we are both good at playing the piano, so we will come up and perform a part for everyone to judge and be entertained!”
It is not surprising that someone will perform on stage at the banquet, and Cecil himself had been pulled on stage by Ellen before when he was young.
But…… Zhou Mian and Angelia went together, which is very …
Zhou Mian took the lead seriously, and said slowly word by word: “No, we are in a competition.”
Doesn’t it mean a good game then?
Angelia: “…”
Everybody who eats melons: “…”
Angelia smiled and said, “Okay… Since Admiral Zhou said so, let’s fight with our piano skills.”
“Hm.”
The two sat facing each other, each with a piano in front of them.
The audience immediately stirred, watching intently on the stage, watching the birth of perhaps the year’s hottest news.
On the other end, Cecil kicked the officer out very directly, and after letting people carry them away, he saw Ming Yan and another male secretary, Kevin, hurrying over.
“It’s not good, it’s not good!” Ming Yan skidded to a stop in front of him.
The straightforward Kevin continued: “Admiral Zhou has shown his hand to the enemy!” Cecil: “…??”
Ming Yan stepped on Kevin and said, “Admiral Zhou and Princess Angelia are fighting over their piano skills!”
Cecil raised an eyebrow when he heard this.
Is Zhou Mian such a rigid person?
Fighting over the piano?
“All in all, Admiral, go and take a look!”
Ming Yan and Kevin pulled Cecil left and right to main banquet grounds.
At this moment, the lights were gathered on the stage, and Cecil saw a man and a woman sitting face to face, ten fingers covering the black and white keys, ready to go.
Cecil saw the battle intent and determination under Zhou Mian’s eyes, and his heart was shocked.
This is…… What’s going on?
Ming Yan’s eyes flickered, “Ah… Good b… Admiral Zhou is fighting for love!”
Cecil was stunned.
…… Is this really the case?
Ah, damn it, this man is seducing him again.
Cecil couldn’t control the upturned corners of his mouth, stretched out his hand to cover his mouth and smiled wildly: “I didn’t expect him to be so jealous.”
Tsk, I clearly refused, why are you still unwilling to let go?
Zhou Mian on the stage didn’t know the crazy thoughts and drama going on in Cecil’s mind at the moment, he waved at Angelia: “Ladies first.”
Angelia was stunned, but she didn’t expect Zhou Mian to give her the choice.
The Federation Piano competitions were divided into three rounds, in the first and second rounds, the first person will strike a key and choose a tune, and the second person will have to pick it up once the first one stopped .
“Peng.”
Angelia dropped the first note, and then strings of notes overflowed from between her fingers, the tune was gentle at first, but then the tone was turned, and the style jumped and changed.
Standing beside Cecil, as a royal who had also learned the piano, Ellen said: “This is the music of the federal piano exam!” It’s a very technical dance song. Anyone who has studied knows that the princess is testing Admiral Zhou. Cecil raised an eyebrow.
After Angelia stopped, she looked up at Zhou Mian with a smile.
Zhou Mian didn’t react, just seamlessly connected the notes, ten fingers jumped on the black and white keys, popping out the second half of the tune without any pressure, and finally ended perfectly.
This score is relatively ordinary, but you can tell if it will change with a flick.
Immediately there was applause, which was very unexpected.
They didn’t expect… The warlike General Zhou actually knows how to play the piano and has already cultivated to such a high level.
It is not uncommon for the royal family to know musical instruments, but Admiral Zhou is good at it, which is indeed surprising.
Cecil looked at Zhou Mian with a thick smile in his eyes.
Angelia pouted, her mind constantly searching for difficult scores.
Zhou Mian. ..she didn’t expect him to really play the piano this well! She had to find a great score…
“Twang, twang!”
Cecil turned to look at Ellen.
Ellen said, “This is…”Fawn Bump”! But on the star network, it is known as “Fawn Madness” and “Fawn Ghost Beast”.
“Why?”
“Because it’s so fast! The people who can play this piece are octopuses, the notes are densely stacked, the beat is really, very fast, and the fingers get accidentally knotted. The song tells us about the girl’s crush, the pounding heartbeat when she meets her sweetheart, and her anxious mood.”
However, for some reason, this piece gradually progressed into a tune for a revengeful girl.
Cecil thought silently, this music is not one of the beginning of emotions, this is the music to express heart disease, right?
“Ting ting ting!”
Angelia looked at the keyboard intently, her ten fingers jumping nimbly and pressing every note accurately.
Just as Angelia was about to end, Ellen frowned slightly and said, “She is setting up a trap for Admiral Zhou.”
“Huh?”
Ellen said: “The second half of this song, that is, the one after Admiral Zhou takes over , is twice as fast as the first half.
“Hmm.” Cecil held his chin, thoughful.
He was not too worried, looking at Zhou Mian’s sneering appearance, he knew he had confidence. Zhou Mian’s appearance at the moment, watching Angelia play the piano is like watching a fool, a clown jumping around.
“He’s taking over!” Ellen glared at that girl.
With a smile on the corner of his mouth, Zhou Mian took it over smoothly, ten fingers flew, so fast that one could no longer see clearly, leaving only an after image on the white key.
“Hey…” said Ellen, “he, he’s actually speeding up again… Admiral Zhou is crazy, right?”
On the stage, Zhou Mian rarely shown competitive gaze could be seen because of his drunken state, and his usually mild silver-blue hair became the most eye-catching color in the entire area at this moment.
Every tune, every note is perfect, at super high speed, Zhou Mian is still leisurely playing, without half an ounce of panic, as if it is just a simple children’s song.
When the last note was over, no one had reacted.
Ellen was the first one to clap his hands frantically, then the clapping became louder and louder, and finally it was deafening!
All the eyes on Zhou Mian in the hall are admiring, a princess can play the piano, and the rest will praise and admire, but a general playing the piano, and playing to this extent, then it is different, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is as rare as a five dimension body.
Cecil’s face was full of pride.
Zhou Mian is worthy of being his married partner…!
We are not afraid of challenges, and we are also not allowed to be challenged.
Zhou Mian looked at everyone with his lips pressed into a cold line, nodded slightly against the light, a little proud, but it was not disgusting, instead everyone was attracted by his confident brilliance.
Cecil, who was in the audience, was slightly stunned.
Just as Zhou Mian was sitting in front of the piano and hooking his lips and smiling, the picture in Cecil’s mind suddenly overlapped with it.
In the small room there was a simple piano, and the boy sat in a chair with his short legs out of reach from the ground.
The boy has a natural talent for music, and although he is still young, he can already play the classics in its entirety.
“Brother! Do I play well?” The boy turned his head and smiled, “If I play well… I want a hug! ”
……
“Impossible…!” On the stage, Angelia bit her lower lip fiercely.
How can it be……!
How so!
Angelia’s face was a little white, and the momentum she had before was suppressed by Zhou Mian, and her heart began to panic.
What to do……
Zhou Mian said: “You take over the song in the next round, and I choose the tune, right?”
Angelia said, “You… You have to choose a publicly know one, one that everyone can play!
As soon as these words came out, the momentum was obviously shorter than Zhou Mian.
Ellen laughed: “She’s starting to get stage fright, ensemble… It is probably difficult to overwhelm Admiral Zhou.”
After Ellen finished speaking, he found that Cecil beside him was shaking, frowned slightly, and patted Cecil’s shoulder in comfort! He thought Cecil was panicking!
“Hmm.” Cecil touched his nose and finally removed the hand from his mouth and Ellen found a big smile there instead: “I knew from the beginning that Amian would not lose.”
“Tsk.” What a waste of his comfort, Ellen raised his eyebrows, “Have you seen him play the piano?”
Cecil did not answer.
On the stage, the two rounds were over, and Zhou Mian said, “Then let’s play… Dumping mountains and seas?”
Angelia paused, but at the same time relieved.
This is a very simple war song, at least she won’t do too badly …
There is still a chance…!
Angelia took a deep breath.
Others still don’t know, but Cecil knows that Zhou Mian chose this song, and the victory or defeat has been decided.
He had heard this song because it was a war song, and they would sing it before they went on the march.
How can a little girl who has not fought before perfectly play this song when compare to Zhou Mian who knew the spirit of war?
In fact, Zhou Mian didn’t think so much, what he thought in his heart was that since he could choose, he would choose his favorite song.
This piece may not be difficult, but it has a sense of ritual before the soldier goes on the march.
The first stanza is a slow note, one by one, low and solemn.
The audience began to fall silent, slowly entering the mood, holding their breath to feel the quiet atmosphere before the expedition.
Cecil slowly closed his eyes.
Then Angelia took over.
“Knock, knock…” Cecil : “…”
Cecil successfully suppressed his urge to kick her out.
Cecil frowned slightly and looked at Angelia, who probably also knew that she was not playing well, and she was getting more and more panicked, and a note was even wrong.
Angelia was confused by herself, and finally only had the idea of “finish playing quickly and leave quickly”, and the originally slow and heavy notes were quickly played by her, and the song was finished like this.
Zhou Mian frowned slightly, dissatisfied with Angelia’s attitude of defeat without a fight.
As someone who’s not very familiar with the piano, I’ve put in random sounds made during the competition. Everyone please do use your own imaginations and put them in place of my weird translations.
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Competition and at the same time finding your first love!
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speaking of playing the piano.. what happened to baby Cecil? They havent mentioned him at all.
thanks for the chapter <3
You mean Cecil’s adopted child? The author kinda forgot he exists, he only comes back in the last chapters!😅
NOOOOO LIKE LIKED XIAOLE SO MUCH!!!! QAQ *feeling incredibly aggrieved right now *
I couldn’t stop thinking about Rush E and Rush E 2 😂
Now that you say it, I can’t think of it as anything else either, thanks for ruining the moonlight sonata scenario I had in mind!😂
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This is a total mess 😂
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Not to be rude but I think the chapter is not completely translated as there is still a portion left at the last part where Ellen and Mingyan talks with each other about Kevin being the traitor and where cecil brings the drunk zhou mian back and mianmian drunk talks about snowman and elder brother. I think the t/n should check it out.
More flashback memories of their past..
Thanks for the chapter 💞