The Last Cat in the Universe
Chapter 84
Dynasty Marshal Ji Xiuyun led the army back to the Imperial Planet.
This time, they received a fanatical welcome as usual, even more so than in the past.
The ten-day-long documentary filmed by Yue An on Star Web was the most viewed video on all the major platforms, far surpassing other videos.
This documentary exposed the truth of the war that was covered up by the governments of various countries. It set off a frenzy of desire for peace among the entire galactic population.
After the Freedom Army was defeated, the heroes who returned in triumph were warmly welcomed by the people as they were the main obstacle to peace and unification.
As for Ji Xiuyun, after giving a summary of the war to the public, he accepted a rare private interview with the official media.
In the interview, he revealed a big piece of news.
— He was going to get married.
His ancestral home was the Milky Way. He was the Marshal of the Empire of Sintes, the leader of the SS grade galactic alliance. He was the dream lover of billions of girls in the SS grade galactic alliance. He was hated by the enemy and space bandits. His name could make children cry at night. Marshal Ji was going to get married!
After the marriage partner was announced, it wasn't unexpected to the galactic population. It was Ji Xiuyun's young deputy.
The galactic citizens who had long seen through the situation ran around to spread the news. The media was still singing praises for the Army of War's military exploits one second ago, but in the next second, they were thrown in the face by Ji Xiuyun.
The golden bachelor Ji Xiuyun, who had a lot of military achievements at a young age and was still in a high position, was going to get married!
The youngest, most promising, and most powerful Marshal in the history of the Empire was going to get married!
And the partner was the adopted son of another Marshal!
The media quickly released a video of Marshal Kevin when he heard the news.
Marshal Kevin's expression was a bit sinister.
He probably didn't expect that after sending his son to Ji Xiuyun's side to fight a few battles, such a good cabbage would be taken away.
A bunch of media outlets were eager to see the world plunged into chaos. They sent out their articles ferociously, almost directly urging the two marshals to fight in the headlines.
The galactic citizens who were suddenly informed of this news weren't surprised at all.
They were different from the soldiers who had been cut off from the Internet. They could surf the Star Web at any time.
There hadn't been any news about Ji Xiuyun's affairs for many years, but the military reporter from the Empire's official media had given Marshal Ji and his assistant plenty of footage.
In addition to the two obviously fishy mecha appearing on screen during the live broadcast, there were also some photos that looked very upright at first glance but were very subtle upon closer inspection.
In addition, during the first live broadcast of the battle situation, Marshal Ji and his deputy had done a series of weird things. It was hard for people not to think the wrong way.
However, it was one thing for the onlookers to think the wrong way, but it was another thing for the person involved to admit it.
The onlookers on the Star Web began to dig out the videos and photos again and looked at them carefully.
Ji Xiuyun, who made the entire Star Web explode with one sentence, was holding his cat at the entrance of Marshal Kevin's office in the military headquarters building on the Imperial Planet.
Marshal Ji knocked on the door and walked in under everyone's watchful eyes. He closed the door behind him.
The staff in the headquarters building were excited — Marshal Ji's melon!
This might be the only time they could eat it in their lives!
People who had time to slack off gathered together and discussed whether Marshal Ji would be beaten out by Marshal Kevin.
Who would be willing to let their adopted son, whom they hadn't even warmed up, turn around and go to their sworn enemy's bed?
If it were them, they would be furious, let alone Marshal Kevin.
The entire Empire knew that the two Marshal were at loggerheads with each other. Look at the photos that the media had taken of Marshal Kevin a few hours ago. This blonde, mature, and handsome Shield of the Empire perfectly acted out what it meant by "gradually disappearing smile".
As expected, Marshal Ji was kicked out in less than five minutes after he went in.
Even his cat was detained.
The commander of the First Army, who had come with Ji Xiuyun to the human resources department to apply for leave, looked at the Marshal and sighed softly.
Under the eager anticipation of the surrounding group of people, the Legion Commander who was also very curious went forward to greet Ji Xiuyun.
"Marshal?"
Ji Xiuyun looked up at him.
The commander asked directly, "How's the situation?"
"Nothing much."
Ji Xiuyun said calmly. Under the watchful eyes of the surrounding military personnel, he slowly adjusted his collar. "We're getting married."
"Huh?" The commander was stunned. "Marshal Kevin, he …"
"What era are we in now?" Ji Xiuyun said. "Parents don't need to sign the papers to get married."
The commander of the First Army was stunned by Ji Xiuyun's self-righteous words for two seconds. Then, he said with a serious expression, "You're right."
Ji Xiuyun strode out of the headquarters with his long legs. The commander of the First Army and the crowd looked at each other. They felt that the military was going to be in chaos for a period of time.
Ji Xiuyun was Ji Xiuyun after all. Even if the person he was marrying was Marshal Kevin's adopted son, he wouldn't compromise in the slightest.
The cat that had been detained by Marshal Kevin was squatting on his desk, watching Marshal Kevin deal with piles of documents regarding the post-war defense of the Eighteenth Galaxy.
Yue An watched for a while, then yawned and laid down on the desk.
Marshal Kevin, who had been seriously working on the documents, turned his head when he heard the commotion.
Yue An laid down on the desk, its small head resting on its two front paws. It opened its blue cat eyes and looked at Marshal Kevin.
Marshal Kevin asked, "When did you two get together?"
Yue An thought for a while, then shook its head.
Yue An really couldn't say when they got together.
At first, he had rejected Ji Xiuyun's confession and marriage proposal. He had insisted on saying when they had confirmed their relationship. Yue An thought for a while, then shook his head.
After all, for monsters, verbal promises like confirming their relationship weren't something they cared about.
Most of the time, they skipped the stage of love and went straight into their daily lives of supporting each other.
To put it simply, they were like this.
Hey, I think you're quite pleasing to the eye.
I think you're very suitable for me.
Then, the two monsters solemnly swore an oath and gathered together.
Concepts like romance and other concepts were basically passed down from humans to monsters.
Yue An could only shake its head in response to Marshal Kevin's question.
Marshal Kevin looked at the cat for a while, then finally decided to go back and ask Ji Xiuyun about it.
After all, he still had to pretend that he hated Ji Xiuyun to the public. Naturally, he prioritized asking about some confidential information.
The handsome Empire's Shield took out a bunch of snacks from the drawer and stuffed them into the white furball's hands. He watched as the furball skillfully tore open the packaging with its claws and started nibbling on the snacks. He reached out to stroke the cat and lamented about Ji Xiuyun's extravagant life.
Not only did he have a cat to stroke, but the cat could also become such a good-looking cub.
He even managed to woo the cat.
Marshal Kevin sourly thought that this cub must have saved the world in its previous life. He also felt that this was quite a good thing. Ji Xiuyun had been alone for so many years and had suffered a lot. It was quite nice to have a person … oh, no, a cat who was willing to spend the rest of his life with him.
"Are you coming back for dinner today?"
Marshal Kevin asked. "What a coincidence. Ellie will be back later. Do you want to come with me to pick her up?"
Yue An meowed twice and put its little paw in the palm of its father's hand.
Marshal Ji also freeloaded dinner when he went to pick up the cat.
Dinner was a specialty steak that Lady Ellie had brought back from the movie planet where she was filming.
She looked at the man and the cat who were eating quietly with a gentle gaze.
Yue An licked the bottom of the bowl, then turned its head and stretched out its paw to reach for Ji Xiuyun's plate.
Ji Xiuyun paused and glanced at Yue An's plate of steak that had been cleanly devoured, not even sparing the sauce. He thought for a moment and decided to cut the meat on his plate into pieces that would be more convenient for Yue An's size to eat. Then, he pushed the plate in front of him.
Yue An accepted Ji Xiuyun's thoughtful service without hesitation.
Lady Ellie looked at the interaction between the man and the cat and glanced at Ji Xiuyun with surprise. She looked as if she had seen elm blossom.
Ji Xiuyun was a little embarrassed by his master's wife's stare.
To be honest, he didn't think that his behavior was anything to be surprised about.
He wasn't good with words and didn't know how to sweet talk. He also didn't know how to be romantic, but that didn't mean that he didn't know how to do such a small thing.
Ji Xiuyun didn't know how to talk, but when it came to practical actions, he knew how to do them.
"How long have you two been together?" Lady Ellie asked softly.
Of these two little fellows, one was her adopted son, and the other was her husband's trusted student.
In Lady Ellie's eyes, these two young people could be seen as her children.
Ji Xiuyun calculated the time and said, "It's been half a month since Yue An accepted my proposal."
"… …"
Marshal Kevin and his wife were silent for a while.
After a while, Lady Ellie found her voice and asked, "How about dating?"
"It's been half a year since I liked Yue An," Ji Xiuyun answered.
Lady Ellie, "… …??"
What was wrong with young people these days??
"Yue An is too popular," Ji Xiuyun said.
What if she climbed the wall when he wasn't watching her?
What if she ran to the Goblin Clan and met a cute female cat?
Although Yue An had admitted that she liked him and was willing to get married to him, Marshal Ji knew that he wasn't as cute as a female cat in Yue An's eyes.
Ji Xiuyun calmly explained, "Anyway, we need to get the certificate stamped first."
"Yue An agreed?" Lady Ellie tilted her head and looked at the cat that was eating meat with its head lowered.
Yue An shook its ears and looked up at Lady Ellie. It meowed softly.
Ji Xiuyun reached out and scratched Yue An's chin. He looked at the kitten in his palm and felt so good that his eyes narrowed. He reached out a finger and gently poked Yue An's forehead.
Yue An woke up from the poke and lowered its head to eat meat again.
After dinner, Ji Xiuyun brought Yue An home.
Yue An hung around Ji Xiuyun's neck and pretended to be a white sea cucumber. As soon as they entered the house, Ji Xiuyun carried Yue An to the sofa.
Then, Ji Xiuyun handed Yue An a document bag that was quite heavy.
Yue An saw the title on the document bag. It clearly said, "Detailed Records of Assets."
"We agreed on this before. This is my detailed record of assets."
Ji Xiuyun's voice came from the top of Yue An's head. It brought an inexplicable warmth to his ears.
"It's enough to buy more than ten energy ore veins."
Hearing that, Yue An pressed its paw on the list and raised its head to glance at Ji Xiuyun. Then, it lowered its head and began to dig into its own fur seriously. After that, it raised its head abruptly and let out an aggrieved "meow".
Marshal Ji lowered his head and looked at him. He let out a confused snort. "Hmm?"
Yue An crawled under the sofa cushion and turned into a human to cover itself. Then, it threw out a bunch of snacks, energy crystals, and a bunch of strange magic treasures. Facing Ji Xiuyun's silent gaze, it asked him, "You can't complain that I don't have enough betrothal gifts …?"
"Hmm??"
Ji Xiuyun showed a trace of surprise, and even his eyes widened slightly.
"You said … betrothal gifts?"