“Well, if possible, Miss Eden, please control my teacher’s drinking in the future. Her drinking behavior is really… terrible.”

Eden naturally followed suit and nodded to indicate that she had remembered it.

Then Kiana saw her take out a bottle of high-end red wine from her arms, pour it into her glass and take a sip.

Aren’t you an even bigger alcoholic than Ji Zi?

It seems that it is too much to expect these two people to quit drinking.

“Ms. Kiana, instead of waiting here, it would be better for you to go and explain to your friends first. After all, this is a way of hospitality.” Eden raised the goblet and gestured in the direction of Su Jue.

351 Cheers

Su Jue actually knew that Ji Zi liked drinking, but since she chose to preserve her own self, there was no need to impose too many restrictions on such small matters. Anyway, as long as the assigned tasks could be executed perfectly, Su Jue would let her do it.

Even if we take a step back, the other party is Kiana’s teacher, so there’s nothing wrong with Su Jue giving her some face.

Taking advantage of the few minutes that Kiana took to wake up Ji Zi, Su Jue had already dealt with most of the wine bottles. These two drank a lot, and judging from the logos on the bottles, each bottle was estimated to cost at least ten thousand yuan.

Compared to the millions of wealth that Eden brought to Kindred every day, this level of drinking was just a drop in the bucket. However, it was understandable that Eden drank. Ji Zi, a combat member, had no income, yet dared to drink so much.

Su Jue considered whether to cut her combat expenses next time to let her feel the punishment from the black-hearted boss.

While thinking about this, Su Jue stretched out his hand to lift the heavy empty wine box and throw it into the trash can outside the alley along with the garbage bag. Before he could exert any strength, his hand suddenly felt lighter and the box was easily picked up by someone.

“Let me do this.” Kiana took the wine box in her hand. Su Jue did not refuse. She picked up the garbage bag by the wall, and the two of them walked out of the alley together.

“Su Jue, my teacher…she sometimes has some bad habits. I’m sorry for leaving a bad impression on you.” On the way, the girl looked a little embarrassed. She had expected the encounter to be more formal, but now not only did it not feel formal, she also had to trouble Su Jue to clean up the mess.

Su Jue naturally did not feel dissatisfied. He just looked at Qiyana’s embarrassed expression. He suddenly found it interesting and asked with a smile: “In your original imagination, what should the scene of this meeting be like?”

“Maybe, be more serious? After all, you are all very important friends of mine.”

“But then, wouldn’t it be like a student being called into the teacher’s office?”

Kiana was stunned by Su Jue’s question. She thought carefully about the picture in her mind and found it was indeed a bit strange.

“But……”

“Kiana, you think that I will be dissatisfied with you for not showing the best side of your teacher, but the fact is just the opposite. I am very happy that you can let me see the truest side of your teacher friend.”

“Really?”

“Of course, everyone in this world has their own hobbies, and people often choose to keep these hobbies as secrets, and only their closest friends know about them.

Drinking is not a shameful thing. If your teacher is willing to tell you about it, it means that your relationship is close enough. If your teacher doesn’t mind sharing his hobbies with me, doesn’t it mean that we are already friends? “

“Is that so?”

“Qiana, don’t forget that you are the mutual friend of her and me. As long as you are here, she and I will naturally get to know each other. There is no need for a so-called meeting at all.”

Su Jue was always eloquent, and with just a few words he dispelled the girl’s anxiety. Soon, the regretful expression on the girl’s face disappeared, and a relieved smile bloomed.

“Thank you, Su Jue.”

After dealing with the garbage, the two returned home again.

Ji Zi has already dealt with her image problem. She not only changed into clean clothes, but also put on light makeup.

She really didn’t expect that Su Jue would come back with Kiana this time, and she accidentally exposed her embarrassing image.

As a puppet, Ji Zi would naturally feel afraid of Su Jue, but in order to support Kiana, Ji Zi, who calls herself “the mother’s family”, still changed into formal clothes, not wanting to show weakness in front of Su Jue.

Of course, the meeting was not as strange as Ji Zi imagined, it was just an ordinary chat. At first, Ji Zi was a little scared and kept observing Su Jue’s expression, but as Kiana deliberately guided the topic, she finally confirmed that Su Jue was just an ordinary boy.

The relaxed Ji Zi quickly returned to her original nature, slowly and completely forgot the threat from the Herrscher, and began to talk loudly.

“Kiana, let me tell you, when he was with this little guy, he was much more shy than he is now.”

“Teacher Ji Zi and Su Jue have spent some time together?” Kiana was stunned.

Huh? Didn’t you say that before?

When Ji Zi thought that she might have leaked Su Jue’s secret, she immediately broke out in a cold sweat, but she didn’t feel any restraint when she spoke just now.

“Your teacher is right. When I found her, I did help her for a while, but I didn’t know she was your teacher at that time.” Su Jue took over the topic naturally, “After all, I got the Plague Gem, and I can’t just leave it alone.”

“Oh, no wonder the teacher lives here.” The girl suddenly realized that this was Su Jue’s home, and it was a bit strange that Ji Zi lived here.

Su Jue once revealed to her during the Pacific War that he was not the Herrscher of Fire, but just happened to meet Ji Zi who fell out of the imaginary space, and survived by getting the Plague Gem, and appeared in the form of a Herrscher.

“At that time, my mother and I lived here, and we were often harassed by that bastard father. Although Ji Zi was injured, she is also a Valkyrie. With her around, we can at least be much safer.”

Kiana’s memory quickly went back to the day when the two first met, and she recalled the scene when Su Jue drove her father away. But soon, she couldn’t help but recall the tragic situation that happened later.

Just as the girl’s face gradually turned pale, Su Jue held her shoulders and shook his head at her.

“Don’t think about what happened later. This is just the destined ending. In fact, even if you were not here, my mother’s illness would not last long.”

“Ah.”

Seeing the girl calm down, Su Jue continued, “Do you remember that I recognized your identity as a Valkyrie at first sight? In fact, I also learned about it from Ji Zi in advance.”

“Honkai Impact, Destiny, Herrscher…”

The scene seemed to have turned into a dialogue between Su Jue and Kiana again. Ji Zi and Eden looked at each other and wisely chose to keep silent.

Su Jue described it in great detail, and sometimes Ji Zi even doubted whether she had really seen him a long time ago.

However, although the facts were somewhat inconsistent with what Su Jue said, it was not a big deal, so Ji Zi just let him go and occasionally nodded in approval.

As the two of them reminisced as if no one was around, everything in the past gradually became clear, until the sun set and Ji Zi, who had only drunk alcohol all day, began to have a rumbling stomach, and the conversation came to an end.

“Wendy went to a music training camp today, so there’s no one at home to cook.”

“Oh, since Wendy is not around, no one is taking care of you, so you two just choose to drink?” Kiana saw through the lazy behavior of the older women at a glance and cast a contemptuous look at them.

“Oh, my good student, the teacher has been single for so many years, what’s wrong with drinking a little.” Ji Zi didn’t feel embarrassed. She ignored Su Jue’s gaze and hugged Kiana in her arms.

“Really? You’re so grown up, but you still can’t take care of yourself.” Kiana couldn’t be really angry. She broke free from Ji Zi’s arms and sighed helplessly.

Looking at Eden and Jizi, two drunkards, she knew that dinner might be impossible. Just when she was considering whether to order takeout or go to a restaurant, Su Jue offered to cook.

Su Jue’s cooking skills are pretty good, and with the enhancement of the puppet, he can cook ordinary home-cooked dishes with ease.

“There are still a lot of ingredients in the refrigerator, so leave it to me this time.” After all, it was his own home, and Su Jue was very familiar with the layout of the room. He took the apron hanging on the wall and walked into the kitchen.

“Then let me help you.” Kiana stopped paying attention to Ji Zi and followed Su Jue into the kitchen.

Soon, Ji Zi and Eden were the only ones left in the living room.

Looking at the two people squeezed in the small kitchen, Jizi sighed: “If others knew that the Ruler who has infiltrated most of the world is just like an ordinary boy in front of Kiana, I’m afraid they would doubt their eyes.”

“No matter how cold a person is, they will become soft in front of the one they like, right?” Eden said gently, and took out a large bottle of red wine and two high-heeled glasses from somewhere, “Would you like some?”

“How did you hide such a big bottle of wine?” Even Ji Zi was shocked by Eden.

“People who love wine naturally have some unique methods.”

After saying that, the two of them laughed at the same time and drank a glass each.

“Eden, you’re right, they are all good kids. As early as when I heard that message, I knew that this kid was not a bad person by nature. He is lucky to be able to get to where he is today.”

“It’s just…” Himeko sighed.

“A Herrscher will never be able to enjoy the peaceful life of ordinary people. This is the fate of being a Herrscher,” Eden added.

“I hope they can reach the end together. Maybe then, we can also get rid of our puppet identities and return to being ordinary people.”

“Then I wish that fate will favor them. Cheers.”

“cheers.”

La352 cuisine, cover

The kitchen in the old-style house was very narrow and could only accommodate one or two people. After Su Jue and Qiyana squeezed in, they filled the entire world.

“Actually, just leave it to me. You can go spend more time with your teacher.” Looking at the girl standing beside him in a lace white apron, Su Jue was speechless. He had heard about the cooking skills of the Kaslana family countless times, and always felt that it would be very dangerous to let Kiana enter the kitchen.

“No way, Aunt Jizi clearly promised me to control her drinking, but she drank so much today and made a fool of herself in front of you. Leave her alone.” Obviously, Kiana did not understand Su Jue’s subtext. Not only did she not intend to leave the kitchen, but she took the vegetables that Su Jue had just washed.

“Leave the cutting of vegetables to me. Even though everyone says my cooking skills are a bit mediocre, it’s no problem if I’m just helping out.” She took a kitchen knife from the knife rack, seemingly ready to show off her skills to Su Jue.

“Okay.” Unable to persuade the girl who was eager to help, Su Jue had to give her the vegetables that were easier to handle. After all, she was a Herrscher, so she wouldn’t get her hands cut or anything like that.

Kiana’s technique of cutting vegetables is very amateurish, and the vegetables she cuts are big and small pieces, but she is very serious every time she cuts.

The afterglow of the sun fell on the girl’s profile through the small window of the kitchen, dyeing her white hair a light golden color. Looking at the focused expression of Kiana, Su Jue standing beside her was a little absent-minded for a moment, and unconsciously immersed in this warm-toned time.

“How is it?” The girl’s voice woke Su Jue up. He looked at the chopping board, where a pile of crookedly cut radish pieces were neatly spread out.

Being able to cut simple carrots like this, can you say he is a culinary genius?

“Yes, it’s perfect for making carrot and pork ribs soup.” Su Jue didn’t want to spoil her mood, so he smiled and arranged today’s dishes. He put the rest of the ingredients that needed to be processed in front of her, indicating that she could try them all.

“Really? I thought I cut it badly.” Kiana was in high spirits after receiving the compliment. She looked at the pile of vegetables eager to try and sighed: “When I was in school, no one wanted to let me enter the kitchen. This is the first time I’ve cooked so seriously.”

“If you want to learn, I can teach you.”

“Okay, how about you teach me how to cut the vegetables neatly first?” Kiana’s eyes lit up, and she looked at Su Jue with her sharp eyes.

“…Okay.” For some reason, Su Jue always felt like he was being tricked.

But he didn’t think too much about it. Cutting vegetables is not a difficult skill. Even Kiana should be able to master it easily after being taught a few more times.

He first demonstrated the proper way to cut vegetables to Kiana, and then demonstrated it himself several times. However, no matter how he taught, she could always cut the vegetables into all kinds of weird shapes. He was helpless and finally believed that there really were people who were bad at cooking in the world, so he had to teach her step by step.

“When cutting vegetables, remember to bend the fingers of your left hand slightly, hold the knife in your right hand and slide it diagonally towards the vegetables, then move your fingers back a little bit, and you can cut the vegetables into even shapes.”

Su Jue was very patient in teaching. He was slightly taller than Kiana, so he could just rest his head on her shoulder.

Making sure his vision was not blocked, he held Kiana’s hands, gently bent the white fingers of her left hand, and used his right hand to cut the potatoes into slices little by little according to the standard vegetable cutting technique.

The girl’s hands were icy cold. She was able to kill Honkai beasts with her bare hands as a Herrscher, but they seemed exceptionally soft when held by Su Jue. When Su Jue was teaching, he did not feel any resistance, as if the other party had given him all the control.

It was very easy to teach such a student, and Su Jue quickly demonstrated all the basic techniques, but he did not notice that the girl’s earlobes were becoming hotter and hotter because of his breath, and a faint blush appeared on her cheeks.

“How is it? Have you learned it?”

“Huh?” Kiana was obviously a little absent-minded and didn’t even notice that the ingredients had been processed.

However, the sunset glow in the distance, dyed red by the setting sun, flew to the girl’s cheek at some point, making her look particularly red.

“Cut vegetables, have you learned it?”

“……Um.”

Kiana’s voice was as soft as a mosquito’s. She fixed her eyes on the vegetables on the chopping board and did not dare to look up at Su Jue.

After confirming that Kiana had learned it, Su Jue came out of the teaching state. He let go of the girl’s hands, the fragrance of her hair still lingering on his nose.

The warm breath in his arms disappeared, and Su Jue felt a little lost for some reason. He didn’t notice it when he was teaching seriously just now, but now he realized that his heartbeat was actually beating so fast.

For a moment, both of them fell silent, and the narrow kitchen suddenly became so quiet that their heartbeats could be clearly heard.

Just before the atmosphere became increasingly weird, Su Jue took the initiative to break the awkward atmosphere. He suppressed the pounding feeling as much as possible and changed the topic to food.

“Well, it’s getting late, and the ingredients are ready.” He pretended not to notice Kiana’s strange expression, and said casually, “You must be starving. I’ll start cooking right away. Just wait a moment.”

“Yeah, that’s right. Teacher Ji Zi and the others only drank alcohol at noon. I’m afraid they are hungry now.” With Su Jue’s words, Kiana breathed a sigh of relief, and her movements became much more natural.

But her eyes, as blue as lake water, were still rippling with ripples that could not calm down for a long time.

The feeling just now was… so strange… and my heart was beating so fast.

Kiana didn’t understand the origin of this feeling. Her decision to let Su Jue teach her was just a momentary thought and she didn’t consider that such a situation would arise.

In the past battles, the two had come into contact many times, but they had brought more warmth to each other. But this time, it was a very peaceful daily routine, but it made her heart beat faster.

“Is it because of the power of Fire Flame?” The girl could only guess.

Su Jue didn’t hear her mumbling, and lit the stove to start cooking. “Leave it to me from now on, you can take a rest first.”

“Do not.”

“I can handle it on my own.”

“I want to stay.”

The kitchen was not very spacious, so the two of them were very close to each other, and she didn’t want to leave just like that.

……

Dinner was finally completed successfully. Although it didn’t look good due to poor knife skills, as long as Su Jue didn’t allow them to complain, Ji Zi and Eden could only praise the cutting skills.