Home, Family

"How about it? This batch of goods is very pure, isn't it!"

Inside the research room, Veronica was leading her team in testing the raw ore that Victor had brought back. Victor stood to the side and asked a question.

Seeing Victor's boastful tone, Veronica rolled her eyes at Victor. Octavia suddenly spoke up at that moment.

"The natural copper in this is of very high purity and can be used directly to make copper wire without special purification."

The little girl was very happy. She had been assigned by Veronica to optimize the generator and had been troubled by the insufficient supply of copper in the territory.

Seeing so many high-quality copper mines suddenly made her very excited, her face flushed with excitement.

Veronica shook her head, interrupting Octavia: "These natural coppers do have a high copper content, but they're not Pure Copper. They'd be fine for making electrical wires."

But Octavia, you're in charge of optimizing the motor coil structure, and the copper wire used here must be Pure Copper; there's no room for carelessness.

We can't be so hasty in the future. Every penny of our experimental funding is important, so we must be more careful and precise.

If this happens again, you'll be responsible for cleaning the entire research institute from now on.

Veronica grew increasingly harsh, as if she were about to reprimand Octavia. After listening, Victor was even prepared to stop Veronica.

After hearing this, Octavia simply stuck out her tongue, not at all worried that her teacher would be angry. She stepped forward and took Veronica's right hand, saying sweetly, "I was wrong, Miss. I will be careful. Please leave this batch of copper ore to me."

Our group has already tested pyrometallurgical methods and mastered the complete set of technical standards; I guarantee that not a single drop will be wasted.

Veronica had no way to deal with Octavia, who was both her teacher and, in general, Veronica treated Octavia like her sister.

Veronica did the same when teaching Octavia; once Octavia admitted her mistake and softened her stance, Veronica would let her off the hook.

Veronica blushed and felt very embarrassed as Octavia kept shaking her arm and so many people, including Victor, watched.

He quickly said, "Alright, Octavia, let it go this time, but it can't happen again."

The people around him laughed good-naturedly. Victor smiled as he watched, though he looked a little jealous, since Veronica rarely showed this side of herself in front of him.

Victor decided to have a good talk with Veronica tonight, and he had to make her sweat and blush.

Afterwards, Victor had all the raw ore sent to the research lab, and Octavia was put in charge of the ore smelting, which would be a good opportunity to learn about the characteristics of this deposit.

Victor left the research lab directly, with Veronica following him. The two of them left in Veronica's carriage.

After the two boarded the carriage, Veronica sat down next to Victor, with Veronica holding onto Victor's arm.

"Were you jealous of Octavia just now? I saw your expression was a little distorted."

Where?

Victor was about to brush it off, but Veronica's clear, bright eyes stared straight at him, leaving him speechless.

Victor finally said helplessly, "Okay, I am a little jealous, after all, you spoil Octavia much."

"There's no way around it. Octavia is the youngest of my students. I see her like my own sister. I just can't bring myself to be cruel to her."

Besides, Octavia is actually a very serious person; her joking around is just her way of interacting with everyone.

Especially in her studies and work, she is an extremely meticulous and careful person.

Veronica thought that Victor's jealousy, coupled with Octavia's words and actions, had caused Victor to develop a bad impression of Octavia, so she quickly explained to Victor.

Victor knew immediately that Veronica had misunderstood. However, given Veronica's behavior, if Victor didn't know that Veronica's sexual orientation was fine, he would have thought that the two of them might be lesbians.

"Alright, I'm not going to do anything to Octavia."

However, Veronica, I've discovered something: if you're going to be a mother, you can only be a loving mother; you can't handle a child's tantrums at all.

"Victor joked."

This made Veronica blush again. She whispered, "We don't even have children yet, how can you say that?"

Looking at Veronica, who was blushing again, Victor felt a sudden urge to eat. He had been away from home for more than half a month not long after their marriage, and he missed Veronica very much.

Upon returning this time, because the copper mine was of great importance, after briefly explaining the situation to the Government Affairs Office, he took the copper mine directly to Veronica's research institute.

On the one hand, he wanted to get all the information about the copper mine as soon as possible, and on the other hand, he wanted to see his wife.

Victor scooped Veronica up onto his lap and whispered in her ear, "Then we'll have to keep trying and see if you can really be a loving mother."

Veronica had been weakly wriggling on Victor's body for a few moments, but Victor's words quickly calmed her down.

Her ears were flushed red from Victor's hot breath, and she slumped against Victor, resting her head on Victor shoulder, murmuring to herself.

"Then we'd better work hard."

Upon hearing this, Victor immediately perked up and was just about to launch an attack on Veronica when the carriage suddenly stopped.

Then the coachman called out, "Sir and Madam, we've arrived home."

"How come it's so fast? It seems we'll have to move the research institute further away next time. Veronica just said that the current research institute is a bit too small."

Victor thought to himself sullenly.

Veronica had regained her mobility by then. Blushing, she got off Victor and, seeing Victor's helpless expression, poked Victor forehead with her finger.

"Alright, we're home now anyway, let's talk about it again after dinner and back in the room!"

Victor and Veronica got off the carriage and found that Butler Downs was already waiting outside.

"Your Excellency, we heard that after you returned, the master and mistress have arranged for the kitchen to prepare dinner, all of which are your favorite dishes."

You can go wash up now. By the time you're done, dinner should be ready.

Upon hearing the housekeeper's words, Victor immediately had an idea. He was about to ask Veronica to accompany him to take a bath.

Veronica had already run inside. Before she went in, she said, "Victor, make sure you tidy yourself up. I smelled you sweaty just now. I'm going to talk to Mother and Irene first. I'll wait for you in the restaurant."

Victor hadn't expected Veronica to run so fast; it seemed he'd have to take a shower alone.

After dinner, Victor and Wembley went to the study alone.

"The exploration went very smoothly. We not only discovered copper mines but also found several resource points, and the maps along the way were further updated."

"It must be tough for you to do all this as a lord. You've always been very efficient, much better than me in that respect."

"Father, please don't say that. You have always taught me by example. Without you as a role model, I could not have been so outstanding."

Wembley was amused by Victor's boastful words.

What are your plans next?

"Don't worry about preparing. Actually, the preparations for war in the territory are almost complete. Except for the army, which still needs to strengthen its training."

These can be left to the respective Regimental Commander; there's not much more I can do.

Wembley nodded.

"If you have time, why don't you help Veronica? We don't understand scientific research, so we can't be of much help."

This also makes it convenient for you two to be together every day. If possible, I'd like to see my grandson soon.

"Don't worry, you'll see it this year."