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Three days later, Team 401 stood on both sides of the entrance to welcome the new members who were about to join. Wei Shao had just been released by the system and stood side by side with Fei Luo, still a little confused.

A bug wearing a mask slowly stepped into the door under the gaze of five pairs of eyes.

He has a slim figure, and his exposed skin is very white, but his face is tightly covered by a mask.

Luke led him slowly through the hallway, tilted his head and whispered to him, "Jonah, these are my teammates."

The male insect called "Jonah" nodded slightly to Philo and the others at the door: "Hello."

Horace and Benny looked at each other with complicated expressions, but Philo was the first to respond calmly, "Hello, Your Excellency."

Everyone in the base knew that Jonah, the leader's favorite male insect, had his handsome face ruined by a fire in the dormitory, but few insects knew why the dormitory caught fire out of nowhere.

All we know is that after the fire, Jonah had a large, bumpy, and hideous burn on his face, and his lungs were choked by the thick smoke, so he coughed all the time.

Overnight, he went from being a high-quality male that even the leader coveted, to a male insect that even ordinary mercenaries didn't even bother to look at.

The male insects in the shelter charge a fee for the comfort service, and Jonah's service fee is particularly high. No sucker would spend money to find a scary, sickly and disfigured insect to comfort them.

Only Luke felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave when he learned about this, and he understood what was going on almost instantly.

He immediately signed an agreement to never leave the base and paid a large ransom to redeem Jonah.

That’s why this scene happened today.

Horace and Benny helped Jonah move his things into the house. Luke temporarily arranged for Jonah to live in his own room, and then consulted Philo about the procedure for applying for another suite, preparing to move out like Wei Shao and Philo.

Wei Shao also learned the whole story from Philo.

Jonah didn't talk much to the female insects at home, but he communicated more with Wei Shao, and most of the conversations revolved around how he and Philo got along.

Wei Shao didn't reject him, he just felt strange and a little wary - could this kid be greedy and have an interest in Philo?

Later one day, he couldn't help it and warned him in disguise. Jonah was very smart and immediately understood what he meant. He quickly explained: "You misunderstood. I just want to ask you how to get along with female insects."

Wei Shao was a little confused: "Why are you only asking me?"

Jonah was also confused: "Aren't you a male insect?"

It's not that he has a keen eye, but Luke often talks about things in the team when he is alone with him, and naturally the relationship between "Wes" and Philo is always included. He also saw the two living together with his own eyes, so he subconsciously thought that "Wes" was a male insect.

Wei Shao asked directly: "Who told you?"

Philo had repeatedly warned him not to reveal his identity as a male insect, otherwise it would be very likely to bring danger. Of course, it was impossible that Philo said this.

But Jonah misunderstood his meaning. He took a half step back, carefully looked at Wei Shao's appearance, and then asked sternly: "Are you a female insect?"

The day he first arrived, he was wondering how there could be such tall male insects.

Wei Shao didn't say anything, so Jonah took it as his consent.

It turned out to be a lesbian relationship...

Jonah realized that his behavior was inappropriate and took a big step back. "Sorry, I always thought you were a male insect. I'm going back first. Luke is still waiting for me."

After saying this, he immediately retreated three meters as if facing a ferocious beast, then turned around and ran back to Luke's room.

Wei Shao: “…”

All sorts of things.

Philo happened to come over to call him for dinner, so he leaned over to Philo's ear and whispered, "Jonah is a little weird, he actually thought I was a male insect, wouldn't most insects subconsciously think I was a female insect when they first saw me?"

Philo paused, guessing the reason almost instantly, and knowing that the best thing to do was not to explain.

But he raised his eyes and stared at the area below Wei Shao's nose for a while, and said directly: "He may think that we are the same as him and Luke, so he subconsciously regarded you as a male insect."

Wei Shao's expression tensed, and he immediately replied, "Then his eyesight is not very good."

Philo wanted to say something else, but Wei Shao had already turned around and started fiddling with the things on the table, seeming to be very disgusted with this matter.

Fei Luo's eyes dimmed, and he whispered, "Let's eat."

Only after Fei Luo had walked away did Wei Shao frown, raise his hand and pinch his burning earlobe, and repeat, "What kind of look is that?"

Philo did not see this expression, but it did not escape the system's eyes. It vaguely felt that something big was going to happen.

The system's feeling was not wrong, and what happened later was even worse than it had imagined.

That night, Wei Shao was blocked by Fei Luo in the bathroom and confessed his love to him.

The system's eyes went dark.

Wei Shao's eyes also turned dark.

Different from the nonsensical request last time, and like everyone else who had confessed to Wei Shao, Philo expressed his love seriously and cautiously, but his eyes were filled with determination and recklessness.

After Wei Shao finished listening, he seemed as if he heard nothing, yet he remembered every word clearly.

Wei Shao looked down at Philo, his brain almost froze. This boy, whom he had watched grow up bit by bit, was saying to him, "I like you."

He said: "I have thought about it seriously, not just to keep you."

He said: "Even if you really want to leave, I still want to tell you that I always want to touch you and hug you, not because I am your brother, but because I like you."

He said, "I want to be closer to you, I want to kiss you."

He actually——

Really ready to kiss.

Wei Shao's scattered rationality was instantly frightened back, and he pushed Fei Luo away with force: "Are you crazy?!"

His voice was full of disbelief.

Philo's shoulder blade hit the metal door frame of the shower room, making a dull sound that made his flesh tremble. He felt pain, but he didn't move. Instead, he looked at Wei Shao stubbornly: "I'm not crazy - this sentence again, is this the only question you can ask?"

Likes make people worry about gains and losses, toss and turn, and lose their rationality.

Philo never thought that he would speak to Wei Shao in this tone.

Wei Shao stared at his shoulder for a while, and finally said: "You just rely on me too much."

Philo looked at him stubbornly: "I want to kiss you, is that also dependence?"

Wei Shao was so burned by that word that he couldn't breathe evenly, and his tone suddenly became heavier: "I don't want to!"

He never felt that he would like boys since he was a child, let alone being confessed to by a boy. If the person in front of him was not Philo, he would have scolded him away with a dark face.

Wei Shao said: "Fei Luo, have you ever thought that your love is just an illusion? From childhood to adulthood, I have always been the insect closest to you, so when you found out that I was a male insect, you thought you liked me. If I was always a female insect, would you still think so?"

Philo bowed his head and said nothing.

Wei Shao thought he had convinced him, and hurriedly said, "So—"

"Brother," Philo whispered, "When I thought you were a female insect, I also wanted to spend my whole life with you. I wanted to make a lot of money, buy an obedient and stupid male insect, and then share it with you. I don't want you to love him, I want you to be with me."

"When I thought you were a female insect, I wanted to get close to you, own you, and imprison you. As long as I could keep you, I would give you everything I have... I was afraid that you would think I was sick, so I never said it."

He looked at Wei Shao: "Is this also an illusion?"

Wei Shao was speechless.

Philo slowly squatted down, bent over to hold his hand, and slowly kissed the back of his hand, almost crawling on the ground and begging: "Brother, I know you have mercy on me, can you have more mercy on me and give me some other love."

Wei Shao slowly broke free from his hand: "Fei Luo, putting aside my identity as your brother, I will reject you again - I can't give you the kind of love you want."

"I won't stay, and I won't like you as much as you think," Wei Shao looked down at him, "but I can promise you that if you give up this unrealistic idea, I can pretend that nothing happened and treat you as my brother for the rest of my life - this is good for both of us."

The corners of Fei Luo's eyes were red, but he didn't cry, because he seemed to realize that Wei Shao would no longer wipe his tears.

After Wei Shao closed the door, the system said directly: [I'll take you home. 】

Wei Shao silently looked at the mottled time on the wall. He neither refused nor agreed. Instead, he asked the system: [Does he really like me? 】

The system asked back: [Do you think it’s possible? 】

Of course not.

Philo is the male protagonist of this world, and he is destined to be a pair with the male insect on the other side of the world. Although the plot has deviated a little at the moment, it will return to normal sooner or later.

Wei Shao asked: [If I go back, will the plot return to normal? 】

The system said: [I don’t know, let’s try. 】

None of them mentioned when they would come back next time.

-

Wei Shao deliberately avoided looking at the date, but even in his dreams he could clearly recall the number of days he had been away.

In this bone-gnawing anxiety, he was pulled back by the system without any warning.

He once again saw Philo, covered in blood.

Wei Shao's eyes were bloodshot, and he knelt beside Fei Luo to ask what was going on with the system.

The system was silent for a long time before saying, "He might have done it on purpose."

Why on purpose?

Wei Shao did not ask any more questions because there was no need.

He deliberately took on extremely dangerous missions, deliberately left other team members behind, and went alone, just to bet on him coming back.

Wei Shao was so angry that he was shaking all over. He slapped the pale-faced Philo in the face. Philo choked and spat out blood without making a sound. Wei Shao bit a piece of soft flesh in his mouth tightly, bandaged the wound with bloodshot eyes, and carried Philo on his back.

Philo leaned on his shoulder and said "I'm sorry" first.

After getting no response from Wei Shao, he said again: "Don't bother me."

Wei Shao opened his cold lips, the taste of blood filling his mouth: "Shut up."

So Philo really shut up.

Wei Shao thought he had fainted due to excessive blood loss, but after a while, he heard a very soft voice in his ears.

The voice said:

"I miss you so much."