Chapter 149

The young man was not very tall. When he stood in front of him, he was only about chin above his chest. His long silver hair was tied up behind his head, and it swayed slightly with his movements.

Meeting the joy in those cobalt blue eyes, Qi Heng curled his lips into a smile and said, "The one with the purple insect pattern."

"He wasn't in good condition when I brought him back." Chu Xiu, who knew all the five insect eggs by heart, immediately thought of which one he was talking about. He said with some surprise, "I didn't expect him to come out first."

However, the birth of new insect cubs is a good thing no matter how you look at it - and these are insect eggs that were originally judged to be unable to be born.

Chu Xiu couldn't wait to see the newly hatched insect egg. "There are clothes. I'll go with you to get them. I also want to see this insect baby."

"good."

Qi Heng nodded and walked side by side with Chu Xiu, asking some questions about the insect eggs in the egg-laying room.

"How long have you been bringing them back? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"The first one I brought back ten days ago." Chu Xiu answered quickly, as if he had already simulated it in his mind. "I didn't tell you because I was afraid you would be disappointed after having hope. I wanted to wait until the insect eggs hatched before telling you the good news."

But I didn't expect that there has been no movement since the insect eggs were brought back.

If it weren't for the increased breath of life, Chu Xiu would have suspected that the insect cub inside was already dead.

"So if they don't hatch, you're going to keep it a secret from me?"

These insect eggs obviously cannot be hatched using conventional means. Their situation is similar to but different from Yan Le's.

Although Chu Xiu's care was instrumental in the hatching of the purple-patterned female insect eggs, the most important factor in their awakening and hatching was the spiritual power of the 'Master'... If it weren't for him, the probability of the eggs successfully hatching would be less than 0.1%.

Chu Zheng was leading him towards the bedroom.

Hearing this, he replied with a slight hesitation: "No."

"Actually, if you didn't come today, I would find time to talk to you." He had tried every method he could think of, but none of them worked. If he delayed any further, the situation with the insect eggs would be dangerous.

If it is your Majesty, there must be a way.

As expected.

There were no signs of insect eggs since they were brought back, but Your Majesty only went there once and one of them hatched. Your Majesty must have a way!

Qi Heng inexplicably understood Chu Xiu's thoughts from the way he looked at him: ...

He didn't know why, but he could see through some of Chu Xiu's thoughts at a glance. This had nothing to do with whether he knew Chu Xiu well or not, it was all due to Chu Xiu's frankness in front of him without even a hint of disguise.

Qi Heng coughed lightly and asked, "Do you like cubs very much?"

"I don't like it." Chu Xiu shook his head.

The unexpected answer made Qi Heng raise his eyebrows, and he said thoughtfully: "I thought you liked them very much." So the kindness and love he showed to Xizi was only for his own cubs.

"You like it, and this is the task you assigned." Chu Xiuli said as a matter of course, not feeling that there was anything wrong with what he said.

“…”

Yes, how could he forget that the Tianjia civilization is an existence where all races are dominated by their fans? Chu Xiu’s performance in this aspect is not very obvious, so normally he almost forgot about it.

What can Qi Heng say? Can he say that he doesn’t like cubs?

Of course not.

Because he really likes the cubs, and it is really happy to rub the soft little bugs.

In Chu Xiu's bedroom.

Qi Heng looked at Chu Xiu who was standing in front of the wardrobe taking out clothes and said, "You can prepare a few more clothes. If there are not enough clothes, I will bring some more later."

At the beginning, we didn’t consider that there would be other insect cubs later, so most of the clothes sent were for adults, and only a small part were for Xizi... There was no folding space prepared, but it’s not a big problem, I can just find a chance to get some.

"You mean, can the other insect eggs hatch today?"

Chu Xiu, who had just said that he didn't like it, turned around and looked at him after hearing his words, with a rising tone of pleasure in his voice.

"There shouldn't be any problem."

Qi Heng looked at Chu Xiu, who was folding clothes and looked like a good wife and mother, with mixed feelings. "Have you thought about how to place them after they hatch?"

Chu Xiu said without looking up, "I've considered your question before, so I've arranged a living room next to the egg-laying room. After hatching, we can move them to the nursery."

"As for care, we can arrange for guards to take care of it nearby..."

Newborn insect babies sleep most of the day. They are not awake for too long and usually start to feel sleepy after eating, so they are relatively easy to take care of.

As soon as Qi Heng heard this, he knew that Chu Xiu had probably thought about everything that should and shouldn't be considered, and might even have written several versions of the feeding plan for the insect cubs.

Even at that time, the eggs showed no sign of hatching.

"As for food."

"Use blue cassava mixed with meat paste to make a paste and feed it to them. Once their teeth grow, you can feed them other things." Chu Xiu picked up the folded clothes and said to him, "The clothes are packed, you can go now."

Qi Heng nodded silently, once again realizing how lucky he was to have a capable subordinate.

It is definitely his luck to have Chu Xiu.

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In the egg-laying room.

As soon as Qi Heng left, only Xizai was left. His eyes swept over the newly hatched female insect cub and other insect eggs, and then he found that the newly hatched female insect cub was staring at him with her eyes open.

"Why are you looking at me?"

"I'm telling you, you can't get close to my father. I'm his only insect cub." Xizi selectively forgot that he had a brother.

The female insect cub tilted her head.

Xizi stretched out his finger, poked Chongzi's cheek and muttered, "You can't get close to my female father either."

He comes to the egg-laying room as often as the female father. There's nothing he can do about it. There are only a few places to go in the base. When he's bored, he has nowhere to go so he can only come to see if the eggs have hatched.

"If you can do that, I will allow you to follow me..." Xizi's words were stuck before he could finish them.

His fingers, which were poking the female insect cub's face recklessly, were grabbed.

The female insect cub that had just hatched from the insect egg was much smaller than him, and the hand holding his fingers was soft as if it had no bones. This realization made Xizi's whole body explode.

"You, you——" Xizi pulled his hand back abruptly, put his hands on his hips and said angrily, "How can you touch me so casually?"

The female insect cub was confused and obviously didn't understand what he meant.

Xizai: ...Is this what Brother Ghost meant by feeling tired?

Are all newborn pups like this? Was I like this before?

No, absolutely not. I am not that stupid.

Born as an insect egg more than 10,000 years ago, Xizai, who was less than three months old when he hatched, refused to admit that he was also in this stupid look when he was just hatched.

The more he thought about it, the more embarrassed he became, and Xizi couldn't help but cover his face.

Qi Heng heard Xizi's words as soon as he arrived at the door of the egg-laying room. He said with a smile, "It seems like you two are getting along well."

He walked into the egg-laying room empty-handed, with Chu Xiu beside him, who insisted that he didn't need his help.

When Xizi heard the voice, he quickly turned his head. After seeing Qi Heng and Chu Xiu walking towards him, he trotted towards them.

"Male father, you're back, and you brought female father with you." Xizi pounced forward skillfully, then hugged his male father's legs perfectly to become a leg pendant, and smiled so hard that his teeth were showing.

Who would have thought that the next second he saw the clothes in his father's hand, and Xizi's smile froze: "Father, why are you holding my clothes?"

"These are clothes that can't fit you." Chu Xiu said, walking past his own cubs and approaching the female insect cub that was attracted by their voices. "It's just right for newly hatched insect cubs."

Xizi:???

Oh, isn't Xizi the mother's baby? Why give Xizi's clothes to other insect babies?

——Those were clearly the clothes that Xiong’s father gave to Xizi.

Xizai, holding his male father, watched helplessly as his female father put clothes on the female insect cub. His expression became more and more sad. In the end, he couldn't help but pout and almost burst into tears.

Qi Heng felt that his pants were being pulled a little tight. He lowered his head and saw the look of despair on the face of the little bug boy. Then he looked at the direction Xizi was staring at, and understood what was going on.

He pinched Xizi's cheek lightly and said, "Are you unhappy?"

Xizi hugged his thighs tightly, looked up at him, bit his lower lip and emphasized: "Those are Xizi's clothes, given to Xizi by Xiong's father!"

"Well, I will give you a lot more in the future, so can you smile?" Qi Heng leaned forward slightly, half bent down and opened his arms to Xizi.

Xizi blinked, let go of his hand and threw himself into his arms, bursting into laughter.

"Father Xiong said, you are not allowed to lie to me." Xizi kissed him on the cheek, and his emotions became visibly excited.

"Have I ever lied to you?"

Xizi thought about it, shook his head and said, "No."

"That's it." Qi Heng carried him and walked towards Chu Xiu.

Chu Xiu first adjusted the wings of the newly hatched female insect cub, then cut a slit on the back of the clothes to pass the wings through, and finally buttoned the front and rolled up the sleeves that were too long.

The female insect cub sitting in his arms leaned against his chest, rubbing its little head against it and making indistinct sounds.

Xizai, who was carried by Qi Heng, exploded on the spot when he saw this scene.

"Damn it! You're not allowed to get close to your mother-father—"

Xizi was roaring and leaning forward with his teeth and claws bared. If Qi Heng had not been quick enough to hold him tightly, he would have fallen to the ground.

"Wuwuwu, you can't hug him either! Am I not your favorite cub? Wuwuwu."

The little bug in Chu Xiu's arms didn't know how powerful it was, and looked over curiously when it heard his shouting.

Cubs are very possessive of both their parents, so this situation is not surprising. And for the 'stingy' Xi cub, since his male father was about to be separated from Qi Lan, he naturally cared more about his female father, who was all his own.

"Of course you are the sire's favorite cub."

Chu Xiu stood up, holding the female bug cub in his arms. He freed one hand to soothe Xi cub, who looked like he was about to make a scene. He soothed him softly, "Newly hatched bug cubs need care. The female father held him so that it would be more convenient to change clothes. You can't get angry over this, understand?"

"Didn't Xizi say before that he would help his mother-father take care of them? Now he's unwilling to do so. Are you going to go back on your word?"

Under the gaze of his mother, Xizi's voice gradually faded away, and he muttered, "I won't regret it."

"I just don't want to share the female father with other cubs. The female father is mine..." Xizi said, then thought that something was wrong, so he changed his words.

He placed the female father's hand on the male father's hand that was holding him and said, "It belongs to me and the male father."

"Yes, that's right, that's it!" Xizi said, nodding his head to confirm his words.

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