Chapter 150

"It's yours, all yours." Chu Xiu felt helpless, but he had no other way to deal with Xizi except to stroke his fur.

I don't know if it's because he stayed in the egg for too long, but Xizi has been feeling insecure since he hatched. Plus, both of his fathers are a little unreliable...

Well, such as leaving the young cub to be taken care of by the other party, resulting in Qi Lan having no time to take care of it, and being busy and not being seen for several days.

As a result, Xizi's possessiveness towards Qi Heng and Chu Xiu became incomparably strong. Tolerating Qi Lan was a relationship that could be considered as a bug egg, but if there was another one, Xizi would really cry.

After getting the answer from his mother-in-law, Xizi turned his head to Qi Heng, as if waiting for his answer.

Compared to Chu Xiu, who knew Xizai's problems very well, Qi Heng, who had less face-to-face time with him, obviously did not expect Xizai's persistence in this regard, and could not help but sigh in his heart.

"Your father is right." At this time, it is better to go along with the child.

The angry Xi cub was finally calmed down, and reluctantly agreed to let Chu Xiu hold another cub, but he was still somewhat unhappy - it was obvious when he lay on Qi Heng with his back to the female insect cub in Chu Xiu's arms and his butt facing her.

Qi Heng walked to the remaining four eggs, glanced at Chu Xiu, and then followed the previous method to guide the insect cubs in the eggs to hatch.

Since Chu Xiu had already made arrangements for the hatched insect cubs, there was no difference between guiding the hatching of one and five, so he might as well hatch them all at once.

Chu Xiu stood behind him holding the insect cub. His gaze stayed on him for a long time before moving away with difficulty to focus on the four insect eggs... He couldn't stare at His Majesty for too long, otherwise he would find out.

There are not so many restrictions on newly hatched female insect cubs. As newborn cubs, they don’t know how to restrain themselves.

The instinct deep within their genes would cause them to unconsciously focus on the adult Zerg they encountered after hatching, similar to the feelings of a fledgling. And while the spiritually guided female Zerglings, though ignorant of the "master," would subconsciously feel close to Qi Heng.

This instinctive and intuitive sense of closeness will gradually become dull as you grow older. The older you get, the easier it is to not sense the "dominant" part of Qi Heng.

After all, Qi Heng has not yet completely merged with the Lord, and the aura of the Lord on him is not strong.

While Qi Heng was guiding the insect eggs to hatch, Xizi, who was nestled in his arms, changed from his previous interest and looked at the insect eggs moving with a pout, looking unhappy.

I originally thought that they would be a few more playmates to play with, but now it seems like they are just a few annoying people who will divert the female father's attention.

Suddenly I wasn't looking forward to it at all.

“Click, click, click.”

The sound of insect eggs cracking rang out one after another, and one, two, three, four cubs lay neatly on the edelweiss, their eyes quickly adapting to the world outside the eggs.

It only takes a moment for you to open your eyes to receive light from the outside world, and gradually the light and shadow obtained by your vision become clearer.

The first thing they saw was Qi Heng looking down at them.

Including the first hatched insect cub, there were a total of five in front of them, four of which were female insect cubs and one was a male insect cub.

The clothes Chu Xiu brought with him came in handy. He skillfully put the clothes on several insect cubs, and while doing so, he also adjusted the wings of the female insect cubs to the appropriate position.

Qi Heng stood aside and watched in a daze.

There wasn't much in his memory about Chu Xiu, but without exception he was very capable, decisive and resolute. The scene now, which looked like a kindergarten teacher taking care of cubs, made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Next, it took some time to decorate the room where the cubs would live.

Fortunately, next to the egg-laying room was the collective dormitory that Chu Xiu had prepared for these newly hatched insect cubs. After tidying them up, he and Chu Xiu each held two, and Xizai held the remaining one.

There were five small beds in the dormitory made of metal panels. First, a layer of soft tinder was laid on the bottom, and then the extra clothes brought were spread on top to form a simple nest.

Finally, just put the baby bug in and you're done.

But in fact, this is just the beginning.

The newly hatched insect cubs needed to eat some food. Although Chu Xiu had considered what kind of food to feed them and made some preparations, he didn't expect that all of them would hatch so quickly, and now he couldn't feed the five hungry insect cubs immediately.

"I'll go prepare food."

As soon as Chu Xiu finished speaking, Qi Heng said, "I'll go with you."

Without waiting for Chu Xiu to answer, he added, "With my help, it will be much faster, so they won't have to wait too long."

Qi Heng tilted his head to look at the insect cubs lying on the small bed. He knew what Chu Xiu wanted to say without listening. It was nothing more than refusing his help... It was too easy to guess.

"The cubs can't go hungry," he said.

Chu Xiu hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed: "Well... okay."

When Xizai heard they were leaving, he got angry and jumped up and down trying to make his presence felt: "I'll go too, I'll go too. I can help too."

"No." Qi Heng raised his eyebrows and said, "What will happen to them if we all leave?"

"So Xizi, you stay and take care of them. Can you do it, Xizi?"

Hearing this, Xizi's face fell.

He didn't want to take care of these little ones, but he couldn't stop his male father from talking... Xizi looked at his female father with tears in his eyes, hoping that his female father could speak for him.

It would be strange if Chu Xiu would refute what Qi Heng said. He said to his little bug cub, "Your father is right."

These words made Xizi lose his smile completely.

Xizi sniffed, knowing that he had to stay no matter what. "Well, since both the male and female fathers said so, I'll stay."

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In the kitchen.

Qi Heng squatted aside and washed each round and plump cassava, peeled it with a knife, cut it into pieces and put it aside.

On the other side, Chu Xiu cut the meat into granules and put it into water to cook. Then he took out the cooked meat, rinsed it with cold water, and chopped it into pieces.

The two of them worked pretty quickly and finished it quickly.

While Chu Xiu was cooking the steamed cassava paste and minced meat together, Qi Heng was thinking about how to start the conversation more appropriately.

His eyes unconsciously fell on Chu Xiu, who had his back to him.

Qi Heng suggested coming together, partly to help Chu Xiu, and partly because he wanted to talk to Chu Xiu...mainly about Chu Xiu's attitude towards him.

Chu Xiu's attitude towards him seemed a little too serious to him.

...He could understand Chu Xiu's attitude; after all, in the memories he had, Chu Xiu's attitude towards the Overlord was quite normal. But the problem was that the current situation was different from before, and he really didn't think Chu Xiu needed to maintain the past form.

Even if they are superiors and subordinates, the relationship is different, right?

In Qi Heng's mind, if they are all considered subordinates, Chu Xiu and Yan are also different.

As one of the only two people who knew his secret, Chu Xiu was even more different from Qi Lan, who only understood half of it and did what he said.

Chu Xiu knew the secret of the Grey Mist and was absolutely loyal to the Lord. In addition, they had Xizai as a bond between them—he was a companion worthy of his trust.

Logically speaking, his relationship with Chu Xiu should be more relaxed.

I just don’t know if it was because the scene of their first meeting was too awkward, which indirectly led to Chu Xiu seeming to be worried about causing his disgust, and thus limiting the distance between the two parties to the maximum.

——The communication between them was very rare, and there was an inexplicable sense of urgency every time they talked.

Even Qi Heng had to admit that the biggest problem was with himself... Chu Xiu's attitude towards him actually depended entirely on him, because he had rejected Chu Xiu's approach, which led to the current result.

If you don't want this to continue, you have to reverse the rigid relationship between the two of you as soon as possible.

The person who tied the bell must untie it, and you have to untie the knot yourself.

Chu Xiu used to be very powerful, and even though he has not declined much now, the sharp perception he had trained has not disappeared.

...So he could always feel a pair of eyes behind him falling on him, and besides him, the only one left here was His Majesty, which made him unable to help but think more.

Why do you keep looking at yourself? Is there something you did wrong? Or do you have something to say to yourself?

All kinds of thoughts popped up one after another. Chu Xiu was so distracted that he rarely heard the voice from behind him, and naturally ignored Qi Heng.

"...Chu Xiu?"

Qi Heng had no choice but to take two steps forward and pat Chu Xiu's shoulder after calling out several times without getting any response, then called out again.

"Chu Xiu, did you hear me?"

Chu Xiu, who came back to his senses after being slapped by him, was so shocked that his hand holding the spoon loosened, and the spoon fell into the pot, splashing the boiling liquid.

A few drops splashed onto the back of Chu Xiu's hand, almost immediately burning a small area of ​​skin around it red.

His brows furrowed for a moment before relaxing. He turned around, put his hands behind his back, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Your Excellency, what did you say just now?"

"What were you thinking about just now? You were so engrossed." Qi Heng asked inquiringly.

This question stumped Chu Xiu. He certainly couldn't say that he didn't hear it because he was thinking about His Majesty - he couldn't say that.

For a moment, the only sound in the quiet kitchen was the bubbling of food in the pot.

Forget it, Chu Xiu didn’t want to say it, and there was no need for him to know.

Qi Heng thought about this and asked, "Are you afraid of me?"

"Why do you ask that? Did I do something to make you misunderstand me?" Chu Xiu subconsciously widened his eyes in shock. This lively expression gave him a bit more vitality and vigor that a young man should have.

"Since you are not afraid of me, then it means that I made you feel uncomfortable." Qi Heng said this, raised his hand to stop Chu Xiu who wanted to explain something, and continued after considering his tone.

"Now that the Tianjia civilization exists in name only, neither you nor I are the same as we were before, so you don't need to maintain your old attitude in front of me."

Chu Xiu retorted without a second thought, "How can that be? You are the ruler of the entire Tianjia civilization, and that will never change!"

"My loyalty to you is also!" Chu Xiu said, and knelt on one knee in front of him without waiting for his reaction.

"Chu Xiu will always be loyal to you!"

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