Chapter 40: Quarrel A kind of rage of being offended and challenged suddenly rushed...
The next day, Vian took the notes to the lab and studied them with Murphy.
In the isolated laboratory.
Vian and Murphy observed the sample experiments going on inside the isolation room. Complex data streams flowed on the huge light screen. Both of them were a little nervous because of their anticipation.
After the substance sample inside the isolation room was cut off, a high concentration of inhibitor components was injected.
After the black fog was cut off, it twisted wildly at first, but after being affected by the inhibitor components, it slowly calmed down and even seemed a little wilted.
"Vian, you're right." Murphy's fingertips slid across a curve on the light screen that suddenly flattened after a violent fluctuation, his eyes sharp and shining.
"After being cut off from the connection, the activity of the sample dropped drastically. Even the raw ingredients of the inhibitors can cause damage to it."
Murphy raised his head and looked at Wei'an, saying firmly, "Wei'an, this direction is feasible."
The short black hair flowed smoothly, making the skin look very fair. The eyebrows were clean and clear, the pupils were warm, and Murphy couldn't believe that it was a male insect wearing a white dress. For the first time, he felt that he might have been prejudiced against male insects.
Wei An was also a little excited. He took a deep breath and suppressed his excitement. "So, our next step is to develop a widely applicable method that can simulate this 'cut-off' effect?"
"That's right!" Murphy couldn't contain his excitement, calling up the microstructure model of ∞ matter. "We need to find a way to replicate this behavior."
Wei An felt a surge of blood in his heart.
After the tea party ended yesterday, Prince Yu did not go home, but went out to drink with other noble male insects.
It’s just getting dark today and the lights are coming on.
The crystal chandeliers in the house reflected bright light, which shone on the marble floor, and the air was filled with the chill of autumn.
An Nuo had just finished school and was holding Quentin's hand tightly. He followed his father in small steps while talking about the interesting things that happened in school today.
Annuo was very happy today because Kami, who had always bullied him, did not come to school and no one bullied him today.
As soon as he stepped into the hall, Quentin paused for a moment. Annuo sensitively noticed the unusual atmosphere and quickly restrained his smile.
Especially after he actually stepped in, saw Prince Yu sitting there, and felt the almost stagnant air on the male insect, he shrank back behind Quentin.
Prince Yu was sitting in the main seat in the living room, playing with a green energy stone in his hand. The stone should be of extremely high purity, and the green color was quite deep.
When he saw the father and son coming back, the lazy smiles they had outside were gone from their faces, replaced by a kind of scrutinizing calmness. This kind of calmness is often more suffocating than direct anger.
Quentin broke the silence first.
"Heroic Lord."
An Nuo, who was standing behind him, also carefully stuck his head out and called out, "Father Xiong."
Prince Yu did not respond directly, but looked Quentin up and down with some interest.
Quentin looked surprisingly good today, a bit like the first time they met at the party, so handsome that it made people feel itchy.
"Are you back?" The look in his eyes as he looked her up and down seemed to have been licked by a wandering poisonous snake.
Quentin's heart suddenly tightened. He hid An Nuo behind him again and whispered, "Yes, my lord."
Prince Yu looked at An Nuo and said, "You were quite the star at the tea party yesterday, An Nuo."
An Nuo was so frightened that his whole body trembled, and his little hands tightly grasped the corner of Quentin's clothes.
"My lord," Quentin tried to make his voice sound steady, "Annuo is still young and doesn't understand..."
"Little?" Prince Yu scoffed, interrupting Quentin. He slowly stood up and walked over. "You're so young, and you already know how to seek support from outsiders? You're so young, and you're already causing trouble outside?"
With every word he spoke, he took a step closer, and the shadow cast by his tall figure almost completely covered An Nuo.
"I didn't, it was Kami who wanted to hit me, I just hid..." An Nuo defended himself in a crying voice, his voice as thin as a mosquito.
"Shut up!" Prince Yu shouted suddenly, scaring An Nuo so much that he shook violently. Tears welled up in his eyes instantly, but he bit his lips tightly and dared not cry out loud.
Quentin felt a chill run from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
According to Prince Yu's character, if he took the initiative to bring up the matter, it would never be easily let go.
In the past, he might have knelt, begged, and traded his dignity for the child's suffering. But now, feeling an unprecedented clarity and stability in his mind, a new courage, mixed with the despair and anger that had been pent up for too long, grew wildly in his chest.
If Prince Yu could only bring him harm and oppression, why couldn't he rebel once? Yes, that's right, he was a noble male insect, the younger brother of the Insect Emperor.
But it was not the Ducas family who insisted on marrying him. It was he who took the initiative to ask the Insect King for help. It was the Insect King who took the initiative to act as a matchmaker and even made many promises of friendly relations with the Ducas family.
He had been wrong all along. It was he who had insisted on strictly following the rules of a queen from the very beginning, cooperating with the other party to smooth out his edges bit by bit.
He thought that this would allow him to live a more stable life. Even if there was no love between male and female fathers, at least he could gain some respect and allow him to mediate his mental power.
But he didn't get it. All he got was humiliation that became more and more excessive. He allowed himself to linger on, unable to die or feel alive.
But why?
A male insect who met by chance was even willing to lend a hand. To the extent that he did so, what was his male master doing? What could he do?
He couldn't let Annuo and Jie Lan repeat what happened to him, and couldn't let his children grow up in fear and abuse.
When Prince Yu reached out to pull An Nuo out and habitually wanted to pull An Nuo's ears, Quentin moved.
He suddenly snatched An Nuo back, completely protected him behind himself, and used his body to block Prince Yu's hand.
This action stunned Prince Yu and made the waiters around him gasp.
Quentin Ducasse, their most gentle wife, actually dared to stop the heroic master?
"My lord," Quentin raised his head and looked directly into Prince Yu's eyes, which were filled with astonishment and rage. His voice trembled slightly due to nervousness, but was extremely firm.
"What happened at the tea party wasn't Anno's fault. It was Cami and the others who bullied Anno first, even insulting the Ducas family and the royal family. Lord Vian was just seeing injustice. If you think it's inappropriate, I'm the one who should be punished. I didn't take good care of Anno, and it has nothing to do with the child."
Prince Yu could hardly believe his ears.
Is he crazy?
He looked at the female monarch in front of him who had always been submissive and endured everything silently. How dare she look at him directly and speak to him in such a tone?
A fury of being offended and challenged instantly shattered his hypocritical calmness.
"It has nothing to do with you?" Prince Yu's voice suddenly rose, becoming sharp and piercing, and his elegant and noble appearance was gone.
He suddenly raised his hand, bringing with it a sharp palm wind, and slapped Quentin's face fiercely. "I think you've been out for a few days and have forgotten who you are! Who gave you the courage to speak to me like that?!"
“Bang!”
The crisp sound of the slap was particularly loud in the quiet living room.
Quentin's face was knocked to one side, and clear fingerprints quickly appeared on his fair cheek, and a burning pain spread. He staggered, but stood firm in his place, not kneeling or retreating as usual, still holding An Nuo tightly behind him.
An Nuo screamed in fear, hugged Quentin's legs tightly, and burst into tears: "Father!"
Quentin swallowed the bloody taste in his mouth and slowly turned his head. The beautiful eyes that once contained only death and numbness were now burning with an almost tragic light.
His cheeks swelled up quickly, but he ignored it, still looking up at Prince Yu, and said word by word: "My identity is your female monarch, the eldest son of the Ducas family, and the female father of An Nuo and Jie Lan."
"I never forgot it."
"You never realize it."
He paused, and under Prince Yu's increasingly shocked and angry gaze, he continued, "It is precisely because I remember that I cannot bear to see my child being humiliated for no reason. Lord Xiong, An Nuo is also your child, of royal blood."
"Royal bloodline?" Prince Yu's face twisted into a ferocious expression, as if he had heard some utterly ridiculous joke. "You useless female insect cub, are you worthy of mentioning royal bloodline? These two worthless creatures you gave birth to are nothing more than an embarrassment to me. What use are they?!"
He took a step forward, trying to bypass Quentin to grab An Nuo: "I'm going to teach this ignorant little bastard a lesson today! Let him know who is his boss!"
"Don't touch him!" Quentin practically roared. He violently pushed away Prince Yu's outstretched hand. Like a mother animal protecting her cub, he opened his arms and tightly embraced the crying An Nuo. He looked up at Prince Yu with an unprecedented determination in his eyes. "If you want to hit me, hit me! But I can guarantee that the Ducas family will absolutely withdraw from this energy extraction project immediately."
The air in the living room seemed to freeze.
The waiters all lowered their heads, not daring to breathe, wishing they could be invisible.
Prince Yu was completely enraged by Quentin's continuous resistance. Veins bulged on his forehead, and his handsome face was distorted by extreme anger and filled with terrifying hostility.
"Good! Good! Good!" He said "good" three times in a row, his voice trembling with rage. "Quentin Ducasse, you've really grown up! Do you think that just because Vian Clement backed you up once, you dare to climb over my head? I tell you, you will always be a dog I bought! I can beat you up if I want, and I can kill you if I want!"
He looked around, suddenly picked up a jade cane from the decorative stand next to him, and stared at Quentin and Annuo who were curled up together with a sinister look.
"Today I will show you the consequences of disobeying me!"
The cane is raised high,
If this hits him hard, he will be seriously injured.
Quentin closed his eyes and held Anno's head tightly in his arms, ready to endure the coming pain. However, the expected blow did not come.
"Father Xiong! Stop it!"
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