Chapter 43
They didn't say much, and Cecil came back soon.
The female insect didn't say anything when she saw the scene in the ward. She just opened the curtain again and placed the incubator on the bedside cabinet.
But Elaine felt an inexplicable chill on the back of her neck. She said goodbye to Yael in a hurry and ran away, almost bumping into a female soldier who was changing shifts at the door.
"Are you hungry?"
Xi Ze set up a small table on the bed and took out several layers of thermal boxes and arranged them one by one.
The combination of fish and vegetables is basically the favorite food of male insects, and it is still steaming hot.
Yael took the chopsticks handed to him by the female insect and felt that the scene seemed familiar, so he asked casually.
"The last time I had leg surgery, the Lord was like this too."
Caesar opened another insulated box of soup, poured out a small bowl and placed it next to the male insect, then chuckled when he heard this.
"Ah, that's still unlucky, one after another goes to the hospital."
"…I think it's OK."
Xi Ze paused and raised his eyes silently.
Her eyes were fixed on Yael's profile, his chewing movements, the subtle expressions when he frowned or raised his lips, and she would close her eyes in time before the male insect looked over.
"What's wrong? This is delicious, try it."
A pair of chopsticks reached out and put a piece of crispy meat into his bowl.
Xi Ze looked at the shiny end of the chopsticks and his Adam's apple moved.
After a long while, he whispered, "...Thank you, Lord."
The night is dark.
Yael opened his eyes silently, caught a glimpse of the outline of the female insect on the small bed not far away, and pulled up the quilt to cover his head a little.
The fine thread of mental power quietly gathered and moved around in the air. After making sure that there was no danger around, it returned and drilled through the seams of the fluffy quilt.
During the checkup this afternoon, Yael noticed something was wrong.
The scene that appeared out of thin air in his mind was strange yet familiar, and contained his own spiritual power, which he had explored many times when conducting spiritual counseling for the female insect.
mental picture.
Yael was suspended in a hazy gloom and could only vaguely see the outline of the whole picture: this was a completely undeveloped wasteland.
He floated in the dark river for a long time and was about to fall asleep, but suddenly a warm yellow light appeared in his vision.
What is that?
Yael became a little more sober and moved closer to that place.
But I found that it seemed to be a tiny ball of light. When I reached out to grab it, it seemed to dissipate between my fingers like blue tears in the sea, like a dream.
But the moment it disappeared, a blurry picture emerged in his mind, and he suddenly understood its purpose.
Yael stood up and looked at the faint light rising in the distance. He had an inexplicable strong premonition.
Soon, this place will become a vast and wonderful new world.
*
Thanks to the timely arrival of the army, the terrorist attack was quickly put down.
The marginal galaxies, which had suffered from war for many years, recovered their vitality very quickly. Soon the central city was brightly lit again, complementing the orderly deployment in the dark.
Since he was not seriously injured, Yael was soon discharged from the hospital and stayed at home to recuperate with Cecil. Soon it was the end of the year and New Year's Eve was approaching.
But the males suddenly started leaving home early and returning late, sometimes not returning at all.
"Hero Lord."
Xi Ze leaned against the kitchen door, watching the male insect who had hurried back but was about to leave again after only picking up a few things. He hesitated for a moment before asking, "Are you coming back tonight?"
"uncertain."
Yael took the key out and put it in his pocket, saying casually, "Don't make my dinner, I'll eat outside."
"New Year's Eve is coming soon..."
Xi Ze pursed his lips and whispered, "Will the Lord go out too by then?"
Bang--
But the male insect seemed not to hear him, and closed the door and went out.
Xi Ze was stunned for a moment, and his heart sank gradually.
"What's wrong? Aren't you coming back for dinner today?"
015 came out from the balcony and slid over to the female insect with some confusion, "Then just make your own dinner."
But before it could continue, its eyes blurred and the screen went out.
Xi Ze withdrew his hand, patted the little robot butler's round head, and skillfully moved it to the side of the sofa and connected the charging cable.
Then he turned on the computer and started to contact Bai Lang.
The ingredients in the kitchen were just taken out and put back intact.
The light in the living room gradually dimmed as the sky darkened, and soon the aroma of food wafted from the surrounding houses.
"...Yes, we have confirmed that the pirate attack is related to that gang, and we are secretly contacting the procuratorate to collect evidence."
After reporting the latest progress, Bai Langhui suppressed his anger and said, "This is treason! To satisfy his selfish desires and collude with foreign enemies to attack the people, this crime is enough to make that rubbish lose hundreds of heads!"
The light from the computer reflected in Xize's eyes, appearing particularly cold and sharp.
To be honest, he had not expected this attack.
He didn't expect that Anto had already lost her last line of defense. As a military heroine, she betrayed the empire, which was an unforgivable crime.
The workload of deploying troops was very heavy, and there were countless trivial matters to pay attention to. Even though Xi Ze was already accustomed to this kind of high-intensity work, it took him until late at night to finish it.
He checked the time and was about to end the handover. He hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Help me check the recent whereabouts of the male insect."
"ah?"
Bai Lang was a little surprised, but he put aside his doubts and said, "Yes! I will organize it into a file and send it to you later."
Communications lost.
Xize pinched his brows to relieve his fatigue, and then he realized that he was a little hungry, but he really had no appetite.
Click.
There seemed to be some sound coming from outside the door, so he immediately turned around to look, but soon realized that there were no bugs outside the door, and it should be just an auditory hallucination or an unexpected sound.
Xi Ze pursed his lips and lowered his eyes to hide the disappointment in his eyes.
I turned on the computer again and realized that it was almost two o'clock. The male insect probably wouldn't come back today.
“Beep beep.”
The computer sent a message prompt, and he clicked on the file sent by Bai Lang, which clearly listed Yael's whereabouts in the past week -
"8 am: Went to the field hospital, met with a doctor named Elaine, and spent the morning in her office."
"12 noon: Have lunch at the field hospital and take a nap in the lounge until 2 o'clock."
"2:30 pm: Went to the sled with Elaine to the First Central City Hospital, met with a doctor named Hughes, and then spent the whole afternoon in the conference room."
The male insect's itinerary is clear at a glance. It shuttles between field hospitals and central hospitals, occasionally returning home, but only to pick up some things.
Xi Ze flipped down and paused.
“…”
"Two o'clock in the morning: Return to the field hospital by suspension vehicle and stay in the director's office."
"7am: Left the field hospital and returned to my residence. Ten minutes later, I went out again. I took the field hospital's car and went to the C2 edge trading area. I stayed there for four hours."
marginal trading area.
Every planet has a gray area where you can get a lot of contraband or other things that are not available on the market.
Why would the male go there? What does he want to gain?
Xi Ze looked through the information again and confirmed one thing——
The name "Elaine" appears in almost all of the itineraries, and during this period, Yael and the female doctor are almost inseparable.
The itinerary also included a document that thoroughly investigated Elaine, the female insect:
He is not from a noble family, but his family background is not simple. His father owns a hospital on the main planet, and after graduating from the Imperial University, he was transferred here to train.
This female is young and good-looking.
Xi Ze stared at the photo for a while, then closed the laptop with an expressionless face.
It does look good, but pales in comparison to the male insect.
And Yael had praised him personally for his good looks, but he never showed any abnormality after seeing this female insect so many times...
Although this female insect has some wealth, it is not enough on the main planet. When she gets her identity back, she will own dozens of planets in her name, which is obviously incomparable.
But what if...Yell really falls in love with this female insect and wants him to be his maid?
Xi Ze frowned suddenly.
This thought is like a needle, piercing my heart closely. Although it is not painful, it is extremely uncomfortable.
But - what qualifications does he have to manage male insects?
Sleeping with whoever you like and making that person your female servant is a normal activity for every male insect in this society. It is the natural right and obligation of male insects, and no insect can interfere.
[…The one I decided to like must be a very good bug, and there should be only one of them, not many others.]
While I was upset and confused, the words the male insect had said suddenly rang in my ears.
He was still blind at the time, but he could still imagine the little male's quiet, white profile and the trembling of its long eyelashes.
The gentle and brisk voice, with an inexplicable sense of loss, weaves a dream that is shocking, yet incredibly beautiful.
If the male insect likes...
Xi Ze suddenly realized what he was thinking, paused for a moment and took a deep breath.
It's crazy.
But the sudden inhalation pulled the collar, and the feeling of suffocation was like a shadow, making the female insect's eyelashes tremble.
It was like being poured over my head with a basin of cold water, and all my emotions, whether irritability or other emotions, were frozen into ice.
After a moment's silence, he placed his laptop on the coffee table, stood up, and quickly drew open the balcony curtain, allowing the hazy moonlight to pour in.
The tiny ice and snow hit the glass with the wind, emitting a slight chill.
The usual sound of breathing from the sleeping room was not there tonight, making the world even quieter.
"When are you planning on leaving here?"
Bai Lang once asked him tentatively, his expression showing hidden resentment, "And this necklace! When has the First Army ever suffered such humiliation? We must find a chance to cut it off as soon as possible!"
What was your answer at that time?
Caesar rested his forehead against the cold glass.
The reflection revealed a line of golden eyes, and the sharp eyebrows were tinged with coldness and depression, and for a moment his expression was almost sad.
His answer was - "Contact the backline secretly and arrange it as soon as possible."
He had walked alone in the endless smoke of war for many years, and had already grown wings of steel, barely maintaining his shaky original intention.
Beatings and torture never made him succumb to the shackles, and tenderness and love could not make him confine himself to the cage.
The yearning for freedom should be the most fundamental and genuine desire of every intelligent creature with thoughts and emotions.
Male insects are gifted dream makers, but they probably cannot accept the desire to wash away the exclusive marks of their possessions and break free from their constraints.
Maybe it’s time to wake up from this beautiful dream.
Xi Ze thought calmly, but his heart was inexplicably desolate. A gentle sorrow like the tide gradually overwhelmed his head, and a strange yet familiar pain came from deep in his chest.
The wind and snow in the mental picture howled even more miserably, and I felt as if it shouldn't be like this, but the vast expanse of ice and snow was indeed the norm.
After a long silence, until the dawn broke in the distance, he slowly remembered that there had once been spring's care and favor there.
…
Over the next few days, the situation remained the same. The male insect became more and more secretive and even stopped returning home on the rare occasions.
Bang.
Yael closed the door with his backhand, took off his coat with a tired look, and threw it on the sofa together with his gloves.
He looked up at the kitchen, but did not see the female insect. And judging from the arrangement of the seasonings in the kitchen, it seemed that no one had cooked today.
Now...isn't it already noon?
Yael pinched his brows, looked dully towards the bathroom where the sound came from, and sank into the sofa in a daze.
The running around during this period made him a little tired, even dusty. He didn't even have time to take care of the messy hair on his forehead, which fluttered up stubbornly, making the male insect look a little stupid.
"Crack."
Caesar came out of the bathroom, drying his hair, with his head lowered and a blank expression on his face.
The next second, he sensed a familiar breath and raised his eyes suddenly again.
Yael saw the pair of golden eyes light up in an instant, as if they saw his glutinous rice balls coming home, and they stood up, with their soft tail shaking wildly like a windmill.
"My Lord..."
Xi Ze stood there in a daze, opening his mouth somewhat helplessly.
Yael smiled and continued, "Yeah, you're back. Why didn't you make lunch? Don't you eat when I'm not home?"
The female insect seemed to freeze, then silently came over, pulled the towel off her head, and leaned over -
She rubbed the side of Yael's face with her wet hair and said in a low and restrained voice, "Welcome home, my lord."
"Why are you being so coquettish? Don't try to get away with it."
Yael raised his eyebrows slightly, and suddenly broke into laughter, but he didn't intend to let him go, "Tell me, why don't you cook?"
His voice was lazy and a little tired, yet gentle and patient.
After further understanding and accepting the female insect's weak self-awareness, he has learned to communicate calmly.
The female insect on the side of his neck had an unsteady breath, and her nose rubbed lightly behind his ear.
He was silent for a while, then said in a low voice, "...Why doesn't the hero go home?"
It turned out that she was waiting for him here.
He kept thinking of the reasons in advance but didn't say them out loud to fool the female insect.
Yael touched his nose and sighed, "Just, something happened."
"It should be solved soon, and you'll know what it is then. Just stay at home and wait for me for a few days, okay?"
Xi Ze opened his eyes silently, and in his remaining light he saw the clean and sharp jaws of the male insect.
The words in my ears were as patient and gentle as always, but they made my heart feel uncontrollably sad.
He stood up suddenly, put his hand on the male insect's shoulder, and looked down into those dark eyes.
"My Lord... make love with me once, okay?"
"ah?"
Yael, who was still a little sleepy, suddenly woke up with a look of shock.
He subconsciously loosened his hand on the female insect's waist, almost at a loss, "Why are you suddenly talking about this?"
really.
Xi Ze lowered his eyes, "It's nothing, if it's difficult, forget it."
They weren't in a relationship where they could have sex, and the male really... didn't like him that much.
But they didn't treat him as an exclusive female slave or female servant, so what are they now?
"What's wrong?"
Xi Ze closed his eyes, hiding the confusion in his eyes.
But when Yael tentatively reached out to caress her, she lowered her head as meekly as ever, feeling the fingertips moving in and out of her hair.
*
That thing was almost ready, so there was no need to rush back. Yael went back to his room and took a nap. When he woke up, it was already evening.
There were tiny snowflakes floating in the sky outside the window, and the world was filled with pure white tranquility.
Feeling a little uncomfortable due to the reversal of day and night, Yael measured the temperature of his forehead with the back of his hand and breathed a sigh of relief when he confirmed that he did not have a fever.
When I opened the door, the originally faint aroma of food became stronger, filling the entire house with warmth and dispelling the slight chill brought by the new snow.
Yael took a glass of warm water and quietly approached the female insect in the kitchen.
Golden oil splashed in the frying pan, and a piece of leg meat from some unknown alien beast was sizzling, with the crispy outer skin curled in a circle of caramel color.
When he came closer, Caesar remembered the soup beside him, so he lifted the lid of the pot. He saw a pair of smiling eyes in the milky white steam, and he also curled his lips.
"Hero Lord."
"What are you doing?"
Yael took a closer look at the leg meat. It was not the kind he usually bought in small supermarkets. He was stunned for a moment and asked, "Did you buy this outside?"
"I haven't been out..." Xi Ze was also stunned.
He followed the male insect's line of sight to the pot and suddenly understood. He laughed and said, "This is from the supplies I bought earlier. After encountering pirates, the logistics were forced to be delayed for a few days. It was only delivered today during the day."
Yael took a sip of water, stopped talking, and his eyes drifted a little.
Has he been a little absent-minded lately?
He would never have made mistakes about these things before, but there were only these monotonous things in life. The arrival of the female insect obviously made things more complicated, but this was also... not bad.
It's quite interesting, otherwise he wouldn't have bothered to do this.
Yael drank the water in one gulp and put the cup aside.
Then he slightly bent over the cold countertop, like a cat that had found a comfortable place, and lazily lay down with his hands in his pockets, observing the busy keepers.
"Master, please go out and sit down first. You can eat soon."
"It's okay. I'll stand and watch for a while."
After a moment of silence, Yael thought of something and said casually, "Recently..."
"Hmm?" Xi Ze turned his head slightly.
"Recently, I always feel like there are bugs watching me. Whether I'm walking outside or on my way home, there are always some eyes hiding in the dark... I can't get rid of them, which is a bit troublesome."
He could tell the difference.
Unlike the gazes of loving suitors, those hidden gazes were like lingering shadows. Although they contained no malice, they still bothered him.
After all, what is being planned now needs to be kept confidential.
"Are those eyes malicious? Maybe they are patrol teams. There are many troops stationed here after the previous pirate attack."
"That makes sense. Apart from the discomfort of being watched, I didn't feel anything else."
Xi Ze paused and sighed silently.
He was now certain that it was a team he had sent out to closely protect the male insect.
But they were the best lurkers and secret snipers in the army, so why were they easily detected?
The next second, Xi Ze realized that it was not that the abilities of the female soldiers in the team had declined, but that the male insects in front of him simply had extraordinary sharp perception.
He should have known that Yael was not as simple as he seemed. In other words, was he really just a D-class male insect?
"My Lord...are you feeling very uncomfortable?"
The female insect's voice seemed a little tense, but Yael didn't take it seriously. He was distracted by thinking about how to get rid of those followers. "Yes."
"I don't like the feeling of being monitored and spied on. Or rather, no one likes that feeling."
It seems that we can't let them follow so closely in the future. We just need to make sure the male insects are safe.
Xi Ze lowered his eyes, scooped out the fried meat from the pot, and skillfully placed the tender green side dishes on top. Finally, he raised his eyes to look at the male insect, "It's ready to eat. Male Master, please go out and sit down."
With the delicious food in front of me, my overly hungry stomach grumbled back to life.
Yael was instantly excited and quickly forgot about the previous topic. "Okay."
In between chewing, Yael suddenly raised his head as if remembering something.
"I have to go out tonight. I don't know if I can come back in time. Go to bed early and don't wait for me."
Recently, the little robot housekeeper has been forced to go offline. Yael doesn’t have any special feelings about the "extraordinary" behavior of female insects, but the "Female Insect Observation Diary" that fills the screen is gone.
So he would take some time out of his busy schedule to see what the female insects were doing.
There was nothing unusual in the surveillance video, but the female insect kept waiting for him until two or three in the morning and didn't go to bed, which made Yael feel guilty for leaving the puppy alone at home.
"Aren't you going home tonight?"
Tonight is New Year's Eve, and after tonight it will be the new year.
Xi Ze was stunned for a moment, but quickly concealed his emotions, only slightly pursing his lips, "Okay, I understand."
He then whispered, "Be careful outside, try not to stay up late, and remember to eat on time..."
Yael was still thinking about the progress of the matter, but suddenly he heard words that were familiar yet unfamiliar, and was stunned for a moment.
Then he nodded seriously.
"Okay, I will. I should stay up late tonight and make up for it later. Yeah, I'll remember it..."
Finally, he couldn't help but chuckled, telling the female insect not to worry too much, "I'll just be out for a while, it should be resolved soon."
Xi Ze stared at him deeply.
"Okay, I'll wait for the Lord to come back."
…
Yael left after his part-time dinner, not wearing his usual white down jacket, but a light black coat.
This made his temperament change from gentle to somewhat cold and hard, like a sharp blade about to be unsheathed, exuding a cold glow.
But when he leaves, he still squints his eyes and says to Caesar and the little robot housekeeper at home, "I'm leaving."
"Is the boss not home tonight?"
015 just finished charging and woke up from hibernation. He shook his head and looked towards Xize.
Caesar sat on the sofa, his elbows propped up on his knees, with the laptop that he had just turned off at his side.
He seemed to be thinking about something. After being interrupted, he lowered his eyes and chuckled, "Yes, we are the only ones left."
"Didn't you buy flour and say you wanted to try making glutinous rice balls? Why did something suddenly happen? I just learned it with great difficulty..."
015 Gulugulu slid into the kitchen, muttering to himself as he sorted out the things that were delivered in the afternoon, took out a bag of glutinous rice flour, and stuffed it deep into the cupboard.
"Dumplings? What are those?" Caesar answered incoherently, then picked up his computer and started typing.
"It's a food described by the main insect. It's said to be eaten on New Year's Eve. It means reunion, happiness and contentment. It's meant to be eaten with house insects."
There was no sound outside, but 015 didn't care and continued to organize the New Year's goods.
Reunion, happiness...perfection?
Xize stared at the screen in front of him in a daze. His hands stopped moving for a while before he lowered his eyes and continued working. The expression on his face faded a lot.
Click, click.
The clock hanging on the wall chimed regularly.
The hands were approaching twelve o'clock. The clock was out of tune with the high-tech design of the house, but it did not look abrupt or old-fashioned.
The same is true of the interior of this house; it doesn't seem like a product of this society or race.
But because it is filled with the unique atmosphere of "Yere", it is warmer and more beautiful than the former General's Mansion.
Xi Ze sat on the sofa and took care of official business, while 015 leisurely did housework.
“Ding Dong Ding Dong——”
The doorbell rang suddenly, breaking the stagnant silence.
"Who is it?"
015 The wheel slid towards the door, said something hurriedly outside the door and left, then it put a bag of things on the dining table.
“It’s takeout!”
It carefully looked at the note on the list and said, "This is what the master ordered for you."
It was a small bowl of something that exuded a sweet aroma, and the blurry, round contents could be seen through the translucent plastic bowl.
Xi Ze paused, his heart beating faster for some reason, and he reached out to lift the lid of the bowl——
In the light yellow sweet water are a dozen white flour dumplings, with round heads and crowded together, looking particularly cute.
One of them had a hole due to the bumps, and the delicious stuffing inside flowed out.
"What is it?"
Xi Ze had a vague guess, but was still a little hesitant to verify it. His Adam's apple moved a little, and he asked in a somewhat awkward tone.
015 stretched its neck and took a few looks, then pulled out the simple sketch that Yael had drawn for it after scanning it, and confirmed the true identity of the bowl of something.
"I know! This must be glutinous rice balls! The master insect also said that eating this during the New Year will bring good luck. Why don't you try it and see what it tastes like?"
Xize took a deep breath and stirred the bowl with the spoon.
He took a careful bite; the soft and sticky dough wrapped with rich fillings was finely crushed between his lips and teeth.
"What does it feel like? Is it sweet?"
He slowly finished the bowl of glutinous rice balls, picked up the bowl and drank the sweet water inside, then said hoarsely, "...It's sweet."
It smells like a male insect.
The robot brain was satisfied with the answer and continued to do housework. However, the female insect sat at the dining table for a long time, and her body seemed to be frozen.
After a while, he suddenly chuckled, as if he had a sudden realization.
How can you get the moon easily without trying hard to pick it?
He really couldn't bear to let Yael go, and couldn't bear to leave him here alone...
Ultimately, only with absolute power can you own and protect valuable things.
We need to speed up.
As for whether the male insect will be angry and struggle, unwilling to stay with him, or whether he doesn't like him at all, that is something to consider later.
He will coax her into submission, using his body, power, wealth, status... anything, he will coax Yael into submission.
The author has something to say:
For glutinous rice balls, peanuts and sesame seeds are combined, and coconut milk is the finishing touch (yup)
The psychological monologue that follows is actually that the general is a bit desperate, but there will be no such plot as imprisonment and darkening in the sequel, hahaha, insist on sticky and pure love without wavering! !
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