Chapter 120
Qi Heng's own appearance wasn't bad, but he wasn't as refined as Chu Xiu, so it was understandable that he was distracted. But if you asked him which was better looking, the adult version or the young man in front of him, he wouldn't be able to answer.
"Good day, Your Excellency."
Chu Xiu stepped forward, bowed to him, and stood more than a meter away from him with a respectful and restrained attitude.
This look reminded Qi Heng of the first time they met. At that time, Chu Xiu was so excited that he forgot all his sense of propriety... It was far from what he is now.
This was either a bad thing or looked too unfamiliar, making him feel uncomfortable.
Although he thought so in his heart, Qi Heng did not say it out loud.
"Yeah." He responded, thinking that saying it out loud would only make it more awkward.
Qi Heng could clearly see that Chu Xiu's attitude towards him was basically a replica of his original attitude towards the 'Master'. However, knowing this was one thing, but he himself did not think of himself as the 'Master', which made people very uncomfortable.
...Fortunately, I have experienced quite a few dreams, and I have seen situations where people were even more respectful than Chu Xiu.
Since Chu Xiu is more accustomed to facing me this way, then let him be.
If you force the change, both parties will probably be uncomfortable in the end. As for the parts that make you feel uncomfortable... there's nothing you can do about it, you can only try to adapt yourself.
After the greetings, the atmosphere fell into silence.
Chu Xiu didn't notice anything wrong, his attention was all on the Lord in front of him. The slight height difference between them made him have to slightly tilt his head back to see the Lord's face.
Qi Heng felt something was strange under Chu Xiu's gaze. The two of them were almost staring at each other... If he was the one who looked away first, would he appear guilty? Besides, he hadn't done anything, so why should he look away suspiciously?
Thinking of this, he felt relieved.
When Qi Heng was about to speak and say something serious to ease the increasingly weird atmosphere, the insect cub, who didn't know how to read the expression, happily got off Qi Lan's tail and pounced towards Chu Xiu.
"Female father, male father is waiting for you to come." The insect cub pounced over and reached out to hold Chu Xiu's hand.
Chu Xiu was completely focused on these words and didn't pay any attention to the insect cub's actions. His entire attention was on Qi Heng.
"I should have come faster. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
Qi Heng saw that Chu Xiu's gaze on him became more intense, and he had the illusion that he was being burned by a scorching gaze... He didn't know how to describe it, he always felt like a sheep being stared at by a wolf.
The corners of his mouth twitched, and he cleared the images from his mind.
"It's okay, I just happened to have something to talk to you about." Qi Heng glanced at Chu Xiu's neck which was covered with a few strands of hair. He knew that his physical condition was not good, but he still ran so fast.
"Is it related to the progress of the construction of the dungeon?" Chu Zhengzheng was saying this when he was pulled forward by the insect cub holding his hand. He staggered for a while before he could steady himself.
Chu Xiu was not on guard against the insect cub at all. Although he didn't understand what the insect cub wanted to do, he still let it pull him.
Qi Heng was stunned watching from the side.
What is this little bug trying to do? A question popped up in his mind.
Soon, Qi Heng knew what the little bug wanted to do.
The insect cub pulled Chu Xiu in front of him, and there was only one step between them.
"Male father, female father, and me, let's stick together." The insect cub in the middle happily stretched out his hands and pulled one each, smiling with a mouthful of small white teeth and curved eyebrows.
As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Lan moved over and was about to hit the insect cub with his head, signaling him not to forget that there was another one.
The bug cub, already familiar with Qi Lan's movements, immediately squatted down, dodged the headbutt, stood up, glanced at it, puffed up its cheeks, and said in a concession, "Okay, okay, there's still brother."
Qi Lan raised his head and proudly placed his paw on the hands held by Qi Heng and Chongzai, indicating that he was also a family member.
Qi Heng: ...Here it comes, here it comes again, this feeling that makes people want to say something but stop.
"Go play over there. I have something to say to your father-in-law." He lowered his head to look at the bug cub that had come out to interrupt, placed the bug cub's hand on Qi Lan's paw, and tried to speak in a kind tone, "Xiao Lan, I leave it to you."
Logically, the name "female father" should have been heard by Yan Le, the little female cub, a long time ago, but when it was used between herself and Chu Xiu, or when it was used on Chu Xiu, there was an indelible sense of weirdness.
——Traveling through time and becoming a father painlessly is something that is even more outrageous than a daydream. It is indeed not easy to adapt to.
After being given the task, Qi Lan responded readily: "Oh."
"Don't worry, father. I'll take care of it."
Unlike Qi Lan, the smiling bug cub was confused by this sudden change. After a moment of confusion, he quickly said, "No, I want to stay with the male and female fathers."
Standing aside, Chu Xiu sighed as he saw the insect cub about to cry, and placed his hand on the insect cub's head and patted it twice.
"Don't cry."
"Father, please don't leave." The tears accumulated in his eyes were held back, so the little insect could only tilt his head and act coquettishly to his father.
"It's been a long time since I saw you..."
Faced with the somewhat aggrieved cub, Chu Xiu's heart softened.
He had indeed been away for several days, relying on Qi Lan to take care of the insect cub. But the other side of the scale, the Lord, was more important. After a moment of hesitation, Chu Xiu looked apologetic.
"Why don't you go play with Xiao Lan for a while?" After all, he was his own cub, so he still had some importance. Occasionally, he had to put aside his work and spend time with the cub. "Don't leave today. The female father will stay with you later."
As for how to address Qi Lan, Chu Xiu followed Qi Heng's lead - or more precisely, it was Qi Lan's own request.
The reason was simple: Qi Heng had given him this name, and Qi Lan loved it so much that he asked to be called by the new name, refusing to accept titles like "Commander-in-Chief" which was a title of his previous position.
"Well, that's what the female father said." The insect cub sniffed, and its dark pupils became clearer and brighter after being soaked with tears.
Then, the bug cub burst into laughter and pulled Chu Xiu's sleeve. Chu Xiu seemed to have received some signal and bent down to kiss the bug cub on the forehead.
"Yes, I promise."
then.
Qi Lan walked down the platform with the reluctant insect cub, looking back every few steps. There was nothing fun on the fourth floor. The only area that could be considered an entertainment area was the area where the gold-eating insects were.
Metal cubes of all sizes and shapes are stacked and scattered on the ground, barely enough to be used as building blocks.
Without Qi Lan and the insect cub, Qi Heng felt more at ease when facing Chu Xiu.
"Tell me about what happened during this period." He took two steps to the side without leaving any trace, putting some distance between him and Chu Xiu. His face looked calm, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking at the moment.
"yes."
Qi Heng has been at Base No. 1 all this time. While paying attention to the development of Base No. 1, he has also not given up his attention to Base No. 2.
Because Blue Tailed Butterfly was in charge of communication between the two sides, there was general communication and reporting, but it was not detailed. So now he wanted to hear Chu Xiu's detailed explanation so as not to miss some important information.
"Teaching is progressing smoothly, and the development of spiritual power and cultivation of star power are also progressing well... The underground excavation progress... that's roughly it. If we want to officially start construction according to the architectural drawings, we need to wait for the results from Lei. At this stage, the functions of each area and facility are very rough."
The existing substitutes for various functions in the dungeon, including ventilation, lighting, and water, are almost all in the charge of the original Zerg, and these will inevitably need to be replaced later.
Chu Xiu recounted the entire underground city's affairs in a clear and logical manner. He hesitated for a moment at the end before saying, "Compared to all this, the problems of the Zerg you rescued need to be solved more urgently."
His Excellency the Lord said that equipment and construction materials were not a problem, they just needed time to be in place, so Chu Xiu didn't even bother to ask further questions.
He believed that since the Lord had said so, he must be sure of it.
"They?" Qi Heng raised an eyebrow, then understood after a second thought, and said, "Calculating the time, it has been more than half a month since I rescued them. It is indeed time to worry."
On the first day Chu Xiu became the Zerg's teacher, he had already understood the Zerg's situation one-on-one and was almost certain about it, so he naturally knew what he meant by "it's time to worry".
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