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Fanlan leaned against a tree and smoked.
There are also cigarettes on Zerg Star, which are made from a plant called spicate. The taste is slightly lighter than the tobacco leaves on Earth, but it may be quite stimulating for the Zerg who prefer simple and less flavored tastes.
Moreover, because of the slight addictiveness and the lack of beneficial elements in the ingredients, cigarettes are not advocated by the Zerg society and are considered semi-prohibited items. Only female soldiers on the front line or space pirates drifting in the universe are popular with this thing. Therefore, Fanlan avoided being seen and leaned against the back of this century-old tree, while appreciating the mottled shadows cast by the sun through the tree canopy, and quietly lit the white cigarette between his fingers.
The footsteps behind me came closer and closer, and the sound of conversation gradually became more perceptible.
"How was your date yesterday? That Hertz guy has been pursuing you for a long time. I think he should be more reliable than those guys in the business school."
"Don't mention him!"
"Hey, Senya?"
“…”
"What?! He was looking at pictures of other males while he was dating you?!"
"It's a social media account... the one that was hotly discussed in the campus forum yesterday." The little male insect's voice sounded indignant and humiliated.
"Why is it him again! Those ignorant females from the Institute of Technology brag about the most beautiful male freshman and the new school belle, but doesn't Hertz Adley usually pretend to be very picky? As expected, the females are such bad people..."
"Stop it, Jill. Don't let me hear anything about that male insect again!"
Hmm.
Hertz Edley, Edley... one of the more prestigious families in the capital, owns the largest mecha model company on the Insect Star. The light-wing mecha series produced by their family is popular throughout the universe. When Fanlan was a child, he had a whole row of the first models of this series on the cabinet. Two of the out-of-print models were rumored to have been sold for tens of millions of star coins on the Internet.
Since she is a female insect from Edley's family, she probably attended his birthday party two months ago.
It is now September 10, 3044, and it has been a week since Fanlan entered the academy. Apart from attending classes, Fanlan spent almost all of this week in the library, reading history books and appreciating paintings. Today, he only had one class in the morning, and after class, he stayed in the library for half a day as usual, until he felt a little stuffy, so he came out to find a corner of the bushes that patrol machines rarely visited, to breathe fresh air, and by the way, slightly violated the school rules.
As the two insects were talking, they had already passed the old tree and happened to meet Fanlan who was leaning against the tree.
…
The Zerg is a race that values integrity and discipline, so each school has its own set of school uniforms and badges. Most students wear school uniforms on class days, and Vanlan is no exception.
The school uniform of the First Academy is mainly black and red, and its style is similar to the British style on Earth. The matching shirts, cufflinks, bow ties, etc. have different colors and styles, and can be rotated according to personal preferences.
Fanlan put the school uniform jacket on his shoulders, but the inner layer was not a campus style, but his private clothes, a dark red draped shirt, with no bow tie, and the collar was open - he didn't like clothes that were too restrictive, and the dark red made his neck skin look whiter. Senia vaguely noticed that there was a hint of dark blue at the edge of the collar, like a curved... rope? A whip?
While Senya was stunned, Fanlan was also looking at the two male insects in front of him.
The male insect called Jill is good-looking, handsome and cute, with a petite stature, while the other Senya is even more eye-catching - he has fair skin and black hair, round and bright almond eyes, a small and delicate nose, and rosy lips. He has a very beautiful and delicate appearance of a young boy, which is also the typical aesthetic of the Zerg people for male insects.
The two male insects were caught off guard by this sudden scene and did not speak for a while. Fanlan did not feel embarrassed. He put out the cigarette in his hand and smiled at Senya and Jill.
"Sh ...
Ah, he seems to be smoking. Senya and Jill slowly realized what was happening and felt incredible - there are male insects that would touch something with such a strange smell. Even slightly more particular female insects would stay away from it. Only those vulgar and rude military ruffians would be interested in such a crude and low-grade harmful product as tobacco...
But the male insect in front of him was smoking in a very elegant posture.
The cigarette was held between his slender fingers, as if it was no longer a cheap, vulgar item that only barbarians would favor, but a wonderful thing that broke taboos, so that the male insect in front of him also seemed unpredictable and mysterious, as if they had entered an unreal dream.
The smell of the smoke was not as pungent as Senya had imagined. It seemed to be mixed with the scent of Fanlan, a light floral scent, plus a cool, mint-like smell.
It smells quite nice… Senya thought in a trance as Fanlan approached.
Fanlan picked up the leaf that had fallen between the black-haired male insect's hair. The wood species planted in the forest where they were was called the sedge tree, and the shape of its leaves was similar to that of cattail on Earth. Fanlan happened to know a little bit about straw weaving, so with a flick of his fingertips, he folded the slender leaf into a simple butterfly.
He conveniently pinned the straw butterfly on the chest pocket of the black-haired male's school uniform as a small thank you gift for keeping the secret for him.
"Then it's settled, Senya."
Fanlan looked into Senya's eyes and spoke gently. After the latter nodded blankly, he smiled, waved his hand and said goodbye to the two and left.
…
That night, Senia Seruvidi got hold of Vanlan's social media account and read every post on the account while lying on the bed.
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