Chapter 88: Same Kind? The Enemy is Unfair Law and the Law of Protection...
The dining room of the luxurious presidential suite was filled with the complex aroma of food. Sixteen dishes and two soups were all served, which looked particularly spectacular.
Mellon was like a little bee, circling the huge dining table, taking hundreds of photos in a minute, which made Peggy, who came out with a beautiful red bean paste bun, roll her eyes to the sky.
Kicking Mellon away from the endlessly snapping photos, Peggy placed various chubby, cartoon-animal-shaped red bean paste buns on the table. Just as she was about to mock Mellon's childishness, Mellon appeared beside her like a flash, knocking her flying. She nearly fell flat on her face. "Happy New Year, great luck!" she wished, "but there was no red envelope for him..."
Then the sound of snapping photos rang out in succession, interspersed with Mellon's excited monkey-like cries.
Peggy: “…”
Peggy's face was distorted. For a moment, she wanted to throw Mellon off the 66-story building. Although he wouldn't die, at least she wouldn't have to see his useless appearance.
Lunk, who came out with drinks, saw Peggy's face and Mellon jumping up and down happily, and immediately knew what had happened.
He stepped forward and gently bumped Peggy's shoulder. "He's just so happy. Everyone's here today. He feels like a kid again."
Peggy's eyes softened when she heard this. Seeing this, Lunk's lips curled up. "When we were little, we all lived with our teacher. Mellon was young then, always crying. You looked down on him while wiping his tears."
"It makes me angry when I talk about this. If I don't wipe his tears, he will use my clothes as tissues. I don't know why he cries so much." Peggy said gritting her teeth, but the expression on her face became softer and softer.
Todd walked over and whispered, "Those were the good times back then. The teacher couldn't cook, but she would buy us candy. Pu Bo even got cavities from secretly eating candy. By the way, Pu Bo, did you study medicine because you had such a painful toothache as a child?"
Pu Bo, who had just come over with a rice ball, said simply: "Get lost!"
Todd was amused. It seemed that he had hit the nail on the head since he was so angry and embarrassed. Who would have thought that such a rising star in the medical field chose to study medicine because he had a toothache as a child?
Todd sighed, "We haven't had this kind of gathering in over a decade. Not to mention Mellon, I'm excited too. I thought I'd never have such an opportunity again. It's great."
Todd muttered the last sentence, with a trance-like look in his eyes, which happened to be seen by Lunke and Pu Bo. The two insects looked at each other and saw worry in each other's eyes.
Todd is the most pessimistic among them. He is the son of Finance Minister Love Cecil, but unfortunately his sire is just an F-level insect servant in the Cecil Mansion.
At that time, Love Cecil was not yet the Minister of Finance and was in a critical period of competing for the position of head of the family. As long as he became the head of the family, it would be almost certain that he would be the next Minister of Finance.
During that period, Love Cecil was always hanging out at banquets of the upper class aristocrats, and getting drunk was a common occurrence.
It was after getting drunk that Love raped Todd's paternal grandmother.
Originally, Todd's sire would have been secretly killed by Love Cecil's lord, or at worst sold or driven out of the house.
But at that time, Love didn't have any children, and because of this he was said to be unfit to be the heir to the family head, so for the first time in his life he did not hand over the insect servant who "climbed onto his bed" to the female lord as he had done in the past, and began to secretly recruit insect servants to sleep with him, hoping to make the female insect pregnant as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, I don’t know if it’s because Luo Fu was too anxious or if there really was a problem, but no one got pregnant.
Just when Love was furious and wanted to kill all the "unpresentable" insect servants he had slept with, news came that Todd's sire was pregnant.
Love was overjoyed, but he didn't want his competitors to know that the pregnant insect was an F-level female insect, so he asked his female queen to pretend to be pregnant and "give birth" to Todd. Because of the female queen's childbirth, Love became the head of the Cecil family.
Lady Love was already furious because Todd's father had gotten pregnant by "climbing into bed", so how could she be nice to Todd?
Todd, who didn't understand the situation, thought that he was not liked by the "female father" because he was a female insect. In order to win the favor of the "female father", he tried to do his best in everything, but he only got scolded.
It was not until he was 10 years old and his "female father" became pregnant and gave birth to his younger brother Toth that he realized that he was not his "female father's" child at all.
His real female father was imprisoned in a dark cellar in the mansion, suffering abuse that no one could endure.
Todd met his biological father one month after Tote was born.
In the dark and damp cellar, his female father was half-naked, with a pair of empty eyes staring blankly, and groping towards him with his skinny hands.
The mother-in-law's legs were thin and weak, like two easily broken matches. He would stagger every two steps, as if he would fall down at any time.
But even so, the female father insisted on walking up to him and called him softly.
However, Todd only heard a short breath, and the female father's open mouth was empty, the soft, pink tongue was gone, and the hand that was about to touch his face was missing three of the five fingers, and the scar on the cross section of one of the severed fingers was still pink.
Young Todd was so scared that he ran out without caring about anything. He ran and ran until his shoes were gone and he didn't recognize the scenery around him.
Todd was scared. He wanted to go home but couldn't find the way and was chased by insects he didn't know.
He was so panicked that he didn't know how long he ran, and suddenly he ran into a warm embrace.
It was Aiyou Percy.
At that time, Ayew Percy was not yet the Grand Marshal, but only a general with outstanding military achievements. However, because the previous marshal was in poor health, Ayew Percy held the position of general but did the work of a marshal.
How could Todd, a young child, escape from the heavily guarded Cecil Mansion? It was because some bugs deliberately let him escape, wanting to make a ten-year-old child disappear silently.
Aiyou Percy took young Todd back to his home, and the Cecil family, upon hearing the news, sent Bug to pick him up.
Ai You personally sent Todd home, and before leaving, he said, "Todd is very talented. If Patriarch Luo Fu is willing to give up his talent, he can let Todd study with me."
This sentence saved Todd's life. Love was worried about the lack of bad guys in the military, and now the next marshal, who was sure to be appointed, took a fancy to his own son. This was great news, so he agreed immediately, and the announcement of Todd's background was postponed.
How could Love's female monarch tolerate a bastard taking over her status as the eldest son? But he did not dare to disobey Love, so he reached out to Todd's female father.
Todd's sire was taken out of the dark cellar because Aiyou fell in love with Todd. He received good treatment and lived in harmony with Todd for two years.
In the past two years, Todd also asked his teacher to customize a biologically simulated tongue for the female father.
Just when everything was going well, something unexpected happened: Cecil's house was robbed and his father died.
The undignified, rag-doll-like body was thrown in the room of Cecil House.
How ridiculous! In the Central Star with the best security, thieves broke into Cecil Mansion, which is heavily guarded.
The thief didn't alert any insect servants or guards, nor did he steal any money. He directly broke into the room of a disabled female insect and killed her, who was unable to speak or report anything and whose eyesight was blurry...
If Todd had not suddenly received the news from Aiyou that day that his female father's simulated tongue had been successfully made, and had gone out temporarily, he would probably have been among the dead bodies of the rag doll.
Todd was precocious and had already figured out who the real murderer was from his own life experience, his father's life experience and his death.
It was the insects that attacked his female father, the female queen of his male father, and his male father with a hypocritical face.
But he was too weak and couldn't fight any of them.
After that day, Todd returned to Ayou without shedding a single tear. From that day on, he never returned to Cecil House unless it was necessary.
Over the years, Todd has used various means to kill or arrest the evil bugs that had been contaminated by his paternal blood, but the more he did this, the more pessimistic Todd became.
Because he discovered that all the people who hurt his female father were female insects, except for the male father whom he thought was the culprit.
They do it because of jealousy, to vent, or for various reasons, or even for no reason at all... They just see other insects hurting their female fathers and nothing happens, so they follow suit.
His female father's misery began with the male insects, but his hellish life was given to him by these female insects.
Todd didn't understand what was wrong with the world.
Even if the female insects don't huddle together for warmth, they shouldn't use swords against their own kind who have no weapons and have not harmed them.
Why can these female insects do cruel things without any guilt and without any remorse?
In fact, the answer is very simple - whether it is a male or female insect, they can do evil and do good.
It’s just that the male insects are too dazzling and attract attention, and the female insects, as the "weaker ones", have been automatically ignored for their ability to do evil. But in fact, the stronger female insects are more "adept" at doing evil than the weak male insects.
Todd fell into confusion and became extreme. He hated the male insects even more and thought that it was all the male insects' fault for the female insects' behavior. It took Pu Bo a year of treatment for her to get better.
Later, Lunk went to Porter Star to take office and took Todd away specifically to keep him away from the sad place.
A few years passed, and Todd returned to his former self. Lunk thought everything was fine, but today...
Lunk frowned and was about to say something when Todd patted his shoulder.
"Don't worry, I won't be like I was a few years ago. I've accepted that females are not perfect, and that there are good males too. I accept that..."
Todd said, looking towards the restaurant entrance.
Nan Qixu put his arm around Bai's waist, and Ai You pushed Kepper's wheelchair as they walked in together.
The four insects were talking and laughing, and the warmth they exuded naturally made all the other insects envious.
Todd looked at them and finished what he wanted to say: "Accept that whether they are female or male, they are all Zerg. We are not the enemy. The real enemy is the unjust laws and all the Zerg who mindlessly uphold them, as well as the Star Beasts who really want to harm us."
Bai and Aiyou walked into the restaurant and looked at Todd in surprise. Todd looked back at them with a smile.
Ai You was delighted. Although she didn't know why Todd had figured it out, it was still a good thing.
He called Todd over and said nothing. He just patted Todd's hair like he did when they were little, smiled and said, "Good job."
There was a glint of light in Todd's eyes, he whispered "I'm sorry", and was hugged by Aiyou. Seeing this, Lunk and the others also came over, and Nan Qi pushed Bai.
Then he walked to Prince Keppel and pushed his wheelchair to the side, leaving enough space for the master and apprentice to have a chance to communicate properly.
He walked aside and stood still, watching the master and apprentice huddled together, tears welling up in his eyes. Nan Qi touched his chin, looking somewhat puzzled and disdainful.
"How could such a cute female insect, capable of transforming into beautiful wings, be such a threat to the male insects who can almost control them with their mental power? Are the male insects crazy, or have they been fooled by something? They can actually come up with laws and regulations that even idiots can't think of. Tsk, they are even more stupid than idiots."
Keppel's mouth twitched. "...Let me remind you that you are also a male insect that is even more brain-dead than a brain-dead person."
"..." Nan Qi was embarrassed. "Sorry, I haven't enjoyed the privileges of a male insect, so I forgot that I am also one of them."
As if he had thought of something, he let out an exaggerated "ah" and quickly apologized, swearing to the heavens, "Don't blame me, don't blame me. I forgot you're a male insect too. I definitely didn't mean to scold you."
Keppel: “…”
Don't think he couldn't hear it, this little bastard is just finding ways to avenge the teasing he just did.
But this revenge was quite unique, even he was scolding himself.
Glancing at him, Keppel gave Nan Qi a look that said "You're so cruel."
Nan Qi gave him an innocent expression that said "I know nothing".
The two bugs were making eye contact over here, and the master and apprentice over there finally calmed down. Mellon was carefree and good at livening up the atmosphere, and asked everyone to take their seats quickly, as the food would get cold in a moment.
Nan Qi and Keppel also stopped their fight in time. Nan Qi pushed Keppel to the dining table, parked the wheelchair in front of the plates of light dishes, and then staggered to Bai's side and sat down happily.
Keppel looked at the food in front of him, and the smile in his eyes deepened. He raised his eyes and met Ai You's gentle gaze. He couldn't help but reach out and hold Ai You's hand. Suddenly, he felt that even if he died now, he would have no regrets.
Ai Youhui held Keppel's hand and sat next to him. Mellon moved among everyone like a butterfly, pouring wine and drinks for everyone like a little waiter.
After all, the wine was drunk, and Bai did not stop them. Everyone was happy today, and there was no need for him to spoil the fun. However, he still remembered the appointment with Nan Qi to go to Fengshengheli Tower, so he only drank two glasses.
After eating and drinking, Mellon, Peggy and Todd were all drunk.
Lunke is better, to the extent that he can walk to the room by himself.
Pu Bo looked normal, but he couldn't walk straight and almost bumped into his head several times. Ai You smiled and pulled Bai to send these drunkards to the guest room to sleep.
Nan Qi and Bai did not stay. After saying goodbye to Ai You, the two insects put on black cloaks and masks and headed to Fengshengheli Tower.
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