Chapter 72 Chapter 72 The male insect’s smile conceals a huge…
After getting rid of the Insect Emperor, Gal and his companions lived a peaceful life for a while.
But Gal knew very well that this stability was only temporary. By the time the Insect Emperor realized he had been deceived, the Earth would be doomed to a difficult war.
"Ah...ah, um..." The child in the light yellow crib blinked his big, bright black eyes and stared at the bottle of milk hanging above his head.
The little baby didn't know why his stomach was growling with hunger. His handsome brother who loved him dearly brought him some milk to fill his stomach, and mumbled something incomprehensible.
The hungry child was very anxious. He stretched his short arms forward, but his arms were limited in length and could not reach the milk that would keep him away from hunger.
The child's face turned red with anxiety, and his eyes were filled with tears, hanging on his cheeks, looking so pitiful.
"Xiao Le!" Gal, who was awakened to his senses by the baby's crying, realized that he was still holding the child's food in his hand. The child in the crib pouted his mouth aggrievedly.
I touched the bottle again. Fortunately, it has a heat preservation function. The liquid in the bottle will not get cold even if time passes. It will just lose its freshness.
Gal quickly put the pacifier with the bottle cap unscrewed in front of the baby's mouth. The little guy stopped crying and couldn't wait to put the pacifier in his mouth. Soon he sucked most of the milk in the bottle.
Looks like he's starving.
"Oh, it's Dad's fault. Please forgive Dad, okay?" He thought that Gal Eli controlled the entire country, but he couldn't do anything about the kid in the crib.
I don't know where this kid learned this habit, but whenever anything makes him unhappy, he would glance sideways at the culprit who made him angry.
Her chubby little face was as cold as an ice cube. She turned a blind eye to his happy actions and didn't cry or make a fuss. She just sulked by herself.
If he is so troubled at such a young age, what will it be like when he reaches puberty?
Gal said this, but when his little baby was throwing a tantrum, he was the first one who couldn't help but hold the child in his arms to comfort him.
"Hmph." After drinking the milk, the kid turned his head abruptly and refused to look at his father who was trying to make him happy.
Angus pushed open the door and saw his little male insect holding a teddy bear in his left hand and a bell in his right hand, his handsome face almost frozen with smile, while the human baby in the crib was staring out the window without any emotion.
As soon as I saw the father and son were quarreling again, oh, no, it was the little ancestor who was unilaterally angry with the male insect.
"Why did you make the little ancestor angry again? How long have you been coaxing him?"
There was fatigue in the male insect's eyes, a few strands of silver hair stuck to his cheeks, and a few hairs poked on his eyelids, making him look extremely uncomfortable.
The little male insect, who always paid attention to his own feelings, couldn't even take care of himself.
"Appa, Ah, Appa." The little guy in the crib pretending to be an ice man suddenly smiled and stretched out his arms towards the blond beastman standing at the door.
The moment Angus pushed the door open, the boy heard the noise at the door and thought it was someone else, so he kept a sullen look on his face.
It wasn't until the voice of his other father floated into his ears that the boy's expression changed instantly. He grinned and looked forward to the man's attention.
"I've been trying to coax him for a long time but to no avail. As soon as you show up, his temper disappears completely." The silver-haired male insect put down the toy in his hand and sat paralyzed in front of the crib.
"You obviously liked me more at the beginning, but why are your heart and eyes filled with you now? Humph, you little heartless person." There was a hint of jealousy in the male insect's golden eyes.
When they first met, the little baby who was abandoned by his parents and then picked up by Angus liked his handsome brother more.
Whenever I see Gal, he has a bright smile on his face. When the handsome brother in his eyes touches his chubby little face, the little guy will giggle.
When he heard that his handsome brother named him "Jiule", he clapped his hands and danced with joy. He also stuffed his favorite toy into his arms to thank him for naming him.
Gaia's list of government officials, what crops to plant on the farm next season, Russell's treatment...
There were too many things that required him, as the ruler of a country and the lord of the earth, to make decisions, not to mention that he had been in a coma for some time.
Gal rarely spends time with the little one, feeding, changing diapers, giving vaccinations, and taking the child out to get in touch with nature. Instead, it is Angus who takes care of the child all day.
If the mission that required him to go out was not too dangerous, he would have wanted to carry the child on his back and take him out to participate in the mission.
Babies need a long time to sleep. When Gal came home after a busy day, he was already fast asleep after being played with by Angus all day.
When the little guy needs him most, Angus is always by his side, providing him with enough sense of security.
Over time, the young man regarded Angus as his blood relative.
He treated Angus much more affectionately than he treated Gal.
"You are usually too busy and can only spare some time to spend with Lele once every three or four days. I spend more time with him, so naturally he kisses me more." Angus walked to the crib.
However, he did not try to comfort the baby who was waving his hands towards him. Instead, he stuck to the male insect's back and held the sad male insect in his arms.
"Don't think too much about it. When you have time in the future, just spend more time with him."
Gal lowered his head and placed a kiss on his lover's arm. "Hurry up and hug Xiaole. Didn't this child just meet you half a day ago?"
The child in the crib saw the two fathers sticking together, and the father he liked best didn't even have him in his eyes. He was so anxious that he grabbed the railing with both hands and climbed up, almost falling out of the bed.
Angus put one hand on the male insect's shoulder and picked up the little guy with the other hand, "Come on, Lele, kiss your father and make peace with him."
"Um, wood..."
Under Angus's gaze, the proud little fellow had no choice but to forgive the 'bad boy' who had left him alone for so long. He raised his head and gave the male insect a milky kiss on the cheek.
"Xiao Le, my little baby!" After being kissed by the child, the jealousy in her heart was swept away.
One who has never been a father does not know how difficult it is to be a father. He used to only know what people say: "Children are the biggest weakness of their parents" and "No matter how bad a person is, he will never show his evil side in front of his children."
Parents can love their children with everything they have, but for Gal in the past, it was just a simple and slightly empty phrase to describe parental love.
Only after he officially became a parent did he truly empathize with these truths about how difficult it is to be a parent.
The child ate less today, and he was worried that he might have a stomach problem;
When the child sneezed, he thought of the child having a severe case of the flu and dying in his arms;
When the child burst into tears while he was sleeping soundly, his first reaction was not to get annoyed, but to jump out of the warm bed to the child and check on him.
Although he was nominally an adopted son, Gal raised the child as his own.
I want to give the best to my children, I want to keep danger and disaster away from them, and I want them to live a happy life forever.
Not long after becoming a father, he had already deeply felt the difficulties his parents faced.
That's why when the Insect Emperor mentioned his original father, Duke Eli, his heart softened and he asked the Insect Emperor to help bring an answer to the old father who was worried about his child on the main planet.
To comfort this poor father who didn't know that he had already lost his male insect cub.
"I won't go to the Zerg Tribe. Sooner or later, those people will know that I am not on the same side as the Zerg Tribe. Angus, for everyone's sake and for Xiaole's sake, we must make full preparations."
"Russell has informed me of the Zerg's habits and tactics on the battlefield. In the past half month, Aiden and I have also conducted targeted training for our team."
The war is coming, and their military strength is not as strong as that of the higher Zerg, so they must make sufficient preparations in tactics and strategies to increase their chances of winning.
Angus has been leaving home early and coming back late recently, spending almost the entire day on the training ground, and has spent much less time with his children and Gal.
Similarly, Gal is also using his mental power to copy and create a large number of weapons and ammunition in preparation for the upcoming war.
"How's it going?" Gal asked.
Angus commanded thousands of wars, big and small. In this regard, this god of war general was absolutely professional.
"Humans are too fragile. Even if hundreds of humans gather together on the battlefield, it would be difficult to kill a female soldier." Angus was telling the truth.
Most of Gaia's people are the elderly, the weak, women and children. It is impossible to let them participate in the war unless it is absolutely necessary.
"But we also have advantages. Fortunately, you have copied enough guns and ammunition. Fire suppression is also a good method." Seeing the male insect's face becoming increasingly solemn, Angus spoke to persuade him.
"What do you think our chances of winning are?"
It's not like Angus hasn't fought a battle where his fighting power was unequal to his own.
Once, he had to lead the scientists who were surrounded by enemies to break out of the circle. How could those nerds who rarely even fought have any fighting power?
They picked up the weapons he brought with them, pointed the guns at themselves, and almost died on the spot.
Even in such a situation with a huge gap in combat power, he was able to protect the group of scientists and break out of the enemy's encirclement.
Even though it cost me half my life.
Angus could turn the tide of a battle by himself, and he was never afraid of a war with a low chance of winning.
But this question was asked by Gal. He was reluctant to let the little male insect know the cruel truth, and repeatedly considered how to say it so that the male insect would be more willing to accept it.
"Don't be so tactful. Tell me, what are our chances of winning?"
"Thirty percent."
Comparing various data of the two sides, the Earth is far inferior to the advanced Zerg. Angus even exaggerated the chance of winning. In fact, he believed that their chance of winning was less than 25%.
"There's still 30 percent left, not bad."
Gal was more optimistic than he thought.
"We have to give it a try, Angus. If we can survive this disaster, Earth's position in the universe will take a leap forward. More races in the universe will know how powerful we are, and we will have more subjects."
"Isn't it much better if you think about it this way?"
Instead, it was Gal, who had never participated in the war, who comforted this battlefield veteran.
There was a huge amount of energy hidden in the male insect's smile, and Angus, enveloped by this energy, gradually felt calm inside.
Yes, he could survive a thousand wars and the pursuit of the empire that knew him best, so what was this war?