The male insect adores it! The female general, envious, begs for a kiss.

Military headquarters.

Gu Heng stared at the insect in front of him for a full ten seconds. Bourne felt uneasy under his gaze and stammered, "Wh...what's wrong?"

Gu Heng held a thin invitation card between two fingers, looked at Bourne, and slowly typed a question mark. "Aren't you going to explain?"

Bourne pulled his gaze from the invitation in Gu Heng's hand and slowly moved it to his face. For a moment, he didn't react. "Huh? Explain what?"

"Why are you and Sith suddenly getting married?"

Gu Heng felt like his brain was rusting. He had only been away from the Empire for a few days.

When he arrived at the military headquarters today, he immediately noticed the bright red invitation card placed in the upper left corner of the table.

The exquisite and intricate prints clearly show that a lot of thought went into them.

The main insects printed on it were none other than the ones Gu Heng knew all too well—Bourne and Sith.

Gu Heng is currently in a state of complete shock. Unfortunately, his memory is still stuck on the time when Byrne complained that Sith was avoiding him.

So why was he suddenly bombarded with this bombshell this morning?

Why are those two moving so fast?! They're getting married so soon...

Byrne glanced at Gu Heng somewhat guiltily, "What's so sudden about it? I've been pursuing Sith openly and secretly for so long, isn't it normal for things to fall into place now..."

Gu Heng stared at him expressionlessly. "Something must have happened between you two that I don't know about."

Even if Bourne denies it, Gu Heng won't believe him.

Bourne hadn't expected Gu Heng to be so perceptive, but he hadn't intended to hide it from Gu Heng in the first place.

Bourne moved a chair from the corner and sat down directly opposite Gu Heng, looking like he wanted to have a long talk with him.

Do you remember Angel?

Gu Heng pondered for a moment. The surname sounded familiar, but he couldn't recall who it belonged to.

Gu Heng doesn't have a deep impression of unimportant insects.

Seeing Gu Heng's blank expression, Byrne sighed and explained, "He is the former male father of the Sith insect cub."

Gu Heng suddenly realized that this was the former ruler of the Sith.

Byrne continued, "That was the day the Sith and the others returned from the Edge Planet, and they didn't see your bug at noon that day..."

Gu Heng nodded under Bourne's gaze; he was indeed not at the military headquarters at the time.

Upon learning that Heamis was injured, Gu Heng immediately rushed to the hospital.

"I was on my way to the cafeteria when I unexpectedly ran into Sith..."

Bourne hadn't expected to run into the Sith, especially since the Sith was in trouble at the time.

He wasn't very close at the time; he could only see a male insect with an indistinct face and a tug-of-war between them from a distance.

He went up to take a look and found out it was Angel.

Angel was making a lot of noise, and Byrne pieced together the general outline of what had happened from his words.

Angel came looking for Sith after learning that he had returned to the military, and used the insectoid creature as an excuse to continue demanding money from Sith.

Things happened suddenly. Bourne remembered that when he went to the mall with Gu Heng, he saw Angel harassing Anluo. At that time, Angel was probably planning to use the insect cubs as a threat to ask the Sith for money.

Bourne was puzzled. Angel had plenty of female servants, so why would he be short of money for a former female servant like Sith?

"So, to put it simply, Angel was harassing the Sith, you couldn't stand it and beat up the bug, then you were rewarded with a 10,000-word self-criticism?"

Bourne: ?

He lodged a strong protest, shouting, "Gu Heng, is that how you draw a conclusion?"

"Pah, pah, what's with this 10,000-word self-criticism? That's not the point, okay?"

Byrne placed his hands on the table, his expression serious. "The point is, the Sith weren't as careful around me after that, okay? And now I'm a bug that's about to have a female ruler."

Gu Heng suddenly felt the invitation in his palm getting hot.

Seeing that Gu Heng hadn't said anything for a long time, Bourne anxiously pressed, "Are you going or not?"

Gu Heng raised an eyebrow slightly, his tone certain, "Of course I'll go."

Bourne's expression brightened for a moment, then he sat back down on the stool.

"There must be a lot to prepare for the wedding day, Gu Heng, how did you guys manage back then...?"

After finishing his sentence, Bourne suddenly covered his mouth, turned his head, and pretended to cough a few times.

He's a bit oblivious; how could he forget that Gu Heng and the general were forced into a marriage, and they didn't have a wedding ceremony?

Bourne secretly glanced at Gu Heng, only to meet his gaze.

Bourne was caught red-handed, and he gave a sheepish laugh.

Seeing that Gu Heng's expression didn't change much, Byrne boldly extended another invitation, "Do you have time this afternoon? Come with me to buy some things for the wedding."

In fact, the male insect does not need to select these himself.

Often, the only requirement on the wedding day is that the male insect must be present in person.

Normally, Gu Heng might have refused, but today he thought about it for a while and surprisingly agreed.

Before we knew it, the sun was at its hottest.

Gu Heng and Hermes came out of the cafeteria.

On the way, Heemis turned to the insect beside her and asked, "My lord, do you have time this afternoon?"

Gu Heng paused slightly. He hadn't had time this afternoon. Did Hermes want to see him about something?

"I made an appointment with Bourne to go out later."

Heemis paused slightly, nodded knowingly, and didn't intend to say anything more.

Gu Heng glanced at him a couple more times. "Is there something you need?"

Heemis shook her head. "If you had time this afternoon, I was planning to teach you some fighting techniques."

However, if the ruler doesn't have time, another day is also fine.

After a moment's thought, Gu Heng spoke up, "How about tomorrow? Will the General be available tomorrow?"

"Yes, my lord."

Heemis will have some free time tomorrow.