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

As the doctor said, Heamis was indeed carrying twin eggs.

Newly hatched eggs are very small, only about the size of one or two palms.

That day, Heamis was transferred from the operating room to a ward. His lips were pale and his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.

When Gu Heng saw this, his heart clenched. He secretly made up his mind: "I will never let Heemis have insect offspring again. Isn't that just suffering?"

The insect eggs were placed in a pre-purchased incubator, where the temperature was self-regulating based on changes in the internal and external environment.

Two smooth eggs were placed side by side, almost the same size.

Gu Heng muttered to himself, "I wonder when it will hatch."

Hearing this, Heemis smiled and said, "The more talented the insect offspring, the shorter the hatching time."

Heemis had a premonition that his and the male lord's insect offspring would hatch soon, since the offspring's talents were influenced by genetic factors.

The days passed by.

When the insect hatched, Gu Heng and Hermes were having dinner at the restaurant.

Suddenly, a beeping sound came from behind.

The two insects stared at each other, both clearly stunned for a moment.

Gu Heng was the first to react, putting down his chopsticks. "It sounds like... the sound of an incubator?"

The shop assistant said that the incubator will trigger an alarm when the insects' vital signs change.

Gu Heng couldn't figure out what was going on either. Could it be that the insect chicks had hatched?

That shouldn't be the case...

Gu Heng had checked the records and found that it took half a month for the earliest insect hatchlings in the Empire to emerge.

But today is only the seventh day.

Thinking this, Gu Heng quickened his pace, hoping that nothing had happened to the insect cub...

Heemis followed behind the lord, and when they were halfway there, the lord suddenly stopped in his tracks, blocking the doorway.

Heemis couldn't see what was happening inside, but a strange tension gripped him. "What's wrong, my lord?"

The silence lasted for three seconds before being broken again.

"...It's alright," Gu Heng said, his gaze falling on the distant eggshells in the incubator, where cracks were appearing. "The eggs are about to hatch."

The two insects walked to the opposite side of the incubator and waited for the hatchlings to be born.

At this moment, time seemed to stand still, leaving only the sound of soft breathing.

The cracks on the egg are getting bigger and bigger.

Finally, a crisp sound was heard in the air, and the insect egg on the left hatched first, with a small insect crawling out.

Her skin was so fair and delicate that it looked like it would leave a red mark if touched.

"This is just a female insect offspring."

Heemis looked at the insect patterns on the back of the insect's neck and drew a conclusion.

The other larva was born half a minute later; it was a male larva.

The two baby insects looked very similar. When they were taken out of the incubator, they squeaked and waved their little hands around.

Gu Heng carefully cradled one of the insect larvae, then looked blankly at Hermes. "Did you understand what they were saying?"

"No," Heamis shook his head honestly. The insect cub was very lively, waving its hands around and occasionally tugging at his clothes, making them all wrinkled.

Their teeth hadn't even grown in yet, and they were just mumbling things. Hemira couldn't understand a word they said. "It will take at least a month for the insect cubs to be able to speak a complete sentence."

Gu Heng and Heemis named the insect cub together.

The female offspring is named Gu An, and the male offspring is named Gu Ning.

The insect larvae develop very quickly. Before they were even a month old, they had already learned to walk and often ran all over the house.

They often pestered Gu Heng and Heemis, leaving the two insects with no time for private matters.

When it was time to eat that day, Gu An suddenly ran over and hugged Hermes' leg, looking up expectantly, "Father~"

Gu Heng had just come out of the kitchen when he saw this scene. "What happened?"

Gu An glanced quickly at Gu Heng, then reached out to Heamis, indicating that he wanted a hug, "Father, I'm hungry."

Heamis's eyes flickered, but he didn't immediately hug Gu An. He bent down slightly and said, "Xiao An, it's time for you to eat."

Gu Heng stared at the two insects, one big and one small, and realized what was going on. He said to Gu An, "Insects that are about the same size as you have already been weaned. Don't bother your female father anymore. Come and eat."

Gu An looked at the male father not far away, pursed his lips, and reluctantly let go of the female father's arms.

He looked pitifully at his female father and asked one last time, "Really, it's not allowed?"

Hemires met Gu An's longing gaze and wavered for a moment, then secretly glanced at the powerful ruler.

Gu Heng caught his gaze directly, and walked over with a dark face. "You can't spoil them anymore. They should have been weaned a week ago."

A week ago, Gu An and the others used the same trick, pretending to be well-behaved and pitiful. Hermes would sometimes soften her heart and secretly give them extra help.

Hemirus also gave up on the idea. He ruffled Gu An's hair and said, "Little An, listen to your father."

Gu An looked at his female father with a wronged expression, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, and said, "Okay."

Heemis met the insect's eyes and suddenly felt a sense of guilt.

Beside him, Gu Heng looked at Gu An, wondering who he took after, both of them being incredibly clever.

I thought this matter was over.

A voice rang out from afar, growing louder as it approached.

"Dad, you're bad!"

Gu Ning suddenly appeared out of nowhere, hiding behind Heemis, and looked at Gu Heng with accusatory eyes, "Your father is so old, yet he's still breastfeeding. This is clearly discrimination."

"Once, I was in the back of the garden when I saw the male pinning the female down in a corner; it was clearly...

Gu Ning's words were startling.

Heamis quickly covered his mouth, and upon closer inspection, noticed a large red patch behind his ear. "...Don't say anything."

Gu Heng's expression was somewhat unnatural. He had gone to the room specifically to check that the two insect babies were sleeping, so he hadn't been too concerned. He later learned that they were pretending to be asleep.

Having a baby insect has this downside: you have to sneak around to get close to your female mate, like you're doing something sneaky.

Gu Heng felt awkward for a moment, but quickly regained his composure. Being affectionate with his female ruler wasn't shameful. "Anyway, there's no room for discussion about weaning you," he said.

In the end, the two insect cubs dared not utter a word of anger, and were sullenly carried to chairs in the restaurant, where they obediently ate their meal.

After dinner, Heemis went straight to her bedroom to take a bath, as usual.

When he had taken off half of his clothes, the words of the insect suddenly popped into his head.

Heamis paused, walked to the mirror, and looked at himself.

The mark on his chest was very obvious, but it wasn't from the insect bite.

Hemir didn't understand why the male lord, like a little insect, liked to leave teeth marks on it.

But every time... it feels painfully swollen.

The Hermes was in the bathroom, but its mind was wandering, and it slowly finished its bath.

After changing into his pajamas and going to the bedroom, he found that the male master was not in the room.

After a while, the door was pushed open.

Gu Heng curled his fingers and knocked on the door. "General, wanna go for a walk?"

"The bug cubs have all gone back to their rooms."

Heemis looked out the window; it was still bright, and the days were always longer in this season.

"go."

Heemis quickly changed her clothes and went out with the lord.

At this time, the streets outside are deserted.

Two insects, hand in hand, were walking along the road.

Gu Heng kicked away a pebble on the road and sighed inexplicably, "These days are so good."

Heemis said, "I like it very much too." What she liked even more was having a powerful lord by her side.

Gu Heng's lips curled up as he squeezed the female insect's palm. "Wait for me a moment."

Before Heemis could respond, the lord had already walked to the side, his figure rounding a corner and finally disappearing completely.

Heemis withdrew her gaze and waited for her lord in place.

Maybe five minutes, maybe ten minutes...

"Hermes!"

The female insect stood still, without even changing its position.

A smile unconsciously flashed in Gu Heng's eyes as he patted the female insect on the shoulder.

Hearing the voice, Heamis turned her head and met a pair of eyes that seemed to hold stars.

Immediately afterwards, his gaze was filled with a bright red Frémérica.

"This is for you, my queen."

So the male ruler went to buy flowers...

Heemis's lips curved slightly. "Thank you, my lord. I like it very much."

The sunset was vibrant and exuberant.

Just like the fiery red Fromethasone.

Their fingers were intertwined.

Towards the light, towards the future...

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