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

Gu Heng lingered in bed for a while longer, his eyes closed, and it was unclear whether he had fallen asleep or not.

Heemis slowly removed the hand that was around her waist, and then quietly got out of bed.

After opening the bedroom door, the shopping bags from yesterday were still placed at the door. Heemis seemed to be thinking of something, and a slight blush rose to her ears.

The male ruler clearly enjoyed it last night.

Heamis corrected his misunderstanding of the shop assistant and put away all the items in the bag.

After Gu Heng went downstairs, he saw Hemiris in the entrance hall. He walked over and hugged the female insect from behind.

"Wife."

Gu Heng rested his chin on the female insect's shoulder, his voice lazy and tinged with the sullenness of someone who wasn't fully awake yet.

Heamis's body suddenly stiffened, feeling that her legs still retained the muscle memory from yesterday, and trembled slightly.

"Lord, I've never heard of this title before. What... does it mean?"

Last night, the male ruler liked to call him by this title, but he was in a daze at the time and didn't ask the male ruler what it meant.

Gu Heng pondered for a moment, "It means 'female ruler,' that's the term used in my hometown."

"Do you like this nickname? If not..." I won't call you that anymore.

Before Gu Heng could finish speaking, Heemis interrupted, "The one I like, my lord."

"I like it when you call me that."

As Heamis spoke, his head gradually lowered, and Gu Heng could clearly see his slightly red neck when he turned his head.

He discovered that Hermes was quite shy, no matter the situation.

Gu Heng lowered his eyes and saw Hermes dressed in a neat military uniform. His brow twitched slightly. "Are you going to work?"

The voice behind him suddenly became somewhat subdued. Heemis was a little worried that the lord would be angry, after all, the lord had already asked for leave for him.

But Heemis still answered, "Yes, my lord."

As soon as he finished speaking, the hands that had been wrapped around his waist suddenly loosened. Hemis felt a sense of loss. He turned around to look at his lord, but the other man had already turned away.

Gu Heng felt a little depressed. He turned around and got a glass of water. Why did he still insist on going to work even though he had already asked Hermes for leave?

Isn't it said that once a female insect is marked for the first time, she will develop an attachment to the male insect and want to stay by his side all the time?

Heamis instilled a great sense of frustration in Gu Heng.

Was he not trying hard enough last night?

When Heemis saw the king's cold and hard back, he felt disappointed. He wanted to ask the king if he was angry, or if he had done something wrong.

He wanted to speak, but he didn't know how.

The female insect stood at the doorway with her head drooping, looking helpless and lonely.

Gu Heng paused in his drinking, glancing at her, completely unaware of how much unease his actions had caused the newly marked female insect.

Gu Heng could sense Heemis's low spirits. He put the cup aside and looked at the female insect. "What's wrong? Didn't you say you were going to work? Aren't you going?"

Heamis looked up, and Gu Heng noticed that his eyes were a little red, as if he was suppressing some extremely painful emotion. "My lord, I'm not going to work anymore. Please don't abandon me, okay..."

His tone conveyed endless confusion and helplessness.

It was as if, at that moment, he had been abandoned by the whole world.

Female insects that are tagged for the first time are always so anxious and uncertain.

Gu Heng was careless. After seeing Heamis's reaction, he just wanted to punch himself for what he had just done.

How could he let his wife be sad?

His fault, his fault.

"General, I will not abandon you." Gu Heng walked up to Hermes and placed a tender kiss on his eyelids.

"I just think you were too tired yesterday. You can rest at home today. It's okay if you miss a day of work."

Gu Heng was a lowly worker on Earth, feeling like his life force was being drained every day at his workstation. He hated going to work, but he had no choice but to go to work in order to survive.

If you asked him to go on stage and recite "I Love Going to Work," he would definitely be unable to hold back his laughter and would exclaim with a confused look—"I...love going to work?"

The Admiral Hermes before him truly made Gu Heng feel ashamed, because she genuinely loved going to work.

The warm touch on his eyelids made Hemires' eyelashes tremble uncontrollably. He was easily coaxed, and the curve of his lips was not very obvious.

"Master, I'm fine. The female insect has a strong physique, so... it's nothing."

Gu Heng gave Heamis a suspicious look, a half-smile playing on his lips. "Then, General, please prove it to me next time, okay?"

Gu Heng's words made Hermione instantly regret lying. Looking at the male lord's expression, which didn't seem to be joking, he felt a tingling itch rising again on the insect pattern on his back that the male lord had gently kissed.

Heamis eventually went to the military headquarters.

Gu Heng watched the female insect's departing figure until it disappeared from his sight.

Then, Gu Heng discovered that Hermes really didn't seem to know what day it was.

Rhett's behavior today was strange. When he secretly glanced at Heamis for the seventh time, Heamis looked up and accurately caught his gaze.

"Lieutenant Lei, is there anything you want to say?"

Rhett's gaze darted around, clearly indicating something was wrong, yet he insisted there was nothing wrong.

Heamis frowned, noticing that Rhett seemed to be looking at him strangely, and unconsciously touched his neck.

Heemis looked in the mirror today and didn't find anything wrong. Yesterday, he told the male lord not to leave any marks in conspicuous places, although the male lord was somewhat reluctant at the time.

Seeing that Rhett was biting his lip and unwilling to speak, Heemis had no choice but to bury her doubts deep in her heart.

As Hemires stepped out of the office, she bumped into Minister Ebo.

The two insects should have passed each other by, but Ebo called out to Heamis.

"Heemis, it seems you're enjoying your life these days. I kept urging you to find a male insect, but you wouldn't listen." Ebo winked at him, his expression meaningful.

"It seems your current lord treats you really well; it's enough to make any insect jealous."

Heamis was completely bewildered, taking it as a compliment from Ebo. His eyebrows unconsciously rose slightly. "Of course, the Lord has always been very good to me."

When Ebo first met Heamis, he vaguely wanted to show off something. He scoffed, feeling a little uneasy. Don't ask, the answer is that he doesn't have a lord.

The cloying, saccharine scent of passionate love is best left untouched.