[Zerg] After being reborn as a male Zergling, he refused to be a kept man.

A ring is just a very ordinary piece of jewelry and does not have any special value in itself.

Anyone can wear this; there's no specific limit. It's just that sentimental humans have given it special emotional meaning, which is why it's associated with love and marriage.

The Zerg have no concept of marriage, no idea of ​​husband and wife, let alone any equality in their relationships.

Fei didn't know what a ring was, nor did she understand its meaning. Pian Zhuangnian, a reserved and taciturn man who wouldn't utter a single sweet word, replied to Junci's question:

"Gift."

Fei nodded, treating the ring on her hand as just one of the many gifts the male insect had given her, like houses, cars, clothes, or good food. Aside from simple happiness, she felt no other emotions.

The consequence of this is that Zhuang Nian's efforts and rewards are not proportional.

His affection and feelings for the female insects went unanswered, leaving him feeling frustrated and extremely aggrieved because he couldn't get a response from the male insects.

It's ridiculous...

They were clearly going in the same direction, but in the end they became like two people sharing the same bed but dreaming different dreams, creating a vicious cycle.

In early spring on Earth, when the first rain fell, the two cubs entered the Empire's best military academy.

With a competition ratio of 10000:1, the two children easily and effortlessly enjoyed the best educational resources thanks to their parents' high positions in the military.

Some people say this is unfair, but is it really unfair?

These resources, so coveted by insects, were all earned by Fei at the cost of his life. If anyone is to blame, it's himself for not being capable enough to provide his descendants with the protection they desire.

In contrast to the other insect offspring who were overjoyed to be separated from their families, Zizheng and Younan, one insect each, nestled in the arms of their male and female parents, crying so hard they were almost fainting.

"I don't want to go to school~ Waaah~ I don't want to leave my father~ Waaah~"

"Don't leave my father-in-law~ Don't go to school~ Waaaaah~"

The insect offspring who can come to school here are all from very good families. However, apart from the female father, no one is as happy as these two offspring. Not only do they have the male father by their side, but they can also cry and act spoiled.

The little insects tilted their heads back, staring blankly at their own things, their clear vertical pupils filled with envy.

She thought how wonderful it would be if her own father could come and take her to school and give her a hug.

Fei, moved by the two children's crying, whispered to Zhuang Nian, "Lord Zhuang Nian, the formal enrollment is tomorrow, why not start today..."

Zhuang Nian handed the two crying children directly to the instructor in military uniform with a serious face. The instructor pointed at the two children with a ruler and said, "You two, stop crying."

Children are afraid of teachers from a young age, and so are insects.

The two little ones, with teary eyes, stretched out their arms towards Zhuang Nian and Fei, "Waaah~"

Fei turned around, and Zhuang Nian, ignoring his children's pleas for help, said to the instructor, "Thank you for your hard work."

The completely closed-off military-style management was extremely strict. There was no communication and visitors were not allowed to come and go as they pleased. Fei missed his children terribly and was worried that they were not well-fed or warm, so he sent them a lot of things every day.

Although most of them were returned by the school, he still enjoyed it immensely.

Zhuang Nian was speechless: "They're going to school, not to jail. If you keep sending them things all the time, not only will the teachers get annoyed, but the two kids will also be spoiled, and it might even affect their relationship with the other insect kids at school."

Fei didn't think that much about it; he just wanted to make sure his children had a good life, at least so they wouldn't suffer from cold or hunger.

Zhuang Nian simply couldn't understand: "That's the empire's best military academy. Are you suggesting they starve or freeze them?"

Fei pursed her lips, wiping the children's toys as she whispered:

"When I was in school, I was always hungry and cold. You don't know, female soldiers have a big appetite. The school's three meals a day at fixed times were simply not enough."

"Sometimes on training days, I was so hungry at night that I couldn't sleep. I remember the whole dorm would take turns going to the bathroom to drink cold water. Once we were full, our stomachs would stop growling..."

Fei started laughing as she spoke, seemingly lost in her childhood memories.

"However, I didn't have the same good conditions as Zizheng and Younan when I was a child. I wasn't favored by my father, and my father had to kneel on a nail for a long time to get me into that school. The conditions were extremely difficult..."

"You're right. I thought the best military academy in the empire would not let the kids suffer the hardships I endured. I was wrong."

When the female soldier said these words, her expression was gentle and her tone was calm. She seemed not to feel any bitterness, and it was as if these heartbreaking past experiences had nothing to do with her.

Zhuang Nian: "..."

The male insect tossed aside the book in his hand, patted his thigh, opened his arms to the female, and said, "Come here."

Fei, unsure of what his master intended to do, walked over and sat down on his lap, only to be suddenly embraced tightly. He asked in surprise, "Lord Zhuang Nian?"

Zhuang Nian held his lean, muscular man tightly in his arms, gently stroking his face and temples. He patted Fei's waist and buttocks with a touch of tenderness, noticing that Fei had removed the ring from his ring finger at some point. He paused, then asked:

"Where's the ring?"

Fei pulled open his collar to show his lord: "Here it is~"

Zhuang Nian: "Why is it hanging around your neck?"

Fei: "I keep bumping into things while I'm doing them, and I'm afraid I'll break them, so it's safer to wear it around my neck."

Zhuang Nian smiled, took the ring that Fei was wearing around his neck and put it back on his ring finger, kissed his cheek and said, "It was specially wrapped with black gold thread, it won't break. Wear it obediently, and don't take it off again."

He rarely used commanding words like "you are not allowed," so Fei asked curiously, "Why? Why can't we pick them? Is there some kind of reason?"

Zhuang Nian's ears turned slightly red, and he looked a little awkward. He looked away and said, "Actually, it's nothing..."

Male insects are always like this, so when the female insects misunderstood him later, there was nothing to complain about.

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After the two children became familiar with the campus environment and made friends, they gradually got used to military school life and became much more sensible.

The most obvious change is that they have developed an awareness of gender...

Zhuang Nian looked at his two toddlers, who were not yet three years old and only reached his knees, and was a little confused when he was refused. He asked, "What's wrong? Didn't Daddy always bathe you?"

The two little ones, holding their basins, shyly covered their faces with towels and said in their soft voices, "Our teacher said there's a difference between males and females~ We're all grown up now~ so we can't let our male father~ help us take a bath anymore~"

Zhuang Nian: "..."

Why did he suddenly have the illusion of raising a daughter? Okay! He had indeed been raising the two kids as sons, forgetting that male and female are two completely different sexes.

Zhuang Nian asked with concern, "Can you manage on your own?"

Fei was also worried: "Should we ask the female father for help?"

The two kids shook their heads: "We can manage ourselves~ We wash our own clothes at school~"

Zhuang Nian and Fei exchanged a glance, then helped the children lower the parasols and adjust the water temperature. Before leaving, they told the two children, "Just call us if you need anything, okay? We'll be right outside."

The two cubs nodded, and as soon as their parents left, they clicked the door shut.

Zhuang Nian: "..."

Fiji:"……"

The female soldier felt that only her male master could comfort her wounded heart at this moment. She moved closer little by little and whispered, "I want to take a bath too, but there are no bugs for me to wash with, sigh~"

Zhuang Nian: "..."

Later, Fei lay on the edge of the bathtub, humming contentedly, and asked her master, "I've always wanted to ask you a question, what does 'Daddy' mean? Why do the two little ones call you that?"

Zhuang Nian carried the stubborn female soldier out of the bathtub, rinsing her body with the showerhead while saying, "Just like Xiong Fu."

Fei asked curiously, "Is that what you call it in your hometown?"

Zhuang Nian: "Hmm."

Fei: "What's the female father called?"

Zhuang Nian: "...Mom."

Fei: "That's a strange way of addressing him. What about the 'Male Ruler'?"

Zhuang Nian looked at him.

Fei blushed slightly. "I was just curious~"

Zhuang Nian: "Husband, sir, husband..."

Fei: "And what about the female ruler?"

Zhuang Nian: "Wife, madam, wife..."

Fei glanced at his master and asked, "What about the female servants and slaves?"

Zhuang Nian: "No."

Fei: "Don't you even use the term 'female servant' or 'female slave' in your hometown?" Isn't that disrespectful to insects?

Zhuang Nian used a bath towel to carry several of the still-unfinished lecherous insects to the door to dry them, and said, "Where we live, it's a monogamous system, there are no female servants or female slaves."

"Huh?" Fei exclaimed incredulously, "Are you kidding me?"

Zhuang Nian: "The gender ratio there is balanced, the birth rate is stable, and there are no problems such as pheromone control or mental strength issues, which is different from the situation here."

Fiji:"……"

He belatedly looked at Zhuang Nian, his voice somewhat hoarse, and said, "So the reason you've always insisted on not marrying other insects is because you can't accept the marriage system here? Or... or..."

Zhuang Nian: "What?"

Fei pursed her lips: "Or is it because you only like me?"

Zhuang Nian: "Is there a difference?"

"Of course!"

Fei bit her lip, her voice suddenly rising as she became emotional.

"If you're not marrying another insect because you love me, then it proves I'm unique and special to you!"

"But if you simply can't accept the marriage system here, it means that no matter who married you in the first place, you would have refused other men for their sake! You would have remained chaste!"

Zhuang Nian: "..."

Fei: "So you're saying, is it because you like me that you don't marry other insects, or is it because you can't accept the marriage system here that you don't marry other insects?"

Zhuang Nian: "..."

Fei: "Say something! Say something!"

Zhuang Nian: "Can you calm down first?"

Fei: "I can't calm down! I can't calm down! I always thought you liked me and loved me! Now I realize! That's not true at all! If you had married someone else in the first place! You would have treated him the same way! You don't like me at all! Not at all!"

As she spoke, Junci took off the ring from the knuckle of her ring finger, threw it on the ground in front of Zhuang Nian, and then turned and ran away.

This time, I didn't forget to bring the two little ones along.