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

When male insects and females fight fiercely, using their lips as guns and their tongues as swords, neither is willing to back down.

The two little ones, hurt by their parents, said with teary eyes, "You'd better not say anything~"

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The two kids were on leave from military school for a month. They didn't want to stay in the military headquarters, a place with many rules and not much fun. They wanted to go to Blue Star with Zhuang Nian, but they couldn't bear to part with Fei.

Finally, the family of four reached an agreement...

The two little ones went back to Blue Star for vacation with Zhuang Nian. Fei rented a room at a hot spring resort on Blue Star for a month so that he could spend more time with the little ones after get off work and on weekends.

Seeing Fei silently paying the bill, Qi wondered what new, heart-wrenching love story was going on.

The two little ones clung to their father, pleading, "Can't you not go to work?"

In the past, Fei would definitely have taken time off to be with the insect babies, but now...

"No, you can't! Your father needs to work to support you!"

The female insects have changed a lot. Their busy and serious work routines have even caught the attention of the male insects.

Later, at the insistence of the two little ones, they decided to eat dinner together.

Zhuang Nian looked at the money on the table and asked Fei, "If you're going to pay, then pay it all. What does it mean to pay three-quarters?"

Fei looked puzzled, his large, vertical pupils filled with doubt: "Didn't you eat? Shouldn't you have paid for your own portion?"

Zhuang Qingnian scoffed: "I used to think that Commander Fei was petty and unreasonable, but now I realize that I was wrong. You are actually quite shrewd and calculating, with a brain full of abacuses."

Fei didn't know what an abacus was, but judging from the context, it probably wasn't a nice thing to say. He pursed his thin lips and retorted:

"Unlike you, who are loved by insects and admired by flowers, with so many insects lining up to spend money on you. I'm different. I have to save up for my dowry. If my future male master finds out that I'm wasting money on other male insects, he'll be angry with me."

Zhuang Nian raised an eyebrow slightly, his tone somewhat sarcastic, "Oh? I wonder what kind of person Commander Fei likes? Should I keep an eye out for you?"

Fei nodded and said very sincerely:

"Thank you so much. I prefer males that don't have black hair. Ideally, they should have average bloodlines, be shorter than me, and not be ambitious."

"The key is that they are of average appearance and rely on me for everything, including food, clothing, and shelter. This makes me feel more secure, and it also motivates me to earn more money..."

"If you know anyone like this, please introduce them to me, please."

Zhuang Nian: "You can find tons of these kinds of insects, do I really need to explain them?"

Fei: "I trust your judgment more."

Zhuang Nian curled his lips: "But I've also been blind sometimes, mistaking vinegar for ink, and fish eyes for pearls. I thought there was treasure in a pile of junk."

The male insect is a consistent winner at the negotiating table; how could Fei possibly out-argue him? His face tense, he asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Zhuang Nian stood up, pushed the money on the table back to Fei's hand, leaned slightly closer to him, and said in a cool voice:

"It means I'm treating you to this meal, so you can keep this money as your dowry. Currency depreciates quickly, so remember to get married soon. I'll prepare a generous gift for you to keep as your private savings."

After the male insect finished speaking, he turned and left. The female insect watched his back disappear into the moonlight, thinking that he had never said a kind word to her when they were passionate in bed, but when he hurt her, he had a whole set of sweet words.

Fei reluctantly sent the two cubs back to their room. After finding no more insects around, he raised his hand and overturned the food on the table. Still not satisfied, he kicked the table away, almost hitting the insects that came looking for him.

Zhui Qi peeked in through the door, half-masked, and cautiously asked Fei, whose face was clouded with gloom, "Commander, should I come back later?"

Zhuang Nian returned to the main house. When he pushed the door open, whether it was because he used too much force or because the gate was of poor quality, the door panel bounced back and cracked.

The insect standing in the courtyard walked over meekly, its voice cool and somewhat like that of a certain other insect: "Sir, you're back?"

Zhuang Nian stared intently into his cold, golden vertical pupils, his eyes unfathomable, and said in a chilling voice, "Who do you think you are? You're so arrogant, trying to marry another insect? I'm really giving you face!"

He slapped the insect and kicked him away.

The insect, jolted by the electric current, tilted its head to adjust its parts, then limped back, leaning against Zhuang Nian's shoulder, and said in a flat, coquettish voice:

"I'm sorry, sir. Please forgive me. I will never do it again."

Zhuang Nian got angry upon hearing this and punched the insect twice in the face, flattening the annoying face. Only then did he feel a little better and pointed to the pile of charcoal in the corner:

"Go wash the charcoal clean! Otherwise, we'll sell you as scrap metal!"

Upon receiving its master's order, the insect obediently went to wash the charcoal, its mouth crooked and eyes slanted. Before long, it had smudged that frosty, cold and beautiful face.

Zhuang Nian leaned against the window and rolled a cigarette with paper.

Unprocessed tobacco leaves are hot and spicy, not as good as cigars, but for the insectoid race that doesn't produce cigarettes, they are a very rare substitute.

Zhuang Nian coughed, choked by the thick smoke, his handsome face hidden beneath the haze. His mind was filled with the words of the female soldier, who said she would save up a dowry to marry another insect…

He looked at the insect squatting in the corner washing charcoal, threw the half-burnt cigarette in his hand under his foot and stomped it out, and said coldly, "Come to the bedroom."

The insect, with its broken arms and legs, followed behind its owner, its head flat like a plate.

Zhuang Nian took out his tools to oil and wax the insect, replaced its battery, and asked, "Why can't you ever listen to human speech?"

The insect, unable to recognize the word "human," responded softly, "Sir, I was wrong."

Zhuang Nian pressed the one-click repair button, watching the insect's face gradually revert to being exactly the same as the female soldier's. He leaned in, holding the insect's chin, and asked, "Why do you always make me angry?"

Sensing its master's displeasure, the insect tilted its head and nestled on Zhuang Nian's shoulder, hugging him tightly with its cold, heavy arms: "I'm sorry, sir, please forgive me."

Zhuang Nian stroked his soft hair, then touched the insect's face and asked him:

"Am I not good to you? Why do you have to get hung up on all that romance? Are you love-struck? You're so dramatic and stupid, I just want to kill you, so you won't make me angry anymore..."

The insect was merely a machine modeled by Fei, unable to provide the response Zhuang Nian desired, repeating over and over again, "Sir, I'm sorry..."

Zhuang Nian, feeling a bit bored, pinched the insect's cheek and said, "Go wash the charcoal."

Soon after, the two chicks discovered that their male father was hiding insects in his house and hurriedly told their female father, "Father, there are other insects! We saw them all!"

Fei was startled. In the past, he would have definitely investigated and made a huge fuss about it. But now he was thinking, what does this have to do with him?

He doesn't care at all!

That night...

Zhuang Nian looked out the window at the six bright, lantern-like golden vertical pupils that blinked rapidly, and almost had a heart attack from the sight of the father and son insects.

The two little ones were perched on the windowsill, whispering to their female father, "There are bugs on Father's bed~"

Fei saw it and his back teeth were grinding together.

Before Zhuang Nian could close the window, he reached out and blocked it, glancing at the male insect's slightly disheveled robe before looking over Zhuang Nian's shoulder at the insect on the bed.

The other person was covered by a blanket, with a mound covering their face, but judging from the outline, it should be a slender and thin insect.

Fei felt a pang of pain in his heart, his throat dry as if he had swallowed dirt, and it took him a long time to utter a single sentence: "Lord Zhuang Nian, with such a beautiful woman in your arms, have I disturbed you?"

Zhuang Nian stood by the window, the moonlight stretching his tall figure infinitely, his whole body shrouded in a half-light, making it impossible to see his expression.

Fei pursed her lips, and the cold indifference in her vertical pupils gradually transformed into a naked sorrow and desolation as the male insect fell silent; the hatred was almost bone-piercing.

Fei gripped the window frame tightly and asked, "Do you have any other bugs?"

Zhuang Nian raised his hand to straighten his robe, and slowly retorted, "What's it to you?"

Fei nodded: "In that case, I won't bother you any longer. The night is too short, and I'm quite lonely. I'll go find another male insect to sleep with for the night and see what it's like to sleep with an insect other than you."

After uttering those harsh words, the female soldier slammed the window shut from the outside. She turned around and took two steps when she was pulled back from behind.

Zhuang Nian grabbed Fei's wrist and slammed him against the old tree in front of the house. As he leaned in, he grabbed Fei's neck and asked in a cold voice, "What did you say?"

Fei gritted her teeth and shoved him away violently. "I said I'm going to find another 'insect' to sleep with! Huh!"

After slapping the female soldier across the face, Zhuang Nian grabbed Fei by the back of the neck and shoved him into the lotus-filled water vat, frowning as he said, "Say it again?"

Fei choked on a mouthful of water, gritted his teeth, grabbed the male insect by the collar, and with a forceful tug, pushed Zhuang Nian into the water vat as well.

The lotus flower floating on the water was knocked over and turned upside down. After a few bursts of bubbles, it became a dead lotus.

Zhuang Nian was furious that Fei would attack him, and pressed down on the back of the female soldier's neck.

When Fei learned that Zhuang Nian had other insects, he wanted nothing more than to kill him. Seeing that Zhuang Nian was going to kill him, he showed no mercy either.

The man and the insect remained locked in the water tank, locked in a struggle, until they heard the two babies' piercing cries, at which point they both let go.

"Cough cough cough!"

"Cough cough cough!"

Zhuang Nian and Fei coughed up the water from their mouths while holding onto the edge of the vat. When they ran back into the house, they saw the two little ones lying on the bed, crying loudly.

Fei glanced at the pajamas on the floor, her eyes turning icy cold.

He strode to the bedside, thinking to himself not to look, not to look, not to look, but his gaze involuntarily swept over...

Two little snakes got stuck in the mouths of the bed bugs, and the little ones cried anxiously.

And that insect actually looked exactly like me?

Fei pursed his lips, reached out and pried open the insect's mouth, took out the dying little snake, and at the same time discovered that it was actually an insect puppet.

Fei subconsciously looked at Zhuang Nian and saw that the male insect's expression was subtle. After coaxing the two offspring to the next room, he stopped him with a towel.

Fei turned to leave, but was embraced.

"Let go." Fei pushed against Zhuang Nian's arm, struggling slightly in his arms, her eyes slightly red, and said, "Don't touch me~"

Zhuang Nian: "The window is open and the door isn't locked. If you want to leave, you can push me aside."

As she dried Fei's hair, she watched the struggling insect in her arms gradually become docile and said with satisfaction, "Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could always be this obedient?"

Fei gritted her teeth, pulling Zhuang Nian's robe closer to him: "What are you doing? Deceiving my feelings and playing with my body wasn't enough, now that I'm finally about to give up on you, are you going to rekindle my hopes? Do you even know... um~"

Zhuang Nian lowered his head and used his long tongue to block the woman's mouth, finding him really noisy.

Fei gently pushed Zhuang Nian's shoulder, then lifted him horizontally and carried him to the bed.