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

Zhuang Nian leaned down slightly, looking down at Fei from his elevated position.

"You think you're so great, huh?"

They were very close.

When the male insect speaks, its breath sprays onto the female's face, carrying a light smell of alcohol and a faint, cool fragrance.

Fei's jaw throbbed with pain as he suddenly realized he had been spoiled and arrogant. He had actually naively thought Zhuang Nian would coax him. He quickly lowered his head in embarrassment, but the male insect's fingers were strong and firm, gripping his chin and not allowing him the slightest chance to flinch. He continued to ask with great displeasure, "Tell me, have I been too kind to you?"

Since their marriage, Fei had been beaten and scolded by his male master, but he had never been questioned so coldly and ruthlessly. He realized that the male was indeed angry and hurriedly shook his head: "I'm sorry, my master, I was wrong—"

Zhuang Nian grabbed Fei's chin and shook it, interrupting him impatiently, "Besides saying these things, what else can you say?"

Fei looked at him helplessly, her eyes welling up with tears.

Zhuang Nian frowned. "Are you feeling wronged?"

Fei was indeed very aggrieved, but this feeling of grievance only worked properly when directed at insects who cared about him; otherwise, he was just making things difficult for himself, as he was doing now.

He shook his head again, his voice filled with obvious grievance: "My lord, I dare not."

Oh!

It's not that we don't have the ability, it's that we dare not.

Zhuang Nian snorted coldly. Perhaps it was because he had been drinking, but the more Fei yielded, the less he wanted to let him go: "Dare not? You dared to dereliction of duty by sneaking back from the battlefield to question me, what else are you afraid of?"

Fei, after all, was spoiled by his powerful master. Seeing Zhuang Nian's indifferent attitude, he recklessly said:

"Yes! I like you, love you, and want to possess you! I'm being unreasonable! I'm insanely jealous! I'm going to lay bare this true feeling for you!"

"Whether you like me or not is irrelevant! As long as you know I like you, that's enough! I can rip my heart out and show it to you! If you're willing, I don't care if you trample on it under your feet!"

Fei placed her paw on Zhuang Nian's knee and scratched it, her eyes reddening as she bit her lip and said:

"I know I'm awfully jealous. You can scold me, hit me, punish me severely, as long as you allow me to stay by your side."

Zhuang Nian, who was suddenly confessed to with such deep affection, was speechless.

I must say, those perverts are really honest!

He admitted to the love that humans are too embarrassed to express openly, straightforwardly and frankly. The sincerity in his golden vertical pupils burned like fire in Zhuang Nian's heart, making even his usually indifferent brows and eyes soften slightly.

Zhuang Nian relaxed Fei's chin and leaned back on the sofa.

Fei secretly glanced at his master's face. Seeing that Zhuang Nian's expression was no longer as frosty as before, he quickly knelt down and hugged the male insect's waist, pressing his face against his chest, and said:

"My lord, I was wrong. I shouldn't have been so petty. I got so jealous because I care about you so much. Please don't be angry with me. I will be obedient and well-behaved from now on. Even if you really go on a date with someone else, I won't bother you like this anymore, okay?"

Do you know what "a wise man knows when to yield" means? It means that a great man can bend and stretch, and can create a way out even when there is none.

Fei looked up at Zhuang Nian with her big, watery eyes. Seeing that the male insect did not reject her advances, she took it upon herself to get up and then, taking advantage of the situation, scooted her rear end closer to her male master's leg, while pleading with him by hugging his neck: "Master, please give me a chance to change my ways, okay?"

Zhuang Nian, who hadn't originally intended to do anything to the perverted insect, was speechless.

Zhuang Nian didn't say anything, only sighed softly, hugged the bug on his leg closer to his chest, and ran his fingers across Fei's eyebrows and eyes, asking, "Does it hurt?"

The injury was nothing to the female soldier, but the atmosphere was so good, and her master was being so affectionate towards her. It would be a shame not to take advantage of the situation and act cute.

Fei pursed his lips and shook his head, looking very aggrieved. He nestled in his master's arms, clutching his chest, and said, "It hurts a little here."

There was a footprint on the female's chest, which the male had just kicked.

Zhuang Nian brushed the footprints off Fei's uniform, rubbed it, and asked, "Feeling better?"

Fei had never been treated so gently by her master before. She immediately became a little smug, wagging her tail, perking up her ears, and rolling her head around excitedly, saying, "I want my master to kiss me, hug me, and lift me up high. Only then will I feel better."

Zhuang Nian: "..." I really gave you too much credit.

Zhuang Nianbai glanced at him, slapped his butt and said, "That's enough. You've been sneaking out for so long, it's time to go back."

Fei Cai didn't want to go back, so he stayed put and didn't move.

Zhuang Nian glanced at the insect feigning death in his arms, his brows furrowing in displeasure. "A person in a position should do their job and bear their responsibilities. As a lieutenant general, don't you understand this basic principle?"

Fei was taken aback, not expecting his master to lecture him. He quickly sat up straight and explained, "The battle is over. We're just cleaning up now. I'm not needed." Seeing the male insect's expression, the female tugged at Zhuang Nian's sleeve in a conciliatory manner. "I know what I'm doing. Nothing will happen, Master."

Zhuang Nian clicked his tongue: "The battlefield is ever-changing. What if there's an emergency? As the commander, it's one thing to not be on duty at the front lines and instead sneak home, breaking the rules, but to say things like that—do you have any sense of responsibility? If your subordinates knew how willful you were, would they still dare to follow you to the death?"

Zhuang Nian was a very responsible person, so he was very disgusted by Fei's words and actions. He didn't care about the other insects, but Fei was different.

This is his bedside insect, the insect he's meant to spend his life with. He can't tolerate this behavior, hence his stern tone.

Fei subconsciously got up from the male insect's legs, somewhat at a loss, and said, "I'm sorry, Master, I... I shouldn't have disappointed you so much. I'll go back right away and I'll never be so willful again."

Zhuang Nian glanced at him, got up, took out the pastries from the storage basket, and handed them over.

Fei, thoroughly humiliated by his master's scolding, was too embarrassed to accept the food. He hung his head and shook his head, saying, "I won't eat it. You can keep it."

Seeing that the lecherous insect looked dejected, Zhuang Nian placed the pastries on the table and asked, "Are you upset because I said a few words to you?"

Fei shook her head, saying no, but her eyes reddened with grievance.

Zhuang sighed, grabbed the female soldier's wrist and pulled him closer. He gently wiped the corner of her eye with his thumb, then reached out and placed her on the table.

"Ah~" Fei didn't expect her master to hug her, and she was even more surprised that her master could lift her up with one arm. She let out a soft exclamation and whispered, "Master~"

Zhuang Nian braced himself on the table, with Jiang Junci trapped between his arms. He looked at him for a moment, then asked curiously, "What are you upset about?"

What is Fei feeling wronged about?

Of course, she was upset because the male insect wouldn't answer her calls, was laughing and joking with other insects, praising them, throwing a water glass at her, attacking her with his sickle, punching her, kicking her, and scolding her. After scolding her, he even asked her why she was upset.

"My lord, are you really annoyed with me?" Fei felt a pang of sadness, and her eyes reddened even more. "I'm so annoyed that I've turned off my communicator. Why don't you just delete and block me all at once? That way, I won't be able to bother you anymore."

Zhuang Nian couldn't help but sigh again, as if he had sighed out almost all the frustrations of his life.

"I don't like being interfered with," Zhuang Nian and Fei said succinctly. "If you continue to send a message every ten minutes and video chat every half hour like before, making unreasonable demands and nagging endlessly, then I will reconsider whether we should continue living together."

Fei was stunned. When she looked up at her powerful lord, she could no longer hold back her tears, which fell in a single plop.

He thought the male insect would explain and comfort him, but he never expected him to say that.

Fei sniffled and asked, "My lord, what do you mean? You...you don't want me anymore?"

Zhuang Nian reached out and wiped away the tears on the female general's face. Without saying anything, he simply ran his fingers over Fei Wei's cool, damp skin, cupped his chin, and after meeting his wet, vertical pupils for a moment, lowered his head and kissed him.

Unlike previous times when Fei took the initiative, the male insect's long tongue went straight in, prying open Fei's teeth and stirring up saliva. Before Fei could even respond, the earnest and lingering kiss was over.

Zhuang Nian wiped the dazed-looking man's face with a wet wipe, then tidied his slightly disheveled hair, and carefully smoothed his clothes from his collar and shoulders to his belt, before saying:

"You're a big bug, don't act like a little bug and be so immature. I respect you, and I hope you can reciprocate with the same respect. I know you care about me, but relationships don't happen overnight, they take time."

"Besides, negative emotions won't solve the problem. When you come back, we can try a different way of getting along and communicate more. Until then, I hope you can maintain a peaceful mindset and focus on the important things."

This was probably one of the few times Zhuang Nian showed patience, and thankfully, Fei listened.

Zhuang Nian saw Fei to the door, and Fei, head bowed, asked softly, "My lord, may I hug you before we part?"

Zhuang Nian reached out and pulled the cautious female soldier into his arms, patted her gently, and rubbed Fei's burning earlobe, saying, "You should go now."

Fei nodded, stretched out his foot and then stretched it back in: "My lord, the pastries weren't taken."

"Didn't you say you weren't going to eat?"

"Food..."

Zhuang Nian turned back to get the pastries, and Fei, holding the bag, asked, "Isn't the master going to leave some?"

Zhuang Nian shook his head and saw him out: "It was originally bought for you."

Male insects are aloof and indifferent, preferring to shoulder burdens alone.

He didn't tell the female soldier about the harassment, nor did he mention...

The dinner party was fake.

The laughter and joking were fake.

Giving gifts to colleagues was a lie.

The only real one...

This pastry was really bought for him.

-

Fei was indeed devoted to his powerful lord, but fortunately he wasn't completely foolish.

After that, he no longer interfered with his master's work and normal social interactions, nor did he dare to contact Zhuang Nian again. Although he missed him very much and could not help but want to know about the male insect's every move, he eventually restrained himself.

Zhuang Nian also backed down, and would communicate with Fei Fa at a fixed time every night. It was mostly the female soldier who did the talking, and Zhuang Nian would listen quietly.

At the end of each session, Fei would ask, "My lord, will you attack again tomorrow?"

Zhuang Nian hummed in agreement and nodded: "Yes."

Afterwards, they said goodnight to each other. When they hung up the video call, Fei would always look at Zhuang Nian on the screen with reluctance. After the male insect went offline first, he would play the video call from that day on a loop until he fell asleep.

That day, Zhuang Nian received another harassing card, which included explicit text and several pornographic photos.

Seeing that the harasser was becoming increasingly audacious, Zhuang Nian was afraid that calling the police would alert Fei Ye and affect his own work, so he chose to wait and see.

A colleague wanted to strike up a conversation with Zhuang Nian, so he placed a maintenance form on Zhuang Nian's desk and said to him, "Mr. Zhuang Nian, the door to the document storage room is broken. Chong from the engineering department will be coming to fix it in a little while. Could you please take him there for me? I really can't leave because of something else."

It is well known that male insects are very capable. Rather than being rejected when you try to win their favor, you might as well ask them to help you with some small tasks. This way, you will still have a chance to make contact.

Zhuang Nian nodded and said, "Okay."

The repairman arrived quickly. After completing the handover procedures and signing the repair form, he smiled and extended his hand to Zhuang Nian: "Mr. Zhuang Nian, I've long admired your name. It's a pleasure to meet you."

Zhuang Nian's gaze lingered on the spot where the insect had signed for a moment, something flashing in his eyes, but his face remained calm as he looked over.

The female soldier in front of me was very young, wearing glasses, behind which were a pair of slightly gloomy red vertical pupils, and a smile that seemed gentle but made people feel a little uncomfortable.

Since Zhuang Nian transmigrated, no female insect has ever taken the initiative to shake hands with him, so he didn't respond. He simply nodded politely and turned to lead the way, saying, "Please follow me."

The female soldier grinned and withdrew her hand.

He looked at the male insect's sleek back and its perfectly proportioned waist and long legs wrapped in military uniform, and swallowed hard with excitement.

This prey is more perfect and beautiful than any of my previous toys.

Meanwhile, far away on another planet, Fei...

He was still counting down the time, completely unaware of what was happening, waiting for his master to send him a message.