Zerg: Cold and aloof Major General, stop pretending to be innocent, I have a headache!

Their arrival attracted the attention of the insects above, and several insects turned their gazes toward them.

Jiang Xu was somewhat surprised to see the insects in front of him clearly.

"Heh." Jiang Mian, who was walking ahead, also noticed the insects: "They're actually cooked insects."

Jiang Bian saw the two male insects approaching and smiled warmly, "I didn't expect you to still be alive."

Jiang Xu and Jiang Mian quickly walked up to the pile of insects.

Jiang Mian raised his hand and smirked, "I never expected to see you here."

The guards nearby glanced at the two insects, bowed, and quickly retreated.

"Little guy, long time no see. How are you?" Jiang Bian smiled, his gaze shifting to Jiang Xu behind Jiang Mian.

"Thank you for your concern, I'm fine." Jiang Xu glanced at him coldly, then shifted his gaze to a female insect on the field.

Fei noticed Jiang Xu's gaze, glanced at Lan beside him, and after Lan nodded, he quickly walked over.

"Master," Fei asked obediently, standing beside Jiang Xu, "Where are the insect cubs?"

Upon hearing the voice of its female parent, the lone warrior peeked out from Jiang Xu's pocket.

Its two paws gripped the edge of the pocket tightly: "Ah!"

Fei looked at the little insect that greeted him in surprise, and reached out to touch its head: "Awake?"

"Ah~ ah~." The little bug was extremely comfortable being petted on the head. With its little eyes closed, it nudged its mother's fingers with its head.

He looked very pleased.

Jiang Bian also noticed the situation, his gaze slowly shifting from the two insects to the baby insects in his pocket.

His eyes clearly showed some surprise: "Little bug's little bug, so fast!"

"What are you doing here?" Jiang Mian took a step to block the other person's gaze and asked calmly.

At this moment, the Insect King, who had been watching the show from above, finally spoke up, interrupting the chatter of the insects: "So, Lord Jiang Mian and Lord Jiang Bian know each other."

Jiang Mian gracefully gave the Insect Emperor a noble salute: "Your Majesty, Insect Emperor, good day."

"You're being too polite with me," the Insect King said, seemingly disapproving of his form of address, and left his seat.

He walked down from above, came to Jiang Mian, gently tapped the scepter in his hand on the ground, and patted Jiang Mian's shoulder with his free hand.

"Not at all," Jiang Mian said politely. "I wonder what brings Your Majesty here today?"

"I heard rumors about you being alive recently, and I didn't quite believe it." The Insect King smiled as he said this, "Well, after confirming it, I finally sought you out."

"We haven't seen each other for so many years, we should catch up, shouldn't we?"

Upon hearing his words, Jiang Bian's eyes darted slightly over the two insects with a hint of surprise: "So the Insect King and Xiao Mian know each other too."

All the insects were surprised to hear Jiang Bian address Jiang Mian.

Only Jiang Xu remained standing calmly in place, as if he had known about the relationship between the two insects all along.

"Does the Lord know this gentleman?" Fei asked, noticing Jiang Xu's calm expression.

Jiang Xu turned to look at his inquisitive face: "Yes, we've met once."

Seeing that the other person still didn't understand, he continued, "That time in Jiaer City."

Upon hearing this, Fei's eyes instantly turned cold: it was him, the worm who kidnapped Jiang Xu.

Seeing that he understood, Jiang Xu turned his head and continued to look at the three insects.

"Xiao Xu, come here." Jiang Mian suddenly turned around and called out to Jiang Xu behind him.

Jiang Xu obediently walked to his side, and Jiang Mian put his arm around his shoulder:

"This is His Majesty the Insect King."

"Your Majesty, good day." Jiang Xu bowed to the Insect Emperor, mimicking Jiang Mian's earlier gesture.

The Insect King smiled and nodded: "The last time I saw you, you were just a little insect cub. You've grown so big in the blink of an eye."

Time really flies.

Despite the seemingly warm expression, Jiang Xu clearly felt the unnaturalness of being watched by the insect.

He was familiar with that kind of gaze; whenever he attended a business cocktail party, there were always a few curious people staring at him.

They wanted to explore something, mixed with curiosity.

"Indeed, so many years have passed in the blink of an eye." Jiang Mian smiled, always appearing as a nice guy to everyone.

Jiang Xu glanced at his face and knew that Jiang Mian and the Insect Emperor were not as familiar as they appeared.

Or rather, the relationship wasn't as good as it seemed on the surface.

"When we mentioned inviting you here today, Lord Jiang Bian was quite surprised. I didn't expect you two to know each other." The Insect King smiled at Jiang Mian, a hint of something unreadable in his eyes:

Why didn't you tell me that back then?

"I just felt there was no need for it, and I never thought I'd see him again." Jiang Mian's smile never reached his eyes.

However, his actions were completely different.

"You're making me sad." Jiang Bian clutched his heart, looking at Jiang Mian with a seemingly aggrieved expression.

"......." If Jiang Mian had known Jiang Bian was here today, he would never have come. He would have just pretended to be sick.

Jiang Xu took in everything, and the thought of being thrown away resurfaced.

This strange feeling is a bit uncomfortable.

A thought flashed through his mind: he seemed to have seen Jiang Bian's information somewhere before.

The vague message gradually became clear.

"........." he said, "So that's how it is."

No wonder.

The three insects in front didn't notice Jiang Xu's expression and were still chatting about random things.

The Insect King seemed to want to say something more, and soon a female insect came out of the hall.

Upon seeing this, Fei and Lan immediately saluted him and shouted in unison, "Marshal Nords!"

Noz glanced at the two female insects, gave a curt reply, and then walked to the insect king's side, saying to the three male insects, "Greetings, gentlemen."

"Marshal Noz, good day." Jiang Mian had a good impression of the female insect, and he secretly glanced at the insect queen out of the corner of his eye.

Unexpectedly, the two of them ended up together.

It really was an accident.

The Insect King keenly sensed Jiang Mian's gaze and then smiled at him.

Then he addressed all the insects, saying, "Now that all the insects are here, let's get down to business."

After he finished speaking, he turned and walked toward the throne, and Noz quickly followed.

The insects, who had been quite relaxed, now seemed to be getting down to business.

Jiang Yi had been in the pocket for a long time, sleeping and eating there.

It's so boring.

While all the insects were focused on the two insects in front of him, he quietly rummaged through his pocket and looked happily at his female father who was very close to him.

It flapped its wings twice and then swooped down steadily.

Fei felt the force on his waist and looked down. He saw that the insect cub had its two claws gripping his belt, its two legs hooking into the pocket of his clothes, and its body was suspended in the air, clinging between the two insects.

He quickly reached out and hugged the baby insect.

He frowned and gave him a serious slap on the butt.

"Ah." Jiang Yi exclaimed softly, looking at Fei with a wronged expression. He didn't understand why he would get a spanking for finding a female father.