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

Jiang Mian's gaze shifted from him to the frozen female insect on the sofa.

"..." Jiang Ping slowly turned to Jiang Mian with a stiff body and a peaceful smile on his face: "That's right. When we arrived at the original location, all the insects there had already retreated."

There must be some insects eyeing this shipment. They immediately returned it to Gada town.

"Really?" Jiang Mian looked at him and asked lazily.

"Yes. That's how it is." Jiang Ping nodded sincerely, and fearing that Jiang Mian wouldn't believe him, he added:

"Otherwise, how could our trip have been extended by a few days without those bastards in the military complaining?"

He had intended to use the attitude of the two insects in the military to support his point, but Jiang Xu gave him an indescribable look.

Jiang Mian watched the interaction between the two insects, but did not intend to interrupt.

When he heard the other person mention Gada Town, he roughly guessed what was going on.

The atmosphere in the room was a little awkward. Qiao looked at her own insect cub, then at Jiang Mian, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke to break the deadlock.

He shifted the topic back to the ferret: "Father, do you recognize the ferret on your leg?"

Jiang Mian glanced at Qiao; he was quite satisfied with this son-in-law.

Over the years, he has known that from Zoran to Jiang Xu, this family of insects would have fallen apart long ago if they didn't have a strong heart.

He glanced at the other person's already protruding belly, and even though he knew the other person was changing the subject, he had no choice but to go along with it.

"Yeah, old buddy." Jiang Mian patted the snow weasel's head, and the other remained obediently sitting on his lap without resisting. "If you think about it, it was when I was a teenager."

At that time, he was still living in the Jiang family's old house in the south when the snow weasel suddenly appeared in front of him one day.

The little guy was lucky, really. The snow weasel was so thin at the time that all that was left was its collarbone. It was because of him that the Jiang family adopted the snow weasel.

Thinking of this, his eyes unconsciously darkened, and he looked at the snow weasel on his lap with a hint of doubt: "Aren't you living a little too long?"

"Or I could donate you to a research lab for study; who knows, the Zerg's lifespan might be extended several times over."

After all, according to the knowledge Jiang Mian had, this ferret should have died of old age a few years after he left the Jiang family.

"Squeak." The weasel looked at him quietly and responded with a soft sound.

Although it couldn't speak, everyone could clearly see that the ferret was unhappy.

"This ferret looks quite cute." Qiao glanced at the incredibly long-lived ferret, then turned to Jiang Xu, asking in confusion, "How did it come back with you?"

"Delicious." Jiang Xu uttered two words, giving his reason.

"Grandfather." Jiang Yi finally understood what the insects were discussing, and slowly flew to Qiao's lap to sit down, adding boastfully, "Mine."

"Yours, yours." Although Joe didn't understand what the little bug meant, he still affectionately patted his head in response.

"Mmm, mmm. Mine, the bug." Jiang Yi waved his little paws, pointing to the snow weasel on Jiang Mian's leg.

"?" Joe looked in the direction he was pointing and saw the snow weasel. He said in surprise, "Is that snow weasel yours?"

"Mmm." Jiang Yi nodded several times. "Mine."

He looked up at the snow weasel opposite him, waving his hands and grabbing at it with his fingers, shouting, "Insect, insect."

The snow weasel, which had been sitting obediently on Jiang Mian's lap, hesitated for a moment after seeing his actions, and finally rolled off his lap and jumped onto Qiao's lap.

It circled around Jiang Yi, its eyes fixed on his legs, and after a moment, found a satisfactory spot to sit down.

"Ah~" Jiang Yi squinted his crescent-shaped eyes, pounced on the snow weasel, scratched its snow-white and soft fur with his little paws, and then smiled with satisfaction.

Jiang Mian watched this scene in astonishment. He knew the temperament of that snow weasel. It was already a miracle that he had found it and brought it back to the Jiang family. But its interaction with Xiao Jiang Yi at this moment was beyond his imagination.

He stared at this incredible scene, then turned to look at Jiang Xu: "What's this?"

Jiang Xu shrugged and found a sofa to sit down: "They were indeed the first to meet."

Jiang Mian glanced at the two little ones again, then looked away and gestured with his chin toward Jiang Xu, who had just sat down, giving him a look.

"..." Jiang Xu, who had just sat down, stood up again and walked a few steps to sit down next to Jiang Mian: "What is it?"

"..." Jiang Mian laughed angrily: "When you came back, shouldn't you have reported your trip to me?"

The old man and the young boy chatted away, oblivious to everyone else around them.

However, some things ultimately need to be discussed privately, so Jiang Mian said to Zoran beside him, "Xiao Xu and I are going to the study to chat for a while. You keep an eye on them."

His words implied that he subconsciously regarded all the insects present as baby insects.

During this time, Jiang Mian was with Zolan almost all the time, but the years of separation still leave him with separation anxiety.

Seeing his expression, Jiang Mian reached out and patted his hand: "I'll be back soon."

"Okay." Zoran replied after a moment of silence.

Jiang Xu glanced at the two insects, then followed Jiang Mian to the study.

When the soft click of the study door reached Jiang Xu's ears, he completely lost any semblance of respect for his elders.

He casually found a sofa to sit on, leaning back against it: "Did you already know that the butterfly jade in your hand was related to the Jiang family in the south?"

Jiang Mian walked over to him and kicked his leg, which was on the ground: "Sit over there."

"..." Jiang Xu pursed his lips, looking at him speechlessly, but still moved his body to the side to make room for one person.

Jiang Mian plopped down unceremoniously, then rested his hand on the armrest of the sofa and asked, "Have you been to the Jiang family's house?"

"Hmm." Jiang Xu no longer hid anything and continued, "I also went to the Jiang family's study and checked the Jiang family's records."

"What did you find out?"

"There's nothing there." Jiang Xu sighed, then his eyes darkened. "But that thing must have been lost by the Jiang family."

He turned to Jiang Mian and continued, "Didn't the old masters of the Jiang family ever tell you about the origin of this thing?"

Jiang Mian rolled his eyes at him, knowing that he was asking about the Jiang family in the human world, and recalled, "Human lifespan is different from that of the insect race. When I was born, my grandparents had already passed away."

Tracing back through the Jiang family he belonged to, he should belong to the youngest branch. He had long since lost contact with relatives in other branches of the Jiang family. As for the people below him— He glanced at Jiang Xu, who was right in front of him.

"As far back as I can remember, I've only ever heard my family say that this thing is very important and shouldn't be sold."

He recalled the things his father had said to him when he was a child.

This is more than just an heirloom; according to his father, it can be considered a protective talisman for the Jiang family's fortune.

Jiang Xu frowned, thinking of the half-page record book in the Jiang family of the south that contained information about the Butterfly Jade, and said, "Is the thing here? Let me see it."