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

Four o'clock in the afternoon, at the private club.

Although it was still a long time before dark, the clubhouse was already full of male insects.

The insects on the central arena had already fought several rounds.

The deafening music was mixed with the male insects' cursing and laughter.

Only a few warm yellow ambient lights remained around the hall, while all other lighting was focused on the two female insects on the central arena.

Jiang Xu sat in a private box on the second floor, watching the two insects fighting below. He frowned slightly and turned to Bernd beside him: "You booked this place?"

This question may seem like a question, but he knew without asking that it was Bernd.

"Yeah," Bernd replied matter-of-factly. "How about it? I made a point of noticing today, and Aesop was here too."

After he finished speaking, he turned to look at Fei, who was sitting on the sofa with a cold face, and whispered in Jiang Xu's ear, "Do you want to deflate his arrogance?"

You have no idea how many bad things he said about you after you two left that party.

he........."

Jiang Xu glanced at him, silencing him: "Don't talk nonsense."

He didn't want to listen to the other person's roundabout talk; it made him uncomfortable.

"Send your female insects down and fight Julian, so they'll know how to write the 'Jiang' in the Jiang family name," Bernd chuckled, his eyebrows curving as he suggested to Jiang Xu.

"..." Jiang Xu looked at him calmly, and after a long while, he said, "Why don't you go down and fight him?"

Bernd paused for a moment, took a half step back, looked at him incredulously, and said unhappily, "Me? Hit me? Are you kidding me?"

He'll fight the female insect; it's uncertain who will win in the end.

Jiang Xu chuckled, "You know this is a joke?"

"........." Bernd's words caught in his throat, and after a long pause, he finally said, "Nonsense. I meant well, why don't you appreciate it?"

"You enjoy fighting? If another insect provokes you, you'll definitely retaliate?"

As soon as Jiang Xu finished asking his question, Bernd looked at him with a complicated expression and a hint of contempt in his eyes: "If I were to retaliate against everyone, you would definitely be the first one."

"Speak louder, I didn't hear you." Jiang Xu heard him mutter a long string of words. Although he didn't hear them clearly, it didn't stop him from knowing that the other person didn't say a single nice thing.

"Tch—" Bernd rolled his eyes, then walked over and sat down next to Zoe, propping his head up with his hand on the table, and complained to Zoe, "Look at this, look at this."

Some insects truly don't recognize the good in their hearts.

"?" Zoe opened her mouth, then closed it again, finally unable to hold back and said, "What good intentions could you possibly have?"

It's good enough that they don't add fuel to the fire.

"What are you saying!" Bernd turned his head to look at him: "When did I add fuel to the fire? I was clearly building momentum."

"Is there a difference?" Zoe glanced at him and asked in return.

"The difference is huge." Bernd said, "Think about it, adding fuel will definitely ignite the fires of both sides, but I'm creating momentum just for Jiang Xu, a single insect."

"Momentum is very important, you know?"

"Nonsense." Zoe was speechless. "I heard you've recently started getting involved in your family's business as well."

"Huh?" Jiang Xu, who had been looking downstairs, seemed to have heard something strange and looked at Bernd behind him with slight surprise: "Him? His job?"

That's something only someone who's not fully awake would say.

"..." Bernd's previously arrogant expression instantly crumbled upon hearing his tone: "What kind of tone is that? What, only the two of you can do it, but I can't?"

"No, that's not it." Jiang Xu walked to the center of the room, sat down on the empty chair next to Zoe, and explained seriously, "I just feel like you've lost your mind to do these things."

"..." This statement left Bernd speechless.

The other party did not question his ability, but... questioned his attitude towards doing things.

ah--

It makes me angry just thinking about it.

"Why aren't you saying anything?" Jiang Xu's lips curled slightly. "Can't refute it, huh?"

"Pah—" If Bernd could tolerate this, he wouldn't be himself: "You're the one who's out of his mind."

"Then tell me, why did you suddenly go to work?" He was lazy, arrogant, and looked down on female insects, but now he's doing business with them.

What else could this be but a brain short circuit?

"......." Bernd snorted, annoyed, "I can't let the two of you outdo me, can I?"

The journey of the three insects is already difficult enough.

Besides, he knows that the two insects always leave him out of their business.

Originally, only Zoe was involved in her family's business. Although Jiang Xu and Zoe were close at that time, Jiang Xu would spend a lot of his free time with her.

It can barely maintain a state of equilibrium.

Now, things have gotten even better. Jiang Xu is now managing the Jiang family business as well, and not only that, he has also started his own company.

How will he balance the relationship between the three insects?!

We can't just let them leave us behind!

The thought of this made him very unhappy.

Since they're all doing it, he has to do it too. Otherwise, when they're drinking and having parties, they won't be able to find common ground to talk about, and he'll be even more excluded.

"Good idea." Jiang Xu picked up the teacup on the table and handed it to Fei behind him. After thinking for a moment, he remembered that another female insect had come today, so he picked up another cup and handed it to Fei.

This time, he knew to avoid suspicion.

After all, the insects behind you are susceptible to this.

Seeing the insect behind him obediently accept the two cups of tea, Jiang Xu turned his head and continued to look at Bernd.

Seeing Bernd pouting at him, looking particularly strange, Jiang Xu was amused: "What's wrong?"

Bernd looked at him for a long while, then said with a complicated expression, "It's rare to see you praising me like this."

Jiang Xu smiled, picked up the teapot, and filled the teacup in front of Bernd across from him with water: "Why can't I praise him?"

Doing the right thing deserves praise. Don't believe me? Ask Zoe.

Jiang Xu put down the teapot and pointed to Zoe beside him.

"Yes, indeed." Before Bernd could ask, Zoe spoke up, "It's certainly something to be praised for that you can improve along with us."

After all, Lord Bernd hates female insects so much, yet he's still trying to do business with them.

"That's way better than me and Jiang Xu. Look at the two of us, we don't have your kind of courage."

Bernd could no longer hide his smugness. He proudly picked up the tea that Jiang Xu had poured for him and slowly took a sip: "Not bad."

"My courage is something that ordinary insects don't possess."

His tone was full of pride.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xu exchanged a glance with Zoe beside him, their smiles almost overflowing.

"Yes, yes, yes." Zoe looked at the empty glass he had placed on the table and quickly poured him another one: "You're so amazing, we should all learn from your experience."

If in the future we encounter insects we don't like, we can be like you, perfectly controlling our emotions and even making a deal with them.

That's absolutely something to be praised.

Bernd nodded, looking with satisfaction at the tea Zoe poured, then glanced at the other two insects on the table: "Want to learn?"