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

Seeing the complicated expressions on Jiang Xu and Zoe's faces, he became furious: "What do you mean?"

"Never mind," Zoe said, not wanting to continue talking to him. She continued, "Uncle Qiao told me that you not only encountered war in the north this time, but you were also kidnapped?"

"? Hmm, kidnapping?" Bernd's expression changed instantly, and he turned to look at Jiang Xu: "Who was kidnapped? You?"

"You didn't know?" Zoe looked at him, speechless. "Who told me he has connections? Who?"

Bernd was speechless for a moment, then made up an excuse to brush it off: "This has nothing to do with military matters, how could I possibly know?"

Zoe rolled her eyes, then turned to look at Jiang Xu, who was giving her a look that signaled for an answer.

Jiang Xu propped his head up, feeling utterly overwhelmed.

After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Well, they didn't intend to do anything to me; they just wanted to come over and chat."

"Why am I chatting with you?" Zoe thought there was something wrong with this kidnapper's brain: "A familiar buddy?"

Jiang Xu did not answer, but that was tantamount to acquiescence.

Zoe knew almost everything about Jiang Xu, including who his friends were and who he associated with. She understood many things very quickly.

"What are you two exchanging glances for? Can't you just speak clearly?" Bernd was speechless. How could they know what the other was saying just by looking at each other?

Shouldn't he be the one with the best understanding?

Zoe gave him a wink and said to Jiang Xu, "It's good that everything is alright."

You have no idea how fast my heart almost stopped when I first heard that. You've never really left home before, and now you're going so far away.

"Wait, something's not right." Bernd's mind finally caught on: "You run your own business? What kind of business?"

How come I didn't know?

"......." Jiang Xu glanced at Zoe speechlessly, and the latter suddenly realized what he meant and slapped her mouth.

His expression was one of helplessness; it was all over with a single slap.

"You two..." Bernd stood up, glaring at the two insects with hatred: "Don't try to play games with me."

Seeing that he couldn't escape the situation, Jiang Xu had no choice but to reply, "Yes. It's only been a short time."

"Where? Where? Take me to see it." Bernd was very curious about what kind of business Jiang Xu could be involved in.

"No time," Jiang Xu coldly uttered.

Bernd's face darkened. "What do you mean? You're taking him but not me?"

He pointed angrily at Zoe next to him.

"..." Jiang Xu felt he was like a child who hadn't gotten candy—difficult to deal with! He turned to Zoe: "Are you taking him?"

"No," Zoe replied, propping herself up on her elbows on the sofa and shifting back to sit more steadily.

Just as Bernd was about to explode in anger, Jiang Xu suddenly said, "It's still under renovation, are you going to go and eat dust?"

Bernd frowned, trying to ascertain the truth of the statement, and replied somewhat reluctantly, "Then call me when you open, and I'll find you customers."

"You?" Jiang Xu looked him up and down. Although he had only known him for a short time, he had a pretty good grasp of the other man's personality.

"What's wrong with me? If I can't find someone like Zoe, he has so many clients. If that doesn't work, the Jiang family has such a large business, they're not afraid of not having clients," Bernd muttered in dissatisfaction.

"Forget it, I want to try it myself." Seeing that he still wanted to say something, Jiang Xu said directly, "The clients you found are not suitable for me."

His target customers are those who connect with the lower and middle-level insect swarms, not these out-of-touch male insects and nobles.

Seeing his resolute attitude, Bernd softened his tone: "Alright. Remember to call me when you open, or we're not brothers."

"Mm," Jiang Xu replied.

We'll deal with the future later; as long as the other person doesn't bother him or cause trouble right now, that's fine.

"Are you free tonight?" Now that the important matters were settled, Zoe asked him, "Now that we can talk about other things."

"?" Jiang Xu looked at him suspiciously. "Is something wrong?"

"Hmm, there's a party tonight, are you going?"

"Oh right, there's a party tonight. I'd completely forgotten about it if you hadn't mentioned it," Bernd said, seizing the opportunity. "Jiang Xu definitely has to go; he's the host."

Jiang Xu remained silent. Had this been another trap set for him?

"No, you forgot?" Bernd looked at him incredulously. "You made a promise with all the insects before you got married. Don't tell me you really forgot?"

"I've been too busy lately," Jiang Xu said apologetically, rubbing his head. "It's inevitable to forget one or two things. Your reminder helped me remember, didn't it?"

As he spoke, he noticed Bernd looking at him with an ambiguous expression.

Bernd chuckled as he noticed the look in Bernd's eyes: "Remember to have Major General Fei dress a bit revealing tonight."

"......" Jiang Xu sometimes wanted to strangle the original owner of this body, what kind of nonsense did she agree to?

He suddenly had a change of heart: "That might not work. My great-grandfather gave me a death order. I have to treat him like royalty."

"No?" Bernd was speechless. "Did he save the universe in his past life? Why is your great-grandfather protecting him like this?"

"It's similar to this." Jiang Xu said sincerely. He saved his grandfather's entire world, so how could it not be considered saving the universe?

Bernd looked at him skeptically: "Are you serious?"

"Yeah, it's more real than real gold," Jiang Xu replied, his expression clearly showing he was in a real predicament.

"What should we do then? We agreed that you would let us walk that female insect a month from now." Bernd was a little embarrassed.

"......." Is this something an insect could say? Jiang Xu was ashamed. He turned to look at Zoe; he didn't believe the original owner of this body would do such a thing.

Zoe shrugged: "I told you drinking would lead to trouble, but you didn't believe me."

He remembered that Jiang Xu was in a particularly bad mood that night, and he threw a huge tantrum. He was forced to drink a lot of alcohol, and by the time he noticed, he had no idea how many bets Jiang Xu had made with other insects.

"Drinking leads to trouble," Jiang Xu sighed, then turned to Bernd: "You forced me to drink?"

"..." Bernd was stunned: "No, how come the blame is being placed on me? Shouldn't it be you crying and making a scene about not marrying that female insect that made me risk my life to stay with you?"

"Fine, Jiang Xu can only accept what happened before: 'So what do we do now?'"

"Uh." This matter stumped Bernd as well. He was only thinking about how to see Fei's body under his clothes at the time, who would have thought there would be a follow-up.

"Just say I'm sick and can't go." Jiang Xu tapped the sofa armrest lightly. "I just had a fright in the north, I need to rest properly, right?"

"Your lame excuse will only solve the immediate problem." Bernd rolled his eyes speechlessly. "They'll still be demanding you make up for it later."

"Don't look at me, I can't help you." Zoe, seeing the look Jiang Xu gave her, refused to help and said directly to Jiang Xu, "You deserve to be taught a lesson."

Jiang Xu silently mourned for himself, realizing that he had encountered all sorts of bad luck.

Another problem that I can't shake off.

How is he supposed to explain this to Fei?

Headache!