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"What?!"

"You said you wanted to borrow a whip??"

When Gapuni opened the door and saw Ashel, he was about to ask him what was wrong when his brother asked to "borrow something" from him.

It wasn't even anything legitimate that they borrowed.

How could he not be angry?

When his own younger brother asked him to borrow a whip, he would immediately kneel on the ground and beg for punishment from the powerful ruler.

Gaponi was upset, and his first reaction was, "No way!"

Ashel's room was decorated in the style he wore before he got married, and he knew there were no tools inside.

Without any suitable tools, the male insect cannot punish Asher.

That was his idea when he let the male insect stay overnight.

But now Ashel has come to him again, which makes Gapini feel extremely disgusted.

He asked suspiciously, "Did the male insect send you to borrow it?"

If that's the case, then the male insect is really not an insect at all!

Even when the female ruler was at home, she didn't forget to humiliate him.

Ashel shook his head. "The lord didn't say."

Gaponi breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the male insects weren't such jerks.

"I won't lend it."

Gaponni emphasized.

Ashel, give up on that idea.

Ashel pursed her lips.

He mustered up a lot of courage to convince himself to ask his brother if he knew of any things male insects liked to use.

But his brother was adamant and refused to lend him the money.

Ashel turned to leave, saying, "Then I'll go buy it outside."

Gaponi's face darkened, and he pulled the insect back.

Are you really stupid or just pretending?

"I left the male insect here today so he wouldn't be able to punish you, and you're still rushing to find tools, as if you're afraid the male insect won't punish you?"

Ashel looked at his brother. "How did you know?"

How do you know the male lead is going to punish him?

"I heard it."

"I wasn't far away at the time."

Gapini noticed that Ashel lowered his head slightly, knowing that he felt embarrassed if his relatives found out about this.

He scoffed, "What's the big deal? Female insects all go through this."

Gapni had also been punished by his lord, and Ashel knew this, otherwise he wouldn't have known that Gapni had a whip.

Ashel pursed his lips.

Gapuni couldn't help but say, "The male insect didn't even mention punishing you at first, so why did you bring it up yourself? You've already gotten the male insect to blame you, how could Cen Li not take advantage of it?"

Gapni didn't say anything even harsher.

In his opinion, wasn't Ashel asking for it?

But the other party was his brother, so Gapuni couldn't bear to be too harsh. If Asherchong had been a little more obedient and had a more charming way of speaking, none of this would have happened.

But one's innate temperament is not so easy to change.

"I just...felt I shouldn't have misunderstood the lord."

"It's clearly my fault, but the lord says he won't blame me, which makes me... really uneasy."

Ashle lowered her eyelashes.

As Gapuni listened to him, his chest heaving with emotion. "You're still too naive!"

"Does saying he won't blame you mean he won't? Does that mean he won't punish you?!"

Ashel countered, "No."

"A powerful ruler wouldn't do that."

The male lord wouldn't stoop to deceiving anyone, and the male insect has no reason to lie.

Gabriel thought Ashel was just being stubborn. "But isn't he still going to punish you now?!"

Ashel silently thought to himself, "This is his own choice..."

No wonder he was a powerful ruler.

When Gapuni saw that Ashel was silent, he realized that his words might have hurt him, and his heart softened for a moment.

Gapini sighed and softened his voice, "Go back now. Without the tools, the male insects probably won't punish you."

"If Cen Li brings it up, you should be sweet-talking and coax the male insect so he won't hold it against him."

Ashel still wouldn't leave.

"What are you still doing here?"

To ease the tension, Gaponi laughed and said, "You're such a big bug now, do you want to sleep with me? Let me make it clear, Gene is sleeping with me tonight. He's been asking me to tell him bedtime stories for the past few days."

Ashel shook his head.

With each opening and closing of his lips, he uttered words that sent a chill down Gaponi's spine.

I'd like to borrow a whip.

"Others are fine too."

Gaponi gritted his teeth, "No!"

Looks like I'll have to go out again.

Ashel left disappointed.

As Gapini watched his retreating figure, his temples throbbed. He called out to him, "Wait!"

"You're not really going to buy it, are you?"

Ashel looked back at him and nodded seriously.

Gaponi really wanted to faint on the spot.

"Just wait!"

Gapuni stormed into the room, then came out like a gust of wind, shoving the things into Ashel's hands.

"Stop bothering me."

I'm so angry.

Gaponi was furious with his brother.

How can there be such a stubborn bug?

The door slammed shut with a "bang".

This shows how unwelcome insects are outside.

Ashel wasn't annoyed; his eyes lit up slightly as he looked at the black whip in his hand.

He could finally go and report back to his powerful lord.

There was a knock on the door.

Then, he was pushed away.

"A mighty ruler..."

Cen Li frowned and looked over, questioning, "Why are you only arriving now?"

He waited a long time.

Why did Ashel take so long to take a shower?

The male ruler sat on the only chair in the room, his gaze fixed precisely on where he was, a hint of impatience showing in his eyes.

"...My lord, I apologize for keeping you waiting."

Ashel consciously moved closer.

He remembered his brother saying that when a male insect is angry, you can sweet-talk it to appease it.

So Ashel knelt at the master's feet, raised the whip above his head, and tentatively said, "You can punish me more severely."

"I'm fine. S-class female insects have excellent recovery abilities."

The female insect's kneeling posture is so perfect that it could be used in a textbook.

Cen Li's gaze moved down from the man's tailbone, down to the beautiful, pert curve, and then he took the leather whip from the man's hand.

"So this is what you were holding just now..."

Ashel felt the weight disappear from his hands, lowered his head and replied, "Yes, my lord, there are no such tools in my room."

Cen Li blinked. "Then where did this come from?"

Ashel didn't even look up, but he knew the master was asking about the whip.

He hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth.

"I got it from...my brother."

Cen Li almost bit his own tongue.

Help!

Gaponi must hate him to death.

Ashel actually went to his brother and got the whip.

His brother probably wanted to drag him out of the room and beat him up.

Of course, Gapuni wouldn't have such a crazy idea if he were a Zerg.

Cen Li sighed, "Did I say I was going to punish you like this?"

Well, this does indeed cause some misunderstanding among insects.

It's no wonder Ashleigh would do that.

Ashel looked confused. "How do you intend to punish me?"

"I will do my best to meet your requirements, as long as it is within my power."

Cen Li used his whip to hook the female insect's mandibles, intentionally reminding her, "Don't speak too confidently."

"I can."

Ashel softened his voice, but it remained resolute.

He wanted to prove himself.

Ashel couldn't wait to return to the days when he spent time with the chubby little one.

The ordinariness made him feel somewhat happy.

Yes, it is happiness.

"it is good."

Cen Li remained noncommittal in response to Ashel's reply.

The female insect looked completely innocent and naive, utterly unaware of what she was about to experience.

"Then I'm going to start 'punishing' you."

Cen Li emphasized these two words.

Ashel nodded solemnly.

Although he was somewhat uneasy...

The powerful ruler hasn't even said how he's going to punish him yet.

Cen Li's gaze swept over him.

Ashel tensed up; the anxious wait was agonizing.

"A mighty ruler..."