The powerful leader was tough on the outside but soft on the inside; the aloof major general fell fo

He and Miha have already fallen out, at least that's how Cen Li sees it.

Last time, he wanted to see the miserable state of Mihaw with his own eyes, but this time Cen Li felt it was unnecessary.

"Oh well."

Seeing that Cen Li had made up his mind, Derek did not intend to force him to go.

The call was disconnected. As soon as Cen Li turned around, he saw a head peeking out of the door of the private room.

It's Chloe.

When their eyes met, Cen Li hesitated for a moment before finally walking towards him.

"Cen Li?"

The male insect that walked up to him had its eyebrows slightly furrowed, looking somewhat conflicted, as if it had something to say to him.

Cen Li unconsciously stopped in his tracks.

"Do you want to swap female servants with them?"

"What?"

Cen Li frowned and looked over, still not understanding.

Seeing the confusion in his eyes, as if he didn't understand anything, Chloe finished speaking in one breath.

"Wirt wants to exchange female servants with you. He's in the box right now, and he might do something to Major General Ash."

"If you don't want to..."

Before Chloe could finish speaking, Cen Li's face turned cold. He didn't listen to Chloe's remaining words and walked straight into the private room.

Ash was indeed surrounded by a group of male insects.

A red-haired male insect even tried to touch Ash's hair.

Ashl stepped back slightly, but the male insect's face quickly darkened, and he couldn't hear what it was saying.

Judging from Ashel's expression, it probably wasn't something nice.

"Major General, are you looking down on me?"

"She's just a common female insect. It's an honor for me to take a liking to her."

"I'm warning you, don't push your luck!"

"If your lord agrees to switch places with me, I won't treat you so gently."

The closer you get, the clearer the male insect's mocking voice becomes, each sound reaching your ears.

Cen Li's expression grew even colder.

Ash's eyes gleamed almost imperceptibly as he looked past Witt and saw the figure of the lord.

Seeing that the female soldier was looking elsewhere, ignoring him, Witt narrowed his eyes. "No insect in Ashir has ever dared to ignore me like this."

He was about to have an attack.

Witt tried to reach out and grab the female insect's beautiful, soft hair, but a hand grabbed his wrist faster, rendering him immobile.

Then, a sharp pain shot through my wrist.

"hiss--"

Witt winced and clutched his wrist. Looking back, he saw the silver-haired, blue-eyed male insect. He cried out, "Cen Li, what are you doing?!"

Cen Li shook off his hand, ignoring the cold sweat dripping down Victor's forehead, and gave him a disgusted look.

"Don't touch my bugs."

Witt's face stiffened. Ignoring his still-aching hand, he gritted his teeth and said, "Don't be so stingy."

The other party was the Duke's insect offspring. Although Witt was dissatisfied with his behavior, he dared not show it easily.

He gave a forced smile.

"I didn't just stumble upon it for nothing."

"I originally planned to exchange females with you. If there's any female insect here that you fancy, just tell me, and we'll consider it an equal exchange."

Equivalent exchange?

Cen Li quickly glanced at Asher, and after finding no injuries, he turned his attention to the insect who was speaking and gave it a cold look.

"I won't trade."

Witt waited and waited, only to receive these few cold, impersonal words.

His face darkened. "Why? Are you dissatisfied with the conditions I proposed?"

He gritted his teeth, as if making a huge concession, "How about this, I can let you choose one more, and I'll trade two female insects for one Ashir, how about that?"

Cen Li remained unmoved, so he raised the stakes again, "Three, four..."

Witt was genuinely interested in Ashley.

With Ash's powerful ruler right before him, he didn't want to miss this opportunity.

Therefore, Victor was willing to offer more bargaining chips in exchange for Cen Li, but Cen Li still didn't make a move. Finally, unable to contain himself any longer, Victor said, "Don't go too far!"

"I'm willing to trade several female insects for you, you're already getting a huge bargain. Don't push your luck, this is far beyond Ashel's original value."

The insects in the private room didn't expect that Witt would be so serious this time, willing to give up several female insects just to exchange for Ashel's female insect.

The gazes that fell upon Ashel were filled with envy and jealousy.

Some of the female insects turned deathly pale.

They were the female insects brought by Werther, all of them his female servants or female slaves.

Having their control over their bodies so easily promised, their hearts have gone from initial sorrow to utter numbness.

I just hope that the methods used to exchange male insects with Witt this time won't be too brutal, and that they can suffer less.

Ash's unease deepened as he heard the temptations offered by Witt becoming increasingly irresistible to the insect.

He couldn't guarantee that under such immense temptation, the powerful ruler would remain true to his principles as he had the first time.

He didn't want to be sold and resold like merchandise.

Ash curled his fingers, but there was nothing he could do. Everything depended on the master; if the master wanted to "sell" him, Ash couldn't even resist.

But his eyes lit up the next second.

Ashel heard the male ruler's voice of refusal.

"No matter how many female insects you offer, I will not trade with you."

Why?

Witt exclaimed in surprise.

He was certain that there weren't many male insects in the empire who could refuse him without batting an eye despite all the offers he had.

"I also exchanged female servants with your brother, Miha, and he was very satisfied with the female insects I gave him."

"If you switch places with me, you definitely won't be disappointed."

Upon hearing the familiar name, Cen Li frowned, unwilling to elaborate. "Why so many 'whys'? Not every insect wants to trade with you."

Witt's face was extremely grim.

Another male insect that had no reason to refuse him.

Chloe is one, and now Cen Li is another.

Inside the private room, both female and male insects were watching the spectacle.

Their gazes fell on Ashel with complex emotions, marveling at his good fortune, never expecting that this female soldier would escape unscathed.

When Chloe re-entered the box, she saw a stern-faced, tall male insect pulling Ash's hand as they left, turning back to warn the embarrassed Witt.

"Don't let me see you harassing my female servants again."

Ashel was being held by the lord's hand, so all that could be seen was his sharply defined profile.

The male ruler seems to be angry.

He didn't know if the anger was directed at Witt or at him.

Because he almost let Witt run into him.

Ashel remembered that the lord had said he didn't like others touching his things.

Ashel was ostensibly his female servant, and thus could be considered part of Cen Li's property.

"Rest assured, my lord, I did not allow Witt to touch me."

Ashel looked at the back of the lord's head and couldn't help but say something.

Cen Li released Ash's hand, glanced back at him lightly, and hummed in response.

He didn't know what had gotten into him. When he saw the insects touching Ash, a fire suddenly rose in his heart. When he heard Witt say he would exchange with him, the fire burned even brighter.

Cen Li didn't know what he was angry about.

If I were to switch places with Witt and let Ashel be at the other's mercy, I might actually gain a lot of humiliation points.

But he didn't seem willing to see Ashel get injured again.

Female insects seem to be easily injured, sometimes not by their own doing, but indirectly caused by their own actions.