“Lord.” As he approached, Mo Yan called out again.
“Mm.” Qi Yu responded with reserved dignity, pulling Mo Yan to sit down. The two zergs sat closely, appearing quite intimate. After sitting down, Qi Yu introduced Mo Yan: “This is Mr. Lu Qing from the Male Zerg Protection Association, who specifically came for our registration.”
After speaking, Qi Yu looked towards Lu Qing and introduced him, “Mr. Lu Qing, this is my queen, Mr. Mo Yan.”
Under Mo Yan’s scrutinizing gaze, Lu Qing’s smile barely held, “Who doesn’t know of General Mo Yan’s fame? Lu Qing has admired you for a long time. It seems the relationship between you two indeed doesn’t need our concern.”
Even though Mo Yan’s imposing aura was much subdued now, Lu Qing could still feel it, especially when those golden eyes looked at him. That feeling was even stronger than the presence of any Male Zerg Protection Association president he had met, making him feel as if he was being seen through.
When speaking and acting in front of Mo Yan, he became unconsciously more cautious, even somewhat apprehensive.
Qi Yu, sitting beside Mo Yan, watched Lu Qing get scared by Mo Yan’s return, and subtly curled his lips. He felt somewhat indignant; in front of him, Lu Qing spoke freely, but in front of Mo Yan, he was more docile than a quail. Why was there such a big difference?
Never mind, he’d leave it to Mo Yan. Now that Mo Yan was back, he had matters to resolve. He should focus on how to solve that issue…
“You are indeed worrying too much.”
Seeing that his lord had no intention of speaking, Mo Yan didn’t leave any dignity for Lu Qing, his deep voice resonating as he spoke, “With this time, you might as well do something else. The affairs between me and the lord don’t require the intervention of your Male Zerg Protection Association.”
Lu Qing: “…”
Lu Qing hadn’t expected that, although the male zerg wasn’t exactly polite to him, he hadn’t spoken like this. But General Mo Yan, upon his return, directly confronted him. He should remember that at this moment, he represents the Male Zerg Protection Association.
Is this really the female zerg model? Must be fake, right?
He looked towards the male zerg, firmly believing: No male zerg could tolerate such a female zerg. A female zerg like General Mo Yan must also be disliked by the male zerg.
Lu Qing’s gaze shifted to the male zerg, only to see him sitting upright, with an expressionless face, and his cold, grey-white eyes twinkling, blinking as if pondering some great zerg life matter.
Mo Yan, noticing Lu Qing’s gaze, also looked at Qi Yu, observing his contemplative appearance.
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Qi Yu, speaking before thinking, blurted out: “Thinking about how to sleep tonight.”
“…”
The air suddenly turned quiet.
After saying this, Qi Yu came back to his senses, realizing what he had just blurted out, and felt quite embarrassed.
Mo Yan had come, and he thought since it was their affair, and Mo Yan had a deterring effect on this female zerg, he might as well leave it to Mo Yan to handle. Then, he started pondering another matter.
Mo Yan’s star registration is with the main star, so he shouldn’t have a residence in this place. Qi Yu had thought that Mo Yan would come directly to him for the registration tomorrow, so he didn’t think much about it during the day. But now that Mo Yan has come, as husbands who have already matched, it would be inappropriate to let a zerg go out and stay elsewhere.
But staying at home…
Would the awkward one be him?
But it seems not to matter much either. He belongs to the type who can stay in a room all day long, so even if Mo Yan stays here for the remaining few days, it doesn’t seem to matter much—they hardly see each other anyway.
It’s just… the notion of a stranger zerg entering his territory makes him somewhat uncomfortable.
Qi Yu is very averse to cohabiting with another zerg, as it implies a series of troubles, and he hates troubles.
But now, it seems the source of this trouble can’t leave…
This inevitably made him feel a bit annoyed.
Just as he thought this, he heard Mo Yan’s question about what he was thinking, and without passing through his brain, he blurted out, ‘Thinking about how to sleep tonight.’
At this moment, the atmosphere was somewhat awkward. Nobody expected the seemingly cold male zerg to blurt out something like this… For a moment, the air in the living room seemed to have solidified.
It was Mo Yan who broke the silence, “Mr. Lu Qing.”
The female zerg blinked, his long eyelashes trembling twice, his gaze moving frantically away from Qi Yu to rest on Lu Qing. Then, his lips slightly curled up, and his demeanor regained its composure.
“May I ask if Mr. Lu Qing has any other matters? My lord needs to rest.” With this statement, he assumed the posture of the host, the intention to send the guest away was very clear.
“No more matters.”
Hearing Qi Yu’s words, Lu Qing also showed a bit of embarrassment on his face as he stood up, “It’s getting late, Lu Qing will take his leave now. The intention of the Male Zerg Protection Association is to hope that both sirs will consider registering sooner.”
“Certainly.”
After Lu Qing left, the atmosphere in the living room became even more silent than before. The two zergs sat side by side, but the air between them grew increasingly stiff as time passed.
Hesitating between a metaphorical life and death, Qi Yu felt he could still salvage the situation, “General.”
He began to speak, his voice carrying a few obvious notes of embarrassment, “Just now, that sentence… I meant nothing else by it, just the literal meaning.”
“Um.”
Mo Yan would not misunderstand that the male zerg was interested in him, as the attitude of the male zerg towards him had been quite clear during this period, with almost no communication even on the terminal, and there was nothing that could have led him to misunderstand, “I know, Your Excellency.”
Qi Yu breathed a sigh of relief, thankfully, the creditor did not misunderstand, as he temporarily could not afford to pay in star coins, and could not really afford to offend the creditor.
It was his first time being in debt and temporarily unable to pay it off, feeling uncomfortable and at the same time feeling inferior to others. Precisely because of this, his attitude had also become somewhat more subdued.
“Stay at my place tonight, I have a spare room upstairs.” His voice was a bit softer than before, after saying this, Qi Yu paused for a moment, his face still expressionless, but his eyes flashed an unnatural glint, “Of course, if you need anything, you will have to buy it yourself.”
Qi Yu had visited the room next door once. Apart from a bed, there was nothing in that room. Without any star coins, he naturally would not add anything to it, leaving it as it was. Now… with a thousand star coins on him, he seemed quite well-off, but after spending some that day, he was left with about five hundred, enough for registration, but not for buying other things.
Mo Yan fell silent for a moment, this was also the first time he realized that staying in a guest room required one to buy their own things, but thinking about how poor his male zerg was, he understood, “Thank you, Your Excellency.”
In the midst of his embarrassment, Qi Yu’s ears turned a faint red, he struggled to control his emotions, keeping a straight face, “No need.”
Mo Yan turned his head and saw the male zerg’s red ear tips, the red hiding within the wine-red strands of hair, barely noticeable unless looked at closely. His gaze fell on the male zerg’s face, very pale as if rarely exposed to sunlight, and at that moment, under his gaze, the male zerg seemed quite nervous, his long eyelashes trembling, revealing the inner turmoil of the zerg.
It seems not to be this zerg.
Mo Yan suddenly had this thought, it came abruptly but genuinely appeared in his mind. He slightly lowered his gaze, recalling the hologram of the male zerg fighting he had seen yesterday in the trading star.
The hologram was captured by a zerg and delivered to him by Xue Siu. The footage showed the male zerg’s movements were sharp and decisive, his combat ability not inferior to any female zerg. Later, when he probed this male zerg, though they had not fought, he knew this… There was something about the male zerg that made him wary and even felt dangerous.
Upon knowing such a zerg was a male, his first thought was of his own male lord. Later, Xue Siu, through his technical means, dismissed this idea, but hearing that his male lord appeared on the Black Obsidian star and the trading star, Mo Yan couldn’t guess what exactly the situation was. However, now, looking at the male lord in front of him… that younger male lord who treated him gently, nearly a hundred years his junior, soft and shy, he couldn’t help but wonder, how does such a tender and easily embarrassed zerg survive in a place like Black Obsidian star?
He found it hard to imagine, this fragile little zerg, struggling alone for his livelihood in a place like Black Obsidian star.
Just thinking about it, he felt a deep sense of guilt.
His status among female zergs was also considered noble. If his male lord… even if only nominally his male lord, had to struggle alone for his livelihood on such a harsh planet, he found it somewhat hard to accept.
Mo Yan lowered his gaze, concealing the thoughts in his eyes.
[T/n: Chapter 19 has been fixed. Yes, it was missing half of the chapter 😅. Thank you for letting me know. ♡]
Yay! Thanks for the chapter and I’m glad I wasn’t going crazy. 😄
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Thanks for the chapter 🙂