Home of the Zerg

by Usui Takumii

not mine, exiledrebelsscanlations. Beware Bl.

3. 11 to 25

Although Xi Ran was not good at expressing himself and there were many misunderstandings in their dialogue, Xi Ran's personality could be easily interpreted from his various behaviors. After getting along with Xi Ran in such an identity and form for a short day, Huan Xiu felt that the other was still a person worthy of paying attention to for the in-depth understanding of the relationship.

Huan Xiu was casually watching the Internet news, and Xi Ran was idling around. So Huan Xiu casually mentioned what Xi Ran usually did to kill time. Xi Ran thought about it and told him that he was usually training and had little leisure time. Since he was injured, he often went out to relax. According to him, it was to go jogging in the park or by the river, or sit in a daze.

"Oh," Huan Xiu said, "So when we met for the first time, you happened to be there to relax."

"It's very close to my previous rental, and I've been around a lot. That day, I was running as usual, and then I saw you from afar…"

Huan Xiu paused for a moment and asked, "Are you curious how I fell into the river?"

Xi Ran hesitated and replied, "A little bit." Then he immediately added, "But if master doesn't want to say, and I won't ask."

As if expecting him to say this, Huan Xiu gave a smile, "If there is a suitable opportunity in the future, I will tell you all about it." What he said included the suicide of the original, and even the fact that he was a soul from Earth. Although Xi Ran seemed to be very obedient to him, it was precisely because of this sense of distance between them that Hu Xu was not sure that he could share such shocking things with others.

"Okay." Xi Ran nodded without complaint.

"There's no open place for jogging around here," Huan Xiu said quietly. "By the way, I'd like to recommend some books for you. Although paper books are not popular now, it's fun to read them occasionally."

Huan Xiu took out some books he had read before from the bedside table and asked Xi Ran to select from them. He saw that Xi Ran took them with fear. If he didn't want to read them, he wouldn't force him.

"It's meant to kill time. I'm just recommending it to you."

Xi Ran thought that the books that Huan Xiu was engaged in with such a profession must be obscure and difficult to understand. He was hoping that he could barely understand it with his own slightly shallow reading capacity. However, after a close look, he found that these were just ordinary narrative novels. He was a little surprised that Huan Xiu could also read such easy to understand things.

Seeing that Xi Ran's expression changed from nervous to relaxed, Huan Xiu couldn't help laughing, "Do you think that all the people who engage in scientific research are antiques?"

"No!" Xi Ran suddenly raised his head and saw the expression on Huan Xiu's face. He felt helpless and said, "…Master, please don't make fun of me. "

As a result, the atmosphere in the room was much more relaxed. The two quietly looked at each other in bed, but unexpectedly the atmosphere was very harmonious. Later, Huan Xiu was a little sleepy, but Xi Ran was fascinated by the suspense novel he chose. This female Zerg, who had always been known for his keen observation, didn't notice that he was looking at him.

"Don't you sleep?" Huan Xiu reached out and swayed his hand in front of him.

"Sorry, I'm going to sleep now…" Xi Ran's body was stiff. It was an instinctive reaction. He felt a little ashamed that he didn't notice Huan Xiu next to him when he read the novel. It never occurred to him that he had only been there for a day, and he was completely relaxed like this. Was it because Huan Xiu was too generous to him?

"I'll go to bed first, and it'll be okay if you look at it for a while," Huan Xiu approached and put a bookmark on the page Xi Ran had turned to. "Borrow it. Then let's go shopping during the weekend and buy one you like?"

"Thank you, master. This looks good. I can read the same." Xi Ran reached out his hand and touched the bookmark. He didn't really read idle books, let alone paper books, because of his growing environment as a child and later joining the army. He had been out of touch with this for a while, and felt that such things were particularly beautiful.

"Let's go together then."

Huan Xiu turned off the bedside lamp, lay in the quilt and said good night. Although he said that Xi Ran could not care about him and sleep when he wanted to sleep, he was not prepared to do so. Seeing Huan Xiu lying down, he turned off all the lights in a hurry for fear of affecting his rest.

They had a good night's sleep.

The first day of cohabitation seemed to go slowly because of all kinds of wonderful experiences and freshness. But once they got used to it, time went by quickly. In the twinkling of an eye, it was the weekend when Xi Ran made an appointment to go to Huan Ye's school.

"Did father go to the elementary department…"

"No."

"There's a fountain inside. Ah, the University Department should also have…" Huan Ye was a bit tangled. He wanted to introduce some things about school to Huan Xiu, but he was afraid of saying the wrong thing. He didn't want to look bad.

"There is one, but I wonder if the facilities in each department are the same. I'll check it out later."

"Mm-hmm!" Huan Ye's eyes were bright and he nodded.

Xi Ran listened to them quietly with his ears up, his eyes on the front and his focus on driving.

They arrived near the primary department, found a place to stop, Xi Ran walked out to lead the way. Before, he did all kinds of things about Huan Ye's school by himself, and he had just come to handle the withdrawal procedures some time ago. Xi Ran stopped by when he visited the school. There were not many people in the school during the weekend, but he would more or less look at next to Huan Xiu. An adult male Zerg in the primary department was very rare.

Xi Ran was a little uneasy because he was in front of Huan Xiu. He always looked back at him. In order to make him not so embarrassed, he took the initiative to step forward and walk side by side with him.

"Sorry, male Zergs are rare here, so master will attract more attention." Xi Ran was apologetic, though it was not his fault.

"It's not my first day out." Now, when he came to this world, he had seen almost all kinds of strange things.

When he came to the staff room, Huan Xiu knocked on the door and went in. When Xi Ran called, he didn't mention that Huan Xiu was coming, so the teacher was obviously surprised. During the weekend, the young teachers on duty came to do the reception work.

The female, who received Huan Xiu, was a bit unable to lift his spirit. He looked up and was nervous and straightened out, "You, are you…"

"I am his father. I came to apply for re-enrollment."

"Ah, yes, yes. How do I address you?"

"Huan Xiu. AH, his surname has been changed as well, and you need to re-enter the ID card." Huan Xiu patted Huan Ye on the shoulder.

"Okay, please take a seat," the teacher on duty said with a smile. "Can Huan Ye come here again for an entrance test? Although he has studied here before, I still need the necessary programs because he had dropped out."

Huan Xiu patted Xiao Ye on the back and motioned him to 'go.' Huan Ye glanced at Xi Ran and Huan Xiu, took the test paper and pencil and took the initiative to trot to the small room next door.

"Mn, no problem. By the way, I think Xiao Ye might be better off in a different class, right?" Huan Xiu knew that this may be against the rules, but he thought that if he changes classes, it should be a good thing to let Huan Ye stay away from those students who bullied him before and start his campus life again.

"Ah? I'll try my best to arrange this." The teacher on duty gently smiled at Huan Xiu.

"That will trouble you."

"No trouble, no trouble. You see, there's nothing wrong with working the weekend…" The inferior female came out from behind the table and helped Huan Xiu pull out the chair beside him. He was very enthusiastic, and his eyes were glued to him, hoping to have more communication. Of course, he had heard about Huan Xiu, but he was different from the rumor, he was a very handsome and temperamental male Zerg. He was not the eccentric and weird character he guessed. On the contrary, he was willing to send his adopted son to go through with the formalities. He was a very gentle Zerg.

All of a sudden, all kinds of careful thinking filled his mind. Even female Zerg like Xi Ran could be a concubine. If the other party took a fancy to him, he would be a concubine as well.

"Would you like some water? Tea is also available. Ah, if you don't mind, I bought canned coffee in the store this morning, but I haven't opened it yet. If you want to…"

Totally ignoring him, Xi Ran stood aside, indifferent, without any dissatisfaction. On the contrary, he was a little happy. In this way, Xiao Ye's life in school would be more relaxed.

And the inferior female with a smile on his face close to Huan Xiu? Xi Ran takes a quick glance, but still chooses to remain silent.

"What do you want to drink?" Huan Xiu naturally turned his head and asked Xi Ran.

Xi Ran was stunned. Huan Xiu turned to ask him?

Huan Xiu helped Xi Ran pull out a chair and sat down naturally, "Xiao Ye will have to be in there for a while. Let's sit and wait. Do you want water?"

"Good, good." Xi Ran sat down hesitantly. No matter how slow he was, he realized that this was a male Zerg's deliberate display of concern for him in front of the courteous inferior female, which could be said to be a very straightforward refusal. However, Huan Xiu refused to leave any trace and let the other down. This was also a rare stand.

"Two glasses of water will do." Huan Xiu was short.

"OK…" Obviously, the expression of the inferior female was stiff. He went to get two glasses of water and handed them them to them.

Xi Ran felt that the other side's gaze was obviously stabbing, not malicious, but with the unbelievable look of 'why.' He took a breath imperceptibly, then raised his head, and frankly intersected his opponent's line of sight. There was no expression on Xi Ran's face as always, but his expression was calm.

"…" The Zerg took the initiative to move away and said with a smile, "I'm going to see how Huan Ye is doing." He went to the next room.

After he left, there was no sound for a moment in the open staff room. After a long silence, Xi Ran finally said, "Master, just now…"

"Hm?"

"Did you mean it?"

"Otherwise?"

"…" Xi Ran had some difficulty expressing his feelings. He didn't know if it was unexpected, or a little bit lucky.

Huan Xiu turned around and came close to him. He looked directly at Xi Ran and complained, "I think we have a problem communicating. You can't even say a word to a Zerg's face-to-face hospitality."

"But how can I be ungrateful on such occasions?"

"Why ungrateful?" Huan Xiu was not happy with this statement.

"If you are willing to accept his offer of kindness, then cannot show my disapproval…" Xi Ran couldn't say any more because he could see that Huan Xiu was not happy with his code of conduct, "Master can tell me what he wants me to do."

"Come on, it's nothing." Hu Xu was helpless. He can't get along with himself. It was impossible for Xi Ran to express his displeasure directly in the face of this kind of thing because of his urination and his previous family environment. But Xi Ran didn't react at all, and Huan Xiu was somewhat frustrated.

Xi Ran's eyes were a little confused, but before he could say anything, other teachers came into the staff room. It was not a good topic to speak about in front of Zerg. He could only hold back his words.

"You two are…"

Huan Xiu and the teacher who just came in talked about their reasons. Hearing the voice, the former inferior female also came back from the next door and brought back the test filled in by Huan Ye.

Huan Ye's test showed that he dropped out of school because of a period of absence and previous bullying events, so he didn't have to repeat grades. Because of Huan Xiu's request, the two teachers discussed with each other and quickly agreed to let Huan Ye change classes. They even asked Hu Xu if he wanted to go to any class in particular.

Hu Xu did not specifically investigate this kind of thing, and said he was casual. He just hoped that if there was any problem, the school could contact them directly.

"Mn, we will."

"Thank you very much." Huan Xiu smiled politely.

Although his status was not very noble, as a male Zerg who came in person, and his manner was polite, it was difficult for any Zerg to refuse. Although he was rejected directly just now, the inferior female couldn't help helping him with this matter.

Huan Ye came out of the next room and looked at the two teachers with a worried look. Xi Ran stood up and went to him, "Nothing's wrong. The teacher said you didn't fall behind in your studies."

Huan Ye was relieved and turned to look at Huan Xiu. Huan Xiu praised him, and then mentioned coming and going to see the fountain. Huan Ye was immediately liberated from his nervousness.

After leaving the staff room, Huan Ye took the initiative to take Huan Xiu to the school garden, where, as he said, there were exquisite fountains and small gardens, and the scenery was very unique. Although it was similar to the scenery in the University District, Huan Xiu was not able to dampen the enthusiasm of the child.

Although there were some bad memories in this school, Huan Ye felt unprecedented joy to be able to walk here with his fathers. He even fancifully imagined that it would be nice if Huan Xiu had been his male father from the beginning. His female father now looked a lot more pleasant every day. Before, he always frowned, or looked very worried and spoke seriously.

"Father, there is a snack bar over there that sells delicious snacks. I'll treat you to it. Wait a minute."

Seeing Xiao Ye's serious appearance, Huan Xiu couldn't help questioning him, "Do you have money?"

"I have some." Huan Ye nodded. "I saved my pocket money."

Huan Xiu couldn't laugh or cry. How could he use the little steel scraps saved by a child's frugality, "I'd better go with you. Let me see what it is."

"Ah, okay," said Huan Ye, nodding of course, thinking that it would be more appropriate for his male parent to choose. "What would father eat?"

"I don't want anything. I'll wait for you here." Xi Ran would like to give Huan Xiu more time to spend with Xiao Ye.

So one big and one small walked to the far away stall. Xi Ran stood there for a while, looked at the two Zerg's backs, and sat down on the steps beside the fountain. Seeing that there was still a long time to wait, he took out the novel recommended to him by Huan Xiu some days ago from his bag. Huan Ye took the information with him when he was packing up the previous materials. Xi Ran had been addicted to this recently. Opening the bookmark, Xi Ran looked back a few pages, and then went on.

Xi Ran's reading speed was very slow, and his education level was very limited. Many of his classes were made up in the school in this capacity after he joined the army. When he met some extremely rare words and characters, he had to open the portable network to check. After a while, he could read ten pages in one stretch.

"That's him. Next to him is the child of the concubine he married? The kid came to the infirmary before. It's pathetic. I can't fight with a Zerg, or I'll get a lot of bruises on my joints."

"Didn't he just pass the match because he was in despair? It seems that he is very fond of his stepson. It's rare for someone to bring them in like that. He also has a big heart."

"Disheartened? What's so frustrating? Tell me something…"

Xi Ran was disturbed by the sound of conversation, but after listening to two sentences, he realized that the two Zergs who had just bought lunch and sat down some stairs below seemed to be talking about Huan Xiu. Xi Ran said in his heart that he had nothing to do with these comments. However, when he heard one of the Zerg say that 'Huan Xiu's favorite inferior female was married by his cousin, and he tried killing himself because of it,' he could not ignore it. Although his eyes were still fixed on the book, his ears stood erect to listen to the discussion.

"I think he was very energetic just now, not like the decadent appearance mentioned in the gossip…"

"That's true, but it's not impossible to have a smile. You don't know, he used to be infatuated with the inferior female, who said he wanted to marry a female monarch. This is only a Zerg. As a result, the inferior female turned to serve as a concubine for his cousin. Who would not want to die of grief?"

Xi Ran couldn't help looking up, and one of the two Zerg covered his mouth in shock, "Really? How do you know that?"

"Shhh, this is not known. My master and my brother went to a social event a while ago. Some of the Huan's family members were also there. They revealed it themselves! It wasn't long after the concubine married in, but Huan Xiu left the Huan family. Later, he married his concubine. It's not a coincidence."

"It's so sad. How could those Zerg in his family still expose scars everywhere…" Wearing a white coat, the inferior female of the infirmary teacher looked a little 'distressed,' but instead spoke for Huan Xiu.

"I don't know why, but I heard what they said. I told you. Don't talk to anyone else. If you know, you must keep it secret."

After that, they talked about some things, but the topic shifted to other places, and Xi Ran didn't listen to it.

Huan Xiu and Xiao Ye lingered in the snack bar for a long time. It was not so much a snack shop as a pop up shop. The shop owner was also open on weekends, because there were many teachers on duty who would also come to shop. Of course, Huan Xiu wouldn't let Xiao Ye spend his pocket money to buy things for him. In the end, he chose several kinds and bought them for three people.

Huan Ye looked a little wilted, so it seemed that he was deliberately pulling his father to buy food for himself?

"What do you want? Let's go to your father. After that, we'll go shopping."

"What are we shopping for?"

"To buy books." Huan Xiu replied.

Huan Ye didn't quite understand why he wanted to buy 'books' all of a sudden, but since his male father said so, he certainly had no objection.

But when they went back to the fountain, they didn't see Xi Ran. Huan Xiu was a little puzzled, but soon found out that Xi Ran sent him a text message a few minutes ago, saying that he had driven over first and was waiting for them at the school gate.

It was not the first time that Xi Ran had acted so intimate. Huan Xiu thought it's more time-saving. When he got to the school gate, he saw Xi Ran's car.

After looking for awhile, Huan Xiu found that the mini spaceship that he thought was very sci-fi at the beginning was not strange now. It was just as common as the car on the earth before. Habit was really a terrible thing.

"Why did you drive first? In a rush to buy books?" Huan Xiu joked as he got in the car.

"Bookmark? Ah. Are we going now?" Xi Ran seemed to have forgotten about it, hesitated and said, "I don't need to bother you. It's the same for me to read online when I find my own time… "

"It's no trouble to go shopping for new books in the physical store. Why did you think about it again?"

"It's nothing. Please send me the address." Xi Ran shook his head.

As planned, they took Xiao Ye to the bookstore, strolled around for a while, found a restaurant, and then prepared to go home after dinner. On the way, Huan Xiu noticed that Xi Ran was absent-minded. Although he did show a satisfied look when buying books, he became in a state of not knowing what he was thinking. Huan Xiu frowned slightly. He didn't know when Xi Ran began to act strange.

Xi Ran didn't show his inner thoughts very much, so Huan Xiu just feels that way. He didn't know if Xi Ran had been bothered by his complaints in the morning. He was going to go home in the evening and ask again.

Huan Ye also took this opportunity to buy some books. He insisted on buying them with his pocket money. Huan Xiu couldn't beat him this time. He had to watch him count silver coins over there. He looked a little pathetic. However, it was also because it was not easy to buy. On the way, Huan Ye couldn't help but look through it. He was quite precious.

"Let's change the storage room on the second floor into a small study. We don't have to come to the office and put our books specially. How about you get a shelf?" On the way back, Huan Xiu asked.

"I, I don't have so many books to put on a shelf." Huan Ye quickly waved his hand.

"It will come later. That's the decision." Huan Xiu thought it's a good plan. As time goes by, the newly bought house will become more and more characteristic of a family.

Xi Ran, who was driving, seemed to glance this way and didn't say anything.

When he got home, Xi Ran was busy in the kitchen for a while. Because Huan Ye was also sitting on the sofa in the living room, he thought it was not a good time to mention the morning issue.

"Master, I'll go upstairs and take a bath."

"Oh, yes." Huan Xiu wandered around the living room for a while. Unexpectedly, Xi Ran asked to go upstairs first. Looking at his figure, Huan Xiu couldn't help thinking about how to ask. Although Huan Xiu didn't think that Xi Ran's feelings for him were so deep, at least they had the most basic affection for each other? Xi Ran's ideas were naturally understandable to him. In addition to the 'wall' of 'Zerg,' it was very difficult for them to be a female. Even if no one wanted to share their master with other Zerg, in order not to cause the displeasure of their male Zerg, at least on the surface, he should keep silent on these matters.

He knows the truth, but Huan Xiu had some selfish intentions. He wanted to see Xi Ran more or less jealous because of the other Zerg's advances.

He felt that he should first make it clear to Xi Ran that he did not have the idea of developing re;ationships with multiple people at the same time.

With this idea in mind, Huan Xiu thought for a while and told him to go back to his room earlier and go upstairs. Of course, Huan Ye agreed very cleverly. He never had to worry about it.

Huan Xiu, who returned to his room, was once again surprised by his unconventional situation.

"Have you washed yet- You're going out? At this time?"

Xi Ran's hair was still a little wet, obviously having taken a bath. However, he was dressed more formally than in the daytime. He usually went to work at the military headquarters, and he was still meticulously fastening the top collar button.

"Master," said Xi Ran, looking up to see Huan Xiu enter the room, and asked with some difficulty, "can you close the door, please?"

"Oh, okay…. What's the matter? Suddenly so formal?" Huan Xiu closed the door and walked to Xi Ran. He had not yet reflected the scene at this time and had deja vu.

"Master hasn't touched me since the first night. Are you disappointed with me?"

"KarateChopMonkey" Huan Xiu estimated that there might be a 'what' expression on his face.

"I'm sorry about this morning's business. I'm sorry for upsetting master. I'll pay more attention later."

Huan Xiu thought it's better to make this clear first, "Well, I'm absolutely not angry about this. I just think that if you don't like something, you can say it frankly. After all, anyone who is provoked in such a face-to-face way will not feel better after saying something? Of course, I'm assuming that if you really have no fluctuation in your heart, you don't have to pretend to be calm… "

"Of course I feel bad."

Huan Xiu was stunned. He didn't expect Xi Ran to be so frank.

Xi Ran lowered his head, and his eyes fell on Huan Xiu's feet, "You are a better, softer master than any Zerg. I think there will be more people who admire you. It's very precious to be around you, so I don't think I have a position to say anything."

"Xi Ran…"

For the first time, Xi Ran showed a somewhat confused mood in front of Huan Xiu, "Master, you let me sleep with you in the master bedroom, and treat Xiao Ye like your own child, with your usual attitude. Naturally, I don't want to give these to other Zerg in the future."

Xi Ran raised his head slightly, it was not easy for him who was naturally introverted, "I know, because I saved you in the first place, so you are willing to give me these. But master has helped me a lot, and I should not be selfish…"

"You should be more selfish. I prefer that." After listening to Xi Ran's words, Huan Xiu felt much more relaxed. He took a step closer, almost stuck to Xi Ran's body, reached for the side of the other's face, and moved forward to give Xi Ran a long kiss. He thought it was time to do so. Unlike his first impression, Xi Ran's lips were very soft and trembled slightly at the moment because of shock.

Xi Ran was stupefied. He didn't close his eyes like Huan Xiu. His eyes showed he was a little flustered.

His master kissed him.

"I'm not just trying to repay you, I should have said I had a crush on you," said Huan Xiu, leaving Xi Ran's lips. "What about you? Is it just that I'm a haven now…"

"No, you're not…"

Huan Xiu's hand changed from Xi Ran hot cheek to his chest, "I don't think so. Or why is your heart beating so fast?"

Xi Ran quickly licked his lips unconsciously. He seemed very nervous. He organized his words for a moment, "A kiss… I've never had one before. I may not understand this kind of thing very well either…"

"It's your first kiss?" Huan Xiu was unbelievable. The man in front of him was divorced, had experience, and even had children. Now he told him that this was his first kiss.

"You are too cute…" Huan Xiu couldn't help it. He stepped forward naturally, and behind him was the bed. Xi Ran didn't exert any force on his legs, so he spontaneously sat back on the bed with one step.

A lot of previous conversations between the two passed by in Huan Xiu's mind for a moment. After contacting the scene before, he suddenly understood what Xi Ran said, "So you dressed up after taking a bath. Did you want me to take it off? For the fun of undressing? This was what I said some time ago."

"Yes." Xi Ran nodded.

Huan Xiu was really speechless. What else could he do in this situation?

When Xi Ran looked at Huan Xiu again, he looked straight at him. Huan Xiu stopped in front of Xi Ran's lips and said, "It's time to close your eyes."

Xi Ran closed his eyes and felt Huan Xiu kiss him again. With the kiss, Huan Xiu pressed Xi Ran down and they both fell into bed.

This time, Xi Ran closed his eyes obediently, but Huan Xiu opened his eyes and watched his reaction closely. Xi Ran frowned a little, as if in doubt rather than patience.

Huan Xiu grabbed Xi Ran's wrist and guided him to put his arm around his neck. Xi Ran's movements were a little stiff. At the beginning, he just put it on Huan Xiu's shoulder and didn't dare to use force. However, as Huan Xiu's aggressive kisses gradually deepened, Xi Ran was also infected a lot, and his palms were tentatively pasted on his skin. Because Huan Xiu didn't say anything about it, Xi Ran thought it was acquiescence.

Huan Xiu knew that if he told Xi Ran what to do, Xi Ran would certainly do it. But now he didn't say anything. Xi Ran tried to get closer to him and he felt more satisfied.

It took about three or four seconds from their lip contact for it to become a tongue kiss. Xi Ran opened his mouth awkwardly to let the tip of Huan Xi 's tongue come in. He reluctantly responded with his tongue twice, but Huan Xiu was basically allowed to invade. Xi Ran's breath was close to him, which made him feel a little feverish, and his fingers were locked tightly on Huan Xiu unconsciously.

Since Xi Ran asked Huan Xiu to take off clothes, he naturally wanted to try it. Xi Ran was dressed in his daily military uniform, not his training clothes. He was wrapped up very tightly. As he kissed him, Huan Xiu reached between their chests and fumbled for his shirt button.

"Mn… Ha, um…" Xi Ran was a little out of breath. Huan Xiu stopped kissing for a while and stood up and looked at Xi Ran's face.

"Master, let me help you…"

"No," said Huan Xiu , blocking Xi Ran's hand as he tried to undress himself. "I'll do it today."

Female Zergs were always the ones who dominated during sex. They did not dominate sex, but because their innate conditions were not 'attractive,' they had to take the initiative to serve and request in various ways to arouse a male Zerg's sexual desire. And most of the male Zerg, who were used to it, were happy to save time and effort in bed. It was a common habit for female Zerg to get ready early, to wait naked, to help male Zerg change clothes, and even to help the male Zerg harden quickly by using their mouth or hand to obtain 'sexual interest.'

Huan Xiu stopped Xi Ran, who wanted to get up with him, "You lie down."

"This…" Xi Ran hadn't come out of that idea. He felt that he had not done anything for Huan Xiu tonight, so he felt uneasy to lie down like this.

Huan Xiu thought for a moment and said with a smile, "I'll give you something."

"What?" Xi Ran had a positive attitude.

Huan Xiu only unbuttoned the two buttons on the top of Xi Ran's neckline. Suddenly, he thought it was a bit funny. Instead of unbuttoning all the other's buttons on the shirt, he rolled the shirt up from the bottom and pushed the cloth all the way to the top of his chest, "Help me."

Huan Xiu wanted him to hold it, but it was just Xi Ran pulling his shirt up to show his chest. Instead of showing shame, Xi Ran looked at Huan Xiu sincerely. If this made him more eager, he would be very happy to do so.

The contrast between his attitude and action made him more attractive, Huan Xiu thought.

Huan Xiu easily unbuttoned Xi Ran's belt, and took off his straight pressed trousers. Xi Ran's legs were very straight. Due to his outdoor training in summer, his lower legs were a bit darker than his thighs. Feeling Huan Xiu's line of sight, Xi Ran bent his leg a little uneasily.

Huan Xiu trailed one hand up Xi Ran's leg. Feeling this hand touch him, Xi Ran took the initiative to separate his legs, and then, without warning, Huan Xiu crouched down and gently bit the tip of Xi Ran's nipple.

"Mmm…!" Between the itch and the slight pain, Xi Ran could not help but moan as Huan Xiu crawled from his chest to his neck. Instinctively, Xi Ran wanted to hide, but realized that this was Huan Xiu's desire for his body, and he stopped. On the contrary, he straightened his chest a little to cater to Huan Xiu.

This kind of action aroused Huan Xiu's desire and filled him full of enthusiasm.

"Mn…Ah…"

Xi Ran's body was slightly 'arched' because of his chest posture. His head was back, and he was panting heavily. Huan Xiu kept teasing Xi Ran's nipple with the tip of his tongue and teeth, and soon it became stiff and erect. Xi Ran was also taken care of by his hand, and the nipple was rubbed and pressed back and forth by the finger pad teasingly. Huan Xiu's other hand was not free. He was poking and teasing around the moist back hole, trying to understand the inside of Xi Ran's body better.

Xi Ran was a little restless since he didn't do anything and was just lying down. But Huan Xiu told him to lift his clothes, and he couldn't spare his hands to do anything else.

Xi Ran recalled that he had seen all kinds of female Zerg's complain about sex in some gender forum posts, how to make master not so rude, and all kinds of puzzles about how to get favor. When he was very young, he was as curious as most female Zerg, but after seeing many such questions, he thought that maybe there was nothing at all to sex. Occasionally, there would be a few posts that publicized how harmonious the relationship between them and their male Zerg was, and many Zerg questioned the content that was made up for self satisfaction. But now Xi Ran had no doubt that there was a real experience in it. After all, even Zerg like him could one day experience this feeling.

"Mn–!"

Xi Ran's whole body suddenly trembled, and soon his soft penis stiffened. On the contrary, his body collapsed. Xi Ran didn't know what was going on for a while. Soon, because of the pleasure spreading all over his body again, he realized that it was Huan Xiu who touched a place in his body that he didn't know about.

Huan Xiu raised his head. One side of Xi Ran's nipples was licked by him. It was wet and swollen. By comparison, the other side was much more lonely. He poked everywhere just now, but it seemed that he really found the relatively sensitive point in Xi Ran's cave. It was actually very shallow. No wonder he didn't find it when he did it last time. It was easier to just poke it with his finger, otherwise it would be easier to rub it.

Because of the stimulation, Xi Ran's hole was tightly clenched and he was tight around Huan Xiu's fingers. It wasn't until Huan Xiu bent his finger and stroked Xi Ran's waist with his other hand to let him relax a little, and then Xi Ran recovered.

"Master…" Xi Ran murmured but was still sensual. He didn't think he would release such a voice when he opened his mouth.

"Was that good?" Huan Xiu asked. Actually, there was no need to answer. Xi Ran's own reaction could give an answer.

Xi Ran nodde, "But I didn't know there was such a thing before."

Huan Xiu felt a great sense of accomplishment, so he tried to stimulate that point once again.

"Ah, mn…! Ah ah! Master, mn, ngh."

A series of groans uncontrollably leaked out of Xi Ran's mouth. Normally he would only gasp, or a mumble in his throat. This was the first time the pleasure was so uncontrollable.

Huan Xiu's fingers were wet, and he temporarily 'let go' of Xi Ran and pulled his fingers out. Xi Ran's back hole was soft and moist.

"Master, please come in…" Xi Ran's voice trembled.

Huan Xiu was also very hard. Without taking off his clothes, he undid the zipper of his pants and pulled out his stiff penis. Xi Ran actively curled his legs so that Huan Xiu could easily insert his penis. Xi Ran's underwear were still hanging on his left thigh, and his upper body was still meticulously holding the position that Huan Xiu asked him to do. Just now, his fingers were wringing his shirt because it was an awkward position. Now the shirt looked a little wrinkled.

Although the entry was smooth, Huan Xiu was still clenched tightly by the soft meat in the cave. It was a week since they had done it last time.

"Relax…" Huan Xiu touched Xi Ran's inner thigh.

Xi Ran took two breaths to relax. He didn't know why, when Huan Xiu entered and looked at him like this, Xi Ran's heart was tight. If he could, what could he do to make this male Zerg not do such a thing with other people? Xi Ran didn't know anything about feelings. Was such an idea what master called 'good feeling?'

"Ah, mn –"

Huan Xiu's glans thrust in with some force, and all the thoughts in Xi Ran's head were blown away. His thrusting was fierce and fast and Xi Ran was shaking in the soft quilt. His head was almost beyond the bed when he was lying on the bed. Huan Xiu reached for Xi Ran's knee, holding his leg, and dragged him in his direction.

He was really heavy.

Huan Xiu had a hard time pulling, but he managed to get Xi Ran over. This was probably the extraordinary performance for bed special occasions. Xi Ran, who was pulled to the side, only this posterior acupoint was fixed. Naturally, Xi Ran felt Huan Xiu thrust in deeper. A strong sense of possession filled his whole body.

Realizing that Xi Ran subconsciously tried to lift his legs to tighten around him, Huan Xiu insisted, "Relax or hook your legs around my back."

Between the two, Xi Ran chose the latter. He had never had such experience, but he probably understood what kind of posture Huan Xiu was talking about. He lifted his legs around Huan Xiu's back, and his back hole contracted uncontrollably due to the stimulation of his posture changes. Huan Xiu felt like he was pushing himself.

He obeyed his instinct and began to thrust without scruple. Because the position of the two men were so tight, he could not see his penis coming in and out between Xi Ran's wheat buttocks. He could only see Xi Ran's abdomen trembling slightly because of the stimulation. Xi Ran's penis was standing upright, and his abdominal muscles were clearly exposed because of the strong contraction. And his, which had hardened before, was swinging back and forth with the frequency of the violent "Pa Pa Pa" sound, constantly hitting Huan Xiu 's abdomen.

Xi Ran couldn't help but bite the clothes he was holding with one hand, freeing one hand to hold it. It seemed to him that a little bit of liquid from his front head rubbed against his master, which was even more shameful than the sticky feeling drying on his back hole.

"Mgh, mn," Huan Xiu panted a little hoarsely, breaking a sentence into two, "you don't really have to. Hold your clothes all the time."

So both of Xi Ran's hands, which were trying to reach out, were intercepted by Huan Xiu before touching his front.

"Mn, nm..! Master, master…"

"Just put it here." Huan Xiu pulled Xi Ran's wrist and put the palm of the other person's hand against his abdomen. Xi Ran could feel the colorless body fluid left by himself, so he was even more flustered.

It was a little bit constricted in this position. Although Xi Ran could break free with a little effort, he would never move Huan Xiu, which was obvious.

Huan Xiu easily stopped Xi Ran and let the desire below him grow higher and higher. He felt Xi Ran's whole body tremble every time he moved back and forth across his skin.

Soon Xi Ran's breathing was very fast, and he didn't seem to want to shoot again. But in this posture, he had no other choice. Although he wanted to control it, he still shot out under the strong stimulation from the front and back. Although he didn't want to, it did touch the abdominal skin of Huan Xiu. Xi Ran seemed to feel a bit of remorse because he 'dirtied' his master again.

Huan Xiu hadn't come yet, but he was grasping Xi Ran's waist.

"Ah, ah, um. Nn, mn."

Xi Ran was more sensitive after shooting. During this period, Huan Xiu didn't give him much buffering opportunities. After shooting, he had a very short refractory period, and soon Xi Ran was hard again.

The so-called 'female Zerg are generally only hard in estrus and we're more likely to ejaculate' was a joke. Xi Ran was overwhelmed by pleasure, and his mind was blank. But Huan Xiu thought that if the person he's doing it with didn't even have a hard one from the beginning to the end, he's a failure, isn't he?

"I'm going to shoot too…" Huan Xiu let out a low breath and finally reached the peak after nearly ten minutes of sprinting. And in the meantime, he managed to make Xi Ran come once more – stimulating the back and doing it by hand.

Xi Ran had no reaction when he was filled. He had never tried to ejaculate twice in such a short period of time. All of a sudden, his strength was pulled away, and he couldn't use any energy at all. Although his body function told him that he could recover in about three or five minutes, it was the first time in a short time that his body was completely heavy and weak.

Huan Xiu bowed his head and kissed him again when Xi Ran didn't expect it. Xi Ran was stunned before closing his eyes slowly. But it was a very short, quick kiss, and Xi Ran had just closed his eyes.

Xi Ran opened his eyes again and saw that Hu Xu wanted to laugh because of his reaction. He also gave an uncontrollable smile. This was the third time his master had kissed him today.

Seeing Xi Ran's relaxed manner, Huan Xiu thought about the other party's various problems in the previous afternoon. He thought Xi Ran shouldn't be upset just because he hasn't been exercising in bed for a few days.

He stopped Xi Ran, who was going to the bathroom to help him fill the bathtub, and took a quick shower himself. When he came back, he saw Xi Ran still sitting on the bed, looking at a book in his hand, and the bookmark Huan Xiu bought in the afternoon was carefully sandwiched between the pages. However, it seemed that Xi Ran was a little tired. He wasn't reading the book and he hadn't moved his eyes for a long time. He was obviously sleepy but insisted on waiting for Huan Xiu to come back to go to sleep.

"Sleep first if you are sleepy." Huan Xiu also wanted to ask Xi Ran's state in the afternoon, but when he saw that he was so sleepy, he decided to talk about it the next day.

"I'm fine. May I help you with your hair?" Xi Ran seemed to be startled by Huan Xiu 's voice, calmed down, looked up at him, and motioned for him to come over.

Huan Xiu reached out and pulled the book out of Xi Ran's hand, closed it, and put it on the bedside table, "It's going to dry right away. Don't worry about it. Come sleep."

"Okay."

After a few days of sleeping with each other, Xi Ran was not so frightened at first, and gradually became accustomed to sharing a room with this other Zerg. After Huan Xiu lay down, he saw Xi Ran turning to his side. He still looked at him from a distance.

"Come here?" Huan Xiu was active.

Xi Ran moved a little closer, "I don't want to squeeze you."

"No way."

Xi Ran came over a little more. The back of his hand in the quilt accidentally touched Huan Xiu's skin and he immediately took it back. "I…"

Huan Xiu stretched out his hand to Xi Ran's body, touching his skin, it was very warm and soft. He didn't think it was too much to be gentle after that passion.

"Master, your hands are a little cold. Do you want me to turn on the heater?"

"Mn, I'm a little cold. Just help me warm up." This was the reason Huan Xiu told him to come closer.

"Okay." When Xi Ran heard what he said, he immediately showed a worried look and offered to hold his hand.

"One more thing."

"What?"

"Don't call me the formal 'you.'"

"…"

"I don't like it," Huan Xiu insisted

Since he said this, Xi Ran couldn't refute it. He was silent for a moment and agreed, "Then I… I'll try it. "

Hu Xu relaxed and closed his eyes to indicate that he was ready to go to bed like this.

"…Good night."

Huan Xiu heard a very low voice saying good night. Xi Ran's voice was very low. He seemed to be worried that it would be abrupt. Huan Xiu opened his eyes and saw Xi Ran's low self-confidence. He also laughed and said, "Good night."

They had a good night. Huan Xiu didn't realize that his hands and feet were seriously cold before. When compared with Xi Ran, he felt it was particularly obvious. Fortunately, Xi Ran did not forget the task of warming his hands when he fell asleep. When he woke up at dawn, he only felt that his palm was still wrapped up, which was extremely warm. And he himself unconsciously approached Xi Ran in his deep sleep and hugged his warm partner.

As soon as Huan Xiu opened his eyes, Xi Ran woke up. He was sensitive to this stare. After a few seconds, he realized that he was in Huan Xiu's arms, sticking tightly together.

"Master, have you been awake for a long time…"

"Wrong address." Huan Xiu just woke up and his voice was still a little hoarse, and he pointed out the right way in a soft voice.

"You… Have you been awake for a long time Master?" Xi Ran forced himself to change his use of the formal you, and finally called 'master' again. Huan Xiu could see that he was a bit awkward, but he really tried to do it.

"Just woke up. I just opened my eyes. You're too stingy to not sleep in for one more second." Huan Xiu joked.

"I didn't," Xi Ran quickly pleaded, "I can close my eyes again…"

"Mn, well, don't be so serious." Huan Xiu's hands touched Xi Ran's back.

"You…" Xi Ran said a word and then stopped abruptly, "You got up early today. Today is the weekend. I forgot to set the alarm clock. I'm going down to cook now."

Huan Xiu didn't let go of Xi Ran, "Let's go out and eat. Don't bother. I want some takeout."

"Your hands are not cold." Xi Ran thought of it and said with hindsight.

"Mn. So the meritorious official should take a day off."

Xi Ran was not used to being praised like this, and he looked a little tangled.

"Go ahead. Let's take Xiao Ye to have some good food." He said that, and Xi Ran couldn't refuse.

"It's really good for master to accept Xiao Ye," Xi Ran hesitated, not knowing whether to mention it or not, but he couldn't help saying, "He… He's not yours… "

"I don't like kids. But Xiao Ye is clever and sensible, and he is engraved from the same mold as you. I like him very much." Huan Xiu didn't want Xi Ran to be so obsessed with this matter that makes him feel inferior.

Xi Ran didn't seem to agree with the, 'I'm also popular' thing. He opened his mouth and didn't say anything.

Huan Xiu had not thought about it carefully before. Although the 'female Zerg' in front of him had a pure male face, he could give birth to children physically in this world. However, due to the low fertility rate in Zerg society, all contraceptive methods were completely prohibited, and few Zerg would try to scientifically create contraception. It was not a reliable way to create a baby in vitro. And contraceptives or birth control pills here were very strictly controlled, and needed to have harsh conditions to apply for doctors.

Xiao Ye was born from Xi Ran. Huan Xiu realized later that he could be pregnant with his baby one day in the future?

It was a wonderful feeling

"Do you care about it?" Huan Xiu's fingers reached Xi Ran's waist from his back and teased him, "Or… Do you want to give me a baby or something?"

"…" Xi Ran's body stiffened for a moment.

Hu Xu didn't know if he was over joking, "I said it casually…"

"No, it's just I'm afraid you're expecting too much, and you'll be disappointed if I don't get pregnant right away. "

"Address."

"…You'll be disappointed." Xi Ran didn't know why it was such a moment. Huan Xiu still had this in mind.

"I'm not in a hurry. No, it doesn't matter. Isn't there Xiao Ye already?"

"…" Xi Ran was silent.

Huan Xiu really didn't pay attention to it. It was amazing that the other person could have a baby. In his world view, the word 'male' had no relationship with 'birth.'

"And were you unhappy about something yesterday?" Huan Xiu half sat up, ready to slowly get up, asking what he wanted to ask about yesterday, and getting ready to wash – it was like the weekend was slow.

"Yesterday?"

"Don't tell me you were all right yesterday. You didn't look right in the afternoon, did you?"

Huan Xiu, as expected, was very gentle. His master was a Zerg who was as sensitive to the emotions of the people around him, and small things will be noticed. However, he could not honestly ask, 'do you still like that inferior female?' or 'if that inferior female or similar person was kind to you, would you marry them as a concubine immediately?'

He couldn't ask. Huan Xiu didn't say it, which meant he didn't want to. Xi Ran thought he shouldn't listen to that person in the afternoon. It would be much easier.

He met Huan Xiu, and the short week he had lived here was the happiest time in his entire life. Xi Ran felt that he might be spoiled by Huan Xiu's gentle attitude. At first, he just wanted to keep his duty and have a place to stay. But now he thought that Huan Xiu would marry another concubine and sleep in this same position… Xi Ran felt his chest was extremely blocked.

—And there's another thing he had been afraid to tell Huan Xiu.

"I haven't fully recovered. In this way, even if I can be transferred back to the training camp, I can't take on too much work. So I'm a little anxious." Xi Ran said.

"Is that so? Speaking of this, I haven't seen the place where you were injured. Was it on the wings ?" Huan Xiu turned his attention to this. "Can you show me?"

Xi Ran nodded and told Huan Xiu, "Please be careful." Then he leaned back on the bed, carefully extending his wings from the inside of his body.

It was a pair of wings with dark color and clear outline. It was not as soft and smooth as feathers or butterfly wings, but more like 'bones' stitched together, sharp and hard. There were some slight cracks in the lower part of the left side. Huan Xiu didn't know the extent of the injury, but he thought it was like a 'fracture' and it was hard to repair.

"It's healed a lot, and it was much uglier when I was brought back from the front lines."

The bone wing could be used as an emergency weapon, so it was relatively sharp, and the top was extremely sharp. It could be regarded as a 'lethal weapon.' Xi Ran did not dare to move and lay down quietly there, repeatedly reminding Huan Xiu not to cut his hand.

Huan Xiu was not a child any more. Naturally, he was not so rash. But he was always curious about the part he didn't have, so he reached out and touched it. The bone was as hard as it could be seen, or even harder than it was. It was said that bone wings could withstand even ordinary knives and guns. Xi Ran was injured because of an accidental explosion. If his body was not protected by his bone wings, the injury would be more than that.

Although he had checked the information, he felt better seeing it with his own eyes. Xi Ran heard that he wanted to see it and naturally, Xi Ran demonstrated it to him very slowly, folding his wings back into the gap between his shoulder blades.

Huan Xiu's fingers rubbed that position, and the gap was closed a little tight. If he didn't touch it carefully, he wouldn't be able to feel it. But it wasn't there. Otherwise, there would be friction when wearing clothes. It must be very uncomfortable.

Xi Ran deliberately relaxed, so that the gap was slightly not closed so tightly. Huan Xiu felt around curiously, but he didn't feel anything special, but immediately he found that Xi Ran's body was shaking badly.

"Don't…"

"Hmn?" Huan Xiu thought that he had been injured or something, so he stopped immediately.

"It hurts. Don't…"

Xi Ran almost never expressed his dislike or refusal to Huan Xiu. He knew that Xi Ran could bear a lot. He even said that he felt pain and asked for mercy, which proved that it was really unbearable.

"I won't. I was curious and touched it on the edge," Huan Xiu leaned down and gently touched Xi Ran. "Do you think I'm going to hurt you?"

"No!" Xi Ran shakes his head. Maybe he had come back to his senses. He found that his subconscious reaction was excessive, and he misunderstood Huan Xiu's meaning. His expression became a little ugly.

Huan Xiu shrugged with a little smile, "Your reaction is so big. Has anyone ever hurt you like this?"

Xi Ran was silent for a moment. It was his normal reaction.

With his eyes narrowed, Huan Xiu was angry. He didn't care about Xi Ran's past experience, but if the other side was hurt bad, he would certainly change his way to get revenge if he had a chance.

"… I'm sorry."

"Why are you apologizing?" Hu Xu helplessly pulled Xi Ran up, and he looked very bad. Huan Xiu could guess with his toes because of his curiosity and questioning, Xi Ran was forced into the dead end of 'my body has been used by other male Zerg, and it is not worthy of you.'

"We talked too seriously in the morning. Let's go out for breakfast. Xiao Ye is probably hungry." Huan Xiu knew that the idea could not be changed for a while, so he had to stiffly diverted Xi Ran's attention.

Huan Ye was a great neutralizer. When they washed and dressed, they came out of the room and found that the sun was getting higher, but Huan Ye didn't wake up. They took a peek through the unclosed door and found that Huan Ye couldn't help reading the new book in one go last night. He probably fell asleep after reading and the book was lying on the bed.

Huan Xiu felt it was a little funny and said to Xi Ran, lowering his voice, "A little carbon copy. He couldn't bear to put the book down."

Xi Ran rarely refuted him, "I'm not that serious."

At least, before going to bed at night, he would only read based on his master's 'bedtime plan.'

Huan Xiu didn't know exactly when Huan Ye went to bed. Huan Xiu wanted to temporarily modify his plan and ask for takeout to cushion his stomach. However, Xi Ran was strict with Huan Ye who slept in late and insisted on waking him up. He said that children couldn't start sleeping in late at this age.

Huan Xiu thought Xi Ran was a strict father compared with himself. He went to sit on the sofa on the first floor and waited for two people. After a while, he heard the rush of footsteps from upstairs, and Xiao Ye came down in a hurry.

"No, I'm sorry I got up late." Huan Ye couldn't help blushing at the thought of his fathers waiting for him.

"No hurry."

"I'm ready." Huan Ye quickly patted his face, saying that he had finished washing and could go out at any time.

At noon, both of them and Huan Ye, who had just got up, were a little hungry. So they went out and went straight to the restaurant and quickly got brunch. Thinking that Huan Ye would be able to resume school tomorrow, Huan Xiu specially took care of whether he had any learning supplies he needed. However, Huan Ye did not ask for it, so he said that the old ones were enough.

Huan Xiu thought about the arrangements for the afternoon, and it seemed that Xi Ran and Huan Ye had never been to the cinema. Xi Ran didn't have that money when he was a child. Later, when he went to the military headquarters, he didn't have much personal time, and he didn't enjoy life. He concentrated on training. Huan Ye had been self reliant. Xi Ran was always on the front line, and his care was limited. So far, his life was quite monotonous and boring.

Huan Xiu decided to go to the cinema together in the afternoon. Although he wanted to go on a date with Xi Ran alone, it was good to take Huan Ye with him. In the future, there would be opportunities for them to spend time alone.

However, it didn't work out as expected. Halfway there in the car, Xi Ran suddenly received a phone call, saying that the military department had approved his initial application and was willing to let him return from the logistics department to training camp and other places as a instructer, but the specific situation still needed to be discussed in person.

"Now? Or next week? Now? I'm… "

"Go if you have something," Huan Xiu whispered

"Ah, I have time now. Mn… Okay, yeah. Thank you." Xi Ran hung up the phone in a few words and said to Huan Xiu with some apologies, "I didn't expect this to happen. In fact, we can go again next week… "

"No. It's not business to watch a movie. I didn't buy any tickets. It's not good to delay your work. Haven't you been looking forward to being transferred there for a long time?"

"Mn. Then I'll take you there and try to pick you up when it's over, okay?"

"Are you sure? Don't stare at us. I'll take Xiao Ye home when it's too late."

Xi Ran nodded. Seeing the natural joy on Xi Ran's face, Huan Xiu knew that he was really happy. Although it was harder to be an instructor or a trainee in terms of physical strength than in the logistics department, maybe that was the right place for Xi Ran.

They stopped at the side of the commercial center, and Huan Xiu and Xiao Ye were ready to get out. Xi Ran was ready to watch Huan Xiu leave and start the car again, unexpectedly, the other side opened the door and Huan Xiu returned.

"Have you forgotten something, Master?"

Huan Xiu gave Xi Ran a kiss on his mouth, "I wish you all the best."

"Thank you? Thank you…" Xi Ran was not used to such a mixture of blessing and kissing, and subconsciously reached out to touch his lips that had just been kissed. But the warmth felt deceiving in his heart.

After a peek at the side of the road, Huan Ye pretended to see the scenery.

After Xi Ran left, Huan Xiu took Xiao Ye's hand and took him directly to the theater counter to buy tickets. In fact, they could go home directly, but he could see the expression on the child's face was filled with expectation when he saw the poster for the film just now, so he thought that the film must be watched today.

"I want to see that, okay?" Huan Ye wandered back and forth among the posters, and asked, with a slight lack of confidence.

Huan Xiu felt that this was great progress. Huan Ye wanted it and even asked for it. With his other father he couldn't do it.

Unexpectedly, instead of picking a cartoon or funny comedy, Huan Ye chose an action fighter movie. He was a little carbon copy of his father with his hobbies.

Although Huan Ye pretended not to have seen it just now, before the movie, he had seen Huan Xiu and his father kissing, "That father, you just kissed female father…"

"Yes."

"Normally… Will it be like this?"

After thinking about most of the situations in Zerg society, Huan Xiu said, " 's what happens when you're in love."

Huan Ye's eyes twinkled, and he came to the conclusion, "Is that why you are so affectionate that you kissed him?"

"There's nothing wrong with that…" It's hard to explain. Huan Ye hesitated for a while, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to open his mouth. He struggled for a long time.

"What's the matter? Isn't that understandable?"

"No," said Huan Ye, looking up. "That… Was that love that night? Last night I heard the voice of father… "

"Cough, cough…!" Hu Xu was almost choked by the coke. Was the sound insulation of their house so bad? Or how was the sexua; education of the Zerg people? If an average child heard that sound, would they know it's 'that?'

"I, I didn't mean to…" Huan Ye was a little upset. He just didn't go to bed immediately last night. Instead, he was reading a book. Because he didn't know some words, he wanted to go to see if his father had time to teach him. As a result, he overheard from outside the door. But he also knew that he could not disturb them, so he ran back quickly.

Huan Ye remembered hearing his father's painful voice before, and he had always had a shadow over what the male Zerg and the female Zerg do in the same room. But he remembered that it was not painful to hear his father's voice yesterday, so he was curious.

He glanced at Huan Xiu and thought, this male father was such a good Zerg, no matter what was done in the room, he should not let his female father suffer, right?

"That's a kind of love." Huan Xiu explained in a low voice. In his view, children's sex education should be at least eight years later. But now that Huan Ye knew, it was better to explain.

Huan Ye hesitated for a long time. Maybe he was too patient, so he became bold to say it, or asked the words hidden in his heart, "That… Will male father ever fall in love with another Zerg?"

"Hmn?" Huan Xiu didn't expect that Huan Ye would ask about 'that kind of thing.' Instead, he turned to pay attention to it and said, "I don't have that plan."

"Really?" Huan Ye opened his eyes wide and looked at Huan Xiu's face without turning. "So we can always do this?"

"Mn," Huan Xiu chuckled, "but you won't want to be around us anymore once you grow up."

"No way." Huan Ye shook his head desperately to express his sincerity.

Although it was not good to take advantage of children's promises, Huan Xiu still wanted to learn something about Xi Ran's past through Xiao Ye's mouth.

"Xiao Ye, do you think that your former male father and your female father were not in love?"

Huan Ye was very responsive, shaking his head almost violently, "They weren't…"

"Shhh…" Huan Xiu asked him to keep his voice down. After all, he was waiting for the resting place for the opening of the film. Fortunately, no one noticed near their seats, "I know you don't like him. But that's also true, isn't it? I don't care."

Huan Ye struggled in his mind for a while, and his father told him not to mention the past with the new male father and try to please him as much as possible. But that was when he first came to this home. During this period of time, Huan Ye had completely removed his guard against Huan Xiu. In the face of his father's questions, it was very difficult for him not to open his mouth.

"He hates me so much that he will hit me. I have only seen him a few times. But if he is in a bad mood, he will beat female father. Although female father told me that there is no trace left, I think he looks uncomfortable. There are good-looking uncles at home, and then there are the male Zerg children. Male father liked them, but he didn't like us…" As he spoke, he watched Huan Xiu's reaction as if he would stop if he frowned.

Huan Xiu listened quietly and touched his head. "Thank you for telling me."

Huan Ye didn't know what the use and influence of what he said was. On the surface, at least, Huan Xiu looked the same as before, and smiled at him gently, so Xiao Ye calmed down.

"It's all over. Don't worry," Huan Xiu comforted, glancing at the time. "The movie is about to start. Let's go in."

"Mn!"

Hearing the words 'beat female father,' Huan Xiu remembered this hatred. He knew that Xi Ran did not want to pursue those things on his own, and that seeking revenge on their family status would only cause more trouble. But he secretly noted in his heart that if there was a suitable opportunity, he must cause issues for the other.

After watching the film, Xi Ran's text also came, saying that he was finished and would come to pick them up. Huan Xiu agreed, but he realized that it would be troublesome for him to be such a big man that he couldn't even drive a car, so he was ready to put the matter on the agenda.

After watching the movie, Huan Ye was in a state of excitement. He even didn't have the formality to talk to Huan Xiu. He took Huan Xiu's hand and skipped on the way to find Xi Ran. Xi Ran was surprised to see how lively he was.

"They say that watching movies can bring you closer," Huan Xiu whispered, putting his finger on the back of Xi Ran's hand as he got into the passenger's seat. "We'll come alone next time."

Xi Ran nodded and looked sincerely at Huan Xiu, "Okay…!"

On the way, Huan Xiu asked about the job transfer and learned that Xi Ran's application had been approved. After all, although they were in the same barracks, the details were very different. Good quality didn't mean it was suitable to educate others. Xi Ran had a long way to go. However, the speed of approval was amazing enough, thanks to the help of his good friend in the military department and a 'former subordinate.'

Xi Ran's so-called good friend was made when he entered the military headquarters with him. They once lived in a dormitory and were close to each other all the time. After the injury, the other was worried about him, but he couldn't get out of his orders and returned to the main star. When he was back for only two days, he looked for Xi Ran.

The other was also a coincidence of fate. When Xi Ran was injured, he subconsciously protected his new subordinate. The other was inexperienced, and even the basic response was slow. If Xi Ran hadn't knocked him down, he might have suffered more serious injuries than Xi Ran. But now the other was safe and sound. Although Xi Ran thought that he had only done what a normal Zerg would do, his subordinate did not think so. He always came to see him from the beginning of his admission. Later, he didn't know how to find out Xi Ran's intention to be transferred. It happened that his subordinate's family had a little foundation, and it was said that he had run through a lot of relationships to help him.

As Xi Ran said – he didn't even mention it before – he saved the recruits next to him which caused him to be injured. Huan Xiu thought that Xi Ran had also spared no effort to save himself. He was a little confused. Huan Xiu felt that his idea was too naive. He was even dissatisfied with Xi Ran, not with himself, but with everyone's efforts.

"You really saved a lot of lives." Huan Xiu laughed. It was because Xi Ran was such a person that they met and had good feelings for each other, right?

"No, I just did what I could. What's more, I controlled it within the scope of not throwing away my own life." Xi Ran replied solemnly.

"Since you have known him since you joined the army, you should be good friends, right? I haven't heard of him. Please invite him to our house when he is free. That subordinate is welcome. No matter if it is to repay you or whatever, since he has taken pains for you, he should be entertained by us."

"Is that alright? It may be more disturbing to have him come to our home. I wanted to invite him out for dinner. You… If you don't mind…" Xi Ran was still trying to adapt to the appellation.

"Of course. Whether it is to go out to eat or come to our home, you can arrange it."

Xi Ran went to ask and found that his friend would leave soon after he came back in a few days, so he had to set a meeting time in a hurry. In fact, the other party wanted to visit, but because Xi Ran quickly 'remarried', he was afraid that Huan Xiu would not like it, so he didn't want to take the initiative.

Back home, Huan Ye looked up and asked Xi Ran, "Is it Uncle Lan?"

"Yes, it's him. You remember."

"Mn," said Huan Ye, nodding. "He brought me nasty candy."

Xi Ran was amused. His friend, like himself, had no interest in life and was not good at coaxing children. The gift he bought at the first meeting left Huan Ye with a deep first impression.

"Then I'll ask another one to come too, or I'd have to host twice…"

"It's up to you." Without asking more, Huan Xiu simply dropped this sentence.

Huan Xiu left everything to Xi Ran, who was worried. He lived in an orphanage since he was a child. After entering the military headquarters, he had been living in a dormitory. In his previous marriage, he lived in that foreign-style house with great trepidation. This was the first time that he had entertained guests as a 'master'.

Since Xi Ran wasn't available on the weekend, the time couldn't be adjusted, so he invited two Zerg to dinner on a weekday. Fortunately, he has just got the position of an assistant instructor, he was not too busy.

Huan Xiu was more concerned about whether he could be an instructor with his health and whether he needed to live in the army. Huan Xiu was relieved to learn that a married Zerg could go home every day even if he was in the army. He didn't really want to see his spouse only once a week or half a month.

Huan Xiu applied for a driving class, hoping to get his driver's license as soon as possible. Now Xi Ran insisted on giving him a ride instead of letting him take a taxi. However, the military department and the research institute were not on the same route. So Xi Ran had to get up early to take him. He dropped Xiao Ye off at the gate of the primary department, and then sent him to the research institute to the east of the college. Then he turned around and went back all the way west to the military headquarters.

On the evening of the day he invited his friends to dinner, Huan Xiu, like the previous days, went to the primary school gate to pick Huan Ye up first and then took a taxi home. Huan Ye's return to school was very smooth. Although he got some strange looks after entering the school, he fundamentally had confidence in his identity and family, so he didn't get into any more trouble. The teachers were a little surprised at how the small cub changed so much in just half a month.

Zerg children who occasionally encountered Huan Xiu holding Huan Ye's little hand home at the door could guess what was going on.

"Xiao Ye."

"Hm?"

In the car, Huan Xiu suddenly thought of something, "Let's make a celebration party for your female father."

"What is that?" Huan Ye was a little confused.

"Didn't he get the job he wanted? How about we pick him up at his place of work in a few days, give him presents, and cook for him at home?"

Of course, Huan Ye nodded, "Okay, okay! But… isn't male father bad at cooking?"

Huan Xiu was embarrassed. "…That's right. We can also go out and eat."

So Huan Xiu and Huan Ye talked about this secret in whispers.

One big and one small arrived home first. It took about an hour for Xi Ran to come back with his friends.

"Master." The first thing Xi Ran did when he entered the door was to greet Huan Xiu, and then leaned over to let his friend in.

Huan Xiu came out to welcome them. He knew that Xi Ran's friends must have come from the military headquarters with him, and he must have talked about him on the way. He was curious what Xi Ran said about him.

"This is my friend, Lan Ji." Xi Ran solemnly introduced the female Zerg beside him who also bowed down and nodded solemnly, which made the atmosphere very dignified.

"No need to be so formal." Huan Xiu waved.

"This is the one I mentioned before, my subordinate, Lu Yien."

"I'm so sorry!"

Huan Xiu was startled, and a young man named Lu Yien suddenly bowed to him and apologized loudly.

"I told you it wasn't your fault…" Xi Ran seemed to be a little annoyed about this, as he must have apologized like this many times.

"Come in and talk." It wasn't proper to be crowding the door. Huan Xiu moved into the house first. It seemed that if he didn't move, the three female Zerg at the door would stand there forever.

He was also surprised that Lu Yien looked very… young. Unlike the physique of Xi Ran and Lan Ji, he was obviously one size smaller, thinner, and his face was much younger.

"Are you not yet an adult?" Huan Xiu asked out of curiosity.

"Ah, yes! I'm still in the late third phase." Lu Yien replied nervously.

"He's the youngest in the first team, and he's a top student in the training camp." Xi Ran said matter-of-factly, but Lu Yien became even more depressed because of it.

"But it turns out I can't…" He was still haunted by Xi Ran's protection. He had never known that actual combat was such a cruel thing.

"You are still young. Besides, I didn't hurt myself just to save you." Xi Ran didn't want to snub Huan Xiu. He said two words and kept looking at him for fear that he would not be happy being left out. Huan Xiu didn't care about this. He knew what Xi Ran meant so he smiled graciously at him.

Lu Yien chattered next to Xi Ran, while Lan Ji was sitting next to him quietly. Huan Xiu usually worked with inferior females and male Zerg, so this was rare. It was the first time that he saw such a lively and sunny female Zerg as Lu Yien. However, according to Xi Ran, his family environment was excellent and he was also a high-quality student. It was not surprising that he had such a character.

Huan Xiu felt that it was not good for him to sit here for too long. After casually exchanging pleasantries, he said he'd go upstairs to call Xiao Ye to come down to say hello as an excuse to return to his room and leave space for them.

"Master…" When Xi Ran saw that Huan Xiu was going upstairs, he didn't know what he intended. He got up and followed him to the stairs.

"Hm?"

Xi Ran lowered his voice and said, "Is it boring for you?"

"No. I don't think you and your friends are comfortable with me sitting there, so I'll go up and rest for a while. I don't know if you want to cook or get take out but call me when it's time to eat. "

"But…"

"Don't be so restrained," Huan Xiu quickly sneaked a kiss onto Xi Ran's lips. He knew Xi Ran couldn't do anything about it. "This is your own home."

Xi Ran subconsciously raised his hand to touch his lips again, then realized that there was a bystander behind him, and his hand fell down.

Huan Xiu noticed that Lan Ji's eyes glanced this way, but quickly moved away. Lu Yien, on the other hand, showed his undisguised surprise. Because his expression was too straightforward, Lan Ji gave him a sideways glance.

"…"

Huan Xiu smiled and went upstairs without saying anything. He went to his room and asked Xiao Ye to go out to see the guests. At first, he wondered why Huan Ye could not stay in the room. Later, he gradually remembered that there was such a rule in the Zerg aristocracy that the former cubs could not come out to see guests without the permission of the Master, which was also a point to determine whether the cubs were favored or not. Huan Xiu was also helpless. They had such a small house, a family of three, why would there be such rules.

Sure enough, after Huan Xiu left, he heard the three female Zerg and the cub talking downstairs. He was very 'sad'. He was very approachable, so how come everyone was silent as soon as he sat there?

It seemed that there was still a long way to go to change his image in Xi Ran's and his friends' minds.

After Huan Xiu went upstairs, Xi Ran started to prepare dinner. Huan Ye hadn't seen Lan Ji for a long time, but he called Uncle Lan very obediently. Lan Ji, who had been tense, relaxed a little and came to embrace him with a smile.

"You don't have to be so nervous. I told you my current Master is treating us well."

"He looks fine," Lan Ji sighed.

"You are so strict."

"I'm not worried about you. I'm afraid you'll come out of the dragon's pool and into the tiger's den." Lan Ji took another look at the direction of the stairs, as if afraid that Huan Xiu had not gone far enough and would hear him.

Lu Yien was standing beside him, unable to interrupt him.

"You go and sit down." Lan Ji spoke.

"Oh, oh… okay." Although not in the same battalion, Lan Ji is also Yu Lien's senior officer. He obediently went to the sofa and sat down to watch TV with Xiao Ye.

"You're younger than me, and you worry more than I do." Xi Ran said with disapproval.

"Thanks to whom?" Lan Ji was not much younger than Xi Ran, but the wrinkles between his eyebrows were coming out in recent years, making him look unfriendly.

Xi Ran didn't deny it and went along with his words, "Mn. I'm sorry to trouble you about this transfer. "

"It's nothing."

While Xi Ran was cooking, Lan Ji helped at his side. As Huan Xiu expected, almost all of their topics revolved around him.

"You said there was no female monarch in the family, right?"

"Mn. It's just the three of us now."

"Is he still good to Xiao Ye?"

Xi Ran nodded, his mouth slightly raised. Lan Ji looked at him emotionally. His best friend didn't smile much before, especially in the first two years. He had a frown almost every day, but these days when he saw him, his smile gradually increased.

"If he really is as good as you say, he should let you be the monarch." Lan Ji's words were still unforgiving. Of course, he also knew that this statement was one-sidedly in favor of his friend. Even if it was just the current situation, Huan Xiu's attitude was rare enough.

"I'm already very happy." Xi Ran gently shook his head, implying that he didn't want any more than this. He was satisfied to keep the status quo.

"That thing… Did you tell him?"

"…" Xi Ran didn't answer, his expression dimming a bit.

"I only said it randomly," Lan Ji hurriedly said, in a low voice. "You see, you still have Xiao Ye. And you said he treats him like his own…"

"…Yeah. I should have found a chance to talk about it. But it's a little difficult to bring it up." Xi Ran nodded, pausing for a few seconds, and confessed, "To tell you the truth, I'm scared. I have never been afraid of anything in my life."

"I understand. Come to me if you have any questions." Lan Ji thought that he might understand as Xi Ran's friend for many years. But in this case, he was powerless to help him.

The topic forced a heavy atmosphere to fall over them.

"How's it going lately?"

"Nothing too serious."

"Be careful. Don't be like me." Xi Ran said this in a self mocking tone.

"You've done everything you have to do, it was just bad luck," Lan Ji comforted. "It's good to be in the training camp since it's much more comfortable than fighting on the front line. I want to quit if I have a chance."

"You are still young."

"You're not much older than me…" Lan Ji was a little angry, but he held back his words. He knew that Xi Ran wanted to fight again. Commoners like them who had no background, once they did not have a task, there was really nothing left.

He had watched Xi Ran's ascent step by step, but because of his status, he was hindered by all kinds of obstacles. It was also because he saw how desperately Xi Ran had worked in his last marriage and how powerless this Zerg was that now after he was divorced.

So he was a little shocked to hear that Xi Ran remarried after coming back from the front line. Although Xi Ran said that his partner was a very excellent male Zerg, he felt that he was not a good match at all. After seeing him today, Lan Ji felt a little relieved.

Giving the four enough time to have their conversation, Huan Xiu waited until dinner was ready before coming down from upstairs. Maybe because they've been talking for a while, but the atmosphere was not as gloomy as in the beginning. Huan Xiu casually asked Lan Ji about Xi Ran when he first joined the army. Since he seemed really curious and interested in Xi Ran's affairs, Lan Ji put down his guard and softened his attitude. He was not as reticent as he was at the beginning.

"I used to be very ordinary, nothing worth mentioning." After listening to Lan Ji's praise in front of his Master, Xi Ran felt a little embarrassed. He didn't think he was that good.

"Even as ordinary, you must've been very good." Huan Xiu replied.

Lu Yien also talked about Xi Ran with Lan Ji. In his eyes, he had never met a better officer than Xi Ran.

Looking at Lu Yien, Huan Xiu thought that he was cared for and raised by his loving male father and female father. The combination of these conditions made him think that maybe Xiao Ye would feel this way when he grew up?

The awakening and development of the Zerg was really unscientific, especially the jump from childhood to adulthood was too large. Huan Xiu thought it was too hard to imagine that, in the near future, Xiao Ye would change from a cub who only reached his thigh into a tall 'teenager' overnight.

Huan Ye wondered why his male father was looking at him emotionally during the meal.

After dinner, Lu Yien insisted on giving Xi Ran things, which seemed to be expensive care products. Xi Ran had received a lot of them during his hospitalization, which seemed helpless. However, Lu Yien was too enthusiastic, and it was not easy for him to refuse. He had to accept it, saying that this was the last time and asked Lu Yien not to spend any more money.

"I heard that you were responsible for the quick transfer. Thank you." Huan Xiu also said politely. Lu Yien repeatedly waved his hands and said that this was what he should do. Besides, it was not difficult.

Lan Ji and Xi Ran were not talkative people. Lan Ji simply said goodbye then left. Since his senior was leaving, it would be too embarrassing for him as a junior to stay, so Lu Yien waved his hand and quickly withdrew. He warmly invited Xi Ran and Huan Xiu to visit his home.

Huan Xiu came back from the door, picked up the dishes and went into the kitchen, "Your subordinate is so lively. It's rare to see such a female Zerg."

Xi Ran glanced at Huan Xiu's expression and said, "Mn, his family spoils him, which is quite unusual. But he is really excellent. He is famous for jumping several grades in the military academy."

When Huan Xiu put down his dishes and chopsticks in the sink and wanted to go back to get more, he was stopped by Xi Ran who just came in, "I'll do them."

"I'll feel guilty if I don't do anything." Huan Xiu was still not used to the wonderful life of sitting and waiting for meals every day, and then giving up to do nothing after eating.

"Master has already done a lot."

A lot? Huan Xiu began to think about what he had done.

"Then I'll put these in the cupboard." Hu Xu picked up the gifts Lu Yien had put on the floor before, opened the bags and sorted them out carefully.

Xi Ran looked at him several times while he was doing that, which made Huan Xiu wonder what he had done wrong with the bags.

"What's the matter?" Huan Xiu turned around.

Xi Ran seemed hesitant, but he couldn't help saying, "Is Master… interested in Lu Yien?"

"Hm? It's because I haven't seen such a female Zerg before." Huan Xiu said, thinking there was something wrong.

"It's true," Xi Ran reluctantly smiled, "but he's actually young…"

"Wait, stop, did you misunderstand something?" Huan Xiu swiftly interrupted him.

Xi Ran didn't say anything. He looked at Huan Xiu.

"I'm not interested in him in that kind of way, okay?"

Xi Ran nodded.

"Why do I have a feeling you don't get it?" Huan Xiu came closer. Xiao Ye had already gone back upstairs, he didn't want to speak too loudly and be overheard by the child.

"But you care and I'm happy about that."

Huan Xiu remembered Xi Ran saying that 'he would try to stay by his side'. It was true that the other party had made efforts, but it was really just 'staying,' not 'trying to monopolize'.

"Does it bother you?"

Huan Xiu shook his head, "How's that possible? I just hope you can tell me whatever you're thinking honestly."

Xi Ran hesitated for a moment, looking a little tangled, "Monarch…"

"Mn? What?"

Xi Ran sighed, "Master will marry a monarch sooner or later."

"Why?" Huan Xiu was confused.

"…" Xi Ran was also confused, "Is it true that Master will not marry in the future?"

Huan Xiu never thought about the difference between a female monarch and a concubine. It was hard for a normal person not to imagine life with three wives and four concubines under this social background. However, Huan Xiu thought that it was impossible to keep multiple relationships and divide the feelings into several parts at the same time. And once there was chaos with the relationships, it would bring countless troubles and disputes. Now that he was living his second life, he just wanted to have a comfortable life with one love.

"No," Huan Xiu shook his head. "Do you want me to? Hm… do I not treat this matter with enough importance? In fact, I don't understand the difference between a monarch and you. You are the only one in my family. So you have my everything."

"…" Xi Ran was dumbfounded, because Huan Xiu's tone was like he was asking what they were going to have for breakfast tomorrow. For a moment he thought he was joking.

"Does Master mean… you want me to be your female monarch?"

Seeing the look of surprise on Xi Ran's face, Huan Xiu felt that their communication still had a long way to go.

"Don't stand in the kitchen. Let's go back inside and talk slowly."

After ten minutes of conversation, they went back to their room.

"Huh? Why do you think I prefer a slimmer figure? Just because I used to like an inferior female?"

Xi Ran nodded his head, "Sorry, I didn't mean to pry. It's just that I heard about it by chance last time when I was by the fountain at the university. But I don't have a position to ask you about such things either…"

"You." 1

"…You." 2

In this situation Huan Xiu insisted on helping Xi Ran correct the name problem.

"I heard that you love him so much that… you said you would only marry him. Is that… the case?" Xi Ran seemed confused. He was instinctively seeking proof, but he didn't know what he could do about the results.

"This matter is a bit complicated…" Huan Xiu was also in a difficult position. This body did love Ai Le so much that he committed suicide because of him. He didn't want to muddle things up with, 'I used to like him, but now I don't like him at all'. After all, he really didn't like that inferior female, but to explain it clearly would involve his human background.

"Master doesn't have to answer." Xi Ran didn't pursue it though, instead shrinking back so quickly that Huan Xiu himself retreated before he could say anything.

"All I can say is, 'I' don't like him. Even if he comes back to me, even if some Zerg like him… shows love to me, I won't feel anything," Huan Xiu added, "I know it sounds unreasonable, how someone can forget about an old love so quickly, right? But it's true. I just want to have you. If only you could believe it."

"I believe it." Xi Ran was quick to nod, though. He looked straight into Huan Xiu's eyes, bluntly.

"So quick to answer? Really?"

"There is no need for Master to lie to me like that. Even if it won't be in the future, at least you think so now. I'm happy." Xi Ran quickly curved his lips in a small smile, but Huan Xiu could see his emotions in his eyes.

Huan Xiu really didn't know what to say.

"I really don't know what to say to you, should I say you're stupid or straightfor… mn…!?"

Huan Xiu stopped mid-sentence.

Xi Ran, surprisingly, came over to kiss him of his own accord?

This time it was Huan Xiu's turn to be silly.

He caught a glimpse of Xi Ran's hand clenched so hard, that it turned white slightly trembling. He was probably very nervous. Xi Ran also obeyed Huan Xiu's instruction to 'close your eyes when kissing', and sent his lips up gingerly with his eyes closed, stopping quietly for a few seconds without any force. Soon, the soft touch left again.

Xi Ran reached out and pressed his hand to his chest, opened his eyes, and whispered, "My chest is stuffy and sore. Is it because I liked it?"

"…You're really clueless about this sort of thing."

"Then would Master be willing to teach me?" Xi Ran stared directly at Huan Xiu.

Huan Xiu was speechless at Xi Ran's sincere request and could not stop laughing for a long time, "I think you will definitely learn well."

Xi Ran didn't know why Huan Xiu had such confidence in him. He thought he was slow and stupid in this area, and had been confused since he was a child when all the Zerg around him were talking about it. If he had fallen in love with a Zerg, he would not have gone along with the flow and accepted the marriage arrangement by his superiors. Although it's a bit remorseful to think about it, without that experience, he wouldn't have met Huan Xiu.

After a long time of struggling, Xi Ran still thought that the current situation was probably the best.

Huan Xiu spent the night in his arms and his heart felt much lighter. He felt that there were no more barriers between them now that they were talking. The promotion from concubine to female monarch was no trouble, but Huan Xiu realized in hindsight that it was actually 'marriage'! He was in a trance for a while, he was still in the 'dating and living together' state.

Although it was not necessary in the Zerg society, Huan Xiu still felt that a wedding and a ring were essential. As he researched and researched, Huan Xiu realized that this was a big deal and needed to be planned carefully, so he had not mentioned this to Xi Ran yet. At first he was worried that Xi Ran would be anxious about it and would not have much time to prepare, but he did not expect that Xi Ran would be so happy with his assurance that he would not take the initiative to express or hint at it.

He's so easy to convince… Huan Xiu was torn between worrying about Xi Ran and being happy that his partner trusted him.

Xi Ran had been at the training camp for more than a week now, and even though he didn't have any reaction on the surface, internally he was not calm at all. He was worried that his silence and lack of communication would not be appropriate for this position. Huan Xiu obviously noticed, since Xi Ran was so agitated every night, he could neither sit nor stand.

"What are you doing talking to the wall?" Huan Xiu couldn't resist interrupting Xi Ran's tossing and turning.

"I'm practicing my tone of voice as an instructor."

"Don't worry, you won't be allowed to drill newcomers so soon. Just follow along and learn." Huan Xiu was helpless, Xi Ran was always so stubborn about everything.

"…Isn't it better to practice?"

Huan Xiu thought about it and suggested, "Then you can use me as your test subject. Think of me as one of your new recruits, it's better than facing a wall, right?"

"That won't do," Xi Ran flatly refused, "My tone needs to be very strict with soldiers, especially new recruits."

"Mn, so?"

"I… how can I be strict with you?" Xi Ran was embarrassed. He was very reluctant to show Huan Xiu the tough and cold side of the army, an image that he himself found very unattractive.

Huan Xiu was curious, but he didn't push Xi Ran, thinking about the next time he would have the chance to go to the military headquarters to see how the other worked.

"Then I won't bother you…"

As soon as Huan Xiu stood up, Xi Ran became anxious, thinking that his refusal had misled his Master into thinking he was upset.

"Don't worry, I have some work to do too. It's just as well for you to practice instructing by yourself, I'll go work too. We'll sleep together when we're all done." Huan Xiu pressed Xi Ran down with one hand, who was about to get up. He obviously could not hold him down with his strength, but Xi Ran obediently let himself be "held down".

Xi Ran looked up and said, "Okay."

Huan Xiu didn't have much work to do in the middle of the night, but he thought that being in their room might disturb Xi Ran. He also remembered something else.

Just as Huan Ye came out to get a drink of water, Huan Xiu waved at Huan Ye when he saw him.

"Male father?" Huan Ye hurried over.

Huan Xiu shushed him and gestured to him to come downstairs and talk to him.

Only when he got downstairs, Huan Xiu was relieved to talk to Huan Ye about the so-called celebration again. Xi Ran might overhear them on the second floor, but then it wouldn't be a surprise.

They have already discussed it earlier, this time they needed to confirm the time. Of course, Huan Ye was more than happy to cooperate with Huan Xiu and said he would write a card to his father. He had not been in primary school for long, but he could already write quite a lot. So he agreed to meet Xiao Ye at the primary school tomorrow night after Huan Xiu got off work, and would drop him off at a reserved restaurant, then Huan Xiu would pick up Xi Ran from the military department. If there was no traffic jam, he could even buy a bouquet of flowers and give him a kiss… After all, some things couldn't always be done in front of Xiao Ye.

It was just a celebration – that's why Huan Xiu had to find such a reason. He was not young anymore, but he actually had a spring in his steps.

Huan Xiu first booked a private room in the study downstairs, then checked the route to the entrance of the military training camp before slowly returning to his room.

When Xi Ran heard the door open, he turned around quickly.

"Are you done practicing?"

Xi Ran hurriedly shook his head, "No more practice. Let's rest together."

It was actually still too early to sleep, but sometimes when the two of them went to bed together, they would have a leisurely moment of reading a book while chatting casually. Huan Xiu liked it, so he said, "Xiao Ye's been doing well in school these past two days. The last time I met his teacher at the school gate, he seemed to be very positive about him." Huan Xiu found that most of their conversations started with Huan Ye, which was a habit they've developed since they met.

"The teachers are especially enthusiastic because Master goes to the door." Xi Ran did not forget to give credit to Huan Xiu, but it was also true. When he picked up Huan Ye at the gate, the teacher only nodded at him politely and was never enthusiastic.

"It's true that there aren't many male Zerg in the primary department…" Huan Xiu then came closer and asked half jokingly, "Are you unhappy when they come to talk to me?"

Xi Ran thought about it and confessed in all seriousness, "…If you say too much, I will be."

"You're pretty honest," Huan Xiu couldn't help but laugh, "So what if I do?"

"Then… please, Master, just don't tell me." Xi Ran lowered his head slightly, his voice a bit sullen.

Huan Xiu couldn't help but squeeze over and rub the other's hair and cheeks, Xi Ran's facial lines were hard, but the contrast was adorable under such a rubbing.

"Don't worry, I won't talk to them too much."

Xi Ran didn't stop Huan Xiu's rubbing at all, but instead took the opportunity to watch his Master up close and personal, watching him so intently that he was a bit out of it.

"Stunned?" Huan Xiu realized after a while and shook his hand, "Do I look good?"

"Mn. Master is good-looking."

Huan Xiu couldn't help it, he was not that handsome in the original world, and now he was only moderately handsome. In the eyes of the Zerg race, what they called good looking meant delicate'. Unlike the female Zerg, who were generally rough looking, the male Zerg were much more elegant. Although they were praised for their 'good looks', a large part of the reason for this was that they were rare, and Huan Xiu was not very happy about this…

Huan Xiu's sex life had been harmonious ever since Xi Ran asked Huan Xiu if he was bored with him. That evening, Huan Xiu gradually rolled with Xi Ran. Even touching his hair and cheek could also generate strong sexual desire. He couldn't help feeling that his body was really young.

After that, in bed, Huan Xiu watched Xi Ran lying on his back with his upper body naked. After returning to the military headquarters and recovering some necessary physical training, Xi Ran's figure became better and better. Huan Xiu, on a whim, reached out and touched his abdominal muscles, "To tell you the truth, I'm a little curious. Were your muscles still there when you were pregnant?"

"Yes. It's going to be a little fatty, but it's not going to make a big difference."

"Yeah, an egg isn't that big." Huan Xiu thought about it, the Zerg were an egg-laying species. The first few months of pregnancy were not noticable, and in the last one to two months, depending on the situation, the size of the egg would grow rapidly, but it was the size of an adult male's hand, much smaller than a human fetus.

After birth, Zerg eggs took another month to hatch, although the cubs could already hear and think, the Zerg race had a tradition of letting the cubs break out of their shells without any help, which was the first test for them.

Huan Xiu's questions about the Zerg eggs did not arouse suspicion because the male Zerg were not too concerned about this. Xi Ran thought that Huan Xiu wes asking these questions out of pure curiosity.

Huan Xiu touched twice more, "It's really hard to imagine what that looks like… Say, do you think… you could have one inside now?"

"Cough, cough…!" Xi Ran's rarely expressionless face was confused for a moment, "No… it shouldn't be that easy to have one. Zerg fertility is already low…"

When Huan Xiu saw him nervously start to talk to him about Zerg fertility rate, he thought he was under pressure from his words, and he even advised him, "I know, I know," he said. "I just said it in passing. If you really were with just this many times, I should go buy a lottery ticket."

Xi Ran suddenly calmed down again and nodded after a long while.

"Besides, we're still very young, aren't we? Even if we don't have one, it doesn't matter." Huan Xiu smiled.

"Mn."

Huan Xiu doesn't know if it was an illusion, but Xi Ran looked a bit reluctant.

He figured that Xi Ran's previous experience had made Xi Ran a little resistant to the idea of 'having a baby'. Huan Xiu was not sure, but this was not a matter that concerned the two of them at the moment. Xiao Ye was still young and their careers were on the rise, so there was no need to hurry to have another child.

In Huan Xiu's predetermined plan, he originally thought that he would never have children in his lifetime. He had never thought that he would become a father in this world in a wonderful way, which was a pleasant surprise.

In retrospect, the thought of going to work tomorrow gave him a headache, as his recent research projects had been at a standstill and the whole institute was a bit depressed. Because it was related to the military, they couldn't complain to other Zerg about it, so they could only try and solve the issues fast. Huan Xiu was hoping that there would be no more unexpected problems tomorrow and he would have to work overtime.

God was probably pleased that day, because work ended on time, even a little early, since the project leader had a sudden appointment. Huan Xiu cleared his desk work in order to wait near the military headquarters before Xi Ran's shift ended.

Kaczki waved his hand across the table, "Hey, Huan Xiu, want to go out for a drink tonight?"

"Sorry, I have an appointment today."

"What appointment?" Kaczki was curious.

"A… date?" Huan Xiu deliberated on his words.

"What? You've found a new guy?" Kaczki looked a little excited, the word 'gossip' written on his face.

"No, I'm going out to eat with Xi Ran. We have a restaurant reservation."

Kaczki smacked his lips, "That's not a date."

"Sorry for not having gossip to share with you, ha," Huan Xiu smiled, "See you tomorrow."

"Bye bye." Kaczki didn't say a word, but Huan Xiu turned around and walked away. He flashed a 'see' look at his colleagues. "This is probably true love…"

The many male Zerg sighed.

When Huan Xiu arrived at the entrance of the primary department, Huan Ye was already waiting, so Huan Xiu didn't have to get out of the car and find another taxi. He simply called Huan Ye to get in the car.

Huan Ye was a bit excited because of the anticipation. He had never been to a fancy restaurant before, and this was his first time. He had only learnt how to write not long ago, and he had never written a card for his father before, and the one he had made after thinking long and hard about when he returned to his room last night was now carefully tucked into a book.

"Can we make it in time?" Huan Ye asked somewhat worriedly.

"Don't worry, there's plenty of time." Huan Xiu smiled and told Huan Ye to relax.

At the restaurant, Huan Xiu dropped Huan Ye off first and told him to wait in the reserved room, and to order food if he was hungry.

Huan Ye nodded his head and said, "If male father and father have other things to do, it is alright to come later."

"Cough, we won't be late." Huan Xiu was still uncomfortable talking to the child about such a topic… In the end, this aspect of the Zerg's education started a little too early compared to humans.

Since the road was clear, Hua Xu crossed half the city to the military headquarters before Xi Ran finished. He looked at his watch and didn't want to disturb Xi Ran, so he stood on the side of the road and circled around.

The soldier standing guard couldn't help but glance at this side of the road a few times, probably because the flower in Huan Xiu's hand was a bit conspicuous, or because there were very few male Zerg coming to this place. Seeing that Huan Xiu was obviously waiting for a Zerg, he couldn't help but ask, "Are you here to pick up someone?"

"Oh, yes." Huan Xiu nodded. This neighborhood was rather deserted, there wasn't even a small shop, which was normal since it was near the barracks. He didn't know if it would be a bit inappropriate for him to stand here. Huan Xiu confirmed, "Are all the cars going in and out this way?"

"Into the main city, yes."

"Thank you." Huan Xiu went back to standing farther away, obviously not wanting to disturb the soldier as he stood guard.

But the soldier was probably a bit tired after standing all day, and was about to change guard. This situation was quite uncommon, and he couldn't help but frequently sweep a glance at Huan Xiu. "With all due respect, who are you here to see?"

"Xi Ran… I don't know if you know him."

"Of course!" The soldier standing guard had a somewhat longing expression. But since he was still on guard duty, he was very restrained, "Are you his Master…?"

"Do you even know me?" Huan Xiu wasn't too surprised, after all, rumors were flying, and that crap was all over the noble circle, so there were probably quite a few rumors in the military department as well.

"I've heard some… about it, but Instructor Xi is not here today by the way."

"Huh?" Huan Xiu was surprised and looked up sharply, "Not here?"

"He was here in the morning. But in the afternoon he left early on leave to go to the hospital."

"Are you sure? And then he never came back?"

"Yes… I just remembered." The soldier on guard duty was a little bit disappointed to see Huan Xiu so surprised, he didn't know if he said the wrong thing or not. Xi Ran didn't report the matter to his Master, so he shouldn't have said it like that… But if he didn't say it, Huan Xiu would've eventually found out if he waited longer.

Xi Ran never mentioned anything about going to the hospital, and Huan Xiu felt a little panicky. A strict disciplinarian like Xi Ran should be reluctant to miss work, so he would go for a general check-up on the weekend. But he deliberately took a day off on a weekday to go and he didn't even mention it. Huan Xiu was worried that Xi Ran might be hiding something serious from him and Xiao Ye.

Huan Xiu hoped that he was just being paranoid, and immediately picked up the communicator and called Xi Ran, who took a while to pick up the phone. Huan Xiu was relieved when the call finally went through.

"Master? Why are you calling at this hour? Is there something urgent?"

"I've booked a restaurant outside today. I picked up Xiao Ye. Join us and eat out tonight."

"Ah, okay. I'll come over after I finish. Can you send me the address? Do you need me to pick you up?"

Huan Xiu walked a little farther away, not wanting outsiders to overhear the conversation between the two of them, "I came here specifically to pick you up near the military headquarters to take you to the restaurant."

"No, there's no need to go to such trouble…"

"I'm already here."

"…"

Huan Xiu knew that Xi Ran was not in the army now, as soon as he heard the silence. He was not good at lying, but there must be something hard to say, so he could only remain silent at this moment. He could imagine his partner's anxious face but couldn't say anything.

"You're not in the military?" Huan Xiu took the initiative to ask, "I heard from the Zerg at the door that you took a leave of absence."

"Yes, I'm here to do a review…"

"Why not do it on the weekend? I can still go with you."

"Ah, it's… the doctor arranged, uh, today is appropriate…"

"You don't know how to lie at all." Huan Xiu said helplessly, the other side was exposed by the tone of his tone.

"…I'm sorry." Xi Ran's apology was in a very low voice, his emotions indecipherable.

"I'm worried about you. Is there something wrong with you? Could it be a serious illness? Why didn't you tell me?" Huan Xiu pressed, and without waiting for an answer from that side, he continued, "Never mind, we'll talk when we meet. I'll come to you, which hospital are you in?"

Xi Ran said the address, and was about to tell Huan Xiu not to come in person, so he could go to the restaurant to meet them right away. However, Huan Xiu wouldn't let Xi Ran refuse and hung up the phone to call a car.

Xi Ran held his communicator in his hand for a while until the doctor in the room came out, took one look at Xi Ran standing in the hallway, and asked him if he needed any advice.

"That's all for today, thank you." Xi Ran squeezed out a very forced smile.

"So here are the test results." Back in the consultation room, the doctor handed Xi Ran a few pieces of paper stapled together, "And please don't worry too much. I see that you have other problems such as trauma to the bone wing, which needs to be kept in a relaxed mood to heal faster."

"Is there really no medicine or anything like that?" Xi Ran was still a little unhappy.

"I'm sorry, but there's nothing we can do about the low pregnancy rate. I understand how you feel, but if there was such a drug, all the female Zergs in the world would go crazy."

"…I would too."

"And your problem isn't hormonal, it's that your entire body was impacted by the previous injury, and that damage is irreversible."

Due to such a serious injury, the military department naturally took full responsibility for Xi Ran's medical expenses as well as Huan Ye's tuition fees for several years. The doctor glanced at Xi Ran's medical records, and he could guess that Xi Ran's being kicked out of the house was not unrelated to this problem and the reason for him coming back to check on it again just now was quite obvious.

"You're remarried, aren't you?"

Xi Ran nodded.

"Hasn't the other party reviewed your specific health report…? So you would like to be able to quietly address this issue before the other party becomes aware of the problem? We don't advise patients to keep their health conditions a secret from their families. The male Zerg also has a right to know this information. However, it is not our hospital's responsibility to tell him about it, so I hope you'll take it into consideration."

Xi Ran's doctor's words sounded like, 'I hope you can face reality'. He thought about Huan Xiu coming over later and felt even more depressed. He couldn't think of a suitable excuse to put off the other man, and he couldn't lie to Huan Xiu without turning a blind eye – he was already feeling guilty enough as it was.

"Thanks for the advice, I'll tell him."

Xi Ran left somewhat depressed, and the doctor sighed with emotion as he watched his lifeless back. Before he left, Xi Ran's face looked broken.

When Huan Xiu arrived at the hospital, he was about to ask Xi Ran where he was, but he saw Xi Ran standing in a trance at the entrance of the hospital through the window, looking worried, and immediately turned off his contact device.

"Stop right here."

"Okay."

Huan Xiu got out of the car and ran to Xi Ran in three steps.

"Master…" Xi Ran licked his lips and looked a little nervous.

"What's the problem?" Huan Xiu couldn't help but flip back and forth to see if there was anything wrong with Xi Ran again.

"There's really nothing wrong, it was just a checkup…"

"There's no big problem you're hiding from me?"

"I can explain…" Xi Ran looked like he was choking, he seemed to feel immensely guilty about the incident and looked at Huan Xiu in a panic.

"It won't hurt you, right?" Huan Xiu guessed.

Xi Ran hurriedly shook his head.

"It won't cause missing arms or legs or anything, right?" Huan Xiu continued to guess the worst.

"…Won't."

Huan Xiu was slightly relieved that it probably wasn't a 'big problem' like he thought.

"The hospital entrance is not the place to talk either. Let's go first. You drove here, right?"

Xi Ran nodded, "This way. Master, you…"

Huan Xiu saw Xi Ran's eyes going to the flowers and, in the confusion of the situation, forgot to correct the problem of his title, "Yes, sorry, I got nervous. This is for you."

"This…"

"I discussed with Xiao Ye that we'd give you a surprise today to celebrate your smooth entry into the military as an instructor. I've booked a restaurant after picking you up," Huan Xiu explained, "Xiao Ye has already gone to the restaurant to wait."

"I'm sorry, but on such an important day, I…"

"It's fine. Otherwise, I wouldn't have found you sneaking to the hospital by yourself."

Xi Ran's whole body tensed up for a moment. "I'm sorry. I can explain to you."

"Fine, but Xiao Ye is still waiting. Let's go eat first, shall we? We'll talk about it at home tonight." Huan Xiu also wanted to know the truth, but on the road, Xi Ran had to drive and it was hard to talk, and he didn't want to ruin the atmosphere of dinner. So since Xi Ran said he would explain everything, it wasn't a bad idea to go home and close the door and talk slowly.

"Can you not mention my visit to the hospital to Xiao Ye?" Xi Ran had trouble asking for something, "I don't want him to worry."

"Okay." Huan Xiu nodded in agreement.

Huan Xiu said they would talk at night and didn't disturb Xi Ran on the way. However, Xi Ran was very uneasy because of the quiet atmosphere in the car. He couldn't help but glance at Huan Xiu from his peripheral vision, worrying about seeing his partner's unhappy expression.

"Don't worry, just drive." Huan Xiu smiled and said, "Are you afraid I'll get mad?"

"Yes… I tried to deceive you earlier." Xi Ran's voice was apologetic.

"I'm really not happy about that…"

Xi Ran tensed up.

"…But you didn't do it out of malice, did you? Let's talk it out tonight. We're a family now, and any problems we have can be solved."

Xi Ran's hand trembled a little as he held the steering wheel. He felt selfish as if he expected Huan Xiu to say something like this from the very beginning, in a gentle tone, telling him, 'It's okay'.

Amidst this expectation and fear of the opposite result, Xi Ran and Huan Xiu arrived at the restaurant.

His facial expressions were so complicated that Huan Xiu couldn't tell what mood Xi Ran was in, so he gave him a friendly pat on the back to cheer him up, "Xiao Ye made the card especially for you. Compliment him a bit more."

"Mn." Xi Ran responded, whispering, "Master is a better parent than I am. After coming to this house, Xiao Ye's personality is much brighter than before."

"You just haven't mastered the method yet." Huan Xiu pushed Xi Ran, making him, who was a bit stationary, push open the door of the private room by himself first.

"Female father!" Huan Ye listened to Huan Xiu's words and ordered cold dishes, but he didn't move to take a single bite, obviously waiting for the two of them to arrive. As soon as he saw Xi Ran, he handed over the finished greeting card first, probably because he had never tried to show his face in such a way, which made him a bit embarrassed, "Open it at home…"

"That's okay." Xi Ran smiled and carefully put the card away.

"Male father…" Huan Ye noticed that he forgot to greet Huan Xiu, who had entered after him, and called out to him with some embarrassment.

Of course, Huan Xiu didn't take it to heart, he didn't think that his family should care so much about manners. In fact, he also wanted to tell Xi Ran that no matter what, Huan Ye was closest to his female father and all the worries were unnecessary. But it seemed that Xi Ran was still learning how to be a father, so Huan Xiu was happy to let them discover these facts themselves.

On the surface, the meal was quite enjoyable. At least Huan Ye didn't find any problems. Although Huan Xiu had something on his mind, he just wanted to find out more about it tonight. Xi Ran was the only one who was always on edge. He always glanced at Huan Xiu when he was eating, afraid that he might be in a bad mood from his actions.

It was already nine o'clock when they got home, and Huan Ye was sleepy by this time, so he washed up a little and went to bed.

Huan Xiu poured a hot drink for each of them and wanted to sit down and have a good talk with Xi Ran.

When he entered the room with the cups, Xi Ran, who had been told to wait in the room, couldn't sit still and stood there a little uneasily. When Xi Ran saw him enter, he helped to take the cup.

"Come, sit down and talk slowly. I think there's something you want to tell me."

Xi Ran's look of holding his heart in his mouth was really clear to see at first glance. Xi Ran put down his cup, didn't go to Huan Xiu, but silently handed him the pregnancy report that he had prepared beforehand.

"What is this…?" Huan Xiu looked at that piece of paper and saw another load of paper on the table, "Those are?"

"These are re-examination reports, there's nothing wrong with them."

What he meant was that the problem was on this piece of paper.

Huan Xiu looked down to read the words on that piece of paper – fortunately, it wasn't handwritten by a doctor, otherwise, it would have been difficult to understand.

There was no complicated medical language on the paper, instead, it was very simple and easy to understand the low pregnancy rate and the reason for it, and in the advice column, there was only 'keep a happy mood' which was nothing substantial.

"This is? Huan Xiu looked up at Xi Ran, who looked like he was waiting for his trial, and the look on his face reflected, 'I'm ready and you want to talk about this?'

"I'm sorry, I've known about this since before you took me in as a concubine. In fact, I knew this before I was discharged, but I've been hiding it from you…" Xi Ran said and kneeled down, almost shocking Huan Xiu with the pounding sound.

"What are you doing!?" Huan Xiu tried to pull him up, but he couldn't.

Xi Ran continued, "Please let me finish." Xi Ran continued, "Please let me finish my story… I was worried about Xiao Ye's future, and I was so distracted that I wanted to keep it a secret. I didn't expect that you would never ask to see my medical report. Later, I became more and more attracted to you… and felt even more guilty. But I thought that in the future you would have a female monarch and other children, and perhaps wouldn't be so eager to have children with me, so I let it go."

"That's why you went… again." Huan Xiu thought about how he had just mentioned to Xi Ran about having him as a monarch and thought that the move had made the other person incredulous and thus anxious about the issue.

"Mn. I was wondering if there would be a turnaround and rushed to make another appointment for a test. But it really didn't get better."

"Forget about that, get up first." Huan Xiu tugged Xi Ran with great effort, but if he decided to stay on his knees, he could do nothing.

It was only after Huan Xiu's attack of pulling that Xi Ran stood up discouraged, "Are you mad?"

"I'm a little upset that you're hiding something from me, but that's all. It's not like I can't understand."

"…" Xi Ran looked at Huan Xiu, his tone somewhat uncertain, "Then… do you still want me?"

"Nonsense! Didn't I say I don't care about children, as long as I have Xiao Ye, that's enough?" Huan Xiu felt as if all his previous words had dissipated in the wind.

"But after all, words and facts are two different things."

"You mean my words are not credible?" Huan Xiu squinted, Xi Ran thought he was angry and almost went down on his knees again.

Huan Xiu held Xi Ran in his arms and said, "Okay, okay, don't move, don't move like this. Ah, I can't stand." Huan Xiu pressed the person down on the seat and helplessly said, "We were fine before, weren't we? You said you wouldn't call me 'you' and you forgot?"

"Sorry, I wasn't paying attention when I was in a hurry…"

Huan Xiu shook the paper in his hands, "I thought there was something seriously wrong with you, I was worried for a long time. This kind of thing can't even be considered a problem."

"Then…" Xi Ran was a bit nervous, and after struggling for a long time, he asked Huan Xiu with difficulty, "Then can I still be your monarch?"

Huan Xiu smiled, "Do you want to?"

Xi Ran looked serious and solemn, "…I want to. I want you to only have me."

Such a determined speech still quickly broke down, Xi Ran couldn't help but add, "…Is that okay?"

Huan Xiu couldn't help but laugh out loud and sighed helplessly, "You can. You really can. I don't want anyone else. Can you rely on me a little more when you are with me?"

Xi Ran's head tilted to the side, avoiding Huan Xiu's line of sight. Huan Xiu noticed his shaking shoulders and froze. Was Xi Ran crying?

Huan Xiu never thought that such an ordinary sentence could touch the most vulnerable part of Xi Ran's heart. This seemingly strong and determined female Zerg had a mask that seemed to never cry, and perhaps Xi Ran had persevered alone until now.

"Master, I think I'm selfish." Xi Ran's voice was a bit hoarse.

Huan Xiu didn't try to look at Xi Ran's face, but instead, he walked up to him and gave him a half-hug.

"I found myself wanting to hear you say that you'd like to be the only one me from the bottom of my heart. Even if… it would deprive you of your right to have a child of your own…"

"You can't call it deprivation if you choose it yourself," Huan Xiu patted Xi Ran's back, who was choking on his voice, "And you're silly, it's not selfish, it's the right thing to do."

They embraced each other quietly until Xi Ran's emotions slowly subsided, and when he turned his head, there was no trace of tears.

"Sorry for showing Master my bad side again."

Huan Xiu rubbed his fingers near the corners of Xi Ran's eyes, "I'm satisfied with your bad side."

Xi Ran laughed, his eyes bent to stare at Huan Xiu without stopping.

"Just throw this away like wastepaper," Huan Xiu raised the paper in his hand, "Besides, you only have a low pregnancy rate, it's not lifelong infertility. You're worrying too much." Huan Xiu interrupted Xi Ran when he wanted to explain again, "Alright, I don't have any expectations at all. Don't be afraid that I will be disappointed."

"…" Xi Ran opened his mouth and closed it again. After a long time, he said with some resignation, "How does Master know what I want to say?"

"Because you're an easy-to-understand Zerg."

Xi Ran didn't take Huan Xiu's words to heart, but rather he thought, 'master has such a special ability'. If Huan Xiu knew that he was so powerful in the eyes of his lover, he would probably laugh out loud again.

After calming down for a while, Xi Ran regained his normal state. But Huan Xiu could clearly see that the other's mood had lightened up, and the depression that had been there for some time had been swept away.

"I'll put away the flowers." Xi Ran suddenly remembered something and picked up the bouquet of flowers he had been holding tightly in his hand, ready to find a vase to put them in.

Xi Ran placed the greeting card that Huan Ye had given him in his nightstand as if he was going to wait until tomorrow to read it. Huan Xiu sat and watched him work, then suddenly thought of something, and hesitated for just an instant before deciding to reveal everything today.

"Xi Ran."

"What is it, Master?" Xi Ran immediately turned around and listened to Huan Xiu with great attention.

"There's something I want to tell you."

Xi Ran was surprised by Huan Xiu's serious expression. Since he had just been reassured, Xi Ran unprecedentedly did not think in a pessimistic direction and just sat in front of Huan Xiu with his ears cocked.

"Master, please speak."

"There's something I've never revealed to any Zerg before. I think it might be time for me to tell you. I hope you can keep it a secret for me once you know, even from Xiao Ye."

"Okay." Xi Ran nodded, agreeing without any worries.

Huan Xiu laughed bitterly, "Beforehand, you might not believe it… because this fact is too abnormal."

Xi Ran, anxious that Huan Xiu had questioned his trust in him, stood up and formally covered his chest, swearing that he would believe everything his Master said.

Huan Xiu 'pushed Xi Ran down' and said, "I know… Sit down and listen to what I have to say."

Naturally, the secret he wanted to tell was only one thing – that he had transmigrated to this world from a human planet to replace the original "Huan Xiu".

Huan Xiu and Xi Ran were so close together that he was confident that he would not be afraid or leak the information to outsiders. Keeping secrets forever was easier said than done, but in reality, it was much more painful than expected. Even if you have only one person to share your secrets and past with, it's a relaxing experience.

In the private environment of his bedroom, Huan Xiu was very relaxed. He started from the place where he was born, talked about the time of the disaster, and then told the story of how he was affected by the explosion.

Even though it was a bit confusing, Xi Ran got nervous when Huan Xiu mentioned this.

Huan Xiu patted the back of Xi Ran's hand and told him to relax, "Aren't I here now?"

Next, he quickly went into how he passed out, woke up with the feeling of drowning, and then that's how they first met.

"Maybe it's destiny," he said. Huan Xiu didn't believe in it, but it didn't stop him from making a love story out of it.

"Let me process this information…" Xi Ran was processing Huan Xiu's story, but it was so out of the ordinary that he had to digest it a bit.

"I know it's unbelievable."

Xi Ran leaned closer and studied Huan Xiu's face, "So is this what Master originally looked like?"

"This body looks exactly like the original me, and the name is exactly the same… really like seeing a ghost."

"Then… Master won't go back one day, will you?" The first thing Xi Ran was worried about was this, "Will the original male Zerg appear again?"

Huan Xiu shook his head, "I don't think so. He should have died in that suicide. In the other world, my body must have turned to ashes in the explosion, and I don't think I can go back."

Xi Ran was slightly relieved to hear that.

"So… Master doesn't actually have any love for the inferior female?"

"Yeah," Huan Xiu shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "You still care about this."

"…More or less." Xi Ran tilted his head slightly.

"Then you can rest assured that he's just a stranger to me. And he's not my type at all."

Huan Xiu saw Xi Ran's somewhat confused expression and had to explain to him about the distinctly different gender types on Earth and here. Obviously, after he described it, Xi Ran was in an even greater shock than before when he heard that he was from another world.

"The females of Earth are such creatures…" Xi Ran was confused. "Far different from us…"

"Ah, but I don't like women… The females of the earth. Simply put, it's called homosexuality." Huan Xiu hastened to clarify.

"Homosexuality… is rarely seen here," said Xi Ran, suddenly regaining consciousness and getting nervous again, "So, does Master prefer male Zerg?"

"…It's not like that." Huan Xiu was getting more and more bent out of shape and felt like he couldn't even jump into the Yellow River to get clean.

Huan Xiu spent several minutes explaining to Xi Ran that the Zerg, whether they were female, inferior female, or male, could be categorized as 'male' on Earth and that he simply preferred the strong and healthy type.

"Talking about my preferences so bluntly is a little…" Huan Xiu cleared his throat.

Xi Ran didn't feel embarrassed at all, but smiled reassuringly at Huan Xiu's description, "I see. I see." Xi Ran then cautiously asked Huan Xiu whether he had any previous marriage partners, and naturally, Huan Xiu readily stated that he had dated one or two, but they all ended in break-ups.

The word 'break up' was unfamiliar to the Zerg community, or perhaps they did not understand the word 'dating' properly. It's not uncommon for them to get married without knowing each other or even having an introduction.

"What did they do to upset you…?" Xi Ran asked tentatively as if to avoid making the same mistake.

"It was more like I was upsetting people," Huan Xiu couldn't help but laugh. "People there were more fickle and impatient. It was hard to concentrate on the person in front of you and there were a lot of trials… Imagine if in this world male Zerg bonded with male Zerg, wouldn't it cause problems?"

"I haven't seen this… The fertility rate is already so low that the government won't allow it," Xi Ran thought for a moment and replied, "It might be possible for them to get along with each other while married to a female attendant and a concubine separately…"

"Polygamy isn't popular there… That's the problem. Sometimes one party wants children, but humans… At least I can't accept a partner going to bed with someone else to have children."

"…We don't want to accept it either," Xi Ran stated in a somewhat muffled voice, "but it can't be helped. Most Zerg are like that…"

After spending most of the time after confessing the truth about transmigrating then expounding on sexual orientation, Huan Xiu felt their focus was skewed as well.

"So you can imagine, in my previous life, there was no option of having an heir, so naturally I didn't have any expectation of one. So don't pay too much attention to the medical checkup you had before." Huan Xiu brought the topic back up again.

"Master had a hard life before, didn't he?"

Huan Xiu paused for a moment, he had only been in this world for a few months, and yet it felt like a world away. Life on Earth was very relaxing, at least until the end of the world started. Even the problems that had bothered him before were insignificant in the face of the collapse of the world. After struggling for about half a year, he, as a technician, at least had a secure life, even then it was depressing. So after coming to this world he wanted to live a stable life and cherished this daily life.

"It's actually not bad," Huan Xiu smiled and said, "I'll never let you do that in the future."

"I will never let Master suffer anymore." Xi Ran suddenly sat upright, reached out and took Huan Xiu's hands in his, as he said the oath.

"Look at you, like I've been so miserable before." Huan Xiu smiled, but happily came forward and kissed Xi Ran's lips, "But thank you."

They finally talked about everything they had been hiding, and it was probably the most peaceful night's sleep they had had in years.

The next morning, Xi Ran's love and care for Huan Xiu intensified. In the early morning, Xi Ran not only cooked food but also made coffee and brought it to Huan Xiu's bedside along with sliced bread.

Huan Xiu woke up to the aroma of coffee and had a headache at the same time, "I can just go down and eat it, I don't need you to bring it to the bedside…"

"I told you I wouldn't let you suffer."

"Just going downstairs for a meal won't cause any suffering at all." Huan Xiu understood that in Xi Ran's eyes, that statement meant doing everything in his power to be good to him. But unlike many other male Zerg, he had a stable job and financial resources and was not overly demanding in bed. Xi Ran had a hard time showing his love, so he had to show his feelings by exaggerating on such trivial matters.

"Master doesn't like this?" Xi Ran looked a little chagrined that the way he thought it out didn't seem to please Huan Xiu.

"I prefer to have breakfast with you guys… By the way, is Xiao Ye up yet?"

"Mn. That… the food, do you want me to take it down again?" Xi Ran inquired.

"I can take it myself…" Seeing Xi Ran look even more lost, Huan Xiu changed his tune. "But I have to wash up, so I'll trouble you."

"No trouble."

"By the way, I'll keep this," Huan Xiu picked up the mug of coffee he had poured and sniffed it, smiling, "Thank you. I'll be right down, you and Xiao Ye can eat first."

Now Xi Ran's face looked happy, and Huan Xiu thought about how easy Xi Ran was to understand.

In the middle of breakfast, Huan Ye took out the introduction paper that the school had sent out for a week-long exchange program and needed a parent's signature to confirm it.

"Are all the Zerg going?" Huan Xiu looked over and over again at the paper, but the information given was pitifully little, probably because it was implied that the parents knew about this. After all, most of the parents at Noble School graduated from the same school.

"It's your choice… but if you go you have to pay extra for accommodation and three meals a day…"

Huan Xiu recalled the remaining memories in his body as if this was something that used to happen every year in the college. The original owner had always been eccentric and reluctant to communicate with the family, so he never chose to participate in such activities.

"Then go. How much can the fee cost?" Huan Xiu looked at his destination, a big city not far from here. The elementary school kids were still young, so the school probably wouldn't take them far away from here.

"Can I go? I didn't make it last year, but I'm looking forward to it this year… " Huan Ye was obviously very happy, holding the paper signed by Huan Xiu and carefully putting it into his school bag.

Xi Ran looked at Huan Ye in surprise. Huan Ye had enrolled in school last year, but he had never mentioned it to him… or maybe he had mentioned it to him, but he had forgotten about it?

He couldn't help thinking about the living environment at that time. Maybe Xiao Ye was very upset by the situation, and he didn't dare to talk to him about it. At that time, he always went to work for two or three days. He didn't put his energy into Xiao Ye. Now Xi Ran regretted it.

In the morning, Xi Ran secretly read the congratulatory card Huan Ye wrote to him, congratulating him on his job, Huan Ye only knew that it was a good thing that female father got the job, but to be frank, he was still too young and he didn't know anything about the front line or other military terms. He also wrote about his father's injury at the front line and how hard it was for him afterward, and how wonderful it was that he has finally recovered and had a new home.

Afterward, Huan Ye used some childish phrases to describe how good his male father was and how he hoped they could live together as a family forever, which was like a dense essay.

The more Xi Ran realized that Huan Xiu was the reason for the change in Xiao Ye's personality, the more he realized that he was a very unqualified father in comparison.

Xi Ran dropped Huan Ye off at the primary school, and then took Huan Xiu to the graduate school.

Huan Xiu saw Xi Ran's absent-minded expression and thought he was worried about Huan Ye going away from home.

"Xiao Ye's only leaving at the end of the week. Plus, The school will make sure they won't have any issues."

"Ah, oh… I'm not worried about him. He's a very independent kid."

"Then what are you worried about?"

"I…" Xi Ran described the struggle in his heart to Huan Xiu.

"Last year… maybe he just didn't want to bother you, he's always very considerate of you."

Xi Ran shook his head, "Maybe I wasn't even home at that time. He is still so young, yet he had to keep even such a small thing to himself. Thanks to a wonderful father like you, I can't imagine what kind of a Zerg adult I would have raised him to be…"

Xi Ran described how excitedly Huan Ye complimented him in the greeting card.

Huan Xiu glanced at the side of Xi Ran's face as he was driving. He looked calm, but his tone was a bit tense. Huan Xiu smiled and said, "Are you out of balance?

"What… is unbalanced?"

"Do you feel as if Huan Ye is now more dependent on me than you, his biological female father… does it make you uncomfortable?"

"No way! Xiao Ye likes you and you take care of him, That's really rare…"

Huan Xiu didn't believe him and pressed on, "I know that, but it's not the same thing as my question."

"…" In the vicinity of the research institute, Xi Ran found a parking place and was silent for a while before admitting in a small voice, "…A little bit, yes. But it's not like I think it's a bad thing!"

"I know, I know," Huan Xiu was busy stopping Xi Ran, who was about to stand up, to prevent him from hitting the roof of the car, "This is a perfectly normal mood."

It's a good thing that the three of them left early today, Huan Xiu still had time to talk to Xi Ran in the car.

"Really?" Xi Ran was a bit skeptical, "I think it's my fault. It's true I didn't provide a good enough environment for Huan Ye before, but I also didn't treat him kindly enough… I see you always touching Xiao Ye's hair and talking to him gently, and he always smiles happily. I'm just reflecting on whether I'm being too hard on him."

"I don't think there's anything wrong with that. You don't have to doubt yourself, you are very qualified as a female father." Huan Xiu thought about Xi Ran smilingly touching Xiao Ye's head and speaking to him in a soft voice, and suddenly got cold shivers.

Xi Ran listened to Huan Xiu's reassurances and sighed softly, "…It's hard to raise a child, even harder than operating a mecha when fighting on the front lines."

"I remembered something from the past." Huan Xiu said, "When I was little, my mother spoiled me all the time, but at home, my father was the strict one. Then in kindergarten… I was three or four years old, which means I was a little younger than Huan Ye. My father scolded me for doing something wrong, and my mother came to comfort me. At that time, I thought my mother was very nice, so I shouted some silly things at them, like 'I just want my mommy, I don't want to spend my life with my daddy anymore.'"

Xi Ran knew that on Earth, mom and dad roughly meant female and male father.

"Do you see how much more sensible Huan Ye is compared to when I was little?"

"…Then does the Master think I should change my usual attitude towards Xiao Ye?" Xi Ran looked a little puzzled. He was not the best at expressing his feelings, and with his belief that stricter rules were necessary for a child's proper development, it was probably extra difficult for him to become a 'loving mother' all of a sudden.

"Listen to the end of my story. At that time, my father didn't say anything, but when I woke up in the middle of the night and saw my dad sitting on the sofa in the living room, crying," Huan Xiu laughed at this point, feeling a bit helpless at the same time. "I have remembered this incident for a long time. To be honest, I was really shocked at that. I didn't realize that someone who has always been so serious would be so upset because of my words. Later on, when I got older and thought about it, he was right about a lot of things. It's just that, like you, he wasn't born that way and was always more easily misunderstood."

"But I did fail to take care of Xiao Ye."

"At least ever since I met you, you have always cared about him. You took him to school every day, cooked him breakfast and dinner, and pointed out when he made mistakes but didn't scold him, could there be a better father?"

Xi Ran hesitated to say 'you', but then he realized that he was very different from Huan Xiu in terms of personality, so maybe he should continue to do what he is good at.

"Thank you… Master is always the one to guide me."

"Of course." Huan Xiu smiled. Xi Ran was already much better than when they first met. It had to be said that Xi Ran must have had psychological problems at the beginning, but after a few months of being together, at least on this kind of problem, Xi Ran was able to figure it out on his own, which was already remarkable.

"This is the first time Master has ever mentioned his parents."

"Ah, after all, I didn't tell you about my background before. And the 'me' of this world doesn't have parents."

"… Sorry." Xi Ran was apologetic. In the Earth world, Huan Xiu's parents were killed in the disaster. In this world, Huan Xiu's father died young and his female father's whereabouts was unknown.

"It's not your fault, don't apologize."

If he had to say that he has some regrets on Earth, Huan Xiu thinks it was because he hadn't been back to see his parents for almost a year before the outbreak of the post-apocalyptic crisis. When things got worse, he was put under government surveillance as a talented person, and when his parents tried to bring them back together, they were nowhere to be seen.

After a sad moment, Huan Xiu was not allowed to look back. After all, those who had passed away cannot be reversed, and it was true that he had to live his life.

"I've said too much by accident, it won't affect your trip to the barracks, right?" Huan Xiu looked at the time and was worried.

Xi Ran checked the time, "No, if we leave now, I expect to be there five minutes earlier than the scheduled time."

"Precise," Huan Xiu laughed, "I don't pay attention to the time when I'm talking to you. By the way, goodbye kiss."

Huan Xiu leaned over from the passenger seat and gently kissed Xi Ran on the lips. He didn't know if it was because he was a little sad from remembering what happened in the past, but his behavior now was extremely warm.

"Ah, mn, Master…" Xi Ran, as always, had no power to parry kissing, and opened his lips obediently for Huan Xiu to claim.

"I don't want you to go to work if you're like this…" Huan Xiu whispered in a joking voice.

Xi Ran was stunned, obviously taking the joke seriously and was embarrassed.

"Oh? May I?" Huan Xiu was deliberately trying to 'gain an inch'.

"I just got this new position, so it would be better not to miss work… But if Master doesn't want me to go, I'll take the day off." Xi Ran's tone was very firm.

Seeing that Xi Ran was definitely unwilling to be absent, Huan Xiu finally stopped teasing him, "I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. Work is more important."

"In the evening…"

"Mn?"

Xi Ran cleared his throat and said to Huan Xiu in all seriousness, "After work, I'll be sure to serve Master well when I get home tonight."

Huan Xiu was at a loss as to what to do when Xi Ran made such a steamy remark – perhaps the other's natural EQ was off the charts.

But Huan Xiu still couldn't help but smile, "Then I look forward to it."

"You're so lovey-dovey…"

Huan Xiu had just stepped through the lab door when he heard Kaczki's voice coming from behind him.

"You saw that?"

"I just happened to pass by on my way out of the car." Kaczki shrugged, getting used to the fact that Huan Xiu was particularly affectionate with his concubine.

Huan Xiu smiled very openly, not embarrassed at all.

"You dote on him too much, don't you?" Kaczki took the goggles from the shelf by the door on one side and tossed them to Huan Xiu and put a pair on himself, "If you like him so much, why don't you make him your monarch?"

"In the planning stages. But a proposal requires a wedding, right? And you need a ring too, right? I haven't prepared anything yet." Speaking of Huan Xiu, he and Xi Ran had been living together for a few months now and were slowly getting into a stable relationship these days, and now he was even thinking about a wedding ring.

"There are packages available at the registry. There are lots of gold, silver, and gemstones. In addition to rings, you can also make various other types of 'ornaments'." Kaczki, as an 'experienced' person, was enthusiastically giving advice to Huan Xiu.

"I have the skill, so I want to make one myself." Huan Xiu looked at his surroundings, it was fortunate that he was familiar with handling metal since college, although he had only made models before, never jewelry, but since this was a once in a lifetime opportunity, he still wanted to try it himself.

Kaczki clearly had a shocked look on his face and his mouth formed an 'o' shape, "Oh my God."

The colleagues who heard this gossip were surprised to hear that Huan Xiu was so nice to his female Zerg.

"Beware of him becoming arrogant."

"He won't." Huan Xiu smiled, thinking that it would be better if Xi Ran could be a little 'arrogant'.

"If we weren't both male Zerg, I would fall in love with your kind of Zerg." A colleague exaggeratedly exclaimed.

"…I don't like your type either." Huan Xiu quickly refused.

"!"

The male Zerg who was rejected looked very hurt as he covered his chest. The laughter of the Zerg filled the lab. A few months ago, this would have been unthinkable, but Huan Xiu was now on good terms with all his colleagues, and the relationship was much better than before.

It was just a small interlude before work, but soon the only sounds in the lab were of those getting into the swing of things such as sketching and opening the door to the next station. Colleagues smiled and sighed, and then it was over. But Huan Xiu was indeed genuinely thinking about the ring.

He could imagine how surprised and frightened Xi Ran would be when he took out the ring he made with his own hands. Huan Xiu couldn't help but smile as he pictured the expression in his head.

After work, he went to pick up Xiao Ye as usual, who was in high spirits on the way home. Knowing that he would be going on an exchange trip, even though he won't be leaving until next week, he can't wait to start making a list of what he needed to bring.

"Don't you want us to help you pack? Can you fold your own clothes?"

"I can do it myself! My summer clothes are easy to fold… but thanks, male father." Huan Ye said with delight.

As Xi Ran had said, he had always been very independent, and Huan Xiu thought to himself, 'on Earth, there would be very few kids in primary school who could do that'. Huan Ye had been acting very mature, but the little details showed how young he was.

Thinking about the students who came out of middle school, most of them looked around fifteen or sixteen years old, which was what the Zerg people called 'secondary awakening', Huan Xiu thought that maybe Huan Ye's little boy state wouldn't last long now.

"How many more years do you have to go before you go through your secondary awakening?"

"Eh?" Huan Ye didn't know what was going on when male father suddenly asked a question that couldn't be answered, but he was quick to answer, "Three years… What's the matter?"

"Nothing, just a casual question." Huan Xiu suddenly felt sad. Such a small child would grow up into a young man soon. He had never experienced it, but he could still vaguely understand from his memory that such a change really happened 'overnight'.

It was unscientific. This way of evolution. Hua Xu thought, not knowing how many times he sighed.

But at the same time, he was curious about what Xi Ran looked like as a child, and if he was as cute as Huan Ye was now.

In the evening when Xi Ran came home, Huan Xiu couldn't help but ask about it at the dinner table.

"My childhood pictures?"

"Have any?" Huan Xiu wasn't expecting much, knowing that Xi Ran didn't have a family after all, so maybe it was normal that he never took pictures when he was little.

"There might be some records of me in the orphanage files, but probably not from when I was at Xiao Ye's age." Xi Ran said. He didn't look very surprised when he mentioned the orphanage, which he had long thought of as a normal part of his memory. "But I took a picture when I entered the military. At that time I had already had my second awakening, but I only have one picture of me and Lan Ji shortly after I joined the army. The interval between my second awakening and full awakening was very short."

"That says a lot about you," Huan Xiu complimented. From the book, he knew that there was no definite time limit for a Zerg to awaken, especially between the second awakening and true adulthood, which varied from Zerg to Zerg. However, the shorter the time it took, the stronger the Zerg would be.

Xi Ran did not deny this kind of praise, it was one of the few things that he identified with. Since Huan Xiu was curious about his old photos, and although he didn't find them attractive, Xi Ran still pulled up the old information.

"I'm full," Huan Ye finished, picking up his plate and looked expectantly at Huan Xiu and Xi Ran, "Can I go pack my bags first?"

"Isn't the trip next week?" Xi Ran frowned.

"I want to get ready now," Huan Ye was a little out of breath.

Xi Ran noticed that he seemed to be taking Huan Ye too seriously again and forced himself to soften his tone, "Go ahead. Call me if you need help."

Huan Ye's eyes lit up again, he put down his chopsticks and quickly ran upstairs.

Xi Ran let out a small sigh of relief when he saw him go upstairs. He knew that he was still learning how to be a good father.

"Isn't it nice? It's just us." Huan Xiu joked.

"Right, the photos." Xi Ran came back to his senses and tapped his communicator again.

"There's no rush actually…"

"This is a file photo from the orphanage." Xi Ran had found it lightning fast.

Huan Xiu felt as if he was reviewing data, which was not at all how he had imagined the two of them enjoying the old photos in a cozy atmosphere!

"Let's see…" Huan Xiu couldn't help but sigh in amazement, "This is really the same as looking at Xiao Ye. You're carved out of the same mold… Ah no, I should say that Xiao Ye came out of the same mold as you."

"We are quite similar." Xi Ran compared childhood photos with Xiao Ye's face, and even people who didn't know better would definitely think they were family when they saw such photos.

To be honest, Xi Ran was lucky. If Xiao Ye didn't look like him and looked like another male Zerg, even if the gentle Master wouldn't care, he would still feel bad for Huan Xiu. Fortunately…

"This one," Xi Ran fiddled some more, another photo easily searched for, seemingly already in the information storage, "Is a group photo from when we first entered the barracks and met Lan Ji."

Huan Xiu padded closer, the photo of Xi Ran as a teenager, his height had suddenly tumbled, estimated at over 1.7 meters, his body slightly thinner than it was now, but his current profile was already vaguely visible. Unlike the uniform, custom-made clothes when he was in this position, at that time, he looked like a new recruit in the training camp. He was wearing common old clothes and looked funny because they didn't fit. Lan Ji, the friend who visited last time, as he could see from this picture that they have been friends for many years. He also looked like he had had his second awakening, without the haze between his eyebrows, and generally speaking, he looked like a cheerful young man.

"Then I came of age in less than two years. Lan Ji was a few years younger than me, and his awakening was a little slower, which is why he was reluctant to take photos with me during those years…" Xi Ran also had a flashback of what happened with his best friend. The feeling was like thinking of a memory long ago.

Huan Xiu couldn't help but smile when he saw the new photo. The Xi Ran in the photo was the same as he was now, but his friend Lan Ji was still in his fifteen year old state and looked like a younger brother in the photo. Maybe that was the reason Lan Ji had an unhappy expression on his face, like he was reluctant to get his picture taken.

"Why does your friend look so gloomy and serious now?"

Xi Ran was a bit helpless, "He's been through a lot of things in the military, so it can't be helped. And maybe my experience has also made him more disappointed in this society…"

"By the way… he even has pictures with you as a kid. I've never taken a picture with you to this day!" Huan Xiu deliberately pretended to be upset in order to change the atmosphere.

Xi Ran could tell that Master was joking, but still couldn't help defending himself, "Master, he's also a female Zerg…"

Huan Xiu changed the subject, "Let's go for a shoot sometime. Wedding photos?"

Xi Ran froze and looked at Huan Xiu for half a day as if he didn't understand what he was saying.

"Don't want to?"

"No way." Xi Ran denied, probably because he had just digested Huan Xiu's comment about 'getting married' once. Realizing that his Master had taken the matter of making himself a monarch to heart, he felt a bit sour and warm at the same time, "But… I'm not attractive at all."

"You are though?" Huan Xiu waved his hand, he was already starting to be able to ignore Xi Ran's subconscious self-belittling as if it were a whisper.

"…Then I'll leave the decision to Master." Xi Ran stood up and started to clear the table.

"I'll do it."

Xi Ran stopped Huan Xiu, "No. Master go take a shower first."

"Shower?" Huan Xiu was a bit bored, he did take a shower at night, but what was going on today, Xi Ran was urging him to take a shower?

"A bath is fine. Master can take his time, I'll be upstairs as soon as I'm cleaned up," Xi Ran cleared his throat and raised his eyes to ask, "Can I join you in the shower today?"

"Oh. Oh! Of course you can." Huan Xiu was looking forward to it. In the past, Xi Ran would only take a shower with him if invited, and most of the time he was only active in running water and wiping his hair and body. It was just that Huan Xiu was a bit overwhelmed by this kind of paternalistic care.

What Xi Ran said in the morning, 'I will serve you well when I get home at night', Huan Xiu was looking forward to it.

[It was promised in the last chapter. So…]

Since Xi Ran invited him to take a bath, there was no reason for him to say no. As he passed by Huan Ye's room, he took a glance at the door. When he passed by Huan Ye's room, he took a glance at the half closed door and saw Huan Ye shuffling by the bedside, folding his clothes earnestly, looking a bit troubled about what to bring.

Huan Xiu smiled and decided not to disturb him.

So Huan Xiu made a plan for the wedding in his head, and went upstairs to put hot water in the bathtub. After sitting down in the bathtub, Huan Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, as the fatigue of the day went away. As the temperature rose, the bathroom became foggy, covering the mirror with a layer of condensation. While leaning against the edge of the bathtub and wondering how long it would take Xi Ran to do the dishes, Huan Xiu found himself still anxious because of the not so long wait.

While thinking about this, the bathroom door was pushed open and Xi Ran entered without any clothes on and quickly closed the door behind his back, worrying that the heat would dissipate and Huan Xiu would catch a cold.

Huan Xiu, who was soaking in the water and therefore obviously wouldn't get cold, was more worried about Xi Ran, who was naked at that moment.

"Come over here, aren't you cold?" Huan Xiu asked out loud. Because it was already summer, the air conditioner in the house was turned on very low every day according to Huan Xiu's habit of 'fearing the heat and not the cold'.

Xi Ran hesitated for a moment, and then walked slowly to the bathtub, "Then I'm coming in."

"Why are you hesitating? Are you still worried about squeezing me? When I was renovating, I installed a bigger one than the standard size so I could take a good bath, so it's just right for two people." Huan Xiu knew that Xi Ran had always been a bit concerned about his big body size. Huan Xiu thought his lover's 1.85m 1 body was the perfect size, the perfect ideal, but Xi Ran was still somewhat haunted by the Zerg aesthetic, thinking he was not 'petite' enough.

"If you're aiming to be petite then I have to tell you that you're probably not going to be petite for the rest of your life…" Huan Xiu says realistically, "but the good thing is that I don't like petite. You're the adorable one."

Huan Xiu remembered when he had said this before, Xi Ran had actually looked sincere and said, 'It's great that Master's preferences are so unusual…'

But later on, Xi Ran confessed his identity and learned the reason why Huan Xiu was different from the rest. That was beside the point, except that at the moment Xi Ran didn't seem to be hesitating because of his body.

"…No I'm not." Xi Ran's voice was a little hoarse, and after stepping into the bathtub he didn't shrink away from Huan Xiu, but boldly straddled his knees on both sides of Huan Xiu's legs.

"…"

Huan Xiu couldn't help but be amazed because Xi Ran's desire was so high that he got hard before he did anything to stimulate him.

It had been less than two days since the last time they did it, and Huan Xiu didn't feel like he was 'starving' Xi Ran. The fact that Xi Ran had never gotten hard without physical contact was not because he was sexually indifferent, but because the world was somehow cruel to female Zerg – the only way to come was to be taken by a male Zerg during their rut.

Wait a minute, in heat…?

Huan Xiu came back to his senses and said in astonishment, "Is this what you call a heat cycle?"

Xi Ran nodded, "Yes, it started… this morning."

Female Zerg go through a heat cycle once a quarter, that is, about every three months. The so-called 'heat cycle' was not literally just about sex, but more accurately, it was a period of increased conception rate.

As Xi Ran has described several times before, heat cycles were reserved for the female Zerg. During this period, the female Zerg got an erection more easily, and his hard body becomes softer when facing a male Zerg, allowing the male Zerg to experience greater sexual pleasure. It doesn't mean much physiologically, it's more for aiding the impregnation – the male Zerg of this world preferred soft and delicate partners after all.

Data has shown that about 90 percent of all pregnancies in female Zerg occur during the heat cycle. Regardless of factors such as increased fertility, this was the only time that many males were willing to spoil females frequently, which was a big reason for this ratio.

"I kissed you this morning, didn't I…?"

Xi Ran nodded, "Mn, I was hard then. But it didn't matter, it went away after five minutes or so, and it didn't affect the training."

Huan Xiu had mixed feelings for someone who could express this without blushing.

"I've never seen a so-called 'heat cycle' before. My body only knows about it from physiology books, I had forgotten about it." Once every three months or so, Huan Xiu had perfectly avoided the previous time, so it was only now that it dawned on him. He reached out his right hand from the water and touched Xi Ran's cheek, which immediately had a watermark.

After being touched by Huan Xiu, Xi Ran instantly blushed and gasped for breath as his chest rose and fell violently, his body seemingly reacting to it in an unprecedented way.

"Ma-Master…" Xi Ran swallowed a mouthful of saliva. Huan Xiu could clearly feel Xi Ran's calves trembling slightly as he groped them with his left hand underwater.

"Does this make you feel better?" Huan Xiu tried to rub his palms against Xi Ran's skin.

"Mn… Ha…" Xi Ran opened his mouth slightly, arched his back, put his hands on Huan Xu's shoulder and asked for a kiss.

Huan Xiu moved both hands to Xi Ran's waist, willingly accepting Xi Ran's aggressive intimacy.

Xi Ran, who had been kneeling, gradually lowered his body and straddled Huan Xu's legs. Huan Xiu could feel Xi Ran's body under his palms gradually softening during the kiss, and their chests pressing against each other, Huan Xiu could clearly feel Xi Ran's hardness.

"Please… touch me," Xi Ran looked directly at Huan Xiu and whispered intermittently, "Master… come in, please?"

How could he say no?

Huan Xiu's breathing became ragged too. He probably had some idea why the Zerg race hadn't died out, even though the male Zerg's 'sexual interest' in female Zerg was so low – was it not just because of these few days? This kind of behavior from a female Zerg in heat was really… hard to resist.

"Don't you want to take it slow?" Huan Xiu smiled and reached out his hand to help Xi Ran adapt with his fingers first, but to his surprise, Xi Ran intercepted him.

Xi Ran held Huan Xiu's wrist and shook his head, "No need."

Huan Xiu soon realized that his earlier conjecture about the reason why the Zerg was not extinct was not thorough enough. Xi Ran moved his hips without any preparation, straightened up, sank down slowly, and sat down with his hand positioning Huan Xiu's penis.

"…Oh." Huan Xiu gasped lowly.

What was this? Huan Xiu was confused for a moment, the feeling was completely different from before. It was hot inside, very hot, almost scalding hot. With no preparation, Xi Ran smoothly sat down to the base of his penis, and this time, not only his cheeks and ears, but also his skin was faintly red.

"Reproductive tract…" Xi Ran explained.

"What?" Huan Xiu didn't think he'd ever have a day when his mind would go blank on the way to make love.

"Usually, if you want to get pregnant, you can only rely on the residual sperm to enter the reproductive tract from the gap. But in order to make it easier to conceive, the genital tract is completely opened during our heat…" Xi Ran was a little embarrassed that he had to talk about this to Huan Xiu, but thinking that his Master didn't know much about the Zerg, he patiently explained.

"So Master just now… mn… directly went inside my genital tract… oh!"

Xi Ran's straightforward and explicit explanation obviously stimulated Huan Xiu. He couldn't help but start to move his waist, but because of the posture and buoyancy in the water, his movements were a little difficult, which made Huan Xiu a little bit tormented.

It was like he was a 15-year-old adolescent in high school. Huan Xiu was laughing a little at his own poor fixation at the moment, but he also realized the 'truth' about the so-called 'heat cycle'. Indeed… this was the kind of sex that no man could refuse, not to mention androgynous Zerg, right?

"Ha, mn, ah… Master, are you comfortable?" Xi Ran's body lay on top of Huan Xiu's, his voice a mixture of violent gasps as he glanced uncertainly at Huan Xiu's face.

"Can't you tell?" Huan Xiu was amused, but at the same time, a little anxious that he was almost losing his self-control.

During the intense thrusting, their conversation was choppy. Just when Huan Xiu felt that Xi Ran was not ready to respond, he only heard the other party's voice mixed with moans, "Mn, but… Master, I, ah… want to listen to you!"

Huan Xiu's heartbeat was in turmoil. He didn't know if it's just his imagination, but was it possible that a female Zerg was more willing to be pampered than usual?

"I'm very comfortable," said Huan Xiu as he grabbed Xi Ran by the back of the neck and pulled him down, kissing him twice on lips that were soft from the humidity of the bathroom. "Your 'service' is really beyond my expectations."

Simply because of Huan Xiu's compliment, Xi Ran couldn't help but smile.

After a while of intense sex, Huan Xiu couldn't resist changing the awkward position and the efficiency of thrusting under the water – even though the water was particularly enjoyable at times, now he couldn't stand the slower pace, and Xi Ran was pulled on his back, his arms over the edge of the tub, his waist and hips slightly raised.

Soon Huan Xiu was thrusting into him again.

"Mn ah—! Oh, mn…!" The thrusts were more intense than ever before, and Xi Ran was moaning with lust and pleasure.

Huan Xiu's hands gripped Xi Ran's lean waist, and from the angle above, he could clearly see the wonderful lines of every muscle along Xi Ran's back from the pressure and tension. There was also the hole that was wrapped around Huan Xiu, which was now being violently pumped into by his penis, which was visible above the water with every movement because of the tight lines of his hips.

And because of his back entry, Huan Xiu could feel himself going deeper with each thrust, as if his tip had broken through something and touched a tighter, softer part.

Probably, it was the innermost part of the reproductive cavity… Huan Xiu's finger tightened slightly and pressed against Xi Ran's skin. The sensation was amazing and he could not deny the satisfaction and desire that the position and the penetration into the tract brought.

Xi Ran's body was still aroused, but inevitably he was panicking at the bottom of his heart, and he didn't know why. His past sexual encounters with Huan Xiu had been face to face, either with him face up or riding. Huan Xiu's reasoning was that he could better appreciate Xi Ran's expressions. In any case, they had never had any back entry before

"Master…" Xi Ran's voice was shaky, reaching back and placing his hands on Huan Xiu's waist, "…Huan… Huan Xiu…?"

Huan Xiu was stunned. This was the first time Xi Ran had ever called him by his name. It was just a pity that it wasn't due to affection, and was more like a plea due to uneasiness.

"Mn. I'm here." Huan Xiu did intentionally avoid this position before, as he had always felt that Xi Ran's relationship with him and his attitude towards him was somewhat unequal. So he didn't use this posture to make Xi Ran feel submissive during sex, otherwise he would be adding insult to injury.

He forgot about this when he lost control… but it was an improvement, at least Xi Ran now knew how to confirm.

Confirm what? Did he want to know if the person who was taking him was Huan Xiu or if he was the same person who treated him gently?

Huan Xiu sighed, he somehow made Xi Ran afraid anyway. He knew that this seemingly powerful Zerg was actually unexpectedly delicate at heart. Huan Xiu bent down and kissed Xi Ran's back, "I'm here, what's wrong?"

"No… No, nothing is wrong…" Xi Ran endured the deeper penetration as Huan Xiu lowered his body, but his heart relaxed at Huan Xiu's words.

Huan Xiu didn't say anything else, but he still silently covered Xi Ran's body from behind, his chest pressed tightly against Xi Ran's back. Xi Ran could clearly feel Huan Xiu's familiar warmth and touch with each thrust.

Then the water in the bathtub cooled down once, then hot water was put in, and then it cooled down again. The two of them did it three times in a row before taking a break.

Huan Xiu had to admit, the physical condition of this body was a bit poor. Staying at home all the time, plus the natural aptitude of the male Zerg… his 'enthusiasm' was still there after three times, but his physical strength has bottomed out. Huan Xiu was envious of Xi Ran's recovery rate after a short break.

Regular exercise was also put on the agenda…

Huan Xiu was lying naked on the bed, and silently listed 'workout' next to 'learning to drive' in the memo pad of his communicator.

Xi Ran temporarily turned off the air conditioner and brought a towel from the bathroom, "Master, you'll catch a cold if you lie like that. Let me help you dry your hair."

"It's okay, I'll dry it myself…"

"…" Xi Ran's face suddenly had a somewhat lonely expression on it.

"…Forget it, it's better if you do it." Huan Xiu couldn't resist this look on Xi Ran's face. Xi Ran immediately came over, his own short hair was already dry.

Xi Ran took the towel in his hand, sat down on the bed on his knees, and rubbed Huan Xiu's hair from behind. Xi Ran whispered as if remembering something, "Ah, right, sorry. I directly called Master's name before…"

"I'd rather you call me by my first name," Huan Xiu smiled, "but it feels good when you call it while doing it, so do so more in the future."

"That's…" Xi Ran looked like he was struggling. He wanted to do everything Huan Xiu asked him to do, but it was against the common sense he had accepted before.

At the same time, Xi Ran was relieved that Huan Xiu didn't seem to notice his inner turmoil. At that moment, he got intimidated by Huan Xiu's forceful and aggressive attitude – he was afraid that Huan Xiu would become a conquering and sadistic Zerg like the others.

As long as Xi Ran could stay by Huan Xiu's side, he would be happy. He should be willing to be treated by Huan Xiu in any way, but now all he wanted was for Huan Xiu to be gentle with him. Xi Ran was ashamed of his growing greediness and… fortunately, Huan Xiu should not have noticed.

Huan Xiu, who was 'unaware', smiled, but because his back was turned to Xi Ran, Xi Ran didn't see it. "It's okay, take your time."

"I'll try my best." Xi Ran only thought that Huan Xiu was talking about calling out his name. If it was Master's request, since he could change his address from 'you (formal)' to 'you (informal)' it might not be as difficult to call his first name as he imagined.