Reborn as the Paranoid Female’s Rejected Sweetheart [Zerg Tribe]

Chapter 14: Shouldn’t You Apologize Now?

Morin’s mouth curved slightly, and he courteously touched Qi Yao’s hand with a light tap. “Hello, Morin.”

Hall followed Morin’s example and also touched hands with Qi Yao.

Then the three zergs sat down.

Ke Lisi fiddled with his terminal and then began speaking, “Qi Yao, living at Yi Er’s house, are you used to it?”

Qi Yao didn’t quite understand what Ke Lisi was up to, so he tried to keep his words to a minimum. “I’m quite used to it.”

Ke Lisi continued, “Just moved from the lower district to the noble circle, it’s inevitable to feel uncomfortable in various aspects. In the future, let’s meet more often, chat more, and help you integrate into this circle as soon as possible.”

Qi Yao smiled faintly and replied noncommittally, “Sure.”

Suddenly, Ke Lisi’s terminal made a “ding” sound. Ke Lisi lowered his head to check the message, raised his eyebrows, and showed the message to Morin and Hall.

Morin glanced at it. “Is this the asteroid you mentioned, Lai An’s asteroid? Why is it in such a remote location?”

Hall was also puzzled. “Why did he only transfer the asteroid under your name today? What were you doing yesterday?”

Ke Lisi sounded a bit displeased. “This asteroid has no value.”

Hall interjected, “You can’t say that. Lai An is still a member of the Second Military Region. As long as you let him continue working in the military region, everything he owns and his abilities will still have value. Besides, now that you are his male lord, isn’t everything he has yours?”

Ke Lisi sneered, “What’s the value of everything he has? When he handed over his property to me yesterday, I could hardly believe my eyes. He’s been in the military district for five or six years, and he hasn’t even saved up a billion star coins.”

Hall was shocked. “How could he not even have a billion? Did he not tell you? My female servant has been in the military district for four years and has saved up five or six starships. Calculate it, at least a billion for a high-end starship, not to mention other assets.”

Ke Lisi’s mouth drooped. “How dare he hide it from me? He still relies on me for everything. Look, he said he bought the asteroid with the money yesterday and sent it to me today.”

Morin suggested, “You’d better go back and interrogate him thoroughly, see if he has hidden any other assets from you. A female servant hiding assets from the male lord, I dare say it’s shameful for you, or should I say your female servant is too brave.”

Hall winked. “Hey, Ke Lisi, do you want me to teach you some slave-training techniques?”

Ke Lisi waved his hand, “No need. A little female servant, I can’t even tame him?”

Then, Ke Lisi suddenly turned the conversation to Qi Yao, “Qi, my young friend, Yi Er has been in the Second Military Region for more than ten years, and now he’s risen to the position of general. He should have quite a bit of property under his name, right? Did he hand over all his property to you? How much money? Let us also have a taste?”

Qi Yao was sipping tea and was caught off guard by the cue, almost choking.

During aristocratic afternoon tea, there was always a comparison element, whether in human society or zerg society. It was an iron law.

Qi Yao silently cursed for a moment, calmly set down the tea, smoothed his collar, and remembered the unwavering one hundred thousand star coins in his account. He said extremely naturally, “Before we got married, Yi Er gave me some money.”

He didn’t answer whether Yi Er had handed over his property, but this sentence stunned Ke Lisi, Hall, and Morin.

Hall couldn’t believe it. “Before getting married? How is that possible? Before the spousal relationship is established, which female would hand over his property to a stranger male?”

Morin added, “Unless he courted that male and determined to make that male his male lord.”

Qi Yao was aware of this situation.

The Marriage Law and the Male zerg Protection Law explicitly stipulate that a female zerg can only hand over all his property and assets to his male lord after the marriage relationship is confirmed.

If a female zerg gifts a substantial amount of property to a male zerg before marriage, and the two zergs have not yet entered into a spousal relationship, then if the female zerg marries another male zerg afterwards, and if the male lord finds out about the gift before marriage, the male zerg will think that the female zerg has feelings for someone else. What awaits the female zerg will be a divorce certificate handed over by the male zerg himself, leaving him with nothing.

And a divorced female zerg with no assets, if unable to remarry for a long time, the empire, for the sake of reproduction, will take charge and include them in the marriage matching database, matching them with male zergs in need.

The male zergs matched by this marriage database system are either disabled, elderly, abusive, have no mental power, etc.

This caught Hall off guard, “Yi Er proposed to you when he first met you? That doesn’t seem like something he could do.”

Qi Yao wasn’t very willing to say more and casually said, “Yeah, who knows? Anyway, Yi Er gave me some money.”

Morin asked, “How much did he give you?”

“Ten…” Qi Yao dragged out the sound, not intending to reveal the actual amount.

Qi Yao hesitated, and Morin glanced at the clothes Qi Yao was wearing, the stitching and materials of which clearly showed the work of a royal tailor.

Since Yi Er was willing to let Qi Yao wear such expensive clothes, the original male lord he used for courtship must have also been a considerable amount.

Hall guessed a large amount, “Based on Yi Er’s wealth, it wouldn’t be ten billion star coins, would it?”

Qi Yao looked up, surprised at Hall’s bold guess.

Seeing Qi Yao’s surprise, Hall clapped his hands excitedly and said, “Looks like I guessed right! Yi Er, as a general and a relative of the queen, spent ten billion star coins on a proposal. That’s something he could do.”

Then he whistled at Ke Lisi, “No wonder you’re so obsessed with Yi Er. Even arranged marriages have to go through the back door. Look, Yi Er spent ten billion star coins on a proposal. Your guy, Lai An, doesn’t have as much wealth as Yi Er spent on a proposal.”

Morin also laughed, “Yesterday’s joke at the marriage registry office has now become widely known.”

Hall said, “Hey, did you intentionally pick that day to go to the registry office with Lai An?”

Ke Lisi retorted, “How would I know that Yi Er would get married that day?”

Hall said, “Yeah, seeing Yi Er made you want to tease him again? It seems Lai An isn’t sweet enough for you, huh?”

Ke Lisi said, “If Yi Er changed his temper, like Lai An, I might… But if he changed, he wouldn’t be special anymore, sigh…”

Qi Yao listened quietly to the zergs’ banter, his expression gradually darkening.

No wonder Ke Lisi suddenly invited him to attend the noble zerg afternoon tea. It turned out he was inspired by the hot news and comments about Yi Er’s marriage.

“Stop your nonsense. But speaking of which, Qi Yao has the most say in this matter.” Hall looked at Qi Yao. “Qi Yao, is Yi Er easy to tame?”

Qi Yao didn’t want to discuss anything about Yi Er with these three zergs.

Thinking of the purpose of his visit, he deliberately changed the subject, “Why are you talking so much about my female consort? By the way, Ke Lisi, you invited me here to apologize, right? How come now all you talk about is Yi Er? Regardless of what Yi Er is like, in the end, he’s also my zerg now. It’s not quite appropriate for you to keep thinking about him like this, is it?”

Ke Lisi’s face stiffened for a moment, then quickly adopted an indifferent tone, “Qi Yao, you’re probably not used to it yet. When we sit together, we often talk about each other’s female zergs. When we encounter ones that are difficult to tame, we exchange opinions and offer help. Before you came, we were still talking about Lai An, weren’t we? As Lai An’s male lord, I’m also happy to share these with everyone.”

Qi Yao’s expression grew darker. He strongly disagreed with Ke Lisi’s words, “Your willingness doesn’t mean I’m willing. You’re willing to talk freely about your female slave with everyone, that’s your freedom. But I’m sorry, Yi Er is now my female consort, and I don’t want to share anything about my female consort with you, nor do I want you to discuss my female consort casually.”

Qi Yao continued, “That’s a great offense and disrespect to him.”

The discussion suddenly escalated to this level, and the atmosphere of the conversation instantly became stagnant.

Hall quickly intervened, “Ke Lisi has this little hobby of liking to talk about how he conquers female zergs in detail. Qi, don’t take it personally.”

Qi Yao tightly pursed his lips and remained silent.

The private room fell into a pin-drop silence. Morin and Hall exchanged a tacit glance, picked up the tea on the table, and drank it to disguise the tension.

After a long while, Ke Lisi broke the silence, “Qi Yao, Yi Er is an exception. How come even you, with such thoughts, will find it hard to fit into this circle and gain our acceptance?”

Qi Yao’s lips curled up, and his eyes, as sharp as obsidian, locked onto Ke Lisi, “So, Ke Lisi, did you really invite me here sincerely to integrate into your circle? I’m afraid not, right?”

During their few minutes of chatting, Qi Yao had already guessed Ke Lisi’s intentions and calmly articulated his analysis.

“You were humiliated yesterday, incited comments on the star network, the sympathy from netizens gave you courage, and you took the opportunity to invite me out under the guise of an apology. You also conveniently invited Morin and Hall, these two high-ranking male zergs, to bolster your appearance. Ke Lisi, are you trying to teach me a lesson? Make me feel unworthy of this circle? Or are you seeking revenge for yesterday’s humiliation?”

He spoke slowly, methodically, making it impossible for the zergs to get angry.

But Ke Lisi couldn’t hold back his impatience. Being exposed, he didn’t even bother to hide it.

He changed his friendly expression, stared at Qi Yao as if he held the winning card, “Yes, I want you to realize your identity. How could a common male zerg like you enter the aristocratic circle just because of Yi Er? You want me to apologize? Hah, if anyone should apologize, it should be you and Yi Er, right?”

As soon as Ke Lisi finished speaking, two fierce spiritual forces suddenly surged in the cramped room.

Crack! Crack!

The tea cups on the table shattered silently, and spiritual forces, centered around Morin and Hall, formed an absolute domain, enclosing Qi Yao within.

Ke Lisi cleverly retreated to a safe place, picked up a spare tea cup, and grabbed a piece of cake from somewhere, eating it while observing.

He was looking forward to seeing if Qi Yao, an S-class zerg, would be more embarrassed when facing zergs stronger than him than he was yesterday.

“Qi Yao, if you can’t hold on, just ask Yi Er for help. Since he’s here, it’s perfect for you both to apologize to me together.”

Qi Yao ignored him, reflexively releasing an equal force of spiritual power while calmly considering whether to confront Morin and Hall head-on or target the instigator, Ke Lisi.

Three seconds later, Qi Yao found his answer.

As Morin and Hall leaped towards him with clenched fists, he kicked away the obstructing chair, took two steps, and reached Ke Lisi’s side.

Before Ke Lisi could react, Qi Yao’s fist swung towards Ke Lisi’s chin.

Ke Lisi’s teeth clashed together unpreparedly, and after a sour click, Qi Yao’s S-class spiritual power overwhelmed him, knocking Ke Lisi forcefully to the ground.

At the same time, the double spiritual powers of SS-class and S-class, like ropes, immediately entangled Qi Yao.

Experiencing the pain of being suppressed by spiritual power for the first time, Qi Yao realized the agony brought by fully transformed advanced spiritual power. The SS-class spiritual power felt like thousands of steel needles relentlessly attacking his spiritual domain.

The intense pain and suffocation almost drained all of Qi Yao’s strength. He frowned and forced himself not to collapse, sending all the pain from his body back to Ke Lisi, whose scream echoed through the room. Covered in cold sweat, Ke Lisi couldn’t even utter a complete plea for mercy.

Now, it was a matter of who could hold on longer between him and Ke Lisi.

At that moment, the door of the private room suddenly burst open with a bang.

All four zergs turned their heads to the door, where Yi Er, dressed in military uniform, stood. With a serious and icy expression, he pushed aside the female attendant blocking his way and strode in. He grabbed Qi Yao, pulling him into his arms with force.

Many zergs gathered around the door to watch the commotion. Yi Er didn’t avoid their gazes, contemptuously scanning Ke Lisi before finally fixing his eyes on Morin.

Morin withdrew his spiritual power. He knew Yi Er wasn’t joking. If he could buy a villa from the queen, his little teahouse was naturally within Yi Er’s reach.

Morin half-jokingly said, “Yi Er, you’re too nervous. We’re just playing.”

Yi Er smirked contemptuously, “If you want to play so badly, I can send you a military invitation and let you play on the battlefield.”

Morin pursed his lips and didn’t say anything more. As a noble male zerg, he enjoyed a comfortable life protected by female zergs and had no desire to risk his life like a military male zerg.

Qi Yao tapped Yi Er’s hand, indicating for him to let go.

Yi Er refused to comply and held Qi Yao tightly.

Qi Yao said, “I need to talk to Ke Lisi for a moment. What just happened was sudden, and I didn’t have a chance to finish. If I don’t finish, I won’t be able to sleep tonight.”

Yi Er reluctantly released him.

Qi Yao still felt the lingering pain of spiritual power piercing him. He grimaced, rubbing various parts of his body. Beside him, Ke Lisi struggled to stand, gasping for air.

Both zergs were in a sorry state, neither better than the other.

Now that Qi Yao had Yi Er as his backing, he was confident. He spoke with authority, “Ke Lisi, you said you invited me here to apologize. Now that Yi Er is here too, shouldn’t you apologize?”