Brand regretted the moment he said this. After all, he was an unmarried female insect, and sleeping in the same bed with a member of the opposite sex was a bit too much. He thought that Ah Sui would probably not agree. If the other party refused, he would keep silent and never mention such a thing again.
However, just as this thought came to mind, a pair of cool legs crawled into the bed the next second. Ah Sui actually lay down in it. He seemed to be a little excited and shook his feet in the quilt: "Really? Then I'm in?"
"… "
Brand thought, you've already come in, why are you still asking? He tried his best to ignore the strange touch in the quilt, picked up a bowl of hot soup from the ground next to him and handed it to Asui: "Eat quickly, the soup is cold."
Brandt opened the medicine box not far away, dug out a small medicine bottle from it, poured out a few light yellow pills and swallowed them directly. There were no inhibitors in the team now, so he could only use this medicine to temporarily relieve his mental strength. Although it didn't work very well, it was better than nothing.
Ah Sui didn't recognize those medicines: "What are you taking?"
Brande lied to him: "Cold medicine."
Asui thought that Brande was indeed ill. He took the bowl and drank the soup, then patted him on the shoulder and said, "You are too weak. Exercise with me tomorrow morning, so you won't get sick easily."
When Brand heard Asui say that he was weak, he paused for a moment, thinking that no matter how weak the female insect was, it should be stronger than the male insect. But when he thought of the other party's incredible fighting power, he swallowed the words that were about to come to his mouth.
Ah Sui subconsciously retracted his hand upon seeing this, and shook his head with a red face: "Nothing."
In Salilan Law, only strong female insects are popular. Being strong means being able to go to the battlefield, and only by going to the battlefield can you earn military merits, and only by earning military merits can you be favored by male insects. Although the female insects in the south are not good at fighting, Brand is a major general at a young age, and his strength is also superior. This is the first time that a male insect has said that he is weak.
Ah Sui said, "I'm not afraid when you're around."
Brand: “…”
He had no intention of sleeping with this male insect at night.
Brande felt the slight touch of his hair and finally couldn't help but turned to face Asui: "What are you doing?"
So Brand was too embarrassed to refuse. He was silent for a moment, awkwardly moved to the side, turned his back to Asui, and whispered, "It's getting late, go to bed."
After saying this, Asui quietly turned over in the dark and faced Brand. He saw the other's golden hair scattered on the pillow, and couldn't help but reach out to touch it. Because the distance was too close, he could even smell the faint fragrance of the female insect.
Ah Sui obviously didn't understand what he meant. He rubbed his face unconsciously in the quilt and sighed, "It's still warm inside the quilt. It's too cold outside."
Ah Sui was stunned when he heard this: "Blood purity? What is that?"
Brande's heart skipped a beat when he heard that.
Asui comforted him gently: "You are not very weak, you are just not very strong."
The smell of pheromones on the male insect was so strong that he couldn't even control his breathing and it became disordered for a moment.
He is afraid of being alone, but he is not afraid if someone is with him.
When Brand noticed him coming in, his body froze for a moment, and he looked at Asui in surprise: "You..."
Brand hesitated and said, "Am I... weak?"
Asui responded obediently and turned off the lights, and the cabin suddenly fell into darkness. Brande noticed and quietly opened his eyes, asking in confusion: "Aren't you afraid of the dark?"
Sometimes the mood of insects is so strange. When you see that the other person is more nervous than you, you will inexplicably stop being nervous. Brand quietly watched Asui in the dim light and shadow. Suddenly he remembered something and asked, "What is the purity of your blood?"
Brand invited Asui to get in bed just now because he was afraid that he would be cold, so he wanted to warm him up temporarily, but Asui seemed to have misunderstood something. When he came out of the bathroom after taking a shower at night, he naturally lifted the quilt and got in, and the fragrance of shower gel immediately filled the whole bed.
People who are afraid of the dark are not necessarily afraid of the dark, they are just afraid of loneliness. Not long after Asui was born, his biological parents threw him into the mountains to feed the wolves. At that time, he was young and should not have remembered anything, but for some reason, he still clearly remembered that dead and desolate night twenty years ago, when the dark shadows of the trees bared their fangs and claws, like a monster that wanted to devour him.
He stayed with Asui for a while and got to know some of his little habits. This male insect was very afraid of the dark and did not dare to sleep alone at night. He always left a small light on.
Brand didn't expect Asui didn't even know what blood purity was. He wanted to explain, but he didn't know where to start. In the end, he could only try to explain in a way that Asui could understand: "Blood purity is... the nobility of blood. In the imperial capital, the more noble the blood of a male insect, the better treatment they will receive. They can even become partners with the crown prince."
In marriages between nobles, the purity of the male insect's blood is often given priority. For someone like Asui, who has no background and no one to rely on, if the blood purity is lower than 35%, he will have difficulty taking a single step in the imperial capital in the future.
Male insects are like natural diamonds. They are rare and precious, but broken diamonds are worthless. Male insects whose blood purity is too low are also worthless.
Ah Sui still didn't understand and shook his head: "My great grandfather said that we are just ordinary people, not noble."
Upon hearing this, Brand subconsciously thought that Asui's blood was not pure enough, and he felt a little regretful. Yes, if Asui's blood was pure enough, he would have stayed in the imperial capital and enjoyed himself. Why would he become a star pirate here
"Go to sleep," Brand said softly. He seemed to touch Asui's face in the dark, but the touch was so light that it was hard to detect. "I'll take you to the imperial capital in the future."
Ah Sui blinked when he heard that and whispered, "You are so nice."
When he expressed his joy, he instinctively wanted to hug her, but he felt a little embarrassed in front of such a beautiful woman. In the end, he just leaned over and gently touched Brand's forehead: "I will take you to my house to play in the future."
Brand's face felt inexplicably hot. He wanted to say that unmarried female insects were not allowed to go to the home of strange male insects, but seeing that Asui didn't seem to understand, he didn't say anything.
"good… "
He only said this one word at the end. The next morning, Asui got up from the bed as usual and went outside to practice swordplay. He originally wanted to ask Brande to practice with him, but he found that Brande was sleeping soundly in bed. After hesitating for a while, he was reluctant to wake Brande up. In the end, he put on his clothes and walked out quietly.
After washing up, Asui walked out of the starship and looked around as usual. He found that the female insects that he had "recruited" yesterday were all standing in the snow shivering, and each of them was very cold.
Ah Sui frowned unconsciously when he saw this. He made a sword flower with his backhand and walked straight to the female insects and asked in confusion: "Didn't I tell you to stay in the starship yesterday? Why are you out again?"
The guards at the side hurried forward to explain: "Reporting to the great leader, the Black Fang leader said that they can't be kept here for nothing. It just so happens that the team is short of firewood for cooking, so before dawn, they were asked to go to the nearby woods to collect dead branches for firewood."
Ah Sui: "Did Black Tooth give them food?"
The guard hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "No."
Asui thought that it was no wonder that these female insects were so pale from the cold. They had not eaten or drunk anything since they were caught yesterday, and were driven to the mountains to fetch firewood before dawn. Their energy could not keep up with the consumption, and it was a light punishment if they were not frozen to death. They could only settle the score with Heiya later.
Asui remembered that he still had a box of compressed biscuits in his starship, so he simply turned around and went back. At that time, Brand had just woken up. When he saw Asui walking out with the supply box, he asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"
Ah Sui explained: "Those female insects outside have no food to eat, so I'll give them some biscuits to fill their stomachs. Only when they are full will they have the strength to practice martial arts."
Brand put on his clothes, stood up and walked to him, taking a quick glance at the biscuits in the box: "These are only enough for them to eat for two meals. What are you going to do in the next few days?"
Asui had already made plans: "When they are full, I will take them into the mountains to hunt. Brother Cen Feng and I have been in the dense forest before, and there are many things to eat there."
Brand frowned slightly: "You don't even know whether they are good or bad, so why help them?"
Asui: “Ah?”
Brand paused and said, "Nothing, wait for me to wash my face, I'll go with you."
No matter whether those female insects outside are good or bad, Asui can't just watch them starve to death, and neither can Brande. They can only observe for a while.
Brand went to the bathroom to wash up, put on a coat and went out with Asui. As expected, he found that the female insects were standing in the snow and were freezing. Their warm clothes had been stripped away by Black Fang, leaving only a short-sleeved shirt and long pants.
Ah Sui walked up to them with a box of supplies and distributed compressed biscuits to each of them: "Eat the biscuits first to fill your stomachs. I'll find a way to get you some water later."
Compressed biscuits are too choking. If you don’t drink them with water, they will get stuck in your throat and you won’t be able to swallow them.
Those female insects were dragged out of the starship by Black Fang at 3 or 4 in the morning before they woke up, and their coats were forcibly taken away. Then they were forced to go into the snowy mountains to pick up dead branches for firewood. They were tortured to the point of being a little dazed. When they saw the black-haired and black-eyed male insect leader suddenly come over to distribute biscuits, they subconsciously took two steps back, their expressions half frightened and half uneasy, worried that Ah Sui had bad intentions.
Brand was also helping to distribute the supplies. He took out a bunch of biscuits from the box and handed them to the female insects one by one, reminding them, "Eat them quickly. If Black Fang sees you later, you won't even be able to eat the biscuits."
Maybe it was because Brand looked more "righteous", but the female insects hesitated for a moment, then reached out to take the biscuits and gobbled them up. One of the tallest female insects was quite smart, and nodded to Asui and said, "Thank you, Chief, thank you, Chief, we will obey your orders in the future, even if it means death!"
This was exactly what Ah Sui wanted. He looked at the female insect and sized her up. He found that her lower body was stable and her physique was good. "What's your name?"
The female insect quickly said, "My name is Quick, Chief."
Ah Sui patted his shoulder and said, "Okay, you will be their team leader from now on. Don't worry, follow me and practice martial arts well, and you will definitely be able to eat and wear warm clothes!"
When Quick heard Asui say that he wanted to take them to practice martial arts, his face looked strange for a moment. He thought to himself, aren't male insects all weak? And he actually wanted to teach them martial arts? Did he hear it right
But Quick quickly reacted, nodded and said, "Yes, thank you, Chief! Thank you, Chief!"
On the other side, Brand was distributing compressed biscuits to the female insects. He deliberately moved very slowly, and when he extended his hands to hand over the female insects, he brushed the palms of the female insects without leaving a trace, while secretly observing those dirty faces.
A female insect with golden brown hair took the biscuit from Brander's hand, lowered her head and said vaguely, "Thank you."
There are thick calluses on the palm of the hand and between the index fingers, from having held a gun.
Brand remained calm as he passed the biscuits to another female insect, who also burst into tears of gratitude: "Thank you! Thank you!"
There are calluses on the back of his hands, mostly on the knuckles. He has practiced military fighting techniques and is a very strong fighter.
Brand frowned slightly, and then he passed the biscuit to another thin female insect, patted her shoulder, and whispered, "If it's not enough, there's more."
The shoulders are strong and have thick calluses, and the soldier is loaded with armor-piercing shells.
Brand's heart was getting heavier and heavier. When he handed the biscuit to the last female insect, he was no longer in the mood to figure out what kind of cocoons were on the other party: golden eyes, gray hair, high cheekbones, scar on chin, height 187, captain of the Fourth Legion Commando, Julian.
The southern female insects were the best at reconnaissance and gathering intelligence. At least 80% of the information about all members of the military was stored in Brand's mind, if not 100%. Even if he had never seen the other person, he could accurately retrieve the file information from his brain based on their appearance.
Brand had been wondering since yesterday how a tourist starship could suddenly appear in the wilderness and hit right into the muzzle of Black Fang's gun. Now he finally figured it out. These female insects were clearly undercover agents sent by the military to eliminate the star pirates.
Logically, Brand should have been happy, but when he looked at Asui, who was being friendly with Quick not far away, he suddenly became unhappy.
Asui is now like a little lamb falling into a wolf's den. He is unaware of the danger and is still ambitiously planning to expand his team.
Brand began to admire Asui's luck. The military sent a total of thirty-nine undercover agents, and he picked all of them.
(End of this chapter)