The sub-female obviously didn't expect that Cheng Yaojin would appear out of nowhere, but Johnny was a male insect of noble status and could not be beaten or scolded.
He got up from the ground with a red face, feeling embarrassed and ashamed. At the same time, he looked at Han Yan with tears in his eyes, trying to get some attention and sympathy. However, the man with a cold expression stopped at some point and turned to look behind him.
Han Yan finally noticed that there was too much distance between him and Gain.
In fact, he was not walking very fast, and he was lost in thought just now, so his pace would only slow down. However, the female insect seemed to fall behind on purpose, isolating herself from Han Yan and the beautiful sub-female, but after a short moment, she returned to her former lonely and silent state.
It's like a small animal that lives in a dark cave all year round. It cautiously reaches out to touch the sunlight, only to find that this beam of warm light is too dazzling and it can't catch it at all, so it quickly shrinks back and hides itself very deep.
Han Yan stood on the steps, waiting for Gain to come over, then stretched out his hand as usual, motioning for the other party to hold on and support him.
Jia Yin was very obedient. He held Han Yan's hand without saying a word. The cold temperature at his fingertips made the man frown slightly.
"go in."
Han Yan spoke in a calm voice, and it was unclear whether he was talking to Gain or Johnny.
Han Yan's right leg was disabled in his previous life, and he doesn't like anyone touching it.
He seems to be a decent and polite male insect.
Han Yan noticed that the female insect in his arms seemed to be a little soft, so he lowered his eyes and played with her fingertips without saying a word. Since he had decided to marry Gain, how could he not do a good investigation beforehand? It was just that he had been rejected a few times. Han Yan knew these things better than those gossiping insects, so how could he be provoked by just a few words
Han Yan turned his head and looked at Fulun. The gray-blue eyes behind the lenses were full of emotion. She glanced at him with a half-smile and said, "Quiet female insects are more pleasing, don't you think?"
"Sir, it's a pleasure to meet you. Please take a seat here."
Han Yan tilted his head slightly, the cold frame of his glasses brushed against the side of Jia Yin's face, and he asked in a low voice with unclear emotions: "Are you angry?"
Prince Bape was entertaining guests inside, and when he looked at the door, he saw Han Yan and Gain had already arrived. Although he was the elder, Han Yan was a male insect with a blood purity of 50% after all, so he stood up with a glass of wine in hand to greet them.
Because of Han Yan's identity as a male insect, most of these nobles were very polite. Only one blond male insect sat motionless on the sofa, looking particularly abrupt. He seemed to be Sander, the eldest son of the Durant family, who had been engaged to the Eighth Prince Gain but broke off the engagement.
Sander, who had been sitting beside him nonchalantly, seemed to think the matter was not serious enough. He kept staring at Gain and said meaningfully, "I also feel that the Eighth Prince is not as talkative as before after marriage."
The president of the trade association regretted bringing his youngest son here. Ever since he met Han Yan at the banquet that day, Foren had lost his appetite. Hearing that Han Yan would also come to the party at Prince Bape's mansion today, he insisted on going with him. He didn't expect that he would cause a big disaster as soon as he opened his mouth.
A group of female insects were together, so no matter how jealous they were, it would be limited. As long as they didn't stir up trouble in front of Han Yan, there would be no problem. The next content was about business, so Gain was obviously not suitable to listen in.
He vaguely remembered that this male insect was eating hard at the wedding banquet last time, which was quite interesting. Prince Pape grew up in the deep palace and was accustomed to intrigues and deceptions. It was rare for him to meet a male insect with true temperament, so he invited him over on a whim.
Gain was exactly the type he liked.
The implication is that she thinks he talks too much.
As he spoke, he leaned slightly to the side, and his knee accidentally touched Han Yan's right leg, but the man avoided his touch directly, adjusted his sitting posture with an indifferent expression, and sat with his legs crossed, a wrinkle appeared on his neat trousers -
It turned out that Gain's worries were correct. Just as everyone sat down on the sofa and chatted about how to expand and renovate the largest shopping mall in the imperial capital, a pretty female insect sitting in the corner of the sofa suddenly asked, "Eighth Prince, why haven't you said anything?"
Upon hearing this, Foren's face turned pale for a moment and he lowered his head. He was obviously extremely embarrassed. At the same time, he was puzzled as to how could any male insect like Gain's lifeless appearance
When Jia Yin heard Han Yan's words, he said nothing, but his clenched fingertips finally loosened a little.
Han Yan sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, looking calm and composed. Apparently, he was not disturbed by what everyone said. In front of everyone, he leaned over and kissed Gain's face. A thin mist appeared on his cold glasses, but it faded away soon. He repeated calmly, "Because I like quiet."
Han Yan nodded slightly to Prince Pape, and at the same time put his other hand around Gain's waist, speaking in a gentle and polite tone: "Thank you for your trouble, I believe you will have a pleasant night tonight."
The "young bugs" he mentioned were undoubtedly referring to Foren and the others. During the meal, several female bugs who came with their family elders also stood up tactfully. Johnny went straight to the dining area. Only Gain sat quietly beside Han Yan, motionless, looking a little different.
Prince Pape obviously realized that there were some bad guys at the banquet. In order to prevent Gain from being targeted, he took the initiative to say, "We have planted a new patch of rare artificial orchids in the back garden. You young bugs should like them. Let the waiter take you around the back. Lord O'Hara and I have to go upstairs to discuss business. You probably won't be interested in listening."
He has fallen from the altar, and the glory of the past is only like a blunt knife cutting his flesh, reminding him again and again of his current plight. Gain obviously would not recall such things.
He almost pointed out that their married life was unhappy.
Prince Pape has a gentle temperament, and is tactful and shrewd in business. He smiled and said this, then glanced at Gain. Seeing that he looked good, he felt relieved. He inadvertently noticed Johnny behind him and added, "And Sir Johnny, I hope you will be satisfied with the food at the banquet."
"Sir Ashya, welcome, I hope you have a good time today."
Han Yan hugged Gain's waist, and through a thin layer of cloth, he could feel the stiffness of his back. Han Yan felt like he was hugging a delicate puppet, and every move was very obedient. He always liked obedient insects, but for some reason he didn't like the lifeless Gain.
He suddenly mentioned the young master of the Durant family, and all the insects subconsciously raised their heads. Prince Bape frowned unconsciously, and the president of the trade guild changed his expression slightly. He quickly pulled the female insect to his side and scolded in a low voice: "Follen, you are so rude!"
Gain never had much of a presence in such occasions. Apart from calling Prince Pape "uncle" when he entered the door, he didn't say another word afterwards.
"Because I like quiet."
"Sir Ashya, long time no see."
"What a pity," the female insect said, although she was talking to Gain, her eyes were always on Han Yan, and she sighed, "You were still very talkative at that time. Lord Sander also saw it, right?"
Because Han Yan was present, Johnny didn't dare to be too presumptuous. Hearing this, he coughed awkwardly and bowed his head and said honestly, "Thank you for your hospitality."
Gain obviously didn't expect Sander to come, and he frowned unconsciously. Although he had never had much contact with Sander, they were engaged after all. If some insect deliberately stirs up this kind of thing, Han Yan might get angry. Married female insects should not have any involvement with male insects other than their male masters.
He had a handsome face and a harmless smile. Perhaps to make it easier for him to talk to Gain, he deliberately sat in the direction where Han Yan was. “You went to Lavanya Star and won a great victory in clearing out the alien beasts. His Majesty once held a celebration banquet for you. We met at the banquet. Don’t you remember?”
Han Yan knew he was lying, but he didn't say anything. He took Jia Yin in his arms and walked towards the sofa in the middle of the hall. There were a circle of people sitting there, all of them were familiar faces in the business and political circles, and some of them had been seen at the previous banquet. When they saw Han Yan coming, they all stood up to greet him:
Jealousy is an emotion that should not appear in a female monarch, otherwise she will be punished and rejected by male insects.
The female insect's waist was not as soft and cuddly as before, because he had just spoken to the sub-female
When Jia Yin heard this, his eyelashes trembled for a moment, and his voice was so hoarse that it was inaudible: "You misunderstood, no."
Prince Pape said meaningfully: "Gain, you go too."
Gain noticed his little action, lowered his eyes to take a look, and shook his head coldly at the female insect: "Sorry, I don't remember."
Upon hearing this, Gain subconsciously looked at Sander, his eyes dark, as if there was a mass of thick ink that could not be dissolved. He slowly clenched his fingertips and was about to say something, but suddenly a cold and low male voice sounded in his ears:
Everyone's eyes were looking back and forth between the three of them, and the atmosphere in the air was inexplicably subtle. However, Han Yan ignored them and calmly returned the greetings one by one, then sat down on the sofa with Gain.
Han Yan nonchalantly kissed Gain's soft hair and patted him on the back, saying in a low voice: "Go ahead, I'll come find you after I finish talking about things."
Upon hearing this, Gain stood up, glanced at Han Yan, turned around, and limped with the waiter out of the hall towards the garden. His back looked very abrupt among a group of healthy female insects.
Alien...
Han Yan glanced at Gain's departing back, and this word popped up in his mind. He remembered that the villagers who adopted him had also said this sentence. He was lost in thought for a moment, until Prince Pape invited them to go upstairs to discuss matters, and then he followed him up.
It was already dark outside, and despite the street lights, the view was still blurry. At most, I could see that a few orchid buds had opened in the back garden, but most of them had not yet bloomed.
When Gain reached the door, he gradually stopped. He turned around and looked behind him, only to see that Han Yan and the others had already gone up to the study on the second floor. The door was closed, isolating him from everything.
"… "
Gain withdrew his gaze, but did not go to the pavilion to gather with the group of female insects. Instead, he found a random corridor to sit down. He always disliked crowds, so he sat alone next to the cold pillar, gently fiddling with the beads on his wrist.
Gain lowered his eyes quietly, his expression somewhat gloomy.
He thought of the sub-female who approached Han Yan today, and also thought of Fulun who had been paying attention to Han Yan just now. He felt that his property was coveted. It was as if a poisonous snake was slowly climbing in his heart, tightening, and finally bringing a feeling of suffocation.
Han Yan's purity is 50%. According to the regulations of Salilan Law, he must marry at least five female servants. This was originally a common custom, but now it feels like a thorn in the side.
Gain thought that the other party might hug the other female insect as if it was hugging him, and then kiss the other female insect as if it was kissing him, and then do all kinds of affectionate things with the other party, so intimate that it couldn't be any more intimate...
How is this possible
Of course not...
“Wow—”
Gain narrowed his eyes slightly, and his hand, which was originally playing with the sandalwood beads, suddenly paused. The bracelet made a slight crisp sound in the air, and then rolled back to his wrist along his fingertips.
Gain slowly stood up from the bench, frowning, half of his body immersed in the shadows. He was thinking seriously about a problem, or more than one, but many.
For example, how can we stop Han Yan from marrying female servants
For example, how can you keep the females away from your belongings
For example, how can I monopolize that male insect...
This idea was a bit scary, but the word "monopoly" made Gain feel a bit morbidly happy, but he hadn't figured out how to implement it. A waiter saw Gain alone in the corridor and brought him a tray of cakes and drinks, but because it was dark and the road was slippery, he accidentally fell and all the juice in the glass splashed towards Gain.
The waiter exclaimed: "Your Highness, be careful!"
Jia Yin noticed the sound behind him and dodged it sharply, leaving only a few drops of juice on his sleeves. He looked up at the waiter who fell to the ground in a mess, and frowned slightly: "What are you doing here?"
The waiter stood up in a panic: "I'm sorry, Your Highness, I just wanted to bring you some food..."
After he finished speaking, he noticed that Gain's cuffs were soaked by juice, and he paused, pointing upstairs and stammering, "Your Highness, there are replacement clothes upstairs. Do you need me to take you there?"
After the juice dried up, it left a dark color on the sleeves, which was slightly sticky. Gain looked at the strange waiter calmly, pretending not to notice the guilty look in his eyes. After a moment of silence, he uttered two words: "Lead the way."
He wanted to see what tricks the other party was playing.
The waiter bowed his head and quickly led Gain to the dressing room upstairs. Foren was sitting absent-mindedly in the pavilion, but suddenly noticed this scene, a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes, and he stood up and followed without making a sound.
The second floor is where Prince Pape usually holds meetings. The lounge and guest rooms are on the third floor. The waiter led Gain directly to one of the dressing rooms and pointed inside, saying, "Your Highness, there are new clothes for guests to change into. You can call me anytime if you need anything."
Upon hearing this, Gain limped into the inner room and motioned for him to leave. However, a figure appeared at the door at some point and stuffed a stack of tips into the waiter's arms, motioning for him to go downstairs and leave.
"Gain."
A familiar voice suddenly sounded, and the figure that appeared in the corridor was actually Sander. He waved away the waiter and walked directly into the locker room, then closed the door with his backhand, frowning tightly.
Gain paused when he heard that, and turned to look at the door, only to see that it was Sander. He raised his eyebrows slightly and said without any emotion: "It's you."
Calm, not surprising.
Gain originally thought that the one behind the scenes would be Foren, and he had already thought of how to deal with him, but he didn't expect it to be Sander. But it didn't matter, it made no difference to him.
Sander looked at the gloomy and thin female insect in front of him with a complicated expression. He felt that she was far from what he remembered. Gain used to be quiet, but not so gloomy. "Is that male insect treating you badly?"
Gain narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this: "Why do you ask?"
He remembered that he and Sander were at most once engaged, and he was really confused as to why he suddenly asked the waiter to bring him here and showed concern for him.
Sander thought he was still blaming him, and hesitated to speak: "Gain, I didn't want to cancel the engagement. I wanted to explain to you at the beginning, but Xiong's father didn't agree..."
The descendants of the nobles grew up together. The Eighth Prince Gain was not as rebellious as the Seventh Prince Justu. Before he became disabled, he also attracted the attention of many male insects, and Sander was one of them.
He thought he would marry this female insect, but he didn't expect that she became disabled on the battlefield and lost the qualification to pursue the throne. Even the marriage was not allowed by the family.
When Sander heard that Gain had married a fool, he felt very uncomfortable, but he didn't know whether it was because of love or because of the fact that he couldn't get what he wanted.
"It doesn't matter."
Gain walked around him and limped towards the door, his tone calm and indifferent. He thought the male insect came here for something important, but it turned out to be this, and he immediately lost interest.
Gain unlocked the door and prepared to go out, but at this moment, there was a sudden click of a key being locked outside, followed by complete silence.
The door was completely locked.
Fren stood outside the door, twisting a bunch of keys that he had "bought" from the waiter at a high price around his fingertips, smiled, turned around and left in a good mood, heading towards the study where Prince Pape and others were meeting.
A married female insect and her ex-fiancé are alone in a room. Tsk tsk, if this gets out, what will be Gain's reputation? He doesn't believe that Lord Ashya will continue to tolerate this cripple.
Gain noticed something was wrong and twisted the doorknob hard, only to find that the door was locked. Sander, who was standing by, saw this and hurried forward to push the door, looking panicked: "What's going on?! Why can't the door be opened?!"
Gain said calmly, "It was locked from the outside by bugs."
After he finished speaking, he limped to the window, but saw patrolling guards standing below. He estimated the height again and found that it was not high enough to support the insect's wings to spread and take off, so he gave up the idea of jumping down.
The door was deliberately locked from the outside by the bug. It won't be long before the other party will lure all the guests in, so we must get out as soon as possible.
He couldn't be in the same room with Xander without being discovered by any bugs.
Gain walked back to the door and punched the door lock without changing his expression. With a loud bang, the iron door was instantly dented and his fist was instantly covered in blood.
Sander exclaimed: "Gain!"
Gain turned a deaf ear and punched the door lock again. The door finally shook. However, all the doors of the prince's mansion were thickened and soundproofed, so they were not so easy to open.
Sander thought Gain must be crazy, and quickly opened the terminal to call Prince Pape. However, before he could make the call, a sharp and cold dagger suddenly pressed against his neck. Then he felt a pain in the back of his neck, and Gain pressed him hard against the windowsill, and most of his body fell out.
The night wind blew, and my vision was dizzy.
Sander's pupils shrank suddenly, and he was almost scared to death: "Gain! You are crazy!"
Military females always have knives on them. Gain put the cold dagger against Sander's throat quietly, and suddenly smiled in the moonlight, like a ghost: "Sir, I don't agree with you attracting other insects here, because..."
He paused and whispered, "My Lord will misunderstand."
Sander didn't care about whether it would cause misunderstanding. He just thought Gain was a lunatic. He said angrily and terrifiedly: "Let me go! You are hurting the male insects! If other insects see us, the crime will be even more serious!"
"It doesn't matter."
Gain gently turned the tip of the knife, and the blood on his hand slowly slid down the tip of the knife: "Rather than letting them misunderstand that you and I were having an affair alone in the room, it is better to let them see me hurting a noble male insect."
There was a burst of dense footsteps outside the corridor, coming closer and closer, but they could not hear it.
Sander felt that he was about to fall, and said in panic: "Let me go! If something happens, His Majesty can't protect you! You will be punished by the light whip!"
Gain calmly admitted: "Yes, he can't protect me."
But he wondered if the male would protect himself.
Gain really wanted to know how far Han Yan would go in condoning and protecting him. Going upstairs just now was just an opportunity. He knew that Furen was following behind him and had anticipated the current situation, but he still came in.
If nothing else, he wanted to see how Han Yanyan would do it.
Because the other party's attitude determines a very important thing...
It determines whether a stray dog can give his heart to him.
Gain said in an ambiguous tone: "But I didn't hurt the male insects, it was the male insects that hurt me."
Sander's expression changed slightly: "What do you mean?!"
Could it be that Gain was trying to frame him?! Ridiculous! How could anyone believe that!
Gain smiled and said, "Just consider it as the price you pay for your stupidity today. Of course, I also have the risk of losing."
The footsteps were getting closer and closer. When they were near the door, Gain detected some movement through the military female's keen hearing. He pulled back Sander who was hanging by the window, and at the same time slowly loosened the dagger in his hand, and then put it into the other's hand with a smile.
But he still wanted to gamble.
"boom!"
The door was kicked open from the outside and hit the wall with a dull bang.
When Han Yan and Prince Pape hurried upstairs to the door of the locker room, they saw Sander standing there with a pale face, holding a bloody dagger in his hand, and Gain, half covered in blood, staggered out and finally threw himself into Han Yan's arms.
He didn't know whether the man would push him away, but he finally let go of the bloody knife in his hand and stumbled towards the other person.
Han Yan hugged Gain subconsciously. It was an instinctive action without thinking. With the strong force, he was knocked back two steps before he could stand firm. However, he felt his heart tremble for a moment.
Han Yan frowned as he looked at Gain, who was trembling slightly in his arms. He unconsciously tightened his embrace and held the other's bloody right hand with his cold fingertips. The gray-blue eyes behind the lenses narrowed, and his voice was indifferent and low, but he only uttered one sentence:
"Who bullied you?"
(End of this chapter)