Chapter 85: Play’s Part [Wien, 78%]…
He Yue held the fox toy and lay on the hospital bed, closing his eyes to rest. The IV needle had been removed from the back of his hand, and the IV stand had served its purpose and was taken away by the doctor.
“The Master’s various indicators are normal, and the drug residue is minimal. He can be discharged.”
The doctor concluded, handing the completed discharge notice to Wien.
After the fox left, this ward became noticeably more spacious and quiet. Arnis and Wien were both calm and composed types, and there was nothing for them to talk about.
He Yue lay still, resting his head on the fox toy, and felt someone pull the quilt, tucking him in tightly.
“Master isn’t awake yet, let’s tell him when he wakes up.” Wien roughly checked the notice in his hand. “I’ll go handle the discharge procedures.”
“I’ll go with you,” Arnis said uncharacteristically. “If there are any outstanding fees, I can cover them.”
“You don’t have to…”
Arnis put his arm around Wien’s shoulder and walked towards the ward door.
(What is the president up to?)
He Yue opened his eyes and fumbled to get out of bed.
According to their usual confrontational atmosphere, He Yue was worried that if they were left alone, they would start fighting.
In his heart, Wien was honest and peaceful, silently accepting his accompanying male insect having other insects, but the president had the underlying nature of a sinister merchant. He didn’t show his claws to He Yue, but that didn’t mean he wouldn’t attack Wien.
(I’ll go take a look.)
[Host, put on some clothes, the hospital gown is too thin.]
He Yue held the fluffy fox toy, draped a thin blanket over himself, and leaned against the door. He carefully pushed the door open a crack and, as expected, heard Wien and Arnis talking at the doorway.
“What do we have to talk about?” Wien crossed his arms, his tone cold. He stood before Arnis in a defensive posture, his eyes filled with hostility.
“Did Knasch really leave?”
“Probably locked up in the organization? I can’t contact him.”
Arnis understood and continued, “You must be happy to have outlasted another one, right? I heard from the fox that there was another one before him, also a very powerful insect.”
“My superior.” Wien replied vaguely.
Wien didn’t mention Koeyle’s name, which was now famous throughout the insect race. His “superior” as a civilian colonel was enough to indicate the major general’s status.
Arnis went along with Wien’s wishes and said, “Such a powerful insect, you managed to outlast him, you must be very proud.”
Wien scoffed, finally turning to face him. “I understand, you’re also here to provoke me. I’m not proud, I’m just relieved. Even if Master gets tired of countless female insects, and the female insects around him change countless times, I’m still his accompanying female insect. In this world, there is, and only is, one accompanying female insect for Master, and that’s me.”
“Is that so…” Arnis drew out his words thoughtfully. “Is the genetic imprint your last resort? If I remember correctly, Master has the ability to remove the imprint, right? What do you think, will Master…”
Before he could finish, he was thrown against the wall by a powerful force, his back hitting the wall hard.
“That’s… the genetic imprint, there’s only one in the world, Master, he won’t do that.”
This justification was weak, and Wien himself wasn’t sure.
Would his Master cherish the only genetic imprint in the world with his name on it?
Wien hadn’t thought about this. He firmly believed that if He Yue had wanted to do it, he would have done it long ago, and wouldn’t have waited until now.
“You and I are just objects of a mission. Do you know why the fox disappeared? Do you know that the colonel, with his immense power, who could turn the entire insect race upside down, never appeared before Master… ugh!”
Wien held Arnis’s shoulder with his elbow, making him grimace in pain.
Arnis, as a president, was naturally disciplined, but he was still not as strong as the constantly training Wien. He was pinned by Wien’s shoulder, almost unable to move.
“You think… the genetic imprint can let you stay by Master’s side for a lifetime… you and I are just tools to complete a mission. When the mission is completed, we, will all disappear from his world.”
Arnis endured the pain, his words not very clear.
“As long as the mission is completed… we will all be blocked, we will never find him… just like that colonel, and Knasch.”
Although his words were strange, they explained well why Koeyle had disappeared from He Yue’s world.
The only female major general in the insect race, Koeyle, who held sway in the southwest region, had never appeared in He Yue’s world since he left. Even during the copyright color case that had stirred up the entire insect race, he had never appeared.
He clearly loved He Yue so much, how could he be indifferent to all of this?
Wien didn’t know how He Yue had done it, but he couldn’t help but have a little doubt about Arnis’s words.
The elbow pressing on Arnis loosened, and Arnis, who had been in pain, rubbed his shoulder and observed Wien’s reaction.
He couldn’t be the only one who knew this. He needed to drive a wedge between He Yue and Wien to be able to take advantage of the situation and complete his plan.
He Yue, behind the door, held the fox toy and leaned against the door, not saying a word. His gaze darkened, and he stared at the floor, his face expressionless.
This was a sign of anger, and both the system and the female insects around He Yue knew this sign.
The system was terrified and didn’t even make a mechanical sound.
He Yue tightened his arms and buried his face in the fluffy fox toy.
He heard Wien’s loud voice.
“So what if I’m being used? I never expected Master to have any real feelings for me. Even if I’m being used… if I have anything that Master can use, I will also feel…”
Wien’s lips moved, his slightly loud voice becoming hoarse.
“I will also feel, very happy.”
[Wien, 78%.]
Arnis, hearing the system’s prompt, raised an eyebrow and repeated the voice he had heard:
“Wien, 78%.”
“What?” Wien looked at him, puzzled.
“As long as your favorability towards Master reaches 100%, you will also disappear from Master’s world. You only have 20% left.”
Wien chuckled softly and replied calmly, “Only 78%? I thought from the moment I was born, my love for Master was already 100%.”
He glanced away indifferently. “Even the colonel and the fox can love Master 100%, yet I’m only at 78%, that’s really not right. I’m… Master’s accompanying female insect, I should love Master 100%.”
“You’ll disappear at 100%! What are you so happy about!!”
Wien grabbed his collar, messing up his expensive shirt and tie. “Because I know better than anyone that no insect in this world loves him more than me! I won’t believe your nonsense, because I won’t believe my love for Master is only 78%!”
His gaze was ruthless, like an invisible blade, his powerful aura almost tearing the insect apart.
“Don’t think I can’t see your intentions, trying to drive a wedge between me and Master, no way!”
Arnis’s eyes flickered, his intentions exposed, but his strong mental quality only allowed for a brief pause.
He maintained the basic composure of a merchant in a pressure negotiation, his mind clear. “I don’t know where you get your confidence, just like I don’t believe that if you love Master, you would be willing to share your beloved Master with other insects. But I can tell you that the only way to stay by Master’s side is to restrain yourself from loving him.”
Arnis saw the disbelief in Wien’s eyes and continued calmly, “If you insist on being the foolish one who rushes to the front, then you can wait to disappear from Master’s world forever. You won’t be an exception, even an accompanying female insect won’t be an exception. You’re just like any other female insect, pitifully foolish.”
Compared to Arnis’s calm, negotiating temperament, Wien’s emotions were stirred by him, his tone agitated:
“The words you, a sinister and cunning merchant, say, is there anything worth believing? If the facts are as you say, then I’ll be that fool, a fool who will willingly eat the poison Master gives me!”
“You…” Arnis was speechless, unable to even make a comment.
He was a merchant who weighed the pros and cons, a merchant with strong negotiation skills, but all his experience and skills had hit a wall with Wien.
The soundproofing of the ward was very good, and they didn’t notice the slightly open door, their voices inevitably rising a few pitches.
Wien’s voice was as firm as ever:
“Even if I’m just a pawn of Master, I will still love him!”
“…”
He Yue closed the door. He didn’t listen to the rest of the argument.
His accompanying female insect was the most loyal subordinate, a steadfast follower. Even if He Yue told him the truth, he probably wouldn’t give up on loving his Master, let alone Arnis, who was suspected of trying to sow discord.
Loyalty was a lifelong theme of the genetic imprint.
The ward door completely blocked out the sound of the argument outside, and the well-soundproofed room was completely silent. Even if the two of them were fighting outside, He Yue wouldn’t hear a sound.
(System, you need to give me an explanation.)
Even He Yue’s inner voice was now full of pressure.
[I… it should be last time, when you met Mo Lfei alone at the Castle club. There was a system malfunction at that time, and the first conquest target you met afterwards was Arnis.] The system reported seriously, its mechanical voice trembling slightly, a little guilty.
Arnis had completely taken advantage of this system malfunction, gaining a god’s eye view.
He Yue sat on the hospital bed, hugging the white fluffy fox toy, not saying a word.
[Hos, Host, don’t be angry, I’ll find a way to fix it… don’t be angry, don’t be angry…] The system, seeing He Yue’s anger, was very nervous and coaxed him urgently.
He Yue didn’t respond, lost in thought.
[Host, I… I know I was wrong, I’ll fix it now! Right away!] Unbeknownst to him, He Yue had even successfully tamed his system. He had acquired a cyber mechanical dog, a system that was sometimes useful, but often dropped the ball.
He Yue was amused by this cyber mechanical dog, and his tense face relaxed, a relaxed smile appearing.
(No need to fix it. This is also a new way to play, isn’t it?)
[Cough…]
This was perhaps ten thousand times more terrifying than his cold, icy gaze just now.
This was a playable method.
He Yue, who had always been able to read people’s minds, was very much looking forward to this accident. He wanted to see what a pathetic and miserable state Arnis would be in when he was desperately trying to suppress his emotions, yet had to fall into his trap.
Although He Yue was surprised that Arnis could hear the values, what made him think more deeply was Wien’s value.
Among all the conquest targets, He Yue would never question Wien’s deep love and wholehearted devotion to him, the kind of moth-to-a-flame love that completely lost itself, which no other female insect could compare to.
But why, after so long, was Wien only at 80%?
(Are your value detection and assessment accurate?)
[It’s definitely accurate, I guarantee it with my life!] The system’s voice was firm.
As He Yue silently thought, the system’s mechanical voice muttered, [Thankfully, Arnis thinks the value is favorability, but in fact, our conquest mission is submission.] This misunderstanding about Wien’s value finally found its source.
He Yue had told his brother before, submission was not love from the beginning.
Love is equal, a master and a dog are not.
He Yue silently caressed the fluffy fox toy in his hand, his eyes lowered.
He seemed to know where the problem was, and also how to solve it.
Arnis’s words had reminded him.
He just needed to remove Wien’s genetic imprint…
The source of all of Wien’s security, the cornerstone that allowed him to calmly accept the unknown female insects around He Yue and silently compete for his favor…
“Master, you’re awake! Are you uncomfortable anywhere? The discharge procedures have been completed, we can leave this ward.” The ward door was pushed open, and Wien walked to He Yue’s bed, placing the signed discharge form on the bedside table.
For the first time, He Yue didn’t make a decisive decision.
“Wien, I want to eat your cooking.”
Wien was very surprised to hear He Yue’s request, his happiness unconcealed. If he could also grow a tail like Knasch, there would definitely be a tail wagging very fast.
“After we get discharged and go home, I’ll make a lot of delicious food for Master! Yes, tonight, what does Master want to eat?” “You decide.”
Wien had to pull out the record of He Yue’s dietary preferences from his optical device and choose a suitable dish.
Tonight, in this home that originally belonged only to the Master and his accompanying female insect, there were only the two of them.
Wien hadn’t felt so refreshed in a long time, the feeling as happy as when he had picked He Yue up from Koeyle’s house last time.
How could any insect question his love for He Yue?
Wien didn’t take Arnis’s words about the system to heart, he didn’t believe his love was only 80%.
This value should be 100%.
Wien thought, wearing an apron and cooking for He Yue.
No, if there really was this value, it should be 1000%!
Wien, on the grounds that his Master had just been discharged from the hospital, took another leave from the base research institute.
“Do you have any salary left this month?” He Yue chuckled.
Wien didn’t care about the deducted attendance salary at all. In his salary slip, the project bonus was the absolute majority.
“Being able to spend a few days alone with Master is rarer than a salary increase.”
He Yue leaned closer to him, his calm gaze, which hid his mood, now teasing his little dog. “Are you complaining about me?”
“I don’t dare, I don’t dare, I just think, I should cherish this moment of happiness.”
This happiness was soon interrupted by a communication from Kano.
Kano’s crying voice came from the other end of the communication device. “He Yue, you have to save me…”
“What happened to you?”
“It’s not me, it’s Mo Lfei…”
Brother?
He Yue’s eyebrows twitched, and he asked, “What happened to him?”
“After what happened to you last time, Mo Lfei issued a rule at the Castle club, and said that even if a male insect violates this rule, they will be punished.”
He Yue remembered the unpleasant experience at the insect world’s Castle club last time.
Oried, as a male insect, had bumped into him, but no insect had stood up for him, and in the end, it was Knasch who had solved the problem in an extreme way.
His brother had thus, in this place where the status of male and female insects was clearly defined, added a restriction that male insects had to satisfy. Mo Lfei had never considered himself an insect of this world from the beginning, but a complete transmigrator.
“I disagreed at first, but he said that if we don’t want what happened to you at Castle to happen again, this rule is necessary. Although this practice drove away a group of insects, the insects who agreed to this rule made the club have a very good order, and there have been no incidents for a long time.”
That set of rules was probably also transported from the Castle club before transmigration. It had been tested by the club for a long time, and after several revisions, it could be called a fairly complete rule system.
“What happened now?” He Yue asked.
Kano continued, “A while ago, a male insect member violated the rules, and Mo Lfei, as the ‘enforcer,’ whipped the insect five times on the spot according to the rules. It was only at this time that I knew that Mo Lfei was also a male insect! Thankfully, he’s not a female insect… if a female insect had hurt a male insect, he would have been sent to the gallows.”
Hearing the word “enforcer,” He Yue was stunned for a moment, he was very familiar with this title. Before coming to the insect world, his brother was skilled and hadn’t taken any receivers, only serving as a guardian of order at Castle.
He Yue understood Mo Lfei’s words from last time.
He had never enjoyed this game, and he appeared at the club only because He Yue liked it.
“But, he bumped into a male insect member today and got into a conflict. It would have been fine if it was just an argument, but he threw a wine bottle at the insect’s head, thankfully the insect was fine…”
Kano sighed and continued, “What should I do now… according to the insect race’s law, unless the victim reconciles, Mo Lfei will have to pay a fine and go to jail. But that insect directly expressed his willingness to reconcile, he doesn’t want to see Mo Lfei go to jail, he just wants to see Mo Lfei get thirty long whips in public…”
“He Yue… in the entire insect race, I really can’t find a second insect who can complete this punishment and still leave the insect alive. Can you help me?” Kano said pleadingly, on the verge of tears.
He Yue narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment. “In the entire club, you can’t find an insect who can use a whip?”
“It’s different, Mo Lfei is a male insect, and those male insect members, when they hit their female slaves, where do they know any restraint? Thirty whips, if a male insect is beaten to death, I’ll have to go in too…”
“Why should I agree to you, what’s in it for me?”
Kano thought for a moment, and couldn’t think of a gift that would immediately hit He Yue’s liking. “I’ll give you whatever you want, this favor, just consider it my life.”
He Yue raised an eyebrow and chuckled. “Then give me the Castle club?”
“This…” Kano hesitated for a moment, his face ashen. He struggled between his life and his hard-earned success for a few seconds, and finally agreed. “It’s yours! If you want it, I’ll give it to you!”
He Yue could guess Kano’s heartbroken look even through the communication device, and he laughed triumphantly.
He Yue, a Scorpio, had remembered Kano “betraying” him for his own club last time, and this time he had finally gotten back at him.
“Alright, I’m not interested in managing this big club. I was just annoyed that you chose the club over me last time, and I wanted to play with you.”
He Yue was still thinking of an opportunity to meet his brother, and he didn’t expect this opportunity to come to him.
He replied, “Alright, I agree, when is it appropriate?”
“This weekend.” Kano said.
“Treat me to dinner, I want to go to the most expensive restaurant in the entire insect race.”
Kano, his wallet bleeding, didn’t dare to hesitate and immediately agreed. “Don’t worry, don’t worry, you can go to as expensive a restaurant as you want, and have as many meals as you want.”
After hanging up the optical device, Kano breathed a sigh of relief. He crossed his arms and looked at Mo Lfei with a helpless expression.
“Are you relieved now, He Yue has agreed.”
Mo Lfei patted his shoulder. “Thank you, you’ve helped me a lot.”
“I said you’re usually so calm and composed, how did you get me into such a big mess? Even if you’re angry, you shouldn’t have impulsively thrown a wine bottle at an insect’s head!”
Mo Lfei smiled, his thoughts drifting far away.
“My Master, I miss him.”
This guy was doing it on purpose!!
He was directly hit by Kano’s heavy hammer.
“Am I just a part of your two’s play? You’re a male insect, why are you provoking He Yue instead of finding a female insect!” “Half a male insect.”
Mo Lfei stubbornly corrected him.
Kano was too lazy to argue with him and advised, “You should still exercise properly before the weekend comes. Even with He Yue, your body can’t take thirty whips.” “Without the rapid recovery ability of a female insect, I can enjoy the scars my Master gives me, maybe I can even have permanent scars…” His gaze was immersed and fascinated, as if he had already welcomed the arrival of the weekend. That scene, which he had rehearsed countless times in his mind, was finally about to become a reality.
His expectant expression didn’t belong to a normal male insect, no one would look forward to a fatal torture like this.
Except for Mo Lfei.
Kano, faced with such deep affection, had to admit defeat.
None of the insects who had fallen for He Yue were normal.
Of course, Kano himself was also one of them, just not as crazy.
At night, the lights in the studio were half on. He Yue wore a robe and poured the mixed wine into a glass, taking a sip.
The air was filled with the scent of floral pheromones, a rich and intoxicating fragrance that had been soaked in wine.
A faint mechanical whirring could be heard in the room, as well as a muffled whimper. Wien knelt on the empty floor, a crystal ball in his mouth, sweat pouring down his face.
He couldn’t close his mouth to swallow his saliva with the crystal ball, so it could only overflow from the corner of his mouth and contaminate the floor.
At this moment, Wien was more like a hungry wolf who had suddenly seen a piece of fat meat.
He Yue took another wine glass, put a clear ice ball in it, and poured some dark red liquor.
“Doggy, Master will reward you with a glass of wine, you have to drink it well.” Wien struggled to separate a bit of reason from his chaotic consciousness, bit the crystal ball, and nodded.
This bone-chilling wine was not rewarded to him to drink, but was slowly poured down from above. The cold wine was a bright red, flowing down his back, around the carving.
Wien was freezing, and his hot skin was suddenly cooled by the wine, and after all the ice wine had flowed to the ground, his body temperature quickly returned to its original state.
The ice ball also fell from the wine glass in He Yue’s hand, rolling down Wien’s back and hitting the exposed carving.
Wien trembled violently, his fingers as if gripping the smooth floor, his fingertips white from the lack of blood, as if he wanted to leave marks on the hard floor.
The ice ball was stuck at the carving, stopping its downward roll, and quickly melted in place. The long process of the ice ball melting bit by bit broke down Wien’s consciousness.
He trembled violently, but didn’t dare to move.
His Master hadn’t taken away the ice ball, it must be part of the plan. If he moved his knees even a little, the ice ball would fall to the ground.
But he didn’t move at all.
Compared to the fox who often pleaded for mercy, Wien cherished the opportunity to be in the studio with his Master more than anyone.
The ice ball gradually became smaller, until its solid shape was no longer visible.
Wien was so cold that tears and snot streamed down his face, and the rotating carving made the small patch of cooled skin return to a more intense heat than before.
He Yue sat in front of him, lifting his chin with the tip of his shoe.
That pair of eyes, no matter how ravaged by He Yue, were filled with love.
He Yue untied the crystal ball stuck between his teeth, giving him a chance to speak or plead for mercy. But even when He Yue turned on the electric shock on the carving, making Wien almost convulse, the other party didn’t say a single word of plea.
His Master’s pleasure was more important than his life.
Wien cherished this opportunity to be with He Yue.
This opportunity was like a halftime break in a game. Only when He Yue was tired of playing with other insects and discarded them would he remember Wien’s existence and pull him out of the neglected corner to play with.
The only fortunate thing was that although this time was rare and short, it always existed.
He Yue stopped the switch, forcing Wien, who was halfway to his climax, to calm down.
“Wien, if you weren’t an accompanying female insect, but just an ordinary female insect, would you still love me?” Wien, perhaps still not recovered from his half-climax, didn’t answer He Yue’s question for a long time.
He Yue waited for a while, and all he got was a dazed panting. He frowned in displeasure and said sharply, “Speak.” “I would… I would…” Wien replied instinctively, ignoring the premise He Yue had set.
He hadn’t thought about it, nor had he had the chance to think about it.
From the moment he was born into this world, from his first breath, everything he had belonged only to He Yue. The genetic imprint was innate, and he had chosen to follow the existence of the genetic imprint from the beginning.
Submit to the male insect, submit to the accompanying male insect, submit to He Yue.
He had already integrated his entire being into the genetic imprint, treating it as the only meaning to obey.
He existed because of the genetic imprint.
“Wien, if, you didn’t have a genetic imprint, or, if your genetic imprint didn’t have my name on it…” “But the genetic imprint is Master’s name!”
Wien interrupted He Yue for the first time, his voice urgent as he defended his only remaining advantage.
“There’s no if, it’s a fact, it exists and won’t change!” “…”
He Yue looked at him, not speaking for a long time.
“I’m sorry…” Wien, realizing his impulsive outburst, lowered his head and apologized. This was his weak spot, otherwise he wouldn’t have talked back to He Yue at such a precious moment.
He hadn’t thought about this question, and he didn’t want to think about it.
Every accompanying female insect had a genetic imprint, this was the starting point of their loyalty. Wien was lucky to welcome the birth of his accompanying male insect and love him with all his being.
He Yue understood why Wien’s value was so difficult to increase.
As long as Wien’s genetic imprint as an accompanying female insect existed, this value would never be full.
Whether loving He Yue was Wien’s instinct or his true heart, even Wien himself couldn’t answer. He wouldn’t and didn’t dare to firmly say that even without the constraint of the genetic imprint, he would still love his Master.
He had lived as the genetic imprint.
He had become the genetic imprint.
The sound of leather shoes on the floor came from behind, finally stopping behind him. Wien braced himself on the floor, feeling the sound of the leather shoes on the floor like a drumbeat, hitting his heart, a dull ache.
His heart was pounding, and a sense of unease enveloped him.
“Existence can certainly be changed, there are no established facts in this world.” “…Ugh!”
He Yue stepped on the back of his neck, making his chin hit the floor hard. His eyes flickered with a hint of emotion, but it was fleeting, the mission and the values taking precedence, the power of reason overcoming the emotional touch.
“Then let’s try the result without the genetic imprint.”
