On a sunny morning, the leaves rustled gently, enjoying a leisurely time. Occasionally, a couple of golden leaves would float down and softly land on Quan Yan’s hair.
The silver-gray color of his hair contrasted beautifully with the golden leaves, creating a unique tranquility of time.
Quan Yan(2nd brother) pinched Wei’an’s face, who was sleeping in his arms. There was a trace of regret in his dark green eyes. After being sick for a while, Wei’an had lost some of the baby fat on his face.
Looking at Wei’an in his arms, Quan Yan suddenly remembered the way Wei’an, who couldn’t speak yet four years ago, was lying at his feet, babbling and tugging at his pants, trying to hug him.
Time flies so fast, in the blink of an eye, the little soft dumpling is already four years old.
While feeling sentimental, Quan Yan connected to his manager’s communication.
“Are you sure you want to withdraw from the entertainment industry?” The manager looked at him seriously.
“Yes.” Quan Yan covered Wei’an’s ears and replied softly, with no room for negotiation.
“Why?”
“I want to go home and take care of the baby.”
“What!? You have a child? When did you hide this from me!?”
Faced with the manager’s shocked expression, a smile flickered in Quan Yan’s dark green eyes. He turned the camera toward Wei’an in his arms. “Look, this is my little brother. Isn’t he adorable? I’ve already missed four years of his growth. I don’t want to blink again and find he’s already grown up and started a family.”
The agent didn’t believe his statement and stared at him with his bespectacled eyes. “That reason is not convincing enough.”
Quan Yan was the only Zerg under his management. He is powerful, handsome, and wise. Plus, the Zerg was filled with many legends and mysteries, which made him very marketable.
He had risen to the peak of his career as soon as he debuted, as if he was born to act. Standing in front of the camera, he didn’t need to say or do anything; his dark green eyes conveyed all the sorrow, time, and stories.
Quan Yan lowered his eyelids to hide all the emotions in his eyes. “At my age, I’ve won all the awards I should have, earned enough money, and experienced various lives of different races. I think it’s time for me to return to my race and do what I should do.”
During this time, he had noticed many things he hadn’t before. He spent a lot of time recalling past events and, combined with what happened that day in the commercial city, he suddenly realized that his male father and the Zerg’s males seemed quite different from his impression.
Upon closer inspection, he discovered that in the past few hundred years, no male Zerg had met with any accidents or died from injuries. They all passed away at the appropriate age. Though the females mourned when a male Zerg died, it was merely sorrow.
Initially, he thought that the death of a male Zerg only caused such an impact on females. It wasn’t until he learned that a male Zerg died in front of females, causing countless females to go into a riot and harm themselves, that he suddenly understood what the death of a male Zerg meant to females.
Quan Yan had reviewed a lot of Zerg history during this time, even secretly using Wei’an’s terminal access to discover many historical informations they had never seen before.
Many years ago, before the emergence of the EY substance, male Zerg had long lifespans, often living longer than females.
At that time, the male Zergs were dazzlingly outstanding. They were wanton, uninhibited, humble, and proud. They loved to roam the stars, eager for every mysterious adventure. Possessing extremely high mental strength and extremely high physical fitness, they are invincible whether in war or in any other field.
Back then, there were no instances of males abusing females, despite their high status.
In fact, many things about the male Zergs in the current zerg society cannot withstand careful scrutiny. It’s just that female Zergs born into male zerg families harbor deep-seated resentment toward their families and would never carefully recall the matters regarding their male fathers that they detest.
From both psychological and physiological aversion, they were compelled to leave their families, distancing themselves so far that they wouldn’t even want to think about it.
Hatred blinded their eyes.
Most female Zerg who were not born into male families never had contact with them throughout their lives. Their understanding of males was merely hearsay, and they have no way to think about or discover the strangeness and behavioral contradictions of male zergs.
If it weren’t for Wei’an’s appearance, which gradually allowed him to let go of his resentment toward this family, Quan Yan wouldn’t have reflected deeply on all the contradictory behaviors and personalities of his male father.
Their male father might have had reasons for treating them that way in the past, but the harm caused was a reality that could not be forgiven simply because there were reasons behind it.
There was just one speculation Quan Yan dared not think deeply about: whether the lost half of the lifespan of male Zergs was related to them.
Every time he thought about this speculation, he felt as though the entire Zerg was being torn apart, bleeding profusely.
Seeing that he truly couldn’t be persuaded, the manager compromised and, as a friend, asked one last question, “What do you plan to do next?”
“First, I’ll catch up on what I missed as a military academy student,” Quan Yan said, pulling at the corners of his mouth, his gaze dim. “After all, it might come in handy in a few years.”
The manager shuddered and hung up the communication, he nearly forgot the Zerg’s brutal nature. He couldn’t understand why the Parmin race continued to seek death day by day.
Not long after, Wei’an woke up in his brother’s arms and rubbed his eyes. He let out a small yawn, and in a soft, sleepy voice asked, “Brother, haven’t Shang You and the others arrived yet?”
Quan Yan held his hand that was rubbing his eyes. “They’ll be here soon.”
“Oh.” Wei’an nodded and suddenly noticed the two leaves on his brother’s head. He immediately held Quan Yan’s chest with both hands and climbed up, stretching out his arms to pluck the leaves from his head, showing them to him. “You have leaves on your head.”
Quan Yan ruffled his hair and looked at the leaves in Wei’an’s hand, pretending to be surprised. “When did leaves fall on my head? I didn’t even notice.”
Wei’an’s eyes squinted with laughter, “I noticed it as soon as I woke up.”
“Yeah, Wei’an’s eyes are really good,” he complimented with a smile in his eyes.
“Hehe.”
Today is Alhandra’s birthday, which Wei’an discovered two days after recovering from his illness.
At that time, he suddenly remembered he had promised the male father to celebrate his brothers’ birthdays, so Wei’an went through the birthdays of each brother one by one, eventually finding out that today is the male father’s birthday.
At that moment, Wei’an’s little mind was full of questions. If his brothers didn’t celebrate their birthdays, were they secretly celebrating without him? Did the male father and female father also celebrate their birthdays without telling him?
Wei’an made a call to Shang You and the others and learned from them that their male fathers also didn’t celebrate their birthdays.
The little male cubs discussed it in the call for a long time and finally concluded that the reason their male fathers didn’t celebrate their birthdays was that they had no male fathers to celebrate with them.
Thinking this way, Wei’an clapped his little hands and decided to personally celebrate the male father’s birthday.
It was because of preparing for the male father’s birthday that Wei’an woke up early today to wait for his friends, only to fall asleep in his brother’s arms while waiting.
Quan Yan, who had already decided to stay on Kato Star, had some things to attend to. After leaving Wei’an with Shang You and the others, he turned to leave.
On the way to Alhandra Manor, Chu Yi specifically bought a new T-shirt today. Two days ago, he received a call from Wei’an asking him to come and help celebrate the male father’s birthday.
After agreeing, he spent the next two days and nights risking his own life to catch some exotic beasts that he originally agreed with uncle Alda to catch together, and then Uncle Alda took them to the trading mall to sell them.
When he arrived, Wei’an circled around him twice, his blue eyes full of curiosity. “Why are you so dark under your eyes?”
Chu Yi, who had a pair of dark circles under his eyes, looked at his curious eyes and hesitated. For a moment, he was afraid that if he said it was caused by staying up late, Wei’an, who was full of curiosity, would also learn to stay up late. He replied indifferently, “It’s natural, it will appear randomly from time to time.”
Hearing this, Wei’an was astonished and stretched out his little hand to touch the dark circles under his eyes. “Wei’an wants that too.”
Chu Yi shook his head seriously. “This is unique to me.”
“Okay!” Wei’an puffed up his cheeks regretfully and took out the plan he had written, his little chubby face serious as he said, “We need to decorate the house first, then prepare lots of delicious food, and finally get presents.”
Wei’an, already prepared, came out with buckets of harmless paint, his blue eyes filled with anticipation. “We’ll use these pretty colors to make the house beautiful.”
“Great!” Shang You excitedly rolled up his sleeves. “It’s time to show you my talent in painting.”
Krillochuan looked at him disdainfully. “Your writing is so ugly, your painting must be bad too.”
“You’re talking nonsense.” Shang You raised his chin. “Let’s compete and see who paints better.”
“Let’s do it.” Krillochuan turned to Wei’an. “Wei’an will judge whose painting is better.”
Wei’an shook his head. “No competition, let’s hurry up. The male father will be back from the hospital tonight, and we need to finish decorating before he gets back. The star net said this is called a surprise.”
Shang You and Krillochuan exchanged glances. “Then we’ll compete next time.”
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Alhandra’s illness was caused by the collapse of his internal balance due to soothing the female zergs. Since there was only a human named Qiao Song in the family’s medical building, it was not very convenient for treatment. It was only after Wei’an recovered from his illness that Alhandra felt relieved enough to go to a hospital specifically for treating male zergs.
Today is the last treatment. In fact, the so-called treatment is to use various drugs and instruments to try to repair the damage to the internal organs caused by the breakdown of balance in his body.
Generally, male zergs reach this state at around ninety years of age, but that incident caused the male zergs on Kato Star to reach this state earlier than usual.
Alhandra, who was sitting by the window, looked at the dimmed wings behind him, leaving only mottled brilliance. He raised his hand to gently touch them, with a hint of nostalgia in his blue eyes.
In fact, when he was much younger, he would proudly show off his dazzling wings. However, after turning nine, these wings, which shone brighter than sunlight, never appeared before other zergs again, nor did they receive the astonished and envious gazes.
Now, it seems that even if it appears in front of others, it will no longer receive envious eyes.
In Alhandra Manor, Wei’an, with a face painted in colorful patterns, glanced at the brightly painted walls and floor, nodding in satisfaction. He reached out and pulled Shang You and Cole, who hadn’t had their fill of painting yet, saying, “We should prepare the food; otherwise, we won’t make it in time.”
“Okay!” Shang You, with his hands covered in black paint, touched his forehead and lamented, “My masterpiece isn’t finished yet, but there’s no time. I’ll let you all see it next time.”
After saying that, he hurriedly followed behind Wei’an to the kitchen to prepare the food.
Chu Yi, who was walking at the end, turned back to look at the chaotic hall they had painted, his dark eyes filled with doubt. Was this the unique aesthetic of male zergs?
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Oh no! I hope Alhandra can live longer!!! Our little Wei’an would be so sad.
Thanks for the chapter.