NOVEL NEXT 05
Chapter 5: “I Won’t Treat You Like This”
Since the compatibility test indicated 100% match between Qi Yao and Yi Er, Dai Na had no objections.
In the age of technology, data and technology speak for themselves. After offering their blessings, Si Niya and Dai Na saw Qi Yao and Yi Er off.
In the days leading up to the registration of their marriage, Yi Er never visited Qi Yao.
During this free time, Qi Yao returned the borrowed clothes, retrieved the deposit, and used the meager savings to decorate his 50-square-meter apartment. The system didn’t understand: “Host, are you trying to pursue a backdoor approach? Yi Er won’t live here.”
Qi Yao insisted: “He may not live here, but I can’t guarantee he won’t come here. I don’t want him to see me living in poverty.”
“…” It made sense, and the system was convinced, providing constructive suggestions for room arrangement.
Qi Yao also contemplated getting a job to earn some money, but the gender discrimination in the job market was severe.
They only hired sub-females and ordinary females, occasionally offering positions to retired military females for maintaining order, but were reluctant to hire males.
The system strongly suggested: “Host, you still have 100,000 star coins. You can replace the old wooden bed in the room with a comfortable and durable double bed!”
Qi Yao replied: “The marriage relationship hasn’t been established yet, so the 100,000 star coins here are a loan, not a gift.”
The system didn’t understand again: “Anyway, when Yi Er becomes your legal spouse, everything of his will be yours. You don’t need to worry now.”
Qi Yao had to remind the system: “You forgot, Yi Er and I are in a marriage of convenience, and we’ll live our own lives after marriage.”
The system remarked: “…Host, why does your tone sound one-third helpless, one-third self-mocking, one-third low-spirited, and disappointed?”
Qi Yao was puzzled: “Huh? Do I not understand what I’m saying? Do you need to draw a pie chart to analyze it?”
“…” The host is good in every way, but there is one flaw: being too clear and too stubborn, and refusing to admit defeat.
*
Busy for two days, the day of the scheduled marriage registration arrived. Qi Yao cleaned himself up and waited for Yi Er to come and pick him up.
He actually wanted to buy a bouquet of roses to give to Yi Er after the registration, but Yi Er didn’t like roses.
This made Qi Yao dilemma. Would it seem too shameless to marry Yi Er empty-handed?
He wasn’t made of iron, and he felt embarrassed to start a new life with Yi Er.
After much thought, he found a reputable cake shop and ordered a 6-inch cake.
In the life of zergs, there should still be a sense of ceremony.
In the morning, Yi Er arrived on time to pick him up. The two zergs still didn’t have much exchange of words, silently arriving at the marriage registration office, silently entering the registration hall, silently taking a number, and then silently sitting down waiting for their turn.
There weren’t many zergs coming to register, but the pair in front seemed to be lingering inside, not coming out for a long time. The silent awkwardness spread.
At times like this, someone always has to break the silence. And breaking the silence wasn’t Qi Yao or Yi Er, but another male zerg who happened to come out of the registration office.
“Hey, isn’t this General Yi Er? Haven’t seen you for half a month, and you’ve already found a marriage partner? Let me see who this unlucky zerg is.”
The speaker was Ke Lisi, one of Yi Er’s blind date partners from half a month ago, a noble male zerg. A lecherous one, he already had seven female slaves and eight female attendants at home, and he used connections to participate in blind dates. He even made the excuse of relaxation to arrange the blind date in a sparsely populated bar room, hoping to take advantage of the alcohol to get Yi Er to comply.
Remembering the day he was almost kissed by Ke Lisi’s greasy lips, Yi Er felt uncomfortable all over, regretting not embarrassing him publicly and revealing his true colors to everyone.
Ke Lisi had an arm around a female zerg, but upon seeing Yi Er and Qi Yao, he immediately let go of him and squinted as he carefully scrutinized the black-haired male zerg beside Yi Er.
Walking over, Ke Lisi said, “Yi Er, who is this?”
Yi Er ignored Ke Lisi, but Ke Lisi observed for a while himself and came up with an answer in his mind. “I haven’t seen him in the noble circle. Yi Er, are you too proud to find anyone in the noble circle, so you just married a random zerg from the lower district? If I had known earlier, it would have been better to follow me. At least we’re both zergs from the noble circle, and we can handle things internally…”
Slap!
With a crisp sound, Yi Er suddenly stood up and slapped the male zerg’s face.
Yi Er shook his hand and said casually, “See, only like this can your mouth shut for a while.”
He said it calmly, not sounding angry at all. Instead, it was Ke Lisi who, after receiving a slap out of nowhere, suddenly became furious. The anger in his eyes surged up, and he gritted his teeth, saying, “You lowly, unwanted military female, how dare you hit me?”
“Master…” Lai An gently rubbed Ke Lisi’s face.
In just a few seconds, Ke Lisi’s face had turned red, showing how hard Yi Er had slapped him.
Yi Er said, “In terms of status, you’re probably not as good as me.”
“Yi Er—” Lai An, protective of his master, said, “How can you hit a male zerg for no reason? You’re committing a crime!”
Male zergs were protected due to their rarity, so assaulting a male zerg as a female zerg was a criminal act.
But Yi Er didn’t care, saying indifferently, “I hit him, so what? What can he do to me? What can you do to me?”
Everyone knew Yi Er’s backing was the Empress and the Emperor, and no zerg dared to provoke them.
Ke Lisi was so angry he couldn’t speak. The spiritual power carrying his anger suddenly surged towards Yi Er.
Seeing this, Qi Yao didn’t just watch anymore. His eyes narrowed, and he released his strong spiritual power to abruptly push away the spiritual power pressing down on Yi Er.
Yi Er remained unharmed, but Ke Lisi was suddenly suppressed by the stronger spiritual power, gritting his teeth as he half knelt on the ground.
Thanks to Lai An supporting him, he didn’t fall completely to his knees.
Of course, Lai An wasn’t doing much better either.
“You…” Ke Lisi stared fixedly at the silent Qi Yao, unable to believe that a male zerg from the lower district could have a spiritual power even stronger than him, a noble. Why should he?
Yi Er’s mood became active because Ke Lisi was put in his place. Seeing the incredulity in Ke Lisi’s bewildered eyes, he murmured, “Ke Lisi, this is why I don’t like you. A male zerg whose spiritual power doesn’t even reach S-level after the second metamorphosis, why should I agree to your courtship and become your female slave?”
“My master must be powerful enough to be unmatched by any zerg. You… are not worthy.”
After speaking, Yi Er looked at Lai An and said in a casual tone, as if asking if he had eaten breakfast, “Lai An, congratulations on your wedding.”
Just as the hall called their number, it was Qi Yao and Yi Er’s turn. Yi Er had no time to pay attention to Ke Lisi, so he took Qi Yao and went to register.
With the suppressive spiritual power withdrawn, Ke Lisi collapsed on the ground.
Lai An went to help him up, but Ke Lisi crumpled the marriage certificate he had just received into a ball and threw it at Lai An, shouting, “Get lost!”
Hearing the noise, Qi Yao turned his head and couldn’t help but feel worried: would Lai An be beaten when he got home?
The worry turned into a question, and he asked it out loud.
Yi Er smiled faintly upon hearing it. “Do I even need to say? Beating a female slave gives male zergs both psychological and physical gratification. Their dissatisfaction with life, their misfortunes, their bad moods—all can be comforted by beating the female slaves. Moreover, Lai An is a military female, strong and resilient. As long as he still wants to depend on male zergs, he won’t fight back, and he can’t fight back. Such a good thing, why wouldn’t male zergs do it?”
Qi Yao didn’t know what to say. He just felt that this kind of marriage life was full of unhappiness.
However, it was incredible that there were female zergs willing to become partners with such male zergs, one after another.
No, there were also female zergs who were unwilling, and Yi Er was one of them.
“Yi Er, I won’t.” Qi Yao said.
Yi Er didn’t hear clearly. “Hmm?”
Qi Yao said seriously, “I won’t treat you like that.”
This time Yi Er heard clearly.
He smiled, didn’t say anything, pushed open the door of the registration room, and stepped in first.