Chapter 138: “Be good, let me feel if it’s swollen.”
Shen Zhuo suddenly thought of something and handed the pocket containing Xun Qing’s face from behind his waist to Du Feng.
“First, let’s talk about business,” the boy looked at the others. “Don’t leave yet, let’s have a meeting together.”
Shen Zhuo hadn’t mentioned Xun Qing on the plane specifically to discuss it when everyone was gathered.
Once everyone arrived at the General Command conference room, which still belonged to Du Feng, Shen Zhuo opened the bag.
Only Fu Qishang had seen it up close.
So, aside from him, everyone gasped.
“I thought the human faces grew out of the Bug Mother itself.”
Feng Muya examined the face on the table. She was one of the few present who knew that Xun Qing had undergone plastic surgery.
Chu Baixian and Du Feng exchanged a glance; clearly, they already knew something beforehand.
“We have a conjecture,” Du Feng said. “Long ago, when we discovered Tia had become a Bug Mother, we were thinking about what method Feng Ling used.”
Chu Baixian rubbed his chin in thought for a moment, his expression grave. “It seems it is indeed as we thought.”
Du Feng looked at the group. “Feng Ling fed humans to the Bug Mother. The missing persons in the Empire from before were probably due to this as well.”
Years of experiments made Feng Ling understand that only high-ranking Omegas could be accepted by the Bug Mother, becoming a part of it, and allowing the Bug Mother to become a part of their bodies.
Exactly how the transformation happened, they didn’t know.
But at least they understood what Feng Ling had done with humans back then.
“There is no point in investigating the past now.” Chu Baixian tapped the face. “The problem now is how we plan to deal with the Bug Mother.”
As long as the Bug Mother wasn’t eliminated, the Zerg would not disappear.
“Its tentacles are too terrifying, and its regeneration ability is too tenacious. Overwhelming it with numbers probably won’t work either.”
A voice came from a corner nearby.
Wei Qi raised his hand, looking nervous as he voiced his concern:
“Also, once we get close to the Bug Mother, we can’t communicate with each other. If there’s an emergency and no command, the consequences would be unimaginable.”
Everyone fell silent.
They had to admit that what Wei Qi said was indeed the crux of the matter.
People in the army hadn’t encountered the Bug Mother, so they couldn’t formulate a plan that suited everyone.
“Leave these matters to us. Before and after the test results come out, the General Command will formulate a plan to destroy the Bug Mother.”
Du Feng looked at everyone. “Now, you all go rest.”
Du Feng’s words still carried immense weight.
Everyone except Shen Zhuo and Chu Baixian left the conference room one after another.
Chu Baixian put the face into a bag and unceremoniously swiped the fountain pen from the table while he was at it.
“Oh, right.”
He walked halfway, then turned back around.
He looked at Shen Zhuo, then at Du Feng.
“Leave the planning to me, Weishen, and the others. Waiting for the report will take at least a month. In about twenty days, I will have three proposals ready for you.”
Chu Baixian raised an eyebrow at Du Feng. “You make the decision in the last ten days.”
Du Feng felt it was a bit strange.
Usually, Chu Baixian would dodge whatever he could. Why was he acting so uncharacteristically today?
Du Feng scanned him up and down a few times and spat out two words:
“Not sick?”
Chu Baixian: …
Chu Baixian: “…What kind of talk is that! What do you mean ‘not sick’?!”
He just knew these two spouses had weird brains!
One insisted he was sick, and the other insisted others were sick!
“Good if you’re not sick.” Du Feng’s expression was bland, but it softened when he turned to look at Shen Zhuo. “Then let’s go back to the Royal Palace first. What is the surprise you wanted to tell me?”
Chu Baixian sneered, but when he turned to leave, his smile was much more genuine.
He paused slightly, glancing sideways at the couple stuck together like glue behind him. The envy in his eyes was quickly concealed.
.
It was already evening when they returned to the Royal Palace.
The colorful sky was magnificent. Shen Zhuo leaned in Du Feng’s arms on the garden swing and took many photos of the sky.
When they got back to the palace, the secretary said Princess Feng Muya had just visited and taken away the administrative duties, leaving only a few matters requiring Du Feng’s signature.
So, after a brief period of work, Du Feng had free time for the entire evening.
But he still didn’t know what the “secret” Shen Zhuo wanted to tell him was.
“What did Madam want to tell me earlier?”
Du Feng lowered his head and asked softly in Shen Zhuo’s ear.
Shen Zhuo sat on Du Feng’s lap, and the man held him steadily.
His tall body could almost completely envelop the boy in his arms.
Shen Zhuo curled his lips but felt that saying it now wouldn’t achieve enough of a “surprise” atmosphere.
The little Omega pondered that he wanted to do it like on TV—prepare a gift box for his Alpha, fill it with various puzzles, and guide him step by step to discover the answer.
Writing words like “You’re going to be a dad” on the final prize, and maybe setting off a party popper.
Only that would count as a surprise.
After all, it was his first pregnancy; Shen Zhuo valued this sense of ceremony very much.
“Mn… I’ll tell you in a few days.”
Du Feng couldn’t help pinching his cheek:
“Bad Omega, really knowing how to keep me in suspense.”
Shen Zhuo refused to be outdone and pinched Du Feng’s face as well.
“So fierce, bad Alpha.”
The two of them pinched each other’s faces like that. When An wanted to remind them to eat dinner, he saw this scene.
The knowledgeable and experienced butler stood watching his nose and heart for a while, then rubbed his nose.
An: Master and Madam really are… young at heart.
“Master, Madam, dinner is ready.”
Recently, Bai Meng had been completely renovated.
An no longer supervised the renovation work and came to the Royal Palace to return to Shen Zhuo and Du Feng’s side.
By Du Feng’s side, the Alpha released a sufficient amount of soothing pheromones at all times.
Therefore, Shen Zhuo’s physical reaction wasn’t as intense as it had been on the plane.
It was just that shortly after eating, he felt nauseous again.
Using the excuse of going to the toilet, he vomited for a while. Shen Zhuo smoothed his chest and prepared to look up online what Omegas should do during pregnancy to alleviate morning sickness.
Most sources said to rely on the Alpha’s pheromones.
Shen Zhuo leaned back against the sink and scrolled down.
He did see a list of precautions for Omegas during pregnancy.
The first rule was: limit exposure to electronic products.
Shen Zhuo immediately turned off the phone screen and put it aside, turned to turn on the faucet, washed his hands, and washed his face while he was at it.
Wiping his hands on a towel, Shen Zhuo stared at the phone for a while, then picked it up again and saw the second rule:
Avoid cold water.
There were still unwiped water droplets on his cheeks. Shen Zhuo pursed his lips.
Then he clicked ‘X’ on the entire program.
Having left Du Feng for just a short while, his lower abdomen began to ache faintly again.
Shen Zhuo quickly tidied up and opened the door to go out.
The moment he opened the door, he bumped right into Du Feng, who had waited for a long time and was coming to ask if anything was wrong.
Du Feng looked down at the water droplets on the Omega’s face and pulled him back into the bathroom to wipe him carefully with a towel.
“The weather is cold now; you can’t be greedy for coolness.”
Du Feng prepared to lecture him a bit more, but seeing the boy open his arms for a hug, he felt like a deflated balloon.
Those slightly heavy words couldn’t be spoken no matter what.
It was a rare rest time. Du Feng found some movies they hadn’t had time to watch before, set up the projector and snacks, and set the air conditioning to a comfortable temperature.
But Shen Zhuo knew what watching movies at home was like for them before.
Basically, for any movie, the parts remembered wouldn’t exceed a quarter.
The remaining memories would be of entangled pheromones in the room, fondled petals, sweet juices, and trembling pleasure.
But Shen Zhuo remembered that after the Top Ten Precautions for Pregnancy just now, there was another one:
It is best not to have intercourse in the first three months. Wait until the fetus is stable before engaging in gentle intimacy.
So Du Feng watched his Omega uncharacteristically shake his head and refuse to watch a movie.
“Then later…”
Before Du Feng could finish, he was cut off by Shen Zhuo.
“Let’s not do it today…” Shen Zhuo’s lying skills weren’t quite there yet, so he could only make up a random excuse. “I’m a little tired.”
To his own ears, it sounded like he was trying to hide something.
But Du Feng didn’t suspect anything; he just rubbed Shen Zhuo’s hair with amusement: “What are you thinking, you little lustful cat.”
“Today was meant for you to rest well anyway.”
Shen Zhuo blinked quickly a few times and looked away.
He gave a soft “Oh.”
“If you want it, I’ll feed you tomorrow night, okay?”
Du Feng pulled him back into his arms, pulled up the quilt, and arranged the snacks on top of it.
He turned on the movie Shen Zhuo had casually mentioned wanting to see a few days ago.
“Tomorrow is also…” Shen Zhuo racked his brains and squeezed out a sentence, “Tomorrow I’ll be tired too.”
Du Feng laughed. “Then tomorrow is a holiday too. Rest well, no rush.”
Shen Zhuo pinched his fingers. “Actually, the day after tomorrow is also…”
Hearing this, Du Feng sat up.
The boy acting like this was unlike his usual self, clinging to him and saying they should have a child as soon as possible.
When things are abnormal, there must be a problem.
“Are you uncomfortable somewhere?” Du Feng realized he might have neglected the boy’s physical condition and immediately panicked. “I’ll call the doctor over.”
“No need!” Shen Zhuo hurriedly held down his hand.
“It’s just…”
He stammered for a long time without giving a reason.
Feeling Du Feng’s gaze becoming increasingly confused and panicked, Shen Zhuo steeled himself and blurted out:
“You were so rough, it’s all swollen inside… I want to rest for a few days first.”
But as soon as the words fell, the expected agreement didn’t come.
Shen Zhuo felt heat between his legs. Looking down, the man’s hand had already reached between his thighs.
“Is that so? Let me feel. If it’s swollen, we’ll apply some medicine.”
Du Feng’s face was serious.
He had indeed been “working hard” recently; perhaps he really had swollen the delicate little Omega.
Shen Zhuo quickly brought his legs together to clamp the hand that had already touched the root of his thigh, pushing back with both hands as well, his eyes darting around in panic:
“You can’t touch!”
But Du Feng had already flipped over and pressed onto the boy, raising his eyes to soothe him gently:
“We can’t just leave it be. I won’t hurt you, Baby.”
The man held down Shen Zhuo’s knees, spreading them to the sides, his fingers reaching further inward:
“Be good, let me see.”
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