IHNMSL Chapter 48
by VolareYao was a little sad; his identity information should all be stored inside.
This was a custom-made, high-end optical brain, but the technological level of this planet wasn’t very high. He might have to go to Central Star.
The repair bug told Yao the truth.
“You can leave the optical brain here. I’ll try to restore basic communication for you, but most of the functions… like the location and monitoring features inside, arerendered ineffective.”
The repair bug treated Yao like a child, his voice softening, thinking the parents had specially implanted those functions for their child’s safety.
“Did you go through some strong magnetic field environment? That shouldn’t be… According to the optical brain’s protection level, even using the Bug Clan’s top-tier weapons to bombard it might not damage it.”
Okay…
Although the optical brain, damaged by the spiritual power surge, seemed unlikely to be repaired, Yao still hoped to obtain some useful identity information from it.
Yao thought he and Xiao Wen were like “black household” (unregistered residents) from Black Star. When he woke up, besides the pheromone-soaked clothes, he only had this optical brain.
Aside from the bewilderment about the future, more importantly, he needed to help the three children adapt to this new planet as soon as possible.
Considering the three children would be going to school in the future, the house Yao rented was only three or four hundred meters away from the Federal Central Branch School, a popularschool district property, costing more than ten thousand star coins in rent each month.
Originally, this was the education fund for the little bug cubs. Perhaps due to Will’s subtle influence on Yao, Yao felt that providing a good learning environment for the children was very important and worth spending money on.
Xiao Wen was already old enough to go to school, but he couldn’t even recognize a few characters yet, and the Federal Common Language he could barely speak had a strong Black Star accent.
On his first day of school, he wasmiserably isolated by his classmates and bullied by another big lump.
Long-term malnutrition had made Xiao Wen much shorter than the otherbug cubs in his grade. He was thin and small, like a dry piece of bread, and his skin was darker, due to the radiation environment of Black Star.
The littlebug cub had a strong sense of self-esteem and didn’t want to trouble Yao, so he kept it hidden.
If the female bug from next door hadn’t come to tell him, Yao wouldn’t have known that Xiao Wen was being bullied at school.
The female bug who came was named Xili (Greece), a very gentle and polite female bug. She had abug cub about the same age as Xiao Wen, five or six years old, who happened to be in the same class.
“Hello, sir…” The female bug introduced herself to Yao with a smile.
He had noticed Yao long ago—a young, beautiful female bug raising threebug cubs, all while being kind-hearted.
Two of them were his younger brothers, and the smallest one in his arms was his newborn child. Xili heard that child call him “Papa.”
As another female bug, he felt no disgust or revulsion toward Yao. Instead, he felt a strong desire to approach, like a “A beast in a garment” (a beast in human clothing), inexplicably wanting to get closer.
Xili knew how to restrain himself, not wanting to scare away his simple and cute little prey, so he found a suitable excuse to approach.
“This is my little nephew, Xixi (Xixi). He and your younger brother, Xiao Wen, are in the same class. I think I must inform you that unfortunately, some malicious bullying and isolation incidents have recently occurred in the class.”
Most female bugs don’t pay much attention to the small squabbles betweenbug cubs, because that’s how they grew up.
Scraped skin or a little blood drawn wouldn’t be told to the teacher. Only a “The slightest slightest” (fastidious bug) would bring such minor injuries to the parents.
No wonder Xiao Wen, who usually loved to tug at Yao’s clothes and liked Yao to hold his hand, had recently been avoiding Yao’s gaze and covering himself tightly with clothes.
So he was injured?
“That’s too much! How can they do that?” Yao immediately couldn’t help but feel angry.
“Don’t worry──I can help…help…” He swallowed the other half of the words.
Yao’s speed was unexpectedly fast. Although he looked gentle and weak, he immediately rushed to the school.
Xili was dumbfounded; his outstretched hand actually didn’t──didn’t stop him?
That’s unscientific. He didn’t even see how Yao bypassed him and ran out.
Through this period of time together, Yao really regarded Xiao Wen as his younger brother. How could bugs bully his younger brother? Even if they were a group of ignorant littlebug cubs, it wasn’t okay.
Does being ignorant mean you can do evil openly?
They might not realize how much damage their naked malice would cause to the victim’s psychology.
When Xili arrived at the school, he already saw thecubs who led the bullying crying in arow and apologizing to Xiao Wen.
“If your parents have any objections, feel free to come find me…”
This female bug was too fierce; he couldn’t afford to offend her.
The class teacher was sweating. It wasn’t that he hadn’t noticed the conflict between thebug cubs, but in the Bug Clan, which believed in the law of the jungle where the fittest survive,bug cubs had to grow up by accepting varioustrials from an early age.
Xiao Wen, looking at Yao’s concerned eyes and the tearful classmates in front of him, suddenly realized that although he didn’t want to trouble hisbrother, the feeling of being cared for was so wonderful; he wanted to be spoiled by his brother forever.
Xili, who arrived late, felt that he hadn’t helped much and was a little embarrassed.
But Yao still wanted to thank him properly, blaming himself for his carelessness. If it weren’t for Xili, he didn’t know how long Xiao Wen would have been bullied.
Yao thought, should he invite this kind neighbor to dinner?
However, Yao’s cooking skills weren’t very good; the things he made were barely edible. Although the fewbug cubs always praised him, it was clearly not suitable for entertaining guests.
Yao took thecubs outside and picked a decent restaurant.
“Remember to thank this kind uncle later, okay?” Yao instructed Xiao Wen.
“Mm,” Xiao Wen obediently responded.
In his heart, he felt that his own brother didn’t have good eyesight; this bug full of tricks didn’t look like a kind bug at all…
It was obvious he had ulterior motives.
Xili dressed up carefully, combing his hair meticulously and revealing a gentlemanly smile. He was determined to win Yao over.
However, his smile stopped the moment he saw the threeglaring light bulbs next to Yao.
A lonely little female bug who had just immigrated and couldn’t even find a job, relying only on a meager savings to live a difficult life.
Xili thought, as long as Yao was willing, he could provide him and these children with the best life.
Such a weak bug should have a powerful female bug to protect him.
“Ah? Does he want to be my newfemale parent?” The sensitive little baby, Isan (Esan),plunged into his Papa’s arms, hugging hismilk bottle tightly in a mix of confusion.
“If female parent doesn’t appear soon, Papa will bekidnapped by bad bugs.”
For little Isan, he still preferred Chen Xing (Shenxing). Although this newcomer seemed to be nice to Papa too.
Only the littleturnip head couldn’t sense the atmosphere, earnestly picking vegetables for hisbrother and helping Isan hold hismilk bottle.
Xili laughed, seeing that the littlebug cubs didn’t seem to like him very much.
His family conditions were not bad; he had the ability to match with aMale Bug, but he didn’t know why he had taken a liking to this female bug.
Xili had his first serious crush, on a married female bug with children. He was even cowardly enough to use his little nephew as an excuse to get close.
grass! The always polite female bug couldn’t help but blurt out a curse. When had he become such a softie?
He was rushing to be a stepfather and still beingdisliked by Yao’scubs, but all of this couldn’t compare to the heartache of Yao simply seeing him as a kind bug.
Yao really didn’t understand his hints; he had no ambiguous thoughts at all and kept thanking him.
That’s right, Xili wanted to cry but had no tears. Not everyone was as abnormal as him, falling in love with a female bug at first sight and even being a stalker, following a stranger, buying the house next to him, moving nearby, and observing his daily life every day.
He didn’t want thanks; he just wanted Yao’s favor.
After saying goodbye to Xili.
Yao couldn’t just sit around and squander the littlebug cub’s education money. After settling thebug cubs, he had been looking for a job.
However, only Xiao Wen was going to school, and although the littleturnip head promised he could take good care of Isan (Esan), he was still a child himself. It didn’t seem reliable to have him take care of another little baby.
Yao wasn’t at ease and was also struggling with choosing a job. The few positions the immigration officebug had picked out for him weren’t suitable.
Perhaps knowing that he couldn’t win over the bug he loved without being shameless, Xili, through his painstaking efforts during this period, had finally established a friendship with Yao. Yes… “friendship,” and a friendship with kids.
Xili, who often brought his little nephew to visit, cried.
Was this the retribution for using his little nephew as an excuse?
Yao welcomed Xili. Of course, Xili’s fragile self-esteem refused to admit that Yao actually welcomed his little nephew Xixi (Xixi) more.
“Did Xixi (Xixi) come to play with Xiao Wen?” Yao was always happy. Xiao Wen had finally made a friend at school.
The twobug cubs, who weren’t very familiar and hadn’t said more than a few words to each other, were brought together by the adults.
Xixi (Xixi), he was purely threatened by his uncle and didn’t dare to say anything. For his uncle’s great love, this littlecub had really sacrificed too much.
Xiao Wen, seeing his brother happy, didn’t want to explain that he didn’t have any friends or anything like that, to make Yao worry for no reason.
Xili pretended to casually suggest to Yao: “You can come to our company for an interview and see. Our company’s benefits are very good. The boss said that as long as it doesn’t interfere with work, he doesn’t mind employees bringing littlebug cubs to work.”
“Cough cough… Like me, I often take little Xixi (Xixi) to work,” Xili said, trying to cover up, not daring to look at Yao with a guilty conscience.
Xixi (Xixi): ……
Hey!! Who is this bug with a flattering expression? Where did my uncle go?
When have you ever taken me to work at the company? Oh? I remember, you did take me a few times, but didn’t you always ask the secretary to throw me away so I wouldn’t bother you?
“Really… I don’t think such a good job would be my turn, right?”
Not surprisingly, Yao rejected his good intentions.
Bugs from Black Star don’t have diplomas, and Yao was no exception. Companies with such high benefits as Xili suggested generally don’t hire them.
“You can definitely handle it… I’ll help you get an internal recommendation to the company.”
In order not to make Yao suspicious, Xili almost gave a guarantee, saying he could secretly manipulate things to get Yao in.
It took Yao a while to figure out that what Xili was talking about was probably a flower vase assistant position. Diplomas didn’t matter; you just needed to pour tea for the boss every day and you could still have time to take care of the children.
Xili also especially emphasized that they were a legitimate company and there would be no harassment or coercion of employees. Employee insurance was complete, with various vacation benefits, a good salary, a flexible work schedule, and it was okay to leave early to pick up the children.
It did seem like a good job?
Yao wasn’t tricked; it was precisely because it was too good that it felt a bit unrealistic. Unless the boss was stupid, he wouldn’t offer him such treatment.
Big silly bug Xili: Believe me, it’s true…
Before finding a new job, after thinking it over, Yao decided to get a nanny robot for the house first to be more at ease.
On the one hand, for safety reasons, it could take care of the littlecubs when he wasn’t there. On the other hand, Yao really couldn’t swallow the things he made himself, and he had vomited up the nutrient solution.
The littlecubs praised Yao, always scraping their bowls clean, but that didn’t mean Yao didn’t know. In just two short weeks, Yao himself had lost weight.
The littlebug cubs saw it and knew that their brother was a very confused bug, used to being served and not having much life experience, even less knowing how to take care of himself. When Yao suggested buying a nanny robot, they immediately raised both hands and feet in agreement.
The more comprehensive the functions of the robot on the market, the more expensive it was. With a limited budget, Yao only wanted to include a few necessary functions, such as taking care of thecub and cooking.
The salesperson was still continuing to promote…
Isan (Esan), who was leaning on Papa’s shoulder boredly, suddenly raised his head, his eyes staring straight at the female bug who had stopped behind Yao.
“Papa! Papa!”
Little Isan (Esan) urgently opened his mouth, and themilk bottle even rolled to the ground.
Yao subconsciously bent down to pick it up, but another pair of hands touched themilk bottle before him.
“Thank you, sir.”
Yao thanked him and wanted to take back themilk bottle, but when he took it, he yanked it?? Huh? It didn’t budge…
Just as he was wondering, in the next second, Yao was horrified to see that the tall and handsome female bug’s eyes were red, and he started crying for no reason.
“Do you have any difficulties? Themilk bottle is for you… I… I don’t want it.”
Yao withdrew his hand awkwardly, but the female bug was taking advantage of the situation, clinging to his wrist, the cold texture licking his skin like a poisonous snake.
“I’m homeless…”
“Kind sir, can you take me in…”