Chapter 558: Chapter 558 Insect God Is Depressed
Actually, Lord Insect God was feeling a bit disheartened and didn’t want to continue discussing this topic. However, this kind of emotion was also fresh to Lord Insect God.
After all, he had never felt before that the memories inherited from his past lives made him feel too old and insecure.
No, no, no, how could he, as Lord Insect God, ever experience such clarity in insecurity?
They couldn’t stay on Ancient Earth for too long, and Lord Insect God also worried that Xiaoyan’s parents would be concerned, not to mention that Xiaoyan was going to school tomorrow.
So, he had Doris take the two of them back home.
Before sending Xiaoyan back, she took the initiative to hug Lord Insect God. She said happily, "Brother Little Mushroom, I’m so happy, this is the best birthday gift I’ve received today!"
Just a moment ago, Lord Insect God, who was caught up in his own age insecurities, now looked at the beautiful little girl embracing him, her smile radiant, and his mood slowly improved as well.
He reached out and touched Xiaoyan’s hair, "I can’t always be by your side, but if someone bullies you at school, you have to tell your little brother."
Gu Yu was the same age as Xiaoyan and was also starting his first year at Empire University tomorrow, but he was studying the medical field, just like Su Wan initially did.
It was only that Su Wan later went to the military academy.
Though Gu Yu was not belligerent, his fire element superpower was ranked among the top five superpowers in the combat power rankings, not to be underestimated!
Xiaoyan nodded her head, but still said, "Nobody dares to bully me, and I have Little Tail with me, too."
Lord Insect God didn’t say anything but recalled the jerk who had been hitting on Xiaoyan at the Ancient Earth amusement park.
Now that Gu Ruanruan was married, Xiaoyan had become the highest-ranking and most prized unmarried princess throughout the Landis Star, not to mention that Xiaoyan was naturally beautiful and smart as well.
How many young boys must be pursuing her?
After holding her for a while, Lord Insect God sent the young girl back home, but once back on the spaceship, the handsome silver-haired youth’s demeanor was very low.
Or rather, the entire person was devoid of liveliness, to the point that even Doris felt a bit uneasy.
Having overused her superpower, she wasn’t feeling well herself and said softly, "My lord, I’ll go down and rest now."
"Go ahead."
Doris, as if granted amnesty, quickly turned and left. When she arrived back at the Insectoid Base, she sighed with relief.
Even though they had only been to Ancient Earth for a few hours, it had nearly exhausted all of Doris’s superpowers. Fortunately, her body was bionic; otherwise, she reckoned she would have been staggering while walking.
However, she saw Su Man approaching with a fourteen- or fifteen-year-old girl by her side.
Su Man: "Doris, has the lord returned to the base?"
Doris was too tired to care, and she responded indifferently, "Why don’t you ask Xi Le directly? Why ask me?"
Su Man: "Xi Le said the lord took you out, so I figured that if you have returned, the lord must have come back too."
Doris aspired to supremacy in the universe, and admiration for the strong was in her bones. To put it simply, although she deeply loathed Su Wan, to some extent, she admired her.
Su Wan was excellent, intelligent, and fit to be her rival, after all, Gaia’s chosen successor.
But this Su Man, huh, her greatest talent might just be daydreaming.
Spending all day with her daughter, hanging around Lord Insect God, her intentions are crystal clear!
Doris glanced at the little girl with very ordinary features and then thought about Gu Yan, who’d been carefully coddled by Lord Insect God, even celebrating her birthday with him. She snorted and said, "Yes, the Lord has returned and is now in his private resting room. If you want to see him, go ahead."
Su Man looked at the schadenfreude in her eyes and asked, "After you went out today, things didn’t go smoothly?"
"Smooth, incredibly smooth."
After saying that, Doris turned around and left. She still had her own aspirations; the Insectoids had been lying low these years, but in the future, they were certainly going to dominate the world.
As for that Su Man... Getting on in years, unable to rely on men anymore—or perhaps thinking that Xi Le had limited capabilities—she had now set her sights on Lord Insect God?
What a foolish woman indeed!
In fact, Su Man was somewhat clever, like now, as she noticed Doris’s sarcastic tone. She felt that Lord Insect God was probably not in a good mood—at least, not suitable for them to visit him now.
After pondering for a while, Su Man still said to her daughter, "Yaoyao, let’s go back first. The Lord will be very busy today."
Su Yao breathed a sigh of relief, obediently nodded, and then followed her mother back.
Because Su Man’s daughter was a pureblood, she had talked it over with Xi Le and simply took her mother’s surname, a single character: Yao. This year, she was fifteen years old in nominal age.
Owing to Xi Le’s high standing among the Insectoids, those who came from the Insect Nest later were all under him; hence, Su Yao’s childhood had been quite smooth.
All of her pressure came from her mother, Su Man.
Su Man had her learn many things, like all kinds of ancient Earth’s cultural arts, including musical instruments, chess, calligraphy, painting, and even cooking. Yet even with this, Su Man was far from satisfied with her daughter’s face, which at best could be considered pretty.
The girl had worked hard to learn various things, but that face... it was actually uglier than her own unlamented, pre-surgery youth!
Su Yao was also aware that her mother always disparaged her for not being pretty enough, but she thought she was quite alright.
On their planet, most of the population consisted of strangely-faced Insectoids and a few Beastmen and purebloods. Among them, she believed herself to be pretty.
Walking in step with her mother back to their home, Su Yao was actually a little upset; her mother really was something, always complaining she wasn’t pretty enough. The main thing is, look in the mirror—you’re not so attractive yourself!
With a mother who wasn’t beautiful and a father who was an Insectoid, with such genes, how was she supposed to mutate to become very beautiful?!
However, these thoughts were things Su Yao only dared to grumble about in her mind; she was still afraid of her mother.
Su Man said tiredly, "Alright, go back to your room and practice the piano."
"Okay."
After her daughter left, Su Man was still very agitated. Today was Princess Gu Yan of Landis Star’s eighteenth birthday, and the news was all over the Star Web.
It was simply unjust, why was Su Wan prettier than her, and Su Wan’s daughter even more so, by manifold!
The young girl envied by Su Man returned to her room quietly, covered herself with a blanket, and turned off the light.
Gu Yan reminisced about everything that happened today on Ancient Earth. She really liked the very comfortable lifestyle there.
"I must also cherish life on Landis Star now, for no one can guarantee that perhaps one day, all of this will turn into Ancient Landis Star, which someone else will prefer."
