I controlled the entire Zerg race with my superb culinary skills.

As dawn broke, Chu Yang leaned back in his chair with his eyes closed, and Shen Nanxi couldn't bear to wake him.

Pushing open the door to the ward, Zhang San stared blankly at the ceiling. Hearing the noise at the door, his gaze slowly moved downwards.

He noticed the ring on Shen Nanxi's hand, which represented the female ruler, and it looked particularly dazzling when the light shone on it.

Shen Nanxi examined his wounds. The shallow ones had already healed, but the marks left by the suppression ring on his neck had not completely faded.

"You're recovering quite well. Once I wake up, you can be discharged. I'll take you to the service center to re-register your identity then."

"Register your identity?"

Zhang San looked up at Shen Nanxi, who had a calm expression, with a puzzled expression.

"Don't worry, what I promised you before still stands."

Thinking of the things he had said to him, Zhang San immediately lowered his head in self-consciousness and bit his lower lip tightly.

Seeing his concerns, Shen Nanxi sat down and comforted him gently.

"I'm not doing this out of pity. Don't underestimate me just because I'm a sub-female. I keep my word. Do you want to know how I reacted when I saw you on that promotional page?"

Shen Nanxi leaned close to his ear, feigning mystery, and whispered something.

"My brother's eyes changed at that moment. He was very anxious. Although he didn't lose his temper on the spot, I could tell that he was serious at that moment."

Zhang San turned to look at him gratefully, tears welling up in his eyes.

Chu Yang, who was leaning against the door, had been awake for a while. He had heard the conversation between the two insects in the room. He felt a strange and inexplicable emotion in his heart, but his chest felt tight.

After sitting for a while, as doctors gradually arrived for work, Chu Yang got up and pushed open the door to enter the room.

"Do you feel better?"

"Brother, you're awake. He's almost fully recovered and can be discharged from the hospital soon."

Zhang San still didn't dare to look Chu Yang in the eye, his hands tightly gripping the sheets under the covers.

"Okay, after he's discharged from the hospital, I'll take him to the service center to register, and then we'll go buy some daily necessities. You'll have to eat lunch by yourself today."

Chu Yang affectionately ruffled Shen Nanxi's hair, then walked over to Zhang San and reached out to ruffle his hair as well.

The pink hair strands were somewhat dry and not soft to the touch.

Zhang San, whose hair was being touched, felt a little stiff and didn't know how to face Chu Yang.

After Shen Nanxi completed the discharge procedures, he bought Zhang San a new light green tracksuit, which looked quite good with his short pink hair.

Zhang San looked at him gratefully, a slight smile playing on his lips, and whispered something to him.

"Thank you."

After leaving the hospital, Zhang San followed behind Chu Yang, only then daring to stare at Chu Yang's back.

Noticing the gaze behind him, Chu Yang stopped, turned around, took Zhang San's somewhat uneasy hand, and smiled gently.

"When we register your identity later, would you like to change your name?"

Zhang San looked at the hand being held, and a warm feeling flowed from his palm to his heart.

Feeling her heart pounding, she slowly raised her head and met Chu Yang's gentle eyes.

"Yes, brother..."

As if realizing something, he suddenly changed his mind.

"My lord, please help me think of a new name."

After speaking, he lowered his head, his eyes darting away.

"Chu Xinhang, from today onwards, sever all ties with the past. Your insect life begins anew, so from now on you will be called Chu Xinhang."

"Chu Xinhang~"

Zhang San murmured these three words to himself, raised his head, looked at Chu Yang with teary eyes, and nodded solemnly.

While at work, Shen Nanxi suddenly received a notification message from the service center on her personal computer.

After glancing at the message, Shen Nanxi continued working. Although she felt a bit stuffy in her chest, she felt less uncomfortable when she thought about how much fruit-flavored nutrient solution she had drunk before. They were both suffering, so she should try to live a better life from now on.

After leaving the service center, Chu Yang led him to the shop, personally cooked a bowl of wontons, and served it to him.

"Eat up, there's more if you're not full. After you finish eating, I'll take you shopping for clothes."

"Thank you, Lord."

Chu Xinhang scooped up a mouthful of hot soup and drank it. He immediately felt warm all over. The wontons were also delicious. It was the first time in so long that he had eaten a hot meal. Tears welled up in his eyes again.

After wiping away his tears and tear stains with a tissue, Chu Yang took out a red bean bun and a basket of steamed buns from the kitchen.

"Try this one, it's sweet. This xiaolongbao is filled with meat. Try them all, there's more if you want."

"Ah."

This was a taste he had been longing for for a long time. Chu Xinhang ate faster and faster, and finally swallowed it down with tears in his eyes.

After finishing a hot and delicious meal, Chu Xinhang's tears had dried. He wiped the tear stains off his face and looked up at Chu Yang with a smile.

"I like all the food that the male ruler cooks."

Chu Yang stood up, gently ruffled his hair, and said softly.

"From now on, we'll have food to eat every day."

After dinner, Chu Yang took him to the mall to buy clothes, some daily necessities, and a new optical computer.

I was originally thinking of buying him the latest model, but he ended up picking the same model as Chu Yang.

Just as Chu Yang was about to head home, he turned around and ran into Li Hui and his two lackeys.

"Lord Chu Yang, we meet again."

Li Hui glanced at the insect standing behind Chu Yang, its arms wrapped around his, with some surprise, then a smile appeared on his lips.

"President Li, what a coincidence! We just came from the service center. Let me introduce him. His name is Chu Xinhang. You must have met him before, right?"

Chu Yang reached out and put his arm around his waist, gently pushing him forward.

"Hehe, congratulations, Mr. Chu Yang. The seeds and saplings you asked me for last time have been packed up and sent to you by the research institute's staff. They should arrive today."

"Really? Thank you, Chairman Li. I'll treat you to dinner another day."

Li Hui responded with a smile. Although he was not optimistic that Chu Yang could grow these plants, he was still happy to help him ask the research institute for these things.

After shopping, Chu Yang took Chu Xinhang back to the villa.

"This villa is something I earned myself. It's a lot of space, and although the location is a bit remote, don't forget the way home!"

Chu Xinhang nodded gratefully. After tidying up his things upstairs, he went downstairs to look for Chu Yang. He wasn't in the living room or the kitchen, and he started to panic.

"My lord, where are you?"

Chu Yang, who was busy loosening the soil in the backyard, heard a slightly trembling voice on the other end of the personal terminal and quickly put down his tools and ran to the living room.

"I'm here."

Holding a shovel, he waved at Chu Xinhang.

"I'm in the backyard, do you want to come? Let's plant a tree together."

Seeing Chu Yang appear, her tense heart finally relaxed, and she smiled and jogged over.

There are many saplings and bags of vegetable seeds in the backyard.

"Come on, help me dig a hole, dig it deep. I'm going to plant a few wisteria vines here. Next summer, we'll build a trellis, and it'll look absolutely gorgeous."

These things aren't sold on the StarNet at all; only research institutes have them. Last time, Chu Yang asked Li Hui for help to buy a batch from the research institute, and when they heard it was for male insects, they didn't even charge him Star Coins.

In the backyard garden, Chu Yang planted wisteria, hosta, roses, crabapple, and hydrangea, all plants that can survive the autumn and winter.

After planting the trees, the two insects went to the planting area, where there were small planting areas that had been planned in advance.

First, I loosened the soil in the ground, and then I sprinkled some nutrient fertilizer underneath.

This time I planted some carrots, cabbage, lettuce, chives, celery, peas, scallions, and garlic—all the right kinds of vegetables.

"My lord, if we plant so many, will they even grow?"

Chu Xinhang had never heard of any insect being able to grow these things. The reason why the insect race's vegetables were so expensive was because they could only survive under the cultivation of the research institute.