The Males Were Reborn After The Female Ruler Was Scumbed [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 18

Lu Qing’s sleepiness instantly vanished. He stared blankly at the terminal, a look of surprise and uncertainty on his face: “…”

What is going on?

Did Chu Jue get the time wrong, or was he still confused from sleep?

Lu Qing hesitated for a moment and dialed the communicator of the housekeeper who looked after Chu Jue.

General Welles was constantly busy and obviously wouldn’t have time to communicate with a small restaurant like theirs, so any matters were handled through the housekeeper.

However, the line rang twice and was disconnected.

Lu Qing frowned. This seems a little off.

Lu Qing thought for a moment and sent a communication request to Manager Gli.

Putting everything else aside, the order was related to the subsequent financial calculations. If it didn’t match up, the month-end settlement would be very troublesome, and Lu Qing felt it was necessary to confirm.

The other side quickly answered, “Hello, Lu, what’s up?”

“Manager Gli, it’s like this: Little Jue just called me and said he wanted to cancel tonight’s reserved meal, but I just checked and didn’t see his reservation. Did he book directly with you at noon?”

“The store’s terminal has been with you all along. I don’t receive orders here,” Manager Gli was also surprised. “Did you forget to record it?”

Lu Qing’s brow furrowed slightly. “It shouldn’t be. That’s why I’m asking you. Could you please check?”

Besides the data recorded on Lu Qing’s terminal, a physical order slip would also be printed in the store.

“I don’t have his order here either.” Manager Gli checked several times and confirmed it was missing. “Could the child have gotten confused? What did he order? I’ll check the ingredients in the back kitchen.”

That Zerg grub had a delicate constitution, and General Welles was exceptionally attentive to his diet.

The ingredients for the food prepared for the Zerg grub were personally delivered by Zerg sent by the family after the menu was finalized.

If Chu Jue had placed an order, the ingredients should be in the back kitchen now.

Lu Qing: “Boiling Fish.”

There was a moment of silence on the other end. After a long pause, Gli finally said, “Isn’t that child not allowed to eat spicy food?”

In addition to top-quality ingredients, the Welles family had also given them a small booklet detailing the Zerg grub’s preferences and dietary restrictions. The staff all knew exactly what the child could and could not eat.

The male Zerg grub was allergic to chili peppers. Even a tiny amount would cause a rash, let alone something as incredibly, ridiculously spicy as Boiling Fish.

“Yes, I don’t know what’s wrong with him.” Lu Qing paused and asked, “Did you see the ingredients?”

Gli: “I just checked. None today.”

Lu Qing: “…………”

Lu Qing hung up the communication, his brow furrowed slightly. This seemed… a little too strange.

Why would Chu Jue call to cancel a non-existent order and order something he couldn’t eat at all, something that could even be life-threatening…

Wait, Lu Qing suddenly realized something, and his eyes widened: “…”

It couldn’t be what he was thinking, could it?

Qing Lan Manor—

Chu Jue hung up the communication, the fingers gripping the terminal turning white from the force.

“Hand it over, little Zerg grub.” A cold voice rang out, instantly inspiring a sense of fear.

Chu Jue turned his head. Amidst the bl00d on the floor, over a dozen female and male Zerg were either standing or sitting, their malicious gazes fixed on him.

At their feet, numerous corpses of Zerg soldiers in military uniforms were scattered—all the Zerg soldiers his female father had sent to protect him.

Chu Jue’s gaze flickered: “…”

The story began three hours earlier. Originally, Chu Jue was supposed to return to the main family residence today to visit an uncle with his female father, so he came home after finishing his morning class.

Just as they were about to leave, his female father took a call and subsequently told him that he had some military matters to handle and would return later to pick him up.

Worried about leaving him alone, he transferred Major Karit to accompany him.

However, from the moment his female father left, everything went haywire.

This group of Zerg appeared out of nowhere. After blocking the regional signal, they carried out a bloody massacre—

All the servants in the house, including the old housekeeper who had cared for him, were killed. The small team brought by Uncle Karit was annihilated, and Karit himself was severely wounded.

Before Karit came, Chu Jue’s safety was protected by General Welles’s personal guards, who usually remained hidden.

Chu Jue closed his eyes in agony. The fact that these Zerg could break in meant that those uncles were likely dead or severely injured. Chu Jue didn’t know where they came from, nor did he know what feud they had with his female father.

He only knew that if Uncle Lu Qing hadn’t received his distress signal, he would probably be in the embrace of the Zerg God today.

“Little Zerg grub, I don’t like to say the same thing twice.” The cold female Zerg reached out to Chu Jue.

A tall female Zerg with a defective eye and wearing a single eye patch was playing with an energy gun in her hand. She looked impatient and said, “Sely, why waste words with him? Just chop off his hand along with it.”

The Zerg grub stiffened upon hearing this. He quickly placed the terminal in the female Zerg’s hand, then swiftly retreated to the side of the severely wounded, unconscious military female Zerg.

The skinny Zerg grub clutched the female Zerg’s sleeve tightly, his amethyst-like eyes filled with fear and wariness.

Sely frowned at the sight. “Charles, you’re scaring him.”

The one-eyed Zerg laughed mockingly as if he had heard a great joke. “A Zerg grub who is going to die sooner or later, and you care if he’s scared or not?”

The one-eyed Zerg suddenly remembered something and was amused. “Ha, Sely, you’re not still hung up on Chu Lan, are you? Don’t forget how badly this couple screwed us over.”

Sely looked at him expressionlessly. “I’m just being practical. The Zerg grub said that if the delivery from that restaurant arrives and no one answers, they will contact Welles directly. Our channel isn’t constructed yet. Do you want to die now?”

“Who knows if he’s telling the truth? That Zerg grub doesn’t look honest.” The one-eyed Zerg frowned. “I say we shouldn’t have let him make that call. If a delivery Zerg shows up, just kill them.”

“Enough, stop arguing.” The blue-haired female Zerg, who had been mostly silent, spoke casually. His voice was light, but as soon as he spoke, all the Zerg respectfully shut up.

He was the leader of this group, an SS-class female Zerg, only one rank lower than Chu Jue’s female father.

“How much longer until the transmission channel is fully constructed?”

Sely looked at the terminal and replied, “One hour.”

“Make it as fast as possible.” The leader stretched. The Zerg Welles sent to protect this grub were the elite of the elite. Just dealing with them cost them most of their manpower.

Precisely because of this, the risk of leaving was greater than staying put, which was why they were taking the risk of constructing a transmission channel in Qing Lan Manor.

“I wonder how much longer our old friend can stall Welles…”

Chu Jue lowered his head even further, a hint of worry flashing across his delicate face.

This was why Chu Jue was able to make the call. When he noticed that this group of Zerg planned to build a channel here, he knew that to escape unscathed, they needed to find a way to delay the moment his female father found out.

So he pretended not to be anxious or afraid at all, and successfully piqued their curiosity.

Under their threat, he feigned reluctance and revealed the connection between the restaurant and his female father, successfully getting his hands on the terminal.

However, Chu Jue was unsure if Uncle Lu Qing would receive his distress signal.

He could only place his hope in this now. Uncle Karit’s injury could not be delayed any longer.

Chu Jue looked down at the military female Zerg whose breathing was weak. He wanted to cry, but he bravely held back, not allowing his tears to fall.

After an unknown period, the silence in the living room was suddenly broken by the sound of the doorbell.

“Ding—A guest is visiting—”

“A guest is visiting—”

The eyes of the Zerg cohort suddenly shifted to the doorway.

The leader tilted his head, looking at the Zerg grub on the floor with a smile that wasn’t a smile. “…”

Chu Jue lowered his head, avoiding eye contact.

The one-eyed female Zerg, however, couldn’t hold his temper. “What did you do?”

Chu Jue pursed his lips. “Haven’t you been watching me? Don’t you know what I did?”

“You?!” The one-eyed Zerg was enraged. He grabbed the male Zerg grub, and murderous intent filled his single remaining eye.

Chu Jue was suddenly lifted, struggling for breath. His slender fingers tried hard to pry the female Zerg’s hand away, hoping to gain some room to breathe.

But he was so frail. The disparity in strength was an uncrossable chasm, and he couldn’t manage it.

“Hah—”

Chu Jue felt like he was about to die. He was very sad that in his short life, he had never spared his female father any worry.

He knew he was a burden. There was nothing inherently wrong with dying like this.

He just felt a sense of regret. He had finally gotten news of his male father, but he hadn’t even had the chance to meet him… and now he was going to die.

Before Chu Jue suffocated, the leader’s voice rang out. “Alright, Charles, why are you still so temperamental?”

Chu Jue felt a cold hand cover his neck, and the force gripping his throat loosened slightly.

“You’re about to choke him to death.”

Chu Jue strained to open his eyes and saw the leader’s smiling face, but Chu Jue only felt a chill down his spine.

He had just used the same expression to break Uncle Karit’s Zerg wing.

“What a poor little thing…” the leader said compassionately. “Your female father will be heartbroken to see this…”

In the next second, the female Zerg abruptly released his hand, and the Zerg grub fell heavily to the floor.

“Cough, cough cough—”

Like a person saved from drowning, the Zerg grub lay on the ground, coughing violently.

He coughed as if his lungs would be expelled, and even his habitually pale cheeks turned an unhealthy red due to congestion, making one worry that he might just pass out.

However, this group of ruthless villains didn’t harbor such sentiments. The leader watched the grub’s miserable appearance with composure, the smile on his lips widening.

Ha, what should I do? He was already looking forward to the expression on Welles’s face when he saw this scene.

It must be spectacular.

The leader licked his lips, his smile wicked. “Sely, you go handle the one outside. Charles, dispose of these corpses.”

“Yes.”

Outside the door, a chestnut-haired male Zerg was cautiously peering in. It was Lu Qing.

Extraordinary events indicated something suspicious, and after much thought, Lu Qing still felt uneasy.

He worried that the Zerg grub might have encountered some danger and was using this method to ask for help.

Although the possibility was almost zero—it was Chu Jue, General Welles’s only child.

Every day he went out, countless military females were secretly and overtly protecting him. His residence, needless to say, had a security system that was no less impressive than the Blue Sea Vista.

How could he possibly be in danger?

It seemed much more logical to assume the Zerg grub had simply made a mistake.

Although Lu Qing thought so, his actions were honest despite his words, and he came over anyway.

Manager Gli was also very supportive of him coming to check, as the child was a major customer.

The poor middle-aged male Zerg thought that some inadequacy in the store’s service had led the Zerg grub to play a prank.

Lu Qing waited for a while. No one opened the door, so he frowned and pressed the doorbell again.

Still no one opened the door, but the visual display on the doorbell lit up, and a familiar face appeared on it—it was the old housekeeper who usually cared for Chu Jue.

“Lu, I’m sorry. I just got the young master to sleep.”

Seeing him, the anxiety in Lu Qing’s heart instantly dissipated by half. “Hey, Grandpa Housekeeper.”

The old housekeeper looked confused. “Why did you come? Didn’t the young master inform you that he canceled the order?”

Lu Qing’s relaxed heart tightened again. “…”

The Zerg grub’s daily menu also needed the housekeeper’s confirmation. Could he possibly not know that Chu Jue hadn’t placed an order today?

Lu Qing looked at the kind and amiable elderly male Zerg on the screen, and a strange feeling crept into his heart.

“Yes, Little Jue told me,” Lu Qing said calmly. “The main thing is that the payment is due today, and I haven’t received your transfer, and I couldn’t get through to your terminal, so I came over to ask.”

“Oh, that.” The elderly male Zerg thought for a moment, then looked as if he had just realized something, revealing a very apologetic expression. “I’m so sorry, Lu. I forgot. I’ll transfer it to you shortly.”

“Well, in that case, I won’t disturb you.” The young male Zerg waved his hand. “Goodbye, Grandpa Housekeeper.”

“…”

Inside the house, unseen by Lu Qing, dozens of Zerg who had been aiming guns at the door lowered their weapons.

And outside, also unseen by them, the male Zerg’s face, after turning away, suddenly became ice-cold.