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Hearing that the match rate was a unique 99.99%, Qi Zihan admitted he was a little shaken.
He hadn’t been particularly unsatisfied with Yu Chenyu in the first place and even thought that he looked pretty good and had a great body, perfectly matching his type.
However, he had just transmigrated to an unfamiliar environment. He truly didn’t have any interest in falling in love or getting married.
Even if he was attracted, he didn’t want to get married before falling in love, wanting to skip straight to sleeping together even less.
So, facing Yu Chenyu’s confession-like answer, Qi Zihan’s response was, “I still want to go to the Female Association to understand the situation first, you put on your clothes and come with me.”
Yu Chenyu, still kneeling, was silent for a long while before he quietly agreed.
It seems I still can’t escape the divorce, he thought.
A few minutes later, Yu Chenyu exited the bedroom again, this time finally dressed.
He wore a strange military uniform that was unlike any style Qi Zihan had seen on Earth.
Its dark blue fabric was embellished with even darker patterns, while the military cap was of the same colour with a black brim.
The entire uniform reflected a metallic sheen, making Qi Zihan wonder if it could block bullets.
“You usually dress like this?” Qi Zihan couldn’t help asking.
Every zerg he had seen thus far had all worn uniforms, military or otherwise, so he wondered if zergs only had this type of clothing.
Yet Yu Chenyu refuted it. “No, I just didn’t have time to change because I wanted to meet you as soon as possible.” As he spoke, he pressed down the brim of his military cap and walked to the door first. “Let’s go,” he said.
His tone was normal, so Qi Zihan didn’t notice anything unusual as he followed.
But he soon discovered that Yu Chenyu was so tall that he towered over him by at least a head!
It was outrageous. He was 186cm tall which was already considered very tall on Earth, yet Yu Chenyu was a head taller than him, so how tall was he? More than two metres?
Qi Zihan marevelled at his height as he walked, so he didn’t notice when the object of his admiration suddenly stopped.
It was too late for him to step on the brakes. Bumping into Yu Chenyu’s back felt like running into a solid wall.
Ow, it hurts!
Rubbing his forehead, he took a step back.
Then he saw Yu Chenyu turn around with a complicated expression.
Qi Zihan looked at him in confusion. Before he could ask, he heard Yu Chenyu say, “I forgot that the wound on your finger hasn’t been treated yet. Do you… want me to help you with it?”
“Wound?” Qi Zihan raised his right hand and looked at the insignificant scratch on his thumb. “You mean this? It’s not necessary.”
“Okay.” Yu Chenyu didn’t argue, though he did glance at the small patch of red on Qi Zihan’s forehead.
This was probably why females didn’t like soldiers.
Even if they could realise that soldiers weren’t as scary as imagined by whipping them, they couldn’t avoid being hurt by soldiers through various accidents.
“I’m sorry,” Yu Chenyu stated coldly.
Although he did feel sorry, he was in no mood to show concern for his ‘ex-husband’ when he thought of his upcoming divorce.
He wanted to treat Qi Zihan’s injuries, but more than that, he didn’t want to be held accountable for them by the people in the Female Association.
No matter how fragile females were, they wouldn’t get sick or anything from something as minor as this.
But many females would use it as a pretext to convict males for ‘intentional injury’.
Yu Chenyu didn’t know if Qi Zihan would do this. Though, even if he did do so, what could he do?
Perhaps, in that moment when he found it increasingly hard to control himself and was forced to submit a marriage application, what he lost wasn’t just his dignity.
His life had also ended back then.
He used a hoverbike to bring Qi Zihan to a nearby branch of the Female Association.
The hoverbike was a single-person model, so Qi Zihan had to sit behind Yu Chenyu and hold his waist with both hands.
Qi Zihan could hardly feel Yu Chenyu’s muscles through the military uniform’s strange material, but he could tell that they were very solid.
The hoverbike flew fast, so fast that Qi Zihan suspected that what he was riding wasn’t a normal means of transportation but a roller coaster.
But for he who had come here from Earth, a motorcycle that could fly was already weird enough!
Upon arriving and parking the hoverbike, Yu Chenyu got off first before reaching back a hand to Qi Zihan.
Recognising that this was a ‘gentlemanly behaviour’ expected of males towards females in this world, Qi Zihan didn’t reject his kindness. He put his hand in his palm and borrowed his strength to jump off the hoverbike.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he dropped to the ground, he heard a cry of surprise.
“Oh my god! You let a female ride a hoverbike?”
Qi Zihan turned and saw someone in the uniform he had seen last night — this should be the uniform of the Female Association.
Taking out the military cap he had put away, Yu Chenyu put it back on, then looked at the man who had spoken and said irritably, “Who said I let him do anything?”
“You…” The man looked as if he was looking at a madman, but he didn’t say anything more to Yu Chenyu. Instead, he rushed to Qi Zihan and bowed respectfully. “Honoured female sir, how can I help you?”
Qi Zihan opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, the man made an inviting gesture. “It’s windy outside, please come in first, let’s sit down and talk slowly.”
“Oh, okay.” Qi Zihan followed him into the building, then he realised that this didn’t seem to be the same Female Association that he was in before.
After sitting on a couch in the reception room, he didn’t rush to solve the issue of Yu Chenyu. “There’s actually something wrong with my memories, I can only remember my name. Can you introduce this world to me?” he asked first.
Yu Chenyu had just stepped into the reception room when he said this. A look of realisation flashed across his face, as if he had suddenly figured something out.
He didn’t sit. Instead he stood upright behind Qi Zihan, waiting for the results of his trial.
When the Female Association people heard Qi Zihan’s words, their first reaction was to question Yu Chenyu, “What did you do to him?”
“No, it has nothing to do with him,” Qi Zihan hurriedly clarified, “we only met recently… It’s a bit hard to explain. Which Female Association was I at yesterday?”
When asking the latter question, Qi Zihan looked up in the direction of Yu Chenyu.
Yu Chenyu met his eyes and then spat out an address.
The Female Association worker asked them to wait a moment, then quickly sat down in front of a computer to check the information. After a while, he asked, “Excuse me, are you Qi Zihan?”
“Yes,” he nodded.
“Last night, the Imperial Army found you in a high-risk area and took you to the nearest Female Association Center for a medical examination, no abnormalities were found…” he trailed off with a look of astonishment, then continued after a moment of hesitation. “Uh, there may be abnormalities that can’t be detected by the machine. I will arrange a mental health appointment for you as soon as possible…”
“No, rather than recovering my memories, I want to know what kind of world this is.” Qi Zihan’s patience was limited. His tone turned a little cold. “Can you introduce this world to me?”
He repeated his request.
This time, they finally clarified the service he wanted. After saying ‘okay’ several times, they hurriedly pulled up a galactic map on their computer and explained the planets and systems under the empire’s control in relation to their current location, as well as the main threats the empire currently faced.
Halfway through their explanation, the worker suddenly felt like something was wrong. “Excuse me, for questions such as these, wouldn’t it be better to ask your spouse? After all, he is…” He hesitated, glanced at Yu Chenyu, and continued, “According to his profile, your spouse is one of the five incumbent generals. Generals hold the highest military rank in the empire besides the marshal, his understanding of the empire must be more comprehensive than that of a small Female Association staff member like me.”
A… general of the empire?
Qi Zihan was stunned. He hadn’t expected that the male he matched with would have such an awesome identity.
Such an important male zerg was tied up naked on his bed, this…
The extent to which females were revered seemed to be more exaggerated than he thought.
Also, it turned out that Yu Chenyu’s clothes really were military uniforms and not daily wear?
Wait, spouse?
Suddenly realising something, his eyes widened in disbelief. “Spouse? You mean to say that he’s my husband?”
How did they become spouses? When did it happen, why did he not know?
Did it happen after he fell asleep yesterday?
No, if the females of this world truly were so noble, it would be impossible for a male to marry one without permission while he was unconscious.
In other words, when he agreed to match with a male in the beginning, it was equivalent to getting married?
The staff member was stunned by his question. He glanced at Yu Chenyu with some horror, then looked back at Qi Zihan hesitantly. “Wh-What? You weren’t willing to marry him? If that’s the case…” His voice suddenly trembled and tapered off.
“What would happen?” Qi Zihan asked.
The staff member didn’t speak.
As if he couldn’t stand his dithering, Yu Chenyu answered for him. “Forcing marriage is a capital offence for male zergs.”
Fuck, Qi Zihan thought reflexively. “No, I was willing, ah, wait… first tell me, what counts as marriage?”
He still couldn’t believe that he had become a married person.
This time, the staff member finally found his voice. “Females can use the system to choose their spouse from among the males who have submitted marriage applications. Once they choose someone, they’re married.”
As he feared.
Zerg marriage was too casual, right?!
“In addition, depending on their spiritual power, females may have multiple partners. If you aren’t satisfied with your current spouse…”
“It’s not a question of if I’m satisfied or not.” Qi Zihan wanted to dissolve the marriage, not to hurt Yu Chenyu. Thus, he continued, “I married without knowing the situation. Nothing has happened between us, can we separate peacefully?”
“Of course it’s possible to divorce, all females have the right to freely enter and exit marriages,” the Female Association staff member said, though he then sighed with a complicated expression. His initial dissatisfaction with Yu Chenyu transformed into sympathy.
He had no right to comment on a female zerg’s behaviour, but considering this female’s particular circumstances, he still couldn’t help but say a few more words. “However a record of the divorce will remain on the male’s profile, which will have a significant impact on his future — in general, no female would choose such a male…”
“Can’t it be deleted?” Qi Zihan asked, frowning. “What I mean is that my situation with him is special. In a situation where I entered into the marriage without being fully aware of the connotations and didn’t do anything to him, can’t the record of this divorce be deleted?”
“No,” the staff member answered frankly, “in order to prevent any males from secretly hacking into the system to tamper with their profiles, this data is protected at the highest defense level. Even the marshal can’t change it.”
“The empire’s marshal is a male zerg?”
“Of course.” Then, thinking that Qi Zihan might not have this knowledge, he added, “Almost everything related to the military is taken care of by soldiers. Even if any females wanted to go to the battlefield the army wouldn’t agree, because if he dies there, the entire army will be severely punished.”
“I see, I understand now.”
Qi Zihan more or less understood what kind of world this was.
This world’s ruling class was the military, composed of male soldiers, and the marshal held the highest administrative authority; however, the society was one where females were superior to males.
Perhaps it was because the females’ spiritual power was a necessity for males yet, for females, males weren’t necessary and could even be called dispensable. Therefore, the authorities raised females to an exaggerated height to make females willing to marry and soothe males.
Females with high status could easily support themselves by marrying males and spending their money instead of working to earn money.
Eventually, females lost the motivation to work and gradually withdrew from various workplaces.
Males quickly filled all the empty positions and, at the same time, the marriage rate of females increased greatly.
Qi Zihan didn’t know whether a societal structure like this was good for females, he only knew that since the ruling class consisted of males, this deformed society wasn’t caused by females alone — it was also what males wanted.
In a sense, males did it all for the sake of receiving soothing from females. They personally built a gorgeous cage with their own hands, imprisoning females inside and lowering themselves into the dust.
“Do you… still wish to divorce?” The staff member frowned as he asked this, not hiding his sympathy for Yu Chenyu at all.
“Never mind,” Qi Zihan sighed.
He did want to divorce, but he didn’t want to hurt Yu Chenyu while doing so.
It had been his fault in the first place. He was the one who casually entered into a marriage while he was confused, how could he let Yu Chenyu bear responsibility for his mistake?
Hearing his answer, Yu Chenyu’s expressionless face flashed with surprise.
The eyes of the Female Association staff member also widened. “Really? Uh, I must tell you that you’ll bear no responsibility for declaring a divorce, and you can even immediately marry another male.”
“No need.” Standing, Qi Zihan nodded to him. “Thank you for answering my questions and providing me with useful information. You’ve worked hard.”
“You’re welcome!” The staff member was extremely flattered as if being thanked by a female was something incredible.
Yu Chenyu stretched out a hand to Qi Zihan when he stood up.
Seeing that he didn’t notice his hand, Yu Chenyu took the initiative to hold his hand as he said gently, “If there’s nowhere else you want to go, I’ll take you home, Lord Wife.”
Qi Zihan stared at his hand for a while before deciding to leave him some face outside. He’ll correct his title when they get back, as well as re-plan their future.
Thinking this way, he let him hold his hand and let out a “Mn.”
What they didn’t know was that just as they left the reception room and returned to the hoverbike, the male who had talked to them was looking at Qi Zihan’s profile on his computer and exclaiming, “This is the first time I’ve seen a female with SS spiritual power… How many males can he soothe at the same time? I can’t even imagine it.”