Jilted by Day, Cuddled At Night-Chapter 663: He Sent Me to Protect You

Ji Mu belatedly realized a mistake he’d once made.

That was... that Bai Li had never been Commander Xi Le’s illegitimate child at all! He was Commander Xi Le’s father!

No no no, he was the father of all the Insect Clan!

Lord Insect God, ah!

"Shit! It seems I’ve said many disrespectful things about Lord Insect God in the past!"

Ji Mu successfully spent the night with insomnia, repenting the whole time for not recognizing Lord Insect God, and worried whether he might be abandoned by Lord Insect God.

Once any of the Insect Clan are abandoned by the Lord Insect God of their tribe, it means the end of their lives.

Ji Mu cried inwardly, he hadn’t yet taken a wife, hadn’t yet become a Commander, hadn’t yet reached the pinnacle of Insect life!

However, after tossing and turning all night, Ji Mu with his messy hair suddenly realized something the next day—could the mission Lord Insect God gave him be... for him to atone for his sins through meritorious deeds?

Ji Mu, previously like a dead butterfly, suddenly had a glint in his eyes, reviving with full energy and bounding out of bed, ready to brush off all the flies around Gu Yan!

When he found Gu Yan, she had just finished a class and was about to join a few classmates for a club activity related to the cultural studies of Ancient Earth; walking beside her was a boy wearing glasses.

The boy was gentle and scholarly, and surprisingly bore some resemblance to Gu Lei.

Because he was also from the Mu Family, Mu Ke.

The Mu Family has always been passionate about Ancient Earth culture. Of course, they were famously obstinate in the past, forcing Mu Lei, as well as the brothers Mu Qingyu and Mu Xiaoge, to change their surnames.

Later, they became much more low-key, and many outstanding children emerged from the family without any more instances of coercion to have children for the sake of legacy.

Some legacies, after all, can be achieved with genuine effort.

Mu Ke was sincerely interested in the study of Ancient Earth culture, having been immersed in the vast array of related documents collected by the Mu Family since childhood.

Last year, when he applied to Empire University, he also applied to the College of History and Cultural Humanities, and he was now Gu Yan’s senior.

Gu Yan wasn’t acquainted with Mu Ke before, but after an introduction from a classmate and joining the club, she got to know him better.

She had previous encounters with members of the Mu Family, specifically Luo Xixi’s fiancé Mu Feng. How should she describe him? She didn’t quite like that person.

But Mu Ke gave Gu Yan a much better impression.

The other person’s eyes shone with clarity, truly passionate about ancient culture knowledge. When Gu Yan chatted with him, she felt very comfortable.

After getting to know Gu Yan, Mu Ke found her to be incredibly gentle, not some haughty lady, and they both loved Ancient Earth culture, talking about the past and the present, getting along very well.

Just when the two were discussing, and Mu Ke was inviting Gu Yan to join a few other club members to visit the museum constructed by the Mu Family, a colorful figure suddenly flashed in.

"Gu Yan! Long time no see!"

Ji Mu’s features were exceptionally beautiful. Most Insectoids didn’t have such prominent features, except for a few physically powerful variants. The majority had more delicate features.

For example, the appearance Bai Li transformed into was ordinary and scholarly.

But Ji Mu was so striking that upon arriving as an exchange student at Empire University, he quickly attracted a lot of attention.

After all, people who look beautiful often receive some preferential treatment.

And since Gu Yan knew Ji Mu was acquainted with Bai Li, she was more familiar with him, "Ji Mu, long time no see. The Military Academy must be keeping you busy, right?"

The military academy is well known for having the most strenuous academic training, and of course, it’s also the institution with the greatest prospects.

Ji Mu ran his fingers through his hair, "It’s alright, those trainings are pretty easy. Where are you guys planning to go?"

"Oh, we’re planning to visit the museum at Mu senior’s home together."

"Perfect, I’m free too; I’ll join you guys!"

Gu Yan hesitated for a few seconds. She didn’t mind, but since the initial invitation came from Mu Ke, she turned her head to look at him, "Mu senior, is that okay?" 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Mu Ke was a bit disrupted by Ji Mu’s sudden appearance; he usually kept to himself and hadn’t had much contact with this very well-known exchange student.

However, seeing that Gu Yan was familiar with Ji Mu, he nodded after hearing the suggestion, "Of course, there’s no problem; the aircraft can fit us all."

None of them had classes in the afternoon, so they agreed to head out together. The recent issue with the Beastmen’s restlessness had been somewhat curbed, and although it wasn’t completely resolved, it was still safe for a group of people to travel together.

Ji Mu forcibly squeezed past Mu Ke, who was intent on sitting next to Gu Yan, using too much strength and nearly knocking the purebred human Mu Ke to the ground.

Ji Mu flashed a toothy grin, "Sorry, I wasn’t paying attention."

"It’s okay." Mu Ke didn’t quite understand; this Insectoid seemed to have some hostility toward him, but since the other party didn’t do anything overly offensive and even apologized, he didn’t say much more.

Gu Yan had already caught on. She whispered to Ji Mu sitting beside her, "Why are you always targeting Mu senior?"

"Ah? I’m not."

"Then why did you come today? I haven’t heard before that you’re interested in Ancient Earth culture."

"...Actually, Bai Li sent me! He said it’s not safe recently and asked me to protect you!"

Gu Yan was startled, there were too many people around to continue discussing Bai Li.

She pursed her lips slightly.

Just yesterday, she had asked Bai Li when he could formally meet her parents, but he had said it wasn’t important.

And yet today, he sent someone to protect her. What did he mean by that?

Gu Yan spoke softly, "I won’t be in danger; you don’t need to protect me anymore."

Ji Mu: "It’s fine. Since I’m already here, and to be honest, I am interested in Ancient Earth culture, too."

The ’butterfly’ who claimed to be interested in Ancient Earth culture followed Gu Yan and the others into the museum, but it wasn’t long before he was so overwhelmed by sleepiness that his eyes welled up with tears.

He didn’t get the appeal of those words, nor did he understand the rich significance of the images carved into stone.

Moreover, the so-called ’smartphone’ that was carefully preserved in the display case could only be used for communication, or to send some pictures and files, and oh, to play some very monotonous little games, which by the standards of their current use of light-brains, was vastly inferior!

It was so boring it could put an Insect to sleep.

It would be more interesting to go to the training ground for a mecha battle.

Yet, Gu Yan was completely engrossed because many of the items in this museum were private collections of the Mu family... She had heard about it before but had never visited.

Now she finally got to feast her eyes.

But when Gu Yan turned around, she saw Ji Mu with his eyes brimming with tears from sleepiness and suggested, "You’re not interested in this, are you? Maybe you should head back to school?"