Second update thanks to Kumiko Miwa!
On the night of the second day, on the planet’s surface,
Inside one of the garbage mountains was a secret cabin.
This was a hiding place built by Huo Xianfeng. He always liked to leave himself a way out, so since the first day he came to Winter Day planet, he started building it.
He just didn’t expect that one day, he would bring an omega stranger here.
At this moment, the weakened Jiang Ci curled up in the dry and warm bed. His beautiful silver hair was somewhat messy, scattered on the pillow. He was sweating, frowning as if trapped in a terrible nightmare.
He was running frantically.
Or, more accurately, he was escaping.
Behind him came chaotic and dense footsteps, as well as the terrifying, beast-like roars. The wall reflected a group of distorted and frenzied shadows.
—They were a group of alphas.
The Jiang Ci in the dream still looked very young, probably around thirteen or fourteen years old. His delicate yet youthful face was full of fear and panic. He seemed far from the cold and ruthless young major general who could single-handedly overthrow countless alpha officers many years later.
An underage omega naturally couldn’t outrun several adult alphas.
So, in the end, Jiang Ci was caught. Despair and fear reflected in his crimson eyes—
Their eyes were bloodshot, veins bulging, and their entire faces were twisted and fierce like beasts in heat.
Then, Jiang Ci’s pupils dilated, trembling as he raised a knife.
“……”
That was his first time killing someone, and the crimson blood splattered on the fair side of his face, leaving behind a bright crimson trace.
At that moment, Jiang Ci suddenly caught a faint and familiar scent, like… the gentle breeze of the sunrise after rain.
The silver-haired omega was stunned. He slowly turned around and met the calm and clear eyes of the black-haired young alpha. The latter reached out to him, handing over a clean white handkerchief.
“Here, do you want to wipe it?”
“…”
Jiang Ci stared blankly at the other person. Suddenly, a corner of his heart, which had been enduring hardship for so long, collapsed. He saw the black-haired alpha approaching him, tenderly using the handkerchief to wipe away his tears and the blood that had splattered, leaving everything clean and tidy.
“It’s okay.”
At this moment in the dream, Huo Xianfeng did not say anything unpleasant like what happened in reality. There were no actions like pointing a gun at his temple and forcing the man to bite him.
As if everything had undergone an artificial embellishment—
In the dream, the black-haired youth took the initiative to embrace Jiang Ci’s waist, gently and affectionately caressing the soft flesh on his lower back. Then, Jiang Ci’s silver hair was pushed aside, exposing the softest skin on the back of his neck.
But just before the sharp fangs pierced the gland—
“Wake up…”
Jiang Ci, curled up in the bed, frowned, suddenly being pulled away from his dream. His dense silver eyelashes trembled as he slightly opened his eyes, revealing eyes with a shimmering water-like glow. But in the next second, he reflexively closed them due to the harsh light.
Due to the aftereffects of yesterday’s marking, Jiang Ci felt like his whole body was weak and numb, his mind quite dizzy. He frowned, breathing slightly, and a few strands of hair were damply sticking to his forehead. His beautiful face now displayed a certain deep blush.
“Uh…?”
The beautiful omega looked dazed and confused. Because of the dream just now, there was an indescribable sense of bewilderment on his face.
The omega who had just been marked smelled the familiar pheromone scent around him. Instinctively, he wanted to get closer, his body aching for comfort.
—So, Huo Xianfeng’s arm was hugged.
His fingertips, separated by a layer of soft yet thin fabric, pressed against the omega’s soft and warm waist and abdomen.
“…….”
The young alpha who was guarding by the bed suddenly stiffened, but this was not the end.
After a marking, omegas develop a strong dependency on the alpha’s pheromones and, at the same time, experience a heightened sense of security.
However, Huo Xianfeng was accustomed to keeping his pheromones very restrained. The still drowsy omega was not satisfied with such faint pheromones and, following instinct, got even closer, even attempting to nestle into his arms.
So, in the next moment, Jiang Ci’s hand reached Huo Xianfeng’s chest. The overly intimate touch made the latter’s body stiffen abruptly. However, his hand continued upward, messing up the young man’s neat collar, and then hooked around his neck, as if wanting him to lean closer.
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Thud—Huo Xianfeng caught the wrist of the hand that was hooked around his neck. His slightly hot gaze, lingered for a few seconds between the omega’s slightly parted lips, then lowered his eyes, moving away as if nothing had happened.
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His blurry vision gradually focused, and in front of him, the black-haired young alpha was quietly watching him.
This scene seemed to overlap with the person in the dream, but not entirely.
Jiang Ci blankly stared at Huo Xianfeng, as if identifying the subtle differences between the two. However, it was clear that the one in front of him had a natural expression, calm eyes, and no trace of desire, except for his slightly disheveled collar.
“You…”
The missing rationality finally regained control of Jiang Ci’s mind. Recalling the vivid dream just now, he suddenly felt like all the blood in his body surged to his head.
Even more strangely, he seemed to have voluntarily hugged the other’s arm.
“…..”
With a sudden movement, the beautiful omega sat up and moved back, pressing his back against the wall. He curled up in the corner of the bed, staring at Huo Xianfeng in shock. Even his toes tightly curled up under the blanket.
“You… you…….”
The beautiful omega’s brain went blank, but the instinctive reaction of his body was still maintaining the last bit of his dignity.
“You, stay away from me!”
Huo Xianfeng: “……..?”
Stay away?
The young man was stunned for a moment, then showed a slightly surprised and somewhat amused expression.
“Okay.”
He moved back as he said, casually adjusting the collar that had just been messed up, and asked,
“Did you just have a nightmare? Are you okay?”
[Just now]… [Nightmare]…
The major general who did not want to recall the details: “…”
Jiang Ci’s Adam’s apple rolled unconsciously, and he turned his face away, his earlobes burning red.
“I… had no dreams!”
“……. ”
Since the other party didn’t seem willing to talk about it in detail, Huo Xianfeng didn’t ask much. He just stared at Jiang Ci’s slightly blushing and beautiful face for a few seconds, then casually shifted his gaze away.
The young man picked up the medicine box next to him and opened it.
“Now that you’re awake, come over and apply the second repair solution.”
“……Repair solution?”
Jiang Ci was stunned for a moment, and only now did he gradually feel the faint pain in his left shoulder. It should have undergone some treatment and care, or else he wouldn’t have noticed only this slight pain.
Upon closer inspection, Jiang Ci found that the wound on his left shoulder had been professionally treated, and the stitches were beautifully sutured.
Although nowadays, due to technological advancements, artificial stitching of wounds is rarely done. Most wounds were treated using medical devices and repair pods to promote cell regeneration.
However, in situations without proper medical conditions, this was already the best treatment. Even the abrasions he suffered after scraping on the ground were thoughtfully medicated and carefully covered with a bio-medical film. This ensured he wouldn’t feel pain and it wouldn’t affect his movement.
But…
Only now…
The silver-haired omega general lowered his head, and his spine suddenly stiffened—
He discovered that his clothes had already… been changed.
He was now wearing a loose and comfortable white cotton imitation long-sleeved shirt, soft and comfortable in texture. Moreover, the sleeves and pants of this garment were noticeably longer, hanging loosely on his body, clearly indicating their owner.
Even his hair stained with blood from last night seemed to have been washed by someone. It was now very clean and smooth.
There were only the two of them here, and even if he thought with the tip of his toe, Jiang Ci knew who had helped him change his clothes, wash his hair, and wipe his body.
“……..!”
Imagining the possible scenes when he was unconscious, Jiang Ci suddenly froze, feeling the blood throughout his body heating up.
However, next to him, Huo Xianfeng’s behavior was quite natural. He was holding a repair solution from the medicine box.
Since there were no medical devices here, he could only buy some ordinary repair solutions to promote wound healing. However, he had slightly rearranged the drug composition proportion inside, so the effect should be much better than before.
“Come over, open your clothes and expose the wound.”
At this moment, the young man’s overly natural tone made Jiang Ci feel as if they were in some kind of extremely intimate relationship.
But the latter didn’t move.
The beautiful omega gripped his collar tightly, staring at the repair solution in Huo Xianfeng’s hand, his eyes revealing a hint of wariness.
After looking at him for a few seconds, the young man suddenly showed a teasing smile, “What, only now you realize you should be cautious with unfamiliar alphas?”
—This was quite an obvious mockery. After all, last night, Jiang Ci pointed a gun at the young man’s head and had him mark himself.
“……”
If this alpha really wanted to do something, he could have done it while he was unconscious. There was no need to go through such a big roundabout.
So a few seconds later, the general moved back expressionlessly, unbuttoned his collar, and opened his shirt with a big gesture, revealing his injured left shoulder. His spine was straight, his neck and collarbone were taut, and the lines of his muscles were particularly beautiful.
Jiang Ci thought that Huo Xianfeng would use his hands. If that was the case, it would inevitably involve physical contact with skin… He unconsciously rolled his throat, and the more he thought about it, the stiffer his body became.
But the next second, Jiang Ci saw Huo Xianfeng calmly put on medical gloves.
“…….”
He had been overthinking it.
These gloves were made of special transparent bio-materials, and they tightly adhered over the young man’s slender finger bones, reflecting a certain sheen in the light.
Jiang Ci couldn’t help but stare at his fingers.
Because the other person’s finger bones were particularly beautiful, and seemed to be even longer than his uncle Zhou Jiuya’s.
At this point, after Huo Xianfeng put on the gloves, he also took out specialized tools for applying the medicine. His serious expression looked very professional and focused, as well as devoid of any desire or expectation.
During the entire process of applying the repair solution, the young man’s expression was serious and calm, and he didn’t touch him in the slightest, as if the omega sitting on the bed in front of him was not a beautiful omega with his shirt half unbuttoned, but a statue.
Jiang Ci: “…….”
—Indeed, I have really thought too much!!!
After being marked, omegas will develop an extreme sense of dependence on alphas, which led Jiang Ci to constantly pay attention to Huo Xianfeng’s every move. After a long time, his gaze finally moved away from the young man’s hand, then followed the other’s arm line and fixed on his face.
The man in front of him had a rare jet-black hair, narrow and delicate phoenix eyes, a high and straight nose, and although there was still a bit of youthful and clean boyishness in his eyebrows, his overall facial features combined to form a kind of cold and calm handsomeness.
Even from such a close distance, Jiang Ci could smell the faint pheromones on the other’s body.
In general, alphas’ pheromones are very strong, with a strong presence and aggressiveness. In the cognition of those overly-proud alphas, that is the symbol of a strong alpha.
However, in Jiang Ci’s view, that is no different from the strong body odor and sweat on people, which makes him feel extremely disgusted, even nauseous.
But the young man in front of him was completely different.
Jiang Ci couldn’t describe what the other’s pheromones smelled like specifically, just like no one could describe the smell of the sky or the smell of the morning sun, but he was deeply attracted and fascinated by it.
Perhaps because the omega’s gaze was too hot, Huo Xianfeng raised his eyes to look at him.
The two men’s gazes collided at a close distance, silently sparking some currents.
When the omega was caught peeping, he immediately turned his head and avoided eye contact by reflex. But after he avoided eye contact, he felt that he looked too guilty.
So Jiang Ci turned back again, pretending to be magnanimous, and faced the young man’s black phoenix eyes.
——He felt that he should say something at this time.
“Yesterday……yesterday that……was just because of the situation……I actually have no interest in you at all.”
After a pause, the general slightly turned his face, revealing a somewhat embarrassed and restrained expression, and stiffly added a sentence.
“But I will remember this favor, and I will repay it in the future.”
“Mm.”
Huo Xianfeng nodded, naturally lowering his gaze.
“I understand.”
“…?”
Just ‘understand’?
Jiang Ci choked up this time. With such a calm tone, Huo Xianfeng seemed to be the one who genuinely wasn’t interested. This made the competitive Major General feel a bit awkward.
He hadn’t figured out what to say next when he heard the young man casually add,
“I know and understand why you did that yesterday, all for the sake of the child in your belly.”
???
The baby in his belly?!!!
“I…”
Jiang Ci choked again. After a moment of stupor, he finally realized his position and image in Huo Xianfeng’s mind.
—A tenacious, stubborn, solitary, pregnant widow.
“…”
The Major General clenched and unclenched his fists, unable to explain the real reasons. He could only turn his head to show his refusal to answer and end the conversation there.
The moment he turned away, Huo Xianfeng raised his eyes, and his deep gaze lingered on the bite mark on Jiang Ci’s neck.
Very deep.
Much deeper than he expected.
Where the teeth marks bruised, there was still a brilliant red stain.
For an omega already pregnant, being marked by a stranger alpha for the second time was actually a dangerous thing because it could lead to a rejection reaction.
However, in the critical situation last night, Huo Xianfeng originally intended to only inject a small amount of his own pheromones to relieve the omega’s passive heat.
Unexpectedly, at the moment when the omega suddenly sobbed and cried, it instantly stimulated his instinctive nerves as an alpha, making his entire blood seem to boil at that moment.
Huo Xianfeng knew clearly that the beautiful omega in front of him was someone else’s partner, and even now, the child in his belly was nurturing the blood and flesh of someone else. However, in that moment, this guy could only cuddle in his arms, desperately suppressing his sobs and begging to be marked.
The terrifying sense of taboo made Huo Xianfeng’s heart harbor an indescribable darkness. So, the fangs that were originally just lightly piercing suddenly ruthlessly penetrated the most fragile gland of the omega, completely injecting highly concentrated alpha pheromones.
At that moment, the terrifying overstimulation caused Jiang Ci to lose consciousness even before all the pheromones were fully injected.
Therefore, the omega major general didn’t know that, at that moment, the seemingly calm and indifferent young man in front of him had viciously and obsessively bit his gland. Similarly, at this moment, from an angle that Jiang Ci couldn’t see, the young man’s deep phoenix eyes were fixedly staring at the bite mark on his neck.
Subconsciously, Huo Xianfeng licked his fangs, and his tongue seemed to perceive a certain sweet taste.
“……”
Jiang Ci suddenly turned his head as if sensing something.
But at this moment, the young man had silently lowered his gaze, his expression as calm as before. He took off his gloves and reached out to help Jiang Ci pull up his collar.
“Done.”
His movements were very restrained, not touching a bit of the soft and fair skin. He controlled the proximity with extreme precision.
Just at the last moment of pulling away—
The young man’s fingertips inadvertently brushed over a few strands of hair, and the triggered hair ends gently swept over the extremely sensitive skin on the omega’s neck. This touch was even gentler than a feather, like catkins drifting onto the surface of a lake, creating crimson ripples on the delicate skin.
In that instant, it was as if electric currents were rushing through countless nerve endings. The omega, who had just been marked, couldn’t withstand any teasing and immediately let out a short and trembling gasp.
I’m going to defend our baby A-Ci against the haters >:( [warning: big text lol, feel free to not read]
Jiang Ci had everything planned: map of the underground city, a spy in a position of power that’d help him, distractors and bombs to deal with the mob guards and even his gun/knife for close-range melee
His heat had just passed so he wasn’t on any danger of having another heat and he’s disgusted by any alphas’ pheromones because of trauma (as shown in this chapter). Everything was meticulously planned except gong brute-forced the invasion. so don’t say he’s dumb or careless because it was gong (a completely unknown variable) that messed up w/ his plans >://
where would he even plan that “what if I meet a alpha that’ll induce an earlier heat”?? if gong didn’t exist, it would be a 0% possibility. in the earlier chapters (b4 his heat) he can easily deal w/ the scum level alphas, the only reason he was in a predicament where HXF saved him was bcs of his induced heat (and the pregnant effects that btw wouldn’t be as harsh if he didn’t meet gong)
Author has already explicitly stated in the novel’s description that this is a novel where the characters have to grow! if you want BAMF characters from the very beginning who never make mistakes and always have a “This is all working according to keikaku” mindset, I’m sorry but this isn’t the story you’ll want to read. this story has flawed characters that grow together, and there’s so much to discover behind HXF’s so-called perfect face (even he has weakness!!)
nevermind that, we’ve found another piece of the puzzle thanks to Kumiko Miwa! We are already in the middle of the Holidays’ puzzle hunt!
I am blushing. This is too sweet… Melting
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
Isn’t it nice watching them grow together? A character can truly show their personality and abilities in a situation that is out of their control, so of course things can’t always go according to plan.
Thank you for the chapter!
Honestly who were the haters?? 😭 It all made sense to me that none of the things that happened was Jiang Ci’s fault, so what were they on??
Actually, it seems that both of them separately had plans in place and contingencies—but those plans got messed up by each other during the action. Pfft! Thanks for the update ❤️❤️❤️
Honestly Jiang Ci is a badass fighting in a qipao. The reason why I mostly don’t like to read abo novels is the power gap and and the dub con situations. So far Jiang Ci going Laozi was the highlight.
But jiang ci is already a bamf shou in my eyes 😳 people will find and nitpick every single thing they can nowadays. I’m glad me and the other commenters here are simply enjoying this story!
It’s so sweet – they’re obviously attracted despite A-Ci’s disgust of Alphas and Huo Huo’s assumption of the pregnancy 🥰
Thanks for the chapter 💞
WHO’S TALKING BAD ABOUT OUR MAJOR GENERAL???
Even if it’s not smut, it feels like this chapter isn’t something I should be reading in public. The intimacy is chef’s kiss. The descriptive words, the sentence construction, the flow of their interaction, for me at least, is perfect.
ТThe characters here are awesome and feel so alive. Can’t understand hate towards our strong-cuttie😤. Thank you very much for translating 💕💕
thanks for the chapter!