M1zushi: I’ve finally finished this chapter :’))
for those curious about the upload schedule
The air stagnated at this moment.
In reality, Huo Xianfeng had not fully regained consciousness yet, and his mind was muddled and throbbing faintly.
Right now, Jiang Ci was kneeling beside Huo Xianfeng’s chest and arm, so the lying young man first lowered his head, staring blankly at Jiang Ci’s hand pulling at his waistband.
He actually didn’t realize how suggestive and overly intimate this action was.
Then, Huo Xianfeng simply lifted his gaze, following the military uniform sleeve of the other upwards, and finally, looking up, fixed his gaze on the delicate side-profile of the omega.
The young man’s dizzy brain couldn’t quite comprehend the current situation, so he could only emit a low, somewhat puzzled sound from his throat,
“Hmm?”
“…”
The cave was deep but not large, and even the slightest sound could evoke a kind of echoing hum. Thus, the subtle tremor produced by this low hum almost effortlessly reached Jiang Ci’s eardrums, then slowly echoed back.
He immediately stiffened, feeling a numbness in his ears, as his earlobes quickly flushed red, becoming hot in just two short seconds.
The silver-haired major general lowered his head, meeting the bewildered gaze of the young man head-on.
—At this moment, Huo Xianfeng really looked like a military academy student who hadn’t graduated yet.
The casual laziness usually present on the young man’s face faded away, and there was no trace of the sharpness he showed in fights. Having just been wiped once with alcohol wipes, his black hair was messy, his brows and lashes damp, and his eyes hazy and sleepy. With his upper body bare, his thin lips were slightly parted, conveying a pitiful and desolate sense of helplessness.
The stark contrast with his usual demeanor was simply fatal, making one strongly tempted to immediately commit some criminal acts against him.
Jiang Ci’s Adam’s apple moved slightly, an indescribable sense of guilt and taboo suddenly creeping up his spine, gnawing at his spinal nerves like fine electric currents.
The two locked eyes, silent for a moment.
It wasn’t until a few seconds later that Huo Xianfeng blinked his eyes very slowly.
“Jiang… Ci…?”
The confusion and weariness dispersed like smoke, and his black pupils swiftly returned to their usual clarity.
In that instant, the silver-haired major general finally snapped back to reality, retracting his hand as if shocked, but halfway through, it was caught by the other’s even swifter movement.
Clasp!
Huo Xianfeng tightly gripped the omega’s slender wrist bone and yanked it forcefully.
Thud!
Jiang Ci collapsed instantly, his other hand awkwardly propped against Huo Xianfeng’s chest. It was only because of this that he didn’t crash down entirely onto him, but the distance between them was still very short, to the point that their breaths intermingled.
Smooth silver hair cascaded down, covering Huo Xianfeng’s neck and shoulders, bringing a subtle, cool itchiness. The omega’s palm pressed against the young man’s firm chest muscles, and the slender fingers left a few overly suggestive dips on them.
If one person saw this scene, they would think it was dangerously romantic.
Huo Xianfeng stared straight at Jiang Ci’s face, his gaze almost bold and unrestrained, making Jiang Ci feel as if all the blood in his body was rushing to his face.
“You…”
He heard the young man speak, and thinking it was about the earlier incident with his pants, Jiang Ci’s entire spine tensed, quickly organizing explanations in his mind.
But the next second, they both spoke simultaneously.
“Just now, I was…”
“—What happened to your face?”
Jiang Ci froze: “……?”
His face?
He remained stunned for seven or eight seconds before realizing what Huo Xianfeng was asking, as the other’s gaze persistently focused on his left cheek.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
Memories that had been forgotten suddenly came to his mind.
……If I remember correctly, this should be the place where Huo Xianfeng licked and sucked yesterday.
Dea yfmjerf bo j rfglfr bo egufca jcv vjcufgber fnfcar atja tjqqfcfv ijafg, joafg jgglnlcu bc atlr ecojwliljg qijcfa, Aljcu Jl tjv yffc oifflcu klat atf sbecu wjc jii vjs, rb tf jiwbra obguba jybea atlr wjaafg.
Ktf rlinfg-tjlgfv bwfuj rajsfv ralii obg j ofk rfmbcvr, atfc uijcmfv rlvfkjsr, jcv lc atf gfoifmalbc bo Leb Wljcofcu’r kglra rlinfg ygjmfifa, tf rjk atf jqqfjgjcmf bo tlr ifoa mtffx—
At the very center of the cheek, the tiny wound that was there had disappeared without a trace, leaving only a very obvious red mark.
……It looked very much like an ambiguous hickey.
Or rather, it was exactly that!!!
Jiang Ci: “……….??”
??!!!!
The indescribable embarrassment of realizing this was like a bomb exploding in his chest, and he immediately gritted his teeth.
“Huo Xianfeng, you still have the nerve to ask?”
“…….Huh?”
Huo Xianfeng was stunned, looking bewildered, and then began to carefully recall it.
――That hard-working look on his face looked very much like the behavior of a drunken scumbag trying to remember the night before.
Fortunately, no bloody incident involving amnesia occurred. Huo Xianfeng pondered for a moment, and the embarrassing memories of not long ago vividly replayed in his mind.
For example, in front of the enemy, comparing the beautiful omega to a flower bud,
For example, holding onto the other’s face tightly, licking and sucking, unwilling to let go,
Another example was he finally collapsing, barely supporting himself until Jiang Ci arrived, then willingly fainting powerlessly in the fragrant embrace of the omega.
“……..”
This was probably one of the few moments of social death for Huo Xianfeng. He was silent for a while, then suddenly reached out to Jiang Ci’s nape, pulling him closer,
“Well, why don’t you suck it back?”
He thought for a moment and even generously suggested,
“――Or bite it if you want.”
Jiang Ci: “………”
To be honest, for a moment, he really wanted to go up, exert all his strength, and bite hard to see how tough this guy’s face really was. But such an action would be too…
Jiang Ci couldn’t imagine that scene; if they appeared in front of others afterwards, each with a hickey on their faces, that would truly be a social death.
After hesitating for a while, Jiang Ci didn’t get angry this time, nor did he take any action. He just mocked expressionlessly—
“Huo Xianfeng, you have no shame.”
“Huh?”
The young man raised his eyebrows in astonishment, finding it somewhat difficult to understand.
“How could I not? My face is so handsome!”
“………”
Jiang Ci choked on his breath. Although it was true, it was still very, very deserving of a beating. Jiang Ci felt the veins on his forehead throbbing, but before he could utter a mocking word, he suddenly heard the other person ask,
“By the way,”
Huo Xianfeng asked in a very innocent tone of curiosity,
“Why were you pulling down my pants just now?”
Since the memories from yesterday could be recalled so quickly, the recent events were also thought of very clearly. It wasn’t that Huo Xianfeng thought Jiang Ci had any lewd intentions or was peeping.
After all, in Huo Xianfeng’s perception of this guy, this usually stern and upright major general would be cautious even when changing clothes, let alone doing something like that.
―― So it must be for another reason.
However, knowing and asking were two different things. This didn’t stop the sly Huo Xianfeng from teasing him a bit,
“Well, actually, if you wanted to see, you could just ask directly. There’s no need to be so sneaky about it; after all, you’ve paid for it, right?”
“………?”
Just a second ago, Jiang Ci was thinking about how to explain, and the next second, he was shocked by this sentence.
！！！！！
So, this guy’s implication was that if you paid, you could just look freely???
At that moment, Jiang Ci’s shock was so intense that Huo Xianfeng could almost clearly see the trembling of the former’s pupils.
“Who! Who wants to see, huh?!!!!”
The major general abruptly stood up, and even Huo Xianfeng couldn’t hold him back with such a sudden move. Perhaps feeling that this explanation was not enough, and in a moment of anger and embarrassment, he felt a little flustered and stuttered,
“You little brat who hasn’t even grown any hair, what’s there to see??!!”
This was actually something said by Leinster before, and probably because the impression was so deep at that time, Jiang Ci remembered it vividly, so he blurted it out without thinking.
“……..”
Huo Xianfeng was stunned. After a few silent seconds, he silently turned his head away and pulled up his pants a bit.
―― His action was very much like that of a modest woman who had been harassed.
“So, you really did peek at me?”
Jiang Ci: “……..”
I am suffocating.
The entire cave fell into silence.
Only Xiao X was silently communicating with Bai Ze via radio.
Xiao X: [Tsk tsk tsk, it seems A-Ci is reaching the age of being interested in alphas.]
Bai Ze: [That’s great, I won’t have to force-feed him water during his heats anymore.]
You see, it’s very difficult to clean up the residual pheromones from an omega’s heat. Every time Jiang Ci locked himself in Bai Ze’s cockpit to tough it out through his heat, Bai Ze had to use special odor eliminators to clean up for a long time.
And the chemicals in that eliminator are very detrimental to its interior preservation.
But now, it’s different. Jiang Ci has an alpha, so how could he possibly spend his heats in its cockpit anymore?
Bai Ze: [I’m truly thankful.]
After a moment of deathly silence, Jiang Ci was the first to break the awkward deadlock. He glanced at the lower abdomen of Huo Xianfeng and muttered,
“…What’s up with the tattoo here?”
Huo Xianfeng froze: “…?”
Huh?
A tattoo?
The young man sat up and lowered his head; only then did he notice some black tattoos hidden under his waistband.
A past memory flashed before his eyes at that moment, and Huo Xianfeng remembered that the Zerg King Cub also had black tattoos on its lower abdomen.
―― Could it be that he really changed species?
He froze, then suddenly reached out to pull down his waistband, lowering his head,
A few seconds later, Huo Xianfeng breathed a sigh of relief.
Whew…
Fortunately, apart from the additional tattoos, there were no other changes.
This sudden movement was really unexpected; after all, no alpha would suddenly pull down their waistband with an omega nearby.
So, Jiang Ci didn’t even have time to look away at this moment and stared blankly for two seconds.
Although, due to the angle and lighting, he couldn’t actually see any details clearly, as soon as he realized what the huge shadow hidden in the depths might be, Jiang Ci’s pupils dilated in an instant.
Bang――!
The silver-haired omega acted like a startled cat, suddenly backing away, his back and his head banging against the rock wall with a loud thud.
Huo Xianfeng was surprised, “………?”
Ignoring the dull pain in his body, Jiang Ci raised his head blankly, locking eyes with the young man for a second. But what he saw in that second wasn’t the other’s face, but the blurry image that had flashed by just now.
Damn it, get out of his mind!!!
What the hell is he thinking?!!!
“You, you, you… Huo Xianfeng!!!” The handsome omega was pressed against the wall like a plastered poster. He awkwardly turned his head away, blood boiling in his veins, causing his muscles to tremble slightly.
“You, why did you suddenly… do that?!!”
“I was obeying you,” Huo Xianfeng replied, perplexed, as if it were the most natural thing in the world, “――I was just looking at the tattoo.”
Jiang Ci choked up, “……..”
Because of embarrassment, awkwardness, and some strange, indescribable emotion, he pushed his hands against the ground, exerting so much force that he almost built a mound on the floor.
After a while, the tips of the silver-haired major general’s ears gradually turned red, and he gritted his teeth, his words short and sharp, “Huo Xianfeng, you’re an alpha; can’t you… have a bit more awareness?”
Although the external gender appearance of male omegas and alphas was the same, there were still differences.
――This was the first time Jiang Ci hinted at his own gender in front of others like this.
He had always hoped that others would see him as a powerful alpha and not treat him differently, but now he actually hoped that Huo Xianfeng could, just slightly, treat him like a normal omega.
Finally realizing why the other had such a strange reaction just now, Huo Xianfeng softly murmured “Oh” in realization and raised his eyebrows in confusion.
“But didn’t you already see it just now?”
The young man blinked, “I thought you didn’t mind.”
――And you even seemed to like it.
Of course, Huo Xianfeng didn’t say the latter half of the sentence; otherwise, he might not have been able to live through tonight.
Jiang Ci: “………”
Taking a deep breath, the silver-haired major general decided to skip over this topic, “So what’s the deal with this tattoo of yours?”
“…I don’t know.”
“――You don’t know?”
Jiang Ci found that no matter what he asked Huo Xianfeng, most of the time, the other’s response was “I don’t know.”
Who he was, he didn’t know.
Whether he was from the Huo family, he didn’t know.
Even how he got the tattoos on his body, he didn’t know.
But whenever Jiang Ci wanted to question him, the expression on Huo Xianfeng’s face was always sincere and blank, “It’s true; I really don’t know. Maybe I’m some kind of genetic experiment? Like a hybrid of a human and a Zerg, what do you think?”
“……..” This casual tone was really not convincing, and the major general took a deep breath before sarcastically retorting,
“――Ignorant!”
This time, Huo Xianfeng didn’t refute. He thought for a moment and then humbly asked,
“In that case, do you know?”
Jiang Ci: “………”
He deeply confirmed that Huo Xianfeng was indeed naturally adept at getting under his skin!!!
Thanks for the chapter!! I love these two soooo much!! 💜💜💜
These two are really interesting… every time they talk they seem to pile more misunderstanding 🤣🤣
Slowly catching up! 🤧
The s*xual tension between these two is so good xD
this entire chapter is hilarious!
thanks for the chapter!
Love the bickering/flirting between these two – so does Bai Ze and Xiao X 😘
Thanks for the chapter 💞
Their dynamics is sooooooooo cute >/////<)♡
Huo Xianfeng acting like a wronged maiden is never not funny 🤣🤣🤣🤣