Edited by Noks and Wiji

Underneath the strong tastes, burning breaths and powerful hugs, Le Yao didn’t keep count of how many times they did it and how he fell asleep last night, but he vaguely remembered that afterwards Xu Yao had contacted a person and said something, before feeding him the nutritional supplement and letting him go to sleep.

But it would be naive of him to think that this would be the end…

When Le Yao woke up, he could hardly speak, and almost immediately knelt when he tried to stand up from the bed. If it wasn’t for Xu Yao’s quick reaction to catch him, Le Yao would've fallen flat onto the floor by now.

“You… are you really a human and not a beast?” Le Yao asked in a hoarse, high-pitched voice while he eyed his husband, “How can you still stand firmly even after all that?”

“Hmm? How should I feed you until you're full if I can’t stand firmly?” Xu Yao smiled and felt even more possessive towards Le Yao than before. When he sniffed the person in his arms who was covered in his own pheromones, his satisfaction instantly burst out and his voice became gentler, “Anyways, we have to eat something, so I asked the intelligent chef to cook some porridge for us. Our exercise uses a lot of energy, so you should eat more.”

“Un, okay,” Le Yao realized that he had been carefully placed on the sofa and looked at Xu Yao with doubt. “Don’t we usually eat at the dining table?”

“The chair will be too hard for you, do you think you can sit there?”

Le Yao scratched his head and said nothing.

He ate the seafood porridge made by the intelligent chef, as well as the vegetable salad, and fully filled his stomach. He knew that an Omega's estrus would normally last for around five to seven days. Although Xu Yao had thoroughly marked him, and they had already formed a knot, his estrus period hadn't passed yet.

It was late into the morning by this time, and normally it would be at this time that the Flying Wolf division were at their busiest according to their military schedule.

Xu Yao knew that he could not leave Le Yao during this period as right now Le Yao was particularly sensitive and fragile. If he wasn't around, Le Yao would feel uneasy, sad, and even anxious. This was an Omega’s instinct. So, he simply planned to do all of that day's work at home, and tried to postpone all the arrangements that could be delayed till later.

It made sense to accompany his wife through estrus, and his superiors should understand.

For the time being, external affairs would be managed by Yan Jie and a few of the backup staff members. Any problems that couldn't be solved by them would be reported to him.

“Don’t you have to go to the Command Center?” Le Yao saw that it was already past nine o’clock and Xu Yao still hadn't left. Instead, he had put on casual home pants that exposed his sexy abdominal muscles, and just walked back and forth in the room.

“No, what would you do if you need me again, hmm? Who was it yesterday who was crying like a cat with a pitiful face? I hugged him as soon as I got there, but he still blamed me for not finding him fast enough.”

“Shut up!” As soon as Le Yao thought back to this black spot in his history, he couldn't wait to hit his head against the wall. “I didn't want that either. I’d asked for Leslie to find you from the moment I felt it, but you didn’t come. I'd yelled more than enough all day that it should give you bad comments, but I didn’t really complain about anything specifically about you, so you should be happy! However, after what happened yesterday, can I still go back to the cold shed to buy vegetables in the future?” I don't know whether I should laugh or cry when I think about it!

“I am sorry,” Xu Yao hadn't said these three words for thirty years, but now, he didn’t know how many times he had said this sentence since last afternoon to now, and that too, to the same person. "Were you terrified yesterday?"

“What do you think?” Le Yao stared at him, “There were so many Alphas outside. I could clearly smell that none of them was you. It felt really unpleasant.” Whenever he thought about it, Le Yao could feel his scalp become numb. At that time, his senses seemed to be highly developed, but his whole body had no iota of strength, just like a lamb ready to be slaughtered, like a prey with no ability to resist.

Xu Yao tightly hugged his wife, kissed him gently and caressed his back.

At the beginning, he had simply wanted to appease Le Yao, but the weight of the caresses gradually became heavier and…

Yan Jie had come with a document in his hand as he wanted to ask Xu Yao about some matters. As a result, the eldest brother who had still been giving orders to him half an hour ago was now in a frenzied state. The doors and windows had all been closed and the curtains had been drawn shut. Xu Yao couldn't see him walking towards his house, but Leslie could.

Leslie said to him, “Mr. Yan, if it’s an urgent matter, I’ll inform about your visit to General. If it's not, you should solve it yourself.”

Yan Jie replied, “It’s not urgent, but I really want to ask about it. It’s mainly that I may need Mr Xiao Le to give me some advice. When they are not busy, can you ask them how I should go about offering incense tonight? Or will they also come tonight? Lest they think we have something to worry about.”

Leslie said, “Okay, I'll inform the General and Madam.”

Yan Jie left, hoping for an answer soon, but Leslie only had a chance to ask about it in the afternoon. By that time, Le Yao had already fainted into sleep, and Xu Yao didn’t want to wake him up. He said that they should wait for Le Yao to wake up by himself.

Le Yao didn’t wake up until nightfall. Ji Fengyu appeared at Fuhe Mountain first, but he didn't see Le Yao there. He wasn't worried about everything else, he was concerned about something being wrong with Le Yao. Last night, he had thought that Le Yao might be busy with the undead army, so he didn’t deliberately come to his house. But now, Le Yao didn't appear here as he had said he would and didn't give him any affirmation about today's incense offerings. He was a little curious.

At home, Xu Yao was writing a report on the formation of the Undead Army. All of a sudden he felt the temperature in the study drop, and he immediately put down the light brain tablet in his hand. He remained calm and observed his surroundings for a moment, before turning slightly to the left. He looked straight at a spot where there seemed to be nothing, but in reality, was where Ji Fengyu was floating, “Brother Fengyu?”

Ji Fengyu was almost convinced of him having supernatural abilities. When he first arrived, he knew that Xu Yao hadn’t opened his sight with the Tianyan talisman and had wondered whether he would be found out. The result was that not only was he discovered, but had also been accurately pin-pointed.

Xu Yao hadn’t opened his sight and couldn’t hear his voice, so he took a small cone of incense and burned it for him, “If it’s Brother Fengyu, please enjoy it slowly.”

Ji Fengyu inhaled the fragrant smoke, then blew up a gust of wind at the incense ash that has fallen on the desk, and wrote: It’s me. I came here to see if something happened to Le Yao. I didn't see you guys at Fuhe Mountain.

“Yesterday, he suddenly entered his estrus period, so for the next few days, we won't be able to take care of this matter. In addition, since Brother Fengyu is here, I want to ask you for a favor.”

Ji Fengyu: Say it.

“Brother Fengyu, I need to trouble you to go to Fuhe Mountain and inform Shen Weilin or Shang Ting that it will take about five to seven days for Le Yao and me to deal with his estrus. Of course, it may take longer,” said Xu Yao.

Ji Fengyu: No problem. But Le Yao has already done so much. If it’s just a matter of incense offerings, you can do it too.

Xu Yao asked, “How can I do it?”

Ji Fengyu: Now that the Orcs have been locked up, the specific address of a place or a spot doesn’t matter anymore. You just need to deliver the incense to Fuhe Mountain and set it up as before. When you light them, recite: 'Today, I sent X incense cones to the Brothers of the Flying Wolf Division. Please enjoy it slowly.' And thus, they can enjoy it naturally.

Xu Yao: “Brother Fengyu, please tell my undead brothers to not leave Fuhe Mountain for these days. I’ll give it a try.”

Ji Fengyu: No problem.

After a while, the incense ash was stirred up and blown away again, thereby creating a new blank slate for writing.

Ji Fengyu: How exactly did you know it was me and locate my position?

“Intuition,” replied Xu Yao nonchalantly.

Ji Fengyu: Wtf is it with his intuition! Right, be nice to my brother and protect him properly.

Xu Yao quietly looked towards the bedroom for a while, and his eyes churned with warmth, “Don’t worry, I will.”

The indoor temperature slowly rose again, indicating Ji Fengyu's departure. Xu Yao told Leslie, “Inform Yan Jie to take the incense to Fuhe Mountain. The position of the offering should be where the Madam did the incense offering for the second time. Tell Yan Jie to recite: 'Today, I sent X incense cones to the Brothers of the Flying Wolf Division. Please enjoy it slowly.'”

Leslie said, “Yes, General.”

Twenty minutes later, Yan Jie took fifty large incense cones and rushed to Fuhe Mountain. This time though, he neither opened his sight with the Tianyan talisman, nor was he a spectator on the hovercraft. He now played Le Yao's role. He brought along six guards as ordered by Xu Yao and shot the fifty large cones into the ground. Then he chanted into the open air of the mountain pit where Le Yao had stood previously, “Today, I sent fifty incense cones to the Brothers of the Flying Wolf Division. Please enjoy it slowly.”

Of course there is no visible response in the open space in front of me. How embarrassing this is!

However, the task had to be completed! Yan Jie then braced himself, before he straightened his head and shouted, “That… what you should know is, since our General's wife is in his estrus period, he can't come here to send you any offerings. But you can be rest assured that I will come here every day.”

Shang Ting: “What is he shouting so loudly for?”

Shen Weilin looked at one of the soldiers next to Yan Jie as he replied, “Isn’t that obvious? He can’t see us.”

Shang Ting: “Pfft, silly.”

Xu Yao’s guards then lit the incense. As they watched Yan Jie's actions, they showed an indescribable expression on their faces. They thought that when the General's wife did these gestures, he appeared particularly divine. But when Yan Jie was the one who did it, they couldn’t help but laugh.

Only the Captain of this guard team didn’t laugh. He asked, “Brother Yan, do you think our brothers will really receive it?”

Yan Jie replied, “It should be possible. The previous times, Mr. Xiao Le would give us an affirmation about them having received the offerings. I could see it at that time. It’s a pity that I didn’t bring any food item tonight, otherwise I could also give it a try.”

The Guard Captain: “I have a chocolate here, can you try it with that? “

Yan Jie answered, “I don’t know if it would be successful or not. Let’s just try it. Who do you want to give it to?”

“Shen Weilin,” said the Guard Captain.

Shen Weilin's gaze remained motionless even upon the mention of his name, because his gaze had always been fixed on the Guard Captain's face since the beginning. Chocolate had been his favorite snack when he was alive.

Shang Ting chuckled for a moment after he heard the name, but he soon stopped. He patted Shen Weilin on the shoulder and backed away.

Yan Jie then said, “Deputy Shen, I don’t know if you are here. Please come out and have a taste.” Then he unwrapped a part of the chocolate from its package and offered it up to the thin air.

Shen Weilin smelt a sweet aroma. He floated over and then inhaled this scent for a long time.

Yan Jie waited for a while, and then returned the chocolate to the Guard Captain.

Yan Jie said, “You can eat it to see if it tastes normal. If it's tasteless, then Deputy Shen is here, and he has received the chocolate.”

After hearing this, the Guard Captain took a bite and found that the chocolate which should have been sweet and greasy tasted like a piece of frozen butter.

It really is tasteless.

“How is it?” Yan Jie asked him.

“He’s here,” said the Guard Captain.

After that, he gobbled up the rest of the chocolate one mouthful at a timewithout showing any distaste for the buttery taste.

Few people knew that Shen Weilin had died to save him. They had made a promise to each other four years ago, a promise of going back to get married after the war ended.

Yan Jie didn’t know about this, but he felt the atmosphere turn slightly heavy and poignant. In the past, the Guard Captain was responsible for protecting the General's safety and Shen Weilin was responsible for the communication between the General and the upper levels of the Army, so they had a lot of contact with each other frequently. At that time, Yan Jie only held responsibility on information security. He didn’t know too much about their relationship, so he had just thought that the two men were very good friends. Now, after thinking about it a little more, the air between them seemed to be a little… subtle.

Yan Jie stepped aside and sent a message to Leslie, saying, “Leslie, the matter on Fuhe Mountain has been finished. Please inform the General when it is convenient.”

Leslie replied, “Good work, Mr. Yan.”

Yan Jie pointed towards the hovercraft with his chin to the five guards, and they all boarded it. As the most outstanding of the General's guards, their ability to observe human emotions was first-class. They didn’t ask or say anything, but instead, left quietly.

Even though he had been left alone in this place, the Guard Captain didn’t show any urgency. He just put away the empty chocolate wrapper and said, “I’ll see you tomorrow.”

Shen Weilin knew that his lover couldn't see him, yet he nodded in reply.

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Frozenmirage: (つ﹏⊂)

Noks: There are no sweets. There is the after-sweet followed by the bittersweet. But no sweets!!! T_T

Sorry for the late update, rl really hit me hard >.<