The King Who Seriously Studies

Jiang Ci‍‌‌‍⁠​⁠​​‍⁠⁠‌⁠​‍‍​​‍‌‍⁠‌ had thought he was already used to it.

He was used to the fact that… as long as he was with Huo Xianfeng, he would always end up in all kinds of unexpected, embarrassing, and humiliating situations. But he never imagined that even in an atmosphere like this, while doing such things, he could still encounter such an awkward and mortifying circumstance.

The moment he saw the teaching video, Jiang Ci immediately recognized it. Because it was a video from his time at the Omega Protection Association, when he was learning about physiology. So he had already watched it before. Playing it now was just to show to Huo Xianfeng.

“Huo… Huo Xianfeng.”

“Mm.”

Huo Xianfeng’s breathing was heavy at this point, but he still carefully followed the instructions from the video to help his wife adjust posture and lie properly.

“You… you’re studying that?”

Jiang Ci tried to suppress the strange tremor in his throat and asked again in disbelief,

“You’ve been studying that all this time???”

“Yeah. Didn’t you just say we should study seriously together?”

Huo Xianfeng slowly reached inside, gently and gradually soothing and loosening the area as instructed, but he still responded earnestly:

“A-Ci, you can’t rely on theory alone when it comes to learning. You need hands-on practice. It’s best to follow along and do it right from the first lesson. That’s how you get the best results.”

That was a truth Huo Xianfeng had learned through years of study.

Just like when he taught Jiang Ci in the past, he always jumped straight in, combining explanation with demonstration. Now, with his mind somewhat muddled, the usually cocky king of sarcasm had become unusually focused and serious, with a hint of stubbornness. Though his voice was hoarse and he stressed a few syllables incorrectly, it was clear he was trying to suppress something. Yet his tone remained serious, and his movements were light, too light. So much so that it didn’t even feel like soothing anymore, but more like seduction and teasing taken to the next level.

Jiang Ci: “……”

Why could he say things like that while doing things like this???

Why did his tone sound exactly like a model student completing homework, while Jiang Ci himself felt like a slacker full of dirty thoughts, trying to seduce the top student of the class???
And now, he was being seriously and sternly corrected by said top student.

“…Huo Xianfeng, you—!”

Jiang Ci couldn’t even finish the sentence. Even the few words he managed to say didn’t come out in the right tone. He was shaking uncontrollably, yet he still instinctively tried to match Huo Xianfeng’s rhythm. As his entire body lost control, his mind finally caught up and synced with Huo Xianfeng’s way of thinking—so—

This guy had been seriously studying from the start.

But there was no need!!!

This kind of thing did not need to be studied so seriously!!!

He would’ve been fine not thinking about it, but once Jiang Ci recalled what had just happened, he realized that everything Huo Xianfeng had done had perfectly matched the instructor’s demonstration.

So he had misunderstood. Huo Xianfeng had truly only meant to perform the first type of early-stage pheromone soothing!

It was him.

He was the one!!!
He was the one who had undressed first!
He was the one who had looked all eager and desperate!
And all those things he had said, about getting on the bed, about going slower, about “coming in”, every single line Jiang Ci had uttered was now coming back to haunt him.

No wonder Huo Xianfeng had looked so shocked earlier. No wonder…

In any case, Jiang Ci was utterly mortified. He knelt on the bed, face buried deep into the pillow, feeling like his brain was on fire. His already fully prepared body now carried a full-level embarrassment buff, and he was trembling all over. He couldn’t see anything from his ostrich-like position, but Huo Xianfeng could see clearly everything from behind.

This is way too exciting…
Did he want it that badly? Huo Xianfeng thought for a moment and classified the pregnant Jiang Ci into the category of Omegas with strong needs in that aspect. The teacher had said most Omegas had stronger needs during pregnancy, though a few rare ones didn’t.

Perhaps this is the one way Jiang Ci, who had always been different from other omegas, was finally syncing up with the norm.

Huo Xianfeng leaned down, brought his face close to the skin on the back of the omega’s neck, licked it lightly, then gently bit down, using the tip of his teeth to break the skin and slowly injected a large amount of soothing pheromones.

“Mm…”

Jiang Ci clenched his fingers tightly and all his sounds muffled into the soft pillow.

This was different from before… completely different. Before, everything had been too fast and too rough, he never even had time to react. But this time, it felt like every single cell in his body was being meticulously cared for. His mind was too clear; even with his face buried in the blanket and without seeing anything, he could picture every move being made in perfect detail. And Jiang Ci had a good memory, he still remembered the instructional video he had once studied.

Once he realized Huo Xianfeng was following what he had seen in that video, Jiang Ci couldn’t help but start comparing. One side of his brain replayed the human model from the video, while the other visualized the real-time scene between him and Huo Xianfeng.

As it turned out, their actions matched perfectly. Huo Xianfeng’s powerful learning ability was on full display now, using Jiang Ci’s body as its canvas.

Jiang Ci finally understood why Huo Xianfeng, despite being locked away for so long and having little interaction with the opposite sex, still acted like an expert in love. It was because his ability to learn was too strong. Even this kind of thing, he treated like a subject to master with a perfect score.

Studying…

In that moment, Jiang Ci had a very, very strange thought—

His body felt like a study tool for Huo Xianfeng.

Help. Why would something like that even come into his mind? That shameful imagination could practically be turned into an entire 18+ book.

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Huo Xianfeng reviewed the key points from the video once again, then began. A moment later, he suddenly remembered something and said the kind of words his wife liked to hear these days.

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“Jiang Ci, you beast.”

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Wait!!!

Aren’t those his lines?!

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No, no, that wasn’t the point. Why was Huo Xianfeng saying things like that while doing this to him?!

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“…Get lost.”

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Then acted like he was actually going to get up and leave. But the next second, he was grabbed again, and he heard his wife choke out,

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Huo Xianfeng followed the video’s instructions and changed Jiang Ci’s position.

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Jiang Ci: “…”

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“Don’t talk… don’t say anything…”

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But Huo Xianfeng didn’t see it that way at all. His thoughts were racing in the complete opposite direction.

So Jiang Ci likes being insulted this much? He got this excited? And then came to kiss him?

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…The lights were turned off.

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Because of the wild night before, the entire First Legion was still peacefully asleep. The Major General hadn’t drunk or partied, instead, he had earnestly studied. But the result was the same for both sides: everyone was sleeping in.

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“Huo Xianfeng…”

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“Hand.”

—It was Huo Xianfeng’s voice.

Jiang Ci reached out with his eyes still closed and touched a pile of small, packaged nutrient drinks. He forced a few sips down and finally had enough energy to open his eyes. A few minutes later, Jiang Ci poked his head out from under the blanket and saw that there was a colorful pile of nutrient packs on the nightstand, arranged in the shape of a flower.

But right now, he didn’t care about the presentation. Wrapped in the blanket, he sat up and quickly tried to soothe the hunger pangs twisting in his stomach. Just then, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of a familiar yet unfamiliar figure standing by the window. The voice from earlier had come from that direction too.

It looked unfamiliar because Huo Xianfeng had changed clothes. The new outfit had a slightly different style from the previous one: a straight collar, two buttons near the chest, a black base with red patterns and he wasn’t wearing armor, but the design was as ornate as ever.

This room was on the outer side of the battleship, so from here, the Zergs’ outpost could be seen not far away. Huo Xianfeng’s tail was curled around a small white porcelain jar which he had found in Bai Ze’s storage. it was rather pretty.

At that moment, Huo Xianfeng opened the window, his tail still holding the porcelain jar, his arms crossed in front of his chest, expressionless, like he was waiting for something.

Jiang Ci kept eating while staring at him.

“What are you doing?”

“Waiting for your breakfast.”

Jiang Ci paused mid-bite: “…?”

Waiting for his breakfast?

He looked down at the pile of nutrient packs in front of him, then back at Huo Xianfeng standing by the window holding a jar.

So…

What was he eating right now?

A few minutes later, Huo Xianfeng saw a group of honey Zerg scouts buzzing toward them, their bone wings flapping noisily. They were small, each only the size of a basketball, pale yellow in color, looking somewhat like bees from Earth, but without fuzz. Instead, they had the metallic exoskeleton unique to Zergs. Their bone wings weren’t sharp like other Zergs’, but rounded and blunt.

Tiny blood vessels shimmered through the thin wing membranes, casting rainbow hues under the sunlight. They were indeed pretty, but incapable of long-distance or high-altitude flight. Even covering a few hundred meters took all they had, frantically flapping their wings to make it across.

Jiang Ci’s attention was drawn to this strange-looking scout squad.

They were so different. Jiang Ci had seen Zergs troops before. If you overlooked the terrifying appearances, the Zergs military was more like a fully mechanized army. Orderly, uniform, and massive, each one the size of a mecha.

But this little squad was completely different. In the middle was a messy bunch of basketball-sized pale yellow bugs, swarming around unevenly. The whole formation was a mess. Two larger, more menacing Zergs hovered over—one leading in front and one bringing up the rear.

Whenever one of the little yellow Zerg couldn’t keep up and fell, the fierce-looking big Zergs would quickly swoop down, grab it in their jaws and shake their abdominal membranes violently, seemingly scolding it. The smaller Zerg would squeal in response, then try hard to catch up again.

Stumbling all the way like that, they finally arrived.

Huo Xianfeng extended his tail holding the jar outward and watched as the chubby little honey Zergs quickly lined up in a row. One by one, they flew above the jar and began digging into the small pouches on their bellies, pulling out tiny golden gel-like crystals and gently placing them into the jar.

If the crystal was large, the Zerg would puff its chest out proudly and receive a subtle approving glance from the King. If the crystal was small, the Zerg would tremble under Huo Xianfeng’s disapproving gaze and flee in tears.

“……”

Somehow, the scene reminded Jiang Ci of a greedy landlord squeezing everything out of the tenants. But he had no time to ask what Huo Xianfeng was doing. Hunger left him no room for conversation.

It seemed like all the pregnancy symptoms had been awakened the night before and were now making their presence intensely known.

A few minutes later, without realizing it, Jiang Ci had finished all the nutrient packs, but he was still hungry. Very hungry. Until Huo Xianfeng walked over with the jar.

“Here, breakfast.”

“…Is it… edible?”

Huo Xianfeng nodded and explained:

“Low-level Zergs have many subspecies. Depending on their assigned tasks, their sizes range from basketball-sized to as large as aircraft carriers. These honey Zergs have extremely low combat power and are rare, so they’re considered valuable. Their main task is producing honey, like cows in human society, essentially converting metallic energy into crystallized form. It’s specifically provided for pregnant high-level Zergs and hatchlings.”

“Oh…”

Jiang Ci took it and started eating. It was a bit like soft candy made of honey, but really delicious.

“Even the cubs eat it?”

“Yes.”

Huo Xianfeng nodded.

“Zergs don’t breastfeed, so their cubs are different from human infants. They don’t drink milk.”

“Oh, I see.”

Jiang Ci still hadn’t realized how serious this was, he was too busy eating. Until the next second, Huo Xianfeng said:

“So, A-Ci, I need to ask Dr. Wen how to handle your breastfeeding period.”

“…”

Jiang Ci froze mid-bite.