In the middle of the night, Jiang Heng lay in bed tossing and turning, unable to sleep. His mind was filled with what He Ci had said before, “The feeling you have when you want to dominate Shen Huaizhi is the same feeling he has when he wants to mark you.”
Damn, when did he start having such thoughts?
The room’s light was on, and Jiang Heng stared straight at the ceiling’s chandelier. Despite his eyes getting sore, there was no trace of sleepiness.
After half an hour, Jiang Heng took He Ci off the blacklist, scolded him, and then re-blocked him.
The time on his phone indicated it was already 2 a.m.
Jiang Heng looked at his chat records with satisfaction, scrolled up, and suddenly noticed a document titled “How to Chat with the Alpha You Like.”
Did Jiang Heng need such things?
Jiang Heng, with an expressionless face, closed the chat window.
An hour later, Jiang Heng, yawning, closed the document.
All those strange terms like “gege” and “renjia” and those soft and cute emoticons.
It didn’t fit his character at all.
He rubbed his eyes and then opened the chat box with Shen Huaizhi.
The messages between them were still from the time they had just gotten out of the car during the day.
【Water Worker Wang Xing: My phone ran out of battery and automatically shut down.】
【Water Worker Wang Xing: Thanks for your concern, Captain. I’ll make sure to keep it charged so Captain won’t have trouble finding me in the future.】
Shen Huaizhi did not reply.
After returning at noon, there were no messages from Shen Huaizhi either. Perhaps something genuinely needed his attention at the scenic spot.
Yawning, Jiang Heng typed.
【Water Worker Wang Xing: Captain, my leg hurts, and I can’t sleep.】
After sending it, Jiang Heng wiped away the tears that had welled up in the corners of his eyes. After staring at it for half a minute, he retracted the message, then sent a new one.
【Water Worker Wang Xing: Bro, my leg hurts, and I can’t sleep.】
Changing the way he addressed Shen Huaizhi was the first step in altering their relationship. Calling him “fiancé” felt awkward, but “bro” seemed fine.
In truth, Jiang Heng didn’t like calling others “bro.” It always sounded like submission, but he couldn’t call him “little brother” either, which would be mocking.
It didn’t quite match his soft and delicate omega character.
After sending the message, Jiang Heng didn’t expect a response. It was already so late; Shen Huaizhi must be asleep.
He tilted his head and gradually fell asleep.
The next day at noon, Jiang Heng was awakened by the sound of the housekeeper talking.
His room door was half open, and the clothes scattered on the floor had all been put away in the wardrobe, and the trash had been taken out.
Fingers pressed against his forehead, Jiang Heng suppressed his brows.
He wasn’t wearing shoes and walked straight to the door of his room.
“Yes, injured. It seems quite severe.” It seemed the housekeeper hadn’t noticed he was awake yet and continued talking on the phone. “Hmm, okay. By the way, took a suppressant the day before yesterday.”
“Maybe there was an activity yesterday, and I forgot?”
Jiang Heng’s hand rested on the doorknob, freezing.
He always knew that the housekeeper reported his daily schedule to Xie An. Since Xie An was busy with work, he often found her in the lab when he returned home in the evenings. Occasionally, she would take the time to call and check up on him.
However, it was different with the housekeeper. Xie An paid her a high salary, and even with just this job, she would call him whenever she had some free time to inquire about his daily life.
Jiang Heng used to think that Xie An cared about him.
But today, he couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off.
He remembered what the doctor had said yesterday – “There’s a presence of special medication in the blood report.” The doctor didn’t elaborate much, but for some reason, Jiang Heng remembered that sentence.
He used the omega suppressant developed by Xie An’s lab, and it was being deployed nationally with no issues. However, because the number of users was relatively low, most hospitals didn’t even have samples, so it was normal for doctors not to know the exact composition.
Jiang Heng twisted the doorknob, producing a crisp sound.
It seemed the housekeeper was startled and turned around to look at him, not hanging up the phone. “Awake? Do you want something to eat?”
Jiang Heng leaned against the door frame with one hand, smiling. “In the future, don’t enter my room without my permission.”
The housekeeper seemed a bit surprised. “Okay, okay.”
Young men often carried a hint of hostility in their eyes when just waking up, and the housekeeper was used to it.
“The lock is broken.” Jiang Heng moved the doorknob, but the lock core didn’t budge. “I’ll call someone to replace it.”
The housekeeper nodded, holding her phone.
Jiang Heng raised an eyebrow and smiled. “Calling my mom?”
There was no amusement in his eyes. With half-closed lids, he still looked a bit fierce and imposing, as if not fully awake yet.
The housekeeper nodded, realizing it. “You tell Sister Xie; I’ll go make lunch for you. What do you want for lunch?”
She handed her phone to Jiang Heng.
Jiang Heng lowered his head, glanced at it, didn’t answer, and directly pressed the end call button for her, not even giving the housekeeper time to react.
“Anything is fine. My leg is injured, so I can’t eat anything too greasy or spicy.”
After saying that, he yawned and retreated into his room, closing the door.
The housekeeper watched him enter the room and breathed a sigh of relief.
While Jiang Heng was getting ready, Xie An’s timely call came through.
“Jiang Heng, are you injured?” The background on Xie An’s side was quite noisy, probably having lunch in the cafeteria.
Jiang Heng responded with a casual “Hmm, it’s okay, just a little injury.”
After a moment of silence, Xie An spoke gently, not sounding like she was reproaching him. “If you’re near the city, don’t get into fights with others. I’ll come to see you in a while.”
Jiang Heng paused in putting his toothbrush into the cup and glanced down at his leg. After a night’s sleep, he already felt much better. His wounds typically healed quickly; sometimes, injuries he wasn’t even aware of would scar over in just a few days.
“No fighting,” Jiang Heng said, giving a slight smile, then walked out of the bathroom. “Acting heroically, you know.”
Before Xie An could say anything else, Jiang Heng took the initiative. “Mom, I need to go do my homework.”
“Hanging up.”
As the call ended, Jiang Heng frowned slightly. It seemed that since his unexpected transformation, the topics of conversation with Xie An had changed.
He was somewhat afraid that Xie An would steer the conversation towards Shen Huaizhi. For some inexplicable reason, he didn’t want to tell Xie An about the incident that accelerated his heat.
After lunch, Jiang Heng took another nap.
This time, his sleep was restless.
Perhaps it was due to the exchange of pheromones with Shen Huaizhi in the car yesterday. In that one hour of sleep, he dreamt of Shen Huaizhi’s outrageously handsome face.
Of course, it wasn’t an overly innocent dream.
Drawing on his limited experience of embracing Shen Huaizhi’s slender waist, he successfully exposed the other person in the dream.
When the alarm clock rang, Jiang Heng still wore a confused expression.
Damn it.
Curse that damned He Ci.
He could forget about getting off his blacklist for the rest of his life.
If it weren’t for He Ci’s words, would he have thought of so many confusing things?
The curtain wasn’t tightly drawn, and the afternoon sun was dazzling. The bed was bathed in sunlight.
Jiang Heng uncovered the blanket and looked around, his face turning terrifyingly dark.
【The feeling when you want to dominate Shen Huaizhi.】
【You want to dominate…】
【The feeling…】
Damn it.
With a blank expression, Jiang Heng wrapped his leg in plastic wrap and then went into the bathroom.
Thirty minutes later, he came out and checked his phone messages.
An hour ago, a WeChat message from Shen Huaizhi.
【Shen Huaizhi: If it hurts too much, you can take painkillers.】
After a shower, Jiang Heng had already recovered quite a bit.
He replied with a deadpan expression.
【Waterworks King: Thanks for your concern, Captain. It doesn’t hurt anymore.】
【Shen Huaizhi: Okay.】
Quite concise.
After some contemplation, Jiang Heng emptied his backpack and finally found the only sheet of paper that hadn’t turned into scrap.
He pushed aside the various models cluttering his desk and then retrieved a pen from the gap in the table.
One minute later.
【Waterworks King: [Photo] Captain, I can’t do this, can you help?】
The strategy said that he should show enthusiasm for learning in front of an alpha, demonstrating that he was a good student. He could also appropriately ask an alpha for help, giving the alpha a sense of worship.
Impressive, Jiang Heng.
To be able to apply such a high level of strategy in practice.
Shen Huaizhi placed the completed paper aside, and his phone vibrated again.
He usually didn’t check his phone often; he only looked at it occasionally when there was something important.
Jiang Heng sent a photo.
In the picture, the slender and fair hand of a young man gripped a nearly inkless pen. The forearm was also quite fair and slender but not as thin as the average omega; although Jiang Heng was thin, he was well-built, and his arms appeared powerful.
In the corner of the photo, a corner of some model was faintly visible. It should be some kind of model.
However, that wasn’t the focus. The focus was the English test paper placed upside down beneath his elbow.
Written on it were the prominent words “Freshman Year Unit One Test.”
Freshman year, the grade.
Their assignments for this week did not include test papers from lower grades.
Shen Huaizhi lowered his eyes. To do his homework, he drew the curtains tight in the study, preventing sunlight from coming in. He turned on the lights to reduce the glare.
After a moment, Shen Huaizhi chuckled lightly, a fleeting expression on his face.
【Shen Huaizhi: Which question don’t you understand?】
Author’s note: Oh, don’t blame everything on He Ci, okay?
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