Extra 7

In the luxurious palace, an alpha man in his twenties sat before a large French window.

He was tall, with a pair of long legs casually crossed. His beautiful peach-blossom eyes looked out the window.

His mid-length blond hair was layered distinctly, which further accentuated his delicate skin, giving it a cool, white sheen.

A knock sounded on the door, followed by the sound of approaching footsteps.

“Your Highness, I’ve found out.”

“Is it him?” Song Yu’s voice was icy.

“It is not.”

Hearing the answer, Song Yu turned his head and looked at Qin Luo, who was standing a few steps away. “Who is it?”

Qin Luo pursed his lips and hesitated. “Rong Shi, Colonel Rong.”

Song Yu’s eyes flickered, and his brow furrowed. “Who?”

Qin Luo scratched his face with his forefinger, a little embarrassed, but also afraid that not answering properly would anger His Highness.

“The Rabbit God is Rong Shi. I heard his military rank approval has come down. He’ll be promoted to Major General next month.”

“Impossible!” Song Yu’s hand on the armrest tightened, anger building in his eyes. “Go and check again for me.”

“Yes!” Qin Luo hurriedly complied.

As he turned to leave, he suddenly thought of something and braced himself to ask, “Your Highness, then what about that imposter—how should we deal with him?”

Song Yu’s mind was in a mess. He had never been so unable to calm down.

“Keep him stable for now. See what he’s going to do.”

Qin Luo: “Yes.”

Although he said it was impossible, as soon as Qin Luo left, Song Yu went to the military headquarters alone.

Although his power in the military was far less than Song Ke’s, his status as a prince was there, and it was very easy to find someone.

After entering an empty room on the top floor of the training ground, Song Yu waved his hand to dismiss the officer who had led the way.

“This inspection does not need to be reported to anyone.”

The officer complied and left quickly, as if fleeing a plague.

Song Yu stood by the window, his gaze searching the training ground.

Among the hundreds of people, he noticed Rong Shi at a glance. This was a friend he had “met” almost every day since he was young, but had never really met.

To describe him as a friend was not quite accurate.

In Song Yu’s heart, he was the last piece of pure land in this world, unrelated to power, desire, and all the disturbances of the secular world.

But ironically, it turned out that the “pure land” was also in the mud.

In the training ground, Rong Shi was training the soldiers under his command.

He had a naturally cold face and looked very strict, but he could always immediately spot subtle mistakes and repeatedly correct his subordinates.

“To be so cute and yet an alpha, you’re a fraud, Bunny—”

After watching for a long time, Song Yu let out a light sigh.

That night, Song Yu received Qin Luo’s report.

“Understood,” Song Yu said, flipping through the documents, his face as usual. “Keep an eye on He Nian’s movements.”

Qin Luo pulled up a screenshot sent from his subordinate. “He has invited you to a charity dinner in three days. How should we handle it?”

“Charity dinner?” Song Yu looked up, lost in thought. “The one for the omega rights protection organization?”

Qin Luo nodded. “This organization is taking the lead, in conjunction with dozens of other larger public welfare organizations, to create a platform specifically for omega employment. They’ve made a big deal out of it.”

Song Yu pondered for a moment. “Accept it.”

“Okay.” After finishing with the official business, Qin Luo planned to slip away. At such a sensitive time, it was better not to wander around in front of His Highness, as it was easy to become cannon fodder.

“Do you think—” Song Yu called out to him, “should I ask him to meet?”

It was a random sentence, and Qin Luo didn’t react. “Who?”

Song Yu scratched his head with a hint of annoyance and waved his hand. “Forget it, asking you is like asking no one.”

Only then did Qin Luo understand, and his jaw dropped in shock.

Even though he already knows the Rabbit God is an alpha, His Highness still wants to meet him?

Could it be a date for a fight? To kill the other party in a fit of rage?

Qin Luo opened his mouth and hesitated to comfort him. “Your Highness, after all, the Rabbit God has known you for so many years. You, you should be gentle.”

Song Yu: “Get lost.”

Qin Luo: “…”

For several days in a row, he secretly went to the military headquarters to inspect. Song Yu stood by the window, a candy in his mouth, editing a line of text in the virtual window, but his hand hovered over the send button for a long time without pressing it.

What if the other party also mistakenly thinks I’m an omega? Wouldn’t it be very awkward to meet rashly?

What if the other party is unwilling to associate with me after knowing my identity?

It’s better to maintain the current state for now.

For the first time in his life, Song Yu became an ostrich.

At the charity dinner, He Nian took Song Yu around to chat with people, deliberately getting him drunk.

Song Yu saw it all, pretended to fall for it and get drunk, and was helped by He Nian to a hotel room.

As soon as they entered the door, Song Yu was surrounded by a flood of omega pheromones. The strong instinct almost made him lose his mind.

“Your Highness—”

He Nian whispered in his ear, his voice seeming to carry a soul-hooking chain. “You smell so good—”

Song Yu pressed him against the wall. The deeper he breathed, the deeper he sank into it.

The moment his rationality collapsed, Rong Shi’s cold face suddenly flashed before his eyes, and the abnormal heat in his body immediately dissipated by more than half.

“You smell very good too,” Song Yu’s hand moved to the back of his neck, his voice turning cold. “I’ve never smelled such a good pheromone.”

He Nian averted his gaze shyly. “If Your Highness likes it, then—ugh!”

Before he could finish, a pain shot through his neck, and he fainted to the ground.

Song Yu rubbed his temples and staggered back a few steps, letting his secret guards come in to clean up.

“Help him achieve his goal.”

Secret guard: “Yes.”

The next day, the news of He Nian and Song Yu’s romance spread throughout the upper-class circles.

In the study, Qin Luo’s face was heavy as he stood before the desk, reporting, “It’s no use. We can’t get into the matching system.”

Hearing this result, Song Yu was not surprised.

He had already tried all the methods he could, and had also gone to his father, but it was no use.

“I suspect the matching system has been damaged,” Song Yu said with a cold expression.

“Damaged?” Qin Luo was startled. “But wasn’t it sealed away? It shouldn’t break so easily, right?”

Song Yu leaned back in his chair and rubbed his temples. “I hope I’m just overthinking it.”

Qin Luo observed his expression and tentatively asked, “Is it very serious?”

Song Yu: “He Nian’s pheromones are so compatible with mine. I don’t think it’s a coincidence. What if someone used the matching system to specifically find such an omega to get close to me?”

Qin Luo’s eyes widened. “That’s too terrifying, isn’t it?!”

Song Yu: “If I were the one who got the system, I would also destroy it. That way, I would be the only one who has the matching system.”

Qin Luo said in a panic, “Then who could it be? The Qian family? The Lin family? It, it can’t be my family, right?”

Song Yu shook his head. “If the matching system really was leaked, we can’t be sure when it was leaked. A version left behind in the civilian population after the system was sealed, leaked by the military or the royal family in previous generations, or this generation, are all possible.”

With this explanation, Qin Luo’s head was spinning.

“Then if they were specifically sent to deal with you, the danger is too high. We should just get rid of him.”

Song Yu sneered coldly. “If someone really used this method against me, after one He Nian dies, there will be another. The enemy is in the dark, and I am in the open. We don’t have the tools to detect it, so it’s impossible to guard against.”

Qin Luo: “Then what do you plan to do?”

Song Yu narrowed his eyes slightly. “I’ll play along. I’m going to pull them out by the roots.”

The matter of He Nian and Song Yu’s one-night stand was widely publicized and soon reached the King’s ears.

Song Zheng sized up Song Yu, who was sitting opposite him. “You want to marry him? The reason?”

Song Yu sneered, his attitude dismissive. “What other reason could there be? If I like him, I’ll marry him.”

Song Zheng frowned, his face very dark. “You are the prince of the empire. Your marriage cannot be so trivial.”

This one sentence angered Song Yu.

The relationship between the father and son had become increasingly stiff over the years, to the point where they would argue almost every time they met.

“What, you don’t care about other things, but you want to control my marriage?” Song Yu stood up, looking down at Song Zheng’s eyes. “I’m putting my words here today. I’m definitely getting married!”

The day before the engagement banquet, Qin Luo finished his report and suddenly thought of something.

“I heard from my dad that Rong Shi is being promoted to Major General today. The military is holding a grand ceremony for him.”

Song Yu’s fingertips trembled slightly.

“He is the strongest among his peers. Even the most competitive Lu Ming has been left in the dust by him.” When it came to his idol, Qin Luo couldn’t stop. “I heard from my dad that he had accumulated enough military merits two years ago, but the Lin family has been suppressing him, and he was only promoted now.”

Song Yu: “Mm.”

Qin Luo babbled on for a while, then belatedly realized that Song Yu’s mood was off.

“Your Highness, there isn’t much to do today. Why don’t we go and take a look?”

Even if Qin Luo was a block of wood, he had seen over this period of time that his Highness’s feelings for Rong Shi were not ordinary.

If it were anyone else, he would have been blacklisted, beaten, and sent to the mines long ago. Even if it wasn’t intentional deception, but just His Highness’s own misunderstanding, that was still not acceptable.

Song Yu pretended to calmly flip through the documents, but after flipping several pages, he couldn’t read a single word.

He threw it on the table in frustration and rubbed his temples. “What time?”

Qin Luo: “Three in the afternoon.”

Song Yu looked at the time. It was already two-thirty. He immediately got up and walked out.

“Report earlier next time!”

Qin Luo: “…”

The two of them sped to the military headquarters, but they were still late.

Seeing Song Yu’s face getting darker and darker, Qin Luo hurriedly went to ask around to see if they could still make it to the ceremony for the presentation of the medals and ribbons.

When he turned around, His Highness was gone.

Song Yu strode along the corridor towards the auditorium.

As he turned the corner, he saw a tall and slender figure coming from a distance, and his steps suddenly paused.

The other person was wearing a Major General’s uniform with a black background. The military belt outlined a tight waistline. The whole person was like a sharp sword out of its sheath, full of vigor and sharpness.

Another beta officer was following behind him, and the two were talking about something.

Suddenly, Rong Shi smiled.

Song Yu’s heart skipped a beat.

At this moment, he backed down.

With Rong Shi’s strength, he could stand firm in the military even without taking a side. The fact that he was promoted to Major General faster than Lu Ming was enough to prove this point.

Even though he was in the mud, Rong Shi still had a way out.

But if he got involved with him, it would be like personally cutting off all his escape routes.

His current situation was very bad, and he didn’t know what the future would hold. If he lost, it wouldn’t just be him; everyone behind him would suffer as well.

Do I really want to drag Bunny into this?

Song Yu’s hands, hanging by his sides, tightened, his eyes dimming.

He turned and left before the other person could look over.

Rong Shi listened to Chen Chen’s invitation for hot pot for dinner, his gaze falling on the flower bushes outside the corridor.

A little bit of white was faintly visible through the gaps. A moment later, a palm-sized kitten jumped out.

Those watery eyes look so much like Little Cat’s.

At the thought of him, Rong Shi couldn’t help but smile.

Chen Chen was discussing the menu with him on his own. “Old Liu is fine as long as there’s meat. I want to eat tofu and corn. What about you? Do you want to order some vegetables—holy crap!”

Halfway through, he cursed lowly and rubbed his eyes, thinking he had seen wrong.

The eternal old iceberg was actually smiling.

“You guys decide,” Rong Shi replied perfunctorily. After the kitten ran away, he moved his gaze away.

A touch of gold appeared in his peripheral vision. He looked over and happened to see a blond alpha walking towards the gate.

The other person was about the same height as him, wearing a simple white shirt, paired with long pants and long boots. He had broad shoulders and a narrow waist, with a very good figure.

From this angle, he could only see the other’s side profile. By his aesthetic standards, this was the most handsome alpha he had ever seen.

“Hey, why is he here?” Chen Chen exclaimed in a low voice.

Rong Shi watched him walk out the gate until he was no longer visible.

“Do you know who he is?”

Chen Chen looked at Rong Shi in surprise. “You don’t know?”

Rong Shi: “Why should I know?”

Chen Chen looked around and explained in a low voice, “He is the one you often mention, the second prince Song Yu, who is surprisingly strong and has a surprisingly explosive temper!”

Rong Shi’s eyes paused.

So it was him.

I should have gone over to say hello just now.

Many times, the proposals he submitted that were rejected would be proposed by the second prince in another form, and most of them were successfully implemented.

Being in the circle of power, he knew how difficult it was, and he had an even greater admiration for this hot-tempered second prince.

Two days later, in the morning, Rong Shi reported for duty at the military headquarters. Having just been promoted to Major General, there was a lot of work to be handed over.

As soon as he entered, he heard a group of people gathered together, discussing.

“So tragic! Why was the He family so desperate to marry their child to the second prince?”

“They thought they could enter the royal family, for the glory of the whole family.”

“Putting other things aside, the second prince’s own conditions are really impeccable. But who would have thought this would happen?”

“Is it because their pheromone compatibility is too low? How could his pheromones go into a frenzy right after they got engaged?!”

“Who knows, maybe the situation in the Imperial Capital is going to change again.”

Hearing the words “pheromone frenzy,” Rong Shi’s steps paused.

Entering the office, just as Chen Chen came over to report, he asked in a low voice, “Whose pheromones went into a frenzy? The second prince’s partner?”

“No, it was His Highness the Second Prince,” Chen Chen clicked his tongue. “This is how cruel the palace is. If the second prince had a child first, there would be a bunch of people who couldn’t sleep at night.”

Rong Shi was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses after a while.

He shook his head and sighed lightly. “What a pity.”

Author’s note:

Rong Bunny shook his head and sighed lightly: What a pity, such a beautiful big cat wasted just like that.

Song Cat: What do you mean wasted?

Rong Bunny: If he had married me, there would have been no problem at all.

Song Cat: …