“That analysis report was something the Omega you like asked you to check?” Rong Shi’s face showed a rare trace of surprise.

Song Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, momentarily confused by the meaning of his words: “What’s the problem? Do you know what kind of medicine this is?”

His father was in the military system, his own identity was a mystery, his combat strength was a mystery. He didn’t take sides, wasn’t interested in any honors, and was secretly investigating something.

In Song Yu’s view, if Rong Shi wasn’t truly an ordinary person, then he must have some special identity.

Perhaps he knew something about the medicine Bunny gave him.

After asking this, Rong Shi remained silent for a long time, so long that Song Yu thought he wouldn’t answer.

“Like someone else,” Rong Shi said in a deep voice. “He’s no good.”

Song Yu: “?”

“Why?” This left Song Yu completely bewildered.

Rong Shi put down his cup, his face cold: “I forbid it.”

Song Yu laughed in anger: “By what right do you forbid it?”

Rong Shi: “Pick another one; I’ll help you pursue them. Give up on this one; there’s no chance.”

The conversation had suddenly veered so off-topic, it felt utterly bizarre to Song Yu.

Looking at Rong Shi’s serious gaze, he suddenly realized something. He looked back and forth between the analysis report and Rong Shi several times, his brow gradually furrowing.

“Is the bastard who asked you to check this medicine you?” Song Yu asked, but his tone was very certain.

Seeing Rong Shi didn’t deny it, he cursed under his breath: “You actually like an Omega who is also—?”

Seeing Rong Shi still didn’t deny it, Song Yu slammed his fist on the table.

Sparks flew in the air. The two were like two bombs, ready to detonate at any moment.

Rong Shi: “I forbid you to like him.”

Song Yu: “I forbid you to like him!”

After a few seconds of silence, both threatened almost simultaneously.

He never expected that investigating medicine would lead to a love rival. Song Yu’s stance was firm: “He’s mine!”

Rong Shi was equally unyielding: “When I knew him, you were still holding a milk bottle.”

He’s a childhood friend after all!

Song Yu clenched his back molars. At a time like this, losing composure meant defeat!

He sneered: “He gently strokes my head. Has he ever stroked yours?”

Rong Shi’s eyes darkened, and his chest felt heavy.

For the first time in so many years, he realized that the little cat was very likely to be snatched away.

“He’s held my hand.”

“Damn it!” Song Yu took two deep breaths in anger. “He’ll wait up for me to play games late at night.”

Rong Shi: “He sings to me.”

Song Yu: “He only plays with me.”

Rong Shi: “He only sings for me.”

Song Yu: “He just sees you as a friend.”

Rong Shi: “He just sees you as a little brother.”

The more they spoke, the more fluid their words became. In the end, they couldn’t help but inwardly wonder—

Bunny/Little Cat wouldn’t really dislike him, would they?

“Gege, you’re too noisy!”

Along with Cola’s angry little voice, came a flying eraser.

Rong Shi easily caught it with his hand. He turned his head and saw Mianmian’s concerned little eyes, and immediately quieted down.

Mianmian coughed softly a couple of times, his voice a little hoarse: “Gege, are you two arguing?”

Rong Shi walked over, tossed the eraser to Cola, and reached out to Mianmian’s forehead to check his temperature: “We’re not arguing.”

Song Yu sat opposite them, drawing out his words, his laugh sarcastic: “Not arguing, just almost fighting.”

Mianmian tugged Rong Shi’s sleeve, whispering: “Gege, you finally made a friend, you should get along well.”

Rong Shi: “…” He’s not a friend, he’s a love rival.

Cola, mimicking them, crossed his arms and lectured Song Yu: “Hear that? Get along well!”

Song Yu flicked him on the forehead: “Draw your picture.”

Cola shrieked, hugged his head, and dragged his sketchbook over to Mianmian: “Mianmian, he’s bullying me again.”

Completely demonstrating what it means to instantly cave.

Mianmian: “Does it hurt?”

Cola: “It hurts so much! I need a blow to make it better.”

Rong Shi, watching them: “…”

It was time to start teaching Mianmian self-defense.

Late at night, Mianmian was sleeping soundly, clutching his new bunny. Rong Shi covered him with a blanket and quietly returned to his own bed.

After calming down, he thought: How could a sweet and cute Omega like the little cat not have admirers?

But would he really touch Song Yu’s head?

Tossing and turning, unable to sleep, Rong Shi opened the detailed pharmacological report. The entire report was filled with technical terms, making it difficult for him to read. The conclusion clearly stated that the medicine had some therapeutic effect on primary glandular hypoplasia and pheromone release disorder, but excessive use would lead to permanent glandular damage.

Medicine that wasn’t for the right illness was poison.

But if this medicine was effective, why did Mianmian’s condition not improve at all in his previous life? Where did things go wrong?

He still needed to find a safe place to give Mianmian a thorough examination.

Saturday morning, after feeding Mianmian, Rong Shi took him out for a walk to aid digestion.

Just as he opened the door, a tall and a small figure emerged from the opposite dorm.

Rivals meeting, eyes burning with animosity.

The two little ones walked ahead hand in hand, while the two adults followed behind, bickering.

Passing students, witnessing the scene, sighed inwardly: Ah, what a happy family.

On the lawn, Rong Shi sat under a tree, watching the two little sprouts playing not far away, and asked in a low voice: “Still no news from there?”

Song Yu leaned against the tree trunk, casually saying: “I don’t have an obligation to report to you, do I, love rival?”

Rong Shi: “Don’t you want to know why that medicine affected you so greatly?”

Song Yu straightened up, looking deeply at him: “What are you investigating?”

Rong Shi met his gaze: “Perhaps we’re not investigating the same thing, but we’re definitely not enemies.”

Occasionally, the laughter of children drifted on the breeze.

As their eyes met, the atmosphere grew tense.

Song Yu leaned back again: “Still no movement.”

Rong Shi: “The tested medicine contains illegal stimulants, doesn’t it? Try using this bait to lure some fish up.”

Song Yu scoffed: “Do I need you to tell me that?”

As he spoke, 01 secretly slipped out of Rong Shi’s sleeve and turned into a small rubber ball behind the tree trunk.

[Master, I’m going to collect iris scans!]

Cola was busy comparing with Mianmian whose plucked grass looked better when a ball suddenly appeared by his feet.

“Why is there another ball?”

Before 01 could even activate its recognition system, history repeated itself. It was kicked away again, landing in the mud, making a large dent.

[Before I met Dad, I thought he loved me. After meeting him, I’m sure he doesn’t love me, boohoohoo—]

Rong Shi: “…”

Sunday afternoon, news suddenly broke on the military academy forum: the 88th Military District Hospital was found to have illegal drugs, and related personnel involved had been taken away. Omegas who had visited the hospital recently were asked to cooperate with the investigation.

“Holy shit! This is too crazy?! These low-quality stimulants aren’t usually sold in shady nightclubs?”

“I thought it was fake news, so I specifically checked the Academy Star government website, and it’s true!”

“If it weren’t for the explosion exposing those drugs, they might never have been found. Who would’ve thought a military hospital would be doing something like this!”

“I went for a hormone level check last week! They wouldn’t have given me random drugs, would they?! I’m so scared right now, ahhhh!”

Qin Luo had been staking out for two days, and rushed back to school on Sunday night.

“None of the higher-ups at that military hospital made a move. But there was an intern doctor who tried to secretly flee after the incident and was caught by Chestnut’s people.”

An intern doctor couldn’t possibly control such a large secret laboratory.

Song Yu sat on the sofa, sketching. On the white paper was a rabbit in work clothes: “Their inaction can only mean two things: either they think they can handle it, or the real secret hasn’t been discovered yet, so they’re not panicking.”

Qin Luo cleaned up the mess left by Cola: “The real secret? Selling illegal stimulants should be enough to get them in deep trouble, right?”

Considering Rong Shi’s series of actions, Song Yu leaned towards the latter.

Thinking of that night, he asked: “That gun still hasn’t been traced?”

Qin Luo slapped his forehead: “I forgot! I even asked Chestnut and his people, and no one has ever seen this model. It can only be custom-made.”

“Custom-made?” Song Yu flipped his pencil and tapped it lightly on the paper. “Check which company custom-made this gun. For the military factories, have Old Qin ask.”

“The outside ones are already being checked. For the military factories, I’ll call my dad now.” Qin Luo asked curiously: “Is this gun very powerful?”

Song Yu started adding lines to the rabbit again: “Very powerful.”

He then lazily added: “It took out over a hundred AI patrols in one go.”

Qin Luo: “!!!” Damn!

Once the origin of that gun was found, Rong Shi’s identity could be traced. Because of this incident, the monthly exam rules were temporarily modified.

Originally, after the written exam on Monday, the practical simulation exam would immediately follow the next day.

However, considering that some Omegas needed to undergo investigation, the practical simulation exam was moved to Wednesday.

Written exam scores would serve as the team assignment standard for the simulated battle, and the final score would be based on points accumulated.

Everyone was nervous. Those who had good grades worried about their ranking dropping, while those with poor grades wanted to climb up.

Meanwhile, Lu Ming, whom many speculated might reverse his standing and become first this time, was in a terrible mood.

A mission opportunity within his grasp was lost. He was harassed by Jiang Xingze for a week in retaliation, and then severely reprimanded by his father.

If he could have been the first to take on a mission, he could have regained all the face and prestige he had lost, earning a new wave of reputation, but everything was ruined.

“Do you know how much it cost me to get you in there?!” Lu Youqi slammed a water glass, roaring, “You can’t even compare in strength or brains, and you teamed up with such a deranged ally! You’ve truly disappointed me!”

Lu Ming clenched his teeth, his eyes full of defiance: “Then why didn’t you just put me in your own legion?! The Lin family already has a grudge against us. Your decision to put me there was wrong to begin with!”

“Do you think I can just deploy troops whenever I want?! Am I in charge of the military?!” Lu Youqi’s voice rose another octaves: “You think I can just conjure up missions that are short, safe, full of military merits, and suitable for a rookie like you?!”

Lu Ming’s face was grim, his eyes filled with stubborn defiance.

“Our family has never had such a useless member as you! With your current behavior, how can you bear the glory of the Lu family! How can I trust you with the Lu family in the future?!”

Being spoken to in such a manner, Lu Ming gnashed his teeth, then suddenly retorted loudly: “Isn’t that hereditary from you?!”

Lu Youqi’s anger flared even more: “What did you say?!”

“Weren’t you also the perennial second-place back then?” Lu Ming was driven mad by anger and continued without thinking, “Don’t think I don’t know, when you were at the military academy, you were also suppressed by someone named Rong—”

“Shut up!” Lu Youqi roared, sweeping the documents off the desk.

Lu Ming was startled by his furious demeanor, suddenly regaining his senses, and swallowed all the words he was about to say.

Monday morning, before entering the exam hall, Rong Shi saw Lu Ming walking towards him with a grim face.

“This time, I will definitely not lose to you!”

Thinking of the current plan, Rong Shi said indifferently: “What’s the point of beating a slacker like me? You should set your sights higher.”

Students who overheard this: “…”

If you’re a slacker, then what are we? Academic waste?

Song Yu walked over empty-handed, elegantly stifling a yawn.

“What score are you aiming for this time, gege?”

“Sixty, I guess,” Rong Shi said casually.

Students: “…”

Still no fighting spirit as always. Chairman, can’t you pull yourself together?!

“Then I’ll aim for sixty too,” Song Yu said casually, slinging an arm over Rong Shi’s shoulder and chuckling lightly, “We talked too late last night, so sleepy.”

He didn’t say who he talked with, but his expression said it all.

This provocation was childish, yet very effective.

Rong Shi’s fist was already clenched.

He said coldly: “Let’s go on a date after the exam.” With him.

Song Yu’s expression instantly changed, his smile gradually turning fierce: “Alright, a date it is.” I’ll go too.

Other students: “…”

Are we scooping dog food with buckets? Be human, will you!

Lu Ming felt a mouthful of old blood stuck in his throat: “…”

The greatest insult is when you challenge someone, and they don’t take it seriously.

The students in their exam room were all top performers from the new training.

Most people had worked hard for a month, hoping to get good grades this time.

Upon hearing that Rong Shi and Song Yu, the two top-ranked students, only planned to score sixty, this was an incredible opportunity!

Even if their ranking remained unchanged, just scoring better than them would be enough to boast about for a month!

Everyone confidently walked into the exam hall. When the bell rang, they opened their desktop terminals to pull up the exam paper.

Just one glance, and their hearts sank to the bottom—

Could they possibly score sixty on this? If they did, their ancestral graves would be smoking with pride.

Author’s notes:

Bunny: Get away from that golden-haired Alpha, he’s dangerous!

Little Cat: That poker-faced Alpha looks really bad, run!

Bunny/Little Cat: So he doesn’t like my type after all. [wants to cry]