Chapter Index

    When Shi Heng walked out of the restroom, Shuang Yu was already waiting at the door.

    They looked at each other from a distance, neither speaking first.

    In the end, it was Shuang Yu who conceded. He sighed softly, walked forward, and handed him a bottle of warm water. “Perhaps you need a loving hug right now?”

    He asked with a feigned lightheartedness.

    The latter’s pupils contracted slightly, and he suddenly pulled him into his arms.

    Shi Heng’s grip was so strong that Shuang Yu found it a bit hard to breathe, but he said nothing, just patted his shoulder reassuringly.

    Before Shi Heng came out, he had made a trip to the pharmacy to buy him some medicine and also a pheromone scent eliminator to get rid of the pheromone scent clinging to him.

    He had his doubts, but he didn’t plan on asking.

    Call it self-deception if you will, but he didn’t want to ruin this friendship.

    Once certain words were spoken, he and Shi Heng would never be able to interact as casually as they did now.

    He knew very well that the secrets Shi Heng carried were not something he could bear!

    Shi Heng held Shuang Yu tightly. Because he had used the pheromone eliminator, he couldn’t even smell the faint magnolia scent on him anymore.

    This made him extremely uneasy. His gloomy eyes stared intently at the back of his neck, his Adam’s apple bobbed, and he licked his canines, finding it hard to restrain himself.

    “Drink some hot water. This is stomach medicine. You should feel better after taking it.”

    Shuang Yu gently patted his back, his cool voice filled with deep concern.

    It was these words that made Shi Heng forcibly suppress the urge to use his pheromones to compel him into heat.

    This was the first time he had learned restraint!

    He couldn’t help but hold onto a sliver of hope. Perhaps Shuang Yu would be willing to help him?

    “Thank you.”

    Shi Heng took the warm water and medicine and swallowed them.

    “Let’s go back.”

    Shuang Yu patted his shoulder and said considerately.

    In his current state, he wasn’t fit to stay and watch the fireworks.

    “No, I want to see the fireworks. Let’s go see them…”

    Shi Heng grew anxious, his eyes filled with pleading and urgency.

    Shuang Yu sighed softly. In the end, he said nothing more, just nodded and took his hand, leading him toward the Ferris wheel.

    The latter looked down at his hand. Its cool temperature felt warmer to his heart than the cup of warm water and medicine.

    The Ferris wheel was the best spot to watch the fireworks. It should have been bustling with people, but at this moment, there wasn’t a single tourist in sight.

    Shi Heng led Shuang Yu by the hand onto the Ferris wheel, and it slowly began to turn.

    He also slowly began to speak. “Actually, I don’t like amusement parks. Because of the coup, I was once kidnapped at an amusement park by the nanny I trusted most…

    “You’ve probably guessed it. I’m not a Beta, I’m an Alpha! And my identity isn’t Shi Shu’s relative. My original name is Shen Shiheng!”

    Shuang Yu’s eyelashes trembled, his eyes filled with shock.

    He had indeed guessed that Shi Heng was an Alpha, but he never expected him to be the Crown Prince.

    Shi Heng slowly recounted the events of the past. When he was five years old, his royal grandfather passed away, and his father’s sister launched a coup in an attempt to seize the throne.

    Wei Sheng was part of the Crown Prince Faction and had been helping his father, Shen Lie. To prevent the disaster from affecting his family, he had to send the young Wei Yichen abroad.

    But the rebels were ambitious and ruthless. They eventually found Wei Yichen abroad, and he and Wei Yichen were kidnapped on the same day.

    Thanks to Ji Shuangyu, Wei Yichen narrowly escaped.

    His escape also freed Wei Sheng from any worries, which allowed him to ultimately help his father, Shen Lie, achieve victory and ascend the throne.

    But he wasn’t so lucky. He was brutally tortured by the kidnappers and his nanny for a whole month before being rescued.

    It was after that that he developed Omega Phobia. Not only did he reject Omega pheromones, but he would also go into a frenzy because of them.

    When his condition was at its worst, even his own mother couldn’t get close to him. The moment he saw an Omega, he would go berserk.

    This was a fatal scandal for the Royal Family. To protect the family’s reputation, his father had no choice but to announce that he was frail and sickly. From then on, he lived under an assumed name, fostered in Shi Shu’s home as Shi Heng.

    “I’m very envious of Wei Yichen, because he has you by his side…”

    Shi Heng’s voice was deep and muffled, heavy and hoarse, as if he were crying.

    Envious?

    Shuang Yu gave a bitter smile. Unfortunately, the thing the original host regretted most was saving Wei Yichen back then.

    “If it were me, I would never forget you… No, I would never let you leave my side in the first place. I would definitely protect you!”

    Shi Heng looked up at him and said with a determined tone!

    “You approached me because I’m an Omega who doesn’t emit pheromones?”

    Shuang Yu didn’t take his words to heart and instead voiced his own doubts.

    From the moment he insisted on going to the Ferris wheel, he had guessed that he wouldn’t let him go easily!

    “You were the one who ran into me first, weren’t you?”

    Shi Heng said with a meaningful smile.

    To this, Shuang Yu had no rebuttal.

    He was the one who had barged into his room, and it was he who, due to a drug-induced heat, had actively begged him to take him.

    He could let go of the fact that he had threatened him into having relations again; they could just call it even.

    Yes, Shuang Yu already knew that Shi Heng was the pervert!

    “So, what do you want from me?”

    he asked again, his expression impassive.

    “Our compatibility rate is one hundred percent… In this world, you’re the only one I don’t reject! Yu, I want to mark you. Only then can I return to normal, only then can I reclaim the surname that was taken from me!”

    Shi Heng pleaded with an urgent tone.

    Shuang Yu looked at him expressionlessly, but his heart was filled with disappointment.

    So, Shi Heng clung to him because he was useful, not because he liked him…

    This realization made his heart ache with a sour, dull pain.

    “I sympathize with your plight, Your Highness the Crown Prince, but unfortunately, I can’t help you. My gland was damaged long ago. If you force a mark on me, I will die.”

    As if in a fit of pique, Shuang Yu shook his head and spoke with cold indifference.

    “I… I didn’t plan to force a mark on you… I have a way to treat your gland, to make it undergo a second development…”

    Shi Heng explained eagerly.

    “Sorry, I have no intention of getting it treated.”

    “Why? You know that if this continues, your lifespan…”

    “I don’t care. There are no bonds keeping me in this world.”

    Shuang Yu shook his head, his eyes devoid of joy or sorrow, showing no attachment to this world whatsoever.

    His words sent a sharp pain through Shi Heng’s heart.

    He wanted to ask, what about me?

    Didn’t you say we were friends…

    “We are friends, but we are only friends.”

    As if guessing his thoughts, Shuang Yu let out a cold laugh, reminding him.

    Heh…

    Just friends?

    Shi Heng’s smile turned sharp.

    “So, you’re not willing, is that right?”

    “Yes. I’m not willing.”

    Shi Heng let out a chilling laugh, took a pill out of his bag, and swallowed it with the water Shuang Yu had given him moments before.

    The water had long since cooled, and that last bit of warmth had already dissipated.

    Boom, boom, boom—

    As the Ferris wheel reached its highest point, beautiful fireworks bloomed in the night sky.

    In the flickering, uncertain light, Shi Heng’s smile was bewitching and demonic.

    Even his exquisite face couldn’t hide the ferocity and sick possessiveness within.

    “But… I can’t live without you. What should I do, Yu?”

    The very soft voice was completely drowned out by the exploding fireworks, but what followed was an overwhelming wave of blood-scented pheromones!

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