Chapter 31
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With a light “clatter,” the earphones fell to the ground.
But Rong Qiu couldn’t spare any attention.
The embrace felt too familiar to him, as if the person behind him naturally fit with him.
The warm and firm chest, the strong and powerful arm and back of the hand with bulging veins, the scorching and rapid breath that brushed past his ear, and the unmistakable scent of agarwood, so strong that it could devour a person little by little.
Rong Qiu was like sinking into an invisible quagmire, all his strength unloaded.
He stiffly turned his body to the side.
His gaze, from the green-brown military uniform, gradually moved up, passing over the smooth high-quality military green lapel, the silver-shining cross-shaped top button, and finally, met that face.
It should be a stranger.
Now, it unexpectedly completely overlapped.
Almost identical!
Rong Qiu’s breath suddenly stagnated.
This face, he had just seen it in his dream last night.
The man had slightly upturned sharp phoenix eyes, a nose bone like a peak, and a jawline as sharp as a knife.
Rong Qiu was stunned.
The person in front of him had not yet noticed his abnormality.
The man imprisoned his wrist, nibbling on his neck like a fierce dog, and although he looked fierce, his eyes suddenly turned red.
“I missed you.”
Rong Qiu blinked, listening intermittently as he was going through a tremendous brainstorm. Was he having hallucinations because he didn’t sleep well last night, or was he still dreaming?
Why did the voice sound so similar?
Integrated with the sound, it was exactly the appearance of his deceased lover reappearing in front of him.
But Rong Qiu quickly realized.
The person in front of him was not Ah Ye.
Ah Ye wouldn’t wear a black pheromone suppressor, wouldn’t have such sharp fangs, and certainly wouldn’t gnaw at his neck like a ferocious dog.
His Ah Ye was always a gentleman, gentle.
From the embrace to the two people’s eye contact, it took less than two seconds.
Rong Qiu, who had figured it out, completely regained clarity. He frowned and pushed away the alpha in front of him, his face showing the deliberate tenderness reserved for strangers.
“You are not him.”
Although your eyebrows, eyes, and body shape are similar, my lover is a beta, and he is an orphan.
And his name is Qin Ye.
***
Qin Muye didn’t notice Rong Qiu’s anomaly at all, and didn’t even release his arms.
It was as if the evil dragon had finally found the long-lost treasure, and no matter what, he wouldn’t let go.
But Rong Qiu had already started to feel impatient. This was already his countless times of irritability today.
This place and he were incompatible, and he and the famous Commander Qin had conflicting auras, especially when he saw the alpha’s face. An indescribable anger and restlessness spread from the soles of his feet, rising up until he realized he was being hugged by someone. His overheated mind was instantly soaked with an incomparable coldness.
Now, what is this?
A person with a 100% resemblance to his lover is currently hugging him.
Any other omega would be excited about it.
Rong Qiu is unwilling, and even a strong urge to vomit surged up.
So disgusting.
Really disgusting.
His body, his heart, both had very obvious reactions, intending to tell him to get away quickly.
Avoid! Danger!
He acted on instinct.
This was the second time he reached out to push the man’s chest.
Still, it had no effect.
Rong Qiu even felt the man’s scorching breath bursting at his ear.
His earlobe was his sensitive area, untouched by others for many years. Rong Qiu’s eyes narrowed slightly, and his expression became completely gloomy and cold.
“Bang!”
It was the sound of a single-person recliner toppling over.
Together with it, there was also a tall and sturdy alpha.
This was a beautiful combination of a grip and a shoulder throw.
The grip disrupted the alpha’s balance, and the subsequent shoulder throw produced a perfect muffled sound, worthy of being in textbooks teaching various self-defense techniques.
Qin Muye was dumbfounded. Untangling Rong Qiu’s grip wasn’t difficult, but he didn’t expect Rong Qiu to actually take action against him. Seeing the joyous and self-forgetful expression on Rong Qiu’s face upon seeing him, he ended up being forcefully pressed to the ground. The beta’s highly resilient thighs even pressed against his chest, making it difficult for him to breathe.
The man looked at the beta who was half-squatting in front of him, his dark pupils filled with shock.
“Little Qiu!”
Being called “Little Qiu,” Rong Qiu’s beautiful eyebrows were immediately flattened.
“I’m called Rong Qiu.”
The name “Little Qiu” was too intimate and not something other alphas could call him.
Qin Muye’s eyes were full of pain, yet he called out again, “Little Qiu…”
He called softly, so soft that Rong Qiu, who was only half a meter away from him, almost didn’t hear it.
But Rong Qiu, with good hearing, heard it.
Because he heard it, Rong Qiu felt that this S-class alpha seemed a bit problematic.
He said it, and he still didn’t listen.
He even took advantage of him as soon as he came in.
Although he was a beta guy in his twenties, not a pretty omega, he still felt uncomfortable.
Clearly, he’s an alpha.
But he wouldn’t let go of even a beta like him.
Rong Qiu got goosebumps, feeling nauseous.
He didn’t even want to maintain the action of pressing one knee against the alpha’s chest right now. Rong Qiu stood up, retreating three steps expressionlessly, successfully creating distance from the alpha who was having a meltdown.
“Commander Qin, please restrain yourself.”
A flash of white light crossed Qin Muye’s mind, leaving his brain completely blank.
The man who hadn’t gotten up yet looked up at his beta who was distancing himself. The faintly colored corners of his lips lifted slightly, “You, what do you call me?”
Commander Qin?
Rong Qiu glanced at him, mercilessly and decisively repeated, “Commander Qin. Considering your recent behavior, I can file a complaint for sexual harassment. And regardless of your intentions towards me, I already have a lover, please restrain yourself.”
Having said that, Rong Qiu pulled out a packet of disinfectant wipes from his casual pants.
Opened it, took out a tissue.
Silently wiped his neck and earlobes over and over again.
Finally, right in front of the alpha, he threw the used tissue into the trash can at his feet.
He expressed his annoyance and displeasure at being intimately touched by a stranger in this silent way.
Unfortunately, the alpha noticed none of this.
Because all the space in his mind was filled with Rong Qiu’s words.
—I already have a lover.
In the past half month, Qin Muye had imagined countless times how Rong Qiu would react when he saw him.
Joyful, excited, or a soft expression of not wanting to see him with a pout.
He had thought of many possibilities.
The only thing he didn’t expect was that the beta would cleanly and decisively take action against him.
And he even said, “I already have a lover.”
***
When Rong Qiu left the office, he felt a bit unlucky.
Yes, too unlucky.
He was actually taken advantage of by an alpha.
Brother Rong Qin was right; alphas were really all no good.
Too disgusting!
Rong Qiu put on a large hat, hiding all the irritation and anger on his face in the hat. To the point that he even forgot that he came today to discuss business.
Having boarded the car, Rong Qiu suddenly remembered that he had made a futile trip this afternoon.
Clearly, the military district had called him for some matter, but now he hadn’t even figured out what it was about.
But what did it matter to him?
It was Commander Qin who had made advances on him first. Just thinking about his sensitive ears being stuck to and tightly embraced by someone, Rong Qiu’s goosebumps fell all over again.
Driving away, leaving behind.
As soon as Rong Qiu returned to the villa, he immediately rushed to the bathroom.
Turning the water pressure to the maximum, not even waiting for the water heater to heat up, he stood under the shower. The falling water drops were like the most violent summer rain, cool and forceful. Rong Qiu stood naked under the shower for thirty minutes, and when he emerged, he was still silent and gloomy.
But he had calmed down.
A question that he had overlooked for a long time finally reappeared in his mind.
—Can there really be two people in the world who look exactly the same and even have similar voices?
Rong Qiu had seen quite a few twins.
Those identical twins, born after birth, mostly had similar appearances, even their voices and preferences were similar.
So, were Ah Ye and that Qin Muye twin brothers???
Based on the news he usually saw, he clearly remembered that apart from the well-known S-class alpha brothers, there was no sign of the main Qin family having a third child.
What on earth is going on?
Why is there such a high resemblance between his lover and this Qin Muye?
It’s like they were carved out of the same mold.
Rong Qiu’s usually clever mind was having a rare moment of confusion.
Subconsciously, he felt like he was forgetting something crucial.
But he just can’t figure it out.
By the end of his thoughts, a throbbing headache starts pounding on both sides of his temples.
Rong Qiu frustratingly rubbed his hair with a dry towel. Unable to dispel the gloominess, and before the restlessness became uncontrollable, he put on a stern face, grabbed his wallet, and strided out.
***
Rong Qiu rarely visited beta bars.
He felt that alcohol would numb his nerves and slow down his usually sharp mind.
But his beta lover enjoys going to bars.
Even when Ah Ye was still studying, he would smoke and drink in bars. Once, he got so drunk in a bar that Rong Qiu had to take him to a hotel.
At that time, Rong Qiu didn’t like bars.
But out of love and missing his lover, after arriving at the 13th Military District, Rong Qiu found this beta bar, which is closest to his villa and has the best reputation.
The first time led to a second time.
Undeniably, the variety of drinks in the bar can help him vent his bad temper to some extent. So alcohol became a new hobby for him after being separated from his lover.
Rong Qiu is acquainted with the owner of the beta bar.
It’s also true that they met through a little confrontation.
Not that Rong Qiu fought with the beta owner, but one day, a group of alphas barged into this beta bar. Everyone present was beta, yet no one could stop them.
At that time, Rong Qiu happened to be irritated by a small design problem in a mech’s side wing. Hearing those alphas calling betas “mediocre and incompetent,” and saying “the 13th Military District is nothing special,” Rong Qiu directly grabbed a bottle and went up.
One against five.
Knocked down the whole bunch.
Even the patrolling police around came over.
The alpha officers of the 13th Military District are different from those of other districts. After carefully inquiring about the incident and confirming that those five alphas were causing trouble, they took them away. Before leaving, they gave Rong Qiu a reminder, lightly advising him to be more restrained next time. Otherwise, if there’s bloodshed, they’ll have to wash the police car.
From that day on, the owner of the bar inexplicably became Rong Qiu’s little fan.
After a long absence, the owner personally mixed a drink for him.
“Do you have something on your mind?”
Rong Qiu gave a nonchalant “Hmm,” then took the plum wine the owner handed him.
It’s just ten percent alcohol.
It’s specially mixed by the owner for Rong Qiu, who has a light tolerance.
With a sour taste in the alcoholic breath, Rong Qiu swallowed after holding it for four or five seconds. “Do you think there are people in the world who look and sound exactly the same?”
“Of course.” The beta owner sat across from him, giving a prompt reply. “Identical twins are like that.”
“Are there identical twins with different secondary genders?”
“This…” Rong Qiu knew the owner’s answer.
He took a big sip of the drink.
He had to admit that his thoughts were completely messed up.
Director Qian gave him the day off tomorrow, and Rong Qiu, rarely seen at the bar, drank a few more cups.
The beta bar is clean.
Perhaps because everyone present is beta, it’s not as chaotic as the bars Rong Qiu visited on A Star. It was more like a classy bar. When three to five friends gather, it becomes a bit livelier, but those who come alone to drink quietly remain composed.
With the owner accompanying him, Rong Qiu unknowingly drank a bit too much.
The car he came in cannot be driven now.
Driving now would be driving under the influence.
Rong Qiu leaned against the sofa, rejecting the owner’s offer for him to stay in the top-floor guest room. His thoughts wandered aimlessly, and after a few breaths, he lazily took out his phone, sent a message for the alpha younger brother who should have finished work by now.
—Brother Little Qiu, I’m coming!
After sending the message, the beta owner nearby hinted, “Your lover’s coming?”
Rong Qiu raised an eyebrow, looking at him with an indifferent tone, “My lover’s dead.”
In the end, Rong Qiu was picked up by Zhao Nanchen.
The car driven by the freshly graduated alpha younger brother was not very skilled, and it required Rong Qiu to give him more guidance from the co-driver’s seat. As the journey continued, Rong Qiu’s irritation grew, and he bluntly said they might as well let him drive.
He only has this life; whether Heaven wants it or not.
This scared Zhao Nanchen into becoming more serious immediately, and the car also started running much more smoothly.
Rong Qiu then retracted his gaze.
He stared straight at the trees along the road.
As the alcohol took effect, Rong Qiu, leaning against the window with a flushed face, reluctantly lifted the corners of his mouth, sinking into the unique and light melancholy of intoxication.
Zhao Nanchen’s driving was as slow as a worm crawling, utterly unacceptable.
His beta lover, on the other hand, was reliable.
Not only good-looking but also a graduate of the prestigious A University’s Command Department, even among alphas, he was skilled in driving.
However, despite his lover being capable in many aspects, he couldn’t seem to live properly.
Midway through his thoughts, the beta’s focus unconsciously drifted to a certain S-class alpha. He touched his earlobe, vigorously rubbed his neck, and his stomach churned uncomfortably. Some inexplicable nauseating desire surged strongly.
With his mind in turmoil, Rong Qiu could hardly endure it any longer.
The beta frowned, covering his mouth, and sternly shouted at the alpha driving in front.
“Stop the car.”
“Huh?”
“Stop by the trash cans; I feel like throwing up.”
***
Someone even more confused than Rong Qiu is Qin Muye.
By the time it was almost time to get off work, the alpha had been in a strange state. Although he was clearly reviewing documents, he hadn’t turned a page in half an hour. Even the ink droplets on the black steel pen in his hand had congealed into tiny droplets at the tip.
His mind was empty.
Or, to some extent, it was very crowded.
But what’s crowded in wasn’t the files; it’s Rong Qiu’s words. Like being infected by a virus, his mind repeatedly copied and pasted the same words:
“I have a lover, I have a lover, I have a lover, I have a lover, I have a lover, I have a lover, I have a lover, I have a lover, I have a lover, I have a lover, I have a lover, I have a lover, I have a lover…”
The alpha was unwilling to admit this fact. He would rather consider this logical chain as a flawed argument than accept the fact that the beta actually had a lover.
But he knew Rong Qiu wouldn’t joke about such matters.
This must be true.
Rong Qiu had a lover.
Just because he had a lover, he pretended not to know him.
Qin Muye’s mood became particularly difficult to describe. Even though he had hoped all along that Rong Qiu would find a suitable beta after their separation, now that Rong Qiu actually had a lover, his mood was quite unpleasant.
Swelling, burning, and even jealousy.
Who…
What kind of person would Rong Qiu choose?
Unable to come up with an answer, he gave up and checked the surveillance footage.
After watching it, Qin Muye’s expression becomes even more unsightly.
This time, he saw the ring in the surveillance footage.
The Beta’s hands was beautiful, with well-proportioned bones, but they inexplicably wear a silver ring.
A bitter taste spread from Qin Muye’s mouth to the back of his throat. Cold sweat poured down as he gritted his teeth. The ink droplet that had been congealed for a long time finally couldn’t bear it and dropped onto the top-secret military document.
When the beta officer brought a new document over, he found his superior with a ferocious expression.
Afraid to look too much, the officer holding the document turned his gaze downward.
It’s beyond imagination.
Chairs in the office were overturned, and the whole place was in chaos.
This afternoon, Mr. Rong had come.
Judging by his superior’s high regard for Mr. Rong, he probably won’t get involved physically.
Would it be Mr. Rong then?
If he remembered correctly, Mr. Rong was a beta from the Mech Research Institute. How can a beta who has stayed in the research institute for a long time have such strong combat abilities?
The officer took another glance.
The chairs on the carpet were made of advanced metal and couldn’t be cut even with a knife. While they haven’t broken, one chair wheel was abruptly missing, and half of another chair leg was depressingly collapsed, lying on the floor in a pitiful state.
The beta officer can’t help but shiver.
If this had hit a person, it would undoubtedly cause fractures…
Qin Muye didn’t break any bones.
He just changed his expression suddenly as he stepped onto the car.
Frowning slightly, he briefly supported his waist, then, as if nothing happened, he got into the car with a cold face.
The man sat in the back seat.
The beta officer reported tomorrow’s schedule to him.
Qin Muye leaned back on the chair, his deep, ink-like eyes looking at the colorful signs of various shops outside. His profile formed a superior silhouette against the dazzling lights. The brown-green military uniform, with low saturation, created a sense of distant detachment.
At this moment, he didn’t know what he was thinking.
The beta officer reported tomorrow’s schedule to him, and he responds indifferently.
The whole person was stable, composed, upright, and restrained.
When the car was stuck in traffic, it stopped by the temporary parking strip.
He looked outside for a moment, and his expression suddenly changed.
The night was cool.
But the scene not far away was colder than the night.
Because he saw Rong Qiu, who was exchanging punches with him during the day, standing together with a tall man.
Shoulder to shoulder, hands touching.
Even more intimate behind.
The two of them directly embraced each other.
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