Xiao Yan’s father: “? It’s here. Though it seems to have suddenly gone missing recently. We’ve been looking for it for several days.”
Asking about pheromones was one thing, but why were they asking about the household registration booklet now?
“Uh…” After exchanging a couple of sentences, the two business-minded couples suddenly caught on.
That boy beside Luo Zhiyu, the wild kid who had appeared out of nowhere and might very well be ugly, was actually their own Xiao Yan?
Xiao Yan and Luo Zhiyu?
The person they had been laughing at all this time was their own child?
“Anyway, you should pay a little more attention.” Luo Sixue rubbed her temples, feeling exhausted. “Our Luo Zhiyu’s pheromones smell like white peaches. And judging by my instincts, those two have been together for quite some time. Maybe the scent will seem a little familiar to you.”
She should have realized it when Xiao Yan had said, “Thank you, Big Sister,” last time.
But the daily behavior of those two little brats was so misleading. Everyone’s impression of them was practically set in stone. If she hadn’t seen the new pheromone compatibility report, she wouldn’t have thought of that possibility, either.
And there had also been that inexplicable picture of a “boyfriend fresh out of the shower,” not to mention the U University location tags that kept appearing on Luo Zhiyu’s Moments.
Boss Xiao: “……”
Boss Luo: “……”
“Oh, I see. The surveillance cameras at home have been switched off again just now. I think I understand now.” Luo Sixue spoke expressionlessly. “Uncle, have your surveillance recordings at home also been full of gaps over the past day or two?”
“Yes…” The surveillance cameras had frequently malfunctioned or been deliberately switched off. The family hadn’t thought much of it, assuming the kids had their own ideas.
The mystery that had remained unsolved for so long was suddenly explained. Both families were at a loss.
“Let me process this.” Luo Yi sat down on the sofa. “You mean Luo Zhiyu’s boyfriend is Xiao Yan?”
“Are those two brats itching for a beating?” The two business rivals suddenly found themselves in complete agreement. “Isn’t this… deliberately going against their families?”
The case was solved.
This completely explained why neither family had managed to figure out whether their child’s boyfriend was tall or short, handsome or ugly.
“I just remembered something. Doesn’t your family have a parrot? It’s all colorful, talks in a sickly sweet voice, and even throws in a couple of English phrases.” Luo Sixue continued presenting her evidence.
Xiao Yu came to his parrot younger brother’s defense. “We do. But it’s not sickly sweet. It’s a cultured parrot with proper English pronunciation. Xiao Yan taught it.”
“So that parrot belongs to your family?” Luo Zhiyu’s parents had a deep impression of the parrot that had once been left at their home for a weekend.
“Let’s talk this through, shall we?” Luo Sixue threw out another photo of the pheromone compatibility report. “Since things have come to this, you can either go outside and fight or stay here and argue. The choice is yours.”
“After all, you couldn’t come to an agreement among yourselves, so you planned to make the two of them reconcile.” Luo Sixue’s voice turned chilly. “Well, they’ve reconciled now. They’re just a little too harmonious. I wonder if you’re satisfied?”
Luo Zhiyu, who had just arrived at his own front door, received a message from his sister.
[Luo Sixue]: Come back here. I promise I won’t beat you to death.
[Knowing Cicada]: ?
[Knowing Cicada]: How did you know I slipped away?
[Luo Sixue]: You’re really something else. Xiao Yan, huh? Your little orange boyfriend.
[Luo Sixue]: I should have figured it out earlier. What’s the big deal about dating someone? Why were you so unwilling to tell the family? It just wasn’t like you.
[Knowing Cicada]: You found out? That was pretty fast.
[Luo Sixue]: What else? What were you two thinking?! Were you planning to get engaged first and only tell us afterward?
[Knowing Cicada]: My sister is brilliant and perceptive! My sister is beautiful and kindhearted!
[Luo Sixue]: Spare me the flattery.
[Knowing Cicada]: My boyfriend told me to praise you. We couldn’t keep it hidden forever, and we never intended to hide it permanently.
[Luo Sixue]: You two, get back here. The household registration booklet is in my handbag. It’s not at home.
[Luo Sixue]: Let’s see how your parents and his parents fight it out first. If things don’t work out, I’ll stuff the booklet into your hands.
[Knowing Cicada]: Deal.
[Knowing Cicada]: Thank you, Big Sister.
[Luo Sixue]: Oh my god. After thinking it over, I feel like this is partly my fault. I shouldn’t have ordered you to bite him back then. That was where everything started. I’ll help you two sort this out.
[Luo Sixue]: But I’m still really curious how you two ended up together.
[Knowing Cicada]: It actually had very little to do with our pheromone compatibility.
“Brother.” Luo Zhiyu leaned against the doorway. “We’ve been discovered. After hiding it for so long, they’ve finally realized we’ve defected.”
“Actually, I dropped hints.” Luo Zhiyu sounded a little regretful. “It’s a pity none of them noticed.”
“That was to be expected,” Xiao Yan said. “Let them argue. It’ll just be the same pointless discussion about which of us is worse. I’ll check the time. We’ll wait until they’ve finished fighting before going back.”
“Okay.” Luo Zhiyu opened the front door. “We have an ally now. My sister has joined our side.”
The two who had slipped away from the banquet stayed comfortably in Luo Zhiyu’s room, completely removed from the situation.
Luo Sixue had always felt somewhat guilty about what had happened back then, so she was willing to help them out.
“That’s enough.” Luo Sixue put down her phone and interrupted the utterly pointless blame-shifting between the two families. “It takes two to tango. For those two to have reached this point, neither of them is innocent.”
“Luo Zhiyu wouldn’t have become the local kingpin of No. 19 High School if he were really as refined and well-mannered as you think. That video of him chasing someone with a broom got forty thousand likes. I’ve seen it myself.”
“Your Xiao Yan is no different,” Luo Sixue continued. “If he really were as indifferent to the world as your family claims, he wouldn’t have provoked Luo Zhiyu in the first place. Luo Zhiyu has been spoiled rotten since childhood. If Xiao Yan could get so close to him, he can’t be all that gentle, either.”
“Can we discuss something meaningful for a change?” Luo Sixue sighed.
“Would Xiao Yan bully Luo Zhiyu?” Luo Yi asked with some concern. “Our Luo Zhiyu is an Omega. He’s especially obedient.”
Luo Sixue: “……”
Yes, especially obedient. The kind who would bite someone on command. He had done exactly that to Xiao Yan when he was three years old, at her instruction.
“Oh, I almost forgot he was an Omega. What kind of Omega is that fierce? That video of Luo Zhiyu chasing Xiao Yan around and beating him up got forty thousand likes. Don’t tell me you haven’t seen it?”
“It’s true! Luo Zhiyu is really fierce!” An Alpha classmate who happened to pass by with a parent accompanying him seized the opportunity to complain. “But Xiao Yan is fierce, too!”
“Go on,” Luo Sixue encouraged him, tapping her fingernail against the table. “Tell them all about it.”
“I didn’t dare say anything last time, but now that those two aren’t here, it’s the perfect opportunity!” The student was furious. He looked around to make sure the two troublemakers weren’t there, then exaggerated his complaint for good measure. “Last time, I came out of the bathroom and saw Luo Zhiyu and Xiao Yan hugging each other. Those two were in cahoots! They shoved me into a corner and forced me to promise I hadn’t seen anything. Otherwise, they’d beat me up!”
“They were so fierce!” the Alpha student complained indignantly. “The two of them bullied me together, and they worked together really well, too. Seriously, don’t I deserve any dignity? And Uncle, your two families have such a terrible relationship, yet those two are dating! How can this be allowed? You really need to discipline them properly!”
“You’re too late,” Luo Sixue said. “We’ve already found out.”
Coming earlier wouldn’t have helped, either. Nobody had believed the truth before.
Luo Zhiyu’s parents: “……”
Xiao Yan’s parents: “……”
“See? I told you.” Luo Sixue gave them a sympathetic look. “There’s something wrong with both of those boys. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have ended up together. So I suggest you stop blaming each other and start discussing what to do next.”
Everyone in their industry knew that a major incident had recently occurred in City X. While the Luo and Xiao families were locked in fierce business competition, they had suddenly discovered that their children had been in a relationship with each other’s family members for years. Both sides had been completely dumbfounded.
Onlooker 1: Just break them up, then. What else can you do? They’re way too rebellious and have absolutely no respect for their families. Waiting for more gossip!
Onlooker 2: Oh, I went to the same school as those two. At first, they both differentiated during a group fight, and it even made the city newspaper. For the past few years, everyone thought they were constantly at each other’s throats. Nobody believed they were dating. Then, on graduation day, that new compatibility report was thrown right in our faces. My face still hurts from the slap. But I really want to see how their families handle this.
Onlooker 3: Honestly, a 99.999% ideal compatibility rate isn’t something you can just break up, right? Hahaha. Latest news: after both families failed to blame each other successfully, they’ve finally started talking properly.
Onlooker 4: I knew they couldn’t be separated, hahaha! Even Luo Zhiyu’s sister has defected. The latest I heard is that the two of them have already registered their engagement. Good for them. A feud between the older generation has finally been settled.
“All right, let’s leave it at that.” After several days of discussions, both families finally gave in. “Those two have managed to get this far on their own. What else can we do? Things have already reached this point. We can’t exactly force them apart now.”
“It’s not so bad,” Luo Sixue continued, having spent the past few days enjoying the spectacle. “At least they’ve known each other since childhood, went to high school together, and now they’re both at U University. That’s still better than some ugly, ill-mannered brat who pops up out of nowhere, isn’t it, Uncle?”
A few days later, Luo Zhiyu posted a photo of his university admission letter and a registration form for their engagement on his Moments.
[Knowing Cicada]: May my future turn out exactly as I wish. [Picture] [Picture]
The user “Knowing Cicada” tagged Director Wu and reminded him to take a look.
[Orange] commented: Nice. One sentence, two meanings.
[Fan Yue] replied to [Orange]: I can feel how smug you are through the screen.
[Fan Yue] replied to [Orange]: But congratulations to both of you. It really wasn’t easy. Given the circumstances back then, nobody believed you. Without your identical, extraordinary thought processes and your courage to show such contempt for pheromones, I doubt you’d have made it to where you are today.
[Fan Yue] replied to [Orange]: Fortunately, everything worked out in the end.
[Tangyuan Plays Hide-and-Seek] commented: Am I awake yet? Let me go back to sleep and check again. You two moved way too fast! You’re already engaged?!
[Orange] replied to [Tangyuan Plays Hide-and-Seek]: It’s all right. We went through quite a few twists and turns before our families finally agreed.
[Little Spicy Strip] commented: Impressive! Very impressive! What a promising future! Just as expected of two outstanding student representatives. You have your own thread on the No. 1 High School forum now, and your story has become a legend. The director used his administrator privileges to lock the thread a few days ago, hahaha.
[Director Wu] commented: ? And you even reminded me to look? Luo Zhiyu, come back here! I’ll arrange a public disciplinary notice for you!
[Knowing Cicada] replied to [Director Wu]: Thank you, Director. Thank you, thank you! I mean it sincerely, but I’m about to become a university student, so I’ll have to skip the trip back to visit.
[Director Wu] replied to [Knowing Cicada]: I’m furious!