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Chapter 44 – Kneel Down

About ten minutes later, the little police officer hurried back and shouted without even taking a breath: “Found it, Song Meng, 21 years old, a junior at Imperial University Omega College. He was wearing that orange cloak when he got out of the car at night.”

An Ji stood up: “Let’s go and talk to him!”

At five o’clock in the morning, a black car parked steadily outside the Song family residence.

“The Song family is quite rich.” Looking at the spacious and magnificent mansion in front of him, An Ji couldn’t help but sigh.

Although most people in wealthy areas were rich, there were differences between rich and wealthy. Ordinary rich people may only have a duplex, but the wealthy may have a castle near the lake, and even the stables were larger than the entire apartment of ordinary people.

There was no doubt that Song Meng was part of the wealthy. Reportedly, the Song family discovered a few mineral deposit stars during the expansion of the empire, and he has been on the road to rapid success ever since.

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Ten minutes later, An Ji, Li Rong, and the young police officer were sitting in the living room and waiting. Song Meng arrived belatedly. He was wearing a soft white nightgown, with his black hair tucked behind his ears. His whole body exuded a quiet and well-behaved aura.

“My apologies, I didn’t dare to keep you all waiting for longs o I came out without putting on makeup.” Song Meng sat down opposite them and he spoke softly.

An Ji, who had not washed his face for a whole day and night: “…”

Li Rong seemed not to notice the straight omega* temperament in him, and said directly: “Are these hat and cloak yours?”

[*T/N: From my understanding, the term 直O “straight omega” is most likely derived from the Chinese term 直男 “straight man.” It can speak of sexual orientation, but it usually describes a man who has stereotypically “bad” male traits, such as not having aesthetic appreciation, not being able to read the room, etc. So a “straight omega” is a stereotypical omega, one who is quiet, well-mannered, well-groomed, etc.]

Song Meng leaned over and took a look. Then he nodded slightly: “It’s mine.”

“Can you explain why it appeared on An Can?”

Song Meng glanced at the attendant, who put down a plate of fruit and bowed before leaving. When only the four of them were left in the living room, Song Meng said, “I heard something bad happened to an omega last night…”

As if he was talking about something extremely unspeakable, Song Meng was silent for a while, and then he mustered up the courage to say, “Is that person An Ning?”

An Ji said nothing.

Song Meng sighed, with a bit of sadness on his beautiful face. “Actually, I met him in the garden.”

“An Ning?”

“Yes, he was already in a bad state when I met him, so I gave him my hat and cloak, and then went back to the banquet hall to call for someone.”

“Then why didn’t you send him to the hospital?”

“I… I originally wanted to,” Song Meng lowered his head. His voice was a little choked. “But you also know that when an omega is in estrus, there’s a certain level of contagiousness. I didn’t dare to get too close for fear of being infected by him… I thought… I thought I would get back quickly and that he would be fine, but I didn’t expect…”

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Song Meng closed his eyes and shed big droplets of tears. When the omega cried, it was the image of a beauty crying, but neither An Ji nor Li Rong had any reaction. Only the little police officer hurriedly handed over a few tissues.

An Ji seemed not to notice the other person’s tears and continued to ask: “So when you came back, you found that he had already been defiled?”

“No,” Song Meng shook his head with reddened eyes. “When I came back, he was gone. I’m sorry… I didn’t want that [to happen]… if I had known that this would happen, then I definitely would not have left him alone there…”

As he spoke, Song Meng’s tears fell again.

Looking at Song Meng’s current state, it seemed like they would not be able to get any more information from him even if they keep questioning him, so An Ji stood up and said, “In this case, I won’t disturb you anymore.”

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Chapter 43 – Kneel Down (16.1)

Fortunately, after they arrived at the conference room, An Ji stopped teasing Li Rong and began to analyze the case seriously.

This case was actually not difficult. It was even a little too simple. When the time and place were fixed, one only needed to use surveillance to find the alpha and beta who were in the garden at the time of the crime, and then use the elimination method to determine the culprit.

At present, the police were also using this investigation method to finally identify An Can as the suspect through time, witness, and physical evidence.

But because it was too simple, no one even suspected that their judgment was wrong. The police department was in a hurry to deliver results to the superiors to demonstrate the spirit of the empire’s rule of law in front of the Republic.

However, An Ji was convinced that An Can was wrongly accused. He could not use the police department’s way of thinking to deduce the criminal, so he had to reorganize the clues with Li Rong.

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Monitoring showed that An Ning rushed into the garden from the banquet hall after 8:30 pm. About thirty seconds later, Xu Jing An chased after him, but she came out after two minutes because she did not see An Ning.

The garden was so huge that they got lost in the maze of rose gardens and plants.

The next time that An Ning appeared on surveillance again, it was already fifty minutes later at 9:10 pm. The first one to discover him was the head of the Education and Science Department Lang Lunli. He said he was having a smoke in the garden when he saw the unconscious An Ning. Then he immediately called the police and had An Ning sent to the hospital.

In the video, Lang Lunli looked to be in his early fifties. His smiling eyes make him look quite easy-going, with the reliability and kindness unique to his father’s generation.

An Ji asked, “When did he go to the garden?”

Li Rong answered, “8:50.”

An Ji frowned. “Does it take so long to smoke?”

…

“Does it take so long to smoke?” Two hours ago, Yu Zhengruan had asked Lan Lunli the same question.

“It wasn’t just smoking.” Lan Lunli shook his head. “School is about to start soon. A lot of people came up to me to propose a toast. I drank a little too much, so after smoking, I took a walk for a while to get some air.”

“Then you saw the victim?”

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“No, I took a call from my wife and chatted for a few minutes. After I ended the call and continued walking forward, I saw the victim.”

“The other person was already in estrus?”

“Yes.”

“You didn’t have any thoughts?”

“What kind of thoughts can I have?” Lang Lunli laughed. “I won’t like anyone except for my wife, not to mention that the child is younger than my son. Even if I’m deranged, I wouldn’t touch him, let alone in a place like this.”

…

Lang Lunli has a good reputation in the public mind. He respected omegas and was very approachable to betas. In particular, he spearheaded the Omega Protection Foundation and has helped many omegas in poor areas.

For the moment, he didn’t see any suspicious points, so An Ji swiped away the video and moved on to the next one.

“Do you think An Ning is dressed a little strangely?” Li Rong suddenly asked.

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“What’s strange?” Before An Ji could answer, the little police officer on the side spoke.

Li Rong answered, “He is wearing a white suit, but his hat and cloak are orange. The color and style design do not match. As a noble omega, he should not make such an obvious mistake.”

An Ji suddenly realized: “He didn’t wear a cloak when he came. These things belong to someone else!”

The young police officer stood up immediately: “I’ll go check it out right now!”

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Chapter 42 – Eat Dog Food 

An Ji was too lazy to argue with him, so he just shouted: “Li Rong.”

Li Rong stretched out his hand, pulled An Ji directly behind him, and said, “Commissioner Yu, let me introduce you, this is my assistant.”

“Assistant?” Yu Zhengruan looked at An Ji critically, with disdain on his face, “You actually asked an omega to be your assistant? Such a sentimental, weak creature that only acts on instinct?”

An Ji rolled his eyes and asked Li Rong with his gaze: Can I curse at him?

Li Rong: Go ahead and let loose.

An Ji took a step forward, until he was almost right in front of Yu Zhengruan.

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“What are you doing?” The latter immediately took a big step back vigilantly.

An Ji said, “Your mother is also an omega. Do you dare to talk to her like this?”

Yu Zhengruan: “…”

An Ji continued, “Or is it that when Commissioner Yu goes home, he verbally abuses his mother as a weak creature that only acts on instinct?”

Yu Zhengruan’s face turned blue and then white. Finally, he managed to squeeze out a sentence: “My mother is different from you!”

“Yes,” An Ji smiled instead of getting angry. “If she was like me, how could she give birth to a piece of heartless barbecued pork like you?”

“You-!” Yu Zhengruan was really angry. His eyebrows were drawn together until they looked like one furry caterpillar. The few police officers around were so scared that they didn’t dare to breathe too loudly.

It’s over, it’s over. The commissioner was going to fight with them!

Just when the little* police officer thought a fight was going to break out, Yu Zhengruan took a deep breath to suppress his anger and said in a cold voice, “Bring them inside and give them all the investigation information!”

[*T/N: 小 xiao “little” – can mean young in age, small in stature, or low in status. In this case, the meaning is most likely the first and/or last one.]

“Yessir!” The little police officer clapped his heels together and stood up straight immediately.

Yu Zhengruan expression was as dark as hell. The little police officer took them to the conference room without even daring to breathe. An Ji, on the other hand, was considering the case and followed behind without saying a word. So much so that when he heard Li Rong’s apology, he raised his head in surprise.

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“I’m sorry,” Li Rong said again. He thought that An Ji did not hear him the first time. Somewhat embarrassed, he explained, “Actually, there are still a small number of people like that, but there are many normal alphas too.”

An Ji was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed. Was Li Rong actually apologizing for Yu Zhengruan’s discrimination against omegas?

What kind of hidden treasure boy was this? Yu Zhengruan was the one who discriminated against him. Li Rong didn’t do anything wrong. There was no need for him to apologize.

An Ji’s smile was hearty and bright, like a rose waiting to bloom in the first ray of sunshine in the morning. Li Rong saw this sight and his face immediately turned red. He said in a small voice, “What is it?”

“I’m fine. That was just small potatoes*.” An Ji shook his head. “And you don’t have to apologize for him. If he really wants to apologize, he has to do it himself.”

[*T/N: Implying that he’s faced worse expressions of discrimination, and Yu Zhengruan’s actions were minuscule compared to those incidents.]

An Ji was not saying this to be polite. He really didn’t take it to heart. He has seen too many people who discriminate against omegas. This type of chauvinistic alpha was more common than ever.

In the early years, he would feel aggrieved when others said this to him, and he would stumble over his words trying to explain that omegas were not the kind of people they thought.

But the more life experiences he got, the more he understood that one a prejudice was formed, it was difficult to change. Instead of holding on to the slightest idea of changing the other party, it was better to directly prove it with facts.

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An Ji touched the top of Li Rong’s head, as if rewarding a sensible child, “You are such a good person.”

“…”

“I’m not a good person,” Li Rong frowned, slightly losing his temper. “I’m not good at all.”

An Ji straightened Li Rong’s hair again and said with a smile: “What are you afraid of? I’m not giving you a good person card.”

Not a good person card…

Li Rong’s movements stagnated, and his face turned red again. ​

The police officer leading the way: “…”

Not only do I have to work overtime with you all night, but I also have to eat your Supreme Royal Dog Food?

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Chapter 41 – Eat Dog Food* (15.1)

[*T/N: In Chinese, single people are jokingly called “单身狗” or “single dogs.” When single people see couples being lovey-dovey they are “eating dog food.” It means being subjected to the sight of lovey-dovey couples makes you feel the status of being single even more.]

An Ji maintained the posture of holding hands with Li Rong and silently walked across the lawn and arch bridge. When they arrived at the garden outside the banquet hall, he finally raised his head and hesitantly asked: “Do you really believe I didn’t do it?”

“Why would I not believe you?” Li Rong seemed a little surprised and instinctively said, “You have helped so many bullied omegas before, so how could you use this method to retaliate against others?”

He did indeed say that before, but the problem was…

“How do you know?” An Ji narrowed his eyes, “That should be what happened when I was on the Junk Star.”

Similarly, that was what had happened when Li long was forced to make an emergency landing on the Junk Star at the age of fourteen.

During an internal power struggle within the empire, a group of star thieves were bribed to kidnap Li Rong. He had forcibly connected with a mecha and escaped, but he was forced to land not he Junk Star due to insufficient energy. A local omega boy then picked him up.

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At that time, Li Rong was seriously injured. His spiritual power and pheromones were in a semi-collapsed state, so he disguised his appearance and identity, pretended to be an omega, and moved into the other person’s house.

The fourteen-year-old Li Rong had fair skin and a slender figure. He was full of indistinguishable androgynous beauty. He told the youth that he came from the Republic and the boy did not doubt him at all. The other person took the initiative to teach him how to survive on the Junk Star, and didn’t even avoid him when sleeping or bathing.

Two months later, the imperial warship finally found Li Rong.

Li Rong searched all over the Junk Star, but he could not find the boy who had taken care of him.

It wasn’t until six years later did he meet An Ji.

Only then did he realized that the other party had also lied to him. His real name was An Ji and he came from the Capital Star.

“I just did a little research…” Li Rong lowered his head and said in a small voice. Fearing that An Ji would not like it, he quickly explained, “Of course, I don’t know any more than that!”

“It’s okay if you know,” An Ji shook his head, “It’s just that maybe most people don’t like this kind of omega.”

“Who said that? I like you precisely like this!” Li Rong blurted out. His face suddenly turned red and he could not help feeling vexed.

An Ji laughed and rubbed his head: “Okay. Understood.”

Li Rong was anxious: “Just now, I was only making an analogy…”

He had no intention of confessing like this!

An Ji was still smiling: “Okay, I understand.”

Li Rong did not dare to continue talking about this and forcibly changed the topic back to the case. On the grounds that the case occurred in the palace and the imperial family had reason to participate in the investigation, he directly “persuaded” the police department to let them participate in the investigation while surrounded by a group of imperial guards.

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When he saw the imperial guards marching straight into the police station, Yu Zhengruan’s expression turned dark. He stopped in front of the main entrance and said coldly, “What is the meaning of this, Your Highness?”

“According to His Majesty’s orders, I am here to help Commissioner Yu catch the criminal.” Li Rong’s face wore an aptly concerned expression. “After all, such a terrible thing happened in the palace. My mother and younger sister don’t dare to go out, worried that the next victim could be them.”

Bullshit.

The two ladies had already rolled up their sleeves and were filled with righteous indignation. They wanted to rush forward and crush the criminal’s penis.

Li Rong said, “Commissioner Yu, please actively cooperate and bring the criminals to justice as soon as possible.”

The young police commissioner stood there, his eyebrows twitching uncontrollably, with a look on his face that said, “What the hell are you talking about?”

Did the prince think that he, Yu Zhengruan, was not familiar with those two ladies’ temper? They did not fit the stereotypical image of an omega at all! But since the two were members of the imperial family, Yu Zhengruan could not comment on anything. He could only let Li Rong inside with a depressed look on his face.

An Ji followed Li Rong and walked in. Li Rong got inside, but a gloved hand blocked An Ji at the door.

“Wait!” Yu Zhengruan stopped him. His face was full of cold indifference, “Who let you in?”

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Chapter 40 – Want to Hold Hands

“The imperial criminal law stipulates that those who commit defamation shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years.” Li Rong put himself in front of An Ji in a protective stance. With no emotion on his handsome face he said, “Perhaps you would like to finish what you’re saying in prison?”

“Your Royal Highness Li Rong!” Billy, who was so menacing just now, immediately stiffened like a board. Unwilling to back down, he continued to defend his point of view, “But everything I said is true… He really…”

Li Rong said, “Even the police don’t know what is true or not, but you already know?”

“But Ningning said…”

Li Rong interrupted him without any hesitation: “As long as you still care about your so-called friend, what you should do now is not get angry at an innocent omega, but go find the alpha who really hurt him.”

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Billy lowered his head, with tears in his big blue eyes: “I understand, I just won’t say it’s him anymore…”

An Ji didn’t speak the whole time. After exiting the hospital, he sighed and muttered, “Thank you…”

Li Rong shook his head, “No, it is I who want to thank you.”

“What?”

“My mother conducted a survey and found that most omegas who were sexually assaulted chose to suffer in silence, only ten percent reported the crime to the police to find the culprit, and less than one percent went to court to file a lawsuit. Taking care of the victim’s mental health is important, but I believe that catching the criminal is equally as important.”

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Li Rong’s voice floated in the night wind. His voice was deep and his words were clear. He was the type that could easily win over people’s trust.

“The culprit had the gall to do this kind of thing in the palace. One can only imagine how crazy the perpetrator must be. If we let this go, there’s no telling how many more victims there will be.”

An Ji was startled, as if he didn’t recognize the person in front of him.

Li Rong was right. The reason why the response for An Ning’s case was so fast was not only due to the timing and place, which was at the empress’s birthday banquet, but also due to his status as a noble.

An Ji has seen a lot of cases where the omega lacked authority and influence. When such powerless omegas are harmed, they may never get the justice they deserve…

An Ji stared at Li Rong without saying a word for a long time. Seeing this, Li Rong stopped nervously. “Did I say something wrong?”

An Ji shook his head. “I’m just a little surprised. This is something that many omegas don’t even realize. I didn’t expect you, an alpha, to have such thoughts.”

“That’s thanks to my mother’s influence. She’s been researching related issues.” Li Rong said. His face was expressionless, but if you listened with confidence you would find that his voice was actually a bit tense. In addition, there was a bit of joy at being praised by the person he liked.

An Ji said, “You have a good mother.”

If you’re willing, she can become your mother too. Li Rong almost blurted out that thought.

However, he quickly realized that if he tried to rush things too much, he could easily fall flat on his face, so he regretfully changed his words to, “If you have time, you can go hang out with her. She is very nice, so there is no need to feel any pressure.”

An Ji nodded: “I will.”

In the previous Omega Liberation Movement, he had went the path of revolting from the bottom. He had never noticed that there was an empress in the palace who supported equal rights. But if you think about it carefully, the empress was born in the Republic. It was she who promoted the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, and it was she who led the trend of omega liberation. ​​

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If he could get the empress’s support… maybe this time, the Omega Liberation Movement could take the path of top-down reform.

The bright moonlight shone on the ground. They clasped their hands and walked side by side on the lawn in front of the hospital, leaving two long shadows behind them. ​​

Wait, hands clasped…??

It was only then that An Ji noticed that Li Rong was still holding his hand, and subconsciously said: “Are you suffering from pheromone disorder again?”

“No,” Li Rong suppressed his racing heart and pretended to be calm, “I just want to hold hands with you.”

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Chapter 39 – Want to Hold Hands

“An Ji, you have to understand where he is coming from.” Xu Jing’an sighed. “He is still a virgin. For his first time to be this kind of encounter, it is normal for him to have resistance.”

“He’s not cooperating at all, so how can we find the culprit?” An Ji took a deep breath and suppressed his anger. “Then go and ask for me, did he see the culprit’s face?”

Xu Jing’an said, “I’ll ask him when he’s feeling better tomorrow?”

Ask him when he’s feeling better?

An Ji opened his mouth. He wanted to say it was a simple yes or no question. He wanted to tell her that her other son was behind bars right this moment. When this son feels better, your other son might already be chemically castrated.

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But looking at Xu Jing’an’s worried eyes, he finally turned around and left in silence. ​

Forget it, he would have to figure it out on his own. ​

Perhaps from the start he should not have relied on them.

The elevator door opened in front of him with a “ding” sound. Just as An Ji put one foot into the elevator, someone pulled him back by his arm.

“Wait!” The blond omega held onto his arm tightly and said with a wary face, “Tell me honestly, what is your purpose for coming here?”

An Ji replied, “To find the culprit.”

“You have the nerve to say you’re looking for the culprit?” The blond omega screamed. “If it weren’t for you, how could he have encountered this kind of thing? It’s all your fault!”

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The elevator was unable to close because An Ji still had one foot inside it, so the door kept opening and closing. An Ji withdrew his right foot and frowned in displeasure. “I wasn’t the one who did it.”

“Not you? If you hadn’t shaved his head, would Ningning have run into the garden?”

An Ji fell silent. To a certain extent, it really was due to him that An Ning got a bald crown. And it was due to him that An Ning ran out in grief and indignation.

His silence seemed to be a kind of acquiescence. The blond man was wrapped in a strong sense of justice and immediately shouted: “I got it, you must have an accomplice! You were in the banquet hall, but your accomplice cut our hair outdoors! And they also raped An Ning. It must be your alpha accomplice!”

“Billy, stop it,” He Xingyun pulled on Billy’s sleeve and shook his head slightly. “The police investigation have not concluded yet. Don’t wrongly accuse people.”

“How am I wrongly accusing him?” Billy widened his eyes. “As soon as An Ji came, his head was shaved. As soon as An Ji came, he was defiled by a bastard. How could such a coincidence happen? What’s more, Ningning screeched as soon as he saw An Ji. How do you explain that?!”

An Ji hugged himself with both arms as he leaned against the wall. His brows furrowed tightly, but he didn’t say a word in rebuttal.

He Xingyun hesitated and didn’t know what to say. Sure, one thing alone might be a coincidence, but if everything happened together, there must be some underlying connection.

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“Ningning has said before that An Ji was jealous of the pampering he enjoyed in the An family. I thought he was just looking for some trouble, but I didn’t expect that he would use this method to ruin Ningning’s reputation!” Billy was insistent. “You’re such a vicious person. It’s not Ningning’s fault that you went missing. Everything he has is due to his own hard work, okay?”

Once a prejudice is formed, it becomes terrifyingly stubborn.

No matter how he refuted it or how much evidence he presented, these people would still only insist on the “facts” that they believed in.

“Get lost! You shouldn’t be in this place!” Billy pushed him hard and shouted. “You don’t deserve to see Ningning!”

An Ji did not expect to be pushed and he staggered backwards, but he didn’t fall down as expected. He landed in a broad and strong embrace. The fresh and clean scent of fir wood entered his nose.

An Ji raised his head in surprise. Li Rong?

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[T/N: I understand the blond omega, Billy, being angry for his friend, An Ning. But it’s not right to blame An Ji for the circumstances. The only one to be blamed in that situation is the culprit. Bad people will find ways to do bad things no matter how many precautions you take. But you should still take those precautions to protect yourself as much as possible.]

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Chapter 38 – Want to Hold Hands

The omega school expelled her because she lost her virginity. By losing her virginity, it meant that she had lost all her value as an omega. No aristocratic alpha would take her as a wife now. What awaited her was the fate of wandering about destitute in the lower middle class or becoming the wife of a nouveau riche beta.

Her classmates began to avoid her because she was a morally unrestrained omega who went to a bar alone. How could they still interact with her as proper and honorable omegas?

All the major news media kept using her as an example over and over again, telling the omegas not to go out alone or go to dangerous places alone. They even put all the blame for the incident on her.

In the end, the girl was overwhelmed and jumped from the Capital Tower.

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After receiving a farewell call from her, An Ji rushed over to her location without rest. But he was still a step too late. What greeted him was only a broken corpse on the ground. ​

There were people gossiping and pointing fingers at the scene. Under these judgmental gazes, An Ji gathered up the corpse, cleaned it, put it back together, and cremated it.

A few days later, An Ji scattered the ashes at a beach in accordance with the girl’s last words. When the last trace of ash fell from his palm, it was at this time that An Ji decided not to endure the injustice anymore.

He couldn’t let this happen again, even if the victim was the archenemy he was wary of.

“Can we talk?” An Ji stood at the end of the bed and lowered his voice.

An Ning was still staring at the ceiling, with no focus in his pupils. ​

Xu Jing’an raised her head when she heard his voice and raised her eyebrows in surprise.

The other two omegas also stared at him warily, “What are you doing here?”

An Ji said, “I’d like to know if there’s anything I can do to help.”

“What can you help-”

The two omegas seemed to want to say something more, but Xu Jing’an raised her hand to stop them.

Xu Jing’an warned, “His mood has only just stabilized, so don’t ask any stimulating questions.”

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An Ji nodded and walked forward to An Ning’s bed. However, before he could speak, the sluggish An Ning suddenly let out an earth-shattering scream after seeing his face clearly. It was as harsh as a hundred fingernails scratching across a blackboard. ​

“Ahhhhhhhhh—!!”

“An Ning!” An Ji stepped forward to restrain him. “I am An Ji…”

“Don’t come over, don’t come over!” An Ning screamed and back away.

Xu Jing’an wanted to step forward to comfort An Ning, and the two omegas wanted to pull An Ji away. An Yanming wanted to step forward to help but was afraid his alpha status would make things worse, so he hesitated. The scene suddenly became chaotic and uncontrollable.

“What’s going on? Didn’t I tell you not to irritate the patient?” The nurse rushed in immediately, “Help me hold him down and give him a sedative!”

After a while of fussing around, An Ning finally calmed down and fell into a drowsy state. ​

Outside the corridor, Xu Jing’an stood in front of An Ji, her dignified and bright face stained with guilt and sadness. She said, “I’m sorry, in An Ning’s current state it might not be suitable for you two to see each other.”

“It’s okay, I understand,” An Ji nodded, “I’ll come back later.”

Xu Jing’an asked, “It’s it something important?”

An Ji looked at her in surprise and said nothing. ​

“I just think it’s better not to irritate An Ning now.” Xu Jing’an noticed the defensiveness in An Ji’s eyes and quickly changed her wording. “After all, he almost committed suicide after encountering this kind of thing. If you have any questions you must ask him, I can help you ask them.”

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An Ji was silent for a moment, then asked: “Have the police been here?”

“They have,” Xu Jing’an nodded. “But when they came, An Ning was in a really bad state and couldn’t accept questioning. They just took some physical evidence as date.”

An Ji asked, “Did they find any residual evidence in his vagina?”

Xu Jing’an was a little surprised by such a straightforward question. She was stunned for a bit before shaking her head. “No, An Ning was unwilling to be examined there.”

“Unwilling?” An Ji’s tone changed, “Doesn’t he want to catch the person who harmed him?”

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Chapter 37 – Want to Hold Hands (14.1)

Modify the profile of the culprit so that there was only one person.

The victim was An Ning? How could that be possible?

An Ji subconsciously felt that this was a conspiracy, but in today’s society, reputation was more important than life. How could An Ning do something that would destroy his reputation and integrity?

But if it’s not a conspiracy…

An Ji closed his eyes and exhaled softly. No matter what, he had to go to the hospital to see for himself.

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At the Imperial Household hospital, An Ning was lying on the bed in a light pink hospital gown with an IV drip in his right arm. Xu Jing’an held An Ning’s left hand tightly. The other two omegas, whose heads were shaved by An Can, sat nearby and were telling jokes to lighten the mood. But An Ning just stared at the ceiling with empty eyes. There was no expression on his face at all.

As an alpha, An Yanming did not dare to approach. He stayed far away, standing at the doorway. When he saw An Ji coming towards him, he showed a surprised expression.

“Dad,” An Ji called out, “I came to see him.”

An Yanming looked like he wanted to say something, but in the end he just sighed and said, “Go ahead…”

When An Ji entered the room, he still held on to a bit of doubt. However, when he saw An Ning on the hospital bed, it felt like an explosion went off in his head.

An Ning was not putting on an act. This was not a conspiracy. An Ning really suffered that kind of injustice.

An Ji had seen too many similar expressions in his last life…

Before the establishment of the Omega Liberation Organization, he once saw an omega who lost his virginity because he went to an ABO mixed bar alone and ended up regretting it.

“I… I finally reached the age of adulthood. I just wanted to go take a look. My classmates clearly went too, and they were all fine. But I… why did I encounter that kind of thing…”

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When he closed his eyes, An Ji could still recall the grief-stricken expression of that omega.

“We are all human beings. Alphas and betas can relax in a bar, but we omegas are subject to this kind of danger? Because I am an omega so I can never go to bars in my entire lifetime?”

An Ji was too young at the time, and he failed to understand why the girl was so attached to the idea of going to a bar, and he could not understand what a bar represented.

It wasn’t until later that he realized that the so-called bar was a domain that only alphas could set foot in. It was nothing more than an insignificant place.

Why were emperors all alphas?

Why were there no omegas in the Imperial Council?

Why were omegas not allowed to join the army?

Omegas have been excluded from too many professions and places, but those inequalities were too lofty, or perhaps too arduous, so no one noticed the obvious discrimination. ​​

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But bars happened to have no threshold and could be seen everywhere. It carried a pink enticement that appealed to all sexes, so omegas became negligent. They get together in groups or go in alone with high spirits into that small room.

They thought it was a sweet home, but unexpectedly it was a trap full of poisonous spiders. ​

Alphas attack, but omegas can only endure, so when danger occurs, they don’t even have the power to think of resisting.

After that incident happened, An Ji and his friends worked hard and finally found an aristocratic alpha.

But the lawsuit undoubtedly failed.

Because the victim was just a civilian omega cultivated by an “Omega Breeding Organization.”

“She is very pitiful, but I have to say that her defense awareness is too low. She actually dared to go to that kind of place by herself.”

“I bet she just wants to become the wife of an aristocrat through this method. Drug and rape? What a joke. I say she’s very willing.”

“We alphas are forced to sacrifice [our bodies[ because of the omegas’ estrus period. We are also victims!”

……

That matter ended up being unsettled and swept under the rug. No matter how hard An Ji tried, the outcome could not be changed.

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Chapter 36 – In the Flower Garden

Yu Zhengruan’s expression was blank for two seconds, and then there was a sharp pain in his wrist, and the skin being held became red and swollen. ​

Yu Zhengruan sighed and spread his hands helplessly: “He is just a suspect.”

An Ji didn’t give in at all. “Then why did you put handcuffs on him?”

“Be reasonable. He injured five of my police officers. If I don’t restrain him, he will tear down the imperial palace.”

Yu Zhengruan clicked his tongue and moved his wrist around. This omega has really strong hands. There might be a bone fracture in his wrist.

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An Ji turned around and glanced at An Can, who had a matter-of-fact expression on his face. “They wanted to arrest me. Should I have surrendered without a fight?”

“So what’ exactly is going on?” An Ji asked patiently.

An Can replied, “They called me into this room, asked me to answer a few questions, and then asked me to go with them.”

An Ji said, “so what did you say?”

……

Twenty minutes ago, int his very room, Yu Zhengruan sat before this table and asked clearly, “Have you been to the back garden between 8:30 and 9 o’clock tonight?”

An Can said, “Been there.”

“What did you go there for?”

“…”

“What did you do?”

“Private matters.”

This answer made a thin line appear between Yu Zhengruan’s brows. He changed the question and continued, “Someone reported that you had a conflict with several omegas tonight?”

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An Can said impatiently: “So what?”

“An omega has been raped in public,” Yu Zhengruan leaned back against his chair and said word by word, “There are many pieces of evidence that point to you. I advise you to confess and beg for leniency.”

An Can replied, “It’s not me.”

“Then how do you explain the presence of your sebum DNA found beneath the victim’s fingernails?”

An Can was silent for a moment, and then he suddenly grinned. ​

Yu Zhengruan frowned: “What are you grinning about?”

An Can looked into Yu Zhengruan’s eyes, and his dark eyes were full of ridicule: “I’m grinning because he deserved it.”

Yu Zhengruan was so stimulated by this response that he stood up, “What do you know?!”

It was a pity that An Can did not want to sooperate anymore and he even got into a fight with the policemen. In the end, he was arrested for assaulting the police officers. This was the scene that An Ji saw when he came in.

“Do you understand now?” At the end of the video, Yu Zhengruan gave An Ji a cold smile, “Your ‘innocent’ brother has big problems.”

An Ji turned a deaf ear on Yu Zhengruan. He just looked at An Can and said word by word, “Did you do it?”

An Can was surrounded by the police. He was silent for a long time before shaking his head and muttering: “No.”

An Ji wanted to ask something else, but Yu Zhengruan no longer gave him a chance to communicate. A team of heavily armed police rushed in and took An Can away without saying a word. ​

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It was only now that An Ji realized that he had neglected his younger brother too much in his previous life. He only knew that An Can was imprisoned for intentionally hurting others. After that, An Can became more and more taciturn and rebellious.

But he had never doubted the authenticity of that incident at the time. What if An Can was really wronged?

He didn’t expect that something similar would happen again in this lifetime. An Ji and An Can have lived together for more than ten years. He knew him well. With An Can’s violent temper it was very possible for him to intentionally hurt other people, but it was absolutely impossible for him to do something like rape an omega.

“Let me join the investigation team.” An Ji looked up at Yu Zhengruan. He spoke with a gentle but unquestionable voice.

“Investigation team?” Yu Zhengruan’s cold face showed a look of disdain, “What can you omegas do in there?”

An Ji retorted: “At least I won’t manufacture unjust, false, and misjudged cases like you.”

“Unjust, false, and misjudged cases? I, Yu Zhengruan, have worked my way up from a small-time policeman to the Commissioner of the Police Department. I have handled cases of all sizes, but I have never had an unjust, false, or misjudged case. Let alone such a simple case!”

An Ji raised his eyebrows: “Congratulations, you will manufacture the first one soon.”

“If you really want to save your brother, you might as well persuade him to confess early and try to get leniency for him.” Yu Zhengruan looked back and smiled inexplicably, “After all, he is also an An family member, right?”

The An family…

An Ji suddenly thought of something and asked An Yao, “Where’s Dad and Mom?”

An Yao pushed up his glasses and said with a face full of hesitation and reluctance to speak, “…At the hospital.”

“Hospital?” An Ji said blankly, “What did they go to the hospital for?”

An Yao: “Because their other son is the victim.”

“What?!”

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Chapter 35 – In the Flower Garden

“What’s wrong?” An Yao asked An Ji.

An Ji raised his head and said with some discomfort: “I may have crashed the scene of the crime…”

An Yao looked apprehensive and quickly took him to the commissioner of the police. ​

No matter which way you looked at it, this happened at a very bad time. In addition to this event being the empress’s birthday party, today was also a very important diplomatic event between the Empire and the Republic.

Over the past week, the embassy and the imperial officials had been arguing fiercely, and they planned to have a dinner today to bring the entire diplomatic event to a perfect conclusion.

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But unexpectedly, at this critical moment, such an unseemly thing happened.

The crime scene had already been cordoned off, and the hard-earned vacation went to waste. The investigators, dressed in their luxurious clothes, squatted on the ground and worked overtime to collect evidence from the scene.

At the same time, in a reception room next to the banquet hall, an outstanding-looking alpha was sitting before a table. His blond hair was tied neatly behind his head. He wore white gloves and a police uniform. He was questioning all the alphas and betas that have been through the garden. This was Police Commissioner Yu Zhengruan. ​

“Is there something the matter?” Upon noticing movement at the door, Yu Zhengruan’s sharp gaze fell on them.

An Ji relayed the situation to him word for word.

The latter was silent for a moment after listening, and then waved his hand without changing his expression: “I understand.”

Before leaving, An Ji hesitated for a moment and couldn’t help but ask: “How is the condition of the victim?”

Yu Zhengruan raised his eyes and glanced at An Ji. He had a typical Caucasian appearance, blond hair, blue eyes, and fair skin. At the moment, he was sitting on a chair and looking at them with a frigid gaze that did not contain a single trace of warmth. It was like he was sizing up a criminal.

Just when An Ji thought he wouldn’t answer, Yu Zhengruan suddenly said: “He has been sent to the hospital. His parents are with him. His life is not in danger at the moment.”

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This could be considered a blessing among the misfortune. An Ji breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to leave, the compartment behind him opened, and he saw a very tall young man being frog-marched out. He was wearing transparent handcuffs on his hands, and he seemed to be extremely disgusted by the treatment he was receiving. He glared at Yu Zhengruan with an angry look on his face.

“An Can?” An Ji stopped, a bad feeling rising in his heart, “Why are you here?”

An Can’s head whipped up and a bit of panic entered his cold gaze. He subconsciously wanted to hide the handcuffs, but the escorting policeman mistakenly thought he was trying to escape and held his body firmly down. ​

“Let me go!” An Can growled, the veins on his forehead bulged, and the muscles under his suit exploded with terrible strength, throwing the two strong policemen away in an instant.

Just as he was about to go over to An Ji, a gust of palm wind came from behind him.

“Don’t move!” The strong spiritual power spread instantly, and Yu Zhengruan pressed An Can down on the table with a palm. ​

The young police commissioner looked lean and frail, but he was incredibly strong. An Can was pushed down on the table by his slap, and it felt like a huge mountain had fallen on his shoulders. An intense unimaginable fear struck him instantly.

An Can pressed his cheek tightly against the table and looked at Yu Zhengruan angrily, like an indignant beast. ​

“What’s going on?” An Ji hurried over. While helping An Can up, he asked, “Is there some kind of misunderstanding?”

Yu Zhengruan glanced at his hand that was easily pushed away, then at the outstanding-looking omega, and slowly narrowed his eyes: “Do you know this suspect?”

“He is my younger brother.”

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“Then the credibility of your testimony is open to question.”

An Ji frowned: “What do you mean?”

“I cannot reveal the progress of the case, please leave.” Yu Zhengruan clapped his hands and motioned to the two panting policemen to take An Can. Seeing that An Ji was still standing there, he added slowly, “The police station is not a place for you delicate omegas to stay.”

“You have arrested the wrong person.” However, the “delicate” omega grabbed the police commissioner’s wrist. An Ji looked straight into Yu Zhengruan’s ice-blue eyes. The veins in his hand was bulging out from the force of his grip.

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