After Running Away Pregnant, the Strong Alpha Exposes His Majesty's Secret Identity

Zhou Jingtong, an alpha and a mechanic, makes a living alone with his daughter in the empire's outer garbage district. His life goes on quietly and uneventfully.

That is, until he brings the down-and-out young master Yu Xuechuan home.

Zhou Jingtong thinks the kid is great in every way, except that he acts a little strangely.

After Zhou showers, someone takes a faint sniff of the lingering pheromones the moment he turns away.

Sometimes, as he dozes on the sofa, he feels a scorching, naked gaze sizing him up while he's half asleep.

When he lifts his shirt to apply medicine to his abdomen, the other's cool fingers knead and trace circles over it...

And that's not all. Yu Xuechuan also stumbles upon one of Zhou Jingtong's secrets.

Why does an alpha like Zhou Jingtong have so many bite marks on the gland at the back of his neck?

Zhou Jingtong thinks, Surely I can't tell you that I gave birth to my daughter, and her father is none other than Emperor Xi Jue, the ruthless ruler who slaughtered most of his siblings before ascending the throne?

Twenty years ago, Zhou Jingtong was planted as a spy and assigned to serve as a guard to the Seventh Prince, Xi Jue.

At the time, Xi Jue's mother had just been secretly executed. His father turned a blind eye to his plight, and Xi Jue still hadn't presented with a secondary sex. Aside from his good looks, he was practically useless, and was treated with cold indifference.

Zhou Jingtong couldn't stand to watch. Out of sympathy, he helped Xi Jue now and then, until one thing led to another and they ended up in bed. That's when Zhou discovered that Xi Jue had already presented as an alpha, and a remarkably rare high-ranking one at that.

Later, Zhou's identity as an undercover agent was exposed. He barely managed to escape by faking his death.

The good news: The plan worked. Xi Jue believed he had died without a trace.

The bad news: Zhou discovered he was pregnant.

After a mission, Zhou Jingtong suddenly realized that aside from their faces, Yu Xuechuan and the emperor Xi Jue, whom he had been hiding from for seventeen years, had exactly the same temper and habits.

Emperor Xi Jue, whose true identity was now exposed, took a deep breath and pressed his face against Zhou's hand. His voice was gentle, yet sent a chill down one's spine. "I've been looking for you for so, so long, Zhou Jingtong. How are you going to make it up to me?"

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[Reading Guide]

1. ABO, two alphas, many original settings.

2. Includes an atypical forced-love dynamic. Essentially a melodramatic story, so readers looking for perfect protagonists should read with caution.

3. Average life expectancy is over 200. The daughter is 16 when she first appears. Watch as we dig into her fathers' love story.

4. As usual, younger gong, four-year age gap. Both are virgins.

Please add my upcoming story to your favorites~ The Right Way to Reform a Stuffy Shou: a nasty, arrogant prince gong x a stuffy, earnest palace companion shou

Also known as The Heartbreak Hotel After Being Scammed in an Online Romance (Ancient Edition)

The shou is a prince's companion, born in the countryside. He's timid, inflexible, and disliked by his colleagues and the princes.

The Fifth Prince gong dislikes him most of all. The two have never gotten along, and the gong can't wait to get rid of him.

Then one night, he finds the shou's poem written on a red leaf in the imperial river. That's when he realizes that behind this dreary palace companion's facade beats a heart yearning for love.

He immediately comes up with a brilliantly devious plan for revenge.

The poem written on a red leaf by the lovelorn shou unexpectedly receives a reply.

His correspondent is eloquent and sensitive, and most importantly, they are on the same wavelength. They exchange red leaves and pour out their feelings to each other. Sure enough, the shou falls deeper and deeper, until he can't imagine being with anyone else.

He gathers all his courage and suggests they meet. At the secret rendezvous, someone ties a piece of black silk over his eyes.

The usually reserved and proper shou crosses the line for the first time, then a second, then a third...

Until he unexpectedly discovers that the mysterious man who has been sharing intimate moments with him almost every day is the very gong who has always targeted him and disliked him.

The shou gives up completely and flees.

But the nasty, arrogant gong follows him all the way home, clutches him, his eyes red-rimmed, and refuses to let go.

[Reading Guide]

1. As usual, younger gong, one-on-one romance, both are virgins.

2. Blurb subject to revision. The final version will be the one posted when the story begins.

Theme: Keep moving forward and make the most of every day, even after setbacks