Ace stood in front of the holographic screen in the laboratory, looking at his magnified genetic sequence with mixed feelings.

"This is your pheromone gene fragment," Rona pointed to an area on the screen, "We need to find the intersection between this part and Slov's pheromone."

Ace nodded, pulled up his susceptible period records, and analyzed the data with Rona.

"From the data, my reactions during the susceptible period are indeed different from those of a typical alpha in some aspects," Ice said, "especially in the recent times, where I have shown a clear soothing reaction rather than rejection."

Rona pondered for a moment, "That might be a sign of pheromone submission, but it requires further verification."

Ace frowned. "But this mutated fragment doesn't appear in common alpha gene samples, not even in high-match samples."

Rona nodded. "That's why this segment is even more worthy of study. If it's indeed related to pheromone submission, we might be able to unlock the genetic secrets of alpha-alpha bonding."

Rona almost always stays in the laboratory, researching day and night.

Ace knew that he couldn't persuade her, and at first he was worried that telling Rona would cause her to remember the past.

Now it seems that although Rona has not studied this again in recent years, she has been holding her breath, and Ace's phone call just happened to give her a chance to express her feelings.

That's right, Rona persisted on her own for ten years. If it weren't for... making her lose the motivation to go on, she wouldn't have given up.

It wasn't until three months later that he received a message from Rona: "The results are out, as you wished."

Their report was submitted to the institute for official certification, and the relevant documents were issued in the names of Ace and Rona.

This news shocked almost the entire medical community.

*

At first, Slov really didn't believe it, but he was overwhelmed by Ace's proposal, and he was not the type of person who would write such a report.

But later, after Slov had "actually tried" it a few times, he indeed discovered that there was no pheromone repulsion between the two people from beginning to end, and there wasn't even a normal tingling sensation in the glands. Only then did he completely believe it.

He knew that they were the perfect match, and even God couldn't bear to give them such a big surprise.

Slov's hands wandered restlessly on the person in his arms, and he felt an indescribable sense of security in his heart.

She lifted his hand and placed a kiss on the ring on his finger.

"Thanks."

"I love you."

Ace half-closed his eyes and looked at him, "I'll keep it."

The two smiled at each other.

The two of them finally broke the shackles of genes and came together.

grateful.

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There will be no classes for the next two weeks, so we can finally move on to the end. There are two more pairs, Chriselle and Bailey, coming up. Here’s a small hint: there will be a surprise at the very end.