AGMATSWHLMAR Chapter 13

Auston quietly watched Ruan Tang in the darkness, his nose filled with Ruan Tang’s unique pheromone scent, like orchid but not orchid, like plum but not plum.

This scent was clean and clear, extremely pleasant…

But precisely because of that, it contained not a trace of desire or seduction…

The over 95% compatibility made Auston’s teeth itch slightly, wanting to release his own pheromone to seduce and possess Ruan Tang.

But feeling the stiffness and rigidity of the body beneath his hand, he chose not to do so; he could feel that Ruan Tang wasn’t that willing…

Ruan Tang knew what would happen between them. Although his mindset was natural, his body couldn’t help but tense up, even his neck stiffened.

He had never had his glands bitten before…

He didn’t know if it would hurt.

Feeling the Alpha getting closer and closer in the darkness, the cold mask landed on the back of his neck.

Ruan Tang couldn’t help but close his eyes.

“So…” Auston’s hand rested on his back, but in the darkness, he breathed into his ear, “I’m going to take a good look at my leather, and whether my spices are intact…”

He intoxicatingly sniffed Ruan Tang’s pheromone-emitting glands, savoring the scent as he stroked Ruan Tang. “Mm, you smell so good…”

The scent felt richer and more intoxicating up close than from a distance.

But it was still so cold, unique, and he liked it.

Ruan Tang: “…”

Ruan Tang never expected such a development and instantly became even more rigid.

Sure enough, as a normal person, he shouldn’t have tried to guess the brain circuits of a madman; it was all his fault…

He allowed Auston to touch and smell him with a stiff body, feeling as if he had become a large air freshener plus a piece of jade that Auston couldn’t put down.

Only after Auston had touched and smelled enough did he let go of him and push his wheelchair away.

…

Around eight o’clock in the morning, a male servant named Seth appeared in his room again, starting to serve him with dressing and washing.

The young male servant stood with his back straight, like countless ordinary male servants, kneeling in front of Ruan Tang, gently holding his feet to put on his socks and shoes…

He lowered his head, and Ruan Tang couldn’t see his emotions, only his thin lips pursed slightly and his eyelashes trembling slightly…

Auston held Ruan Tang’s feet, but thought to himself.

What a beauty.

From head to toe, there was no unattractive part of this Omega. Even his toes were round and jade-like, exceptionally cute, and made people fondle them.

Every part of his body was a treasure worth collecting.

As if treating his collection with care, Auston carefully put on Ruan Tang’s socks and shoes, then went to the washroom to wash his hands carefully. He immediately brought Ruan Tang breakfast and a pot of Ceylon black tea.

“Madam, this Ceylon black tea is a tribute from Sri Lanka Star. The Duke likes it very much. You can try it,” Auston said, observing him carefully.

Ruan Tang picked up the tea and took a small sip. “Thank you, but I don’t like black tea. Please bring me coffee for breakfast in the future.”

“Madam, the Duke likes…” For two whole days, Ruan Tang had never taken the initiative to ask anyone about him, which made Auston very strange.

He especially wanted to mention himself in front of him.

But Ruan Tang obviously didn’t understand his meaning. Seeing him mentioning Auston to him repeatedly, trying to tell him Auston’s preferences, he thought the young male servant wanted to help him win his husband’s favor.

“The Duke and I are in a political marriage, without any emotional foundation,” Ruan Tang immediately put down the teacup and told the male servant directly.

Therefore, he didn’t want to know the Duke at all, and there was no need to mention him in front of him…

Hearing him say this, Auston became even more curious; he didn’t understand Ruan Tang at all.

The first time he heard about Ruan Tang from someone else was when Ruan Tang said to someone that he thought he was quite suitable and that he would be the most suitable husband for him.

Although Auston hadn’t met Ruan Tang at the time, he had already formed a rough judgment of Ruan Tang based on these words—

He admitted that there was nothing likable about him, and even made countless Omegas tremble with fear. Ruan Tang was willing to take the initiative to marry him and claimed outside that he was quite suitable for him, which was obviously to please him and curry favor.

In Auston’s opinion, the only reason for marrying him and currying favor was to give birth to the eldest son promised by the Empress to be the Crown Prince. There was no other possibility.

Therefore, Ruan Tang’s first impression in Auston’s mind was that of an Omega with ambition like his mother, who liked to control power, stir up storms, and had a clear goal.

Auston originally estimated that after Ruan Tang married him, he would deliberately approach him, inquire about his preferences, seduce him, and try to give birth to the Crown Prince by all means.

But Ruan Tang didn’t do this—

Not only did he not do it, but he was unexpectedly uninterested in him, as if he wanted to be a superficial couple with him in peace.

Auston even brought the opportunity to Ruan Tang’s face, but he still failed to wait for Ruan Tang to seduce him.

All he got was a stiff body and cold pheromones…

Few people and things had ever been beyond his control like this, and all of this made Auston more and more curious about Ruan Tang.

“Madam, why did you marry the Duke?” Auston asked.

Ruan Tang glanced at him, only feeling that this male servant was indeed new and too bold. “This doesn’t seem like a question you should be asking.”

“I’m sorry, Madam, I overstepped.” Auston realized his current identity.

“It’s okay in front of me, but don’t do this in front of others in the future, otherwise, you’ll be unlucky,” Ruan Tang couldn’t help but offer a word of advice, seeing how stupid he was.

“Yes, Madam,” Auston immediately lowered his head. “Thank you for the advice, Madam.”

Ruan Tang stirred the black tea in his cup boredly, looking out the dark window in a daze, and suddenly said, “Because I have no choice.”

“…Madam, were you forced to marry the Duke?” Auston quickly understood that Ruan Tang was answering his previous question, and his eyes flickered slightly.

The version he heard was not like this.

Ruan Tang shook his head gently and said, “No, I voluntarily married the Duke. Because, apart from him, I have no better choice. He is the most suitable marriage partner I can find at the moment.”

“How could that be?” Auston stared at him.

He didn’t quite believe Ruan Tang’s words. Ruan Tang was so good-looking, his scent was so special, and unlike him, he wasn’t crazy, disabled, and had a bad reputation. How could no one like him, and how could he not find a better marriage partner?

Ruan Tang knew what he was thinking, but he laughed and said, “I used to think like you, but that’s just how it is…”

His engagements had been unsuccessful several times. Besides Duke Auston, who else could he choose? He couldn’t just randomly find someone who regarded Ruan Xi as their white moonlight and him as a scheming villain, and be despised and spurned for the rest of his life, right?

Or elope with Lu Yang, not to mention that if they really eloped, they wouldn’t even be able to escape Imperial Star…

Even if they escaped, in a situation where Omegas were so rare and suppressants were strictly controlled by the Empire, Lu Yang wouldn’t be able to protect him.

Moreover, he didn’t like Lu Yang, so why drag him down and delay his future?

In this situation, after calculating, Duke Auston was the most suitable marriage partner for him. Living in harmony and being deeply in love was one kind of partner, while being polite and distant, sharing the same bed but dreaming different dreams, was another kind of partner… After experiencing many things, Ruan Tang’s requirements for a partner had been lowered to being able to get along with him peacefully and not siding with Ruan Xi to harm him.

He thought that Ruan Xi wouldn’t seduce a crazy man who was disabled and disfigured, right?

Moreover, he thought that even if Ruan Xi seduced him, that crazy man Auston wouldn’t understand.

Auston stared at Ruan Tang in a daze, and couldn’t help but think in his heart that he had never seen a better-looking Omega than Ruan Tang. Were the Alphas on Imperial Star blind?

How could no one like Ruan Tang?

“Madam, do you hate the Duke?” After a while, Auston suddenly asked.

Ruan Tang asked in confusion, “Hate the Duke? Why would I hate the Duke?”

“Because the Duke is cruel and bloodthirsty, disabled and ugly… and a madman who has scared several Omegas insane.” Auston’s description of himself was quite objective.

Ruan Tang laughed immediately. “You really dare to say anything.”

He felt that this idiot would definitely end up dead or crippled if he were put next to Auston…

“I’m only like this in front of Madam,” Auston said softly.

Ruan Tang was helpless with him. “You really need to control your mouth next time.”

Auston immediately shut his mouth.

“I don’t hate the Duke, I just want to live with him in peace,” After a while, Ruan Tang suddenly said, as if answering Auston or talking to himself, “He… is also a pitiful person.”

The most ruthless family is the Imperial family. In fact, Ruan Tang had always heard about the Duke Auston’s affairs, being in this circle.

Duke Auston was the eldest son of the current Emperor and Empress, and also the first Crown Prince.

Before he was ten years old, when he was still the Crown Prince, he was always the most honorable existence in the entire Empire, a genius, loved by his parents, and carrying the hopes of the entire Empire’s future.

All the tragedies and changes happened in the year he turned ten. The assassins of the Empire’s reactionary forces found an opportunity to hijack and severely injure him. At that time, the Emperor and Empress were furious and mobilized all the forces and troops they could, resulting in corpses everywhere and countless deaths and injuries.

He was rescued with great difficulty, but his face was completely disfigured and he was permanently disabled.

This was originally an accident. Even if he was unlucky, he could only blame his bad luck and Auston himself was destined to be so.

But the truth was not so. There had always been rumors that when Duke Auston was rescued, he was not injured so severely. His injuries could be cured. The hidden power and influence displayed by the Empress’s family after his disappearance shocked and frightened the Emperor.

He began to realize that the Empress, who already possessed half the power of the Empire, was so ambitious and could kill him at any time, support their young son to replace him, and take all the power.

The Emperor felt a great sense of crisis, so he gave orders to the doctor who was treating the Crown Prince. He wanted his son to be completely disabled and never recover.

A disfigured cripple could not become the Emperor of the Empire…

And the Empress, the ambitious Empress, only realized that her eldest son was useless and could not become the Crown Prince, so she directly abandoned him and became pregnant again to give birth to the Crown Prince…

She may have known that the Emperor had harmed her son, or maybe she didn’t.

But in her eyes, it was just a small setback in the power struggle.

After the eldest son lost his value, she directly neglected her seriously injured and disabled child, and never even visited him, let alone accompanied and encouraged him to get out of the predicament. Not only that, but in order to compete with Mrs. Samantha for favor and pave the way for the Crown Prince, she repeatedly harmed and used her disabled son to frame Mrs. Samantha.

And the Emperor, after Duke Auston grew up, appeared to be very guilty and doted on Duke Auston, making up for him doubly, spoiling him to the point of being lawless—

In fact, he used him as a target, erected in front of his truly beloved children to attract the limelight of the struggle and shield them from the wind and rain.

Later, he even went further and handed the Imperial torture department over to him. On the surface, he loved this son and gave him great power, but in reality, he used Auston’s hand to eliminate dissidents, attract hatred, and truly regarded Auston as a royal watchdog, a sharp blade.

Auston, the eldest son, had a notorious reputation, attracted the hatred of countless nobles, and did all the things the Emperor wanted to do but could not do.

And the Emperor, as a father who spoiled his children, could scold him a few times, and then kill his relatives righteously and still be a good emperor.

If the Crown Prince hadn’t had an accident, what would be the end of Auston following this path?

Having offended so many powerful families and being hated to the bone, once the birds were gone, the good bow would be stored away. I’m afraid it would only be a dead end.

Ruan Tang had grown up listening to these palace secrets and the palace struggles between the Empress and the Emperor’s mistresses. Before he met Auston, Ruan Tang had already heard his name. When Ruan Tang was in dire straits and felt particularly miserable, as long as he thought of this prince, Ruan Tang felt that he was not pitiful at all.

No matter how ruthless Ruan Ming was to him, he only neglected him and never thought of taking his life. Although his mother and siblings were either crazy or in a coma, they truly loved him.

And Auston fell from the clouds in one day. The original pride of heaven discovered that he was actually nothing. His father wanted him to be disabled for life, and his mother ignored him… Watching his father pave a dead end for him, if the Crown Prince hadn’t had an accident and he had been harmed by the Emperor and had no ability to have children, he would not have interfered in this matter at all…

He had completely fallen into despair and could no longer climb up.

Ruan Tang asked himself, if he were in Auston’s position… he would also think that it was better to be crazy.