AGMATSWHLMAR Chapter 67

Ruan Tang made a harsh statement, but he didn’t slack off in the slightest when it came to dealing with the Ruan family.

If there could only be one winner between him and Ruan Ming, that winner could only be him.

Given the opportunity, he no longer intended to sit idly by, but was determined to fight hard to get everything he could get his hands on and wanted to get.

To that end, he and Ruan Yang formulated a thorough and detailed plan.

Unexpectedly, before Ruan Tang and Ruan Yang could unite various forces to further pressure Ruan Ming to hand over the Ruan family, the Ruan family’s plans were overtaken by events, and new changes occurred.

When he received the news, Ruan Tang was at Ruan Yang’s new home, eating with him, Ruan Yue, and Tang Yun.

The news was brought by their informant planted in the Ruan family. Originally, the informant was there to provide direction for their next plan to make it more comprehensive.

But he suddenly brought a new, unexpected message to everyone—

Ruan Ming suddenly fell ill and was now in the hospital, on the verge of death.

Upon hearing this news, Ruan Yue, Tang Yun, and Ruan Yang, who had been enjoying a harmonious atmosphere, were immediately stunned on the spot, losing their appetite and unable to recover for a long time.

Although dealing with Ruan Ming and the Ruan family was a consensus reached by their family,

the fact that Ruan Ming, who looked relatively healthy, was suddenly on the verge of death before they could even act, still greatly exceeded their expectations.

Tang Yun and her three children were all unable to recover.

“How could this be? Hasn’t his body always been very strong?” Ruan Tang, who had the least affection for Ruan Ming in the family, was the first to react and asked in a stiff voice.

In the interstellar era, the average life expectancy is two hundred years, and Ruan Ming was only just over a hundred.

Even if his health was poor and recent events had been numerous, it shouldn’t have been this bad.

The informant took a deep breath and said, “Marshal Ruan’s body has indeed always been very good, but he couldn’t withstand his bed partner constantly administering drugs in secret to destroy his body.”

“What do you mean?” Ruan Yang frowned slightly, not quite understanding the informant’s meaning.

The informant immediately told them all the information he currently knew: “It was his ex-wife, Xia Ruzhi. Xia Ruzhi had been secretly administering drugs to Marshal Ruan for years to destroy his body, but she had a very measured control over the dosage of the drugs. The amount she gave was small, so it wasn’t usually noticeable.”

“Now that she’s suddenly been arrested and suddenly stopped the continuous medication that she had been giving to Marshal Ruan, Marshal Ruan has suffered a series of blows and excessive stimulation. The accumulated medicinal properties in his body have been suddenly activated and exposed.” He chuckled, rather sarcastically, “Fortunately, this Ms. Xia was arrested, otherwise, if she had really followed her control over the drugs, I’m afraid that in the eyes of outsiders, one day something really happened to Marshal Ruan, it would have been a sudden heart attack.”

He couldn’t help but marvel at how remarkable Ruan Ming’s ex-wife was.

In terms of drug control and manipulation, she was simply a genius.

Hearing this news, Tang Yun and her four children were all stunned on the spot. They never expected that Ruan Ming would ultimately be defeated by the Omega he had looked down on the most in the past.

He used to think he was so great, unable to resist temptation, betraying his marriage and having an affair with Xia Ruzhi, but he wasn’t very good to Xia Ruzhi either. Although he legitimized Xia Ruzhi, he still had mistresses four, five, and six, and he often beat and scolded Xia Ruzhi, never treating her like a person. He was just an Alpha with cancer.

Now, this could be considered retribution.

“Big brother, then now we…” Ruan Tang took a deep breath, quickly regaining his senses, and was about to continue discussing their next plan with Ruan Yang.

Ruan Yang’s voice was solemn, hesitant to speak: “We…”

Before he could finish his sentence, the doorbell of his new residence rang chaotically.

The servants of the residence quickly opened the door, only to see the Ruan family’s butler, Ruan Ming’s confidant, standing at the door.

Ruan Tang and Ruan Yang frowned simultaneously, not yet asking him what he was doing here.

The butler had already hurriedly entered the door, saying to them with utmost anxiety, “Eldest Young Master, Fifth Young Master, the old man is about to die. He’s currently waiting at the hospital to announce his will, and he asked me to invite you to see him one last time…”

Although he was also stunned that Ruan Ming, who had so many sons, actually wanted to see Ruan Tang and Ruan Yang, who had changed their surnames and were most at odds with him during his lifetime, at the time of his death, as Ruan Ming’s confidant, he still dutifully brought Ruan Ming’s possible final instructions to the Ruan Tang brothers.

“You said Ruan Ming wants to see us?” And the surprised people were not just him. Ruan Tang and Ruan Yang were also very surprised.

They had never expected that they and Ruan Ming had already broken off all pretense of cordiality and become like that. Now that Ruan Ming was dying and about to announce his will, he would actually ask them to be present.

They were a little confused by Ruan Ming’s path, unable to guess what he wanted to do.

The butler hurriedly said, “Yes, the old man is about to die. Please, two young masters, quickly come with me.”

Ruan Tang and Ruan Ming looked at each other. Although they couldn’t figure out what Ruan Ming was up to, the Ruan family had already been regarded as something in their grasp, and Ruan Tang was determined to get it.

Therefore, after urgently mobilizing the personal guards that Auston had lent him,

“Okay.” Ruan Tang immediately made the decision to go with the butler.

No matter what Ruan Ming wanted to do, he was not afraid to go with him.

Ruan Yang and Ruan Tang, one in front and one behind, were about to rush to the hospital with the butler. Tang Yun suddenly stopped them: “Wait—”

Ruan Tang and Ruan Yang looked at her in surprise.

“Xiaoyang, Xiaotang, I’ll go with you.” Tang Yun took a deep breath, saying in an extremely heavy tone.

Ruan Tang immediately frowned: “Mom? Just leave this matter to me and my brother to handle. You should rest well at home and wait for our news.”

Although the toxins in Tang Yun’s body had been forced out, her body had been injured too badly and had not been very good.

Although Ruan Ming no longer had any relationship with Tang Yun, Ruan Tang was still afraid that she would be stimulated in this kind of situation…

“That’s right, Mom, just leave this matter to me and Xiaotang.” Ruan Yang also frowned and echoed, obviously not wanting his mother to make this trip.

Tang Yun’s voice was cold, but unusually firm: “We were husband and wife after all, so I have to go and see him off one last time.”

“Besides, now that he’s about to announce his will, I have to take back half of the property that belongs to me… I’ve been married to him for fifty or sixty years, so I can’t just let him divide my property as his private property among his illegitimate children!” Tang Yun had always been uncontending and forbearing, a living soft persimmon.

She considered herself aloof, disdained and was too lazy to argue with Ruan Ming and his mistresses, but now it was different. After being unable to do anything to let her children suffer for so many years, she soberly realized that she was a mother.

Even if she didn’t want to fight for it herself, she had to fight for her children.

Ruan Ming’s illegitimate children were not qualified to enjoy the same treatment as her children, inheriting the same, or even more, inheritance.

Ruan Tang and Ruan Yang didn’t want her to be stimulated, but seeing her attitude was so tough, they had no choice but to compromise.

“Butler Wilson, I’m accompanying my two sons on this trip. I don’t think your Marshal Ruan would have any objections, would he?” Tang Yun glanced at the butler coldly and asked immediately.

The butler immediately said, “Of… of course not, Madam.”

Although Ruan Ming was fickle and had Alpha-cancer, he still treated Tang Yun, his original wife, somewhat differently…

“Don’t call me Madam, please call me Ms. Tang.” Tang Yun corrected his address in a cold voice.

The butler immediately changed his words awkwardly: “Yes, yes, Ms. Tang.”

…

After entrusting Ruan Yue, whose condition was sometimes good and sometimes bad, to the family doctor to take care of, the family went to the hospital in a mighty manner.

The entrance to the special intensive care unit of the five-star hospital on Imperial Star, which Ruan Ming had invested in and contracted, was already surrounded by people. Except for Xia Ruzhi, all of Ruan Ming’s twenty-odd children and five or six mistresses were there, each with a mourning face, looking extremely filial and worried as they lined up in front of the closed ward door.

They were just waiting for Ruan Ming to open the ward door and summon them in, so they could get a larger share of the property.

“Tang Yang, Tang Tang, what are you doing here? You’ve both changed your surnames, so what are you doing coming to the Ruan family’s ward… You’re probably here to divide the property as soon as you heard that your father is dying, right?” As soon as he saw Ruan Tang and Ruan Yang, one of Ruan Ming’s illegitimate sons, who was afraid that his share of the property would decrease, jumped up and questioned them.

He simply wished he could drive the brothers out.

Ruan Yang and Ruan Tang both disdained to pay attention to him.

“Eldest Young Master, Fifth Young Master, you’ve arrived. It seems everyone is here. The old man wants you all to go in.” But before they could speak, Ruan Ming’s personal secretary, seeing that Ruan Yang and Ruan Tang had arrived, had already conveyed Ruan Ming’s meaning.

One of Ruan Ming’s closest mistresses recently immediately flew into a rage, frowning in disbelief and questioning, “Did the old man really say to let us all in?”

“Yes, Third Madam.” The secretary nodded immediately.

The mistress glared at Tang Yun and her three children hatefully and then lined up to enter Ruan Ming’s ward one by one.

Ruan Ming’s ward was very large, and the lawyer was already waiting inside. Even if dozens more people went in, there would be plenty of room to stand.

“Old man…”

“Ming—”

“Father…”

As soon as they saw Ruan Ming, these people immediately turned into filial sons and grandsons, calling out to him with sobs and tears streaming down their faces.

But Ruan Ming only felt extremely annoyed and shouted at everyone, “Shut up!”

The lawyer and the Ruan family’s other security personnel immediately began to maintain order, and everyone stopped talking, not daring to say anything, only waiting for Ruan Ming to announce his will.

The lawyer approached his ear and informed him that Ruan Yang and Ruan Tang had both arrived.

Only then did Ruan Ming regain a little of his senses. That shout had exhausted all his strength, his eyes were already blurred, and he couldn’t see who was standing in front of him. He took a deep breath, propped himself up on the bed frame, wanting to sit up straight, but after struggling several times, it was futile.

He could only recognize this fact, trying to express his meaning clearly, word by word: “I… I want to announce my will, please have everyone present and the lawyer witness it.”

“My wife, Tang Yun, once took out all of her family’s assets to accompany me in starting from scratch. Everything I have today is largely due to her contribution, but I have failed her in many ways. Therefore, after my death, all of my assets will belong to the children born to my original wife, Tang Yun…”

Ruan Ming had never thought that he would be reborn, and still be reborn at such an awkward time.

If it had been earlier or later, it wouldn’t be like this now.

He didn’t know what purpose the heavens had in allowing him to be reborn at this time, but as a cunning and shrewd man who had been clear-headed all his life, even if he was reborn at this time, already terminally ill and dying, he still clearly and logically made the best choice for himself and for the Ruan family.

Ruan Ming’s illegitimate children all widened their eyes in disbelief after hearing Ruan Ming’s will, almost thinking that Ruan Ming had taken the wrong medicine, that his brain had broken down, or that he had been given sedatives by the Ruan Tang brothers, and they all howled unwillingly, wanting to call back Ruan Ming’s reason: “Father…”

And Ruan Tang and Ruan Yang also looked at Ruan Ming in disbelief, never expecting that such a thing would happen.

“Regarding the division of my property, the position of legion commander of the White Tiger Legion, which is my life’s work, I, in my capacity as the founder of the legion, use this right of appointment and removal to appoint my eldest son, Ruan Yang, as the new legion commander. The position of family head and chairman of the group will go to Tang Yun’s youngest son, Ruan Tang, and the Ruan family will be under his command… All of my personal collections, antiques, cash, and shares will go to my eldest daughter, Ruan Yue, and in her state of mental confusion, her grandson, Wen Run, can act on her behalf…” But Ruan Ming ignored their cries, announcing his will word by word with an almost stony heart.

In the previous life, he was paralyzed in bed due to Xia Ruzhi’s machinations. None of those outwardly filial children paid any attention to him, each busy fighting for property. Those mistresses even used the paralyzed him as a tool to fight for property, tossing him around and ignoring his life and death. Only the foolish Tang Yun still remembered to come over to feed him and play with him. It was then that he saw clearly, it was all fake…

None of these later women and children of his genuinely respected him as a man, him as a father. They were all after his money, his property. There were even several children who were not his own at all. He only found out when he was terminally ill.

He was too arrogant and too self-righteous—

It was not until he was dying that he finally saw clearly that the only person who had been truly sincere to him, who loved him as a person, who did not care about money, was his wife, Tang Yun.

And the children born to Tang Yun were all good—

Ruan Yang made contributions to the Ruan family, making a name for himself. Ruan Yue married people she didn’t want to marry again and again in order to be filial to him, her father. Ruan Tang hated him for not getting a penny from the Ruan family, but in the end, it was Ruan Tang who pulled out his oxygen tube, sparing him from continuing to be used as a prop by those who were fighting for property, preserving his last bit of dignity as an Imperial Marshal who had dominated the world his entire life.

And Ruan Tang was also the most promising and most like him of all his children after his death.

It was just a pity that he had been unable to see clearly before, actually comparing Tang Yun and her children with those gold diggers and leeches.

After his death, watching his life’s work being torn apart by these children, becoming chaotic, with the building collapsing and quickly declining and disappearing, Ruan Ming was filled with regret, wishing he could skin himself alive at that time.

He had so many children, wanting to recreate the glory of his family in the past, but he had neglected that for a young tree, too many termites were not a good thing, but the root cause of a sudden collapse.