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    Chapter 10

    The young man seemed not to have expected Ruan Tang to ask this question, and after a moment of silence, he shook his head.

    It was as if he was answering Ruan Tang, that his face was not naturally like this.

    “Your face… Could it be the Duke?” Ruan Tang looked at the wounds on his face, feeling that they were new, and immediately asked the question that came to mind, then stopped himself, realizing he had spoken out of turn.

    Regarding her husband, this Bluebeard Duke, whose notorious reputation was widespread throughout Imperial Star, Ruan Tang had heard many terrifying rumors about him.

    One of them was that this eldest prince had drastically changed his temperament after becoming disfigured and disabled, becoming violent and eccentric, and because of his disability, he could no longer bear to see complete people.

    Therefore, apart from the old butler sent by the Empress to his side, there were no longer any complete people appearing around him in his Duke’s manor…

    Only those with physical defects like his could serve him and make him happy.

    Even the robots were not all intact. His manor only recruited disabled people, and even if a healthy and complete person entered his manor to work, they would become disabled.

    Rumor has it that the Duke himself was the one who did it…

    Disfigurement is also a type of disability…

    Ruan Tang looked at Seth and felt that he seemed new, and the wounds on his face also seemed new, so he couldn’t help but speculate.

    The young man also didn’t seem to expect him to ask this, lowered his eyes slightly, and then shook his head, saying, “…No, Madam.”

    Ruan Tang looked at his timid and clumsy appearance, and didn’t know if what he said was true or not, or if he was afraid to speak out due to the notorious reputation of her husband.

    Since he didn’t want to speak, Ruan Tang didn’t ask any further, just sighed softly and said, “…I see that the wound on your face hasn’t healed much, and it seems a bit festering. It’s not very presentable. If you go out to serve like this, I’m afraid the butler will scold you…”

    “There’s a medical kit in my luggage with medicine in it. Help me get it, and I’ll help you treat it.”

    Life is not easy, especially in today’s society after genetic modification and ABO gender differentiation, the gap between rich and poor is particularly large.

    Most of the wealth in society is controlled by nobles and AOs, and the short-lived slum BETAs can be said to be born inferior.

    Although the Duke’s manor is gloomy and terrifying, the compensation for working here is generous. Turning oneself from a normal person into a disabled person in exchange for the opportunity to work in the Duke’s manor is an unbelievable thing in the eyes of AOs.

    But Ruan Tang, after learning about it, knew that this was a very normal thing for the BETAs in the slums.

    Many of them can’t even afford to eat, so making themselves less healthy for the sake of food and clothing, using one thing to exchange for another, is too normal for them.

    Ruan Tang felt very sympathetic to them, but Rome wasn’t built in a day. Being in such an environment, such an identity, apart from being nicer to them, being more gentle…

    Ruan Tang also knew that he couldn’t do more for them to change the world.

    The young man named Seth seemed not to have expected Ruan Tang to say and do this, but after being stunned for a moment, he obediently found the medical kit that Ruan Tang had brought from Ruan Tang’s luggage and handed it to Ruan Tang.

    Ruan Tang directly asked him to sit down, carefully examining Seth’s face, which was injured by something unknown, with festering polyps and hideous scars, and constantly oozing transparent liquid.

    The man’s back was straight, and stared at by the Omega in front of him with a straight gaze, Seth then noticed that the Omega in front of him not only had superior skin and a special fragrance, but even his eyes were particularly beautiful, his eyes were dark, like the night sky in a deep, starless night, peaceful and deep, like rare obsidian.

    It made people couldn’t help but have a desire to dig out these beautiful eyes, take them as their own, and collect them as jewels.

    But no, these eyes were so radiant, vivid and bright, I am afraid that if they were dug out, they would no longer have such brilliance…

    What should be done to keep it beautiful while digging out these eyes?

    Seth fell into thought in his mind.

    Ruan Tang was completely unaware of what the person in front of him was thinking, and had already dipped a cotton pad in disinfectant to clean and disinfect the festering areas on the young man’s face.

    He was very careful, but the wound on the young man’s face was too terrifying. Even if he was careful, the constant movements still involved the young man’s wound…

    Pulling the young man out of his thoughts, he frowned and made a “hiss~” sound.

    Seth almost immediately had the desire to be angry.

    “Sorry, did I hurt you? I didn’t mean to, I’ll be more careful…” Ruan Tang stared intently at the wound on his face, completely unaware of his inner thoughts. Seeing that he was in pain, he apologized repeatedly, and the movements in his hands became much gentler: “Actually, I don’t have much experience cleaning such wounds for people.”

    Seth met his gentle eyes, which were as gentle as could be, and from beginning to end, he had a calm gaze that disregarded his hideous scars. For some reason, the violence in his heart disappeared all of a sudden.

    He shook his head gently, “It doesn’t hurt, Madam.”

    Looking at the Omega in front of him, whose gaze was always calm and peaceful towards his face, without a trace of surprise or fear, and treating it with a normal heart, he was slightly moved in his heart and couldn’t help but have a trace of curiosity towards the Omega in front of him.

    With his current face, even his own mother screamed when she first saw it, unable to suppress the disgust and loathing in her eyes.

    Not to mention, the Omegas he had seen, even if they tried their best to disguise it, could not control the fear and horror on their faces after seeing his face.

    But Ruan Tang, after seeing his face, except for the initial surprise, never showed a trace of fear, panic, and disgust from beginning to end…

    He was calm from beginning to end, as if he were a normal person.

    And Seth could see that he wasn’t faking it.

    All of this made Seth have a huge curiosity about Ruan Tang.

    “…Madam, aren’t you afraid of my face?” The young man looked back at Ruan Tang and immediately asked.

    Ruan Tang didn’t expect him to ask this. After a moment of stunned silence, he immediately said, “Afraid? Why should I be afraid?”

    “…Because, my face is very ugly, very disgusting.” Speaking of his face, Seth’s tone was very calm.

    He still remembered that after he woke up from his serious injury, he first saw his mother looking at him weakly and expectantly, reaching out her hand to be close to her, wanting her to hug him.

    But after seeing his face, his mother screamed hysterically in horror and fear: “Ah! His face, how could his face become like this, how could it become like this… Quick, cure him for me, cure him, I don’t want to look at him…”

    “What? Can’t be cured? Can’t be cured? Why is he still alive? Why is he still alive…”

    Although the memory was very long ago, he still had an indelible impression of the disgustingness and ugliness of his face. Therefore, he was especially curious, why could Ruan Tang treat such a face with calm eyes?

    “What’s so ugly, what’s so disgusting about this? You’re just injured, it’s nothing…” Ruan Tang looked at the young man calmly.

    He really didn’t think there was anything wrong with the young man’s face. After seeing too many beautiful skins that were disgusting, he paid more attention to the inner being.

    Beauty or ugliness of appearance, to him, really didn’t matter.

    However, thinking that the young man asked this, although he didn’t reveal anything in his tone, he must still be very concerned and inferior about the current appearance of this face.

    Ruan Tang didn’t want to say anything more, but he still said a few more words in the hope of comforting the young man: “The beauty or ugliness of appearance is not important. I have seen many people with gorgeous appearances, but their hearts are as vicious as snakes and scorpions. Inner kindness is the most important… I believe that you will definitely meet someone who truly loves you in the future and reap happiness…”

    “Someone who truly loves me? Reap happiness?” Seth laughed sarcastically and mockingly when he heard this.

    How could someone like him be loved?

    And he doesn’t need anyone to love him…

    “Believe in yourself, you will definitely meet him.” Seeing him like this, Ruan Tang thought that he was so inferior that he was desperate about life, and immediately encouraged him: “Actually, it’s not necessarily a good thing to be born with a good appearance, because having a good appearance will attract many hypocritical people… It makes people lose their eyes, unable to see the truth, and unable to pursue true happiness.”

    Just like himself, the so-called love at first sight is actually just lust, making it difficult for him to find a sincere person.

    Ruan Tang’s voice was soft and gentle: “On the contrary, only when your appearance is flawed and you have nothing can you glimpse the truth. Because, the person who loves you at this time must love your soul.”

    Such feelings are rare and make people yearn for and envy them.

    Seth didn’t expect Ruan Tang to say this to him, and no one had ever said this to him. He looked at Ruan Tang fixedly for a while, confirming that what Ruan Tang said was sincere, and that he really thought so in his heart, and not fooling himself, he suddenly said: “…Madam, you are really strange.”

    And also really pretty.

    He suddenly felt that he didn’t hate this Omega anymore.

    “Thank you for your compliment.” Seth was not the first person to say he was strange, but Ruan Tang didn’t think strange was a derogatory term.

    Because everyone living in this world is a special, unreplicable individual. He doesn’t want to make himself the same as others in order to ask for something.

    Nor does he want others to become the same as him.

    Ruan Tang didn’t see Duke Auston, his nominal husband, for the entire day. Instead, after eating breakfast, he had Seth lead him around the mansion and familiarize himself with the environment.

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