AGMATSWHLMAR Chapter 3

Because of Ruan Tang’s disobedience, Ruan Ming’s expression immediately turned unpleasant: “Rumors are not necessarily true. Besides, even if Duke Auston is tyrannical and eccentric, there hasn’t been any rumor of him torturing the people around him in the entire Imperial Star… Those Omegas who were scared out of their minds were just timid.”

“You are a son of the Ruan family, and his partner recognized by the Empress, including himself. As long as you don’t court death and deliberately provoke and anger him, how could he possibly harm you?”

His words were no different from the straight-A male chauvinist rhetoric that being raped is the victim’s fault for dressing too revealingly.

Ruan Tang looked at him coldly.

Ruan Ming also sneered immediately after: “Furthermore, my son, since you chose to come back today, chose to stand here, it means you yourself have acquiesced to this marriage, haven’t you? Otherwise, you would have run away with that young Alpha long ago…”

He bluntly told Ruan Tang that he knew everything about Lu Yang inviting him to elope today, and Ruan Tang’s own choice to refuse.

Ruan Ming was a deep schemer and never a benevolent person. In his eyes, Ruan Tang, this Omega son whom he didn’t like, was never a simple and kind little darling.

On the contrary, in his eyes, Ruan Tang was simply the epitome of an ambitious and scheming Omega.

From the moment Ruan Tang chose not to elope with that young man, in Ruan Ming’s eyes, Ruan Tang’s heartbrokenness, sarcasm, and unwillingness were nothing more than a disguise for him to see, a bargaining chip to negotiate with him.

As shrewd as he was, he wouldn’t fall for Ruan Tang’s trick.

“Father thinks, in Imperial Star… If I wanted to elope, could I really escape?” Ruan Tang lowered his eyes, looking at his toes, and sneered directly.

Since the Ruan family had released the news that they would be marrying Duke Auston, it was absolutely impossible for them to let him, the target of the marriage, run away.

Ruan Tang knew this all too well.

Ruan Ming didn’t take his cue, but directly said: “With the Crown Prince newly deceased, Duke Auston is already the only son of His Majesty the Emperor and Her Majesty the Empress. The Imperial Family has made a promise that as long as you can have a child with Duke Auston, this child will become the Emperor’s first in line to the throne.”

The Ruan family was already a prominent noble family, and originally didn’t want to wade into these troubled waters, resorting to selling their son for glory to this extent, sending their own son to a lunatic.

But the Empress’s family persuaded the Emperor and offered such benefits that Ruan Ming couldn’t help but be tempted to sell his son.

In the face of such huge family interests and various forces involved, his unfavored son’s personal happiness was no longer considered anything.

Moreover, in his eyes, Ruan Tang’s reputation was so bad that it was impossible to find a much better Alpha…

It would be better to make the best use of everything and dedicate himself to the family’s interests more thoroughly.

“Ruan Tang, you should be content,” Ruan Ming said lightly.

He was ambitious, and in his eyes, Ruan Tang was equally ambitious. He felt that the identity of the future Crown Prince’s father should make Ruan Tang put away his greedy thoughts.

“If Auston and I have a child in the future, he will be the first in line to the throne…” Ruan Tang stared at him, and sneered immediately after: “Sounds like it’s indeed very tempting.”

“But my dear father, don’t forget—these are all the interests of the family, the transaction between you and the Empress’s family. What does it have to do with me?”

Ruan Tang looked at him coldly, having been hurt too much, he was already invulnerable: “And why should I sacrifice my life and risk my life to feed a tiger, sacrificing my whole life for nothing?”

Marrying a lunatic, how many normal people would make such a choice?

He didn’t have any great spirit of sacrifice and dedication, and he didn’t have the slightest affection for the cold and ruthless Ruan family. If he was asked to be loyal and make selfless dedication to this family…

Sorry, he couldn’t do it.

If Ruan Ming wanted him to sacrifice, he had to pay a corresponding price.

Ruan Ming looked at him coldly, his face turning slightly blue with anger.

After a long while, considering the interests and involvement behind it, although he still hated Ruan Tang’s insatiable greed, he still took a deep breath and made a concession: “What do you want?”

Among his five Omega children, only Ruan Xi, Ruan Tang, and the mad eldest daughter were born in wedlock.

Ruan Xi had a lot of good resources, and a casual marriage could bring considerable benefits to the family, which couldn’t be ruined. The eldest daughter was not only a madwoman, but also had been married twice and had children, so she couldn’t marry Duke Auston either.

In addition, Ruan Tang had the best appearance, and his pheromone compatibility with Auston was the highest, making it most likely for that lunatic to take the initiative to possess him, mark him, and have children with him.

After all, Ruan Tang was the most suitable marriage partner among his sons.

Ruan Tang found his father’s concession somewhat ridiculous.

Ridiculous, but not beyond his expectations.

Taking out a paper agreement directly from his briefcase, Ruan Tang pushed it directly in front of Ruan Ming: “This is what I want.”

After knowing Ruan Ming’s calculations, Ruan Tang had already accurately predicted Ruan Ming’s bottom line, and was prepared to ask for what his family deserved, and to sell himself for a good price.

Having been born and raised in such a family, Ruan Tang didn’t believe in love, nor did he believe in Alphas.

But due to being a rare Omega, he knew that the Imperial government and the Ruan family would not allow him to remain single forever. In addition, the suppressants were becoming less and less effective for him, making him realize that he might have to enter a marriage and be tied to an Alpha.

That’s why he had to make a choice.

As for what kind of marriage partner he would have, whether a madman, an idiot, an ugly monster, or a disabled person… Ruan Tang didn’t care at all. He only knew that as long as he could achieve his goals through this marriage, that would be enough.

“Ruan Tang, aren’t you being too greedy?” Ruan Ming looked at the things Ruan Tang requested in the agreement, and his expression immediately turned grim.

Ruan Tang’s request was not only to take away the majority of the Ruan family’s current liquid assets, but also to take away many fixed assets and planetary resources.

He still had so many children, how could he let Ruan Tang take so much alone?

“Greedy?” Ruan Tang looked at him with cold eyes, but said each word clearly: “Take a closer look. These assets are all for establishing foundations for my mother and my eldest brother and sister, and I hope you will donate them. I don’t want a single cent for myself…”

“Mother married you when your family was in decline and you were penniless. At that time, you had nothing. It was she who took out all her savings and her grandfather’s entire fortune to help you start from scratch and endured countless hardships before you owned today’s family business…”

“And eldest brother, when you led troops to fight, he was always at the forefront, fighting bloody battles for you and for the Empire, fighting against a hundred enemies alone… Without him, where would Marshal’s glorious achievements come from today?”

“… Eldest sister, it was you who personally broke up her and her beloved, forcing her to marry for the sake of the family, and then, after something happened to her husband’s family, forced her to have an abortion, get divorced, and sever ties… It was you who drove her mad and ruined her life.”

Hearing Ruan Tang mention his first wife and eldest son and daughter, Ruan Ming’s face turned from green to purple, and suddenly became ugly.

He was a typical straight-A male chauvinist. In his eyes, Omegas were just appendages of Alphas, just toys. But his eldest son and daughter were different to him. Ruan Tang’s eldest brother and sister were nearly twenty years older than all of Ruan Ming’s later children, and they were truly born when Ruan Ming was in poverty.

At that time, the family was poor, the house was small, and they couldn’t afford to hire servants. The two children truly grew up under Ruan Ming’s eyes, and Ruan Ming’s feelings for them were very different.

One after another, when something happened to his eldest son and daughter, Ruan Ming felt that his heart was more painful than anyone else’s, almost burning inside.

Because he didn’t want to recall the miserable situation of his eldest son and daughter, after confirming that they had no chance of improvement, Ruan Ming couldn’t bear to look at them again. In the entire Ruan family, he didn’t want anyone to mention the tragic situation of his eldest son and daughter.

But Ruan Tang, insisted on mentioning it in front of him again and again—

Trying to win his sympathy with this kind of unlikable behavior, how could he possibly like this son?

Ruan Tang saw the hidden pain in his eyes, but only found it ridiculous. After something happened to his eldest brother and sister, they had always been at home. Ruan Ming had given them the best medical treatment, but he hadn’t stepped into the main house to see his so-called ‘most beloved’ children for twenty years.

Why was such a person pretending to be a loving father here?

Ruan Tang sneered and pressed on: “Mother is your first wife, and based on the contributions my eldest brother and sister made to our Ruan family, even if I wanted to take away half of your family property for them, it wouldn’t be excessive, would it?”

“After all, you love them so much, you should give it to them without batting an eye…”

“Besides, aren’t you going to sell me now to exchange for greater benefits for the family? Why be stingy with so little?” Ruan Tang said mockingly.

Ruan Ming’s forehead veins bulged. Recalling his excellent eldest son and daughter, he looked at the disobedient and unfilial Ruan Tang in front of him.

After a long period of weighing the interests, he still made concessions and signed various legally effective property transfer documents according to Ruan Tang’s request.

He looked at Ruan Tang coldly: “You should be satisfied now, right?”

“Thank you, Father. I will follow your orders and marry Duke Auston, but—I have one more request.” Having won this tug-of-war and seeing that his mother, brother, and sisters were now guaranteed for the future, the smile on Ruan Tang’s face finally became a little more sincere.

Ruan Ming, whose expression was already not very good, immediately became exasperated when he heard this: “How can you still have requests?”

As if accusing Ruan Tang of making excessive demands.

Having taken away so many things, he was still not satisfied.

“I want to take my mother and eldest brother and sister away from the Ruan family.” However, Ruan Tang smiled this time, but didn’t make excessive demands again.

But Ruan Ming’s expression was even more gloomy and ugly than when he asked for money, as if Ruan Tang had done something outrageous, slamming the table and shaking the things on the desk: “They are my wife and children!”

Ruan Tang wanted to take them away from the Ruan family, what a joke.

Was he trying to slap him in the face in front of the people of Imperial Star?

“Mother is no longer your wife. Your current wife is Ms. Xia Ruzhi.” Ruan Tang smiled coldly: “Eldest brother and sister are indeed your children, but since something happened to them, in these past twenty years… Have you taken care of them for even a day, or visited them once?”

“If that’s the case, why do you insist on keeping them?” He knew that Ruan Ming was only doing it for his own face.

Ruan Ming’s face turned from green to white.

Ruan Tang took what he wanted, and no longer wanted to argue with him, and waved the property transfer document in his hand: “You have already given what should be given to mother and older siblings, you have countless children and Omegas, but I only have this one mother and older siblings…”

“I’m about to leave the Ruan family soon. I’m really afraid that if I leave, and can’t keep an eye on them, they’ll be harmed by someone without anyone knowing… Since you’ve given the money, I believe that even if outsiders know that mother and older siblings are no longer in the Ruan family, no one will criticize you for abandoning your wife and children who sacrificed for the family, right…” At this moment, Ruan Tang spoke nothing but the truth.

He looked at Ruan Ming calmly: “To put my mind at ease, you might as well let our family leave.”

Having said that, after thinking carefully, he felt that the situation was indeed as Ruan Tang said… He had given so much property that even if the original wife and children left the Ruan family, no one could criticize him for abandoning his abandoned wife and children who had sacrificed for the family, and it wouldn’t affect his reputation.

Ruan Ming didn’t resist Ruan Tang’s insistence on taking his mother and siblings away, but sneered: “How could the Ruan family have such dirty things, don’t judge a gentleman’s heart with the mind of a villain…”

Although he said that, Ruan Tang immediately understood that he meant that he agreed to let him take his mother and siblings away.

He looked at Ruan Ming obediently, with a sincere look, and responded: “Thank you, Father.”

Ruan Tang didn’t care that his biological father was mocking him as a villain, he only wanted to be able to take his family of four out of the Ruan family to live their own lives.