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    Ruan Tang sat in the dean’s office of the First Research Institute, drinking coffee.

    The dean was an elderly Alpha, over two hundred years old. This was the first time such a thing had happened in the First Research Institute in so many years. He pushed up his glasses and looked at Ruan Tang with guilt in his eyes.

    After getting married, Ruan Tang had changed greatly from before. The dean couldn’t quite put his finger on what the change was—

    But it just felt like his whole person’s temperament was more distinct. His exceptionally beautiful face was also brought out more vividly, making it impossible for people to look away at first glance.

    “I’m sorry, Researcher Ruan. In the long history of the First Research Institute, such a thing has never happened… On behalf of everyone in the First Research Institute, I sincerely apologize to you.” The elderly dean solemnly apologized to Ruan Tang in front of all the senior members of the First Research Institute.

    All the senior members of the First Research Institute had been paying attention to the events of the past two days. After the dean’s statement, they all cast apologetic glances at Ruan Tang and apologized, “I’m sorry, Dr. Ruan. We misunderstood you. We apologize to you.”

    Although Ruan Tang was not fired from the First Research Institute at the time, he chose to resign because he could not bear the gossip and the discussions about him from his colleagues after the incident with Ruan Xi.

    And after he submitted his resignation, the senior management of the First Research Institute did not retain Ruan Tang as usual…

    They needed to apologize to Ruan Tang no matter what.

    Ruan Tang remained calm on the surface and said gently to everyone, “It’s okay. I took the initiative to resign at the time. Since Ruan Xi did such a thing, and there was no evidence at the time, it was impossible for me to make everyone believe me. I can’t blame everyone.”

    But his heart was turbulent. After he and Ruan Xi had made a scene at the research institute, although no one said anything on the surface, everyone actually believed Ruan Xi. They pointed and whispered about him in private, and many even stared at him warily, as if afraid that he would replicate ‘what he did to Ruan Xi’ on them.

    Ruan Tang was forced to choose to resign at the time, but he had been enduring it, treating it as if nothing had happened.

    Over time, he thought he didn’t care about it anymore.

    Until the truth of the matter came out, the dean personally called him, hoping that he could come and accept the solemn apology from the First Research Institute.

    Ruan Tang immediately agreed to come and accept the apology. It was not until this moment that he realized that he was still aggrieved and still cared about this matter.

    Hearing this apology, Ruan Tang felt that the grievances he had suffered in the past could finally be dispelled and faded away…

    The entire office was silent. Seeing Ruan Tang being so reasonable, all the colleagues present bowed their heads in shame, including Lu Yang, who had once asked Ruan Tang to elope but was rejected, and had since never contacted Ruan Tang and had echoed the rumors about Ruan Tang like everyone else, as well as many others who had followed suit in spreading rumors about Ruan Tang, claiming that Ruan Tang was a scheming person.

    They had spread rumors and speculated about others with the greatest malice simply because they had a good relationship with Ruan Xi, without knowing the truth of what had happened between Ruan Tang and Ruan Xi. It was really too much.

    They were simply unworthy of being the most rigorous researchers.

    “Dr. Ruan, as long as you are willing, the entire First Research Institute welcomes you to come back to work at any time.” The dean looked at Ruan Tang and extended a warm invitation to him.

    Ruan Tang looked at the dean, but gently shook his head, “Thank you, Dean, but no need.”

    Everyone looked at Ruan Tang and almost thought he was stupid. The First Research Institute was a sacred place in the hearts of all researchers in the empire. Ruan Tang was forced to leave because of Ruan Xi’s matter.

    Now that the truth was out and the senior management had apologized to him, why didn’t he come back?

    Even if he was married and was the Duke’s wife, it would be a supreme honor to mention that he worked at the First Research Institute.

    A leader who had a good relationship with him in the past immediately advised when he said this, “…Dr. Ruan, you have to think clearly. The First Research Institute is not easy to enter. Don’t delay your career because of Ruan Xi’s matter.”

    The First Research Institute was the top research unit in the empire. As long as Ruan Tang was still in this industry and planned to continue in this industry, what better place to work than here?

    “Yes, Ruan Tang.” Wen Run also followed suit and advised him.

    Ruan Tang took all the gazes into his eyes. He knew that the First Research Institute would have this apology and invite him back to work, which was probably inseparable from Wen Run, but he did not look at Wen Run.

    He looked at his past leader and said softly, “Thank you for your kindness, but I really don’t plan to come back.”

    He had worked very hard to get into the First Research Institute. He had once hoped to show his talents and realize his ambitions here. His determination and perseverance to get in were very firm.

    And when he chose to leave, his determination and perseverance were also very firm…

    There was no turning back once the arrow was shot.

    When he chose to leave, he never thought about coming back, even if things had changed and the truth had come out. He came here only for an apology.

    “In that case, I won’t try to persuade you any further, but remember, Dr. Ruan… As long as you want to come back in the future, the door of the First Research Institute will always be open for you.” Seeing that Ruan Tang was determined, the old dean immediately sighed and promised Ruan Tang that he could come back at any time in the future.

    Ruan Tang smiled and understood the dean’s good intentions, “Thank you, Dean.”

    Surrounded by the past colleagues and leaders, filled with apology, Ruan Tang left the First Research Institute with satisfaction, his heart filled with peace and tranquility.

    He felt that this time, he could really let go of these things and embark on a new journey in life.

    Ruan Tang had not been out of the First Research Institute for long when someone suddenly appeared and blocked his way.

    It was Zhou Yao. Ruan Tang couldn’t remember how long he hadn’t seen this annoying ex-fiancé, and he didn’t know why he suddenly appeared in front of him.

    Zhou Yao probably drank a lot of wine, and there was a faint smell of alcohol on his body.

    “Ruan Tang, why can’t you just let Ruan Xi go?” As soon as Zhou Yao opened his mouth, he questioned word for word as usual, “You’ve already driven him into the hospital, how far are you going to go before you’re willing to stop?”

    After Ruan Tang got married, Zhou Yao had not been doing very well. He would always involuntarily think of Ruan Tang, and think of their past.

    Obviously Ruan Tang was such a vicious and hateful Omega, but he couldn’t forget him.

    As long as he was not careful, he would think of him, so in order to make himself forget him and not think about him, Zhou Yao had been almost always soaking in the wine jar recently, living a drunken life…

    He didn’t know anything about what had happened between Ruan Tang and Ruan Xi recently.

    When he received a call from Ruan Xi, Ruan Xi complained to him tearfully about how Ruan Tang had framed him again and refused to let him go, causing him to be discredited.

    Zhou Yao was almost ecstatic. He didn’t even bother to comfort Ruan Xi, and rushed over to find Ruan Tang to question him and stand up for Ruan Xi.

    He was unwilling to admit it, but he had to admit that after learning about what Ruan Tang had done to Ruan Xi again, a kind of excitement and happiness that was difficult to conceal and difficult to express welled up in his heart.

    He hadn’t seen Ruan Tang for too long.

    He wanted to see him, even if it was to quarrel with him and argue with him.

    But he had never had a reason or excuse to take the initiative to find Ruan Tang, and now Ruan Xi had sent him a ready-made reason.

    Zhou Yao didn’t even want to figure out the cause and process of the matter, and rushed over in one breath.

    “Zhou Yao, I’ll say it again for the last time, it’s Ruan Xi who has been unwilling to let me go, not me who is unwilling to let him go.” Ruan Tang had experienced such scenes too many times, and he was no longer disturbed at all. “Don’t appear in front of me again in the future, and don’t say these inexplicable things to me again… I don’t want to see you again.”

    The same words were tired of hearing, weary of hearing, tired of saying, weary of saying, and often even made one hate that person as well.

    After saying that, Ruan Tang turned around and left without looking back…

    But Zhou Yao seemed to be really drunk. Seeing that Ruan Tang was about to leave, he immediately stumbled forward and subconsciously grabbed Ruan Tang’s wrist like a stray dog, refusing to let him go, and sobbing in his mouth, “Why? Why do you have to be like this? Why can’t you just let Ruan Xi go?”

    Ruan Tang didn’t expect that he would grab him. He frowned, struggled for a long time but couldn’t break free, and immediately cursed at Zhou Yao, “Zhou Yao, are you out of your mind!”

    He didn’t know what Zhou Yao was going crazy about.

    The more he struggled, the more Zhou Yao pulled his hand, refusing to let him move. Zhou Yao was very strong and was also an Alpha. Ruan Tang was no match for him in a confrontation.

    In the past, although he didn’t speak nicely, he still had some gentlemanly demeanor, and he had never laid a hand on Ruan Tang.

    But this time, he was drunk, his mind was not clear at all, he was completely immersed in his own world, completely ignoring Ruan Tang’s struggle, and just restrained him…

    “It’s all your fault, it’s all your fault! Why do you have to target Ruan Xi all the time? If it wasn’t for you targeting Ruan Xi again and again, we would have gotten married…” He choked and immersed himself in his own world, crying, “We would have gotten married, we would have lived well.”

    Zhou Yao’s eyes were red, his spirit was Trance: “How did it become like this? How did it become like this?”

    Although he didn’t think he loved Ruan Tang, he had always planned to marry Ruan Tang. He only broke off the engagement because he wanted to teach Ruan Tang a lesson, so that he wouldn’t target Ruan Xi like that again…

    But, how could it be like this?

    He was originally just sulking with Ruan Tang, but suddenly Ruan Tang married someone else, and suddenly they became two parallel lines, with no contact at all.

    Recalling their past sweet moments, Zhou Yao couldn’t accept the current state, and didn’t know how it became like this.

    He could only attribute all the mistakes to Ruan Tang. If Ruan Tang didn’t target Ruan Xi, then everything wouldn’t have happened, and they wouldn’t have separated…

    It’s all Ruan Tang’s fault, it’s all Ruan Tang’s fault.

    “Zhou Yao, you’re thinking too much.” Ruan Tang sneered when he heard his divine logic, “With you like this, not to mention that I can’t marry you, even if I did, I would divorce you… We couldn’t possibly live well.”

    His Alpha’s heart couldn’t have a trace of Ruan Xi’s position, this was his bottom line.

    Zhou Yao’s eyes dimmed when he heard his words, and his spirit became even more chaotic.

    “Let go, let go of me now! I don’t want to see you again!” Ruan Tang scolded him coldly.

    But Zhou Yao seemed to be completely immersed in his own world and couldn’t hear what others were saying. He grabbed Ruan Tang and was about to pull him into his arms, muttering, “Why? Why do you have to be like this?”

    But before he could completely pull Ruan Tang into his arms, someone grabbed him from behind and dragged him away, throwing him, who was full of alcohol, to the ground.

    “Zhou Yao, what are you doing? As an Alpha, it’s a very disgusting behavior to lay hands on an Omega! Why don’t you go protect your Ruan Xi and come find Ruan Tang?” Wen Run didn’t know when he appeared, and scolded Zhou Yao, who was like a dead dog.

    Ruan Tang saw Wen Run and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, “Wen Run.”

    Ruan Tang’s mood was quite complicated towards this former friend who might be his nephew, but he also knew that the other party’s combat power was much stronger than his own.

    “Wen Run? Why are you here? Why are you meddling?” Zhou Yao was furious when he saw Wen Run, “Weren’t you on the same side as me, hating Ruan Tang’s actions? Why, now that you know you’re Ruan Tang’s nephew, you want to protect him and help him harm Ruan Xi?”

    He accused Wen Run loudly, “Our past friendship, Ruan Xi’s kindness to you, have you all forgotten?”

    He was very jealous of Wen Run, he was jealous of him when he was with Ruan Tang before. The relationship between Ruan Tang and Wen Run, this friend, was simply a little abnormal in Zhou Yao’s eyes.

    He always felt that Wen Run had some thoughts about Ruan Tang, but he had never said it… Later, Wen Run helped Ruan Xi with a clear understanding of justice and stood on the opposite side of Ruan Tang, and he never mentioned this matter again.

    Now, looking at Wen Run, who was clearly standing with them and was hated by Ruan Tang, just relying on the identity of a nephew, he stood back on Ruan Tang’s side, and Ruan Tang was so kind to him.

    Zhou Yao was even more jealous.

    He was so jealous that his whole person was about to be distorted.

    “What I do, what I did has nothing to do with you! You laid hands on an Omega, I’m going to let you know how powerful I am today.” Wen Run was also furious when he heard the words. Although his strength was usually not as good as Zhou Yao, Zhou Yao was drunk today. He grabbed Zhou Yao and punched him directly.

    The connection between him and Shen Mozhi Zhou Yao was first because of Ruan Tang, and then because of Ruan Xi… In fact, they couldn’t be said to have much deep friendship with each other.

    Now, he has been reborn and returned, and he has seen the true face of Ruan Xi…

    Seeing that the former fiancé who betrayed Ruan Tang in the previous life dared to be so arrogant and pester Ruan Tang, Wen Run suddenly lost his mind.

    Recalling Ruan Tang’s experience in the previous life, Wen Run deeply hated himself, but he also hated these two people who should have been on the same front with Ruan Tang, but betrayed him and stabbed him in the heart.

    They jointly created Ruan Tang’s ending in the previous life.

    Whether it was them or himself, Wen Run, he didn’t plan to forgive anyone.

    This life, he only came to repay his debt, to repay everything he owed Ruan Tang to him…

    Zhou Yao was beaten back several steps, and when he came back to his senses, he immediately punched Wen Run with a hook.

    Ruan Tang looked at the two of them fighting together, still entangled in those annoying questions, frowned, and immediately turned around and left without looking back.

    He originally wanted to talk to Wen Run alone, but now was obviously not a good time.

    Zhou Yao was reborn when he woke up in the hospital with a bruised nose and swollen face. Seeing the hospital ceiling before the fall of the Imperial Star, and his male servant who was no longer there, he was completely Confused.

    “Young master, young master…” His male servant, who had been dead for many years, kept calling him in his ear.

    Zhou Yao couldn’t believe it, he asked the male servant, “What year is it in the Interstellar Calendar now?”

    “It’s the Interstellar Calendar 712 now.” Tim looked at his young master with a confused look, as if he couldn’t understand why he would ask such a strange question.

    Zhou Yao Murmurrepeated the year, but fell into deep thought: “Interstellar Calendar 712.”

    He didn’t expect that he was reborn, he could actually come back…

    Looking back on his life, the most regrettable thing was that he was misled by Ruan Xi without distinguishing the truth, misunderstood Ruan Tang and made such a big deal with Ruan Tang, until he could never turn back, he realized the true face of Ruan Xi, and knew that the person he truly loved in his heart had always been Ruan Tang, but it was ridiculous that he had never seen it clearly before, and had been helping the villain to betray and hurt his most beloved Omega…

    After that, he had been trying to make amends, wanting to regret Ruan Tang, but the damage had already been done, and no matter how he begged, Ruan Tang never turned back in his life.

    Later, when the Imperial Star was about to fall, he went to Ruan Tang to persuade him to go with him, but Ruan Tang refused him. When he went to Ruan Tang again the next day, Ruan Tang had disappeared…

    Zhou Yao never married later in his life, and was searching for Ruan Tang all his life, but he couldn’t find him.

    This was the biggest regret in his long life. On his deathbed, Zhou Yao was Thinking about it wholeheartedlywanting to see Ruan Tang again, and vowed in his heart that if there was a next life, he would definitely cherish and make up for Ruan Tang, and have a good life with him…

    Don’t do, the confused things that you regretted in the previous life.

    Zhou Yao originally thought that this could only become his luxury, but he didn’t expect that God actually heard his inner call and really fulfilled his wish and let him come back.

    In the Interstellar Calendar 712, he and Ruan Tang should have just Dismissal of the engagementnot long ago, the biggest damage and rift had not yet occurred, he should still have the opportunity to RecoverRuan Tang, treat him well, and return everything he owed him…

    “Where’s Ruan Tang? Where’s Ruan Tang? Where is Ruan Tang, I want to find him!” Thinking of this, Zhou Yao was ecstatic, he didn’t even care about the pain on his body, and didn’t have time to think about why he was injured this year, so he couldn’t wait to see Ruan Tang.

    To see the person he put in his heart, can only be found from memory, midnight dream back let himself All the timenot Taste itthe heart-wrenching regret wanting to see, but End of lifenever seen again.

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