AGMATSWHLMAR Chapter 85

Chapter 84

The secretary always felt that Shen Mozhi was somewhat different from before, but he couldn’t quite put his finger on what exactly had changed.

Inside the silent police station, Ruan Xi, wearing handcuffs, was escorted by interstellar law enforcement to meet Shen Mozhi.

His condition was terrible. Everyone knew he was a fool who didn’t know what was good for him, a madman who had offended both Auston and Ruan Tang with his muddled logic. Ruan Tang and Auston didn’t even need to personally intervene; people below were already eager to please them. They intensified the interrogation in prison and mentally tortured Ruan Xi, not only wanting to force him to confess the monitoring incident clearly…

Some even wanted to forcibly link Ruan Xi and the crimes committed by his mother’s Xia family, slapping him with charges to imprison him, completely eliminating future troubles for Ruan Tang and Auston.

Even his status as Shen Mozhi’s fiancé was useless.

Because everyone knew that Shen Mozhi’s family was dissatisfied with and did not recognize him as Shen Mozhi’s partner; in fact, they were very disgusted with him.

Ruan Xi had only been there for less than a day, but he had already become much more haggard, with a darkened complexion and poor mental state, his entire body exuding an aura of death.

When he saw Shen Mozhi, he seemed to see a savior. Tears welled up in his eyes, and he couldn’t wait to shout at Shen Mozhi, “Mozhi…”

“Mozhi, you have to save me! Only you can save me now.”

Shen Mozhi dismissed everyone around him and pursed his lips slightly, unable to express his feelings. He simply asked, “You want me to save you?”

“Yes, Mozhi,” Ruan Xi said eagerly.

Shen Mozhi said very calmly, “You know what Auston and Ruan Tang’s status is now, right? You also know that I can’t afford to offend them. You did something like this… Did you consider that I and my family might be implicated? In this state, how do you expect me to save you?”

He really wanted to ask the Omega in front of him if he had any conscience. He, Shen Mozhi, might have let down Ruan Tang, let down many people.

But after treating him as his savior, he had never let him down…

But what about Ruan Xi?

How had he treated him? In his past life, he had unhesitatingly betrayed him in front of his enemies to survive. In this life, he had repeatedly humiliated him, only thinking of him when he needed help to get out of a predicament, never considering the impact his actions would have on him.

In his eyes, he seemed to be nothing more than a tool.

Shen Mozhi really didn’t know how he could have been so blind to lose Ruan Tang for such a person.

“Mozhi, I’m sorry,” Ruan Xi said immediately, his eyes filled with tears, apologizing without hesitation.

Shen Mozhi looked at him deeply, but said coldly, “The person you should be apologizing to isn’t me, it’s Ruan Tang. What you should be doing most is apologizing to him, confessing your sins.”

“Ruan Tang? Is he the one who harmed me like this? You want me to apologize to him? Mozhi, what’s wrong with you? Did you drink the soup he fed you?” Ruan Xi had been pretending to be a pitiful white lotus, but when he heard the words “Ruan Tang,” he became agitated as if he had been stimulated, looking at Shen Mozhi in disbelief.

How could Shen Mozhi possibly want him to apologize to Ruan Tang?

Shen Mozhi sat still, saying, “Shouldn’t you apologize to him? For everything you’ve done to him, for framing him time and time again, for still being so stubbornly intent on harming him even now?”

He still couldn’t understand where Ruan Xi’s hatred and obsession with Ruan Tang came from.

“He forced me! He forced me! It’s not that I wanted to harm him!” Ruan Xi brainwashed himself over and over again, saying words that even he himself believed.

But he could no longer deceive anyone else.

Shen Mozhi was too lazy to waste any more words arguing with him. He simply asked, “Since you don’t want to apologize, then tell me, how did you do it?”

“Do what?” Ruan Xi suppressed all the impatience in his heart, still pretending to be innocent as he asked.

Shen Mozhi stared at him intently, saying coldly, “How did you manage to use abnormal means to access the Duke’s mansion’s surveillance, how did you ensure that the researcher could steal Ruan Tang’s designs without being discovered, how did you manage to drive a wedge between Wen Run and Ruan Tang’s years of friendship, how did you repeatedly use such idiotic methods to frame Ruan Tang, yet still manage to bewitch people into standing on your side…”

He hadn’t wanted to come to see Ruan Xi, but he was genuinely curious about these things.

Each of these things sounded simple, but they all required an extremely strong network of connections and intelligence to achieve. Ruan Xi had nothing, was as stupid as a pig. Shen Mozhi had been blinded as if by lard, never investigating. Now that he had been reborn and awakened, he was curious.

He had clearly recognized Ruan Tang as his savior and had feelings for Ruan Tang… How could he have been bewitched by Ruan Xi, his mind clouded?

Shen Mozhi felt that there must be something strange about Ruan Xi, but he didn’t know what that strangeness was.

“Mozhi, what are you talking about? I don’t know anything! I don’t know…” Ruan Xi didn’t expect that Shen Mozhi would notice the clues about the golden finger he possessed. His face turned pale, and he desperately tried to explain himself, pretending to be a white lotus once more.

But this time, Shen Mozhi would no longer be deceived by him. He curled his lips into an extremely sarcastic smile and said, “Fine, you don’t know. Since you don’t know, we have nothing more to talk about. Don’t expect me to save you. You can rot in jail here… I want to see if you have the great ability to bewitch others again and walk out of the police station!”

“Anyway, Auston and Ruan Tang will never let you out unless you confess clearly.”

With those words, he immediately got up and turned to leave without any hesitation…

“Shen Mozhi, don’t forget, I’m your savior. Without me, you would have died long ago. You ungrateful wretch!” Ruan Xi didn’t expect Shen Mozhi to be so heartless towards him. His eyes widened in anger, and his face turned livid. If he weren’t restrained by the energy shackles, he would have loved to rush up and beat Shen Mozhi.

How could this person be so ungrateful?

He was his savior! He wasn’t like this to Ruan Tang in the original novel…

Shen Mozhi hadn’t wanted to pay him any attention, but when he heard him shamelessly bring up such words, he immediately stopped, turned back to look at Ruan Xi’s resentful gaze as if he were a heartless man, and sneered, “Ruan Xi, whether you or Ruan Tang is my savior, you and I both know it in our hearts at this point!”

“Who are you putting on a show for now? Could it be that you’ve been acting for so long that you’ve even deceived yourself?”

When Ruan Xi came to him with evidence, Shen Mozhi couldn’t help but have doubts in his heart. Although Ruan Xi wasn’t favored in the Ruan family as a child, and his background information matched, like him, he gradually gained favor, but he always felt that the feeling Ruan Xi gave him was not right.

But later, inexplicably, he seemed to be bewitched and believed Ruan Xi…

And now, how much he valued his savior in his past life, how much he now hated Ruan Xi.

“You… How do you know? Who told you? Who? Is it Ruan Tang… Is it Ruan Tang?” Ruan Xi didn’t expect that Shen Mozhi knew everything. His face turned livid, and he stared at Shen Mozhi gloomily, suspecting in his mind why he had failed.

Shen Mozhi put away the smile on his face, “Who it is doesn’t matter anymore. Ruan Xi, you need to know that you’re finished. It’s time for you to pay the price for everything you’ve done. I’ll make you and your mother rot in jail together, for hurting Ruan Tang time and time again, and for deceiving me!”

When the Xia family had an accident, many things were actually closely related to Ruan Xi. Shen Mozhi had spent a lot of effort and connections to clear Ruan Xi of all involvement and protect him.

But now, since Ruan Xi wasn’t his benefactor, how he had protected him back then, he would now send him in…

With the memories and experience of his previous life, Shen Mozhi knew that now that he had regained his senses and was no longer bewitched by him, and Ruan Xi had fallen to such a state, it meant that the strange ability on Ruan Xi’s body had almost disappeared.

Now he must pay the price for everything he had done.

Shen Mozhi didn’t want him to die; he wanted him to wish he were dead.

Since Ruan Xi wanted wealth and glory, a life of honor, he would make him spend the rest of his life in prison, as a prisoner to atone for his sins.

“Mozhi, Mozhi, you can’t treat me like this! You can’t treat me like this!” Seeing Shen Mozhi’s attitude, Ruan Xi panicked.

Shen Mozhi was his only hope now; he couldn’t lose him.

But Shen Mozhi ignored him completely, walking towards the door on his own.

Ruan Xi looked at his back, so angry that he almost vomited blood, cursing hatefully, “Shen Mozhi! And Zhou Yao, Wen Run, they’re all the same! Yes, I manipulated you, tricked you into hurting Ruan Tang, that’s right, but it was you who truly pushed Ruan Tang into the abyss, time and time again!”

“Who are you putting on a show of deep affection and regret for now? Even if I’m guilty, we’re all accomplices… Even if we have to be punished, it shouldn’t be just me! None of you can escape!”

“In fact, your crimes are even worse than mine. I don’t have the ability to harm him!”

He was sophistical, not feeling that he was wrong.

Even if he himself was dark, he believed that Shen Mozhi and he were the same kind of people.

“Yes, you’re right. Not just you, all of us must atone for our sins to him!” Shen Mozhi stopped, a bitter smile appearing on his face as he thought of what he had done to Ruan Tang. But thinking of Ruan Xi, he hated him again, “So, you should stay in jail and prepare to use your whole life to repent for your sins.”

He would atone for his sins to Ruan Tang himself in the future.

The person who had to pay the price now was Ruan Xi.

“Mozhi!”

“Mozhi!” Ruan Xi looked at his merciless back, shouting in despair and madness. He regretted why he had said such harsh words to Shen Mozhi. He should have been softer and weaker to win Shen Mozhi’s sympathy, so he would still have a chance to get out.

Instead of falling into such a terrible situation, becoming a prisoner.

But there was no response to his cries in the empty room…

…

Ruan Tang and Auston were completely unaware that Ruan Xi had live-streamed Auston’s revealing his identity on the Interstellar Network until they heard about it the next morning.

Ruan Tang and Auston’s related teams saw that the couple’s intimate incident not only did not arouse public disgust but instead added a lot of goodwill. They took this opportunity to control the marketing and break some of the close-to-perfect public image that Ruan Tang had previously created, creating a down-to-earth and approachable image to avoid being praised to death by public opinion.

They also took advantage of this popular perception of contrast and cuteness to wash away Auston’s previous image of a ruthless killer, popularizing Auston’s political achievements and little-known public welfare undertakings to the public.

They were leading the image of the two towards that of a model couple.

Auston’s achievements and results in his field had always been good, and he had made many solid contributions to social welfare. It was just that his notorious reputation was too widespread and he had been demonized. In addition, he himself did not care, which had already left a deeply rooted impression on people. Even if his public relations team wanted to clean it up later.

Few people believed it, and the public believed that this was just Auston’s public relations tactic, and that the madman had stained his hands with countless blood.

But after he married Ruan Tang, he was visibly good to Ruan Tang. Every time he appeared in public, he gave Ruan Tang enough face and substance, always showing a loving and affectionate appearance. In addition to this revealing incident, it seemed to prove that they really loved each other, making people believe in love.

Auston’s originally intimidating public image had improved slightly, and people began to feel that he was not terrible or a Shura, but an ordinary person, willing to understand and believe in his achievements, rather than the terrifying legends passed down by word of mouth.

Ruan Tang was very satisfied with this, because he knew how important public image was to those in high positions. The public’s goodwill and love could bring them many chips and help in the future.

But Auston seemed a little uncomfortable after learning that his face had been exposed not only to those people but also to the entire empire’s people through Ruan Xi’s live broadcast…

Although he didn’t say anything, Ruan Tang still felt his discomfort.

“It’s okay, my lord. Although your appearance has been seen by people, most people recognize your appearance, think you are very handsome, and praise you… No one thinks you are scary because of the scars on your face.” Ruan Tang knew that he cared about his appearance, so he immediately grabbed his hand and read the good content of the comments to him one by one.

When they woke up in the morning, the online comments had already been processed and controlled by the public relations team. In addition to the fact that there were already more good comments, the malicious comments against Auston had long been suppressed by Ruan Tang.

He read out the comments praising Auston one by one: “I didn’t expect the Bluebeard Duke to look like this after taking off his mask. I think he actually looks very handsome.”

“Really, really. I thought he looked very scary and gloomy when he was always wearing that terrible mask. After taking off the mask, I actually think he looks sunny and not scary at all, and even a little cute.”

“I have to say that the royal family’s genes are still online. Although the scars on his face do affect his appearance, he is still handsome overall.”

After Ruan Tang picked out a few to read, he immediately said to Auston, “You see, the impact it has on your appearance is not as big as you imagine.”

“Who told you I care about that kind of thing?” Auston’s expression relaxed a bit, but he was still stubborn, disgusted, “Why are you so nosy?”

Ruan Tang immediately smiled and coaxed him: “Okay, okay, I’m being nosy. You don’t care about that kind of thing. I just like to read other people’s praise to you, okay?”

“I don’t care what other people think of me!” Auston emphasized again, but he opened his eyes wide and looked at Ruan Tang expectantly.

The implication in his eyes was very strong.

Ruan Tang: “…”

Ruan Tang couldn’t ignore it even if he wanted to.

He had no choice but to hug Auston and kiss his cheek, saying, “That’s right, we don’t need to care about what other people think! In my heart, Seth is the most handsome ALPHA.”

He couldn’t imagine that after they were together, Auston would become such a tsundere, hinting at him to praise him and hug him at every opportunity.

But what else could he do besides praise and hug him?

Auston was satisfied now, looking at Ruan Tang, he smiled foolishly like a young man who had just fallen in love.

The two looked at each other, and immediately hugged and kissed each other again. After being together, they especially liked to touch and kiss each other, as if they couldn’t get close enough.

After a period of intimacy, Ruan Tang put on his clothes and suddenly thought of something, asking, “It’s all my fault. I wanted to provoke you, but I didn’t consider the consequences. I didn’t expect Ruan Xi to use a live broadcast, and I didn’t expect you to take off your mask for me… Will it have any bad impact for the Emperor and Empress to know that you can walk?”

He had actually felt quite guilty towards Auston because of this. Auston didn’t want his face to be exposed to the world, and had always been in a wheelchair instead of using prosthetics, but it was all exposed because of him.

“What’s the big deal? If it’s exposed, it’s exposed. Do you think they don’t know?” Auston didn’t care about this, “I’m a cripple. Do I need to report to them whether I like to use a wheelchair or prosthetics? Is that against the law?”

The reason why he had chosen to use a wheelchair instead of prosthetics for so many years was to constantly remind the Emperor and Empress of the fact that he was a cripple, arousing the thin guilt and sympathy in their hearts, so as to bargain with them.

But now, having seen the Emperor and Empress’s cold-heartedness—

Auston felt that it was no longer necessary.

From now on, whether he used a wheelchair or prosthetics, it would only be for his own and Ruan Tang’s liking and happiness, and not because of anyone else.

He would no longer have unrealistic illusions about anyone.

Ruan Tang frowned when he heard this, “Don’t say that.”

He couldn’t bear to hear Auston say that he was a cripple, which made his heart ache.

“Okay, I won’t say it.” Auston immediately changed his words, nuzzling Ruan Tang affectionately, “Don’t forget, their spies are all over my mansion.”

Ruan Tang immediately thought of this. Auston used to pretend to be Seth and walk around the mansion, and it seemed that he had not avoided anyone, and the butler and others knew his identity.

He looked up at Auston and immediately asked, “So what do you plan to do?”