Chapter 001- He is Ruan Tang

       “Ruan Tang, come with me, although I can’t give you anything now, but……but I swear, I’ll be good to you in the future……”

        The young Alpha looked at the Omega in front of him, he was so tense that saying one more word was nerve wracking, and even speaking these words seemed to have taken great courage.

       He didn’t even dare to look at the Omega.

       The Omega sitting opposite him was undoubtedly a beauty recognized in the eyes of the world…

       His skin was fair, his figure thin, the facial features even more noble and handsome.
His temperament outstandingly cool and clear but unforgettable at first sight; the soul exceedingly alluring.

        The strange sense of disobedience created his incomparable charm.

       But at this moment, the beauty named Ruan Tang frowned slightly after listening to the words of the young Alpha, he was surprised, “Go with you? Lu Yang, are you kidding?”

        Ruan Tang never thought that this kind of plot similar to that of a famous TV series, where an omega was asked to elope by a poor boy, would happen to him and that the other party who offered the invitation was Lu Yang.

        The junior in this research institute who he had a decent relationship with.

       “Ruan Tang……I’ve heard about your marriage with that person, so long as you nod your head, no matter what price I pay, even if it’s my life, I’ll take you to the ends of the earth, somewhere the royal family and government can’t find us…” Hearing Ruan Tang’s voice, Lu Yang’s tone became more and more excited.

        He seemed to regard himself as Ruan Tang’s savior, the only person in the world who could rescue Ruan Tang.

       Ruan Tang looked at the young Alpha who was completely immersed in his own story.
Finally, he couldn’t help sighing and coldly interrupted him, “Lu Yang, I don’t know what kind of misunderstanding you have made, and where you heard these kinds of things…”

       “But I must tell you that, while I’m grateful for your kindness towards me, I don’t feel the same way about you.
Therefore I will not and cannot go with you.”

        “You should get rid of these feelings.
Today’s words, I’ll pretend as if you haven’t said them and I haven’t heard them.
We will not be in contact again.” After his voice fell, Ruan Tang’s fair hand immediately put down the cup in his hand, got up without hesitation, turned around and left

        Looking at Ruan Tang’s back, Lu Yang’s mood in his eyes changed again and again.
In the end, his hand tightly clenched into a fist.
He reluctantly looked at Ruan Tang’s figure.
He could hardly suppress his grief and anger, and asked, “Why? Are you really as they say, a greedy and vain Omega who hates the poor and loves the rich? “

       “For the sake of wealth and status you would rather marry Duke Austin, than leave with me?”

        He never believed those rumors about Ruan Tang before.
Ruan Tang was so beautiful and cold.
Even though he was not good tempered, how could he be the legendary unscrupulous black lotus outsiders spoke of, who wanted to climb up using any means necessary?

        But now, Ruan Tang’s rejection has caused Lu Yang to have a slight change of heart.

        After all, Duke Austin is known to all…It is obvious what kind of choice a normal person would have made between him and Austin, if not for the sake of power.

       But Ruan Tang made the opposite choice of what the rest of the world would choose, if not for power than for what?

        This omega was as cold and heartless as the rumors said.

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       “I don’t think it’s necessary for me to explain my personal affairs to you.” As for Lu Yang’s narrow determination, Ruan Tang was unable to make any complaints about it.
He just looked back at him and turned away.
“As for what you think about it, just believe what you want.”

       Over the years, many prejudices and misunderstandings have been put on him by the world.
Ruan Tang has explained many times, but the more explanations he gives, the more no one believes it.

       He gradually became too lazy to explain

       Lu Yang looked at Ruan Tang’s distant figure with unwillingness, but not far away, a beta came forward, and coolly began to speak.

       He was a colleague of Ruan Tang and Lu Yang at the Research Institute.

       “Look, what did I tell you? Ruan Tang can’t go with you! An Omega like him doesn’t care about sincerity and feelings at all.
He only cares about power and status.
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        “He is the number one beauty of the Emperor Star but also the number one black lotus1 of the Emperor Star.”

       “You were only deceived by his appearance.
He is not as good as you think.
You can’t brood over an Omega such as him like that… “

       Lu Yang listened to his colleague’s words, and his mouth moved slightly.
However, he did not defend Ruan Tang or find excuses for him as he did before.

       There’s no smoke without fire2.

       Perhaps, the rumors he had heard about Ruan Tang in the past were true

　　……

       “Fifth young master, the master invites you to his study.” Ruan Tang had just returned home, and the housekeeper of the Ruan family came to him to convey the master’s orders.

       Ruan Tang had been prepared for a long time and immediately responded in a low voice, “Alright, I understand.”

       Ruan Tang was born in the Ruan family, one of the most prominent families in the Orpheus3 Empire.

       Although their family had been in decline, because of the great military achievements made by Ruan Tang’s father, Marshal Ruan Ming.
The Ruan family did not decline for decades, and soon returned to its former glory.

       Ruan Tang is the youngest son of Ruan Ming’s first wife, and he is also an extremely precious Omega.
Even if Ruan Ming himself is a charming stud; having numerous lovers and illegitimate children, with his mother, brothers and sisters’ protection, he should have been the stars holding the moon4, born the proud son of heaven5.

        It seems as if this reincarnation6 has exhausted all of Ruan Tang’s good fortune, he has had bad luck for as long as he could remember.

       First, his eldest brother, the successor of the family, was seriously injured in a battle and became a vegetative man.
So far, he is still in a coma.
Then, his Omega sister, the eldest daughter, was hurt by love and went crazy.
His mother was also stimulated, and she even became sick and muddled all day long.

       Ruan Ming was very lucky7, and he was never a dedicated and affectionate Alpha.

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       After the first wife was left in a trance, he quickly applied to terminate the marriage relationship with Ruan Tang’s mother on the grounds that they could not preside over the hosting in the mansion because the first wife was in a dazed state.

       And he chose one of his lovers, who had several children, as the new wife and welcomed her through the door.

       With the arrival of the new wife and several illegitimate children who became legitimate, Ruan Tang’s status as the youngest child left behind by his original spouse became awkward.

       He was neither Ruan Ming’s first child nor his favorite child.

       In this cold big family, he had to struggle for survival alone, helpless without the protection of his mother and siblings

       Although Ruan Ming did not mistreat the children of his original partner, he did not treat Ruan Tang very well.

       In particular, after Ruan Tang failed to get married several times, and he repeatedly fought with Ruan Ming’s favorite son, Ruan Xi, the relationship between father and son dropped to a freezing point.

       This time, were it not for…

        Ruan Ming would not have taken the initiative to talk to Ruan Tang.

         “I think you have heard about the 95% of your pheromone match with Duke Austin, and the royal family’s intention to marry our family and choose you as duchess.” Ruan Ming’s index finger lightly tapped the table top and looked at Ruan Tang carelessly.

       He is an ambitious Alpha, from a son of a fallen family to an imperial marshal who revived his family.
If his life was written as a novel, it would be a very popular Jack Sue8 novel.

      He has more than 20 children in this life, including 5 Omega children.

        Both illegitimate and legitimate children, including the least favored Ruan Tang, were all squeezed in his hands and cultivated as marriage tools to exchange in order to strengthen the family and interests.

       Ruan Tang is his least favorite child, but there’s no denyingーー

        Once upon a time, among all his Omega children, Ruan Ming had the most expectations for him.

       There is no reason other than Ruan Tang not only being the best looking one amongst his children, but also having a very pure Omega gene, and its matching degree with any high-level Alpha is very high, more than 90%.

        Even if Ruan Ming doesn’t like him anymore, he had to admit that his son was a good marriage tool.

       He doesn’t want to acknowledge it, but Ruan Tang has excellent qualifications on all aspects, he doesn’t know why he feels disappointed…9

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        From objects of marriage contracts to the objects of marriage negotiations, everyone who has come into contact with him for a period of time does not like him, and instead turn to Ruan Xi, Ruan Ming’s other omega son, who is inferior to Ruan Tang in terms of qualifications and appearance…

       Such things happened again and again.

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       Ruan Tang’s reputation kept getting worse and worse.
Ruan Ming almost felt as if this son was going to be ruined while in his hands, he didn’t expect a new opportunity to come so soon…

       Only then did Ruan Ming have some thoughts of breaking the ice with this son.

       “You’ve fought such a big battle10 at Emperor Star.
I’m afraid if I said I hadn’t heard of it, you wouldn’t believe it.” Ruan Tang walked up to and indifferently looked at his father’s eyes.

       Ruan Ming looked at Ruan Tang coldly and ordered in a uninterested tone, “Since you’ve heard about it, I won’t talk nonsense anymore…Her Majesty, the Empress is very fond of you, and Duke Austin has also agreed to the marriage.”

        “The wedding is scheduled to be in two weeks.
Make sure you’re ready to attend your wedding on time.” He said in a low voice.

       As the sole head of the family, he had no desire to discuss with Ruan Tang.

        “Duke Austin…” Ruan Tang repeated the name, looked at Ruan Ming coldly and immediately chuckled sarcastically, “The famous blue beard11 Duke of the Empire, countless Omega have been scared to death by him.
For the sake of profit, you have chosen such a marriage partner for your own son.
Father, you are really cruel.”

       He knew Ruan Ming didn’t care about him, but he didn’t think he was this merciless.

       “Duke Austin is the eldest son of the empress.
Although his legs are disabled and his appearance is flawed…but I don’t think there’s anything wrong that makes him unworthy of you.” Ruan Ming frowned impatiently and looked at Ruan Tang discontentedly.

       Ruan Tang listened to his words, and then laughed mockingly, “Haha.”

       Sure enough, he shouldn’t have any unrealistic expectations for creatures like Alphas…

       As a partner, even if his legs are disabled and his appearance completely ruined, so long as his character passes, in Ruan Tang’s eyes, it is not a defect at all… but this Duke Austin…

        It is true that he is the eldest son of the Empress, but because of an accident when he was ten years old, he became disabled from both legs with a disfigured appearance.
After that, his temperament also changed drastically, becoming dark and violent.

        Among the various rumors, it is said that he is a total psychopath12, and has an abnormal hobby of torturing people and animals…

       It is said, that in order to cover up his special hobbies, the Emperor handed over the Imperial Torture Department to him.   

        With such a power, the Duke became more and more presumptuous and restored the torture of ancient times…some of the corrupt officials and death penalty criminals who fell into his hands were skinned alive by him, and others had their brains, hearts, and livers cut out…none of their corpses were left whole…it’s so perverted and heinous to the point of making one’s hair stand on end.

        Every year, human rights activists complain about him, privately calling him the royal family’s mad dog.

       That is to say, none of his methods are used on ordinary people, so there’s no way that people can blame or convict him of a crime.

       There are countless legends about him in the whole Empire Star.
It is said that in his Duke’s residence, that except for robots, none of the people serving there are abled, they are all disabled… Even if a normal person wants to work in his residence, they must first become disabled…

       It’s also rumored that there are countless ferocious birds and beast in his mansion for him to torture and abuse.

       In previous years, the Empress tried to push countless people to his side, however even the Omega he married were scared to death by him.

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       Ruan Ming can seriously boast about someone who is universally acknowledged as a lunatic and even push his own son into his mouth13.

       Ruan Tang really wanted to laugh.。

        His father really didn’t care about his life or death at all.

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TL Notes:

[1] Black Lotus – Opposite of white lotus; to be greedy, ruthless, lacking in conscience/ to have an evil mind, full of hatred and jealousy

[2] There’s no smoke without a fire – The original is a Chinese saying “There are no waves without wind” I used the English equivalent, literally means that if people are saying that someone has done something wrong there is usually a good reason for what they are saying.

[3] Orpheus – It can also be Orsuphia, Ausphia, Ausfia, Orpheia, but unless we get a more distinct name/story, it’ll be Orpheus.
Besides, his story is interesting and it’s a pretty cool name.

[4] The stars holding the moon – A Chinese analogy of everyone surrounding and supporting a certain person; people supporting a person they respect and love.

[5] Son of heaven – Meaning favored by God, a very lucky person.
Can also refer to the Emperor.

[6] Reincarnation – Suggesting that being born into a good family has taken up all of RT luck

[7] Very lucky in love/relationships

[8] Jack Sue – Male version of Mary Sue, a protagonist who is and whose life is perfect in every way

[9] 可不想，阮棠就是各方面条件都是上乘，本人却不知为何不争气得很… – I’m sorry, this was really hard to get right, If someone can word it better that’d be great!

[10] Fought such a big battle – RM kicked up such a fuss/ made a big deal out of it

[11] Bluebeard – meaning a man who marries and kills one wife after another, its based from the title character of Charles Perrault’s story “Barbebleue” (1697)

[12] Psychopath – alone it means that they are neuropathy, or have a mental disorder, nervous disease

[13] Into his mouth – A short way of saying “pushing him into the lion’s mouth”; being pushed into a danger/horrible conditions, Lion being Austin