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AFBSGUDO Chapter 1

Prologue

Chapter 1: Prologue

Su Liang had another dream.

In the dream, Lu Zhizhao remained gentle and composed, with clear, serene eyes. Whenever he looked at someone, he exuded an extraordinary sense of reliability.

He had that comforting presence.

“I will come back.”

Su Liang listened calmly as Lu Zhizhao spoke each word in the dream.

The dream was incredibly vivid, even capturing the firm grip of Lu Zhizhao’s hand and his eyes slightly tinged with red, just as they were in the past.

“Xiao Liang, you must wait for me! This time, when I return, I will confront Ning Jiayi and the Lu family and resolve everything. It’s you whom I love. From the beginning until now, it has always been you. Before and after, it can only be you!”

“I have never cared about being a Beta or an Omega. I cannot be with Ning Jiayi just because of some absurd compatibility rate. I believe he will understand! So, this time when I go back, I will definitely address the issues that have plagued us for so many years.”

“I simply don’t want you to continue hiding and evading with me. We are simply in love; it’s not a crime. We shouldn’t have to hide like this.”

“Xiao Liang, wait for me. Once I return, we can truly be together.”

“Xiao Liang…”

In the darkness, Su Liang opened his eyes on the cold bed.

In the distance, he could hear muffled voices, sounding like someone causing a disturbance due to drunkenness or perhaps an unfortunate encounter with a robbery. Such noises were almost a nightly occurrence, and it was normal because Su Liang’s current dwelling was situated in the poorest and most dilapidated area within the entire 48 districts of the Hua Xia zone.

This was an absolute slum, the final refuge for those sifted through by life and left at the bottom, the most pitiful of individuals.

And here, it was Su Liang’s only sanctuary.

… Lu Zhizhao, as the beloved child of the Lu family since childhood and a top-tier Alpha, was undeniably naive in certain aspects.

He could never fathom that as one of the leading elite families in the Earth Federation, if the Lu family wanted to make someone’s life miserable, that person would undoubtedly find themselves in hell.

Even Su Liang, who had once been a member of the Lu family, was no exception.

Su Liang struggled to catch his breath and reached out to switch on the lamp on the bedside.

The sound of electricity buzzed, and the energy-saving light on the ceiling flickered for a moment before finally stabilizing, casting a dim glow over the small, desolate room.

Su Liang slowly rose from the bed, feeling a coldness enveloping his entire body. A wave of intense pain surged up in his chest, causing him to involuntarily dry heave.

Outside the dilapidated shack, the desolate cries and the raucous laughter of the thugs worsened Su Liang’s splitting headache.

“If you want to live a little longer, you must rest, Su Liang. Don’t play with your life.”

It seemed like a long, long time had passed since his last visit to the doctor. Yet, strangely enough, at that moment, Su Liang inexplicably recalled the stern warning from the stern-faced doctor.

He couldn’t help but find it amusing.

Was there really a need for rest? Just a difference between dying early or dying late?

After finally managing to suppress his cough, Su Liang struggled to sit up, supporting himself on the bedside table. He poured a little water and retrieved some painkillers from the drawer. After swallowing half a bottle in one go, he waited for a moment. The excruciating pain, which was almost driving him insane, gradually subsided a little.

It was as if there was a hazy, indistinct film gently separating his body from the pain.

He slowly moved towards the other corner of the room, realizing that he had to hurry and change clothes before the cheap, illegal painkillers lost their effect. He had an incredibly demanding day of work ahead of him.

Otherwise, he might not even be able to keep this dilapidated rental in this “junkyard.”

Unfortunately, before he could take a few steps, his extremely weak body suddenly gave way, causing him to stumble and fall onto a chair.

Accidentally pressing the television remote, the ancient device, possibly two hundred years old, blinked to life against all odds.

The slightly discolored and distorted screen displayed a hazy figure.

It was a highly popular female journalist.

At that moment, the journalist’s beautiful face was filled with a smile as she excitedly reported to the countless viewers in front of the screen from the edge of the renowned landmark building, Starry Plaza, in the capital city: “…Everyone knew that today was the highly anticipated wedding between Lu Zhizhao, the heir of the Lu family, and Ning Jiayi, the young master of the Ning family. This wedding was hailed as the ‘Wedding of the Century.’ Yes, we all knew that Lu Zhizhao’s psychic power had reached the S-level two years ago, and Ning Jiayi’s psychic power had also broken through to S last year. They were truly a perfect match, with a compatibility rate that exceeded ninety percent, which was extremely rare… We could expect the Lu and Ning families to establish even deeper cooperation because of this wedding… Yes, the union of Lu Zhizhao and Ning Jiayi had also received the blessings of the masses…”

The television was too old, and the journalist’s voice occasionally became piercing and muffled.

Su Liang sat on the chair, dazed.

He wanted to turn off the television, but for some reason, his body seemed to be acting against his will.

A cold sensation slowly spread from his limbs to his core. Even though he was in his own room, Su Liang felt as if he were being dragged into an endless sea of ice by an invisible hand.

He couldn’t move and could only stare blankly with his eyes open, watching the figure flickering on the screen.

The journalist had already disappeared from the screen, and the director eagerly switched the camera to the scene of the wedding.

In the luxurious setting, the artificial starry sky shone brilliantly, everything appeared so beautiful, so unreal.

And the two people stepping onto the red carpet looked even more radiant, like princes stepping out of a fairy tale.

Well, strictly speaking, Lu Zhizhao and Ning Jiayi could indeed be considered “princes” in another sense.

Su Liang stared at the tightly embraced couple on the screen.

He suddenly realized that what he was seeing was probably a recording of that wedding.

So that person had already gotten married.

Su Liang heard a voice inside him whisper softly.

Lu Zhizhao…

He silently repeated the name.

The man in front of the camera still had a composed expression, his smile appearing somewhat unfamiliar. Su Liang realized that he had never seen Lu Zhizhao smile like this before.

But no matter what, he was still handsome, and Ning Jiayi was still beautiful.

As an outstanding Omega with picturesque features, exquisite and enchanting, when he leaned against Lu Zhizhao, they truly looked like a perfect match.

Perhaps everyone thought the same.

The TV screen suddenly became blurry.

Su Liang could only hear the deafening cheers from the wedding venue as Lu Zhizhao and Ning Jiayi made their entrance.

So, two people in love could receive such enthusiastic blessings.

This thought flashed through Su Liang’s mind, and then he belatedly realized that indeed, two people in love should receive such blessings—only he and Lu Zhizhao, when together, would be hindered and mocked by everyone.

Because Su Liang was a beta.

And Lu Zhizhao was an Alpha.

The two of them simply shouldn’t be together.


Actually, when Lu Zhizhao left, Su Liang already had a feeling that he might never see Lu Zhizhao again.

And his intuition was always accurate.

When he finally saw Lu Zhizhao on TV, Su Liang couldn’t help but feel a tinge of bitterness deep inside his body.

He didn’t know where he found the strength, but suddenly, his previously unresponsive limbs could move again.

Su Liang felt that he should quickly get up and go to work, but his actual movement was extremely difficult as he struggled to reach for his communicator.

He looked at the screen, a string of numbers that had been flipping in his mind for a long time, but he hadn’t actually pressed those buttons for a long time.

He still remembered Lu Zhizhao’s contact number.

But in the past two years, he had only called him in the first few months.

“I’m still negotiating with them, it’s so annoying. The stubborn old fogies of the Lu family have their minds stuck in the last century. No wonder my uncle had to hide in another courtyard… No, if those guys saw my uncle, they would have knelt down and begged, they wouldn’t have that kind of attitude!”

“Xiao Liang… I was so tired… I didn’t know what to do anymore.”

“They wouldn’t let me see A Yi…”

“Xiao Liang, don’t call this number again in the future. I suspect those old farts are eavesdropping. Be good, when I sort things out here, I will call you!”

“Xiao Liang, wait for good news from me.”

After that, Su Liang never contacted Lu Zhizhao again.

Until that moment, he didn’t know why he wanted to call the other person one last time.

As if even the heavens sensed Su Liang’s hesitation at that moment, while he was dialing the number, countless overdue payment messages flooded into the old communicator.

There were also some messages from familiar people.

Among them was the black doctor with a bad temper from the underground clinic in that area. In those days, Su Liang relied on the illegal painkillers he provided to alleviate a lot of his suffering.

“Pretty boy, your medicine is here. I got you some new medicine, but the side effects are severe. If you want it, come pick it up later.”

Su Liang looked at the cold message and couldn’t help but smile.

The next second, another message popped up.

“Su, you better not rely too much on the trash medicine that quack gave you. If you didn’t go to a proper hospital, you were looking for death. Don’t die in my house.”

This was a message from the landlord.

The landlord and the doctor were drinking buddies, so it seemed that the old man with a cold face and warm heart had already known about Su Liang’s health condition. Despite appearing fierce on the surface, Su Liang knew that the landlord had actually been very concerned about him.

Even the reason Su Liang had been able to survive until now was all thanks to the “bad people” in this “dump” who seemed to have poisonous tongues and hearts but had actually been helping.

For some reason, looking at the messages on the old communicator, the overwhelming heaviness that had almost made Su Liang unable to breathe began to fade.

During the time when he had been pursued by the Lu family, Lu Zhizhao had always thought that Su Liang’s poor health had been due to his constant evading.

But they hadn’t known that Su Liang had already been critically ill.

Not long after Lu Zhizhao had left, Su Liang had been sent to the hospital due to a coma.

Then, he had been diagnosed with terminal information gland tumor, which had been a completely incurable disease.

“You should have come to the hospital for an examination earlier. Let me see… Did you have gland hypoplasia before? Theoretically, the probability of you getting this disease was very low…”

The kind-hearted doctor had looked at young Su Liang with pity and confusion on his face.

But at that time, Su Liang had only been able to force a bitter smile.

He hadn’t even waited for further treatment because all his accounts had been frozen, and he hadn’t been able to afford the medical expenses. In the end, he had only been able to leave the hospital in a sorry state.

Before leaving the hospital, the doctor’s diagnosis had been that he might not live for more than three months.

But now, two years had passed, and Su Liang was still alive.

However, he was completely exhausted.

Su Liang had never known why he had been so tenacious, struggling to survive in this world like a cockroach. But that day, Su Liang had felt like he didn’t need to keep fighting anymore.

He had suddenly felt that his body hadn’t ached as much anymore.

The suppressed hopes, confusion, and waiting had all disappeared in that moment of finding an answer.

Su Liang had felt an unprecedented sense of relief.

On the television screen, the long and luxurious century wedding had still been playing. Su Liang had listened to the pleasant wedding march and, leaning against the wall, had taken step by step to leave the rundown shack.

He stepped outside and found a spot to sit on the towering heap of garbage.

He picked up the communicator, this time without any hesitation, and pressed the familiar string of numbers lightly.

The connection on the communicator established even faster than he had anticipated.

“Hello…”

A voice, thick with drowsiness, came from the other end of the communicator.

Su Liang remained silent.

“Hello? Who’s there…”

That must be Ning Jiayi’s voice, Su Liang barely recognized the person on the other end.

Ning Jiayi’s voice sounded somewhat hoarse.

Then, Su Liang suddenly remembered that it was the sleeping time for the person on the other end of the communicator.

After all, only a few people, those who were truly desperate, needed to force their bodies to work before dawn.

“It’s me—”

“Beep—”

As Su Liang spoke, the sound of the communicator being disconnected echoed from the other end.

Su Liang’s gaze lowered, but he showed no expression.

“I just wanted to wish you a happy wedding.”

He calmly spoke to the unresponsive communicator, each word delivered with solemnity.

The sky had transformed into a magnificent shade of purple and pink, with a dazzling golden edge emerging on the horizon.

The sun had risen.

“Beep beep beep beep…”

The old communicator tumbled down from the top of the garbage mountain, eventually wedging itself between the crevices of the trash.

It emitted a series of urgent rings, and the cracked screen flickered with the number Su Liang had dialed not long ago.

The ringing continued for a long, long time, but throughout it all, no one answered.

Su Liang peacefully passed away on the second day of Lu Zhizhao and Ning Jiayi’s wedding.

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Translator’s note: This novel doesn’t have a fixed schedule for translation. I’m doing this purely on a whim whenever I like it.

Update: To all of those who are interested of reading this, I won’t be continuing this novel. I thought this was dropped as there was no update in NU, but the translator has updated it so I won’t be translating this. This novel is really good, and I like it. Please continue to support the author and the translator. Thanks!

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