Chapter 1 Wedges

Su Liang was dreaming again.

In the dream, Lu Zhizhao was still so gentle, so calm, with clear eyebrows and eyes, and when he looked at someone, he always seemed extraordinarily reliable.

Still that reassuring look.

"I will return."

Su Liang calmly listened to the words of Lu Zhizhao in the dream.

This dream was very restored, even Lu Zhizhao held his hand tightly, and the reddish eyes were exactly the same as before.

"Xiao Liang, you must wait for me! This time when I go back, I just want to tell Ning Jiayi and the Lu family everything clearly, the person I like is you, from the beginning to now, it was you before, It can only be you after that!"

"I've never cared about Beta or Omega, I can't be with Ning Jiayi for that ridiculous fit rate, I'm sure he'll understand too! So, this time, I'll be able to solve this problem completely when I go back. Problems that have plagued us for years."

"I just don't want you to hide with me like this anymore. We just love each other, not a crime. We shouldn't hide like this."

"Xiao Liang, wait for me, wait for me to come back, and the two of us can really be together."

"Xiao Liang..."

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

There were some vague voices in the distance. It sounded like someone was drinking and making trouble. Of course, it could be that some unlucky people have encountered a robbery. Similar noises occur almost every night, which is normal, because Su Liang's temporary residence is located in the poorest and most dilapidated area in the entire 48 districts of China.

This is a downright slum, the final destination of the most deplorable people at the bottom who have been screened by life and then leaked out.

And here is the only place where Su Liang goes.

...As the darling of the Lu family since childhood, Lu Zhizhao, who is a top Alpha, is undoubtedly naive in some respects.

He could never imagine that, as one of the top giants of the Earth Alliance, the Lu family, if it wanted to make a person difficult, then that person would definitely be in hell.

Even Su Liang was once a member of the Lu family.

Su Liang gasped hard, and turned on the lamp by the bedside.

There was a rustling sound of electricity, and the energy-saving lamps on the ceiling flickered for a while before lighting up steadily. The light was very dim, making the whole house more dilapidated and desolate.

Su Liang slowly got up from the bed, he was chilling all over his body, and a burst of severe pain rushed to his chest, making him retching for a while.

The desolate screams outside the dilapidated hut and the wild laughter of the hooligans gave Su Liang a splitting headache.

["If you want to live longer, you must rest in peace, Su Liang, don't make fun of your life."]

The last time I went to see a doctor seems to have been a long time ago, but the wonderful thing is that at this moment, Su Liang inexplicably remembered the warning that the stern little doctor gave him.

He couldn't help but feel funny.

It's just the difference between dying early and dying late. Is there really a need to rest?

He managed to stop his coughing. He leaned on the bedside table and barely stood up. He poured some water, then took out the painkiller from the drawer. After swallowing half the bottle whole, he waited for a while. faded a bit.

It was as if there was a hazy, vague film that gently separated the body from the pain.

He moved slowly towards the other corner of the room, he had to hurry up and get dressed before those cheap illegal painkillers wore off—he had a whole day's worth of work to do.

Otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to save the dilapidated rental house in this "junkyard".

Unfortunately, before he had time to take two steps, his extremely weak body suddenly lost his strength, he stumbled and fell onto a chair.

He accidentally pressed the TV remote control, and in the next second, the antique electrical appliance that might have been 200 years old flickered, and it turned on successfully for the first time ever.

A hazy shadow jumped out on the slightly discolored and slightly distorted screen.

That is a very popular beauty reporter.

At this moment, the reporter's beautiful face was full of smiles, she was standing on the edge of the star plaza, the most well-known landmark building in the capital of the alliance, excitedly broadcasting to the countless audiences in front of the screen: "...Everyone knows that today is the day when the Lu family attracts the most attention. The wedding of Lu Zhizhao, the heir of Lu Zhizhao, and Ning Jiayi, the young master of the Ning family. This wedding is known as the 'Covenant of the Century', yes, we all know that Lu Zhizhao's spiritual power has reached S rank two years ago, and Ning Jiayi Their mental strength also broke through S last year. It can be said that the two of them are indeed a match made in heaven, and the matching degree is even more than 90% rare... We can already expect that the Lu Ning family will achieve a better result because of this wedding. In-depth cooperation... Yes, the combination of Lu Zhizhao and Ning Jiayi has also been blessed by the masses..."

The TV is so worn out that the reporter's voice becomes harsh and muffled from time to time.

Su Liang sat blankly on the chair.

He wanted to turn off the TV, but for some reason, his body became a little unruly.

The cold feeling slowly seeped from the limbs to the torso, clearly in his own room, but Su Liang felt as if he had been dragged into the boundless sea of ​​ice by an invisible hand.

He couldn't move, he could only open his eyes blankly, looking at the figures dangling on the screen.

The reporter has disappeared from the screen, and the director can't wait to cut to the wedding scene.

In the extravagant setting, the artificial stars are dazzling, and everything seems so beautiful and so illusory.

And the two people who walked on the red carpet step by step were even more radiant and handsome, as if they were princes who stepped into reality from a fairy tale.

Well, strictly speaking, Lu Zhizhao and Ning Jiayi are indeed "princes" in another sense.

Su Liang stared blankly at the two people hugging each other on the screen.

He suddenly realized that what he was watching was probably the recording of the wedding.

Turns out that person is already married.

Su Liang heard a voice in his heart whispering.

Lu Zhizhao...

He said the name silently.

In front of the camera, the man's expression was still calm, and his smile seemed a little strange. Su Liang realized that he had never seen Lu Zhizhao smile like this.

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

The top Omega is picturesque, delicate and beautiful, and when he is leaning on Lu Zhizhao's side, he is really a perfect match.

Probably everyone thinks so.

The TV screen suddenly became blurred again.

Su Liang could only hear the deafening cheers from the people at the wedding when Lu Zhizhao and Ning Jiayi entered the venue.

It turns out that two people in love can receive such warm blessings.

This thought flashed through Su Liang's mind, and then he realized that, in fact, two people who love each other should be blessed like this - only when he and Lu Zhizhao are together will they be obstructed and laughed at by everyone.

Because Su Liang is a beta.

And Lu Zhizhao is Alpha.

The two of them shouldn't be together at all.

...

In fact, when Lu Zhizhao left, Su Liang already felt that maybe he would never see Lu Zhizhao again.

And his hunch was always accurate.

When he finally saw Lu Zhizhao again on TV, there was still a sourness in the depths of Su Liang's body.

He didn't know where he got his strength. Suddenly, his hands and feet that had been disobedient could move again.

Su Liang felt that he should get up and go to work quickly, but his real action was that he touched his communicator with extreme difficulty.

He looked at the screen, a series of numbers had been tossing over in his heart for a long time, but he hadn't really pressed those buttons for a long time.

He still remembered Lu Zhizhao's communication number.

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

["I'm still negotiating with them, and I'm so sick of it, the old stubborn Lu family's brains are still stuck in the last century, no wonder my uncle wants to avoid him in another courtyard... No, if these guys see my uncle early I just knelt down, it wouldn't be this face at all!"]

["Little Liang... I'm so tired... I don't know what to do."]

【"They won't let me see Ayi..."】

["Xiao Liang, don't call this number again in the future. I suspect that these gangsters are listening. Dear, I will call you when things are settled on my side!"]

["Little Liang, wait for my good news."]

...

Later, Su Liang never contacted Lu Zhizhao again.

Until this moment, he didn't know why he wanted to call the other party for the last time.

It was as if even God noticed Su Liang's hesitation at this moment. He was still pressing the number, and countless arrears information poured into the old communicator.

At the same time, some old acquaintances sent him messages.

Among them was the black doctor with a stinky face and ugly words in the underground clinic in this area. Over the past few days, Su Liang has felt a lot better by relying on the illegal painkillers that he illegally prescribed to him.

["Xiao Bailian, your medicine has arrived, and I got you some new medicine. The side effects are quite severe and you may die if you eat it. If you want it, get it later."]

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

The next second, another message popped in.

["The surnamed Su, you'd better don't expect too much of the rubbish medicine that the quack doctor gave you. If you don't go to the regular hospital, you will be looking for death. Don't die in my house."]

This is the landlord's message.

The landlord and the doctor are usually drinking buddies, and the cold-hearted uncle has long known about their physical condition. Although he was vicious on the surface, Su Liang knew that the landlord had always been worried about him.

Even the reason why Su Liang has survived to this day is all thanks to the help of many "bad guys" in this "garbage dump" who seem to be mean-spirited.

I don't know why, looking at the message on the old communicator, the heaviness that made Su Liang almost unable to breathe is fading away.

During the time when he was being hunted by the Lu family, Lu Zhizhao always thought that Su Liang's poor health was because he had been hiding all year round.

But they didn't know that Su Liang was terminally ill.

Not long after Lu Zhizhao left, Su Liang was sent to the hospital because of a coma.

He then diagnosed terminal information adenoma, a downright terminal illness.

"You should have come to the hospital for a check-up earlier. Let me see... You had hypoplasia of the glands before? In theory, the probability of you getting this disease is very small..."

The kind-hearted doctor looked at the young Su Liang regretfully, and his face was full of doubts.

But Su Liang could only smile bitterly at that time.

He didn't even wait for further diagnosis and treatment, and because all account funds were frozen, he was unable to pay for the medical expenses, and finally had to leave the hospital in embarrassment.

Before leaving the hospital, doctors diagnosed him at the time that he might not live more than three months.

But two years later, Su Liang is still alive.

It's just that he's exhausted.

For a long time, Su Liang didn't know why she was so tenacious, struggling to live in this world like a cockroach, but today, Su Liang felt that she didn't need to continue struggling anymore.

He suddenly felt that his body didn't seem to be so painful anymore.

The anticipation, confusion, and waiting that were suppressed in the bottom of my heart suddenly disappeared the moment I got the answer.

Su Liang felt an unprecedented ease.

The long and luxurious wedding of the century was still playing on the TV screen. Su Liang listened to the melodious wedding march and left the dilapidated hut step by step, supporting the wall.

He went outside, found a seat on the mountain of garbage, and sat down.

He picked up the communicator, this time he didn't hesitate, but briskly pressed the string of familiar communication numbers.

The communicator connected faster than expected.

"Hey……"

A strange, sleepy voice came from the other end of the communicator.

Su Liang didn't speak.

"Hello? Which one..."

That was Ning Jiayi's voice, Su Liang barely recognized the other's identity.

Ning Jiayi's voice was a little hoarse.

Then Su Liang suddenly remembered that for the person on the other end of the communicator, the current time was the time to sleep.

After all, there are only a few people today, those who are really desperate, who need to prop up their bodies to work when the sky is still dark.

"it's me--"

"drop--"

At the same time as Su Liang spoke, an electronic sound came from the other end of the microphone after the communicator was hung up.

Su Liang's eyes were lowered, but there was no expression.

"I just came to wish you a happy wedding."

He calmly faced the communicator that had no response, and said solemnly word by word.

The sky had turned a magnificent purple-pink, and a dazzling golden edge appeared on the horizon.

The sun is coming out.

"Drip drip drip..."

The old communicator rolled down from the top of the garbage mountain, and finally got stuck in the gap between garbage and garbage.

It made a rapid ringtone, and on the cracked screen flashed the string of numbers that Su Liang had dialed not long ago.

The bell rang for a long, long time, but all the while, no one answered.

...

Su Liang died peacefully on the second day of Lu Zhizhao and Ning Jiayi's wedding.