Chapter 66 Father, You Don’t Play by the Rules

Liang Guanyue had never known what his father looked like. He even considered calling his father "mother," since he wasn't sure if the Alpha was a man or a woman.

Later, when his mother was ill, she described the image of the Alpha to him.

"Your eyes are very similar to his, baby, like a lake illuminated by spring light. When I first saw him, I was a little lost under his gaze."

'He is tall, and when he listens to me, he bends down slightly so that my voice can reach close to his ear.'

He said he grew up in the main city, but was later framed, his family fell into poverty, and he was sent here to escape his enemies. He praised me as being like the bright moon at night, but the moon was actually cold and lonely. So he promised me that once he had dealt with those things, he would take me away from this filthy place.

"I was curious about life in the main city. His descriptions seemed to evoke a glimpse of its splendor. I gradually projected my yearning for beauty onto him, and then fell head over heels in love with him."

"It's just that I haven't even established myself yet, yet I've hastily risked everything for another person. I can't tell whether it was his ruthlessness or my stupidity that led me to this point."

Liang Guanyue didn't understand what he heard when he was young, but there was one thing he knew very well: he would never believe, like his mother did, that another person could give him the happiness that he didn't have.

At this moment, Liang Guanyue looked at the timid and thin Alpha in front of her, trying to apply her mother's description to him, but found that apart from the pair of eyes that were indeed similar, she could not find any similarities.

"I am your biological father, Guan Yue." These were the first words spoken by the hunched Alpha.

Liang Guanyue was silent for two seconds, then looked him up and down mockingly: "Sorry, I don't think we are related by blood."

"My name is Theo. Didn't Meng Wei mention my name to you?"

Liang Guanyue thought about whether she had ever mentioned her mother's name before, and concluded that she had not. "Okay, Theo, what else do you want to say? I have something else to do later."

Theo's useless pride was stung by Liang Guanyue's words. His emerald green eyes widened, as if he was about to rush over and teach the bastard a lesson. But thinking of his future life, he calmed down instantly. His face drooped pitifully, and he said, "It was my fault for abandoning you and your mother back then. But I also had my own unspeakable difficulties..."

Liang Guanyue could have denied that his mother's name wasn't Liang Mengwei, but Theo had clearly come prepared. Liang Guanyue was genuinely sarcastically curious about what he'd say next, so she asked, "And then?" He smiled and said, "Tell me your reasons. If they sound good, I might even be happy to help you settle some of your debts."

Theo frowned in embarrassment at first, but soon accepted the fact that the young Alpha had seen through his tricks. He said desperately, "I was in debt all those years ago, and I didn't want to burden you and your mother, so I left."

"Didn't you think about getting involved when you were in bed with my mother?"

"...Alphas always lose their minds during their vulnerable periods."

"You have plenty of time to stay away from her before the susceptible period comes."

"Back then I thought I could handle the debt—"

Liang Guanyue laughed after hearing this, took out a piece of paper, covered it with his palm, and then patted Theo's weathered face through the paper: "The excuse you made up is too ugly. I'll give you a chance to make up a new one."

Theo was humiliated by his actions and was furious. He slapped his hand away and shouted angrily, "Is this how you treat your father?!"

"My attitude towards you depends on the value you can provide me. Theo, what use do you think you are to me?" Liang Guanyue put his hands in his pockets, bent down, lowered his head, and smiled at Theo's face. "Father, come here to find me tomorrow. I will play a game with you. If you win, I will give you whatever money you want."

Theo turned his head sharply, stared at Liang Guanyue and asked, "Are you serious?"

"Of course, I don't like to lie."

Theo said warily, "Don't ask someone to deal with me."

Liang Guanyue straightened up slowly and casually, and said with a smile: "If you are worried about this, you'd better not come to me."

He walked past his biological father, his expression cold as he passed him. He wondered how this Alpha had discovered his biological son was still alive and found him in the main city. Was it because he had seen the TV interview he had given some time ago?

He maintained a calm expression and when he saw Fanna, he held out his hand and asked, "Do you have any cigarettes?"

Fanna was stunned for a moment: "Yes, there is..."

"Give me one."

Fanna looked at Liang Guanyue as if she had seen a ghost, but she still took out a cigarette and gave it to him, then asked, "Do you want a cigarette?"

"Hmm." Liang Guanyue bit the cigarette holder and said, "Borrow a light."

"...That's strange. You smoke? I've never seen you smoke before." Fanna threw the lighter to him. Liang Guanyue blocked the wind with his palm and lit the unburned cigarette.

He exhaled a puff of smoke lightly, and his face gradually became blurred in the swaying white curtain. He was silent for a while, and suddenly laughed twice.

Fanna was frightened by his laughter and asked cautiously, "Did something happen to you?"

Liang Guanyue said vaguely: "I met someone who I thought was dead a long time ago."

"Oh, oh...isn't that something to be happy about?"

Liang Guanyue picked up the dart on the table, squinted his eyes and threw it, hitting the bull's eye on the dartboard on the wall. He asked Fan Na, "What do you think of my shooting accuracy?"

Fana said in confusion, "Every time I take you to the shooting range, your shooting skills are always very good. Haven't I praised you many times?"

"I hope tomorrow's accuracy will be good too."

"...Hey, what's wrong with you?" Fanna stared at him inquiringly. "Didn't you come here to talk to me about company matters?"

Liang Guanyue took the last puff of his cigarette and nonchalantly pinched out the butt with his fingers. He clearly felt the pain, but it seemed as if this not-so-serious pain had awakened his brain. He stared at the dart fixed on the red heart of the dartboard with bright eyes, and suddenly slapped his thigh and laughed.

Frightened by his appearance, Fanna took two steps back, scratched her face for a while, and said, "I feel like you haven't woken up yet. Well, I'll go downstairs and buy you a cup of coffee."

Liang Guanyue had a revolver, a graduation gift from his student Hilde. Liang Guanyue liked the design of the gun and accepted it without hesitation. He had no idea it would be used to kill someone at this very moment.

The next day, Theo came to his home as promised. Liang Guanyue opened the door for his biological father. Theo had his hands in his pockets, as if holding something tightly. Liang Guanyue slammed the door shut, then grabbed his arm and pressed him against the wall, and took out a utility knife hidden in Theo's pocket.

"Interesting." Liang Guanyue tapped Theo's face with a utility knife. "Where do you want me to cut you with this utility knife, dear father?"

Theo shouted nervously, "I'm just... using it for self-defense!!"

"Self-defense?" Liang Guanyue chuckled, "I confiscated it."

He pushed Theo to the table, pulled out a chair for him, and tilted his head to indicate, "Sit."

Theo fidgeted and clenched his fingers, then began to speak in a pitiful manner, "Child, me too. I had no choice. You should know that I didn't mean to abandon you and Meng Wei..."

"I don't hate you." Liang Guanyue smiled as she sat across from him and said, "I'm just a little surprised that you showed up."

Theo breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this: "Then...about the money..."

"I called you here to help you." Liang Guanyue took out the revolver, opened the empty chamber and showed it to him. "Father, have you heard of roulette?" He placed a bullet into one of the chambers and swiped his thumb downwards, causing the wheel to spin. "Let's play this game today."

Theo was frightened by the gun in Liang Guanyue's hand. He stood up suddenly and said in panic: "You kid! What are you doing? It's too dangerous!" Then he was about to leave.

Liang Guanyue closed the wheel, tapped the table with his knuckles, and said with a smile, "Did I let you go?" He asked in a puzzled tone, "Or do you think I won't shoot before you leave?"

"..." The cold sweat on Theo's back soaked his clothes. Under Liang Guanyue's threat, he turned around, knelt down and begged, "You can just not give me money and let me go——"

"Let you go? No." Liang Guanyue gently walked over to him and invited him back to his seat. "As my only blood relative, if you win, all my property will be yours. If you lose, won't you no longer have to worry about not being able to repay your debts every day?"

"So I said, I'm helping you."

Theo broke down, "You said you didn't hate me!"

"I really don't hate you." Liang Guanyue aimed the wound at his temple, staring at him without hesitation, and said with a smile, "But Mother hates you so much. I always thought I had wronged her, and now that I see you, I know I was wrong—" He pulled the trigger, unharmed. "You are the one who wronged her, and you are also the one who deserves to die. Theo, I will judge for her."

Theo opened his bloodshot eyes wide, and God knew how much he wanted to kill the madman opposite him with that shot, but the opposite happened. Liang Guanyue said "Ah" with regret and slowly pushed the revolver to him.

"This is a game about luck and fairness." Liang Guanyue looked at him. "Father, you and I can only hope that the goddess of luck will descend upon someone at this moment."

Theo was shaking all over, and the fear made him roar. He grabbed the gun and pointed it at Liang Guanyue, cursing, "You bastard! I have to teach you a lesson!!" But Liang Guanyue's fist was faster than him. Liang Guanyue, who was prepared, punched him in the temple. Theo lay on the ground in embarrassment, reaching out to pick up the revolver.

Liang Guanyue stepped on his palm, bent down to pick up the gun, gently wiped the dust off it with his sleeve, and shook his head in dissatisfaction: "Father, you don't follow the rules of the game."

The dark hole was aimed at the Alpha crawling on the ground. At this moment, Liang Guanyue recalled her mother, Liang Mengwei, whose face had long been blurred in her memory. She was an ordinary Omega who might have had a better and happier life if she had not met Liang Guanyue and Theo.

But they ruined it all.

Liang Guanyue believed that he was born with sin. From the moment he was born, he was destined to deprive Liang Mengwei of her life. From then on, Liang Mengwei was no longer Liang Mengwei, but just a mother who was abandoned by Liang Guanyue because of her poor judgment of others.

"Xiao, I'll probably feel satisfied only if I kill you with my own hands." Liang Guanyue's face was cold, and her green eyes reflected Theo's struggling and pleading appearance. Her finger decisively placed on the trigger, "I probably won't dream about her death scene again."

"Liang Guanyue!!!"

Liang Guanyue looked up in surprise after hearing the voice. Perhaps it was because Fu Yunlu had been running all the way since getting off the car, and her hair, which was usually neatly combed, was blown into a mess by the wind.

Fu Yunlu needed to control her trembling body and speak complete sentences.

"Give me the gun, okay?" His chest was heaving violently, but he didn't dare to rush over. With red eyes, he stretched out his hand, "This isn't your fault. You don't have to pay any price for his death."

Fu Yunlu said in a trembling voice: "I will handle this for you, believe me."

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Author's note: I was supposed to post this yesterday... but I fell asleep halfway through writing...