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Ren’s recovery had extended for a few days thanks to Charlotte’s soup. He was a little glum about it, to be honest.

Throughout the following week, Ruka refused to enter his room past ten at night. She even gave him a few books on meditation.

Ren did not want to scare her again either, so he decided to wait until he was fully recovered.

Two days later, he heard back from Richard. The assailant had been killed just before they managed to apprehend him, so the mastermind was still unknown. He hid too well and they could not get to him yet.

Right at this moment, in a secret meeting room, a man sneered. ‘If you want this to blow over, you need to ensure that I am appointed to that position, or otherwise, you’ll all have to spend the rest of your lives in prison.”

“We’ll do everything we can to make sure that happens, Mr. Grady”

The room was dark, and the other two people remained in the shadows, but the person they were protecting was Orson Grady.

“We still have a chance. There’s that girl, Ruka Singed, right? Even if we can’t get to Ren Husson, we can find a chance to move against her.”

“No mistakes allowed this time.

These days, Harold rarely left the house to join any of the gatherings or events. He preferred staying at home and occupying his time with his gardening and other leisurely pursuits. All of his hopes and dreams for the family’s glory had been placed on Ren’s shoulders instead.

Ren was young and accomplished. He was well-received by the nation’s citizens and he had a bright future ahead of him. Harold had nothing to worry about when it came to his son.

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This morning. Harold stood in the garden and did his morning exercise routine. He was feeling. pretty good and relaxed as he finished up his stretching when his phone started ringing. It was from an unknown number.

Harold rarely answered such calls, but he was in a good mood today so he decided to see who it was. “Hello, who’s this?”

“Mr. Husson, you need not know who I am. I’m just a Good Samaritan who wants to inform you of something.”

Harold frowned. His voice was a lot sterner as he asked, “Who on earth are you?”

“Did you know that your son, Ren Husson, and your daughter’s goddaughter, Ruka Singed, are cohabitating?”

“What kind of nonsense is that? My son is a decent and righteous man. Don’t bother coming up with these ridiculous claims,” Harold snapped back.

“Hah. It seems like you don’t know your son very well. Your son went behind your back and started living together with Ruka Singed. How can you not know about such a scandalous affair?”

“Who on earth are you? You have no grounds for questioning my son’s character,” Harold snorted.

“Someone plans to use this against your son during the upcoming elections. You better make sure that they break off their relationship, or else, your son won’t be serving a second term as Vice President. After all, I heard that your son intends to give up on the elections for that woman! Mr. Husson, it would be a waste if a woman ends up destroying the Hussons’ family legacy. You should break them up at once!”

The call ended, and soon after, Harold received a text. His chest was heaving in anger. Who was the one recklessly spouting baseless rumors about his son’s private affairs?

Harold bent down to check the text and his angry internal monologue came to a grinding halt. He had received a photo that looked like it was taken inside a hospital room. His son was lying on the bed with his arms around Ruka, and they seemed to be… kissing?

The phone slipped out of Harold’s hand and fell to the ground. He, too, began to wobble and had to hold onto the nearby rock fixture for support.

W-What’s going on? Is everything that man said in the call true? My son is really dating Ruka?

Harold picked his phone up and sat down on a chair beside him to look through all the photos. They showed Ren and Ruka staring at each other and behaving like a loving couple. There were also two photos of them kissing. After seeing it all, Harold’s fury reached its peak again.

Why was Ren messing around now when the elections were coming up soon? That man had even claimed that Ren wanted to give up on the elections because of Ruka!

Harold was so mad that his chest began to hurt. He was consumed by rage and immediately called Ren.

“Hi, Dad,” Ren greeted.

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“Come back and see me at noon today. I want to talk to you,” Harold commanded in a displeased

tone.

“Did something happen, Dad?” Ren asked in concern.

“We’ll talk about it when you’re here,” Harold responded sternly.

“Alright. I’ll be there at noon,” Ren replied.

“Make sure you do,” Harold insisted. Although he was dying to clarify this right away, he felt that it would be better if they spoke in person instead.

This brat has been pushing off getting married for so long. How did he end up falling in love with Ruka? Ruka, of all people! How can he get into a relationship with the girl that his sister raised?

It was scandalous and unthinkable!

Meanwhile, at the Vice President’s Residence.

Ren told Ruka that he needed to make a trip to Husson Residence, and she figured that she should not be accompanying him since their relationship was not entirely public yet.

By eleven, the car and entourage were ready. Ren noticed that Harold sounded a little ofl’, so he sensed that something must have happened. The clections were around the corner and a lot of people were starting to find all sorts of ways to attack his family.

Ruka saw him off at the doorway and reminded him, “Be mindful of your injury. You can’t get hurt again.”

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Ren circled his arm around her waist and bent down. “I’m the one who’s most eager to be well again.”

Ruka shoved him off with a look of embarrassment. “Hurry up and go! Remember to be careful.”

At Husson Residence.

When Charlotte heard that Ren would be coming back for lunch, she called him up right away and reminded him to not bring up Ruka.

“Your dad is in a foul mood today. I have no idea who made him mad,” Charlotte said.

“Yes, I got it. I’ll make sure to avoid any mentions of it,” Ren promised.

“He was fine this morning. Seriously, despite being an old man now, his temper hasn’t changed at all. He locked himself in his study and refused to even let the servants bring him some tea.”

“Something must’ve happened. I’ll be right there,” Ren said consolingly.

Ten minutes later, Ren’s car came to stop in the driveway. When Ren entered the hall, one of the servants immediately came over and said, “Mr. Ren. Mr. Husson is waiting for you in his

study.”

“Alright.” Ren headed up the stairs for the study on the second floor.

He knocked on the door and heard Harold’s deep voice calling out, “Come in.”

When he went in, Harold barked, “Close the door.”

Ren had a bad feeling. He saw the furious look on Harold’s face. It had been a while since he last saw Harold being this angry.

“Dad…”

”

“Kneel!” Harold commanded sharply.

Ren froze and stared at his father. Harold did use corporal punishment on him before he turned eighteen, but he was thirty-three now. Why did Harold want to punish him now? What did he do?

Out of consideration for Harold’s age, Ren could only do as he was told. He kneeled on the ground with his back straight and looked up at his father’s seething expression. He only hoped. that Harold would not give himself a heart attack. At his age, it was dangerous for him to be this

angry.

“What on earth happened, Dad? Tell me,” Ren pleaded.

Harold retrieved a belt from somewhere before standing behind Ren and whipping him on the back. “Ever since you were a child, I taught you that the most important thing is a person’s character. Did you forget everything I taught you? Is that why you’ve become so shameless?”

Harold’s belt landed a second time. Thanks to Ren’s clothing, Harold had no idea that his belt landed exactly on Ren’s wound.

Ren’s face was tightly clenched in pain. His wound was only a week old, and after being whipped. twice, the pain was beginning to spread all over his back.

“Your mother introduced you to so many fine young ladies, but you did not take a liking to any of them. Instead, you went after Ruka! How could you do such a deplorable thing?!”

Ren took a deep breath. He finally understood what was going on. Harold was angry because of his relationship with Ruka. The family had kept it a complete secret from him, so someone must have leaked the news to him on purpose.

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“I can explain, Dad.” Ren let out an exhale.

“What’s there to explain? You’ve forced Ruka to move in with you. How are you going to explain this to the Singeds and your sister? You… you have no respect for this family!” Harold’s belt came flying down on Ren’s back once more.

The smacking sound was so loud that the servant who came to the door with a tray of tea jumped in alarm. She could vaguely hear the sounds of someone being hit, so she quickly went to look for Charlotte.

Charlotte just so happened to be on the second floor as well. When she heard what the servant said, she immediately flung aside the flowers she had been arranging and rushed to the study.

Once she arrived, she began pounding on the door. “Open up, Harold! What are you doing? Why are you hitting Ren?”

“Stay out of it,” Harold growled toward the door.

Charlotte sent the servant to retrieve the key, and the servant did it as quickly as possible. As soon as the door opened, Charlotte saw her son kneeling on the ground as Harold raised the belt to continue lashing him. She was horrified and immediately stood in Harold’s way.

“Don’t you

dare hit him again! What did he even do? He’s thirty-three! How can you treat him like that? Have you gone daft in your old age?!” Charlotte cried out before snatching the belt out of Harold’s hands. Despite his anger, he allowed his wife to take it away from him.

Charlotte threw the belt aside and helped Ren up. “Get up, Ren, quickly.”

Once Ren stood up, Harold looked at Charlotte and said, “Stay out of this. I’ll handle it.”

Harold thought that his wife was too old to withstand the news of such scandalous behavior and. decided to keep it from her.

However, he heard Ren sighing and saying, “Mom, Dad found out about Ruka and me.”

Harold jumped in shock. How could Ren announce it to Charlotte just like that? Isn’t he worried that she might faint in anger?

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Thus, he never expected that the first thing Charlotte did after hearing this was to turn around and glare at him. “You hit Ren because of this? Isn’t Ruka becoming our daughter-in-law something we should be celebrating?”

“Y-You know about it?” Harold’s eyes went wide. “What about Scarlet? And the Singeds?”

“All of us know about it. You’re the only one who doesn’t.” All this while, Charlotte had been feeling a little guilty about keeping it from Harold, but now that Ren had suffered a beating, all her guilt vanished into thin air.

“How can all of you hide such a thing from me? Don’t you know that this will affect him in the general elections?” Harold cried out in vexation.

“Dad, if you’re concerned that my relationship with Ruka will affect public opinion of me, then Vou need not worry about it. Your son isn’t so useless that he can’t dcal with that.” Ren declared calmly.

“They’re in a relationship and they love each other very much! As a family, we should be supporting them instead of trying to separate them.”

“Dad, can you tell me who it was that told you about this?”

“I received a call this morning from an unknown number. A mysterious person told me about it.”

“That person’s true intention is to incite you so that you’ll make me break up with Ruka. His intention is to mess with my emotions and make me deal with the pain of a breakup, which will affect me during the general elections. It’s clear that it was done with malicious intent,” Ren explained to Harold. At the same time, he could sense that his wound was on the verge of splitting again.

Harold finally got the gist of it. He glanced at Charlotte who staunchly declared, “I have my heart set on Ruka being my daughter-in-law. I won’t accept anyone else.”

Just moments ago, Harold had been enraged, but now, he was completely dumbfounded. “Is Ruka willing to marry Ren? Are the Singeds going to give their blessing?”

“They’re more than happy to. Ruka and Ren are in love. If you break them up now, then you’re really going to ruin your son’s life.”

Ren was deeply moved as he gazed at Charlotte. His family’s support was his biggest source of strength.

Harold sighed after hearing what Charlotte said. He looked at Ren. “Does it hurt?”

“I’m fine.” Ren smiled. “As long as you’re no longer angry, Dad.”

“Come, Ren. Let me take a look,” Charlotte said worriedly.

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“I’m fine, Mom. You don’t need to check it.”

“Just let me take a look. I’ll put some ointment on it.” Charlotte was determined to check and see if Ren was injured.

“Mom, Dad, that won’t be necessary. Ruka’s all alone at home right now. I should go back and have lunch with her.”

“Oh, alright. We should’ve just had Ruka come with you,” Charlotte said.

“I’ll get going then.” Ren turned around and left as quickly as he could. As soon as he got into the car, he gave Silas a call.

“My wound has split again. Come and take care of it,” Ren said.

“What’s going on with you? Are you trying to stay injured forever?” Silas snapped in frustration.

Ren was even more frustrated. He was waiting impatiently for his wound to heal, but he had no choice this time. Harold’s belt had landed exactly on his wound.

At the Vice President’s Residence.

The servants had just prepared lunch when they heard the commotion outside. Ren came in and said to the servants, “Prepare one more serving. Someone will be joining us for lunch today.”

They nodded and got to work. Just then, Silas arrived with his medical bag in hand. As Ruka had not noticed that Ren was back, he pointed to one of the side rooms and said, “This way.”

Silas sighed once he removed the bandage, but he started cleaning the wound up again. Thankfully, it was just the skin that had split. The rest of the wound was still recovering just fine.

Once Silas was done redressing the wound, Ren put his clothes back on and said, “Don’t tell Ruka about my wound splitting again. Just say that you’re here for lunch.”

Meanwhile, on the second floor.

Ruka’s phone started ringing. She answered right away when she saw it was a call from Scarlet. “Hi, Aunt Scarlet.”

“Ruka, is Ren home yet? My mother called me just now and said that my father hit him with a belt. She doesn’t know where he got hit or if it left any injuries.”

“What? Why?!”

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“Someone incited my father by telling him about Ren’s relationship with you on purpose. My father was furious and hit Ren because of it. Since Ren is home with you, you should go and check if he’s injured.”

Ruka had a worried look on her face. “Okay, I will.”

“My father has always had a nasty temper. I feel bad for Ren. He’s a grown man now, but he still had to take a beating on his knees.”

“What? He was beaten while kneeling?” Ruka felt incredibly sorry for Ren.

“Anyway, you should check and see if he’s injured. My father’s no longer angry now, and he’s fine with the relationship, so I guess it ended on a good note.”

“Alright. I’ll go and see if he’s back.” Ruka peered out the French window and saw Ren’s car, so she quickly said, “He’s back. I’ll go and check on him.”

“Okay. Go ahead!” Scarlet ended the call.

Ruka rushed down the stairs and saw Ren and Silas stepping out of one of the spare rooms. “Why are you here, Dr. Silas?” she exclaimed.

Her eyes flickered over to Ren.

Silas cleared his throat and said with a smile, “I’m just here for lunch.”

However, Ruka was not to be fooled. If Dr. Silas came here right after Ren took a beating, it means the wound must have split again! She sighed as her heart ached for him.

Was he trying to hide it from her just so that she would not worry about him?

Well, he did take a beating. Ruka bit her lip and decided against bringing it up for the sake of his dignity.

Silas left after lunch and Ruka held Ren’s arm as they went upstairs to rest. Ren looked perfectly normal despite taking a beating, and he was doing his best to keep it from her. Thus, she felt like he was being a stubborn child right now.

It seemed as if age no longer came between them. He loved her and she loved him. They were equals in the relationship and equals in love.

“I’ll stay

with you for a while.” Ruka dragged Ren back to his bedroom. For the past few days, she had stayed away to ensure that she did not disrupt his recovery process in any way, even though she wanted to sleep in his arms each night.

Today was an exception as she wanted to comfort him after all that he went through.

“Okay!” Ren nodded. Ruka was being a lot sweeter than usual.

It was making his yearning for her grow, but thanks to his wound being aggravated time and time again, his frustration kept growing too.

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In the evening, a guest arrived-Richard.

When Ruka saw him enter dressed in camouflage, she called out at once,”Richard…”

The hesitance as she trailed off caught both men’s attention.

Richard glanced at Ren, who cleared his throat and said, “Ruka, you don’t need to be so formal with him. You can even call him Richie if you like!”

Ruka blushed and nodded, “Okay.”

“Have you had dinner yet? Sit with us,” Ren said to Richard.

Richard glanced at his watch before nodding. “Sure. I’ll stay for dinner.”

The two men soon proceeded to the study for a discussion. Richard had come over for a reason.

“Uncle Ren, we’ve determined that the mastermind is Orson Grady, but he covers his tracks very well. All of those who failed in carrying out his tasks end up disappearing without a trace.”

Ren’s eyes glinted coldly. Orson had lost to him during the last elections by just a few hundred votes. It was evident that Orson was going all out this time.

“Do you have a way to lure him out?”

“One. We want to use Ruka’s identity as bait.”

“I won’t allow Ruka to be put in any danger,” Ren refused right away.

Richard smirked. “I wouldn’t put Ruka at risk either. I just want to use her identity and send one of my people disguised as her.”

Ren narrowed his eyes. “How confident are you?”

“Since the assassination failed, their next target would be Ruka. They will want to use Ruka as blackmail to get you to renounce your candidacy for the elections. The elections are in two months, so they’ll definitely act soon.” Richard spoke with certai

Ren nodded. His eyes were cold as he said, “Alright. We’ll proceed with your plan. Guys like Orson Grady should be exterminated.”

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“How’s your injury, Uncle Ren?” Richard voiced his concern.

“It’s fine. I’ll be back to normal in a few days,” Ren assured him.

Kichard palled Ken’s arm. “Don’t worry! I’ll be a part of your security detail from now on. This won’t happen again.”

“I’ll rest at ease knowing that you’re here.”

“I promised Angela that I would stay in the country and wouldn’t go far.” Richard did not regret giving up his career and position for the sake of love. He did it willingly. Furthermore, his job now was to keep his family safe, which was something meaningful as well.

Richard left after dinner. He had been traveling around the past few days and had not seen Angela for a while now, so now that he finally had some free time, he was eager to rush home and see her.

Ordinarily, Ren would ask Ruka to sleep in his room at night, but tonight, he was unusually self aware and did not ask her to come with him to bed.

It was Ruka who could not fall asleep. Her heart panged each time she recalled how he had been beaten, and it was all because of her too!

What could she do for him? She decided that if she did see Harold, she had to let him know just how much she loved Ren and that nothing could break them apart.

The next morning, when Ruka came out of the bedroom, she heard sounds coming from downstairs, which sounded like…

Is that Mrs. Husson? Did she come here?

Ruka was excited. She rushed down the stairs at once, but when she saw the old couple who were sitting on the couch, her heart trembled slightly. She did not expect to see Harold here either.

Ren was seated opposite them. It looked like Charlotte and Harold had only just arrived and the three of them were discussing something.

“You’re up, Ruka? Come and take a seat.” Charlotte waved her over happily.

Harold was still a little miffed as he threw a glare at Ren. He was satisfied with Ren in every way, except for his love life. Never in his wildest dreams would he have thought that Ren would fall in love with the young woman his sister raised.

Ruka’s mind raced as she stood in front of the old couple. All of a sudden, she covered her mouth with her hand and acted as if she was about to throw up. She rushed to the nearby trashcan and pretended to vomit.