Chapter 77
“Okay.”
An Le hugged Lu Heng, then after a moment pulled away from his embrace, wiped his tears, and softly kissed Lu Heng’s lips. He whispered, “Sir, were you upset today at the Lu family?”
He had to deal with Xiao Xiao’s matter, but he couldn’t ignore Lu Heng’s feelings either.
He hugged Lu Heng’s neck, and before Lu Heng could answer, he kissed him again and said, “As promised, I’m comforting you.”
Lu Heng instantly smiled, feeling that all the setbacks he had suffered these days were worthwhile.
He hugged An Le and lay down on the bed, whispering, “But what if this isn’t enough?”
An Le knew what Lu Heng meant. He thought for a moment, turned his head, and exposed his neck. “Then, Sir, would you like to bite me? To deepen the mark?”
Deepening the mark was a form of protection for an Omega, but for an alpha, it was an irresistible possessiveness.
No alpha could refuse a deepening mark invitation from their beloved Omega.
Without hesitation, Lu Heng lowered his head and bit.
“Mmm…”
The moment the pheromones were injected into his gland, An Le’s eyes went blank. His hands, which had been around Lu Heng’s neck, gradually weakened, and his whole body began to whimper softly…
The process of comforting Lu Heng was exhausting. Before Lu Heng was even completely comforted, An Le himself fainted from exhaustion. Even after he fainted, the comforting process didn’t end…
The next morning.
There was no message from Li Jie, nor from Gu Chen.
Everything was as usual. Even though An Le was full of worry, he went to work with Lu Heng.
At the company, Lu Heng left the office after a short while.
An Le stayed in the office alone, painting, but his heart was filled with anxiety.
After much hesitation, he finally took out his phone and called Li Jie, but Li Jie didn’t answer.
He then took his other phone to message Gu Chen, but Gu Chen still didn’t reply. He thought for a moment, and could only call him.
Gu Chen answered the phone, but his tone wasn’t as relaxed as yesterday. He said somewhat unhappily, “Le Le, I’m in a meeting.”
An Le: “I’m sorry, then…”
An Le originally wanted to hang up, but Gu Chen said, “But I can spare two minutes for Le Le. What do you want to say?”
An Le had wanted to ask about Xiao Xiao’s situation, and now he was even happier. He hurriedly asked, “Uncle, did you ask for me? Boss Gu, he…”
“He didn’t.”
Before An Le could finish, Gu Chen interrupted him and said softly, “Although my son is a bit disappointing, I still believe him. He said he didn’t bully your friend, nor did he do anything excessive to your friend. It’s a misunderstanding.”
“Impossible.”
An Le didn’t believe it. If Gu Qian hadn’t bullied Xiao Xiao, why would Xiao Xiao have lost his job, why would he be crying, and why wouldn’t he let An Le find him?
But before he could ask, Gu Chen immediately said, “Nothing is impossible. Okay, Le Le, play by yourself. Uncle is busy. If you have anything, we’ll talk when Uncle is free.”
Gu Chen hung up.
An Le’s tears immediately fell, but at that moment, his unmonitored phone rang. It was a call from Li Jie.
Hope surged within him. He quickly answered, “Brother Li.”
Li Jie: “Found him.”
Xiao Xiao was found.
The entire city of A, the whole country was so vast, he didn’t know where to look for Xiao Xiao.
So, after going out, he found a friend, used his friend’s access to open Xiao Xiao’s phone location, and almost immediately found Xiao Xiao’s location.
Without hesitation, he sent a message to Lu Heng and went to Gu Qian’s house.
But in order not to offend Gu Qian openly, he hid in the bushes near Gu Qian’s house and waited all night.
Until just now, Gu Qian left for something, allowing him to sneak upstairs and find Xiao Xiao locked in the corner of the bed.
Then, he quickly called An Le. After the message was delivered, Li Jie said, “But the situation is urgent. I need to take him away immediately. I’ll hang up now and contact you later.”
Then Li Jie hung up.
The sleeping Xiao Xiao gradually woke up when he heard someone speaking.
Upon seeing Li Jie, Xiao Xiao trembled in fright at first, then immediately covered his face and hid.
In the end, however, he lowered his hands, grabbed Li Jie’s pants, and said weakly and humbly, “Please, save me…”
——
“Found him.”
An Le’s anxious heart finally settled. He wiped away his tears and smiled, but his smile froze a second later.
Because Lu Heng had just told him yesterday that they couldn’t interfere in Gu Qian’s affairs, because according to Gu Qian’s personality, he would definitely retaliate fiercely, thus preventing them from finding clues about his mother’s death.
So now that Li Jie had taken Xiao Xiao away, would Gu Qian…
An Le froze.
On one hand was his friend, on the other was the truth and the case of his mother’s death, which had been silent for so many years. What should he do?
An Le’s tears, which had disappeared just now, reappeared. He instinctively wanted to find Lu Heng, but because he didn’t know where Lu Heng was, he thought for a moment and took out his phone to call Lu Heng.
Lu Heng answered quickly, “Le Le.”
An Le was a little nervous, “Sir, are you finished with your work?”
“Not yet, but if Le Le wants to come find me, just come out.”
While speaking, Lu Heng left the meeting room and walked towards the office.
Sure enough, after hesitating for a moment, An Le went out and soon saw Lu Heng jogging over.
Lu Heng hung up the phone, walked to An Le’s side, hugged him, wiped his tears and asked, “What’s wrong?”
“Li Jie, he found Xiao Xiao.”
An Le couldn’t control the feeling of powerlessness in his heart, whispering, “Li Jie saved Xiao Xiao, so will Gu Qian retaliate against us?”
“No.”
Lu Heng: “As long as you don’t see Xiao Xiao and don’t contact Li Jie, there’s no problem.”
He could find a way to evade responsibility and sever ties with Li Jie.
Once his relationship with Li Jie was severed, Gu Qian wouldn’t be able to find him.
“Okay, I, I won’t contact Li Jie, and I won’t see Xiao Xiao.”
An Le said anxiously, “No contact.”
He wanted to know the truth of that year, but he didn’t want Xiao Xiao to suffer. If he could ensure that he could know the truth of that year and also prevent Xiao Xiao from suffering, he would be willing to do anything.
Moreover, right now, it was only a matter of not contacting Li Jie or seeing Xiao Xiao, and he could do that.
Lu Heng patted An Le’s head: “Don’t cry, it’ll be alright.”
After saying that, he pulled An Le to the meeting room, found a chair for him, and let An Le sit next to him, then continued the meeting amidst everyone’s strange gazes.
An Le didn’t understand what Lu Heng was saying during the meeting, but it was undeniable that Lu Heng was a bit fierce during the meeting, his tone very cold.
An Le was a little scared at first, but after a while, he felt fine, his mind focused on how Xiao Xiao was doing.
But he didn’t think for long before falling asleep on the table.
When he woke up, only he and Lu Heng were in the meeting room.
He was stunned before he fully woke up, quickly straightening up and anxiously calling, “Sir.”
Lu Heng: “Awake?”
An Le felt a little embarrassed and nodded slightly, “Yes.”
“Comforting” Lu Heng last night was tiring. Although it didn’t affect his actions during the day, his lower back and legs still ached, and he still had an odd feeling.
In addition to constantly worrying about Xiao Xiao, he was exhausted physically and mentally. In a boring environment, he fell asleep after a short while.
Lu Heng also understood why An Le fell asleep. Bending down, he picked him up, walking towards the rest room and saying, “I was going to carry you to the rest room to let you rest properly, but you woke up just as they left.”
“I’m not sleepy anymore.”
An Le whispered, “I don’t want to sleep anymore.”
He had been extremely sleepy before, but now that he was awake, he wasn’t sleepy anymore.
Lu Heng: “Then go to the rest room and wait for me for a while. There isn’t much work at the company today, I can finish it and go home. We’ll have lunch at home.”
“Okay.”
An Le didn’t understand why Lu Heng suddenly wanted to go home for lunch today, but he basically agreed to any request Lu Heng made.
So, after arriving at the office, he went to the rest room to lie down.
Lu Heng always kept his word. He said he would finish quickly, and it was over in less than half an hour.
An hour later, they returned to the An family home.
An Qiang wasn’t home, and An Le and Lu Heng weren’t there either, so Luo Ping would come out for a walk, eat snacks, and play in the living room.
But when An Le and Lu Heng suddenly returned home, Luo Ping was startled and immediately got up and ran to her room.
Lu Heng glanced down at An Le. An Le was stunned for a moment, then instantly understood Lu Heng’s meaning, and quickly ran over to stop Luo Ping.
An Le: “Wait, don’t go.”
Lu Heng is an alpha and it’s inconvenient for him to approach an Omega; otherwise, he might be slandered by someone like Luo Ping, and An Qiang would also take this opportunity to get rid of him.
That’s why he asked An Le to take the lead.
Luo Ping struggled and asked, “What are you doing, what are you doing?”
An Le grabbed Luo Ping’s arm tightly and asked, “What am I doing? You know. And why haven’t you come to find us lately? Don’t you want your son’s freedom anymore?”
At the crucial moment, An Le didn’t stutter at all, clearly having improved a lot.
Luo Ping didn’t speak, but a trace of hatred flashed in her eyes. She hated An Le, hated Lu Heng, and hated An Qiang.
But there was no way, she…
“An Yi cried and begged you to save him last time, wanting to report An Qiang’s crimes, but was said to be mentally ill, and was also ordered by An Qiang to be well treated. Aren’t you worried at all?”
An Le gritted his teeth, suppressing his fear and timidity towards the outside world, boldly saying, “As long as you tell me how my mother really died, I will ask Sir to help you.”
“Also, what’s the password to that room in An Qiang’s study? Just tell me one of these two things, and I guarantee that even if Sir can’t save An Yi, I can find someone to help him in prison so he doesn’t suffer so much.”
Luo Ping hesitated.
Although An Qiang’s threats were effective, Luo Ping still hesitated. She looked up at the camera and subconsciously shook her head.
Finally, in order to break free from An Le, she used too much force, lost her footing, and fell behind the sofa.
An Le hurried to pull her up, but Luo Ping grabbed him, and the two hid behind the sofa without getting up. Luo Ping’s voice was very soft, but the information was considerable. She said, “I don’t know his password. I can’t tell you about your mother, but I know someone who knows everything…”