Chapter 97
A sapphire ring.
An Le nervously glanced down at the ring. It was indeed beautiful, but he didn’t like sapphires.
His mother liked sapphires.
And even if he liked sapphires, a ring should be given to him by Lu Heng, not Lu Chuan.
An Le instinctively shook his head: “I don’t want it. What do you really want to do?”
“Le Le doesn’t like it?”
Lu Chuan said with a smile, “Then what do you like? Tell Dad. You and Xiao Heng have been married for so long, and Dad hasn’t given you a wedding gift. What do you like? Dad will get it for you.”
Lu Chuan kept calling him “Dad,” which made An Le feel a little disgusted.
Lu Chuan was definitely here because he’d suffered a setback with Lu Heng and was trying to get his help.
But how could he possibly help Lu Chuan?
However, Lu Heng wasn’t here, he had no way to refuse, nor was it easy to refuse, because he couldn’t beat Lu Chuan.
Finally, after thinking for a while, he said, “I, I like the strawberry mille-feuille from the shop at number 29, Nanjie Street, South City.”
Hearing this, Lu Chuan froze. Sure enough, omegas, these brainless creatures, only cared about food.
But he didn’t show his contempt for An Le, instead saying with a smile, “Is it just some dessert you want? Le Le, is there anything else you want?”
An Le quickly shook his head: “No, I just want this, I want it now.”
Lu Chuan had no choice but to call his assistant to buy the dessert.
Hearing that Lu Chuan was going to have his assistant buy it, An Le became even more flustered. He had originally wanted to get rid of Lu Chuan by asking for dessert so he could hide.
But unexpectedly, Lu Chuan actually called his assistant.
Then, Lu Chuan pulled him to sit on the sofa, saying with a chuckle, “Le Le, look, we’re family after all. I’m Xiao Heng’s biological father. It’s the saying, ‘even broken bones are still connected by sinews.’ Can you please talk to him nicely and tell him not to be so ruthless? At least consider our father-son relationship.”
An Le secretly tugged at his hand, unable to pull it away, helplessly shaking his head: “I, I don’t know. Sir never talks to me about work matters. I stay here, only… only to learn painting.”
In the past, he would also clean, but later he found out he didn’t need to, because there were regular cleaning staff who kept the house spotless.
He was just a figurehead getting a salary.
Therefore, he could spend all his time learning to paint or spending time with Lu Heng.
“No, no, no, you need to know about his work matters.”
Lu Chuan continued, “You just need to mention it to him. In the future, no matter what happens, you can come to Dad, Dad can handle everything for you.”
An Le: …
Shouldn’t he ask sir if he had anything? Sir could do it, and even better than him.
Moreover, he didn’t have anything that needed others to handle.
But An Le didn’t refuse, nor did he agree.
Lu Chuan: “Le Le doesn’t speak, Dad will assume you agree. Otherwise, Dad will find Xiao Qian, your friend Xiao Xiao…”
Lu Chuan didn’t finish, but his expression became somewhat disgusting.
An Le frowned: “What, what do you mean?”
This time Lu Chuan didn’t continue to hold An Le. He let go, smiling: “I heard that Xiao Xiao has been injected with a beta gland development agent. This drug is very precious, Xiao Qian hasn’t let it leak out yet. But, well, marking a beta is quite novel, and Dad wants to try it too.”
Then, Lu Chuan continued, “Xiao Qian is very filial to me. Asking him for a little pet to play with, he shouldn’t refuse, right?”
“You, you dare!”
An Le pulled back his hand and immediately stood up to distance himself from Lu Chuan. Although the movement was weak, and he almost fell because his legs were weak, it still showed An Le’s determination.
He never expected that Lu Chuan would target Xiao Xiao. He panicked instantly, his eyes turning red with helplessness: “I, I’ll mention it to sir. You, don’t bother Xiao Xiao.”
Lu Chuan smiled contentedly: “Then you have to mention it properly, don’t mess it up.”
After speaking, he took out his phone and sent some documents to An Le, saying with a smile, “If he’s unwilling to listen to you, then take advantage of him not paying attention and steal these things for me, otherwise…”
Lu Chuan smiled and stopped talking.
An Le was Lu Heng’s person. He knew Lu Heng’s temper and wouldn’t dare to touch An Le no matter what.
But guiding An Le to hurt Lu Heng, even if discovered, would still really hurt Lu Heng.
Moreover, doing so would not only strike a blow to Lu Heng but also allow him to get what he wanted. Why not?
An Le bit his lip tightly without speaking, his mind filled with the thought that Xiao Xiao was Gu Qian’s pet, and even if Lu Chuan wanted to play with him, Gu Qian would give him up.
But if that were really the case, An Le would definitely use all his money to have Gu Qian assassinated.
Since he couldn’t take Xiao Xiao away, then… just let Gu Qian die.
An Le’s lips were bitten white, and before he could agree, Lu Chuan’s phone rang. Lu Chuan’s expression changed, and he got up and said, “You figure it out yourself, I’m leaving.”
Lu Chuan left.
An Le slumped onto the sofa, listlessly took out his phone, and called Xiao Xiao.
But Xiao Xiao’s phone went unanswered, and his heart suddenly ached.
So, he called Gu Qian, but still no answer.
“Xiao Xiao, he… wouldn’t really have something happen to him, would he?”
Why wouldn’t either of them answer their phones?
Thinking of this, An Le’s tears fell. He kept calling Xiao Xiao and Gu Qian in turn.
Again and again, without even a five-second break between calls.
After countless calls, finally, Gu Qian answered.
As soon as Gu Qian answered, he roared into the phone: “I beg you to stop calling! I’m having a romantic time in the office and have been bombarded by your calls! If others don’t answer, shouldn’t you think they’re busy? Don’t you know to call later?”
“To avoid worrying you, he didn’t let me answer your calls. But you’ve been with Lu Heng for so long, don’t you have any common sense? You…”
An Le was stunned speechless.
And he also heard Xiao Xiao’s weak voice on the phone: “Don’t scold Le Le, don’t scold…”
Gu Qian: “Okay, okay, I won’t scold…”
The phone hung up.
Gu Qian turned off both his and Xiao Xiao’s phones, regardless of whether An Le would continue to call.
“Xiao Xiao is fine, still… still playing with Gu Qian…”
An Le’s tears hung on his eyelashes, about to fall or not. So, he had worried so much, cried so much, all for nothing?
An Le: …
It’s all that old bastard Lu Chuan’s fault!
Not only did he embarrass himself, but he also disturbed Gu Qian and Xiao Xiao’s good time.
An Le pouted, wiping his tears while secretly cursing Lu Chuan in his heart.
“Click.”
The office door opened.
Lu Heng walked in.
Seeing An Le sitting on the sofa with red eyes, he walked over and asked, “Why are you crying?”
He had just lost a lot of face, and seeing Lu Heng, he felt particularly wronged and asked helplessly, “Where did you go?”
Lu Heng smiled and directly hugged him: “Did you cry because you woke up and didn’t see me?”
“No.”
An Le lowered his head and whispered, “I’m not a child anymore, how could I cry just because I didn’t see you when I woke up?”
“Then why are you crying?”
Lu Heng’s smile disappeared, and he frowned, asking, “Did someone bully you?”
An Le nodded, just as he was about to say that Lu Chuan had been here, the office door was knocked.
Both their gazes turned towards the door. Lu Heng said, “Come in.”
The receptionist, Xiao Wang, ran in with a look of fear, handing An Le a box of strawberry mille-feuille and whispering, “Madam’s order, this is the strawberry mille-feuille you wanted. It was just delivered, I brought it up for you.”
Seeming very scared, Xiao Wang ran away after speaking.
Lu Heng: “Are you hungry?”
Lu Heng thought An Le had bought it, but then he saw An Le instinctively throw the strawberry mille-feuille into the trash can, and whispered, “Your company’s security system is terrible. Lu Chuan came again.”
Lu Heng: “What happened?”
Lu Heng had thought An Le was angry because he left after eating, but only when An Le mentioned Lu Chuan did he realize something was wrong.
And on their desk was a box containing a sapphire ring.
He walked over in a few steps, picked up the box to take a look, then threw it away and rushed to hug An Le, asking, “He came again? Did he hurt you?”
An Le showed the red marks on his wrists: “He grabbed me.”
He grabbed him to prevent him from leaving; it was too much.
Then, he took out his phone, opened the documents Lu Chuan had sent him and showed them to Lu Heng, then said with gritted teeth and helplessness: “He threatened me with Xiao Xiao, asking me to speak well of him in front of you. If you don’t listen, he’ll hurt Xiao Xiao, saying he wants to mark a beta.”
Scared, he immediately called Xiao Xiao, which resulted in such a huge misunderstanding.
Lu Heng took a look, first hugged An Le to comfort him for a while, then rubbed his wrists while saying, “You don’t need to worry about this. Whether you deal with him or not is fine. As for Xiao Xiao, you can tell Gu Qian what Lu Chuan said today.”
Gu Qian was a madman; he wouldn’t allow anyone to covet his things.
Let Gu Qian handle the matter of Lu Chuan coveting Xiao Xiao himself.
An Le nodded, thinking this was good advice. But before he could figure out how to tell Gu Qian, Lu Heng had already taken out his phone to call Gu Qian.
An Le quickly reached out to hug Lu Heng’s arm, anxiously shouting, “Sir, don’t call!”
But as soon as he finished shouting, the phone transmitted: “The number you dialed is currently unavailable…”
An Le instantly breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Heng frowned: “Why is it suddenly turned off?”
An Le: …
He knew why Gu Qian turned off his phone, but he was too embarrassed to say it.
Finally, he whispered, “Sir, I, I’ll just send him a message. Sir, don’t worry about it.”
Lu Heng looked at An Le in surprise and curiously asked, “You’ll send him a message? When did your relationship with him get so good?”
An Le: …
“It’s, it’s not that good.”
No, it’s not good at all; he was just scolded by him a while ago.
An Le blushed. This was not something that could be continued. Looking up, he saw the bandage on Lu Heng’s eyebrow and quickly changed the subject, asking, “Sir, what exactly happened to you here?”