Chapter 100
“Is that not allowed?”
Xiao Xiao smiled and said, “I’m gonna keep looking at him. What are you gonna do about it?”
Gu Qian’s expression shifted, and he said somewhat helplessly, “You can look, but he’s not as good-looking as me. You’d be better off looking at me instead.”
Gu Qian smiled as he spoke, desperately trying to sell himself to Xiao Xiao: “He’s got a scar on his face—super scary. Look at me instead, I’m the best-looking one here.”
As he spoke, Gu Qian grabbed Xiao Xiao’s hand and guided it to touch his face.
Before Xiao Xiao could say anything, he saw Lu Heng turn his head, reach up to rip off the gauze on his brow, and say in a low voice, “I don’t have a scar on my face!”
He’d spent so much effort over this period getting rid of the scar on his face, even getting eyebrow implants at the tail of his brow.
His face no longer had any scars!
Gu Qian: …
Xiao Xiao laughed softly and said helplessly, “Sit properly. This is a hospital, and Lele is still in surgery. Stop making a scene.”
Gu Qian had no choice but to sit beside Xiao Xiao and wait.
But the entire time, Gu Qian kept Xiao Xiao wrapped in his arms, as if no one else was allowed even a glance.
——
When An Le was woken up, the surgery was already over.
He got off the operating table, still groggy as he walked out. The moment he saw Lu Heng at the door, he couldn’t help but feel happy.
He instinctively wanted a hug, and of course Lu Heng wouldn’t refuse—he directly carried him to the ward.
Lying on the bed, he was still a bit dazed: “Sir.”
Lu Heng: “Mm, what is it?”
An Le: “What time is it?”
Lu Heng glanced back at his watch: “11:20 AM.”
“Oh.”
An Le had just woken up from anesthesia and was asking meaningless questions. It took a while before he fully came to his senses and asked, confused, “Sir, where’s Xiao Xiao?”
Lu Heng looked toward the door: “Outside with Gu Qian.”
Gu Qian?
Gu Qian was here too?
An Le instinctively glanced toward the door, but in the end said nothing and closed his eyes to sleep again.
When he woke up next, Lu Heng was gone, and it was Xiao Xiao keeping watch by his bedside.
Seeing him awake, Xiao Xiao quickly asked, “Are you hungry? Do you want some water?”
An Le was stunned for a moment, then nodded: “I want buns.”
“Coming right up.”
Xiao Xiao nodded, then got up and walked to the door. Looking at Gu Qian and Li Jie sitting in the hallway, he thought for a moment before saying to Gu Qian, “Go buy some buns.”
Gu Qian was stunned, surprise in his eyes, followed by delight: “Okay, I’ll go right now.”
He immediately got up and left.
Xiao Xiao glanced at Li Jie, said nothing, and turned back to the ward.
An Le sat up in bed, watching Xiao Xiao pour him water, and asked curiously, “Xiao Xiao, why is Gu Qian here?”
Xiao Xiao smiled helplessly and handed him the water cup: “I don’t know either. If he wants to come, let him. It’s convenient to have him run errands. What else do you want to eat? I’ll call and have him buy it.”
An Le knew what Xiao Xiao was thinking. After considering, he said, “I also want desserts from the south side of the city, and an order of crawfish, with…”
An Le kept thinking about what Xiao Xiao liked to eat, choosing places that were far away.
Xiao Xiao held his phone, recording a voice message for Gu Qian.
Only after An Le finished did he release the button, and the voice message was instantly sent to Gu Qian.
Gu Qian had found the nearest bun shop and bought buns, preparing to bring them back when he heard Xiao Xiao’s message.
He opened it happily at first, but his expression darkened the more he listened.
Finally, gritting his teeth, he turned the steering wheel, cursing about troublesome omegas while going to buy all the various foods An Le had mentioned.
Because he knew that An Le couldn’t eat much of it—most of it was being bought for his Xiao Xiao.
By the time Gu Qian brought everything back, the two were sitting quietly together watching TV.
Gu Qian moved a table into the room, then placed all the food he’d bought on it, box by box.
An Le’s eyes immediately lit up. He tugged at Xiao Xiao and whispered, “He bought everything. Let’s go eat.”
Xiao Xiao: “Okay.”
He helped An Le out of bed, then said to Gu Qian, “Alright, we’re going to eat now. You can wait outside.”
Gu Qian: …
Gritting his teeth, he turned and left.
An Le and Xiao Xiao sat together. He ate his dessert while watching Xiao Xiao eat the spicy crawfish, pouting as he said, “Even when I haven’t had surgery, Sir doesn’t let me eat such spicy things often. Only once every two weeks.”
An Le secretly complained about Lu Heng.
Because he was a bit unhappy—spicy crawfish was so delicious, why wouldn’t Lu Heng let him eat it?
Xiao Xiao laughed: “Well, crawfish… how should I put it? It’s really not good for you.”
If An Le ate crawfish every day, how could Lu Heng and An Le do… that?
As for himself, he was in the hospital now. Gu Qian wouldn’t be that crazy.
“Why?”
Due to his previous lack of social knowledge and Lu Heng’s later protection and care, An Le didn’t really understand these details.
Xiao Xiao’s hands were covered in chili oil as he laughed and said, “Because if you guys do it at night and then eat spicy food, it’ll hurt when you go to the bathroom. He’s just being considerate of you.”
After speaking, Xiao Xiao added, “But he only lets you rest once every two weeks? Is he really that intense?”
An Le’s face turned red from Xiao Xiao’s words, and he quietly defended, “It’s not every day, it’s just, just…”
He couldn’t explain what it was like, but he and Lu Heng really didn’t do it every day. Sometimes they’d skip a day.
But sometimes, they’d make up for that skipped day regardless of the situation.
Xiao Xiao laughed sideways: “Okay, okay, stop with the ‘justs.’ I know your situation. So now you can only watch me eat.”
An Le: …
Not happy!
An Le scooped a big spoonful of dessert into his mouth and said quietly, “Next time when Sir lets me eat it, we’ll eat together.”
“Sure.”
Xiao Xiao nodded: “Just don’t know when that day will come.”
Because An Le had just had surgery, he definitely couldn’t have spicy food for a long time, and Lu Heng wouldn’t touch him because of the surgery.
So after An Le’s ears healed, what awaited him would be Lu Heng’s storm of passion. The time when he could eat spicy food was still far off.
An Le didn’t catch the deeper meaning in Xiao Xiao’s words. He held a bun in his left hand and a dessert spoon in his right, eating the bun in big bites while smelling the crawfish aroma, imagining he was also eating crawfish.
This surgery was Xiao Xiao accompanying An Le, but also An Le keeping Xiao Xiao company to relax.
In the evening, An Le and Xiao Xiao ordered barbecue together, and Xiao Xiao did a mukbang, making An Le jealous with envy.
For several days straight, laughter and cheerful voices came from the hospital room.
Gu Qian sat on a chair outside the door, listening to Xiao Xiao’s laughter, and started laughing along.
Li Jie glanced at him disdainfully and mocked, “Who are you putting on this deep affection act for?”
Hearing this, Gu Qian looked up and glared fiercely at Li Jie.
Li Jie laughed: “What, want to kill me?”
“You?”
The viciousness in Gu Qian’s eyes disappeared as he smiled: “You’re not worth me getting my hands dirty.”
Li Jie: “Is that so?”
His cigarette craving hit, and Li Jie had no choice but to hold an unlit cigarette in his mouth for some relief: “Gu Qian, the Gu family now isn’t what it used to be. I’d advise you to tone it down.”
Gu Qian: “Well, I should thank you for that.”
Gu Qian hated this alpha who had stolen Xiao Xiao from his home to the bone, but there was nothing he could do—Xiao Xiao had asked him not to touch this alpha.
Though he was sinister, he kept his word. Since he’d promised Xiao Xiao not to touch Li Jie, he definitely wouldn’t.
Unless Li Jie crossed his bottom line again.
But what did he need to tone down now?
The Gu family had long since stopped their shady business, and he had no people in politics. The only excessive thing he’d done was hire a team to extract pheromones and develop the injection for Xiao Xiao.
And now that he’d achieved his goal, that research had been stopped too.
So what else did he need to tone down?
Could it be… about Xiao Xiao?
He knew it—this stingy alpha definitely had feelings for his Xiao Xiao. Just as he thought.
Gu Qian stood up and walked over to Li Jie, snatching the unlit cigarette from his mouth and sneering, “Let me give you some advice too—stop coveting what belongs to others, or you won’t be able to handle the consequences.”
With that, Gu Qian threw the cigarette on the ground and crushed it viciously underfoot, then left without looking back.
Li Jie looked at the flattened cigarette on the ground and said helplessly, “We’ll see.”
Let’s see who can’t handle the consequences!
An Le had been in the hospital for eight days and still hadn’t been discharged. He played with Xiao Xiao in the hospital every day, and every afternoon they’d go out for walks in the nearby streets.
The days were carefree and comfortable.
Most importantly, An Le’s ear surgery was very successful—he could already hear sounds.
But he kept lingering in the hospital, refusing to leave. Not only was Gu Qian anxious, but Lu Heng was getting anxious too.
Both of them went to the hospital every day.
Looking at An Le pretending to be weak in bed, Lu Heng said helplessly, “Lele, don’t lie.”
“Sir.”
An Le lowered his head dejectedly: “I… I’m not lying. The doctor said I need to stay a few more days for observation.”
Lu Heng: “Is that so? But I saw the patient in the VIP room next door who had surgery after you was discharged two days ago.”
An Le: …
So they’re making comparisons now.
An Le said somewhat frustrated, “Sir, I… I don’t want to be discharged.”
Lu Heng had kept the gauze on his head to surprise An Le, waiting for An Le to remove it himself.
But who knew An Le wanted to stay in the hospital every day instead of going home.
Lu Heng frowned: “Why?”
Was it because the hospital was fun?
Because the hospital didn’t have him?
An Le carefully glanced outside and said helplessly, “I want Xiao Xiao to have fun outside for a few more days.”
Lu Heng instantly understood what An Le meant.
He grabbed An Le’s hand and said, “I’ve told you before, things between him and Gu Qian aren’t what you think. You don’t need to worry about them. Besides, even if you keep dragging this out in the hospital, it won’t be long before Gu Qian moves into the hospital. Your plan will still be useless.”
An Le felt a bit disappointed: “Really?”
Lu Heng: “Would I lie to you? Come on, get up and pack your things. Let’s go home.”
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