Chapter 149: Extra (An Le)
“I… I have no idea!” An Le was completely flustered. “I was definitely taking pictures of you, Sir. I don’t know why, but it suddenly turned into someone else. I… I was trying to take pictures of you.”
Lu Heng’s face was dark. He stared at the strange alpha on the phone and asked through gritted teeth, “Were you really trying to take a picture of me, or were you trying to take a picture of another alpha?”
An Le’s eyes instantly turned red. He rushed to hug Lu Heng and said in a small voice, “I really was trying to take a picture of you, Sir. I just got it wrong. Please don’t be angry, okay?”
How could Lu Heng not be angry? He was about to explode. An alpha’s possessiveness was no joke. Even if he didn’t show it to An Le all the time, there was absolutely no way he would let An Le’s attention be fixed on another alpha.
But seeing An Le’s reddened eyes, he found himself wanting to hear his explanation, his heart softening just enough that he couldn’t bring himself to scold him.
“Then tell me,” Lu Heng said. “If you were taking a picture of me, why did it turn into someone else?”
An Le froze for a moment, then wiped away his tears. “I… I got the person wrong,” he said pitifully, lowering his head.
Lu Heng was also stunned for a second. The clothes that alpha was wearing were indeed the same style as his, and his profile was somewhat similar. He suddenly understood. He took An Le’s chin, forcing him to look up. “You can’t see clearly?” he asked in a low voice.
An Le’s little mouth drooped. He nodded. “Mhm.”
“What’s going on?”
“I don’t know,” An Le said. “It’s just… it’s just that I suddenly can’t see clearly anymore.” He didn’t dare admit it was from playing games. Besides, he really hadn’t been playing for that long. Why had his vision suddenly gotten so bad? An Le felt wronged, and tears started to fall, drop by drop.
Lu Heng’s heart instantly ached. “Don’t cry. I’ll take you to see a doctor.”
Just as Lu Heng took An Le’s hand to leave, someone grabbed his shoulder from behind. “Wait. How can you bully an omega in public?”
An Le and Lu Heng turned around at the same time. An Le was stunned, and Lu Heng’s face grew even darker. The person who had grabbed his shoulder was the very same alpha An Le had been obsessively filming.
The alpha had come to the amusement park with his sister, who had insisted on dragging him onto the pirate ship. The moment he got on, he saw a beautiful, cute omega looking at him with an adoring expression, snapping picture after picture. Although the omega was gorgeous, he still felt it was a bit rude and planned to go ask him about it after the ride. But before he could even get off, he saw an alpha in the same style of suit rush over, grab the omega aggressively, and scare him to tears.
He quickly ran over to intervene. “Where are you taking him?”
Lu Heng instinctively pulled An Le behind him to hide him. “None of your business,” he said in a low voice.
The alpha shot back, “Do you think I’m blind? Bullying an omega in public—I can report you to the Omega Protection Association.”
Lu Heng’s aura was powerful, but the strange alpha’s was just as strong. Lu Heng found himself regretting that his scar was gone; it would have definitely made him look more intimidating. An Le was such a little troublemaker, attracting strange alphas just by stepping outside. Lu Heng’s anger grew, but he couldn’t take it out on An Le, so it was all directed at the alpha in front of him. It looked like they were a second away from a fight.
An Le was terrified. He quickly stepped out to explain. “No, no, Sir wasn’t bullying me. Please don’t report him to the Omega Protection Association, okay?” An Le was beautiful, and having just cried, his tear-filled eyes made him look even more pitiable. The moment he spoke, the other alpha’s aggressive stance softened.
“He really wasn’t bullying you?” the alpha asked. “But I saw you crying.”
An Le shook his head frantically. “No, no, I wasn’t crying because Sir was bullying me. Sir never bullies me.”
The alpha nodded, only then realizing that An Le had called Lu Heng “Sir.” He paused, then asked, “You call him ‘Sir.’ Are you two…”
An Le was about to nod and say they were married, but Lu Heng pulled him back. He intertwined their fingers, lifting their hands to show the clueless alpha their matching wedding rings.
The alpha froze on the spot. “Since you’re married, then why were you just taking pictures of me, of me…”
Lu Heng sneered. “He’s nearsighted. He just mistook you for me.” With that, he pulled An Le away. As they left, An Le nodded earnestly and looked back at the alpha to apologize.
The alpha was speechless.
Xiao Xiao, who had been watching from the side, said to Gu Qian as they walked, “Look at your cousin. See how he treats Lele? From now on, you have to treat me like that.”
Xiao Xiao knew that Gu Qian’s past behavior was because he was sick. Although he was unhappy and didn’t like that kind of life, he could understand and even sympathize with him. So now, he wouldn’t use the past to provoke Gu Qian or make him feel guilty. He just wanted Gu Qian to treat him as well as Lu Heng treated An Le.
Gu Qian smiled and nodded. “Okay.”
An Le didn’t get to play anymore at the amusement park; Lu Heng took him straight to the hospital to have his eyes checked. After a series of examinations, they learned that An Le’s vision had declined significantly.
“How could his eyesight suddenly drop so much?” Lu Heng asked in a low voice.
The doctor replied, “The condition of his eyes wasn’t great to begin with. The quality of the lens implanted before may have been subpar. His condition should improve if we re-implant a new one.”
Hearing this, An Le secretly breathed a sigh of relief. So it was because the old implant was bad quality. He had thought it was really from playing games and was terrified the doctor would expose him. If that happened, he’d be in for it. Although Lu Heng wouldn’t yell at him, he had other ways of “educating” him when he did something wrong, which was still very scary.
But as he relaxed, Lu Heng slammed a hand on the table. “Get the nurse who assisted with An Le’s surgery in here. And pull up the surgical records for me to see, immediately.”
The doctor was baffled. “What’s wrong?”
An Le was baffled too. He carefully hugged Lu Heng’s arm and whispered, “Sir.”
Lu Heng said, “When An Le had his surgery, I gave you a sum of money and told you to use the best of everything for him, no matter what he needed. And now, just two years later, this happens? What quality of lens did you use for him back then? Pull it up and let me see.”
The doctor was instantly stunned. “I… I don’t know. Can you tell me which doctor was in charge of An Le’s eye surgery? I’ll go check.”
Lu Heng: “Li Xiao.”
An Le was stunned as well. “Sir.” When he had his eye surgery, he had hidden it from Lu Heng and had only paid three thousand yuan, which included the implant and the surgery fee. Although he later found out Lu Heng had known all along, he had never blamed him or looked down on him for it. But he never imagined that Lu Heng had also secretly paid extra for his medical fees.
He tugged on Lu Heng’s arm. “Sir,” he said in a small voice, “the doctor who did my surgery isn’t at this hospital anymore.”
“I know,” Lu Heng said. “Dr. Li has a decent reputation. He wouldn’t have deliberately used a shoddy implant on you. The problem likely isn’t with him.” Lu Heng knew that the surgeon was Li Xiao; he had investigated him beforehand, which was why he had felt at ease entrusting An Le to him. He had arranged everything in secret, but he never thought something would still go wrong.
The doctor hurried off to check the records from An Le’s surgery two years ago. Eventually, he found a few nurses and the implant signature forms and reported to the hospital director.
Soon, the director rushed over. He looked at Lu Heng, bowing and scraping. “Mr. Lu, please don’t be angry. There might be some misunderstanding.”
“Are you sure it’s a misunderstanding?” Lu Heng retorted. “Back then, I had someone wire 500,000 to the hospital. I should still have the records. If the director can’t give me an explanation, then you don’t need to think about keeping this hospital open.”
The director’s hair stood on end. He quickly bowed his head and apologized. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I will definitely give Mr. Lu a reasonable explanation. Please be merciful, Mr. Lu, just wait a moment. How about we fix Mr. An’s eyes first, and then we can talk…”
Lu Heng refused. “No. Your hospital has already had a problem like this. I can’t possibly entrust my partner to you again. I will transfer him immediately. We’ll be able to find out for sure if it’s the implant’s problem then. You’d better give me an explanation as soon as possible. If I don’t have a reason that can convince me within three days, I’ll see you in court.”
With that, Lu Heng pulled An Le and left.
An Le followed behind him in a daze. “Sir,” he said with a smile, “so you did so much for me back then.”
“But I never thought something like this would still happen,” Lu Heng said. “Your vision got worse. why didn’t you tell me sooner?”
An Le lowered his head. “I was playing games a lot before,” he said in a small voice. “I thought my vision got worse because I was playing too much. I was afraid… afraid you’d scold me.”
“How could I bear to scold you?”
With that, Lu Heng helped An Le into the car and rushed to the next eye hospital.
Xiao Xiao and Gu Qian had been following them like two transparent people the whole time, completely ignored.
“It’s like they can’t even see us,” Xiao Xiao said helplessly.
“They’re probably too caught up,” Gu Qian replied. After all, Lu Heng had done so much for An Le back then, and An Le had never known. Now that he knew, his heart was full of gratitude. Lu Heng’s heart was full of seeing An Le’s gratitude. Where would they find the time or energy for them?
Xiao Xiao nodded. “You’re right.” After a moment, another thought occurred to him. “Lu Heng is so domineering. Just because Lele was wronged at this rundown hospital, he immediately threatened to shut them down. So impressive!”
Gu Qian was immediately unhappy. “I’m very impressive too! If you were wronged, I could be even more impressive than him. And I would absolutely never let you be wronged!” Back then, when someone had bullied Xiao Xiao, he had gone and crushed their fingers. Why wasn’t Xiao Xiao praising him?
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