Chapter 31
“I understand.”
An Le, holding back his tears, nodded obediently, “Xiao Xiao, I understand.”
He hadn’t received much schooling, but he was always intelligent. Xiao Xiao patiently explained things, and he understood.
Xiao Xiao: “Good. Tell him clearly tomorrow.”
“Maybe not tomorrow.”
An Le pouted and shook his head, “Tomorrow… tomorrow is your birthday. I… I took the day off~”
An Le felt a little embarrassed. When he mentioned Xiao Xiao’s birthday, his fear and unhappiness disappeared, replaced by an inexpressible joy.
An Le pursed his lips and smiled, “I… I told him I’d be with you.”
Xiao Xiao was stunned, then also laughed, “Okay. It’s only one day anyway. Tell him the day after tomorrow. By the way, how was your first day at work? Did you sign the contract? Was it busy? Did any colleagues bully you? What kind of position are you in…”
Xiao Xiao bombarded him with questions.
An Le answered them one by one, also telling him that Lu Heng not only gave him an easy job but also found a teacher to teach him painting for only five hundred yuan a month and even lent him money to buy a phone.
Hearing this, Xiao Xiao understood that Lu Heng wasn’t really making An Le work, but simply wanted to make him happy.
And having An Le learn painting was because it was the only thing An Le was good at. Only by mastering painting could An Le truly earn money on his own.
Speaking of Lu Heng, An Le was exceptionally happy, his eyes shining brightly, like a lovestruck youth, full of joy and anticipation.
Xiao Xiao patted An Le on the head, enviously saying, “You’re doing great now. You’ve finally found someone who cares for you. I’m so unlucky; my crush still hasn’t given me any response.”
Xiao Xiao was a little disheartened. Soon, An Le wouldn’t need him anymore, and Gu Qian hadn’t responded to his hints. What would he do then?
Seeing Xiao Xiao unhappy, An Le said with concern, “Xiao Xiao, don’t be unhappy. You’re so good; Boss Gu will definitely like you.”
How could anyone not like Xiao Xiao?
Xiao Xiao was lively and only felt down for a while before laughing again. “I know, I know. I’ll try again another day. If he really doesn’t like me, then forget it. Anyway… anyway, there are plenty of betas chasing me. I can just pick one.”
“How can you just pick one?”
An Le didn’t understand or agree, saying earnestly, “You… you should pick someone who’s best for you.”
“No problem.”
Xiao Xiao laughed happily, “I’ll listen to you. But let’s not talk about this. Come on, take out your new phone, let’s exchange numbers…”
An Le quickly took out his new phone, downloaded some necessary apps, and saved Xiao Xiao’s number. Finally, he wanted to save Lu Heng’s number and send a message saying he’d changed his number, only to realize he didn’t remember Lu Heng’s number.
Finally, An Le pursed his lips and put the phone on the bedside table.
Suddenly, the phone alarm rang. An Le looked at it; it was twelve o’clock; Xiao Xiao’s birthday had arrived.
At this time, Xiao Xiao’s phone also rang; several people were sending him birthday wishes, but Xiao Xiao directly turned off his phone, pouting, “I don’t want to deal with them.”
Even though he rejected them, they persisted. He had no choice; if they weren’t colleagues, he would have directly blocked them.
An Le didn’t care about those people chasing Xiao Xiao and excitedly ran to the closet, opening the zipper and carefully taking out two bags.
“Happy birthday, Xiao Xiao! Look, the new clothes I bought for you~”
“New clothes?”
Xiao Xiao was surprised and happily looked at the new clothes, finding that they were two suits. “Wow, this suit is so handsome! It must be expensive. How did you afford such clothes? And you bought two sets?”
“I… I ran into a store sale.”
An Le said embarrassedly, “Three thousand yuan, two sets. Try them on.”
“Okay, I’ll try them on.”
In Xiao Xiao’s eyes, three thousand yuan was also very expensive. He was even poorer than An Le when he was a child and had never worn high-end clothes, so he didn’t know the exact price and happily put them on.
He turned around in front of An Le, “Do I look good?”
An Le nodded repeatedly, “Good-looking~”
“Hahaha, thank you, Le Le. Le Le, you’re so kind…”
The two little guys were always happy together, excitedly staying up late into the night. The next day, both had dark circles under their eyes as they went to the amusement park.
Li Jie stood in the amusement park, watching the two innocent children on the carousel. After receiving a text message, he immediately called Lu Heng.
“Boss, I found out. An Yi called Boss’s wife the night before last, but the An family is tight-lipped. Boss’s wife hasn’t left the An family all those years, so it’s difficult to find any more information.”
Lu Heng was checking the wedding preparations and procedures at the hotel, intending to take a copy back to show An Le tomorrow.
He glanced at his watch, his voice cold, “I know. Is there a recording of the call?”
Li Jie: “No.”
Lu Heng: “Keep an eye on him. Don’t let the An family find him.”
Li Jie, with a candied hawthorn on a stick in his mouth, looked helplessly at the two little innocents getting off the carousel, turning and excitedly running to the rainbow slide.
He followed them as he spoke, “No problem.”
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After Xiao Xiao’s birthday, it was time to go back to work.
An Le had never woken up on time every day, and this sudden early wake-up for work made him a little uncomfortable and unwilling.
He pouted, sleepily went downstairs, and Lu Heng had been waiting for him for a while.
Seeing Lu Heng’s car, An Le quickly ran over, opened the car door, and sat down, whispering to Lu Heng, “Mr. Lu, good morning.”
Lu Heng nodded, “Good morning.”
An Le lowered his head immediately, partly because he was afraid to look at Lu Heng and partly because he was thinking about how to ask for Lu Heng’s phone number.
And about the An family matter, how should he tell Lu Heng?
And about repaying the money.
Speaking of money…
He remembered that his money was in his old social media account, which only had Xiao Xiao on it.
But he thought about it and decided to log into the old account and transfer the money to his new account.
But as soon as he logged in, he saw dozens of friend requests.
An Le’s hand trembled, accidentally clicking to view them, and found that every request contained the word “Brother.”
“Brother, why aren’t you answering the phone?”
“Brother, is your phone turned off?”
“Brother, why aren’t you adding me as a friend?”
“Brother, now that you have a backer, you don’t want to come back?”