Chapter 38
The man terrified An Le. He only made eye contact for a second before turning and scrambling back into the room.
“Waaaa…”
“What are you running for!”
The man calmly closed the door, casually throwing the food container on the floor. As he approached An Le, he said, “It’s been two years. Haven’t you missed your brother at all?”
An Le was already feeling unwell, and now he was also terrified. Knowing he couldn’t escape, he sat there trembling uncontrollably, his hands covering his ears, not wanting to hear a word.
An Yi crouched in front of him, an innocent smile on his face. He gently sniffed the air and said with a laugh, “Such a strong pheromone scent. Brother, are you in heat? You’re shaking so much. Do you want an alpha?”
“Too bad, though I’m an alpha too, I’m not suitable.”
An Le didn’t speak, keeping his head down, not daring to look at An Yi.
But An Yi wasn’t willing to let him go. Seeing that he remained silent, he suddenly grabbed his arm fiercely, saying, “What are you afraid of? Didn’t you have Lu Heng suppress us? Where’s your confidence?”
“Now you’re afraid? Don’t you think about who Lu Heng is? He dares to oppose our An family?”
An Yi said, dragging An Le towards the door: “Come back with me. You still haven’t settled the debt from two years ago. It’s just right, you’re in heat, and you need an alpha.”
An Le had just been deeply marked by Lu Heng this morning, but now, because his heat was upon him, his peach-flavored pheromones were gushing out wildly. This not only made An Yi restless but also caused him to completely ignore the presence of other alphas in the air.
He didn’t dare to stay here any longer. Otherwise, an omega’s heat pheromones, even with a blood relationship, could make him lose himself.
He hurriedly dragged An Le out to the fourth floor, and saw Lu Heng running up quickly.
The two alphas met eyes, but neither spoke.
The moment An Le saw Lu Heng, his tears broke free, crying out: “Sir, woo, sir…”
The moment An Le spoke, Lu Heng rushed forward.
An Yi cursed under his breath, pulling An Le backward, but the buildings were old and narrow, and there wasn’t much space for him to retreat, especially the corridor.
Lu Heng was extremely fast. He rushed forward, grabbed An Le, pulled him behind him, and then kicked An Yi in the stomach.
An Yi was kicked down. Before he could get up to fight back, Lu Heng carried An Le and quickly left, not intending to get entangled with him at all.
He’d been ignored.
An Yi felt deeply insulted. His eyes were filled with hatred. Young alphas rarely give up, even enduring the pain to get up and chase downstairs in a hurry. But when he reached the bottom of the stairs, he saw Li Jie with a smiling face.
He knew Li Jie. Jiang Mo had told him that this person was extremely insidious, only hitting people in the face.
An Yi secretly guarded himself, but unexpectedly, Li Jie rushed forward and kicked him in the stomach, right where Lu Heng had kicked him.
Both were alphas, and their strength was certainly not small. Being violently kicked in the same spot twice in a short period of time, An Yi lay on the ground for a while without getting up.
Then he turned and found, to his horror, that Li Jie was walking towards him.
Li Jie stretched his joints as he walked, smiling: “The boss’s dear younger brother, then I must treat you well. Don’t worry, I won’t hit your face, hahaha…”
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Held in Lu Heng’s arms, An Le felt much more at ease.
But in the short minute or two it took to go downstairs, An Le felt an unbearable itch, feeling reassured one moment, then anxious the next, then terrified.
Even with Lu Heng holding him, it didn’t alleviate the feeling.
Until he was carried into the car, Lu Heng put him on his lap and immediately released his pheromones to comfort him.
“Le Le, Le Le, look at me!”
Lu Heng’s voice was strong and hard: “Do you know who I am?”
“I, I know.”
An Le’s face was full of tears. How could he not know? This was the person he craved most now: “It’s sir, Mr. Lu… sir, I, I… hug me, kiss me, sir, si—”
Lu Heng endured his own arousal, pinched An Le’s chin, and gritted his teeth: “An Le, are you sure?”
“If you agree now, there will be no chance to regret it in the future. No matter what, I will never let you go.”
A marked omega is different from an unmarked omega.
An unmarked omega’s heat can be solved with suppressants, but after being marked, the effectiveness of suppressants is greatly reduced, and the body’s arousal can only be resolved by his alpha.
His reckless permanent marking at the mall was wrong.
Later, wanting An Le to marry him to ease his heat, without a substantial emotional relationship, was also wrong.
So now he was giving An Le a choice. If An Le disagreed, he would immediately take him to the hospital to have the marking reversed.
If An Le agreed, An Le would be his for life.
Lu Heng: “Le Le, you need to think carefully.”
An Le didn’t understand. This was his first heat, and his first heat after being marked. The discomfort was driving him crazy.
His mind was full of Lu Heng. He wanted Lu Heng. He whimpered and nodded: “Yes, I, I’m sure, I’ve thought it over. I want sir, I like sir, sir, please, please—”
Before An Le could finish, Lu Heng kissed him.
As an alpha, he knew and understood everything An Le craved.
After confirming with An Le, Lu Heng activated the privacy settings and fulfilled his duties as An Le’s alpha right there in the car.
When Li Jie came down from upstairs, he saw the car rocking.
The car was of good quality; you couldn’t hear anything from the outside, nor could you smell any pheromones.
But he also knew that he shouldn’t disturb them at this time.
So, Li Jie took out a pack of cigarettes, lit one, sat on the ground, played games on his phone, and watched the ambulance take An Yi away.
This neighborhood was remote, and not many people lived here. With such a big commotion, and the pheromones all over the hallway, many people were secretly watching the show.
But after An Yi was taken away by the ambulance, no one came out to watch anymore.
Li Jie sneered: “Cowards!”
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After the car stopped rocking, An Le fell asleep from exhaustion.
Lu Heng took him back to his apartment. He usually lived alone, only hiring a cleaning service once a week. He did everything else himself, including cooking.
Omegas consume a lot during heat, and Lu Heng was worried An Le wouldn’t be able to handle it, so he specially cooked porridge for him.
But An Le didn’t wake up, so Lu Heng sat in the living room and called Li Jie.
An Yi was different from Jiang Mo; they couldn’t be handled in the same way, and An Yi was obviously more troublesome.
Lu Heng: “Suppress them. Recently, don’t let anyone in the company have any dealings with the An family. Be arrogant, and try to get their backers to come find me.”
No matter what, he needed to find out who had their eye on An Le first.
Li Jie: “OK, understood.”
Lu Heng: “I need to be with An Le for the next few days during his heat. Help me keep an eye on things at the company, and pay more attention to Xiao Xiao’s situation.”
“Alright, alright, I got it.”
Li Jie was a little impatient: “Pay, hurry up and send me my pay; everything else is negotiable.”
Lu Heng: …
An Le woke up and found that he wasn’t at home, nor in Lu Heng’s car. The unfamiliar surroundings made him feel insecure, and he didn’t see anyone he knew, so he was frightened and huddled under the covers, crying out in fear: “Sir, sir…”
“What’s wrong!”
Before An Le had cried out a few times, Lu Heng opened the door and came in, his footsteps hurried, his phone in his hand.
He ran over and hugged An Le tightly, enveloping the omega with his familiar pheromones, before saying: “This is my house, and it will be your house too, don’t be afraid.”
An Le didn’t really understand Lu Heng’s words, because as long as Lu Heng was there, he felt safe.
He leaned against Lu Heng’s chest, not saying a word, because he felt so tired, his waist ached, his thighs ached, and even… everything ached.
But he didn’t want to let go of Lu Heng. He just wanted Lu Heng to hold him like this.
Omegas during heat are very clingy, An Le’s eyes were full of Lu Heng. Even when he was taken to the living room to eat, he didn’t want to let go of Lu Heng.
Lu Heng experienced for the first time what it meant to be happy and painful.
He stubbornly held An Le with one hand, used the other to ladle porridge and turn off the stove, and then carried the porridge to the dining table, sat down, let it cool, and fed An Le.
Omegas during heat have somewhat uncontrolled rationality, so even An Le was bolder, clinging to Lu Heng, refusing to let go even when eating or going to the toilet, spending a… pleasant heat at home.
Three days later, in the afternoon, An Le’s heat ended.
His rationality returned, and thinking about what he had done these three days, the unreasonable demands he had made, An Le couldn’t face himself, blushing and hiding in the room, refusing to come out.
Lu Heng looked calm, standing at the door and saying: “Le Le, come out, I have something to discuss with you.”
An Le didn’t want to go out, but Lu Heng said he had something to do, so he had to get up and walk out.
He slowly walked to the door, his face a little flushed, lowering his head and whispering: “Sir is looking for me, is, is it something?”
After asking, he saw Lu Heng hand him a slip of paper.
He subconsciously took it, looking at the string of numbers on the slip of paper, curiously raising his head and asking: “Sir, this, this is, what is this?”
Why would he hand him a string of numbers out of the blue?
Lu Heng: “This is my house code. Not only this house, but all the properties under my name can be opened with this code. Memorize it.”
Lu Heng said, pulling him out. Now he was taking An Le to the hospital.
Lu Heng’s voice was somewhat cold: “We need to go out now. You can memorize it on the way, but you must remember it by this afternoon.”
The numbers weren’t difficult; An Le could already remember them.
But suddenly having to memorize a house code, he couldn’t quite understand it, hesitating before whispering: “But sir, why, why do I need to memorize this?”