Chapter 41
“Don’t be afraid, I won’t abandon you.”
Lu Heng held An Le, releasing pheromones to soothe him, and said, “Le Le, you have to believe in yourself. You’re not as bad as they say. You’re excellent, and very likable.”
He, Lu Heng, had said he would truly cherish an omega, and he would never go back on his word.
It was just that An Le was too sensitive and didn’t trust him.
“Really, really?”
An Le hugged Lu Heng, his tear-stained eyes full of expectation.
Lu Heng thought for a moment and said, “Really. But actually, you don’t need to be likable, and you don’t need to care about other people’s opinions. As long as you’re happy, Le Le, do you understand?”
Don’t worry about whether others like you; the most important thing is to be yourself. Only when you’re happy is it truly good.
But his omega didn’t know when he would understand this truth.
Oh well, he could teach him slowly.
After all, they had a lifetime.
Lu Heng’s words made An Le’s nose increasingly sour. As long as he was happy… Before he met Xiao Xiao, even hearing this sentence was a luxury.
But now, not only Xiao Xiao would say this to him, but Lu Heng would too.
He nodded vigorously, whimpering: “I, I understand, sir, I understand.”
But understanding was one thing; whether he could do it was another.
An Le lowered his head. He didn’t want to continue like this. At least he couldn’t let people continue to bully him casually, but he was afraid…
“Good that you understand. Don’t worry about the rest; take it slow.”
He knew An Le was afraid, but he wasn’t in a hurry. They had plenty of time; it was fine to take things slowly.
Lu Heng touched An Le’s head and took him home.
To prevent An Le from constantly thinking about the household registration and the An family, he brought the art teacher he had found earlier online, to teach An Le to draw.
An Le’s eyes were still a little uncomfortable, but when he saw Lu Heng handing him a pile of art supplies, he was completely stunned.
He stared blankly at the digital drawing tablet in his hand, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Seeing him freeze, Lu Heng thought he had bought the wrong thing and asked softly, “What’s wrong? Did I buy the wrong thing? Or do you not like using a digital tablet and prefer using paper and pen?”
An Le snapped out of it and quickly shook his head: “No, no…”
He touched the beautiful tablet and pen, asking a little timidly: “Is, is this, very expensive? I, I don’t have any money…”
After buying clothes for Xiao Xiao, he only had three thousand yuan left. He spent two thousand on a phone, and now he only had a few hundred yuan left for spending money; he couldn’t afford a good digital tablet.
And the one Lu Heng bought him couldn’t be cheap, at least, at least a thousand yuan, right?
Lu Heng thought it was nothing important. He touched An Le’s hair: “After we get married, half of the Lu family’s assets will be yours. Do you need to account for the cost of a digital drawing tablet with me?”
“Ah?”
An Le was still a little uneasy, especially when Lu Heng said half of the Lu family’s assets would be his. His heart beat rapidly, and he had a feeling of unreality.
Lu Heng sat opposite him and asked with a smile: “Besides the time at the mall, do you remember our first meeting?”
An Le thought for a moment. Besides the mall incident, his first meeting with sir was in the underground parking lot of Xiao Xiao’s company.
He used a phone case shaped like a fake kitchen knife to rob Lu Heng.
He nodded and whispered, “I remember.”
Lu Heng: “At that time, I asked you if you wanted to rob me of my money or my body. I remember you said both, so you’ve already taken everything you could rob from me.”
“I, I took everything, but, but…”
An Le wanted to say that the person he wanted to rob that day wasn’t Lu Heng, but Xiao Xiao’s male god, Gu Qian.
But Lu Heng didn’t let him finish, only saying: “Okay, your teacher is online now. Study hard. If you do well, I’ll find you a job related to drawing later.”
After Lu Heng finished speaking, he placed a tablet in front of An Le. A male omega was smiling at him: “Hello An Le, I’m your art teacher. Starting today…”
An Le looked at Lu Heng reluctantly. Lu Heng nodded at him from the side and then went back to his room.
An Le shyly looked at the teacher. Although he was a little shy and afraid, this was online teaching, and it was still in the living room filled with Lu Heng’s pheromones.
Lu Heng had given him enough courage; he couldn’t let him down.
So, he also mustered his courage to greet the teacher: “Hello, teacher.”
The omega teacher was very kind. He didn’t start the lesson today but, after introductions, asked about what An Le already knew, gauging his level to determine where to start teaching.
Anyone would be happy to learn something they were interested in.
Just by chatting with the teacher for a while, An Le completely forgot about the An family. When he thought about it again, he wasn’t as panicked as before; at least he could face it calmly.
He quietly went to the door of the room and found that Lu Heng was in a video conference, so he quietly closed the door and sat in the living room to call Xiao Xiao.
Xiao Xiao was slacking off; upon receiving his call, she immediately ran to the bathroom: “Le Le, how are you lately? Did An Yi cause you any more trouble?”
An Le slowly told Xiao Xiao everything that happened.
Xiao Xiao laughed against the bathroom wall: “Hahaha, An Yi deserves it. That Li Jie is really amazing; she could beat An Yi like that. It’s a pity I didn’t see it with my own eyes, hahahahaha.”
Speaking of An Yi’s situation, An Le was also very happy. Because Xiao Xiao was sharing the pressure, he was no longer as concerned as before about whether he could get his household registration smoothly.
After all, Lu Heng had promised him that even without the household registration, they could still get married.
He hesitated for a moment and whispered, “Xiao Xiao, you, you have to be careful. An Yi, he, he can’t attack me here, so he’ll definitely come after you.”
Xiao Xiao said nonchalantly, “It’s okay, I’m a beta, what are you worried about? I have no family, the most he can do is beat me up. And I’ve been staying at the company lately, nowhere else. I’ll come find you on your wedding day.”
Speaking of this, Xiao Xiao was also a little regretful, her voice filled with undisguised disappointment: “I originally wanted to take you out to have fun one last time before your wedding, because after you get married, you’ll have a husband, and you’ll be with your husband every day.”
“And then, you’ll start learning how to take care of your husband. Love and marriage are mutual. You take care of him, and he’ll take care of you. That’s how you…”
Xiao Xiao was like a hardworking mother raising her daughter, reluctant to let go, nagging An Le sentence by sentence, afraid that An Le wouldn’t know how to manage his marriage and would suffer in marriage.
An Le didn’t get impatient, listening attentively because he knew that everything Xiao Xiao did was for his own good.
He nodded his head, keeping Xiao Xiao’s words in his heart, then whispering: “Mm, I remember everything, Xiao Xiao, I’ll do my best.”
He would be obedient.
He wouldn’t let Xiao Xiao down, nor sir.
After hanging up the phone, An Le felt a little regretful that he couldn’t sleep and chat with Xiao Xiao, but the wedding day wasn’t far off; only four days left.
Xiao Xiao said that Gu Qian would attend their wedding and had already agreed to bring Xiao Xiao.
Then, they would be able to meet.
An Le was feeling down when he suddenly saw Lu Heng sitting beside him, turning on the TV with the remote, asking: “Why are you still unhappy? Don’t you like the teacher?”
“No, no.”
An Le quickly shook his head and explained: “I like the teacher. It’s just… someone is trying to get Xiao Xiao, so Xiao Xiao can’t come to see me.”
“Oh.”
Speaking of Xiao Xiao, Lu Heng remembered when they bought clothes. He thought An Le was buying them for him, arranging for the staff to give discounts, raffles, and gifts. In the end, all the clothes ended up in Xiao Xiao’s hands.
The smile on Lu Heng’s face disappeared. He stared intently at the TV, his voice neither cold nor warm: “You like Xiao Xiao.”
An Le didn’t notice anything wrong with Lu Heng and nodded slightly, whispering: “I like her~”
Xiao Xiao was so good, how could he not like her?
Lu Heng’s face darkened even more: “The person who injected you with the two-year suppressant to prevent you from having your heat was also Xiao Xiao?”
Speaking of Xiao Xiao made An Le happy, and he fully trusted Lu Heng, so he didn’t notice the other party was trying to trick him, and subconsciously nodded: “Yes, Xiao Xiao, she spent all her savings, and we ate, steamed buns, for a month.”
They had such an experience?
Lu Heng felt a little unbalanced. He put down the remote control, turned his head, looked at An Le’s innocent eyes, frowned, and whispered: “But she’s a beta.”
An Le didn’t know what was wrong with Lu Heng, only nodding blankly: “Yes, yes, Xiao Xiao is a beta.”
If Xiao Xiao were an omega, she wouldn’t have had the money to buy him medicine.
Lu Heng: …
Looking at An Le’s calm eyes, Lu Heng knew that An Le didn’t understand what he meant at all.
He asked again: “Le Le, have you taken a physiology class?”
Although he knew An Le hadn’t attended much school, but physiology class was necessary, right?
Had An Qiang, that insane beast, not even allowed An Le to learn this?
Sure enough, An Le slowly shook his head and whispered, “No.”
His only knowledge of physiology was learned online with Xiao Xiao, only about heats and suppressants, and nothing else.
Lu Heng closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
An Le looked bewildered. He wanted to ask Lu Heng what was wrong, but when he saw the scar at the end of Lu Heng’s eyebrow, he didn’t dare to speak.
Until Lu Heng opened his eyes, before he could say anything, he was hugged tightly by Lu Heng.
An Le instantly froze, anxiously calling: “Si, sir…”
Lu Heng lowered his head and rubbed against his ear, his voice hoarse and low: “I always thought Le Le was timid, but it turned out that I underestimated him. Since…”