Chapter 75
Meet…meet in person?
An Le froze. How should he answer?
He didn’t dare to go out and meet Gu Chen, but if he refused, wouldn’t Gu Chen stop telling him things?
An Le didn’t reply, but Gu Chen added another message: Okay, Le Le, I have to go to a meeting. You can arrange the meeting; just let me know when you have time.
Looking at the message, An Le dejectedly pouted. He deleted the question he had asked about Lu Heng, then took Gu Chen’s message to find Lu Heng.
As soon as An Le opened the door, Lu Heng, who had been “inspecting” outside, returned. An Le didn’t notice the smell of cigarettes on Lu Heng, only showing him his phone and anxiously asking, “He, he wants to meet me. What should I do?”
Meeting Gu Chen wasn’t an easy matter for him; he was really afraid.
Lu Heng looked at the message, touched An Le’s head, then pulled An Le to sit down, picking up his phone to start typing.
An Le: Uncle, it might be difficult to meet.
An Le: Mr. Lu watches me very closely. He brings me to work every day and stays with me except during meetings. I can’t go see you.
After typing, he handed the phone to An Le.
Lu Heng: “Here, next time he asks you to meet, just say I’m watching you closely and can’t leave.”
“Oh.”
An Le looked at the message, his gaze questioning, “Well, it is pretty close.”
Although it wasn’t Lu Heng watching him directly, except for going to the bathroom and attending meetings, they seemed to be together all day long.
After speaking, An Le smiled, “But I like it.”
He liked being with Lu Heng all the time.
Lu Heng also smiled, but the smile faded quickly, his face turning serious. He slowly said, “Le Le, I need to go back to the Lu family today. I won’t be back tonight. I’ll have someone take you home later.”
“Go to the Lu family?”
An Le was surprised. During their marriage, Lu Heng had never mentioned the Lu family, and he had never gone back once.
Was something wrong, now that he was suddenly going back?
Lu Heng seemed to be in a bad mood; his voice was low, “Mm.”
An Le felt a little uneasy, but still bravely asked, “Suddenly going back to the Lu family, is, is there something wrong?”
Knowing Lu Heng’s feelings towards the Lu family, it was impossible for him to go back without reason; there must be something wrong.
But Lu Heng didn’t seem willing to answer; he didn’t speak.
An Le pursed his lips and whispered, “But I don’t want to go home alone, Mr. Lu. Can I, go to the Lu family with you?”
“No.”
Lu Heng’s refusal was very decisive.
This was the fastest Lu Heng had ever rejected him since they had met, a completely unremitting refusal.
An Le didn’t speak, slowly lowering his head.
The atmosphere in the office fell silent. After a long time, Lu Heng finally hugged An Le, whispering, “Don’t be sad; it’s not that I don’t want to take you back, but that place isn’t suitable for you.”
That place was too dark; he couldn’t bear for An Le to go.
An Le nodded, whispering, “Mm, I’m not sad, Mr. Lu. I was just thinking that Mr. Lu will definitely be unhappy after going back.”
Although he hadn’t smelled the cigarette smell on Lu Heng when they had met earlier, he noticed the scent that didn’t belong to them during their silence.
It was only just now that he realized that Lu Heng also smoked.
Lu Heng smiled, “When I come back, you can comfort me properly.”
An Le nodded, “Okay.”
Looking at the fragrant and soft Omega in his arms, Lu Heng thought for a moment and said, “I’ll be back tonight.”
An Le: “Didn’t you say you wouldn’t be back?”
He had just said he wouldn’t be back tonight. Why would he suddenly be back?
Lu Heng: “I’ll come back. There’s such a fragrant and lovely Omega waiting for me at home, how could I resist not coming back?”
An Le was stunned for a moment, then blushed and said nothing more.
After work, Lu Heng drove to the Lu family.
An Le, on the other hand, was in Li Jie’s car.
Perhaps because of his heat cycle, Li Jie was clearly more irritable than usual, but seeing that there was only An Le, he restrained himself considerably.
He complained while driving, “He told me to leave this morning, I thought he was giving me a day off, but he pulled me back to work, I only rested for half a day.”
Li Jie felt speechless, gritting his teeth, “This overtime won’t be settled without 8000 yuan.”
An Le listened and whispered, “I think…”
Just sending him home, 8000 yuan seems a bit much?
But Li Jie didn’t care. Before An Le finished speaking, he said, “The boss’s wife is generous.”
Then, Li Jie threw a payment code to the back seat, smiling, “Boss’s wife, look, scan here, 8888, for good luck.”
An Le: “…Okay.”
Okay, working during his heat cycle and driving to send him back, he was indeed working hard.
After saying that, An Le scanned 8888 for Li Jie. As soon as the money arrived, Li Jie laughed even harder.
He happily drove An Le back to his home. After watching An Le go upstairs to his room to rest, he sprawled lazily on the sofa and, taking advantage of the fact that no one was home, directly released his pheromones.
When Luo Ping came out of the room, she was forced back into the room by Li Jie’s pheromones, then used the phone in the room to call the living room landline.
The phone was on the small table next to Li Jie’s head.
Li Jie didn’t want to answer, but the phone kept ringing; he had no choice but to answer it.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he answered, he heard Luo Ping scolding furiously, “Are you shameless? How can you release pheromones in someone else’s house? Hurry up and get rid of your pheromones, or I’ll have my husband kick you out!”
Li Jie laughed and helplessly said, “I’m sorry, it’s my heat cycle, and I can’t control it. I’m short of money recently and don’t have money to buy suppressants, ah.”
Luo Ping knew that Alpha heat cycles were the worst.
“You don’t even have money to buy suppressants? Aren’t you following Lu Heng and that little bitch An Le? They’re so rich, don’t they pay you?”
Li Jie leaned against the sofa, “They do, but I spent it. I’m too short of money to ask them, what should I do? Why don’t you let me play here for a while?”
Luo Ping: “No.”
The living room was full of another Alpha’s pheromones; how could she go out?
Although An Qiang wouldn’t let her out of the bedroom, she still needed to come out to eat.
Luo Ping gritted her teeth, “How much do you need for suppressants? I’ll transfer it to you; go buy them immediately and use them!”
Li Jie: “Okay.”
Then he sent a payment code to Luo Ping and smiled, “8888. I bought the best suppressants, guaranteed you won’t smell a thing…”
Li Jie was scamming money downstairs.
An Le went back to his room, ate some snacks for dinner, and then took a shower.
After he finished showering, he found that his new phone was ringing. He ran over, picked it up, and saw that Xiao Xiao was calling.
He quickly answered, “Xiao Xiao.”
Xiao Xiao: “Mm.”
Xiao Xiao’s voice was a little dejected. An Le’s originally happy mood gradually disappeared. He softly asked, “Xiao Xiao, what’s wrong?”
Xiao Xiao: “Nothing, I just wanted to hear your voice.”
An Le had no choice; he turned to look out the window. It wasn’t dark yet; it was still early.
So, he asked, “Then I’ll come find you. Where are you?”
It wasn’t like before. Before, if An Le wanted to find Xiao Xiao, he could just go to his company.
Because Xiao Xiao used to work at the company and lived in employee housing not far from the company at night.
But now that Xiao Xiao had quit his job, he really didn’t know where Xiao Xiao had gone.
“Don’t bother.”
Xiao Xiao refused him, smiling, “You must be very busy recently, and I haven’t found a job or rented a place yet; you’ll have nowhere to sit.”
An Le felt something was wrong, but still said, “It’s okay, we can sit in a shop outside for a while.”
“Forget it.”
Xiao Xiao said, “Let’s talk after you’ve solved the things on your side, Le Le. You must pay attention to safety; the Gu family are not good people; don’t believe anything Gu Chen says.”
“Okay.”
An Le obediently nodded, “Then, are you safe?”
“Safe.”
After speaking, Xiao Xiao fell silent, not speaking for a long time.
An Le wanted to ask more questions, but Gu Qian’s voice came from the phone, still sounding gentle and cheerful: “Le Le, Xiao Xiao is very safe here with me. You don’t have to worry about him.”
Gu Qian’s voice startled An Le: “Mr. Gu…”
“It’s me.”
Gu Qian smiled, “Xiao Xiao has been with me for a while now, he’s very safe, you don’t need to look for him.”
It’s because you’re with him that he’s not safe, okay?
An Le didn’t speak, but he heard Xiao Xiao’s weak plea from the other end of the phone: “Give me the phone, please, give me the phone…”
But Gu Qian didn’t care about Xiao Xiao’s opinion, smiling, “Okay, okay, the call is over. Now you should all be relieved.”
Gu Qian smiled, but inwardly thought that An Le better not call Lu Heng to investigate him again!
Although Xiao Xiao deliberately lowered his voice, An Le still heard him.
After hearing Xiao Xiao crying, An Le immediately became anxious, shouting, “No, Xiao Xiao is crying! Did you bully him? You’re not allowed to bully him!”
Xiao Xiao: “No, I haven’t been bullied. Le Le, don’t worry, I’ll tell you later.”
After saying this, the call ended.
An Le’s tears welled up.
He couldn’t bear Xiao Xiao suffering, let alone being with someone like Gu Qian, who would definitely bully Xiao Xiao.
An Le quickly called Lu Heng, but Lu Heng’s phone was unanswered.
He quickly went downstairs. Li Jie, having received his money, turned on the pheromone cleaner. There was no more scent of his pheromones in the living room. He was sitting on the sofa happily looking at his bank account balance.
“Li Ge!”
An Le didn’t care anymore, hurriedly running downstairs, his voice still choked with sobs.
This startled Li Jie, who quickly stood up and ran over to ask, “What’s wrong? What happened? Did someone bully you upstairs?”
An Le shook his head, holding back his tears, “I, I’m fine, it’s Xiao Xiao, Xiao Xiao was bullied by Gu Qian, Xiao Xiao is crying, but I called Mr. Lu, and Mr. Lu didn’t answer. What should I do, what should I do now?”
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