Chapter 84
“I have evidence about An Qiang’s near-bankruptcy and how he deceived my mother into marriage, having mistresses before and after the wedding. But I don’t have evidence of how Mom and Grandma and Grandpa died, or about the dirty dealings between him and Gu Chen.”
Speaking of evidence, An Le felt particularly disheartened.
The evidence against An Qiang was easy to find; many things could be easily investigated.
But the difficult part was the evidence of the crimes between Gu Chen and An Qiang.
Someone like Gu Chen would never leave behind evidence that could be used to threaten him. Investigating him was incredibly difficult.
Xiao Xiao was silent for a moment after listening, and then asked, “Then, did you open the secret room in An Qiang’s study?”
“No.”
An Le was even more disheartened, “I tried all the passwords I could think of, but I couldn’t open it.”
He didn’t know what kind of password An Qiang used. The security system on the door was too advanced. An Qiang’s security awareness was too strong; he didn’t use facial recognition, fingerprint recognition, or any other easily bypassed methods—he only used a password.
Furthermore, the door was too strong to pry open. Besides being difficult to pry, it would alert An Qiang the moment they tried.
An Le didn’t find Xiao Xiao’s questions strange, because they had almost no secrets from each other.
Now, besides family matters, An Le’s biggest concern was Xiao Xiao’s safety.
He asked, “So, Xiao Xiao, where are you now?”
Xiao Xiao didn’t answer.
An Le continued, “We haven’t seen each other for a long time, Xiao Xiao, I miss you.”
Xiao Xiao: “I miss you too.”
“But we can’t see each other recently. You finish everything you have to do first.”
An Le: “But aren’t you…” safe? Why can’t we still meet?
But before An Le finished speaking, Xiao Xiao interrupted him, whispering, “Le Le, don’t be willful. These matters are serious, they can’t be treated as child’s play. As for us meeting, there will be a day, don’t worry about it now.”
“Also, you can try your mother’s usual passwords for An Qiang’s password. After all, the house is where your mother used to live. Like other things, the most dangerous is often the safest.”
“Ah?”
An Le was stunned.
Xiao Xiao continued, “You can try it now. I have something to do. Don’t call me again. I’ll contact you when I have time.”
Xiao Xiao hung up the phone. An Le felt something was wrong, and didn’t understand why Xiao Xiao didn’t want him to call him. Was he still not safe?
Wasn’t Li Jie protecting him?
Although he felt confused and unhappy, An Le still chose to obey. If he disobeyed and insisted on calling Xiao Xiao, what if he ruined Xiao Xiao’s plan?
Or, what if his call put Xiao Xiao in danger?
An Le was silent, lost in thought.
Lu Heng hugged him and whispered, “I think she’s right, the most dangerous is often the safest. Le Le, have you tried your mother’s previously used passwords?”
An Le shook his head, “No.”
Who would use someone else’s old password for a high-security door or safe, instead of setting their own desired password?
At any rate, he hadn’t thought of it.
Lu Heng: “When we get home, if An Qiang isn’t home, let’s try it.”
It was only morning; An Qiang was likely to be home.
It wasn’t impossible to open the door even if An Qiang was home, but if they did manage to open it, An Qiang would respond very quickly.
If An Qiang wasn’t home, they would have enough time.
An Le nodded, “Mm.”
An Le was a little happy, firstly because of the gift Lu Heng was giving An Qiang, and secondly because he had the chance to open that door.
He would soon know what was hidden behind it.
Sure enough, upon arriving home, they found the atmosphere strange.
An Qiang and Luo Ping were both sitting in the living room, but neither spoke. Tears welled up in Luo Ping’s eyes, while An Qiang’s eyes were full of hatred and malice.
Upon closer inspection, there was another person sitting opposite them; it was their son, An Yi.
Lu Heng had someone rescue An Yi.
But his charges hadn’t been dropped. Lu Heng gave An Yi a chance; if he cooperated with them to bring down An Qiang, Lu Heng would find someone to help him reduce his sentence, so he wouldn’t have to serve a life sentence.
An Yi agreed.
Because life in prison was really hard, and An Qiang had specifically instructed people to “take good care” of An Yi.
An Yi was scared, and he hated An Qiang.
Especially after Lu Heng said, “Except for the fact that you’re an Alpha, in An Qiang’s eyes, you and An Le are no different. When he needs to abandon you, he will do so without hesitation, even stepping on you and preventing you from ever turning over.”
“So, why are you protecting him?”
Because of these words, An Yi agreed to Lu Heng’s proposal within three minutes.
Now, Lu Heng didn’t intend to get involved in their family matters. He glanced at them with An Le and went upstairs.
Before the door to the room closed, An Le heard An Yi’s low chuckle, “Dad, I didn’t expect I could get out again, did you?”
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As soon as they entered the room, An Le couldn’t help but ask, “Sir, what should we do now?”
He really wanted to open the door immediately and see what was hidden inside.
But An Qiang was home, so he shouldn’t be too arrogant, lest he be discovered and no one would have a good time.
Lu Heng: “Wait a little longer.”
An Yi had returned, accompanied by several people, now guarding outside the door.
He was afraid An Qiang would silence him, as An Qiang’s instructions in prison were too obvious, so he had to be cautious. He borrowed money from Lu Heng to hire two bodyguards to follow him.
Now, it was impossible for An Qiang to immediately do anything to An Yi; there was no opportunity.
But An Qiang certainly wouldn’t just sit at home and wait to die; he would definitely go out and try to cover his tracks, and instruct people to stop what he was about to do.
In any case, he would go out to hide what he’d done, and instruct people to stop the things he was about to do.
Lu Heng: “He should be leaving soon. We can open the door after he’s gone.”
They’d waited so many days; a couple of hours more was bearable!
An Le nodded, no longer speaking, but his heart was filled with anxiety.
Lu Heng knew he was nervous, and comforting words were useless at this moment. So, he pinched An Le’s chin and leaned down to kiss him.
Soon, the room was filled with the intertwined scent of their pheromones.
During this time, because of his injury and hospital stay, Lu Heng hadn’t been able to… satisfy his desires. He had only allowed An Le to touch him to alleviate his cravings.
But in reality, he couldn’t make any significant movements, for fear of opening his wounds.
Now, thanks to the formidable healing abilities of Alphas, his wounds had healed quite well, and he no longer had to worry about them opening.
Therefore, he didn’t need to restrain himself; he could completely dispel An Le’s anxiety.
Afterward, An Le no longer had the energy to think about what had happened before, leaning against Lu Heng’s chest, drowsy.
At this time, it seemed that An Qiang’s negotiations with An Yi failed. An Qiang roared that An Yi was a disgrace, and Luo Ping kept crying and trying to mediate.
Finally, An Qiang called for security.
But before he could finish speaking, An Yi punched him to the ground. In that instant, the room was filled with the powerful pheromones of an Alpha, and the father and son fought in the living room.
An Yi: “You pretend to be a good person, but no one is more vicious than you! You don’t deserve to be a father!”
An Yi: “So what if I’m unfilial? It’s because you’re unrighteous! You didn’t treat me as your son, why should I be filial to you?”
An Yi: “You’re right, I’m a beast, I’m worse than a beast. But aren’t you the same? You’re my father, and I’m worse than a beast, then aren’t you even worse than a human?”
An Yi punched An Qiang in the face, head, stomach, and chest.
If it were an ordinary Beta or Omega, they would have been unable to stand up from such a beating; whether they would survive would be uncertain.
But Alphas are stronger than Betas and Omegas in every aspect. Even after such a brutal beating, An Qiang wasn’t fundamentally injured and couldn’t even pass out.
An Qiang spat out a mouthful of blood, “You… you…”
An Yi: “What about me? I’m not your son. From today, no, not from today, from the moment you sent me to prison, our father-son relationship has been severed.”
“Knowing this, why did you do it in the first place?”
An Yi: “An Qiang, even if you beg me to be your son again, it won’t be possible.”
Luo Ping wanted to help, but she was so scared by the pheromones that she hid in a corner, unable to do anything except cry.
The fight between two Alphas, ultimately, the younger and stronger An Yi had the upper hand, beating his biological father black and blue, and leaving amidst insults.
Luo Ping cried as she turned on the pheromone cleaner. After the pheromones in the living room mostly dissipated, she ran over to help An Qiang, and tried to call for an ambulance.
But before she could even dial, An Qiang’s bloody hand struck down her phone. Before she could react, the bloody hand struck her hard across the face, “Bitch, look at the good son you raised!”
Luo Ping didn’t speak, only crying.
An Qiang got up from the ground, his eyes swollen beyond recognition. He wiped the blood from his mouth, and angrily said, “I’ll give you a chance. Go and persuade him not to oppose me, otherwise, none of you will live!”
Although it was a society ruled by law, for people like them, silently eliminating an ordinary person was effortless!
An Qiang left after speaking, calling his assistant and having his assistant take him to his personal doctor.
Luo Ping was also kicked out, to go and negotiate with An Yi.
After they left, the An family was Lu Heng and An Le’s domain.
However, because of the “anxiety relief” Lu Heng had provided earlier, An Le was now rosy-cheeked, with aching limbs, and could only be carried to An Qiang’s study by Lu Heng.
The moment he was placed in front of the secret room, if it weren’t for Lu Heng’s quick action, An Le almost stumbled and fell.
He was both embarrassed and annoyed, “Sir.”
Lu Heng was extremely satisfied, chuckling, “Don’t look at me, hurry up and try the password.”