Chapter 85
“Okay…”
An Le blushed, feeling shy but also incredibly excited and nervous. After all, this was just a guess; there was no guarantee that they could open the lock.
Moreover, the lock could only be entered three times a day. If the correct password wasn’t entered on the third try, the door would lock again, requiring two passwords to open.
Usually, he only entered the password twice. If it was wrong, he would try again the next day.
These days at the An family, he had tried almost every password he could think of, but none were correct.
Now, he was trying to open the lock from his mother’s perspective.
But after thinking for a long time, he couldn’t think of the first password. He turned to Lu Heng and whispered, “Sir, I… I can’t think of it.”
Lu Heng hugged him and softly asked, “What did your mother like best?”
An Le: “Sapphires.”
Lu Heng: “…Then, do you remember your mother and An Qiang’s wedding anniversary?”
Perhaps it was the wedding anniversary, because she had discovered An Qiang’s true nature but hadn’t had time to change the password.
An Le thought for a moment and entered Zhou Xiao and An Qiang’s wedding anniversary, but it prompted “incorrect password.”
An Le instantly tensed, “We only have one more try today.”
Lu Heng: “What did your mother care about most?”
“I… I don’t know.”
An Le shook his head. His mother died when he was young. Remembering his mother’s appearance already took his utmost effort. What she cared about most, he didn’t know, and his mother hadn’t told him.
An Le thought for a moment and said, “Sir, shall I try Grandma and Grandpa’s birthdays?”
Lu Heng: “Of course, but… do you remember them?”
An Le: “…I don’t think I do.”
Although his grandparents loved him, he spent more time with his mother. Even when his mother went to work, he would go with her to the company.
He was well-behaved and pretty, so even at the company, he wouldn’t be naughty, and the employees liked him and would play with him and give him snacks.
When he got a little older, he spent his days in kindergarten, and then elementary school.
He only went back to visit his grandparents during festivals.
Therefore, he didn’t remember their birthdays.
An Le hung his head in disappointment, no longer speaking.
Everyone in his family was so good to him, yet he didn’t remember their preferences or birthdays.
An Le’s eyes reddened with self-reproach, but he saw Lu Heng hugging him. From behind him, Lu Heng reached out and pressed a few numbers on the password lock. The lock clicked open.
An Le: ???
The door suddenly opened. An Le was astonished, “Sir, what… what did you press?”
Lu Heng smiled, “Indeed, the most dangerous is often the safest. Le Le, what your mother cared about most was you.”
The password wasn’t anything else, but An Le’s birthday.
An Le was extremely surprised, but there was no time to think too much; the password lock was unlocked, and An Qiang would likely receive a message and rush back soon.
So they had to find the evidence and leave the An family immediately.
An Le, ignoring his aching legs, entered the room with Lu Heng to search.
The secret room wasn’t large; there were no windows, only a light in the middle, a row of cabinets on the walls, and a table.
An Le searched the table, and Lu Heng searched the cabinets.
Soon, Lu Heng found several pieces of evidence of An Qiang’s dealings with powerful officials, and there were also some related to Gu Chen.
An Le searched through the drawers under the table. In the last drawer, he found a recording pen. He immediately remembered his mother’s missing pen. Lu Heng immediately picked him up, “Let’s go, before An Qiang comes back.”
No, they couldn’t go home now; otherwise, An Qiang would find them soon.
They had to go somewhere no one could find them.
Because of their earlier intimacy, An Le was wearing pajamas. Due to the urgency, there was no time to change, so he went downstairs with the evidence and got in the car.
Lu Heng drove, and An Le sat in the passenger seat, examining An Qiang’s evidence one by one.
There was evidence of officials embezzling public funds, using their positions to suppress innocent people, forcibly taking beautiful Omegas and even murdering to cover their tracks, and even trafficking public resources.
Among the many documents, he found Gu Chen. Gu Chen was also an official. Even if he helped to turn a blind eye in official and business matters, these things weren’t excessive.
The only excessive thing was Gu Chen’s fondness for taking advantage of beautiful Omegas.
But because of his status, he couldn’t go to certain places, so he often had people keep an eye out for beautiful Omegas, especially those who had never been marked.
Then, he would hunt them down personally.
After meeting An Qiang, Gu Chen entrusted this task to An Qiang, letting him directly go to the Omega Protection Association to find them, preferably the most vulnerable. Because those seeking help there were all poor and powerless Omegas, easy to manipulate.
Gu Chen’s power brought him great convenience, and An Qiang had been working for him from the beginning until now.
Many Omegas were victimized by Gu Chen. For every Omega An Qiang introduced to Gu Chen, he kept a record to prevent Gu Chen from betraying him later.
An Qiang’s records were very detailed, including the Omega’s photo, name, place of origin, and so on.
Even how Gu Chen dealt with the Omegas after he got tired of them was clearly documented.
Some were dead, some went insane, some were given a large sum of money to leave and never return, and some went to the Omega Protection Association to report, only to be framed and sent to prison.
As An Le looked, tears welled up involuntarily. Omegas suffered so much; he saw the helplessness of Omegas in these files.
And in the end, because Gu Chen didn’t successfully obtain Zhou Xiao, Zhou Xiao’s page only had a beginning, no end.
An Le wiped away his tears and turned on the recording pen.
But there was no sound.
An Le, having never used a recording pen, didn’t know how to operate it. He turned it over in his hands a couple of times, and turned to whisper, “Sir, there’s no sound, is it broken?”
Lu Heng took the recording pen and looked at it, “It shouldn’t be broken. If it were broken, An Qiang wouldn’t have kept it until now. It’s probably out of battery. We’ll just find a charger later.”
This recording pen was an old model from over a decade ago. The charger wouldn’t be the same as modern ones. There was no guarantee they could find one.
Lu Heng returned the recording pen to An Le and then called his assistant on his phone, asking them to buy a charger for this model of recording pen.
Li Jie wasn’t there, and Lu Heng wasn’t used to it, not knowing when Li Jie would return.
However, this matter involved Gu Qian, so he couldn’t directly ask.
An Le looked at the recording pen for a long time. After more than a decade, he had forgotten his mother’s voice. Although he knew what kind of fear his mother had faced in this recording, he still felt a little anticipation.
Because once this recording pen was played, not only would he hear his mother’s voice, but he could also use it to avenge his mother and make Gu Chen receive the punishment he deserved.
An Le, in his snow-white silk pajamas, sat in the passenger seat, his head bowed, staring at the recording pen in his hand. His appearance was exquisitely beautiful, the unbuttoned top of his pajamas slightly open, revealing the ambiguous purplish marks on his chest.
Lu Heng turned his head to look. If time weren’t so tight, he wanted to stop the car on the side of the road and do it again.
When the car stopped, An Le looked out and found it wasn’t their home after marriage, but a brand-new, unfamiliar house.
An Le was a little afraid of unfamiliar places, and didn’t get out of the car immediately, but whispered, “Sir, where are we?”
“Don’t be afraid, it’s our house. Because the location is more secluded, I didn’t bring you here.”
Lu Heng got out of the car and carried An Le out.
An Le looked around and found that many people lived in this area. He had even seen people playing in the garden from the car earlier.
It wasn’t secluded at all.
An Le buried his head in Lu Heng’s chest. Lu Heng used his card to enter the elevator, and it stopped on the sixth floor.
The building had one apartment per floor. The moment they entered, An Le felt the joy of a large space.
But he didn’t walk on his own; Lu Heng carefully placed him on the sofa, then turned on the water dispenser in the room to boil water for An Le, and called someone to send food over.
An Le looked around the room and continued to look at the recording pen.
A short time later, Lu Heng brought a glass of water and placed it in front of him, comforting him, “Don’t worry, you’ll hear it soon.”
An Le nodded, “Mm.”
They had spent so much time getting here. An Qiang seemed to have returned home, discovering that no one was home, the secret room was open, and the numerous documents inside were gone.
An Qiang was terrified, calling An Le while contacting Gu Chen and frantically searching for them.
An Le’s phone rang non-stop; An Qiang and Gu Chen both called, but Lu Heng directly turned off the phone, removed the SIM card, and smashed the phone.
An Le was terrified, grabbing Lu Heng’s clothes and whispering, “Sir, now that we know the secrets of so many big shots, will they… will they kill us to silence us?”
Lu Heng smiled, “They will.”
An Le: !!!
Lu Heng: “But I will protect you. What happened with Gu Chen last time was an accident. This time, I absolutely won’t let anything happen to you.”
An Le sniffed and smiled, hugging Lu Heng.
He whispered, “Sir, are you hungry? I’ll cook for you. Is there any beef here?”
“Yes.”
Lu Heng smiled and stood up, pulling An Le to the refrigerator to find the beef. They might not have other things, but as long as it was Lu Heng’s house, and there was a refrigerator and electricity, there would definitely be beef.
An Le obediently took the beef to thaw it, preparing to cook for Lu Heng.
But as soon as he entered the kitchen, Lu Heng’s phone rang. The charger had arrived, and Li Jie had also returned. It was Li Jie who delivered it personally.
Lu Heng opened the door. Li Jie didn’t look good; he didn’t have his usual cynical, handsome look. He simply asked, “Those things need to be released as soon as possible, otherwise, they’ll easily be suppressed, and you’ll be in danger.”