Chapter 90
An Le stood at the doorway, looking at Li Jie uncertainly. Seeing that Li Jie was unwilling to speak, he didn’t press further, but said, “I… I want to know how Xiao Xiao is doing recently.”
“I can’t get in touch with him, and I’m a little worried.”
Because of Gu Qian, he and Xiao Xiao had cut off contact, with only Xiao Xiao able to contact him.
But so much time had passed, and even his mother’s matter had subsided. Why hadn’t Xiao Xiao contacted him yet?
Li Jie paused before saying, “Xiao Xiao is fine. Don’t worry. He’ll contact you when the time is right.”
Again with the “when the time is right.”
This excuse worked once or twice, but after numerous times, An Le felt uneasy, sensing something was wrong.
An Le frowned and softly asked, “Have you been in contact with Xiao Xiao recently?”
Li Jie: …
People who could stay close to his boss were indeed shrewd. It hadn’t been long, and An Le had already learned to set a trap for him.
Whether or not he had been in contact with Xiao Xiao recently seemed like an ordinary question, but it was actually difficult for him to answer.
If he answered that he had been in contact, An Le would find it strange, wondering why Xiao Xiao would contact him but not An Le.
If he answered that he hadn’t been in contact, An Le would still be suspicious. If he hadn’t been in contact, how could he know Xiao Xiao was doing well?
It either meant he was lying or something had happened to Xiao Xiao.
And what was he lying to conceal?
It was likely to conceal something happening to Xiao Xiao.
Li Jie chuckled softly, saying helplessly, “Boss, how am I supposed to answer that?”
An Le had already sensed something was wrong. He pursed his lips and said, “Just tell me what’s going on.”
Xiao Xiao was unwilling to let him contact him, there must be a reason, but whether that reason was a fear of being discovered by Gu Qian was uncertain.
Before, he trusted Xiao Xiao wouldn’t lie to him, so he was always appeased by Xiao Xiao’s excuses, but after so many excuses, they really didn’t work anymore.
“I can’t say.”
Li Jie walked to An Le’s side, patted his shoulder and said, “He doesn’t want you to know about this.”
Li Jie left after speaking.
An Le was left there, unsure what to do. What was it that Xiao Xiao didn’t want him to know?
Could it be… could it be that Xiao Xiao was still with Gu Qian, hadn’t left, and wasn’t safe?
He remembered the last time Xiao Xiao suddenly called to remind him that the safest place was the most dangerous, and asked him to think about the password his mother would use to open that door.
And then, he really opened it.
How did Xiao Xiao know? Didn’t someone tell him?
An Le felt uneasy and hurried to the office to ask Lu Heng.
When he rushed back to the office, Lu Heng had just returned. Seeing him running so fast, he pulled him into his arms and whispered, “What’s the rush? What’s wrong?”
An Le shook his head and hesitated for a few seconds before asking, “Sir, do you know where Xiao Xiao is now?”
Lu Heng was also stunned, before saying after a while, “Le Le…”
“He’s with Gu Qian, isn’t he?”
An Le had already guessed; he was just asking Lu Heng to confirm it. Lu Heng’s hesitation had already given him the answer.
Xiao Xiao was indeed with Gu Qian. Li Jie knew, and Lu Heng knew.
Understanding this fact, An Le’s tears fell. He asked incomprehensibly, “Why? Wasn’t Xiao Xiao rescued by Li Jie? Why did he go back? Sir, tell me, why did Xiao Xiao go back?”
“And… and you said before that as long as the Gu family collapsed and Gu Chen was gone, Gu Qian wouldn’t be able to force Xiao Xiao anymore. Why is Xiao Xiao still with Gu Qian now that Gu Chen is gone, and the Gu family has fallen?”
An Le was a little agitated. He was worried about Xiao Xiao, he wanted to see Xiao Xiao.
But Lu Heng grabbed his arm and held him tightly in his arms, whispering, “Le Le, calm down!”
Lu Heng: “Think about this situation carefully. Maybe it’s not what you imagine. Maybe… Xiao Xiao did it willingly.”
“Willingly?”
An Le didn’t understand. If Xiao Xiao had done it willingly, why hadn’t he told him? Why had he kept it a secret from him, and hadn’t even contacted him after so long?
Lu Heng took out his phone, dialed Gu Qian, and handed it to An Le.
Lu Heng: “I’ll call him. Find out what’s going on. Ask him yourself, okay?”
An Le looked at the phone that was still ringing and slowly reached out to take it. The call connected, and Gu Qian’s voice came from the other end: “What is it?”
An Le looked at Lu Heng, who nodded. He then spoke, “Boss Gu.”
“Oh~”
Gu Qian deliberately drawled, smiling, “It’s my little brother-in-law. What’s up?”
An Le nervously squeezed the phone, “Boss Gu, I… I want to ask, is Xiao Xiao with you?”
As soon as he asked the question, Gu Qian’s laughter stopped.
An Le asked again, “Boss Gu, what… what did you do to Xiao Xiao?”
Pressed by An Le, Gu Qian finally spoke, “Nothing, what could I do to him?”
Gu Qian’s tone sounded very helpless, “Although my father is a bad person, don’t think of me as too bad, okay?”
An Le didn’t want to think of Gu Qian as too bad, but the facts were there, he couldn’t help but think, unless he saw Xiao Xiao.
An Le: “I… I want to see Xiao Xiao.”
No matter what happened, he wanted Xiao Xiao to tell him personally. He also wanted to see if Xiao Xiao was doing well, and if he was injured.
Gu Chen was a pervert; Gu Qian certainly couldn’t be any better. Maybe he locked Xiao Xiao up and tortured him.
Last time, he heard Xiao Xiao softly begging Gu Qian.
“See him?”
Gu Qian seemed unhappy but still agreed, “Alright, I’ll go ask him. I’ll give you an answer tonight, okay?”
An Le was reluctant. He wanted an answer now.
But Gu Qian said, “Why aren’t you speaking? You want an answer right now? But I’m not home, I can’t ask him immediately, and I’m your cousin, would I lie to you?”
An Le wanted to ask why he couldn’t ask Xiao Xiao now. Didn’t Xiao Xiao have a phone?
But before he could ask, Lu Heng took the phone away, whispering, “Okay, I hope you can handle this quickly. Goodbye.”
After hanging up, Lu Heng said, “Don’t worry. Since he agreed to ask, it means he’s giving in. You’ll be able to see Xiao Xiao soon.”
An Le lowered his head and didn’t speak.
Lu Heng didn’t continue. At first, he was unhappy about Xiao Xiao and An Le’s intimacy, now, he just felt Xiao Xiao was very unlucky to have met Gu Qian.
“Pity” wasn’t quite the word, after all, compared to Gu Chen, Gu Qian was somewhat better.
After work, as usual, Li Jie drove them home.
An Le sat in the back seat, holding Lu Heng’s right hand, checking to see if the wound on Lu Heng’s hand had cracked open.
Fortunately, there was no blood on the bandage, and An Le was relieved.
He whispered, “Sir…”
He felt very complicated about Xiao Xiao and Gu Qian. If Gu Qian really forced Xiao Xiao, he would do anything to take Xiao Xiao away.
But if Xiao Xiao willingly stayed, then… what would he do?
Would Xiao Xiao really not even contact him because of Gu Qian?
An Le felt very uncomfortable, so uncomfortable he couldn’t speak.
Lu Heng pulled him into his arms, “Don’t worry. You’ll know when you see him. If… I mean if he really stayed willingly, then don’t interfere with them anymore.”
“No matter what kind of entanglement there is between them, it’s their business. As long as Xiao Xiao isn’t threatened, let them solve it themselves.”
“After all, no matter how much you care about him, how much you treat him as family, you can’t choose his boyfriend for him, right?”
Lu Heng knew what it felt like to care about someone, but relationships were something no one could interfere with.
An Le thought for a long time, and finally nodded, “If… if Xiao Xiao really likes him and willingly stays with him, I… I won’t interfere.”
He wiped his eyes and whispered, “But if Gu Qian treats Xiao Xiao badly, or cheats on him, I… I definitely won’t agree.”
He didn’t have the ability to make Gu Qian suffer, but now he had money, lots and lots of money. He could take Xiao Xiao away, run to a place where Gu Qian could never find them.
“Okay.”
Lu Heng smiled, “If he dares to treat Xiao Xiao badly, I’ll help you deal with him.”
With Lu Heng’s promise, An Le’s mood wasn’t as heavy as before, and a smile appeared on his face.
After getting home, An Le pulled Lu Heng to sit down and watch TV to rest, while he went to the kitchen to cook for Lu Heng.
The things that Gu Rou had broken in the morning had been cleaned up, and An Le didn’t see any traces, as if Gu Rou had never been there.
At that moment, he suddenly understood that Lu Heng’s greatest revenge on Lu Chuan and Gu Rou was to treat them as if they didn’t exist.
No matter how much they hated Lu Heng, they couldn’t touch him, they couldn’t shake his emotions in the slightest.
Lu Heng had already won, they just weren’t willing to admit it.
An Le made Lu Heng’s favorite beef, not only beef stew but also steak.
Lu Heng’s right hand was injured, so An Le thoughtfully cut the steak into small pieces for him.
Lu Heng loved An Le’s concern for him, and his smile didn’t fade all night.
After dinner.
An Le put the dishes into the dishwasher and went to take a shower. After showering, he lay in bed anxiously waiting for Gu Qian to call him back.
Lu Heng went to take a shower.
He held Lu Heng’s phone, pouting, “Why isn’t he answering yet? Could it be… he’s lying to me?”
Just as he was wondering, Lu Heng’s phone received a message. Although it wasn’t unlocked, An Le still saw it.
The message read: “If you continue like this, I will take back everything that belongs to me…”
The rest was invisible. An Le was about to unlock it to see who sent the message, but the phone suddenly rang.
It was Gu Qian. He quickly answered, “Hello.”
Gu Qian didn’t answer immediately but paused for a while. Then, Xiao Xiao’s voice came from the other end, “Le Le…”