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Union Government, Chairman’s Office.
Lu Chengyu sat on the supple leather office chair. The glass door of the bookcase behind him reflected the pointed and rounded tops of the buildings outside the window. On the wall above the bookcase, the flags of the 24 member countries of the Union hung at an angle toward the Union flag at the very center. The flags were so neatly arranged that even the slightest crease looked as if it had been meticulously calculated.
Lu Heyang rarely visited Lu Chengyu’s office; there were not many occasions throughout his life. The last time he visited, Lu Chengyu had not become the Chairman yet.
After entering the office, Lu Heyang stood quietly for two minutes until Lu Chengyu flipped through the documents without lifting his head and remarked, “No need to return home, concentrate on studying and training here.”
“There are regular exams in the prep school, which are included in the records,” Lu Heyang said.
However, even if Lu Heyang’s records were completely empty, it didn’t prevent him from getting into the best school. Lu Chengyu finally raised his head, his tone sounding like an order and a warning, “Then have the school send over the electronic version of the exams.”
He didn’t wait for Lu Heyang’s response—not that Lu Heyang intended to answer either. The intercom phone on the office desk rang, and Lu Chengyu picked it up. His secretary informed him that the meeting participants were all present and the meeting could begin.
So after taking up three minutes of the Chairman’s precious time, Lu Heyang left the office. He took the elevator down two floors to the Union’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Lu Qingmo was walking out of the meeting room with documents in her hand. Lu Heyang stood in the corridor and called out, “Sister.”
Lu Qingmo turned her head and was surprised before understanding, “Dad made you come here?”
“Yeah.”
“Come to my office.”
The assistant poured water for Lu Qingmo and Lu Heyang before leaving. Lu Qingmo sat down on the sofa, massaging her slightly sore ankles, and asked, “Did you decide to go to the military academy on your own?”
“Yes,” Lu Heyang picked up a glass of water, but instead of drinking, he simply held it in his hand.
“Going to the military academy is tough. I’m worried that you’ll take the long way and end up with the same result.”
“You won’t know until you’ve tried.” Lu Heyang took a sip of water and took a small box out of his pocket, “Your earrings.”
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Some time ago, one of the earring clasps broke. When Lu Qingmo returned home, she took the earrings with her to have them repaired. However, due to her busy work schedule, she couldn’t wait for the earring to be fixed.
After putting them back on, Lu Qingmo touched the pearl earrings attached to her earlobes. She smiled at Lu Heyang and thanked him again.
As the daughter of the Chairman of the Union, the prominent Mrs. Wei, a young and outstanding diplomat… From an outsider’s perspective, Lu Qingmo came from a privileged background and stood effortlessly at the top of the pyramid. Little did they know that she would smile like this for a pair of pearl earrings.
This was probably one of the reasons why Lu Heyang had to take the long way.
Because he didn’t want to end up with just a pair of pearl earrings.
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When He Wei opened his eyes, Chi Jiahan was standing behind him talking to Xu Ze.
“…” He Wei turned his head as if nothing had happened and wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth. Then he straightened up and pretended that he had just taken a short nap instead of sleeping all morning. He smiled innocently, “I only slept for a few minutes, and Xiao Chi came here?”
Chi Jiahan glanced at the red marks pressed on He Wei’s face, and raised the corners of his mouth to put on a fake smile, “Right, what a coincidence.”
“Are you tired from standing?” He Wei spread his legs and patted his knees. “Why don’t you sit down?”
Chi Jiahan remained expressionless, but on the contrary, Xu Ze shifted his eyes to He Wei’s lap before unnaturally lowering his head to look at the books on his desk.
He Wei stood up with a cheeky smile as Chi Jiahan didn’t speak. “You sit on my chair while I go to the toilet.” He mischievously pinched Chi Jiahan’s ear, and upon receiving a fierce look, he cheerfully dashed off.
By the time He Wei came back, Chi Jiahan had left. Xu Ze was working on exam papers, not only the ones He Wei gave him but a thick stack that Lu Heyang had printed for him. They were much more complete than He Wei’s, which lacked half of the pages.
“You mentioned last time that you’ve known Xiao Chi since you were seven or eight. Was he not interested in other people as a kid?” He Wei leaned over to Xu Ze’s side and asked.
Xu Ze stopped his pen so as not to accidentally write on He Wei’s face and answered, “He didn’t like to talk much.”
“You’ve known each other for so long. Have you ever argued?” Although He Wei thought that the answer was obvious, because Xu Ze wasn’t the type to argue, neither was Chi Jiahan.
“No, we haven’t.”
“An enviable friendship. Unlike me and Yunchi, we’ve been fighting since we were little.”
The tip of the pen landed on the exam paper, leaving a small black dot. Xu Ze hesitated for a moment before asking, “The three of you never fought?”
“No, only Yunchi and I have fought—not really fought, it’s mostly because Gu Yunchi’s words are too harsh. Anyway, there haven’t been any disagreements with Heyang.” He Wei suddenly remembered something and sat up. “Oh, there was one time, when we were super young.”
He saw Xu Ze turn his head, with the meaning of “I want to hear”. Xu Ze was rarely so curious.
He Wei felt a sense of accomplishment for being able to pique Xu Ze’s interest. He leaned back in his chair and spoke like he was telling a story, “It was a warm winter day. Yunchi and I went to Heyang’s house to play. He had just opened a bag of candy, and I saw how he selected the best flavors and stuffed them into his pocket.”
“What he did broke my heart. I asked if he could give me some, but he mercilessly rejected me. So, I went and snatched a few, not for the candy but out of anger.”
“That was the only time I ever fought with Heyang. He was also upset and said that the candy was meant for his friend. How ridiculous! Was I not his friend?” He Wei was immersed in the memories and patted Xu Ze’s shoulder before saying bitterly, “So I asked him who exactly he was giving the candy to, and Heyang told me it was for a kid I didn’t know.”
“At that time, I suspected that it was a trick and that he was actually saving the candy for Gu Yunchi. So I asked Gu Yunchi if it was you! Gu Yunchi said that I have a problem in my head.” He Wei sneered, “At such a young age, he spoke so rudely. Without an arranged marriage, how would such an alpha ever get a wife?”
Xu Ze looked at the exam paper, but his eyes were blank.
He still remembered that whenever Lu Heyang brought him candy when he was a child, the ones he brought out were always the best flavors.
“Who was… that kid?” Xu Ze asked in a low voice.
“How should I know? Heyang never mentioned a name. I suspect there was no person at all. He just didn’t want to give me any candy,” He Wei paused and reluctantly stopped acting overly nitpicky, “But back then, Heyang’s memory seemed to have begun having problems.”
Xu Ze was taken aback and turned to look at him, “What?”
“He probably didn’t mention it to you… Anyway, I had this feeling back then, it’s been so long that I can’t remember for sure, but…” He Wei cupped his hand and tilted slightly to Xu Ze’s side with his voice hushed, “Something definitely happened. In short, Heyang basically has no memory of his childhood. He can’t remember anything from before he was ten years old.”
It would be normal not to remember things from before the age of three or four, but if there were no memories from before the age of ten, there was obviously a problem. He Wei had grown up with Lu Heyang, and Xu Ze couldn’t imagine what could have happened that was completely unknown to him as well.
“Why?” Xu Ze couldn’t help but probe.
“I don’t know,” He Wei shook his head, “It must be Uncle Lu’s intention to keep it so secret. Whoever dares to investigate is equivalent to challenging Uncle Lu. Who would be so bold? I’m certainly not. Is it not good to stay alive?”
Xu Ze nodded. He didn’t know why he nodded, but it was just an unconscious reaction to He Wei. He thought about the eleven times he had met Lu Heyang when he was seven years old. He had wondered why Lu Heyang repeated the same words and actions over and over again. Xu Ze thought it was a way to emphasize, but now he understood that it was because Lu Heyang kept forgetting what he had said and done.
Was it an illness, or had there been an accident—did Lu Heyang remember the reason?
“Oh, by the way, did Heyang tell you why he’s not coming to school?” He Wei didn’t mention the fact that he had sent Lu Heyang 800 question marks and pretended not to care, “I asked him once, but he didn’t tell me.”
After a few seconds, Xu Ze replied, “I don’t know either.”
He Wei immediately felt much more at peace and lay down on the table to sleep again.
Xu Ze kept thinking about He Wei’s words until the end of the school day. Today marked the nineteenth day that Lu Heyang hadn’t gone to school, exceeding the one to two weeks he had initially mentioned.
There were no phone calls, only a text message on the fourteenth day: Coming back a few days late.
However, a few more days passed, and Lu Heyang still hadn’t returned. Xu Ze read the text message over and over as if each time he looked at it he found another reason to continue waiting.
He left his bicycle in the hallway and walked up the stairs. After studying in the classroom for over an hour after school, it was now completely dark outside. Xu Ze climbed two more floors without paying attention when, strangely, he heard footsteps behind him. The steps were light and sudden, indicating that someone might have been following him all along, and the sound of speeding up had only now given away their approach.
Approaching meant—Xu Ze turned his face to the side in the darkness, catching a glimpse of the figure that was about to ambush him out of the corner of his eye. At the last second, Xu Ze quietly sidestepped and punched the other person’s cheek, while raising his leg to strike with his knee.
The person was a beta, with no scent of pheromones. Xu Ze’s actions were too fast, and the beta could barely avoid the punch, only to be hit hard in the abdomen by Xu Ze’s knee. The beta choked a grunt and rolled backward, falling into the corner of the hallway.
The air was filled with the smell of dust. Xu Ze took a few steps down the stairs and grabbed the beta’s collar to flip him over. He stepped on the beta’s right wrist, which was holding a knife.
Xu Ze didn’t ask any questions immediately because he felt something was not right. The person must have been sent by Tang Feiyi, but there was obviously no need to send someone to follow and kidnap him. Tang Feiyi could have appeared directly in front of him. This was too excessive.
Just as he was about to speak, hurried footsteps came from upstairs. An alpha practically jumped over the railing to rush to Xu Ze’s side and bent over to look downstairs. Xu Ze could hear him muttering a curse.
Xu Ze quickly stood up beside him and saw that a van had appeared at some point. Two people were shoving an alpha who seemed to be unconscious into the back seat.
he wei is so funny 🤣🤣
Who is being kidnapped 😱
Came across this story and cudnt stop reading until current chapter. Thank you so mcuh for bringing this story to us with ur translation. I can’t wait for new chapters . I don’t knw if LH IS distressed for xz or nt but my hurts for him . He deserves all the love .and I wonder when LH recognized 17 and Xz to be same person amd when he started falling for him . Wud hv loved to see his pov .
Sorry I wasn’t supposed to reply you
No problem 😂 it also happens to me
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I’m so confused. Who is that alpha? So they’re not after Xu Ze but someone else?
What just happened??????