An Xing's heart skipped a beat and he stood at the bathroom door, holding his breath.
The two people separated by a door spoke in very low voices. If the outer door had not been closed tightly, An Xing would not have heard this sentence at all. He stood at the corner and tried to distinguish the words through the sound of dripping water. The other person seemed to be very surprised by what his companion said.
"Huh? An Xing isn't Mr. An's son?"
"No, I mean - I heard someone say the other day that Mr. An's son was interning in our company, but he was uneducated and didn't know anything. He didn't look like a biological child at all. I didn't say An Xing wasn't Mr. An's son!"
"Oh!" The man suddenly realized, "Please explain clearly. I thought you knew some secrets of wealthy families, such as taking the wrong child..."
"You are sick. You have read too many novels!"
"You didn't express yourself clearly..."
“…”
Although An Xing tried his best to hide it, he was still a little absent-minded while eating lunch. He couldn't help thinking about the conversation between the two people just now and remembered some things.
In his previous life, he had been interning in the marketing department. Because of An Hao's deliberate neglect and because he was not suitable for the marketing department, his internship was not smooth. Later, his identity was exposed, and some veterans in the company said that he was not as good as his cousin, and eventually An Hao stepped on him to get to the top.
After being reborn, An Xing didn't take these rumors seriously, thinking that they were just spread by An Hao to create momentum. But after listening to the gossip of the two people just now, he had a different idea.
An Xing looked at Xiao Rui who was eating and looking at his phone across from him, and asked tentatively:
"Teacher Xiao, have you heard any rumors about me?"
Xiao Rui: "The ignorant little prince?"
An Xing: _(:_」∠)_
Seeing the boy struggling to bite his chopsticks, and thinking about how well-behaved he was this morning, Xiao Rui was kind enough to ask:
"What are you worried about? Tell me."
An Xing hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice:
"If there's some really outrageous rumor about me... well, why is it?"
Xiao Rui's mouth twitched and he looked at him as if he were the boss's stupid son.
"The people who spread the rumors about you had some purpose. Some of them were outrageous, probably to cover up the real intentions and achieve another purpose."
An Xing: "...Mr. Xiao, your words are so hard to understand."
Xiao Rui: "You are so stupid."
An Xing snorted and lowered his head to eat, without saying anything more. Xiao Rui did not ask any more questions.
The rumors that were spread must have some purpose. Perhaps An Hao wanted to highlight his own excellence and used this outrageous but widely spread rumor to fight for power and profit.
But there is also a possibility that An Hao had already begun to suspect or even knew that he was the wrong child. Otherwise, it would have been enough to just spread the rumor that he was incompetent. Why say something so ambiguous and easily misinterpreted?
An Xing didn't want to speak out directly about the wrong baby because he was worried about Chen Ying's health. Coincidentally, An Xing's parents and the Ning couple had the same blood type, and he and Ning Rong also had the same blood type, which made routine physical examinations useless and required the results of paternity testing to be convincing.
He originally wanted to take it step by step, but if An Hao already knew that the baby was taken away by mistake, he would have to solve it as soon as possible.
After studying with Xiao Rui for a day and refusing to work overtime, An Xing planned to go to Lu Tianchen for dinner. Only then did he realize that he had not told Lu Tianchen in advance. When he opened WeChat, the chat history between the two was still stuck on last night. Lu Tianchen asked him if he fainted in the company, and he replied that he just didn't sleep well.
Then this big pig's hoof didn't reply again.
An Xing was indignant, thinking that Lu Tianchen was only entering into a business marriage with him and had no intention of developing any relationship with him at all.
"Son, it's time to go home... Why did you take a taxi?"
An Zhaoming, who was happily going home with his son, felt a pang in his heart.
“Dad, go back and eat with Mom. I’m going to find Brother Shen.”
An Zhaoming remained calm on the surface, but was extremely alert on the inside.
"Go find Tianchen some other day...your mom wants you to come home for dinner!"
An Xing looked up with an innocent look.
"Ah? But mom told me last night to go find Brother Chen more often!"
An Zhaoming: ...
An Zhaoming suddenly felt a little worried. Although he knew that Lu Tianchen seldom joked, his son knew that he didn't take the verbal engagement between the two seriously.
After all, no matter how you look at your own son, he seems to be a bit stupid.
But he also knew that since his son agreed to Lu Tianchen's marriage proposal, he must be open to it. So the current trend is not optimistic...
An Zhaoming was worried. The car that An Xing called had arrived. He waved at him and got into the car angrily.
Look at him blackmailing Brother Chen!
Lu Tianchen is 25 years old this year, five years older than An Xing. He has always been admired in their circle since he was a child. An Xing is fine, but he knows that Lu Tianchen is the childhood nightmare of many of his childhood friends. He is the kind of person who will be mentioned as a comparison when he is beaten.
Lu Tianchen skipped a grade in high school, graduated early from college with enough credits, and went abroad to study for a master's degree. Others graduated from college at the age of 22, but Lu Tianchen had already started to practice with Lu's company at the age of 22. In the past year, the Lu family even announced at a banquet that Lu Tianchen would be the heir and work at the Lu headquarters. The Lu family couple went abroad to expand the market.
When An Xing arrived at Lu's, it was almost seven o'clock, and the building was still brightly lit. Lu's management was strict, and employees had to swipe their work cards to enter and exit, so An Xing was stuck at the front desk. He had never been to Lu's headquarters before, and when he called Lu Tianchen just now, the person didn't answer, probably he was still busy.
Do I have to wait until Lu Tianchen is done with his work?
An Xing touched his stomach and felt a little hungry.
Just as he was struggling, the lady at the front desk who had been secretly observing him came over and asked tentatively:
"Excuse me, is this An Xing, Mr. An?"
An Xing was a little surprised, and the receptionist immediately smiled.
"Mr. An, are you here to see our CEO Lu? CEO Lu's office is on the 26th floor. He has told you to go straight up."
An Xing: "...Did he tell me?"
The young lady smiled in a standard way: "During the most recent training session, Mr. Lu pointed to the photo and explained it to us."
“…”
An Xing got on the elevator dizzy and it took him a long time to realize that Lu Tianchen had just greeted the people at the front desk and asked them to let him in directly when they saw him.
As for why it was recently, it was naturally because they had just recently gotten engaged... verbally.
When the elevator reached the 26th floor, as soon as the door opened, another beautiful young lady stood at the door and smiled at An Xing.
"Mr. An, Mr. Lu's meeting will end in ten minutes. Please wait in the lounge for a while. I'll get you some snacks."
An Xing was led into the lounge with a surprised look on his face, and soon his favorite snacks were placed at his side, as well as his favorite drinks. Needless to say, these must have been arranged by Lu Tianchen.
I didn't expect that Brother Chen could be so considerate!
An Xing was not very angry in the first place, and as he munched on the snacks, he felt even happier.
When Lu Tianchen walked into the lounge after seeing the missed call on his phone, he saw the young boy slumped on the sofa in a completely ungraceful manner, with his long, straight legs dangling on the armrests. The hem of his milky white short-sleeved shirt slightly moved up, but before he could see clearly, it fell back down as he reached out to grab some snacks.
Lu Tianchen felt inexplicably regretful, but before he could figure out why he felt sorry, the curly-haired boy had already seen him.
“Brother Shen!”
The boy's light brown eyes lit up slightly, and his naturally smiling lips curled up more obviously. He rolled down from the sofa, and as he walked forward, he did not forget to stuff the snacks into his mouth.
"I sent you a message but you ignored me. I waited for you for a long time!"
Complaining with confidence and in a sticky way is cute.
The adult male was tall and strong, and standing in front of Lu Tianchen, An Xing inexplicably felt like a child. He just straightened his back and raised his head, trying to make himself look more imposing, when he suddenly felt his eyes darken and a touch of warmth brushed the corner of his lips.
Lu Tianchen had just retracted his slender, powerful hand with distinct joints.
"Sorry, I wasn't checking my phone during the meeting."
An Xing shook his ears and inexplicably felt that Lu Tianchen's somewhat hoarse and tired voice was quite manly.
The boy looked at people with wide eyes, like a kitten whose head was touched unexpectedly. Lu Tianchen felt a little itchy, but he just tilted his head slightly, as if thinking for a while, and then said:
"...I'll treat you to Luo's barbecue?"
Luo's Barbecue is a private restaurant that recently opened. The barbecue and dipping sauce are excellent. They also use hunger marketing and limit the number of diners every day. They ate there when they got verbally engaged last time. To be honest, if it weren't for the delicious food that paved the way for a good mood, An Xing might not have agreed to Lu Tianchen's engagement.
Including the days before his rebirth, only two months had passed, and An Xing was still craving for their barbecue. He immediately became happy and even pretended to be polite.
"That's so embarrassing... I'll treat you next time!"
He was so beautiful that he was drooling. He even had to say one thing and mean another. The young man looked so energetic and vibrant that Lu Tianchen felt as if all the fatigue from a day of meetings and arguments had disappeared.
Only then did An Xing notice that the man's face looked tired and hesitant.
"You look very tired... How about we eat another day?"
Lu Tianchen smiled and said, "It's very relaxing to have dinner with you."
The man looked at An Xing with a pair of slightly sharp eyes, his gaze was gentle, and seemed to carry many unfinished words.
An Xing was unaware and nodded vigorously: "That's right! I have such a good appetite, everyone says that watching me eat makes them eat more delicious food!"
Lu Tianchen: “…”
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