Chapter 44 – Kneel Down
About ten minutes later, the little police officer hurried back and shouted without even taking a breath: “Found it, Song Meng, 21 years old, a junior at Imperial University Omega College. He was wearing that orange cloak when he got out of the car at night.”
An Ji stood up: “Let’s go and talk to him!”
At five o’clock in the morning, a black car parked steadily outside the Song family residence.
“The Song family is quite rich.” Looking at the spacious and magnificent mansion in front of him, An Ji couldn’t help but sigh.
Although most people in wealthy areas were rich, there were differences between rich and wealthy. Ordinary rich people may only have a duplex, but the wealthy may have a castle near the lake, and even the stables were larger than the entire apartment of ordinary people.
There was no doubt that Song Meng was part of the wealthy. Reportedly, the Song family discovered a few mineral deposit stars during the expansion of the empire, and he has been on the road to rapid success ever since.
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Ten minutes later, An Ji, Li Rong, and the young police officer were sitting in the living room and waiting. Song Meng arrived belatedly. He was wearing a soft white nightgown, with his black hair tucked behind his ears. His whole body exuded a quiet and well-behaved aura.
“My apologies, I didn’t dare to keep you all waiting for longs o I came out without putting on makeup.” Song Meng sat down opposite them and he spoke softly.
An Ji, who had not washed his face for a whole day and night: “…”
Li Rong seemed not to notice the straight omega* temperament in him, and said directly: “Are these hat and cloak yours?”
[*T/N: From my understanding, the term 直O “straight omega” is most likely derived from the Chinese term 直男 “straight man.” It can speak of sexual orientation, but it usually describes a man who has stereotypically “bad” male traits, such as not having aesthetic appreciation, not being able to read the room, etc. So a “straight omega” is a stereotypical omega, one who is quiet, well-mannered, well-groomed, etc.]
Song Meng leaned over and took a look. Then he nodded slightly: “It’s mine.”
“Can you explain why it appeared on An Can?”
Song Meng glanced at the attendant, who put down a plate of fruit and bowed before leaving. When only the four of them were left in the living room, Song Meng said, “I heard something bad happened to an omega last night…”
As if he was talking about something extremely unspeakable, Song Meng was silent for a while, and then he mustered up the courage to say, “Is that person An Ning?”
An Ji said nothing.
Song Meng sighed, with a bit of sadness on his beautiful face. “Actually, I met him in the garden.”
“An Ning?”
“Yes, he was already in a bad state when I met him, so I gave him my hat and cloak, and then went back to the banquet hall to call for someone.”
“Then why didn’t you send him to the hospital?”
“I… I originally wanted to,” Song Meng lowered his head. His voice was a little choked. “But you also know that when an omega is in estrus, there’s a certain level of contagiousness. I didn’t dare to get too close for fear of being infected by him… I thought… I thought I would get back quickly and that he would be fine, but I didn’t expect…”
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Song Meng closed his eyes and shed big droplets of tears. When the omega cried, it was the image of a beauty crying, but neither An Ji nor Li Rong had any reaction. Only the little police officer hurriedly handed over a few tissues.
An Ji seemed not to notice the other person’s tears and continued to ask: “So when you came back, you found that he had already been defiled?”
“No,” Song Meng shook his head with reddened eyes. “When I came back, he was gone. I’m sorry… I didn’t want that [to happen]… if I had known that this would happen, then I definitely would not have left him alone there…”
As he spoke, Song Meng’s tears fell again.
Looking at Song Meng’s current state, it seemed like they would not be able to get any more information from him even if they keep questioning him, so An Ji stood up and said, “In this case, I won’t disturb you anymore.”
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