Quick Transmigration: What to Do When the Male Supporting Character You Saved Becomes Obsessed with

Chapter 455 "Infecting the World" - Male Mother (66)

"This...this is blood, isn't it?"

Lu Liruan used the clothes hanger in her hand to nudge the clump of fabric.

An even stronger stench spread out.

Liao Tingyuan unusually stopped Lu Liruan from touching it: "You, you shouldn't touch it."

His expression was not good: "If we fall, the water in that basin will splash and hit both of us."

Lu Liruan decisively withdrew her hand and raised it up, indicating that she would not move.

Liao Tingyuan slowly moved the thing a little closer.

To allow the two people to see more clearly...

Lu Liruan squinted, wanting to take a closer look, but then instinctively backed away.

That's really disgusting!

Lu Liruan thought that after the close-range desensitization she had experienced a few days ago, she should now be immune to all poisons...

But it still doesn't work.

"How did they get this blood on? Was it while they were filming the video...?" Lu Liruan swallowed hard.

Liao Tingyuan observed carefully: "I'm not sure, it doesn't look like it was splashed there."

"What do you mean?" Lu Liruan didn't understand.

“It’s like… if we were face to face, and I had a knife in my hand, I would stab you.” Liao Tingyuan poked Lu Liruan’s stomach with the clean clothes hanger he was holding.

Lu Liruan instinctively shrank back.

"Ah! Don't talk about this kind of thing in this kind of place, okay?" Lu Liruan was startled. The bathroom was dimly lit, and Lu Liruan thought it was the dirty one.

Liao Tingyuan raised an eyebrow and continued, "Then I pulled out the knife, and at that moment, your blood sprayed onto me. This is called splatter blood."

“But what if it’s my own hand that’s injured, or somewhere on my upper body that’s injured…” Then Liao Tingyuan stretched out his hand, his fingertips pointing downwards.

"At this moment, blood dripped onto my clothes. This type of blood is called dripping blood."

"Which one does he look like to you?"

Lu Liruan thought to herself: This is all a mess, what am I looking at?

But upon closer inspection, and recalling Liao Tingyuan's detailed explanation, it became clear that it didn't actually look like it had been sprayed on.

It looks more like it was dripped on...

It feels like I'm wiping something down.

Lu Liruan looked at the dark red mess that had been blurred into a large area behind her.

Suppressing his nausea, he held his breath and muttered, "It's hard to describe, but it felt like something was being rubbed horizontally..."

"Actually, it doesn't prove anything." Liao Tingyuan shook his head and carefully put the garment back into the basin of water.

Then they picked out another one from there.

This is a white T-shirt.

It was also stained with blood, but not as much as the previous piece.

The T-shirt has very exaggerated cartoon graphics and looks very large.

Lu Liruan suddenly realized that this T-shirt should belong to the accomplice, right?

Because the male homeowner has a very well-proportioned, seemingly normal middle-aged physique.

However, based on various indications, this accomplice should be a rather obese person.

And the male homeowner probably wouldn't wear something with cartoon characters, right?

Lu Liruan just picked up a piece of clothing from his wardrobe and compared it to other clothes, feeling that one piece of clothing could fit two Liao Tingyuans inside.

Liao Tingyuan was already quite thin, and with the clothes on, he looked like a piece of paper.

Lu Liruan shook off her dirty clothes, then, with a cheeky grin, leaned closer to Liao Tingyuan and said, "See, what did I tell you?"

"It just looks a bit like a paper doll!" Lu Liruan said, pressing her face against the screen.

Liao Tingyuan smiled at her and surprisingly nodded: "I didn't expect you to see through me~"

"Even though I've been trying my best to deny it, you still managed to see through it... That's amazing!"

"What have I seen through?" Lu Liruan was taken aback by his sudden, unrestrained performance.

Lu Liruan certainly didn't believe such clumsy, childish talk, but hearing it from Liao Tingyuan's mouth, coupled with his deliberately sinister expression, was quite surprising.

Lu Liruan still felt a chilling wind swirling up from beneath her feet.

"alright, alright!"

"I won't joke with you anymore, and you shouldn't joke with me either!" Lu Liruan threw the T-shirt back.

Liao Tingyuan found it amusing that someone who wasn't particularly brave could display extraordinary courage at certain times.

Even though I was very timid, I still wanted to stand in front of others...

Liao Tingyuan didn't know where she came from, but her desire to protect herself was exceptionally obvious.

Although Lu Liruan didn't say it directly, Liao Tingyuan could sense it from her various actions.

It's like a little rabbit that insists on standing in front of a big lion, then turns around and says to the lion, "I'll protect you!"

This scene is very strange, but unexpectedly cute...

Liao Tingyuan used to tell children too many fairy tales, and now when he sees Lu Liruan, he sometimes hallucinates that she has two big rabbit ears growing on her head, hopping and swaying back and forth as she walks.

He found it very interesting, like Alice in Wonderland.

Lu Liruan had also pressed him about what he was thinking.

But Liao Tingyuan did not tell her about his idea.

Because they thought Lu Liruan would be annoyed.

"Is it possible that the accomplice's own blood was used?" Lu Liruan thought carefully, trying to recall if there was anything in the room that could prove that the accomplice was injured.

Then Lu Liruan remembered the pile of dirty-looking toilet paper he had thrown under the computer desk.

No one would be so perverted as to grab someone else's used toilet paper and look inside.

It's definitely not going to be anything good inside!

But now...

Lu Liruan sighed: "I'll go to his room and check the toilet paper to see if it's used to wipe blood."

Lu Liruan's expression showed a hint of disgust.

Then Lu Liruan stopped her: "I'll go take a look."

"what?"

"Weren't you holding these clothes here?" Lu Liruan asked, puzzled.

Liao Tingyuan carefully threw those things back into the basin.

Then, very seriously, she said to Lu Liruan, "I'll go take a look."

Liao Tingyuan didn't want Lu Liruan to see anything strange.

Although Lu Liruan found it puzzling, she let Liao Tingyuan be, seeing his insistence.

The bathroom smells absolutely terrible...

Lu Liruan also retreated to the living room and followed Liao Tingyuan back to that person's bedroom.

Liao Tingyuan used his toes to hook several very large wads of toilet paper out from under the table.

The toilet paper didn't look like it was used one sheet at a time. It seemed like the person grabbed a handful from the tissue box in a great hurry, used it up, and then crumpled it up and threw it on the ground.

Liao Tingyuan used his toes to step on one side of the paper, and then slowly unfolded it.

Because so much paper was used, the outer paper balls were wrapped very thickly, so from the outside, you couldn't tell anything was amiss.

But when the crumpled paper was unwrapped, dark red bloodstains were clearly visible on the paper inside.

"Was he really injured? The amount of bleeding doesn't seem small to me. What happened? Did he hurt himself at home?" Lu Liruan looked at the few sheets of toilet paper inside, which were almost soaked through, and felt very strange.

"What danger could he be in his own home?" Then Lu Liruan thought that the biggest danger in this house should be the male homeowner.

The clothes belonged to an accomplice, and it seems the blood also belonged to an accomplice.

What happened?

Did the male homeowner and he fight? Had they already clashed before the actual killing occurred?

Those bloodstained clothes, thrown into the basin, are they meant to be washed?

Before anyone could even wash up, something else was already happening inside the house.

Lu Liruan's attention was drawn to these things again.

When she realized that what she had meant to do was to find the source of the infection that was elusive and had not yet left any trace, she was surprised.

Liao Tingyuan raised his hand again, glanced at his watch, and said, "It's about time for today, let's go back first."

He turned to look at Lu Liruan: "Otherwise, you can try it once first."

Lu Liruan rolled her eyes at him: "Are you willing to risk your life?"

Liao Tingyuan was amused by him: "Actually, if you think something might be possible, then you should try it. Otherwise, if you don't try it today, don't try it tomorrow, and if you keep not trying, we'll be stuck here forever."

"What if... what if I make three mistakes, or what if your three sets of data are completely wrong, or something unexpected happens?"

"If anything unexpected happens, we'll try to solve it together," Liao Tingyuan said quite casually.

Ever since Liao Tingyuan explained things to her, Lu Liruan felt like a heavy stone was pressing on her heart.

Although she didn't show it on her face and acted as lively and carefree as usual, the pressure in her heart lingered.

It's not because I made a mistake, or because I didn't find the right one.

Lu Liruan was a poor student since childhood, randomly choosing A, B, C, and D without any psychological pressure.

As for how many points you get, that's a matter of luck...

But this is different.

If she made the wrong choice, it would be her own fault, but it would also drag Liao Tingyuan down with her. If there was any real danger or threat to his life, and she caused Liao Tingyuan's death, not only would her mission fail, but she would also have let Liao Tingyuan down!

Lu Liruan's psychological pressure mainly stems from this...

Liao Tingyuan saw through her thoughts: "We're partners. If you didn't have me, those nights wouldn't have been so easy, would they?"

This was the first time Lu Liruan had heard him speak in such a boastful tone.

Looking up, I saw Liao Tingyuan with a peaceful and serene smile on his face, which was very reassuring.

He said this seemingly to reduce the pressure on Lu Luli Ruan.

"If I hadn't been able to do it a few days ago, wouldn't you, whom I pulled together to fight against the space, have also suffered?"

"You didn't blame me at the time?"

Lu Liruan thought to herself, whether you pull me or not, it's all the same.

“Now it’s your turn to protect me,” Liao Tingyuan said.

“You are the one protecting me right now. I am being protected by you and you are leading me out of this space. If I were to be picky and dissatisfied with your choice, wouldn’t that be a bit too much of a bully?” Liao Tingyuan’s words sounded reasonable, but Lu Liruan knew that they actually made no sense.

He was just trying to comfort himself.

Surprisingly, this kind of comfort worked on Lu Liruan.

Perhaps it was because Liao Tingyuan spoke so sincerely, or perhaps it was because he usually appeared too reliable, but Lu Liruan knew that sometimes, when others said they didn't blame her, they actually did blame her in their hearts.

But Lu Liruan believed it when Liao Tingyuan said it.

I believe what he said: if I make the wrong choice, even if something unexpected happens, he will stand with me and fight against it, and he will not blame me in his heart.

"Want to try?"

Liao Tingyuan patted her head.

"Forget it... I'll rest for the night and talk about it tomorrow." Lu Liruan shook her head again.

"Okay, it's up to you."

Liao Tingyuan took her hand, and the two of them looked at the room again.

They turned around and walked out together, closing the door behind them.

"Do you think the space will change tomorrow? Every time we discover more clues, the space changes." Lu Liruan was vaguely uneasy.

Just like how they were able to see the male homeowner's appearance clearly after they found his information.

They found quite a bit of information this time; in fact, they found almost the entire storyline, connecting everything together.

What will happen tomorrow?

Lu Liruan thought she wouldn't sleep well, but when she woke up, it was already noon.

Liao Tingyuan made congee with preserved egg and lean pork, and pan-fried the vegetarian dumplings he had made himself.

Lu Liruan had a great appetite and ate a whole plate.

“Sigh…” Lu Liruan finished eating, patted her stomach and sighed: “You know, this space only gives us trouble at night, why can’t it give us trouble during the day, so we can get off work from nine to five and it would be a reasonable nine-to-five workday!”

"During the day..." Liao Tingyuan muttered something softly as he cleared away the bowls and chopsticks.

"What's wrong?" Lu Liruan helped him clean up the area around the sink, took half a watermelon out of the refrigerator, and prepared to let it cool down before eating it.

This was also something Liao Tingyuan had asked Lu Liruan to pay attention to.

It's best not to eat watermelon from the refrigerator right away, as it's too cold and can cause diarrhea.

Even if you cover it with plastic wrap, it's best to use a knife to thinly shave off the top layer.

"We've always thought that the space is at night, right?" Liao Tingyuan asked, handing her the watermelon knife.

"Yes, isn't it?"

Lu Liruan was a little stunned by his question.

"But how can a space be divided into day and night?" Liao Tingyuan pulled her back to the living room to sit down.

"We seem to have always assumed that there are no clues during the day, and no way to find the source of infection during the day."

"Isn't that right? There are people coming and going outside during the day, how are we supposed to find it? If the two of us go to that house from last night, who knows what might happen?"

Lu Liruan suddenly felt a chill: "Those two corpses, and the cat's corpse, wouldn't they still be in that room during the day...?"