PFC Chapter 453 "Infecting the World" - Male Mother (64)
Chapter 453 "Infecting the World" - Male Mother (64)
His voice sounded very happy and cheerful, almost completely out of character for him.
This seemed to him to be a very interesting and engaging thing, and he spoke of it with great enthusiasm.
His tone, in contrast to the content of his words, seemed incredibly strange and utterly contradictory.
Lu Liruan had long known that he enjoyed such things, but he could treat his own child like this and make no attempt to hide his malice in front of others.
He said that he took pleasure in torturing his son, and that torturing his son was something that gave him more pleasure than torturing animals.
As someone with antisocial personality disorder, Lu Liruan sensed that her accomplice on the phone was also feeling afraid.
From what I can tell, the two of them are not on the same wavelength at all.
The accomplice was cowardly and incompetent; he would be completely unable to live in society. That's why he used animal cruelty to vent his sense of control as an incompetent person. He could only exert his sense of satisfaction as a human being on animals.
But the male homeowner was completely different.
In his eyes, apart from himself, there was no difference between other people and animals.
Even if this accomplice were given a lifetime, he probably wouldn't dare to actually harm a living person, nor would he dare to truly challenge the law. He's afraid of being arrested, and if possible, he'd rather hide behind a computer for the rest of his life without being exposed.
But the male homeowner is different...
"Brother...aren't you afraid your wife will find out?"
He asked awkwardly.
It sounds like she wants to stop it, but doesn't dare to disobey the male head of the household.
"Her?" The man's chuckle faded, his tone turning icy. "She'll find out sooner or later, but not now..."
Lu Liruan looked up at Liao Tingyuan.
"Holy crap... he's not going to lay a hand on the lady of the house, is he?"
Lu Liruan mouthed the question in a low voice.
Liao Tingyuan mimicked her and mouthed, "Maybe."
"Ah... If my sister-in-law finds out, what will happen to us? Brother, you said you would guarantee my safety. I'm not capable, so I can only follow you. Brother, you... you have to be careful."
The accomplice spoke hesitantly.
In a sense, he was indeed right.
They soon became unsafe, and the reason for their insecurity was inextricably linked to the woman of the house.
But the male homeowner completely ignored his words: "Don't worry, what could possibly happen? As long as you all listen to me, nothing will happen..."
Lu Liruan felt that the sentence was familiar, but she didn't know when she had heard it before.
Liao Tingyuan pointed to his phone, and Lu Liruan remembered what he had written in his notes.
These are the words spoken by the male homeowner's father to the male homeowner.
It appeared more than once in the male homeowner's records.
The father of the male head of the household said to his mother and son, "You can only listen to me. As long as you listen to me obediently, our family will be perfect and no one can break up our wonderful family."
Abuse sites within families.
The male head of the household watched as his father successfully established one.
Now, he himself wants to follow suit and establish an even more extreme one.
Fortunately, the woman saw through the scheme and broke free before it became a complete prison. Otherwise, what kind of fate awaited her and her child if they had actually been locked up inside?
Lu Liruan didn't quite understand why the male homeowner's mother would so willingly become her husband's accomplice.
Is she that kind of person too?
Doesn't she love her child?
Now Lu Liruan suddenly understood.
This isn't something you can just escape from.
Just like the recordings made by the male homeowner.
Ultimately, they all become tools to trap the mistress. Through his misinterpretation and his actions, he makes everyone stand on his side to condemn and torment the mistress.
The torment of the mistress was not something he did alone, and he would never be satisfied with doing it by himself alone.
Everyone is an accomplice.
Even the lady of the house's parents were like that.
Although Lu Liruan felt that their starting point was actually for the sake of their daughter and grandson, their actions had indeed crossed the line into complicity.
"If something really happens to the lady of the house, what will they say?" Lu Liruan said with a faint sneer, "Oh dear, our daughter has bad luck, our grandson has bad luck... and we old folks have bad luck too, but there's nothing we can do!"
"Many people like to say that, but Ruan Ruan would never say that, right?"
"of course!"
Lu Liruan put her hands on her hips: "There's a cause for every grievance, and a debtor for every debt. Why do you blame fate when nothing's wrong? You didn't do the effort you should have made, and now you blame fate."
Lu Liruan thought to herself that when she was young, she had also blamed fate.
She had heard people pity her more than once, saying, "This little girl's life is really unfortunate..."
"What am I going to do with this kind of fate? Oh dear... I don't know how my future will be. If one step goes wrong, everything will go wrong. It's so pitiful. She's quite good-looking, why is she so unlucky?"
So Lu Liruan also began to feel that she was unlucky.
The more I listened, the more I felt my life was unlucky.
One day, Lu Liruan was going to work full of resentment when she suddenly heard several girls laughing together next to her.
Why are you always grinning like an idiot?
One of the little girls asked the other.
Lu Liruan overheard these words without even realizing it.
The girl who was asked also came from a very poor family; Lu Liruan knew that her family was similar to her own.
There is a sick mother and a sick younger brother.
The entire burden of the family fell on her shoulders alone.
Lu Liruan herself has no father, and although that little girl has a father, he's completely useless; he spends all his time stealing the money Lu Liruan earns to drink and gamble...
"So what if I'm unhappy? My life will get better if I'm unhappy!" the little girl said with a grin.
"I'm quite happy to be back at work now. Oh well, that's just how it is... Life just goes on day by day. If you can get through it, great; if not, you just have to figure something out!"
The little girl ate the small bag of rice candy she bought for one or two yuan, and even shared it with them.
Lu Liruan pinched that small piece of rice
Flower sugar.
Suddenly it occurred to me: Yeah, what can I do if I'm unhappy?
So what if you feel unlucky? Does feeling unlucky or others saying how pitiful you are make your life better?
When others say those things, they may not mean well.
If you take it to heart, you'll only end up hurting yourself...
Sometimes people are like that; suddenly they have a sudden realization and understand some things.
There was no grand reason behind it; it was just a strange coincidence.
From then on, whenever Lu Liruan encountered something unpleasant or wanted to complain, she would encourage herself: Anyway, if today passes, there's always tomorrow!
Tomorrow is over, but there's still the day after tomorrow.
You can't just kill me, can you? Go ahead and kill me if you dare...
"It's not that no one can blame bad luck..." Lu Liruan felt she couldn't explain it clearly: "But even then, it has to be bad luck to a certain extent."
Liao Tingyuan nodded: "I understand what you mean."
"Actually, I've also felt that I'm just unlucky," he suddenly said.
"what?"
Lu Liruan looked at him with some suspicion, because Liao Tingyuan looked far too respectable, at least much more respectable than herself.
He should have a high level of education and a very broad range of knowledge.
Judging from the jobs he's done, he must have studied many different kinds of professional skills alone...
Although Lu Liruan didn't know how he did it.
But he must be very smart.
Smart, hardworking, and good at making money. At only 30 years old, she's already bought herself a house and settled down.
There are also some very good jobs now, although they are a bit dangerous... but in his words, they are relatively high-paying jobs.
Lu Liruan had also wondered what kind of background Liao Tingyuan might have.
Even if it wasn't going to be great, at first Lu Liruan thought his background might not be good either, otherwise he wouldn't be working so hard to make money.
But it shouldn't be too bad.
If he were really that bad, where would he have these opportunities and these perspectives?
But later, from his fragmented narration, Lu Liruan was surprised to learn that he seemed to be an orphan...
Whatever the reason, he lived in an orphanage when he was a child.
But later, he probably stopped living in the orphanage...
Was she adopted?
Lu Liruan couldn't think of any other possibility. After all, he was still a minor at that time. He couldn't possibly have run away secretly, could he?
If someone were to adopt him, what would his adoptive family be like?
I've never heard him mention it.
Lu Liruan thought back carefully. It seemed that ever since she met Liao Tingyuan, he had almost never mentioned anything about his family.
His parents, or rather his adoptive parents, were never mentioned, as if he had sprung from a rock.
Now he suddenly blurted out this sentence.
He also felt that he had bad luck. Why was that?
Lu Liruan wanted to press for more information; she was genuinely curious about everything concerning Liao Tingyuan.
But then I felt that the result of my persistent questioning might not be a good one.
"Then we really do... have something in common..."
Lu Liruan stopped mid-sentence, realizing that what she had just said was truly awful.
There are some more recordings below, but none of them are as impactful as this one.
In the end, the two started arguing.
This is no longer a recording of a phone call.
It was recorded by the male homeowner during a face-to-face conversation between the two.
Just as Liao Tingyuan said, in the end, the male head of the household will definitely start to suspect everyone.
Even without any evidence, even though his accomplice repeatedly tried to clear himself of suspicion through various means.
"Brother, I've already let you stay here, isn't that enough proof? What else do you want me to prove?"
"I definitely didn't do this! What good would it do me?"
"Brother, can you stop dwelling on this... I'm not running away! We don't even have anything to eat right now! I need to go out and buy something."
The male homeowner said in a sinister voice, "Can't we just order takeout?"
"This room is such a mess, bro, I need to go throw out the trash!" The person speaking to him had a slightly unsteady voice.
"Isn't this how you usually live? Why are you so particular about cleanliness now? What, trying to run away?"
Lu Liruan thought to herself: This is what they call "evil people will be punished by other evil people"!
The male homeowner originally intended to use the construction of a cage to prevent his wife and children from escaping.
It's no longer possible to do that...
He used this obsessive method of control on his accomplice.
Moreover, it is even more rigorous.
This prevented him from even leaving the house.
Thinking about it carefully, it's really hilarious. The two of them tormenting each other is a scene that's truly delightful to watch.
"Could they have started fighting in the house because they were too hungry?" Lu Liruan said sarcastically.
"Shouldn't one person eat the other?"
Liao Tingyuan replied coolly.
Lu Liruan shuddered: "Alright, alright, you've killed the game."
Liao Tingyuan smiled but remained silent.
“Actually, by now, we should have found almost all the clues. The storylines that couldn’t be connected before can now be connected.” Lu Liruan counted on her fingers.
"What we need to do now is to find out from this information what the source of infection is," Liao Tingyuan affirmed.
He glanced down at the watch on his wrist.
"What, is it already late?"
Lu Liruan didn't know how long the two of them had been there.
"It's alright. You can stay a little longer if you want." Liao Tingyuan put down the recorder and looked around.
Following his example, Lu Liruan also wandered around the room, trying to see if there was anything she had missed.
Stepping into the kitchen, it felt cooler than other places, as if the refrigerator was emitting a resentful chill...
"Is the source of infection in this room? It seems like everything started from here... The source of infection can't be a cockroach, can it?" Lu Liruan tried to use her intermittent senses, which she couldn't control at all, to perceive the situation.
But she found that the more she tried to find that feeling, the less likely she was to find it.
Not only can I not find it, but I'm also getting more and more frustrated.
She pounded her head and complained, "What's in my brain? Why is it so useless?"
Liao Tingyuan walked over and gently rubbed the spot she had just knocked: "Be careful, don't break it."
Lu Liruan turned to look at him. But she noticed that Liao Tingyuan's gentle tone seemed to be mixed with a hint of teasing.
Sure enough, Liao Tingyuan gently curved the corners of his lips into a smile, and continued, "A brand new one would have sold for a lot of money. Don't damage it and lower its value..."
"What do you mean?! You're saying my brain is brand new?!" Lu Liruan bounced up and down in his hand.
"What an old joke—I heard this joke years ago!" Lu Liruan could only stomp her feet in retaliation.
"Yes Yes Yes."
Liao Tingyuan raised an eyebrow: "I heard this joke several years ago, but this is the first time I've used it. It feels quite fitting."
After saying this, Liao Tingyuan put down his hand and turned to look elsewhere.
Lu Liruan remained silent for a while...
He means that in just a few years, he encountered someone with a completely new mindset, right?