PFC Chapter 448 "Infecting the World" - Male Mother (59)
Chapter 448 "Infecting the World" - Male Mother (59)
Lu Liruan felt it was pointless for her to ask him any more questions.
If Liao Tingyuan really thought that way at that moment, Lu Liruan was quite surprised.
What about the future?
If they were to face such perilous situations in the future, Lu Liruan did not want him to put her first.
On the contrary, I should put him first.
After all... his mission was to keep him alive.
Lu Liruan suddenly felt a strange sense of guilt, as if she was not even as good as Liao Tingyuan.
Clearly... she should have invested more emotion, but now it seems that Liao Tingyuan is the one who cares more about her.
Could this be the profound maternal love hidden beneath Liao Tingyuan's unassuming exterior...?
No.
Is there a gentle heart hidden beneath his outward appearance, easily moved by others?
"real……"
"I know, I know!" Lu Liruan raised her voice to interrupt him.
Liao Tingyuan was somewhat at a loss.
Seeing the girl in front of him, he suddenly jumped up from the stool and came to her.
"Thank you."
She spoke crisply and earnestly.
"Ok?"
Liao Tingyuan didn't know why she suddenly said that.
“No one has ever said this to me before, and I’m really touched.” Lu Liruan looked into his eyes.
At this moment, one could clearly see that there seemed to be a strange light and shadow flowing in his light-colored eyes.
It seems like at the very beginning...
Lu Liruan turned her head sharply. Just a moment ago, she felt as if she was about to enter that feeling again, being sucked in, having her soul looked into through someone's gaze, and being controlled.
But this time, she wasn't uncontrollably drawn in; as if she had developed a resistance, she could sense it and turn her head away on her own.
Seeing her movements, Liao Tingyuan suddenly lowered his head in a panic.
He blinked, and when he looked up again, his eyes had returned to normal, though they appeared strangely dim compared to before.
Lu Liruan glanced at it again tentatively, but there was nothing unusual.
Lu Liruan is now basically certain that Liao Tingyuan's change is related to his emotions.
But since he didn't want to talk about it now, and there were more important things to do, Lu Liruan didn't plan to press him for details.
Anyway, if what he said is true, the two of them really will become partners in the future.
As they spent more time together, he became more willing to be genuinely open with her. So, she would just wait until he was ready to speak up...
"I believe you," Lu Liruan said in a small voice, blinking rapidly.
"I will... I will also consider you the most important person in my life. If... if something really dangerous happens, like if someone asks me, 'If you or Liao Tingyuan fell into the water first, which would you save first?' I will definitely choose you without hesitation!"
Lu Liruan felt that the atmosphere was a bit too heavy. Although she wanted to reciprocate Liao Tingyuan's feelings for her, she couldn't help but laugh and joke on purpose when the words came out.
It's not that she doesn't value this sentiment, nor that she doesn't care.
It's just that I've never heard such words before, so I feel nervous and embarrassed.
I instinctively try to avoid it.
Liao Tingyuan clearly sensed her unease.
But Lu Liruan's feelings had already been conveyed to him.
To discern whether a person is sincere or insincere, whether they are merely going through the motions or being genuine.
Liao Tingyuan has lived for thirty years and still considers himself able to tell the difference.
The moment Lu Liruan looked at him, his heart settled down, and he no longer felt so anxious and empty.
The feeling I had just had about whether I was just being presumptuous has also dissipated.
Lu Liruan gave him the confidence to continue expressing himself.
"Oh." He laughed.
In the dim light, it looks gentle and somewhat indulgent.
"If the house and I both fell into the water, who would you save first?" He continued to joke casually, following Lu Liruan's words.
"If it were my house and you falling into the water, of course I'd save you! After all... my house is rented!" Lu Liruan waved her hand dismissively.
"What if the landlord makes you pay?" Liao Tingyuan asked, his emotions having already calmed down.
He sat down in the chair where Lu Liruan had just stood up, and pulled on her clothes to make her face him.
Standing in front of his own knees, he looked like a teacher lecturing elementary school students.
Lu Liruan thought to herself: How could you ask such a realistic question?
"Please save me first."
Before Lu Liruan could answer, Liao Tingyuan spoke first.
"what?"
Lu Liruan was surprised. Why did she ask for it herself?
Do we not give people choices from time to time?
Then Liao Tingyuan continued slowly, "If you save me first, I think... the two of us will be the best in the world." He smiled, his eyes slightly narrowed, mimicking Lu Liruan's tone of voice.
"If the landlord asks you to pay compensation later, I can pay it for you because we're the best of friends."
Lu Liruan: ?
What a fascinating way of thinking about problems.
"It means our relationship is very valuable." Seeing Lu Liruan's dazed expression, Liao Tingyuan tapped the tip of her nose.
Lu Liruan raised her eyebrows, looking as if she had just realized something, and nodded.
Liao Tingyuan lowered his eyes slightly.
In other words, he wanted to tell Lu Liruan, to let her know, to make her remember, that the two of them were very important to each other.
Using a joking tone, he instilled these words into Lu Liruan's mind, focusing on the amount of money she cared about most.
This is also a very common way to help children understand and memorize more deeply.
For example, tell a child that one hour is the same as the time it takes for him to watch three episodes of a cartoon.
For example, the time his parents spend working on the toys he deliberately breaks is equivalent to how many hours his parents work, or it can be converted into how many hours of craft classes he attends in kindergarten.
Using methods that children can understand can deepen their memory.
And make them understand exactly what it means...
Liao Tingyuan is now using this method on Lu Liruan, subtly instilling this impression in her mind.
Lu Liruan was unaware of this and didn't realize it at all. She thought Liao Tingyuan had just noticed that she felt a little embarrassed, so she went along with her and continued talking.
Actually, neither of them is quite comfortable with the current atmosphere.
They could both tell that the other was not someone who often said or heard such things.
Fortunately, it's happening at this time of year...
If they were at home, neither of them would even know how to proceed with the next step of the communication.
But now, in this space, in this place, as long as they slightly change the topic and bring it back to the main business, the two of them feel much more relaxed.
Lu Liruan turned her back and sighed softly.
Liao Tingyuan watched her retreating figure and took a deep breath.
Let your thoughts return to the issue the two of you were just discussing.
From the subtle clues, it can be deduced that the male homeowner's affair was exposed, and the female homeowner must be involved.
"Have we been unaware of what the male and female homeowners actually said to each other?"
Lu Liruan suddenly realized that most of the chat logs they saw on the male homeowner's computer were between the male homeowner and this accomplice. After he launched a very vicious and arrogant verbal attack on this accomplice on his account, he went to the accomplice's home and threatened him to take him in.
And what about the lady of the house?
It's likely that the male homeowner didn't have good intentions on the day he chose to marry the female homeowner and start a family.
Over the years, the family's tolerance of him should have made him realize that he is very important to the family.
He can control everything in this family... that kind of thinking.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have said those things when his child's grades dropped.
He said those things to the child because he felt he had complete control over the child, that the child was afraid of him, and that as long as he threatened the child, the child would not dare to tell anyone about it.
Another reason is that he feels the family is also under his control.
Whether it's the lady of the house or her parents.
This kind of thinking probably made him arrogant. Later, when the wife said she wanted to divorce him, it made him restrain his thoughts a little, and the family managed to stay together for another year.
From beginning to end, he never treated the mistress as an equal. Even after witnessing his father's actions, he never considered her as a normal person with her own way of thinking who could rebel against him.
Not to mention the children who are still very young.
If he would threaten his accomplices in this way, would he completely ignore the female homeowner?
After that incident, did he never think about going home?
A person who does such a thing, whose mind is so arrogant, so vicious and twisted, must feel no remorse whatsoever.
He will only feel anger and break down...
He would never be ashamed to face his family or go home to see his children.
So, that's the home he can't go back to.
He wouldn't stay away from home to avoid divorce, and the wife wouldn't be able to take him to the civil affairs bureau and force him to go through the divorce proceedings.
There is no legal way to explicitly rule that he must separate from the woman and child, and that the woman and child must be protected.
There is no such claim...
Lu Liruan felt that her and Liao Tingyuan's initial ideas had fallen into a misunderstanding.
They felt that the male homeowner didn't want to go home and, after that incident, deliberately disappeared, hiding away from the world.
Would the male homeowner really want to hide at home?
"What method did the mistress use to make the master afraid to come back?" Liao Tingyuan nodded.
The woman of the house probably anticipated that he wanted to hide at home, so she took countermeasures.
"Later, the female owner showed up at the pet hospital and told others that she was also looking for the male owner and wanted him to come back immediately so that the two of them could apply for a divorce..."
Lu Liruan clicked her tongue: "It was also... an act?"
"It's probably also to cover things up, to act like a wife who has just learned about this and should behave accordingly. That way, everyone will think that this matter has nothing to do with her," Liao Tingyuan said calmly.
"Amazing!"
Lu Liruan gave a thumbs up: "I originally thought she was just upset, flustered, and at a loss because of something. I never expected that even we were fooled!"
"Then tell me, when she spoke to me that day..." Lu Liruan's thoughts wandered.
"Probably... not." Liao Tingyuan shook his head: "We are investigating what happened in their house, but to the lady of the house, the two of us are complete strangers who met by chance in the yard. If she is so meticulous as to put on such a good show in front of a stranger like you, then she must have some purpose... Could it be that she needs you to testify for her sometime?"
“That’s true.” Lu Liruan nodded in agreement.
In fact, the woman was under tremendous mental stress while doing these things, and had reached a breaking point...
However, despite her emotional state, she did nothing that she was supposed to do.
Lu Liruan already had some respect for her for being able to continue doing what she wanted under such high pressure.
"I'll go check the male homeowner's room again!"
Lu Liruan volunteered!
Back in the master's room, Lu Liruan suppressed her nausea, grabbed a piece of clothing, put it on her hand, and began rummaging through it.
The male homeowner must have been very uncomfortable living here, even though he had already cleaned out most of the dirt and clutter from the house.
Even as Lu Liruan was turning the things over, several cockroaches still scurried out from various corners.
There wasn't even a proper bed in this room. Lu Liruan thought that when the male owner slept here, cockroaches might crawl all over his face and body.
In this situation, how could he not want to go home?
How could I not want to go home and hide?
Lu Liruan became even more convinced of the ideas she and Liao Tingyuan had just shared.
While rummaging through the few belongings of the male homeowner, Lu Liruan saw his ID card.
Do ordinary people carry their ID cards with them when they go out, such as when they go to work during the day?
Nowadays, mobile payments are common, unlike before when people carried wallets with them and kept their bank cards and ID cards in their bags.
just now……
Lu Liruan rummaged through the clothes the male homeowner had brought. Although there weren't many, it seemed he had brought both underwear and outerwear.
It's unclear whether Lu Liruan's perception was misplaced or if it was just a gut feeling.
Lu Liruan felt that the luggage didn't seem to have been packed by the male owner, but rather by the female owner.
Actually, what Lu Liruan was looking for was the male homeowner's cell phone.
We couldn't find it at the pet hospital, and we couldn't find it at home.
In modern society, it's impossible for people to live without their mobile phones, which are usually carried with them at all times.
Are there any other secrets on the male homeowner's phone?
Lu Liruan carefully searched through the recordings; the two of them had originally wanted to listen to the contents of the recording pen.
But Liao Tingyuan discovered that the voice recorder had run out of power.
Liao Tingyuan then went to the computer to look for a charger that could power on the voice recorder.