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

Chapter 429 "Infecting the World" - Male Mother (40)

If his accomplice had taken him in, why did the two of them turn against each other and try to kill each other?

As they delved deeper into the clues, everything seemed to be finding a solution, but it also seemed that each time more problems would arise, waiting for them to continue exploring further.

"If he's so capable, then he should never show his face in public again for the rest of his life!" Nurse Gu said harshly.

"Even if I stop working in this city, even if I go back home to help deliver pigs and cows, I'll keep a close eye on that bastard's whereabouts! If he dares to show his face, I'll make sure he becomes famous again!"

Dr. Miao nodded, clearly agreeing with his idea.

“My home is here anyway, so even if I look for another job, I’ll look in this city. I’m keeping an eye out for him. We can’t let him have another chance to get into this line of work, otherwise, who knows how dangerous the animals he treats will be!”

Dr. Zhu seemed to be the most rational one.

But it seems he... likes Dr. Miao.

Lu Liruan noticed this and glanced between them. Dr. Zhu noticed her, so he coughed lightly and stood a few steps away from Dr. Miao's seat.

Lu Liruan thought to herself, "You don't need to pay attention anymore."

The next time there's news about him, it probably won't be good news. Don't scare you.

When Liao Tingyuan listens to others, he always appears very gentle and focused. He can calmly provide emotional value that makes people willing to trust him and speak to him.

Lu Liruan described the feeling as: "He felt warm and comforting, like I was landing on a solid ground."

It may sound strange, but there are some truly warm-hearted people out there.

"Oh, right," he said suddenly, as if remembering something.

"What's wrong?" Doctor Zhu asked Liao Tingyuan, who was feeling a little awkward.

“Yuanyuan gave us a small key.” He said, while pretending to reach into his pocket.

After touching the cuffs of his casual pants, he even reached into the chest pocket of his shirt to feel around.

"You didn't bring it?"

Lu Liruan realized what was happening and started to cooperate.

"What kind of little key is it?" Nurse Gu's interest was piqued.

“It’s just… such a big, thin key, it definitely doesn’t look like it’s for opening doors or anything.” Lu Liruan gestured with her hand: “It looks like a small piece of metal.”

"Never seen it before," Nurse Gu shook her head.

He looked at Dr. Miao and Dr. Zhu, whose eyes had met again, and asked, "Do you two know?"

Looking into his clear eyes, Lu Liruan suddenly thought: Could it be that he works around these two all day without noticing anything?

Sure enough, when Dr. Miao and Dr. Zhu faced him, they showed no discomfort whatsoever, as if they were indifferent and knew he couldn't tell anything anyway, and felt relaxed.

Lu Liruan: ...

What a naive and foolish person.

But he is also an upright and passionate good person.

The naive and foolish Nurse Gu, imitating Lu Liruan, then gestured to Dr. Miao and Dr. Zhu.

Both of them shook their heads.

“I’ve never seen one like it. The key to our medicine cabinet here looks like the one you’re describing, but it’s definitely bigger than what you’re gesturing.” Nurse Miao pointed to the cabinet, which was now fully open and empty.

"Could it be one of Dean Lu's personal belongings or something? Yuan Yuan said she took it from her father's study."

Liao Tingyuan smiled somewhat embarrassedly, and pleaded with an apologetic expression, "We didn't want to take this from the child, but the child said it belonged to his father, and that it might contain his father's secrets, so... to put the child's mind at ease, we took it to ask him."

"Please, don't tell Yuanyuan's mother yet. After all, Ms. Liang is currently... under a lot of stress, and we don't want her to think we have ulterior motives. If you don't have anything here, we'll give Yuanyuan an explanation and return the things to the child when we get back." Liao Tingyuan clasped his hands together and shook them gently, appearing both flustered and earnest.

Even Lu Liruan was completely captivated by his acting skills!

What is this called!

Lu Liruan felt that her ability to adapt to changing circumstances made her completely trust her.

"Ah... okay, okay! You mean well!"

As expected, Dr. Miao spoke first.

Nurse Gu nodded in agreement: "We also feel sorry for Yuanyuan, that child! By the way!"

He pointed to a room inside, with the door already open: "That's Lu's office. We haven't touched most of the things in there. After all, nobody wants to touch anything of his, so they've just been left there."

"Didn't Yuan Yuan's mother say she was taking anything?" Lu Liruan asked casually, mimicking Liao Tingyuan.

If the lady of the house specifies what to take, it might be very important information.

"No, Dr. Miao already asked Sister Liang, right?"

"Yes, I took a picture of Sister Liang and asked her on WeChat. The next day, Sister Liang replied that she didn't want anything and told us to just throw it away."

She sighed, "It sounds like an angry outburst to me. Who would dare throw it away? If something is actually lost, they can just come and ask us for it again."

"Don't come knocking on our door again when it's time, we're scared." Dr. Zhu pushed up his glasses again, echoing Dr. Miao.

"Go and take a look! See if you can find out what the key is for." Dr. Miao waved his hand.

Liao Tingyuan and Lu Liruan got up and walked into the office inside.

After chatting for a while, the three of them stood up again and continued tidying up the messy house.

"How about we hire a cleaning lady?" Dr. Zhu suggested, seeing Dr. Miao sweating profusely as she moved the cardboard boxes.

"It's alright, there's not much work left, we'll be done in a day or two." Dr. Miao smiled at him.

"Yeah!" Dr. Gu's loud voice rang out again, completely oblivious to the situation: "The three of us can finish this job already. We're not going to get paid this month anyway. What's wrong with you two? Do you have too much money to burn?"

Dr. Zhu, who feels sorry for Dr. Miao: ...

Dr. Miao: ...

Lu Liruan, who was listening inside the house, was so amused that she burst out laughing.

"Stop laughing, come over and help us look... Be careful they don't realize what's going on." Liao Tingyuan squatted under the table, tugged at Lu Liruan's sleeve, and whispered.

Lu Liruan shuddered and squatted down following his force.

Then, two people squeezed into the small space under the desk.

Lu Liruan was even sandwiched between Liao Tingyuan and the table, pitifully curled up into a small ball.

"You..." Liao Tingyuan, for some reason, followed her movements and lowered his voice furtively: "You can go look over there, I can handle things here by myself."

"Oh!"

Lu Liruan felt infected by some inexplicable atmosphere that appeared out of nowhere. On a whim, like a secret agent, she crawled out from under the table and in front of Liao Tingyuan and disappeared into the office.

Liao Tingyuan watched her dart away quickly.

"Ruan Ruan."

His voice returned to normal volume, which startled Lu Liruan.

I was just about to say something.

Liao Tingyuan stood up, his gaze sweeping over the table and looking down at her: "Ruan Ruan, we're not doing anything wrong, you don't need to be like this..."

Liao Tingyuan pursed his lips.

Then he burst out laughing.

It's so cute.

Lu Liruan looked up from below, her expression dazed. She tilted her head and revealed a wary look.

A big, bristly rabbit.

Liao Tingyuan put his hand to his lips, trying not to laugh too obviously: "Quick, get up."

"The ground was covered in dust."

Although his words were meant to be caring, Lu Liruan could hear his barely concealed laughter and immediately realized what was going on!

She's really gotten used to being vigilant these past few days!

At the slightest sound, they would crawl on the ground, afraid that some strange thing might notice them.

It's almost become a conditioned reflex...

Lu Liruan felt that this kind of thing would be engraved in her DNA for a period of time, and she didn't know when it would be metabolized out.

Just now, Liao Tingyuan was squatting under the table and speaking to her in a low, almost breathy voice.

It was as if a condition had been triggered instantly; Lu Liruan's nerves tensed up immediately, and she suddenly did something inexplicable and ridiculous, making this inexplicable and laughable gesture.

Lu Liruan got down on all fours, an excited expression on her face, and suddenly lowered her head, refusing to look at Liao Tingyuan.

Then her utterly embarrassed expression made her even funnier!

He was bent over, his elbows resting on the desk, his hands covering his face. Lu Liruan could see that his shoulders were trembling slightly.

"Can you please stop making fun of my embarrassing moments? Be more mature! Act like an adult!" Lu Liruan snapped at him.

"Hmm." Liao Tingyuan gently shook the slender fingertip of his gloved hand, then said calmly, "I am not a mature adult."

"Heh—" He didn't even have three seconds to put on a serious act before he burst into laughter, his eyes crinkling up, beaming with joy.

Lu Liruan knew that she must be very funny.

But I never expected to please Liao Tingyuan so much, especially since he was just now in a state of extreme anger that I've never seen before.

Lu Liruan felt a little embarrassed but also relieved.

Deep down, I felt that if I could make him a little happier, then I could consider it a small thing...

To entertain one's parents in colorful clothes?

Lu Liruan felt that something was off about her word.

I suffered because I was uneducated.

Fortunately, she didn't say that word directly to Liao Tingyuan at the time, otherwise, Liao Tingyuan really wouldn't have been able to laugh.

He suddenly started talking about his parents' and grandparents' generations...

Super-generational.

Lu Liruan patted the dust off her clothes, pouted with a playful expression, and tilted her head back to search inside.

As she rummaged through the cabinet, she wondered if it was just her imagination, but she could hear Liao Tingyuan let out a very soft laugh.

The entire office was a mess, quite different from the neat and orderly study at home, which was almost meticulously organized.

It looks like it's been rummaged through...

But those people just said that since that incident, none of them have taken the initiative to enter this office.

The only two times I came in were to take pictures and show the lady of the house if there was anything important inside that she wanted to take back first, so that they wouldn't accidentally bump into anything while cleaning up.

The pen holders on the table were all turned upside down, and the sliding doors of the bookshelf were open, revealing a row of books that had even been pushed to the floor.

The two of them searched every place carefully.

Lu Liruan even opened the small cabinet under the water dispenser where disposable paper cups were stored and looked inside.

But there was nothing that seemed to match the little key.

"Maybe... he's not in the office."

Lu Liruan hesitated.

But I was still a little unwilling, because I had already searched my home and couldn't find a matching key.

Now, the only place related to the male owner is Anxin Pet Hospital.

If it's an office and there's nothing else that matches the key, then what is this key for?

Could it be that there are other locations related to the male homeowner that they are unaware of, and that they need to continue searching for?

Lu Liruan's head was spinning just thinking about it.

"what--"

She rubbed her temples and did two squats to calm herself down.

She almost bumped into Liao Tingyuan, who was walking behind her.

"Don't waste your energy." Liao Tingyuan pressed on her shoulder, a hint of fatigue showing on his face.

After so many days of running around, Lu Liruan finally understood where Liao Tingyuan's strong sense of class and faint sense of death came from.

Now they're both the same.

The living are slightly dead.

They've become so in sync that they can pretty much know what the other is thinking just by exchanging a glance.

At this moment, only one thought remained in their minds: No way? We have to keep looking!

Liao Tingyuan pinched the bridge of his nose and said soothingly in a soft voice, "Don't worry, we'll go back to that house tonight and take a look."

Lu Liruan knew that there was no use in being anxious now.

Aside from making you sweat profusely in the sweltering summer heat, it serves no real purpose.

Lu Liruan realized that she had a rather short temper.

After training with Liao Tingyuan for these days, she has learned how to think calmly in tense, critical, angry, and now anxious and disappointed situations, instead of being swept along by her emotions.

Lu Liruan saw him pick up a piece of... glass shard from the ground.

The two looked into the trash can and sure enough, there were several larger pieces of glass, probably from a glass water glass.

"It was broken?" Did the male homeowner break it himself?

"It was probably knocked down in a hurry." Liao Tingyuan stepped over it, gently feeling around, and sure enough, there were shards of glass left on the ground.

“The male homeowner must be a very clean and organized person. If he accidentally broke this water glass while he was working, he would probably clean it up very well, right?” Liao Tingyuan asked Lu Liruan for her opinion.

Lu Liruan nodded.

"Even if it's not for cleanliness, the floor is covered in broken glass, it's not safe to walk on." Lu Liruan clearly saw a very sharp piece of glass in the corner under the table.

"So when the male homeowner left this place, he probably didn't care whether it was clean or not?" Liao Tingyuan raised an eyebrow.