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

Chapter 408 "Infecting the World" - Male Mother (19)

Liao Tingyuan looked at her blank face and didn't say anything more.

Lu Liruan walked over, looked at the woks on display, and turned to ask him, "Why don't you try which one you prefer?"

Liao Tingyuan didn't react immediately; the thought that wouldn't leave his mind was, "I will definitely come back—".

Startled by Lu Liruan's call, she subconsciously replied, "I don't need it..."

Lu Liruan: ?

"Brother, I'm letting you try which one you're better at cooking, not which one you're better at hitting people with!"

Lu Liruan had taken a pot that someone had used as a weapon to blow off their head, so naturally it couldn't be put back on the stove.

Lu Liruan was very good at reading people's expressions. When the light came on, she looked at Liao Tingyuan and saw a hint of reluctance towards the pot in her eyes.

He thought to himself: This is still his beloved pot...

So when I saw it, I thought I'd buy him another one.

"There are still some at home." Liao Tingyuan walked over and shook his head. He didn't tell Lu Liruan that the pot was from an extremely expensive kitchenware brand. You get what you pay for, and it's not comparable to the ones sold in supermarkets.

He picked up a smaller one, gripped the handle, and tossed it slightly: "With your hitting posture, this weight would be better for you, right?"

His voice was neither too loud nor too soft.

Lu Liruan watched as two middle-aged women brushed past them, their eyes shifting between them before they quickly left with expressions of disbelief and fear.

Lu Liruan: ...

Let alone the aunties, I now even feel that I am very suspicious!

Liao Tingyuan had his back to the two women and didn't notice anything amiss.

He was still carefully selecting, and then handed another pot to Lu Liruan: "How about this one?"

Seeing his serious expression, Lu Liruan interrupted him before she could think: "Shh—keep your voice down, is what we're doing honorable?"

Liao Tingyuan: ...It is indeed not very honorable.

The two eventually carried a new pot home, and Liao Tingyuan bought two cheap bed sheets in addition to garbage bags.

Seeing Lu Liruan looking at it, she sighed and explained, "The one I threw out last night was a bit expensive."

Lu Liruan nodded: Oh, I understand. It's a world where I'm the only poor person.

Lu Liruan often stayed at Liao Tingyuan's house, so of course she noticed that although Liao Tingyuan's house looked very minimalist, neither the food nor the items he used looked cheap.

At least it doesn't look like my own home, where most of the items are bought from Pinduoduo.

Oh, except for clothes.

That day, when Lu Liruan saw Liao Tingyuan open his bedroom wardrobe, she was shocked by the row of identical black suits hanging inside. Liao Tingyuan was being conservative; there were definitely more than ten of these corporate slave suits in his wardrobe!

Liao Tingyuan originally wanted to go grocery shopping, but Lu Liruan stopped him, and the two of them ate a bite at the noodle shop downstairs.

"Do you think tonight... will be a repeat of last night, or will something else happen?"

Lu Liruan was genuinely terrified. This was beyond the comprehension of ordinary people. Although she had no choice but to grit her teeth and charge forward when the time came, she still felt scared just thinking about it.

"Something else might happen," Liao Tingyuan said, noticing her anxiety but offering no words of comfort.

After all, this isn't something you can fool with lies.

"Have you ever seen anything like this before?" Lu Liruan rested her chin on her hand, listening to the guests at the next table drinking and chatting, their faces full of worry.

"No." Liao Tingyuan handed Lu Liruan a tissue, tapped his lips, and indicated that there was something on her face.

Lu Liruan wiped it twice, but it wasn't clean.

Liao Tingyuan leaned forward and skillfully wiped Lu Liruan clean.

He sat back down and recalled carefully: "There have indeed been more than one instances of death occurring in the space before, but..." He paused, feeling that it was inappropriate to describe things in too much detail while eating.

Lu Liruan understood: No one has ever died so mysteriously, nor so tragically...

“After we go out, we should find a place to buy lottery tickets.” Lu Liruan sighed to him, “If we win five million, we’ll split it in half, and then we won’t have to work!”

Liao Tingyuan remained silent, and Lu Liruan assumed he was unwilling to engage with her delusional fantasies.

Suddenly, he looked up and asked, "Why can't I win a hundred million?"

"Huh?" Lu Liruan thought the topic was over.

"Then we'll each take half, and we won't have to work for the rest of our lives."

Lu Liruan nodded: "Good idea."

I've really gotten used to being poor, so I only dare to dream small things.

You are much better than me.

"By the way," Lu Liruan suddenly asked, "Have you practiced anything?"

Liao Tingyuan's skills were nimble and beautiful, not just for show, and his strength was also very powerful, so he really didn't look like someone who had learned martial arts on his own.

"Oh, you mean this?" Liao Tingyuan nodded. "I've studied it."

"Why are you learning this? Is it part of your company's group training?" Lu Liruan looked at Liao Tingyuan's figure and didn't think he was an athlete or anything like that.

"I used to..."

"Hmm?" Lu Liruan waited for him to speak.

Liao Tingyuan paused for a moment: "I've worked as a bodyguard for others."

Lu Liruan: ? ?

How many jobs have you actually done?

Liao Tingyuan noticed Lu Liruan's confusion: "I'm not young anymore..."

You have a rich life experience, right?

It's normal for you to have a lot of work, but why is the range so wide?

"Do you work as a bodyguard for any important person?" Lu Liruan asked, intrigued.

Liao Tingyuan shook his head: "No, I work as a bodyguard for celebrities."

"Who is it? Who is it?" Lu Liruan asked with a gossipy look. "Can I tell you?"

“There’s nothing I can’t say,” he whispered a name.

Lu Liruan raised an eyebrow, realizing that she was indeed quite popular these past few days.

"Why did you quit? Was the salary low?" Lu Liruan thought the salary for this kind of job should be pretty good.

"It's alright, the employer replaced me."

"Huh? Why?" After spending time with Liao Tingyuan, Lu Liruan felt that he was an extremely stable and hardworking corporate slave.

"The boss doesn't need a reason to fire someone, does he?" Liao Tingyuan said calmly, his emotions remaining stable.

Lu Liruan: Such a humble statement from a corporate slave.

After returning home, Liao Tingyuan was cutting a watermelon in the kitchen, while Lu Liruan sat on the sofa. With nothing else to do, she suddenly had a whim and searched for some photos of that male celebrity from a couple of years ago, taken at airports or events.

Sure enough, they found Liao Tingyuan.

Then, in several photos, I saw his face in the same frame as a male celebrity.

Oh, I think I've found the reason.

Magic mirror on the wall, who is the most handsome man in this picture?

Lu Liruan suddenly had this thought pop into her head, which made her laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" When Liao Tingyuan walked over with a plate, he saw Lu Liruan looking at him with a sly look, and the corners of her mouth curled up like a little fox.

“It’s nothing.” Lu Liruan shook her head: “I just think you’re really not suitable to be a male celebrity’s bodyguard.”

Liao Tingyuan always felt that not only was she physically bouncy, but the things in her head were also bouncy.

Then I wondered if it was because I was so much older than her that I couldn't understand what she was thinking all day...

"Eat some fruit, and drink more water." Liao Tingyuan pointed to Lu Liruan's lips, and Lu Liruan licked them, only to feel another stinging pain.

She's been suffering from a lot of inflammation these past few days, and her lips have cracked open.

Even if Lu Liruan was unwilling, it still got dark outside.

Lu Liruan stood on the windowsill, looking down at the courtyard. People were hurrying home after get off work, and the children in the small garden were also following their parents home one by one.

Gradually, it quieted down.

Liao Tingyuan peeked out from the kitchen: "Ruan Ruan, check if all the flashlights are fully charged."

Having learned from yesterday's experience, the two of them prepared three large flashlights today.

They said they wanted the highest power version, and the hardware store owner assured them that he would sell them the one with the strongest penetrating power.

"Turn it on in the dark at midnight, and it's like a lightsaber, whoosh whoosh whoosh—" the boss said, gesturing wildly.

Lu Liruan: There are so many chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) sufferers in this world.

You can't get any results during the day.

After hearing Liao Tingyuan's words, Lu Liruan remembered this matter, took a flashlight, opened the window, and shone it downstairs. It was indeed quite bright.

"All charged!" Lu Liruan checked the battery levels one by one, then found a crossbody bag and stuffed it inside.

Then put the bag on your body.

Liao Tingyuan secured the pot that Lu Liruan had used as a weapon by wrapping the handle with thin cotton rope, layer by layer.

"What's the use of this?" Lu Liruan touched it, puzzled.

"It's to prevent slipping and keep the weapon from slipping out of your hand during a fight." Liao Tingyuan gripped the handle and swung it around to demonstrate.

Lu Liruan tried it out and found it much more comfortable than the bare oiled wood handle.

But... you're treating this pot like a weapon, well... never mind.

Lu Liruan thought to herself that Liao Tingyuan's skill in doing this kind of thing seemed to be as if he had done a dangerous job before.

She can face danger head-on, outshine male stars, be elegant in public, cook in the kitchen, and take excellent care of children.

What an all-around amazing man.

"When did you retire from the criminal life?" Lu Liruan blurted out the question before she could even think.

"What...what do I need to wash?" Liao Tingyuan didn't understand.

"handwashing."

"I washed them." Liao Tingyuan thought she was asking whether she had washed her hands after touching the pot.

"Oh."

The two engaged in a pointless, nonsensical conversation.

Sure enough... there's too big an age gap between us, and I couldn't quite understand what she was saying.

Liao Tingyuan looked at Lu Liruan's expression and sighed softly in his heart.

I thought the changes today would begin precisely at 10 PM.

Lu Liruan sat on the sofa, watching a variety show, when she suddenly felt a chill run through her body.

She suddenly looked up to find Liao Tingyuan, because the time displayed on her phone was 9:32 PM.

Is there something wrong with my phone's time again?

As she stood up, she saw Liao Tingyuan walking over, frowning and looking at the watch on his wrist.

"Is it already ten o'clock? That's strange..." Lu Liruan muttered.

"No." Liao Tingyuan looked at the phone she was holding up and showing him: "The time is correct, it's 9:32 now."

"How come... it's been brought forward?" Lu Liruan was a little surprised, because the time of this change had always been from 10 o'clock, and it had been extending further and further back, as if it were a fixed pattern, but today the fixed pattern was broken.

"I'll go check the door." Liao Tingyuan frowned and walked quickly toward the door.

Yesterday, after they left, the door wouldn't close no matter what we did, and we don't know what's going on now.

Liao Tingyuan pushed the door hard, but it wouldn't open.

It's still locked.

Lu Liruan breathed a sigh of relief for the time being.

But immediately, she felt that breath catch in her throat again!

There was a knock on the door.

It wasn't the sound of a kitten hitting the door; it was a clear, distinct knocking sound.

"Boom, boom, boom."

Third tone.

Liao Tingyuan stood at the door, not yet having a chance to turn around.

He heard a knock on the door, paused for a moment, then quickly stepped forward and looked through the peephole.

Lu Liruan had thought that it would be pitch black outside and she wouldn't be able to see anything.

But she saw Liao Tingyuan standing in front of the door, looking through the peephole.

He leaned closer and asked, "Can you see it?"

Liao Tingyuan nodded slowly, stepped aside, and gestured for Lu Liruan to look outside.

Lu Liruan took a deep breath, squinted her eyes, and leaned close to the cat's eyes, cautiously peering outside.

There was a man standing outside.

Lu Liruan identified him by his body shape, because she couldn't see his face clearly.

The corridor lights were still dimly lit, but they seemed to be the only thing that couldn't be clearly illuminated: the person's face.

He stood at the door.

Lu Liruan saw him reach out his hand: "Knock knock knock—"

The sound, even through the door, seemed to strike Lu Liruan directly.

The sound was more urgent this time than last time.

"Ruan Ruan, stay away." Liao Tingyuan tugged at her arm, telling her not to get so close.

"Oh!" Lu Liruan felt that the "person" standing outside the door was not the same as "that thing" from yesterday.

At least judging from the clothes they're wearing, they're not the same pair.

"Shall we... open the door?" Lu Liruan suddenly asked.

Then Liao Tingyuan looked puzzled: "Huh?"

Lu Liruan felt that he wanted to ask her: Are you being too polite?

You open the door just because someone knocks?

Lu Liruan: ...

"What I mean is, if we don't open the door, we won't know what he's up to, right?"

Liao Tingyuan paused for a moment: "Actually, even without opening the door, I know what he wants to do."

Lu Liruan: ?

"He was holding a knife," Liao Tingyuan said calmly.

“He wanted to kill us.”

Lu Liruan's hair stood on end.

"Is it that thing outside that wants to kill us, or is it the space itself that wants to kill us?" Lu Liruan murmured.

"Let's take a look first."

Liao Tingyuan patted her on the shoulder.

"Boom boom boom——"

"Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!"

-

What started as three knocks at a time gradually turned into endless, relentless, heavy pounding on the door.

As the frequency increases, it makes you feel your heartbeat quicken along with it.

Who is it?

Lu Liruan felt incredibly agitated and lost control, letting out a loud roar!

The knocking outside stopped for a moment, then—

The knocking, so dense it was almost inaudible, swept in again.

Lu Liruan saw through the peephole what his hand, hidden behind his back, was holding—a glint of cold light flashed in its eye.