PFC Chapter 360 Obedient and Clingy Younger Brother (71)
Chapter 360 Obedient and Clingy Younger Brother (71)
The horror movie today doesn't seem scary at all, Lu Liruan thought to herself.
After she finished looking at it, she indeed ignored the mess on the ground.
"Remember to take the carpet to be cleaned tomorrow!"
Before returning to her room, Lu Liruan gave a brief instruction.
Jin Shuhe's injury had not fully healed, and his bent-over posture was not suitable. At this moment, he knelt on the ground, holding a trash can in one hand and a small broom in the other, sweeping diligently without complaint.
"understood!"
Goodnight, Sister Li Ruan.
"Goodnight~" Lu Liruan waved to him with a smile and closed the door without hesitation.
Don't you like tidying up?
Lu Liruan pouted, thinking that the little boy really had no self-control whatsoever.
Jin Shuhe didn't go to have the carpet cleaned the next day after all.
My phone rang before eight o'clock in the morning.
"Xiao He, come here, come help the tech team with the security footage, we're short-handed!"
Jin Shuhe is a very proactive person at work, but today he just wants to stay at home.
Just a few days ago, he kept saying, "Your injury hasn't healed yet, why don't you stay home and rest for a couple more days?"
"Now it's become, 'Don't just sit around! If we can't go out on field missions, can't we at least check the surveillance footage?'"
……
"What's wrong?" Not hearing his reply, Qin Wen urged impatiently in a loud voice.
"I said, 'Okay, I'll be right there.'"
"Okay! Oh, by the way, did our sister make breakfast today?" Qin Wen suddenly asked again.
“You’re almost ten years older than Sister Li Ruan,” Jin Shuhe said coldly.
He had a strange possessiveness, and although he knew Qin Wen was just talking nonsense, he still felt uncomfortable.
Ideally, only he can call Li Ruan "Sister Li Ruan," and no one else can... Li Ruan's boyfriend is herself, and her younger brother is also herself.
He has a new identity, but he is reluctant to give up his old one.
It turns out that he didn't dare to express his feelings to Sister Li Ruan because he was worried that if Sister Li Ruan didn't like him, then... he wouldn't even be able to be her younger brother anymore?
At that moment, he desperately thought: Even if Sister Li Ruan doesn't like me, can I beg her to still treat me like a younger brother?
But now, I'm insatiably greedy and want everything.
Yesterday, he tentatively called Sister Li Ruan "sister," and when he saw that she did not refuse, he was overjoyed.
"Hey! Age isn't a problem, it's all about the feeling~" Qin Wen said, using a witty remark she'd picked up from who-knows-where.
Oh, it was Lü Chun who said that.
Lu Chun came back that day and said that Jin Shuhe's sister was such a good sister, she even wanted to call her "sister"...
Qin Wen said this for a different purpose.
Jin Shuhe knew it perfectly well.
When he was hospitalized, Sister Li Ruan didn't go to the shop much. During the last period when he could eat normally, she made him a lot of delicious food in different ways.
Lu Liruan always does things perfectly.
During her time at the hospital, she became familiar with everyone, from her colleagues who came to visit Jin Shuhe to the caregivers and the nurses in charge of Jin Shuhe's ward.
Lu Liruan is harmless-looking, pretty and lively, always smiling, and a great cook. Within a few days, all the hungry wolves in his workplace had their eyes on her.
Lu Liruan did these things naturally, and she was happy to show off her skills to everyone.
Who wouldn't like to hear someone praise them?
So one time, Lu Liruan packed forty large steamed buns at home and brought them all back for Lü Chun to take back and eat while everyone was on duty.
From then on, Qin Wen and his friends even considered paying someone to bring them breakfast.
"Dream on." Jin Shuhe had learned from this group of people, and his speech was much more fluent.
He can even say sarcastic things now...
"what happened?"
Hearing the sound, Lu Liruan came out of the house rubbing her eyes.
I saw Jin Shuhe holding a phone between his fingers, a rag in one hand and a small ornament by the door in the other.
"Our sister?"
"I'm hanging up now, I'll be there in a bit." Jin Shuhe sighed.
"I have to go to work today."
After washing the rag, Jin Shuhe washed his hands before taking Lu Liruan's hand.
"Hiss—" Lu Liruan shuddered at the cold: "Wasn't it supposed to be a rest day?"
“There’s a case in the team, go back and help out, don’t go on fieldwork!” Seeing Lu Liruan frown, Jin Shuhe quickly assured her.
"You should know your place." Lu Liruan gently patted his chest, where he still had a brace.
"understood……"
Jin Shuhe moved forward and bent down: "Good morning, Sister Li Ruan."
He kissed Lu Liruan on the cheek.
"Good morning." Lu Liruan patted his head: "My little boyfriend~ I love you today too~"
Jin Shuhe knew that Sister Li Ruan was teasing him, but he still couldn't stop the heat from rushing to his head.
"Yes, me too, I love Sister Li Ruan, I love her so much~" He rested his face against Lu Li Ruan's shoulder and answered earnestly.
"Alright, stop being so cute, hurry up and get ready." Lu Liruan tilted her head and rubbed against his ear, feeling a little reluctant to part with him.
I thought we could go out and have fun together today...
Jin Shuhe walked into the kitchen, casually opened the refrigerator and looked inside, where he saw several rows of frozen buns and dumplings.
"Sister Li Ruan...why are you wrapping so many?"
"Ah!" Lu Liruan remembered: "I was at home those few days, and I was worried about you, so I just did it on a whim. I only realized I had made too much after I finished."
"That……"
"Why don't you take it to work? Otherwise, we don't know when we'll finish eating it. And nothing else can be frozen if it's just sitting there like this."
As Lu Liruan spoke, she set up a steamer, boiled water, and directed Jin Shuhe to put the buns and dumplings on it.
As she closed the lid, Lu Liruan suddenly felt a tightness around her waist.
The little child clung to her from behind, saying, "Sister Li Ruan...you're so kind, they all envy me so much~"
"Really? Your classmates envied you when you were in school, and now your colleagues envy you too? How come you're so easily envied?" Lu Liruan was amused by him.
“It’s true… Sister Li Ruan is so wonderful. They all envy me because they envy that I can be by Sister Li Ruan’s side.”
"You have such a sweet tongue." Lu Liruan had to admit that she really liked Jin Shuhe's sincerity and straightforwardness. She felt like he was praising her, but he also seemed to be just talking normally.
I feel a bit overconfident.
“Then others envy me too.” Lu Liruan put her hand on his waist.
"Ok?"
"When you were in school, people envied me for having such an obedient and handsome younger brother. Now that you're working, people envy me for having such a cute and young boyfriend."
“She’s so much younger than me, it makes me look like an old cow eating young grass,” Lu Liruan commented on her behavior.
"I was the one who begged Sister Li Ruan to like me... Sister Li Ruan never intended to eat me," he muttered.
Then he froze, realizing that his words might have been ambiguous. He pursed his lips, lowered his head, and looked innocent and naive.
Lu Liruan...didn't notice.
Because the pot had boiled, she busied herself adjusting the heat.
"Stop being so affectionate, go change your clothes! I'll pack up what's here!" Lu Liruan twisted her body and pushed him.
Jin Shuhe: ...
He was so flattered by Sister Li Ruan's words that he was completely lost, and then he was pushed away.
When Jin Shuhe appeared in the office carrying two large bags, everyone in their seats turned their attention to him.
Stare at him... he's carrying a bag!
"My sister is so great!"
Qin Wen no longer said that Lu Liruan looked like a child. Well, she wasn't. He would still occasionally call Lu Liruan "Little Sister."
"Sister" is a term of respect.
"Didn't I bother Xiao Lu?" Lü Chun glared at Qin Wen.
"No, it was prepared a long time ago. Sister Liruan steamed it for me." Jin Shuhe opened the bag.
It contains not only steamed buns and dumplings, but also soy milk and yogurt.
Everyone rushed forward.
"When we have some free time, we'll record a thank-you video for our sister. She's truly a great benefactor, saving the lives of us who've been starving all night!"
"You went out last night?"
"That's right, we're considered to be back early. Deputy Captain Wu and the others haven't come back yet; they went wading through the stinky ditch last night."
"Huh?" Jin Shuhe knew about this case, so why did he go into the water?
"Someone told us that they threw the thing into the water, so we went down to look for it. We don't know if we found it or not."
Qin Wen grabbed the steamed bun and took a big bite.
Having already finished one, Qi Silang stretched out his hand to the second one: "Delicious! You're lucky, kid!"
“Yes, I’m lucky.” Jin Shuhe raised an eyebrow, speaking without any politeness.
"Waaah—dog abuse!" A single person let out a mournful whimper.
"Hiss—why is it getting cold so early this year?"
"Say whoever it is, and they'll come," Wu Qidong said, leading two investigators from his team into the office.
My body was all wet.
"Wow! Did Xiao Lu bring this for you?"
Wu Qidong wiped his hands and came over to eat: "This cooking is really good!"
"It's so cold!" Another investigator said, grabbing a cup of soy milk. "I read yesterday that this winter is going to be really tough!"
"Have you found it?" Qi Silang asked.
"Found it! In a stagnant ditch, we searched all night and finally found it. We sent it to the forensics department."
Jin Shuhe felt cold when he went out; winter would probably come early this year.
Pucheng is a northern city, and it gets particularly dry when the weather gets cold.
After watching the surveillance footage for a long time, Jin Shuhe stood up, and static electricity crackled between his clothes and the chair.
"Aren't you going back today?" Qi Silang leaned closer.
"Hmm, we haven't finished watching the surveillance footage yet." Jin Shuhe poured himself a glass of water.
"Hey, how did you manage to find such a great girlfriend as Sister Lu?"
During those few trips to the hospital, Qi Silang could see how good Lu Liruan was to him.
They're treating him like a child!
"Hmm..." Jin Shuhe thought for a moment, "Maybe I'm just lucky."
"you!"
After Jin Shuhe finished speaking, he found that he couldn't suppress the corners of his mouth from smiling.
Although Jin Shuhe never said he was pitiful, when he was young, when others said he was pitiful and sympathized with him, Jin Shuhe did not feel happy.
But Jin Shuhe also knew that he was indeed pitiful in other people's eyes; everyone said he had bad luck...
This was the first time he had said that he felt he was lucky.
Instead of thinking he was talking nonsense, others seemed to agree with him.
This is all because of Sister Li Ruan...
As I grew up, almost all the wonderful things in my life were related to Sister Li Ruan.
Jin Shuhe had no idea how his life had suddenly improved; he now had Sister Li Ruan—it felt like a dream.
Lu Liruan only told Ms. Qin about her relationship with Jin Shuhe close to the Chinese New Year.
Lu Liruan can say whatever she wants to others... but she still feels a little embarrassed when facing her parents.
When Mingming first brought Xiaohe home, he was still a high school student.
I feel a little ashamed and can't lift my head.
No sooner had she finished speaking than Ms. Qin said "Oh" on the other end.
"Are you coming back for Chinese New Year this year?"
Lu Liruan: ?
Aren't you curious at all?
"Mom...I'll say..."
"Your dad and I already knew you were dating Xiaohe."
"what?"
Ms. Qin let out a disdainful sneer, as if she had been through it all: "Do you really think your father and I can't see through your little schemes?"
Because Lu Liruan hadn't figured out how to say it, Jin Shuhe didn't say anything either.
But during this time, they still maintained normal contact with their families.
"Is it... really that obvious?" Lu Liruan awkwardly touched her face.
"At your age, you're still too naive to think you can fool me and your dad!"
Ms. Qin was pleased with her keen eye and also pleased with this matter.
"Are you coming back? Your aunt and uncle will come over on the second day of the Lunar New Year and stay at our house until around the Lantern Festival."
"I'll ask Xiaohe and see if he has time."
“That’s true, their job is so demanding, they don’t even get a break even when their shoulders are over their shoulders, it must be really tough!” Mr. Lu added.
Lu Liruan hadn't held out much hope, but to her surprise, when she asked Jin Shuhe, he actually said it was possible.
"You weren't on duty during the Chinese New Year holiday?"
"Team Leader Xie said that new employees get annual leave in their first year, and that this good thing won't be available after that."
"Okay then! Let's go back home, otherwise it'll be boring for the two of us at home."
"Okay." Jin Shuhe pursed her lips, looking a little embarrassed. "Sister Li Ruan, what should I buy for Uncle and Aunt?"
"Huh? Didn't we already buy gifts?" Lu Liruan asked, puzzled, thinking he had forgotten.
They had already made their choices, thinking that if they couldn't go back, they would send the packages back by express delivery as soon as possible to avoid the rush before the express delivery services stopped operating.
"Um, me."
Jin Shuhe leaned closer to Lu Liruan, and even though they were the only two people in the room, he whispered in Lu Liruan's ear, "That gift was bought by the two of us for your uncle and aunt. We buy it every year."
"so what?"
“I said… I’ll buy one separately.”
Lu Liruan suddenly realized what was going on, and then burst into laughter.
"Is the new son-in-law coming to visit?"
Upon hearing the word "son-in-law," Jin Shuhe looked even more embarrassed.
"Then go ahead and buy it, I'm not stopping you." Lu Liruan shrugged and continued playing her game.
"Did I really buy it?"
"Buy, buy, buy! Then you go to them and say you gave them these as a gift, hahahahahaha!" Lu Li and Ruan Le lost the game terribly.
A few days ago, when I was on the phone with Ms. Qin, she said, "When I call, Xiao He's eyes dart towards you every three seconds. Do you think I can't tell? Xiao He is an honest girl. Don't bully her. You're older than her!"
That sounded like a warning to two children, telling the older one not to bully the younger one.
"Mom—" Lu Liruan rolled her eyes at that moment.
Now I realize her mother was absolutely right: there's an honest man here, everyone should bully him!
Jin Shuhe really bought it.
"You ordered a massage chair for my parents?" Lu Liruan was dumbfounded. "It's already been delivered to our home?"
Lu Liruan asked Jin Shuhe as he entered the room after get off work, "?"
Lu Liruan only found out today when she received a call from her father.
"Ah."
"Where did you get the money?"
"This year's bonus."
Jin Shuhe hung up his coat: "Perfect, I can pay Sister Li Ruan back a little more~" He looked very satisfied.
Lu Liruan: ...
What should I do if I feel like I'm bullying a child?