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

Chapter 304 Obedient and Clingy Younger Brother (15)

Sometimes, on his way home at night, Jin Shuhe would deliberately walk a few extra steps upstairs and stop in front of Lu Liruan's house, imagining what it looked like inside.

That day, Lu Liruan originally wanted him to stay at her house for a few more days, but Jin Shuhe seemed very reserved. The next day, he contacted a locksmith himself, thanked Lu Liruan, and left.

"Are you really okay on your own?" Lu Liruan looked into his eyes.

The child seemed to realize too late that his honest confession the day before made him very embarrassed, and he didn't even look Lu Liruan in the eye the next day.

Her ears, hidden in her somewhat long hair, were a deep, rosy red.

Given Lu Liruan's personality, she would have been quick to make a sarcastic remark upon seeing someone like this, but she managed to hold back when facing Jin Shuhe.

But the corners of his mouth were still slightly upturned.

"If you need any help from me, just come to me. I'm serious, there's no need for formalities."

As he was about to leave, Lu Liruan patted his shoulder, tilted her head slightly, looked into his eyes, and said earnestly.

Her sincerity and frankness made Jin Shuhe unable to look her in the eye, almost unable to look away.

"Okay, I understand," Jin Shuhe replied softly.

"I will." He meant it sincerely. Although he was embarrassed, he didn't regret it. He had never felt so relaxed before.

"Click." Before he could even step into Lu Liruan's house that day, the door suddenly opened in front of him.

"Ah..." He subconsciously took a step back as if feeling guilty. When he looked up, he saw Lu Liruan, wearing pink pajamas, holding the doorknob and looking at him.

"Good evening," Lu Liruan said first.

The night breeze was cool. Lu Liruan was editing videos in her room when she suddenly wanted to eat ice cream. She rummaged through the refrigerator and found that she had eaten the last box a few days ago.

After thinking it over, I couldn't resist and decided to go to the small supermarket downstairs in my pajamas to buy a few.

Lu Liruan looked at the wide-eyed boy opposite her, wondering why he was so surprised.

"Good evening, Sister Li Ruan, are you going out?" Jin Shuhe greeted her.

Lu Liruan felt a little embarrassed, grinned, and looked down at her pajamas.

"Ah, I was about to go buy ice cream." Lu Liruan sighed and confessed, "I suddenly had a craving, and how did you manage to see me like that..."

Jin Shuhe pursed his lips slightly, almost wanting to laugh.

As he got to know them, he realized that sometimes his neighbors were obviously older than him, but at other times they were much more like children than him.

Sometimes she's like an older sister, sometimes she's not like an older sister at all. Jin Shuhe thought to herself.

“Oh…” Jin Shuhe nodded.

"You just got back from school?" Lu Liruan turned her head and looked at the wall clock in the living room.

Jin Shuhe went to work after school and only just got back now.

"Ah."

Lu Liruan walked out, the key hanging on her slender fingers dangling.

The pajamas had no pockets. Lu Liruan held her phone in one hand and her keys in the other, and closed the door with her toes.

Jin Shuhe had already opened his door. When Lu Liruan walked to his side, she glanced at the room casually and found it to be completely dark, without any light.

"Is there no one home at your house?" Ever since Jin Shuhe told her about his family, Lu Liruan has become less careful when speaking to him.

Jin Shuhe didn't feel offended; on the contrary, he felt a subtle sense of closeness.

Jin Shuhe nodded, but instead of going inside, she tried to close the door again: "I'll go with you."

After looking at Lu Liruan's attire, Jin Shuhe spoke.

Unlike Jin Shuhe, Lu Liruan always had a lot of trust in the security situation. She usually went out at night to buy snacks and drinks, but she understood what Jin Shuhe meant and did not refuse.

"Okay, wait for me a moment. I have two bags of trash in my room. We can each take one downstairs." Lu Liruan had collected all the express delivery boxes from the past few days, as well as the broken support equipment from a few days ago. She couldn't carry them all by herself, so it was much easier now that Jin Shuhe was helping her.

"Okay." Jin Shuhe closed his own door and stood quietly at Lu Liruan's door.

Jin Shuhe stood in the dimly lit part of the corridor, which contrasted with the warm light coming from inside the room, elongating his shadow.

When I first went upstairs, my body was still feeling tired from my part-time job, but now it felt like I was suddenly injected with energy by light, and I no longer felt tired.

He straightened his back and took the bag from Lu Liruan.

Lu Liruan originally wanted him to carry one bag, but Jin Shuhe had long arms and legs, so he carried both bags without much effort, unlike Lu Liruan, who kept tripping over the long bag.

"How tall are you, Xiao He?" Lu Liruan asked casually as she closed the door again, not insisting on taking the bag.

"1.82 meters tall."

Lu Liruan: ...

Kids these days are so tall!

"You won't grow to be over 1.9 meters tall in the future, will you...?" Right now, he's still young and has a youthful, somewhat thin appearance, so he doesn't seem very tall. But when he grows up... won't he be a tall and mighty wall?

"Probably not, I haven't grown any taller this year." Jin Shuhe's medical examination form shows that her height is the same as last year and this year.

As the two chatted, a gust of night wind blew past as they stepped out of the stairwell, blowing through Lu Liruan's thin nightgown with a hiss, causing Jin Shuhe to turn and look at her.

When they arrived at the supermarket, Jin Shuhe watched as Lu Liruan headed straight for the ice cream and freezer section. As she was choosing, he said quietly, "Sister Liruan, weren't you cold just now?"

Lu Liruan paused, and for some reason, she suddenly felt a sense of unease, like being caught by her mother eating ice cream in the middle of the night. But immediately, she straightened her back.

"You don't understand, ice cream tastes better when it's cold. Eating an ice cream cone on the roadside while wearing a coat in winter has a unique charm!" Lu Liruan felt that she was the older one at this moment and couldn't help but show off.

Jin Shuhe raised an eyebrow slightly, unsure whether he believed her or not. He followed Lu Liruan, helping her take the things she had chosen and placing them on the counter to wait for her to pay.

After Lu Liruan finished taking the last few bags of puffed snacks, she walked over and earnestly said to Jin Shuhe, "You'll see when you try it!"

Jin Shuhe quietly picked up the bag of snacks. Looking at the boy, Lu Liruan inexplicably felt that this child would definitely be a very reliable person in the future.

She's thoughtful, doesn't talk much, is caring and polite, righteous, bold, and responsible. If only... she would be such a wonderful person.

Jin Shuhe slowed down, tilted her head, and looked at Lu Liruan with a puzzled expression, wondering why she had suddenly sighed.

"It's alright, let's go back!" Lu Liruan smiled, her eyes crinkling.

How could I possibly help him? This question kept repeating in Lu Liruan's mind.

Will Sister Li Ruan think she's some kind of weirdo or pervert?

"The lights on the third floor are out, be careful." Jin Shuhe warned as they entered the stairwell. Lu Liruan almost tripped and fell as she went downstairs.

When he got back to the fifth floor and passed by Jin Shuhe's door, he stopped and turned around, only to find that Lu Liruan looked puzzled and did not seem to want to take the things.

"Why would you go back home if no one's home?" Lu Liruan asked casually.

"Huh?" Jin Shuhe didn't react for a moment and asked in a daze.

Then he realized that Lu Liruan meant for him to go to her house.

"I, I, it's okay." Jin Shuhe stammered, wondering to herself what she was doing at her house.

"Ah, why are you still so polite? We're so familiar with each other..." Lu Liruan smiled, her eyes sparkling, and waved for him to come over quickly.

There's no one at his house, so he probably doesn't even have a hot meal. What would he do going back alone like that?

Are we that familiar? Jin Shuhe silently repeated Lu Liruan's words.

A warm current, which he couldn't quite describe, flowed through his heart and was pumped throughout his body with his blood.

As if she hadn't noticed Jin Shuhe's stunned expression, Lu Liruan pushed the door open wider and asked gently, "Have you had dinner? If not, you can eat with me. Hurry up, the house has been infested with mosquitoes since yesterday!" Lu Liruan urged him.

Without realizing it, Jin Shuhe found himself back in this world.

The moment he stepped onto the clean floor, Jin Shuhe's eyes, accustomed to the darkness, squinted slightly at the light.

Suddenly, I realized that I was already very familiar with the furnishings here, and I could imagine them exactly as they were with my eyes closed.

Jin Shuhe had never thought that he had such a good memory.

Lu Liruan closed the door, muttered something under her breath, and ran into the kitchen. Then she breathed a sigh of relief: "That scared me to death! I thought I forgot to turn off the stove when I left!"

Lu Liruan's mind went blank for a moment.

Jin Shuhe placed the bag on the dining table and looked towards the kitchen with a puzzled expression: "Sister Li Ruan, haven't you eaten yet?"

His earnest and questioning expression, coupled with a mature tone that seemed out of place for his age, made Lu Liruan feel a moment of guilt, just like when she was buying ice cream earlier.

Yes~

When she lived alone, especially now that she's self-employed, her schedule was a mess and completely irregular. Whenever her mother asked her about it, she would just give a perfunctory answer.

But when a child asked me, what was there to be ashamed of?

This is the adult world! Lu Liruan convinced herself.

Lu Liruan turned on the stove of the prepared pot and put the vegetables into it.

After a while, her fingers, which were trying to lift the pot lid, were burned. From Jin Shuhe's perspective, she was slightly bent over and blowing on her fingers.

Don't smooth your hair behind your ears; it just keeps falling down uncontrollably, giving off a messy, everyday vibe.

"Sister Li Ruan, is there anything I can help you with?" Jin Shuhe hurriedly went over. He had noticed last time that his neighbor was inexplicably careless and reckless.

"Oh, could you please bring me the gloves from that cabinet over there?" Lu Liruan instructed as she turned off the stove.

Jin Shuhe found heat-resistant gloves and, following Lu Liruan's instructions, took the pot off the fire.

As soon as the lid was lifted, a rich aroma wafted out along with steam, and Jin Shuhe realized that the pot was filled with curry.

Lu Liruan's curry hot pot had an extra lot of meat in it, filling half the pot to the brim.

This is Lu Liruan's special version. It's not the thick curry on curry rice, but a sauce-based version. You can cook your favorite vegetables and meats in it. You can eat it directly or scoop it out and mix it with rice.

Noticing Jin Shuhe's gaze, Lu Liruan instructed him to use a book nearby to fan away the steam, while she took the camera, found the right angle, and efficiently took the photos.

"Alright, alright, all done filming! We can eat now!" Lu Liruan put the camera aside.

Jin Shuhe knew her profession and hesitated to ask her if he was interfering with her work. Just then, he saw Lu Liruan take a large spoon and fill a plate with rice for him.

"Try it, it's my first time making it!"

Jin Shuhe discovered that relaxing with Lu Liruan was a very easy thing...

Lu Liruan has a gentle and warm aura about her; once you get close to her, you can't help but follow her lead.

Jin Shuhe sat at the dining table, watching Lu Liruan's somewhat adorable eating habits. When she blew air, she unconsciously puffed out her cheeks, full of vitality.

He ate quite a lot more, and when he realized it, the feeling of fullness in his stomach made even the emptiness and unease that had been weighing on his heart for days dissipate.

"Ah, we're so full. We're not very good at eating, there's still so much left..." Lu Liruan pointed to the pot.

Jin Shuhe wanted to say, "You've made way too much... It's not enough for two people, and even three people might not be able to finish it."

Lu Liruan felt a little hot from eating, so she rolled up her sleeves and leaned back in her chair.

"Take a break before you wash!" she said to Jin Shuhe, who had already started tidying up.

"The sauce will dry in a while, making it harder to wash," Jin Shuhe said as he turned on the tap to rinse it.

Lu Liruan discovered that he was very good at housework, and at such a young age, he had the air of a mainstay of family life.

"Then you go wash..." Lu Liruan swayed and lay down on the sofa, showing no intention of helping.

She knew that Jin Shuhe would feel bad if she didn't let him help with the work.

"I can't eat so much next time at night. I've gained weight recently and need to lose some," Lu Liruan said regretfully, patting her stomach.

“But…you’re not fat at all.” Jin Shuhe actually wanted to say: You look just right right now.

“There’s a big difference between how people look in real life and how they look on camera. You can think of it simply as people being compressed horizontally… Some people have said I look fat in the videos I’ve filmed recently,” Lu Liruan explained, gesturing to him.

Although Lu Liruan wasn't very particular about her weight, she was fine with anything as long as she was healthy.

But it's still part of the job after all. Lu Liruan felt that she should love what she does and make sure that her videos looked comfortable to watch.

Jin Shuhe didn't quite understand these things, so he nodded and said, "Then you should take care of yourself too."

Jin Shuhe looked at Lu Liruan's slender wrists exposed outside her pajamas and spoke earnestly and without any perfunctory manner.

"Yes, yes, after all, health is the foundation of everything!" Lu Liruan sincerely cherished her healthy body.