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

Chapter 299 Obedient and Clingy Younger Brother (10)

Lu Liruan got busy again. The new campus of Pucheng University was just completed this year, and students will be moving there one after another next semester. In order to ensure comfort, all supporting facilities need to be arranged as soon as possible.

School cafeterias, supermarkets, and shops need to move in as quickly as possible.

After all, these are the most basic needs of college students while at school.

Lu Liruan's old house is four subway stops away from the new campus, University Town, accessible directly by Line 3.

But for university students whose old campus is located on the Second Ring Road in Pucheng, moving to this new campus is no less than being demoted from Beijing to Ningguta...

It goes without saying that there will be a lot of complaints.

If their basic living conditions cannot be met, they will complain even more.

It might affect the application rate next year, so the school is naturally urging them to hurry up.

Mr. and Mrs. Lu have been in business for so many years, they must have connections.

After paying the rent, Lu Liruan realized that she was already one of the last ones to be rented; others had already started renovations.

But the location they rented was quite good.

At the entrance of the supermarket.

Across the street is a snack shop, and here is a bread and cake shop.

Coming up from the supermarket, go up the side steps to the second floor, and you'll find the cafeteria.

The daily foot traffic must be extremely high.

The shop was about 30 square meters, and Lu Liruan was very satisfied when she went to see it.

It's safe to say that as long as it gets going, there shouldn't be any major problems.

Lu Liruan posted the message on her own account.

The shop's decor can also be photographed as a series.

Lu Liruan goes to university during the day and writes scripts at night, filming according to her own ideas, leading a very fulfilling life.

Perhaps due to some special effect, her cooking videos unexpectedly received a lot of positive feedback. Lu Liruan found a pattern: she would find topics in the comments section of her previous video, which made the videos both interactive and interesting.

On this day, as usual, when Jin Shuhe opened Lu Liruan's account, a newly released video popped up.

Jin Shuhe doesn't watch Lu Liruan's videos much, as if he cherishes them. He only watches one occasionally, listening to the sounds coming from his headphones, as if temporarily escaping his messy and chaotic world.

He hesitated for a moment. It was already very late. His neighbors usually posted videos late at night, and he had paid special attention to the posting times of the previous videos.

Having finished her homework, the unfolded roll of paper was piled haphazardly to the side. Jin Shuhe then clicked on the video.

He frowned halfway through reading.

Because she was going out, Lu Liruan took her filming equipment with her and planned to edit and dub the footage when she returned.

Jin Shuhe caught a fleeting glimpse of the bridge in the distance.

Lu Liruan has always been very careful about her personal information. In the past, her filming was mainly concentrated at home and in the company. She only recently started to try this way of recording.

Every time I edit, the backgrounds that are close to my home are blurred, making it difficult to see where I am.

Jin Shuhe had watched Lu Liruan's videos.

But this time, the blur effect didn't follow. Although it was only for a brief moment, it wasn't difficult for someone with Jin Shuhe's sharp eyesight and reflexes to notice it.

Jin Shuhe was torn between telling Lu Liruan that he had dealt with the police since childhood and was more vigilant than the average person.

But... if I suddenly tell my neighbor, will they feel offended?

I felt like I was paying too much attention to her behind her back.

After a moment's thought, Jin Shuhe sent a private message to Lu Liruan using his own account, which was a string of user numbers.

"At 6:42, your background is visible. Please be mindful of your personal privacy and security."

The next day after school, Jin Shuhe took his phone out of the drawer, turned on the screen, and saw a message.

From Sugar Pear: Thanks for reminding me, I didn't see it!

When I opened the video again, sure enough, that part had been edited.

Jin Shuhe breathed a sigh of relief, stared blankly at Lu Liruan's words for a while.

Aunt Chun's shrill voice came from outside again; I wondered who had angered her this time.

Jin Shuhe continued living his life as before, with the arguments and noise at home never decreasing.

Jin Shuhe never encountered Lu Liruan again. From the video, he could almost deduce Lu Liruan's daily routine; she must have been coming home quite late these days.

After dark, when passing by downstairs, Jin Shuhe would always unconsciously look up at Lu Liruan's window, which was always dark and without any light.

When I came back that night, I habitually looked up and saw that both adjacent windows were pitch black.

When he got to his front door, Jin Shuhe reached into his pocket and frowned; he had forgotten his keys…

After school today, I changed out of my school uniform. My key was in my pants pocket, but I just left it on the bed and forgot to take it with me.

There was no one in the house; Aunt Chun certainly wouldn't be back anytime soon.

This was already a common occurrence, and Jin Shuhe didn't expect her to come back and open the door for him.

Frustrated, Jin Shuhe went downstairs again and squatted in a corner outside on the first floor. Next to him was an air conditioner unit from who-knows-where, and dust splattered onto his back.

Jin Shuhe pulled a crumpled cigarette box out of his pocket.

Many boys of this age secretly smoke, and the boys' restrooms at school are often filled with the smell of smoke as soon as you enter.

Jin Shuhe wasn't particularly addicted to smoking, and he didn't know why he started.

Maybe... because everyone else is doing it?

That's how teenagers are during puberty; they always do things that they can't even explain why they do them.

Just as his legs were getting numb from squatting and he was about to stand up, he suddenly noticed a figure blocking his way.

Before he could even tilt his head back, the other man snatched the cigarette from his mouth, pulling out the burning end.

"Hey..." Jin Shuhe was startled and called out loudly.

As soon as he uttered the words, a corner of soft fabric appeared in his upward gaze, the hem of the skirt swaying in the cool night breeze.

The neighbor was wearing a light gray linen skirt, carrying a canvas backpack, white soft shoes, and cream-colored knee-high socks.

She was leaning forward, staring at him, her slender fingers, stained with black ink, holding a cigarette that was still glowing.

"Be careful not to burn your hands!" The words came out like this. Jin Shuhe watched in fear. Lu Liruan sniffed and then coughed twice because she was choked.

His warning came too late. Lu Liruan's fingers were burned by the spark, and she reflexively let go of the cigarette butt, which fell to the ground. Jin Shuhe quickly got up and stomped it out.

"Hiss—" Lu Liruan blew on her stinging fingertips, but her gaze fell on a boy with messy black hair and an unhappy expression.

Seeing Jin Shuhe's helpless expression, Lu Liruan said seriously, "Minors should not smoke."

"Ah... I'm sorry." Jin Shuhe didn't know why he was apologizing. For teenagers, this kind of obstruction is usually seen as meddling.

But when facing his neighbors, Jin Shuhe showed no displeasure whatsoever; on the contrary, he felt somewhat apprehensive and embarrassed.

Lu Liruan nodded and took a step back. After Jin Shuhe stood up, he was much taller than her, so she could no longer look down at him.

"Did you... just get off work?"

"Yeah, I just got back from the subway."

"You seem to be very busy with work..." After saying this, Jin Shuhe wanted to scold himself a couple of times!

Why did they walk right into the trap?

Saying things like that is tantamount to telling people that you are deliberately paying attention to when they come home, their daily routine, and whether they are in the house.

It's so strange to always pay attention to the lives of neighbors you don't know!

I don't know why, but when I'm with my neighbors, I always feel inexplicably awkward and even find it difficult to breathe.

Fortunately, the neighbors didn't seem to notice.

"Yes, I've been quite busy with work lately. I'm basically leaving early and coming home late. You're still in school, right? You must be busy too, right?" Lu Liruan smiled, she really didn't understand what she meant.

Jin Shuhe is being far too paranoid; he's overthinking things.

"Oh...then you should take good care of yourself." Jin Shuhe didn't know what to say. He looked at Lu Liruan, whose face always seemed to be smiling whenever they met, and managed to squeeze out a dry sentence.

"Hahaha, I'm working hard to finish this project right now, I'm full of energy!" Lu Liruan tilted her head and made a small gesture of encouragement.

"Are you going out now?" Lu Liruan asked, looking at the already dark sky.

"Yes, I'm going to a friend's house now." Actually, I had no such plan at all.

But Jin Shuhe didn't want to show any more embarrassment in front of his neighbors, so he answered like this.

"I see... You must be a very good friend to be going so late... Be careful on your way." Lu Liruan nodded, her mind racing... but she couldn't recall whether Jin Shuhe had any close friends when he was a child in the original story.

Jin Shuhe nodded; Wen Bei was indeed his best friend.

Just as he was about to go out of the courtyard and ask Wen Bei if he could go to his place today, he suddenly heard Lu Liruan call out to him again.

"Hey! Wait a minute."

"What...what's wrong?"

"Did you bring tissues?" Lu Liruan asked him.

Following Lu Liruan's gaze, Jin Shuhe saw the cigarette he had stepped on and barely smoked on the ground.

"Oh!" He quickly reached into his pocket and, thankfully, there was a tissue in his shirt pocket that he had casually put there at some point. He quickly took it out.

Instead of handing over a tissue, Jin Shuhe bent down and picked up the cigarette butt himself, carefully wiping it clean along with the scattered ash around it.

After picking them all up, he continued to bend over to check if anything had been missed.

“I’ll take it upstairs and throw it away…” Lu Liruan naturally took the wad of paper from his fingers and instructed him, “Then I’ll go upstairs first. Be careful on your way home tonight, and don’t let your guard down just because you’re a boy!”

Before Jin Shuhe could even stand up straight, she suddenly felt a soft touch on her hair, almost imperceptible...

Accompanied by the neighbor's concerned voice, they quickly sped past.

By the time he realized what was happening, his neighbor's light footsteps had already crossed the first-floor staircase.

Jin Shuhe clenched her fist, which had just been holding the tissue, then released it, and looked up in a daze, touching her own hair as well.

That night, unsurprisingly, I stayed at Wenbei's house.

Wen Bei's parents were often away on business trips, and he would often invite him to stay at his house. Jin Shuhe didn't know how he had told his mother, but every time he came, his parents were away on business trips, but they always left enough food for the two boys.

Jin Shuhe felt grateful, but also uneasy and awkward.

He met Wenbei's mother once; she was a middle-aged woman in a business suit, smiling kindly: "Auntie remembers you always got first place in your class when you were little."

When he came out after taking a shower that evening, Wen Bei was standing barefoot next to the refrigerator, holding a large tub of ice cream. He tore off a sticker from it.

"My mom is really something...she has to control everything!" He muttered as he went to the kitchen to get a large spoon.

Jin Shuhe picked up the sticker he had casually placed on the coffee table. It had Wen's mother's neat handwriting on it: "Don't eat too much ice cream before bed tonight, or you'll get a stomachache."

Anyone could tell that Wen Bei was a child who didn't lack love.

Perhaps because I have received so much love, I always take the initiative to care for others.

Although it's clear that the family isn't very wealthy, they are emotionally rich.

He would complain from time to time, and in Jin Shuhe's view, what he was complaining about was the love that he hadn't had time to process.

Being educated and disciplined is also a form of love...

Thinking of this, Jin Shuhe suddenly recalled the feeling of his neighbor touching his hair just now.

Jin Shuhe knew that Lu Liruan was older than him, but he didn't know how much older. But for a moment, Jin Shuhe felt that his neighbor was rewarding him like a child.

My neighbor is probably just very clean.

Jin Shuhe sometimes dislikes his tendency to overthink...

After that, I ran into my neighbor more often. It seemed like she had passed her busiest period, and every few days, the light in her window would turn on.

Lu Liruan had selected the construction workers and completed the design drawings, so she could finally relax a bit.

Sometimes, when Jin Shuhe passes by downstairs, he will subconsciously slow down his pace.

Thinking to himself, Jin Shuhe wondered if he would run into a neighbor who was also about to go out. He couldn't understand why he had this strange feeling of anticipation...

That evening, as he walked slowly past his neighbor's door, he suddenly heard a "click" behind him—the sound of a door lock opening.

His back stiffened for a moment, and he quickened his pace as if he were a thief, then he heard his neighbor's voice: "What a coincidence."

"Ah, good evening, what a coincidence..." Jin Shuhe said as calmly as possible.

"Are you going to the supermarket too?" Jin Shuhe noticed that she was wearing casual clothes and slippers, which didn't seem like she was going on a long trip, so he asked preemptively.

"Yes, you too?"

The two walked together as before. The weather was warmer. On the way, Jin Shuhe glanced at Lu Liruan out of the corner of his eye and noticed that while Lu Liruan was waiting at the traffic light, she was observing with great interest the newly blooming clusters of lilacs in the green flower beds by the roadside.

The neighbor always loved life and was a stable and loving person... Although they weren't really that familiar, Jin Shuhe felt from the bottom of her heart that her neighbor was that kind of person.

Upon arriving at the supermarket, Lu Liruan headed straight for the snacks and seasonings section, while Jin Shuhe bought two loaves of bread.

Jin Shuhe didn't know how to repay his neighbor for paying for his things last time, or how to bring it up.

"Hey... such a big bag..." A voice came from behind. Jin Shuhe turned around and saw her neighbor looking at the hot pot base packet in her hand, pouting.

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing. I was just thinking, is it a bit much to cook hot pot for one person?" Lu Liruan said seriously, deep in thought.