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

Chapter 432 "Infecting the World" - Male Mother (43)

He shook his head, indicating that the name Lu Liruan was a bit outrageous.

Lu Liruan paused for a moment, but couldn't quite figure out what was wrong.

It's okay, just be brave enough to admit that you're a little illiterate!

Lu Liruan coughed lightly, her eyes darting around, preparing to use a different word.

But before she could even speak, Liao Tingyuan grabbed both sides of her cheeks.

Liao Tingyuan pulled her face to both sides, kneading it like dough, making it impossible for Lu Liruan to make a clear sound.

"Spicy...spicy five coins..."

She managed to speak with difficulty.

"understood!"

Liao Tingyuan interrupted her persistence and agreed immediately.

"Huh?" Lu Liruan originally thought it would take her several days to convince him.

My mission target is Liao Tingyuan, and in order to keep an eye on him, I have to stay by his side.

What's most dangerous for him right now? Of course, it's his job!

Although Liao Tingyuan always presented himself as a workaholic who hated his job, Lu Liruan discovered that he was extremely efficient and capable at work.

If you absolutely have to make a comparison, it's like having someone in your workplace who complains to you that they don't want to work and that work is so boring.

But whenever a task is assigned, your colleague is always the first to complete it with the best results…

Lu Liruan thought that if it were a normal job, she would probably find it quite annoying to encounter someone like that.

However, in such a high-risk and dangerous job, encountering this kind of colleague, who is also fighting alongside you, is a completely different feeling!

Lu Liruan was willing to double-standardize and call him "a colleague among colleagues, a queen at work!"

Although I felt that being assigned the task of protecting and rescuing him was a bit presumptuous and beyond my capabilities.

But influenced by Liao Tingyuan, Lu Liruan is still full of enthusiasm!

Who knows what will happen after we go out? Lu Liruan decided to shamelessly stick with him and get engaged first.

Lu Liruan didn't hear much about Liao Tingyuan's company or his colleagues.

I wonder if any of his colleagues were his former partners, or if any of them were much more skilled or intelligent than me, and if they were working with him.

Actually, Lu Liruan thought about it carefully and felt that Liao Tingyuan would be at a disadvantage if he were to partner with her...

But there's no time to worry about that now!

Lu Liruan summoned a level of ambition she hadn't even had when she was in school, thinking to herself: At worst, I'll just study hard and strive for improvement every day!

Strive to be a glorious sunflower, abundant with sunshine and providing energy!

A flurry of thoughts raced through her mind.

But in Liao Tingyuan's eyes, the little girl suddenly quieted down and stared at him expectantly.

I don’t know what I’m thinking.

Liao Tingyuan curled his finger and lightly flicked her brow with his fingertip: "What are you thinking about?"

Lu Liruan blurted out, "I want to be a sunflower!"

What on earth is going on...?

Liao Tingyuan had also learned not to delve too deeply into her wild and boundless ideas.

Anyway, I just know that she's saying weird things that only she understands, and that's enough.

Anyway, she looks pretty cute no matter how you look at it...

They are cuter than any of the children I've ever cared for.

Keep it by your side; it's like a pistachio that can sprout.

Liao Tingyuan himself didn't realize that he had also started to imitate Lu Liruan, using some strange metaphors.

"Are you really going to partner with me?" Lu Liruan suspected he was just trying to fool her.

"What about your original partner?" Lu Liruan felt that her behavior was a bit too inconsiderate of other people's feelings.

"I don't have a partner."

"Hey?"

Lu Liruan did not expect to hear this answer.

"Didn't you say that you need at least two people to carry out a mission? You don't have a partner? Do you sit in the office all day? No way? Is there such a good thing?" Lu Liruan asked a series of questions.

"Well... there's no such thing as sitting in an office every day." Liao Tingyuan shook his head, his tone revealing a sense of melancholy and regret that he couldn't sit in an office every day.

“I will go on missions with other people, but no one is my regular partner,” he explained.

"Most of the time, a mission doesn't involve just two people, but can involve three, four, or even a small team."

“During patrols, there might be instances of people getting separated from their posts, and then, like we are now, the rescuers who come in later will have to go through a second round of trouble.”

"So often, in order to save trouble, when there are enough people, we send more people. That way, even if someone's level is not high enough or their mental strength is not enough, others can take over the task directly without having to go through all the trouble."

"Of course, there are certain risks involved. People whose mental strength is lower than that of the source of infection, or whose space level is higher than that of the source of infection, will be at risk of infection. In this case, we need to complete the mission as quickly as possible."

Liao Tingyuan nodded: "There are advantages and disadvantages."

"Only those of us with high mental strength, who can be detected by the source of infection and the infected space, are at risk of infection? You... survivors? Won't you be alright?" Lu Liruan hesitated for a moment and asked softly.

For some reason, Lu Liruan always found it difficult to say the word "survivor".

Because of the meaning of this word...

Lu Liruan didn't know if she had overinterpreted it, but she felt there was a strange and unsettling meaning behind it.

This was just her feeling; she didn't even know what kind of question to ask or how to clearly express her meaning.

So since the first time she heard this word, Lu Liruan has never asked Liao Tingyuan about it, nor has she been able to verify it with her.

After all, Liao Tingyuan was also one of the "survivors".

Lu Liruan wondered if this question might... touch upon some past experiences that he didn't want to recall or talk about.

The question remains: would this be disrespectful to him, and also to the so-called "survivors" group?

To survive means to be lucky enough to live.

It means they must have suffered something in the past.

Having suffered accidents, calamities, and pain...

Then it "survived".

What exactly did he go through?

Lu Liruan felt that he was mentally stable and did not seem to have encountered anything terrible.

But Lu Liruan couldn't easily make a judgment about someone like Liao Tingyuan.

"If you partner with me, won't it prevent you from finding a better partner?"

Lu Liruan thought to herself, "What if being my partner turns out to be the dangerous factor?"

Because we don't know what will happen, we are completely clueless, and the future is bleak.

During this time and space, Lu Liruan had doubts about herself.

Could it be that I am the dangerous, terrifying thing that could pose a danger to him?

"There won't be anyone better than you."

"fake."

Lu Liruan immediately rejected his statement after he finished speaking.

To Lu Liruan, those words were far too flattering...

Lu Liruan immediately recognized what he was saying.

“It’s not fake.” Liao Tingyuan shook his head.

"Even if you want to make me happy now, at least put some effort into it. Just because we're familiar with each other doesn't mean you can stop putting effort into even just going through the motions." Lu Liruan sighed deeply, crossing her arms to express her dissatisfaction.

"I mean it."

This time, Liao Tingyuan seemed more sincere, and Lu Liruan suddenly became somewhat skeptical.

When the system gave itself a cheat code...

He claimed to have high mental strength, but did this "high" mean higher than ordinary people, giving him the prerequisite to contact Liao Tingyuan?

Or is this "high" really really high...?

Is it high enough to be considered to be of a certain standard?

Lu Liruan pondered in her heart, unsure which one it was.

The main issue was that the system seemed unusually indifferent when I entered this world. Even more indifferent than in the previous worlds…

Although it has always been very indifferent.

Indifference is practically its system's defining characteristic...

Lu Liruan listened to its flat, monotone voice, but she always felt that there was an emotion in it.

It definitely has intelligent thinking, because through Lu Liruan's questions and answers with it, it is not entirely like a customer service representative.

But it doesn't seem to like itself very much...

Lu Liruan had this feeling.

But sometimes it doesn't seem like it, since they are genuine and always bring out good stuff.

Although Lu Liruan's mind is currently blocked, she can still sense that she did not suffer any losses in the previous worlds!

Is this a cold and domineering system?

"Is it really that high?" Lu Liruan raised her hand to indicate the height.

Liao Tingyuan lifted her hand, raising it even higher.

Then he nodded and told her, "Yes. Although we can't be sure for sure right now, your mental strength is definitely at a very high level; that's something we can tell directly."

"How did you figure that out?"

"You can tell from this space that it is a very high-level existence that is rarely seen in recent years."

"You've been here for so long. Apart from the initial period when your mental strength was unstable and you showed slight signs of being affected, have you felt any discomfort or sense of being controlled since then?"

Lu Liruan thought for a moment and shook her head.

Yes!

In the beginning, she often found herself unable to control her own actions or trapped in a strange state of mind, and it was only through Liao Tingyuan's methods that she was able to be brought back to her senses.

But I don't know when, that feeling completely disappeared...

Lu Liruan can now fully control her actions and thoughts, and will no longer be affected by them.

"Yes, when did it start?"

Lu Liruan was so nervous that she didn't take these little things to heart at all.

"It was probably... probably around the fourth day after you became aware of this space."

Lu Liruan asked casually, but Liao Tingyuan gave her a fairly accurate time.

"Ah! You've been caring about me since back then, and you remember it so clearly?"

Liao Tingyuan patted her head and said very seriously, "I've been observing you since the first day you came in."

He answered truthfully, "I've been watching you."

Lu Liruan suddenly felt a strange sensation. When she met Liao Tingyuan's gaze, thinking about how he had been silently watching over and caring for her, Lu Liruan almost stumbled as she walked.

This seems like a very heavy expression of concern...

Lu Liruan hadn't felt this way in a long time, even though she knew that Liao Tingyuan had initially intended to observe and test her, to analyze her situation.

But later, he honestly told himself: He cared about him, would protect him with his life, and wanted to be his partner...

The two will move forward together, becoming the closest and most reliable companions.

Liao Tingyuan did the work first before speaking out.

And although he doesn't talk much, the things he says always make people feel warm.

I never speak ill of others. I never give negative feedback to others because of my emotions.

"Then why did I..." Lu Liruan suddenly remembered that when she woke up from the controlled state, she saw Liao Tingyuan's light-colored eyes, which were like a river of stars, with a dazzling and fragmented light.

Lu Liruan raised her hand, pointed to his eyes, and gently touched the area below them with her finger.

"You mean my eyes?" Liao Tingyuan's eyes are just ordinary now, a lighter color than normal, with a hint of gray.

"What happened?" Lu Liruan followed his gaze down his eyes, her fingertips touching the corners of his eyes.

Liao Tingyuan blinked, and the eyelashes at the corners of his eyes gently brushed against Lu Liruan's fingertips without flinching.

"It's something... a small ability that some survivors might have," he said calmly.

They had to walk out of the street where the pet hospital was located to hail a taxi.

This road is too narrow.

But just now, the gloomy sky finally started to rain.

As Lu Liruan was talking to him, she casually sat down on the side of the street, under an umbrella outside a beverage shop.

At this moment, the two of them stood shoulder to shoulder, looking out the umbrella. The vendors who had set up their stalls were hurriedly packing up their goods, and pedestrians, whether they had umbrellas or not, were all walking around.

A person was slowly sipping an iced milk tea with three-tenths sugar.

Lu Liruan thought to herself, "I've never heard you mention this before."

I'll tell you later.

Seeing Lu Liruan's puzzled look, Liao Tingyuan made an excuse to postpone the meeting.

"Will he really say it?" Lu Liruan asked doubtfully.

If Liao Tingyuan wanted to keep a secret, Lu Liruan felt he would keep it forever.

"You're not trying to distract me so I'll forget about it when my memory gets worse, are you?"

Lu Liruan pointed to the tip of her nose: "Although I'm not good at studying, I'm young and I have a very good memory!"

"Oh."

Liao Tingyuan sighed, resting his elbows on the slightly wobbly plastic table in front of him, his palm under his chin, and let out a soft sigh.

He joked, "But I'm getting old, and my memory might not be so good anymore... I might forget something someday."