AWB Chapter 442 "Infecting the World" - Male Mother (53)
Chapter 442 "Infecting the World" - Male Mother (53)
"Does this count as damage to my personal belongings on official business?"
Rather than focusing on where she would live, Lu Liruan's words took a roundabout way, clearly indicating that this was what she cared about more...
Liao Tingyuan was tapping the bed board with his fingers. After hearing Lu Liruan's words, he pursed his lips.
"I guess so."
Liao Tingyuan thought for a moment, showing no sign of being perfunctory.
Instead, I recalled the company's rules and regulations in my mind...
"Well, you're not officially an employee yet, so..."
“You’re not sure, you don’t know if you can reimburse me?” Lu Liruan automatically added the last part of his sentence, raising her eyebrows as she spoke.
Liao Tingyuan did indeed have his eye on these two bed boards.
The thickness, size, and weight are all just right.
At least in his hands, it was a fairly handy tool...
"It's okay. If your company won't reimburse you, I'll personally reimburse you."
He took a screwdriver out of the toolbox and began to figure out how to remove the bed board.
Lu Liruan slapped him on the back: "What's our relationship?"
Her seemingly random question caught Liao Tingyuan off guard.
Lu Liruan didn't notice his distraction; instead, she appeared to be very calculating and shrewd.
“You’re going to reimburse me? Spend your own money? With our relationship, if you lose money, I lose money too!” Lu Liruan said firmly.
"I won't be happy even if I take advantage of you!"
"Then who would you be happy to take advantage of?" Liao Tingyuan was originally lost in thought, but after following Lu Liruan's words, he realized what kind of nonsense he had said.
"Of course, it's for the public..."
Lu Liruan loosened her grip, almost blurting out the truth in her heart.
She quickly slammed on the brakes, maintaining a very self-righteous demeanor: "What do you mean by taking advantage? That's a bit harsh! What I'm doing is taking it for granted... what I'm doing is..."
She pondered for a long time, but couldn't come up with any more fallacious arguments.
"Oh well, never mind..."
Lu Liruan waved her hand: "If this thing can protect our safety, especially you! And prevent you from being in any danger, then it has its own value! It's more valuable than me sleeping on it every day!"
Lu Liruan comforted herself.
"If it breaks down tonight, then all I can say is that it died a worthy death. Its name will remain..."
"To be remembered in history?" Liao Tingyuan saw the difficulty she was making and helped her complete the phrase.
Lu Liruan nodded: "I guess so, it's a place in our collective history!"
Liao Tingyuan didn't know where the history between him and her came from.
"So I'm really moving out?"
He probed.
"Okay, okay, okay!" Lu Liruan glanced at him reluctantly out of the corner of her eye, then turned away and waved.
She's always been quite stingy.
I don't have much of a pursuit for quality of life.
As long as I have food to eat, a place to sleep, and the ability to make money, that's enough.
Lu Liruan was all alone, and there was nothing else she could rely on but money.
So even though she couldn't save much money, Lu Liruan was trying her best to save. Every penny counted, whether it was one or two...
Lu Liruan had had enough of those days when she was powerless and only realized how little money she had when she needed it.
In any case, we can't be powerless to deal with an unexpected situation.
"Then bring two more clothes, and also bring your usual items."
Liao Tingyuan had already disassembled it quickly and efficiently, and gestured for Lu Liruan to stand further away so as not to bump into her while he was moving things.
"Huh?" Lu Liruan stared at the bed board, bewildered and unable to react.
"Why don't you stay at my place? Bring all the things you need for now, so you won't have to come down here repeatedly and go through all that trouble."
Without batting an eye, Liao Tingyuan lifted a bed board upright as if it were floating, and took it out of the room.
It didn't touch the ground at all.
The reason is that when he came in, Lu Liruan specifically told him not to scratch the floor!
Otherwise, if there are any scratches on the floor, she'll have to pay the landlord for the damages!
"Oh--"
"Do you think we should have spinach tonight?" Lu Liruan suddenly asked.
"Do you want to eat?" Liao Tingyuan's voice came from the front.
Lu Liruan said leisurely, "I don't really want to eat it that much. I'm just wondering if eating spinach will make me as strong as you."
She deliberately imitated a child's tone, drawing out the sounds.
Liao Tingyuan chuckled: "I understand that. I had Popeye when I was little."
Lu Liruan: Why do you sound so happy? Doesn't understanding these old jokes just prove how old you are?
Lu Liruan casually packed some things from inside the house.
Actually, she didn't feel there was anything worth taking. After all the back and forth during this period, Lu Liruan already had a lot of things at Liao Tingyuan's house.
She suddenly realized that she seemed to have already taken over someone else's home...
Now it seems that not only do we have to eat other people's food, but we also have to stay in other people's bedrooms and lie in other people's beds.
Lu Liruan thought to herself: What a wonderful case of a cuckoo taking over someone else's nest!
Then she comforted herself: There's nothing she can do! Conditions are tough right now!
Let's all be patient for now...
Liao Tingyuan carried both wooden planks upstairs.
Standing in front of the kitchen door, he didn't say anything, but Lu Liruan could sense his relief at that moment.
Why are you so attached to the kitchen door?
Lu Liruan didn't ask, nor did she really want to know.
Lu Liruan put her conditioner and shampoo into the bathroom and looked at the brand Liao Tingyuan used on the counter.
I feel that I am really... somewhat shabby.
After they went outside, Lu Liruan followed Liao Tingyuan, glancing at him intentionally or unintentionally.
Liao Tingyuan noticed her actions and was somewhat puzzled, not understanding why she kept lingering behind him...
He turned around and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Lu Liruan then began to openly look at Liao Tingyuan and even reached out to touch the ends of his somewhat long hair.
"The brand of shampoo you use, I saw they advertise it really well. I thought about buying it, but it's just too expensive. Let me see how effective it is! If it's really good, I'll grit my teeth and buy it!"
Lu Liruan touched her hair: "My hair isn't in very good condition, the ends always split..."
Liao Tingyuan didn't stop her. Instead, he stopped what he was doing and bent down slightly so that she could see more clearly.
"I just bought it randomly, maybe because... the advertising was good." Liao Tingyuan couldn't even remember what brand he bought.
He has a habit of going to a large supermarket once and buying a lot of things to stock up, so that he doesn't have to go a second time for a long time.
"My hair is short, so you can't really tell anything. Why don't you try it out first?" Liao Tingyuan reached out and tucked the messy strands of Lu Liruan's hair behind her ear.
"Actually, it seems that the way you wash your hair, how often you wash it, and how you care for it also have something to do with the quality of your hair." He took the pot that Lu Liruan used to smash "people" and washed it clean in the sink.
If you look closely, you'll see that a large dent has formed in the bottom of the pot.
Fortunately, this material is quite durable. Lu Liruan also found it easy to use.
"How do you even know this?" Lu Liruan hovered beside him, wondering what she could possibly do.
Finally, take a plump peach out of the fruit box.
Using the tap that Liao Tingyuan had turned on, he washed himself clean and took a bite.
After Liao Tingyuan glanced at it, she picked out another one, washed it, and then cheerfully handed it to Liao Tingyuan, saying, "You've worked hard, please!"
Lu Liruan was just joking and didn't expect Liao Tingyuan to pay any attention to her.
Unexpectedly, Liao Tingyuan didn't stop what he was doing. He actually took a bite, just like she was doing, and commented, "Hmm, this peach is quite sweet."
There are still a few pots and pans used for cooking today in the sink.
Liao Tingyuan washed slowly and methodically, while Lu Liruan served him peaches from the side.
After Liao Tingyuan finally finished tidying up the things with a half-smile, washed his hands, dried them, and took the remaining half peach, Lu Liruan realized that he had been deliberately teasing her.
“…” Lu Liruan pouted.
Liao Tingyuan walked into the living room, his voice calm: "This is to tell you that when parents are working, children should not cause trouble nearby. Go and play by yourselves."
Lu Liruan: ?
You're no longer hiding things from me, and you're treating me like a child anymore!
After dinner today, the two went to the yard again to try their luck and see if they could run into the woman with the child.
Nothing particularly special happened, but Lu Liruan is now too afraid to approach the mistress of the house.
I guess what I said last time made the lady of the house uncomfortable...
Liao Tingyuan, on the other hand, could still find another opportunity to interact with children.
This time, the two of them learned their lesson. When they saw the aunt who had chatted and joked with them last time, they exchanged a glance and tacitly went their separate ways.
Liao Tingyuan and others were at the entrance of the courtyard, while Lu Liruan was squatting next to the sports equipment.
The two of them, somewhat bored, exchanged messages via their phones.
But as darkness fell, the woman and child still hadn't arrived.
I don't know if they came back early today and have already gone home, or if they're not staying here at all...
Lu Liruan sent a message to Liao Tingyuan, asking him to buy two ice creams at the entrance before he returned.
Liao Tingyuan replied with a collection of cute emojis he had saved from her.
The two of them timed it perfectly today, and solved the problem five minutes faster than yesterday.
As Lu Liruan walked downstairs, she glanced at her stopwatch and said to Liao Tingyuan beside her, "Don't we look like Mr. and Mrs. Smith right now?"
He didn't understand what came before, but he understood the words "couple" during the journey. He turned his head with slight surprise, and then he saw Lu Liruan making a gun gesture with her hand in a very childish way.
She turned around, leaned her back against him, and then looked up at him reproachfully, as if to say: Why aren't you cooperating?
Liao Tingyuan shrugged, indicating how he should cooperate.
Lu Liruan pouted and withdrew her hand.
Today, the two had a clear goal and headed straight for the apartment building where the accomplice lived, which they had learned about yesterday.
After entering the new apartment building, Lu Liruan carefully looked around, but found nothing unusual.
The two were initially worried that they wouldn't be able to get into the accomplice's house, because they never found the key.
Liao Tingyuan said that he guessed that person wouldn't trust the male homeowner either, so how could he so easily hand over his house key to him?
It's estimated that after hiding in that person's house, the male homeowner rarely left the house until his death.
When they arrived at the door they were looking for, they discovered that the door... was actually open!
Lu Liruan immediately tensed up and tugged at Liao Tingyuan's sleeve: "Holy crap! The door's already open to welcome us, isn't it?"
"There must be some kind of trap inside, right?"
Liao Tingyuan was a little confused and subconsciously asked, "How did you know... it was welcoming us?"
"The door's wide open, isn't that a welcome? It's like it's beckoning us: Come on... come on... come in and you're doomed!"
Lu Liruan used a ethereal voice to create a terrifying atmosphere.
Liao Tingyuan flicked her forehead: "Stop scaring yourself. Let's go inside."
Although he said that, his actions were quite different. He placed his body in front of Lu Liruan and entered the pitch-black room first.
Unlike when I entered the hostess's house, although it looked like the hostess hadn't tidied up properly for a while, the rooms were generally clean and tidy.
In contrast, as soon as Lu Liruan stepped into this house, she smelled an unpleasant odor.
It doesn't smell like blood.
It's like... it hasn't been ventilated for a long time, it has a moldy smell, and a faint stench.
Suddenly, Lu Liruan felt something crawling across her shoes on the ground!
"what!"
She let out a short scream, and then instinctively lunged toward Liao Tingyuan!
He clung to the top like a koala!
No matter how strong Liao Tingyuan is...
She also nearly strained her back from her sudden attack.
Lowering her voice, she said in a low, helpless tone, "Ruan Ruan, I'm not young anymore. Could you please tell me beforehand next time? My back is about to break."
Lu Liruan was still in shock, and replied in a trembling voice, "Yes, I'm sorry, I know a man's waist is very important, but... there are living things in this house!"
Liao Tingyuan: ...
At this point, when they're already this scared, let's not use any more jokes, okay?
Liao Tingyuan felt that she wouldn't go down either.
He groped forward with one hand in the darkness, while the other hand supported her knees and lifted her up slightly to make her more stable against his back.
Lu Liruan was also very quick to understand, wrapping her arms around Liao Tingyuan's shoulders and imagining herself as... a malo.
Finally, Liao Tingyuan found the light switch on the wall.
"Click."
The dim lights on the roof came on.
The two of them looked down at the spot where Lu Liruan had just been standing.
Let's see what kind of living creature it is...
Then, Lu Liruan hugged Liao Tingyuan even tighter.
The moment the light came on, several large cockroaches on the ground scurried away and hid in a corner.