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

Chapter 417 "Infecting the World" - Male Mother (28)

Hearing Liao Tingyuan's voice and having found something as he had described, Lu Liruan curiously leaned out of the living room and asked him, "Why are the master's things in the study?"

"Because they are now separated, the male head of the household can only stay in the study," Liao Tingyuan explained to Lu Liruan while continuing to work.

"Then...why isn't the lady of the house in the study?" Lu Liruan asked, then realized she was a little crazy.

Because the study seems to be used mostly by the male homeowner!

Lu Liruan could tell from the room's decor and the faint smell of smoke that it was mostly used by the male homeowner.

But what Lu Liruan really meant was: why Liao Tingyuan accurately stated that the male and female owners were currently separated, and even guessed the current state of the male owner.

“Because…” Liao Tingyuan sighed, “Because the male homeowner is at fault, probably.” He gestured.

The two exchanged a glance, and Lu Liruan felt that they had both thought of the same possibility.

"Oh, is that so?" Lu Liruan also gestured.

Liao Tingyuan: ...

"Well, not necessarily. Let's see." He hadn't really thought of that, but Lu Liruan's gaze was too obvious.

"How do you know the male homeowner is at fault?" Lu Liruan pressed for details, as she really didn't know much about this kind of issue.

“It’s very simple.” Liao Tingyuan looked up, gazing at Lu Liruan with deep affection and a subtle yet palpable air of authority.

Lu Liruan vaguely sensed his difference and tilted her head, but Liao Tingyuan's scrutinizing gaze made her involuntarily turn her head to the side.

"Can you feel it?" he asked.

"What do you feel?" Lu Liruan raised an eyebrow.

"Let's assume you've done something wrong that you'd regret," Liao Tingyuan continued in a flat tone.

"Huh?" Lu Liruan thought to herself: What could I possibly do to offend you?

But before she could say those words, Lu Liruan felt herself choke when she met Liao Tingyuan's gaze again.

For some reason, being looked at by Liao Tingyuan's beautiful light-colored eyes, I suddenly felt a guilty and introspective feeling.

"Speak up, why aren't you saying anything? Have you thought of an explanation? I know everything!" Liao Tingyuan put down what he was holding. His face was under the overhead light, and his eyelashes cast shadows under his eyelids. As his gaze moved, there was a hint of reproach and coercion in his eyes.

"Ah...no! We're together all the time, when would I do anything to betray you?" Lu Liruan scratched her head, and when she realized what she was doing, she found herself stuttering.

When Lu Liruan looked at Liao Tingyuan again, he still had that indifferent look on his face. He tilted his head slightly, as if he was about to interrogate her about something else.

Seeing that Lu Liruan was about to look away again, Liao Tingyuan suddenly smiled.

When he laughed, the silent aura he had just exuded vanished instantly.

He became calm and peaceful again. Even though his facial expression didn't change much, Lu Liruan, standing right in front of him, could clearly sense the change in him through her own senses.

"What are you doing!" Lu Liruan's voice could now be raised!

And then he realized he'd been tricked!

"What are you doing? You scared me! I was really wondering if I'd done something bad behind your back, but I didn't do anything!" Lu Liruan licked her dry lips.

Even if Lu Liruan was slow to react, she would understand.

Liao Tingyuan is using his own personal experience to conduct experiments.

To prove why he felt the male homeowner was at fault.

"When you do something wrong, you still have the audacity to yell at people outside your marriage: 'You all saw it, didn't you? You all know, right?'" Liao Tingyuan said softly, smoothing out the bed sheet he had just rummaged through.

Lu Liruan felt that he was quite observant to be able to draw so many conclusions from just a few simple words from the hostess and her state at the time.

If he relies more on intuition, then Liao Tingyuan is someone who doesn't overlook even the smallest clues.

The two of them worked together quite well~ Lu Liruan suddenly felt happy.

“Your performance just now was quite convincing, even scarier than the child’s mother today,” Lu Liruan said suddenly, as she followed him around.

Liao Tingyuan: ?

Then Lu Liruan, like a mischievous rabbit, hopped over and came close to her side.

With a slightly ingratiating look on her face, all the collagen in her eyes seemed to be used to portray an innocent demeanor: "I wasn't feeling guilty just now~ I, I didn't do anything, I'm an honest and upright person from a good family."

Liao Tingyuan almost laughed, wondering why she wanted to explain.

"Ah."

“Really.” Lu Liruan fell into a common mental trap: the more indifferent the listener was, the more the speaker wanted to explain.

Such as now.

Lu Liruan didn't know what she cared about.

By the time she realized what was happening, Liao Tingyuan had already walked to the other end of the room.

"Look at this." Liao Tingyuan suddenly held up something in his hand and gestured for Lu Liruan to look at it.

Lu Liruan walked over, glanced at it, and her brows furrowed.

That's a knife.

It was a very small folding knife, about half the length of Lu Liruan's palm.

But none of these are the most important things. The most important thing is that Liao Tingyuan found the folding knife under the neatly folded quilt.

"Why would there be a knife on the bed?" Lu Liruan asked, puzzled, and picked it up to examine it closely.

"It's the mistress's." Liao Tingyuan pointed to the location, where someone was clearly staying. The signs indicated that the mistress usually slept on that side, the innermost side.

The bedroom has a double bed.

Liao Tingyuan gestured with his hand and said softly, "When an ordinary person sleeps alone in this kind of double bed, most of them will either sleep in the middle or on the outer side... This way, it's easier to get out of bed to get things, turn the lights on or off, or go to the bathroom."

“But the mistress is sleeping inside.” Lu Liruan also noticed this, and she tried to climb onto the bed.

She and the lady of the house were probably about the same height, so it was indeed not very convenient for her to climb to the very back...

There were no other important clues in the bedroom.

Lu Liruan rummaged through the lady of the house's wardrobe, which was mostly filled with business attire.

She usually wears casual clothes.

On the dressing table in the room, there were some cosmetics and a perfume bottle that was half-used.

The image of a shrewd and capable career woman at work, and a devoted and responsible mother when spending time with her child, gradually took shape in Lu Liruan's mind.

She doesn't usually treat children this way...

Lu Liruan could tell from the little boy's dejected look that his mother must not treat him like this when the family was at peace.

But recently, not only has Dad stopped coming home, but Mom's attitude has also changed.

This led him to even start a conversation with a stranger.

Even though the child is young, there must be a lot of sadness in his heart.

Lu Liruan couldn't help but recall the time when her mother was sick, especially the last two years.

When she was in good health, she was still a gentle and loving mother to Lu Liruan.

But when she feels unwell, to the point that she almost loses her mind, she will lash out at Lu Liruan and complain about her.

Those complaints weren't even directed at Lu Liruan, but were merely a way for her to vent her physical and emotional pain.

But when she turned around, Lu Liruan knew she was regretting it.

Even though Lu Liruan said she could understand.

I hope she doesn't put too much pressure on herself and just tries her best to live a stronger life.

But as a mother, seeing her daughter working so hard for her, yet not only can she not help, but sometimes she even hurts her feelings, how can she let it go?

Lu Liruan thought that after the lady of the house scolded the child like that, seeing the child's dejected expression, she must have felt very sad.

But what exactly happened?

What made her become like this, made her hysterical, and made her unable to control herself?

There must be something very serious going on here.

It's so serious that it could lead to a life-threatening dispute.

“Mistress… I mean, if this knife really was prepared by the mistress herself, hiding such a small folding knife under the blanket, I feel it’s more like self-defense.” Liao Tingyuan opened the folding knife and casually twirled it a couple of times on his fingertips.

A flash of cold light revealed the knife to be extremely sharp.

Lu Liruan was first attracted by his cool knife-twirling move.

Then I heard him say, "This is her own home, the place where the three of them live. Is someone threatening them?"

"It was something that made her feel unsafe even in her own home. She needed to keep a knife handy for self-defense. Was she keeping that knife to protect herself from the person who killed the male homeowner?" Lu Liruan pondered, her thoughts wandering.

"Is her desire to send her child to his mother related to her insecurity? Does her insecurity stem from real threats in real life, or from the mistress of the house..." Lu Liruan raised her hand and pointed to her temple meaningfully.

Or is the woman of the house mentally unstable?

Liao Tingyuan understood what she meant.

Lu Liruan wouldn't have guessed in this direction so easily.

But this so-called space has an influence on people. Does that mean the lady of the house was also affected?

If it's due to the influence of the source of infection, it could also be considered a kind of mental problem...

For example, in the very beginning.

At first, Lu Liruan thought she had a mental problem.

Suspicious and paranoid, unable to let go.

"Possibly." Liao Tingyuan held the knife, lost in thought.

"Do you remember those folding knives you bought at the very beginning?" Liao Tingyuan turned to ask him.

“I remember, I used it for self-defense…” Lu Liruan thought for a moment.

"What did you think you were defending against at the time?" Liao Tingyuan pulled her hand and placed the knife hilt in her palm.

The delicate black fabric rubbed against the back of Lu Liruan's hand, and through the fabric, she could feel the coolness of Liao Tingyuan's palm.

Lu Liruan looked up at him.

"Hmm?" Liao Tingyuan tightened his grip slightly, holding Lu Liruan's hand and grasping the folding knife, the tip pointing towards himself.

Lu Liruan swallowed, thinking about what she had initially prepared to guard against: "I guarded against things outside, and... I also thought about guarding against you."

Lu Liruan's memories, which had faded, suddenly became clear again.

She recalled that when she first saw Liao Tongyuan, she even thought he was a paper effigy, exuding a sinister and eerie aura.

Even after meeting Liao Tingyuan, I couldn't change my mind for a while.

Lu Liruan had to admit that she remained wary for a while after spending time with Liao Tingyuan, although it was a very short period of time.

Thinking back carefully, I realize I'm actually a very careless person.

"You remember now?" Liao Tingyuan asked with a half-smile.

"Well, we're not even that close! You were walking around in the hallway in the middle of the night wearing the same clothes, looking like a ghost! Anyone who saw that would say it was scary!" Lu Liruan defended herself.

Liao Tingyuan did not refute her.

He simply released her hand and lightly continued her words: "A couple who have lived together for many years. Even if they suddenly have an irreconcilable conflict, do you think the woman would use a knife for self-defense?"

Liao Tingyuan spoke in a calm tone, but Lu Liruan felt the hairs on the back of her head stand on end.

“…I’m protecting myself from ghosts,” Lu Liruan murmured. “What is she protecting herself from?”

After these words were spoken, both of them fell silent simultaneously.

"Let's go check on the child's room first."

Liao Tingyuan put the knife back in the distance and walked out, with Lu Liruan following closely behind.

Just now I thought that all the lights in this room could be turned on, and there was no scary atmosphere at all.

But now, Lu Liruan felt a chill run down her spine.

I wonder what the lady of the house saw in this house?

Did you see that?

You know now...

The lady of the house must know.

The two walked towards the children's room.

Upon entering the child's room, Lu Liruan became even more certain of her earlier thoughts.

This child must have been spoiled by several elders in the family.

On the wall hung a record card with a small red flower on it, and above the bed was a family photo. The frame was probably made by him, and below it, in crooked little handwriting, were written: Wishing Dad, Mom, Grandpa, Grandma, and Grandma on both sides good health forever!

The bed sheets are cartoon-themed, and the wardrobe also has cartoon patterns.

The bookshelf next to the bed was filled with all sorts of extracurricular books.

From adventure and detective stories to poetry and prose, there's something for everyone in this age group.

Lu Liruan's gaze fell on the child's desk, where an unfinished homework book lay open.

Lu Liruan flipped through the pages and immediately spotted several wrong answers.

It's clear that this child doesn't put much effort into their homework.

There was a notebook next to her. Lu Liruan opened it and saw that it was probably the child's diary. She subconsciously closed it. This should be the child's privacy.

Lu Liruan then noticed a small bowl placed on the corner of the table.

Lu Liruan looked at the pattern on the small bowl, which was a cat's paw pattern.

I paused for a moment, realizing that this must be the thing the little cat used to have in the little boy's mouth.

Although the kitten was gone, the little boy never forgot it.

Place the small bowl it used in a place where you can see it every day.