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

Chapter 323 Obedient and Clingy Younger Brother (34)

"She said she's been writing a script lately... Is it for me? Yes, it's for me."

Those who had seen Lu Liruan's videos in the comments section immediately went off-topic:

"Mr. Xin, could you let her do a little acting? That little thing looks really fun!"

"You cast her as your secretary, and then the two of you can't stand the male and female leads, and you two cowardly gossip about them behind their backs!"

"That's hilarious! Why don't you grant her wish and let her walk back into the CEO's office, yelling: 'I want labor arbitration!'"

"It feels even better than a love story..."

"Short dramas that are more suitable for working-class children."

"Why would I go to school with her?" Xin Changyun glanced at the comments section.

“Her brother is at school, and she had some things to do there. I happened to be having dinner with her, so I saw her off.”

"By the way, my brother is so handsome. I asked her if he could play a young CEO, but she refused, saying I would corrupt the children."

Xin Changyun explained the situation with a laugh.

That day at the buffet, Lu Liruan and Xin Changyun were both too full to eat anymore.

Only Jin Shuhe, who was still in his adolescence, was still eating.

Xin Changyun used his fork to twirl the remaining spaghetti on the plate, looking thoughtfully at Jin Shuhe.

"younger brother……"

"Hmm?" Jin Shuhe looked at him.

"Why don't you come over here and film a short drama?" he asked, grinning at Jin Shuhe's face.

"Hey!" Lu Liruan glared at him first: "Stop talking nonsense!"

"What's wrong? I can't cheat my brother. I'll definitely pay the price he owes. I won't try to lower the price just because we're close."

Why would someone with a good relationship try to lower the price? Lu Liruan couldn't understand this strange logic.

But that's not the point!

"He's taking the college entrance exam this year, and he's not doing anything else right now!"

Lu Liruan was worried that the child would be tempted if he heard that there was money to be made.

A few days ago, someone asked him if he could go back to his old part-time job. He wanted to go, but Lu Liruan stopped him.

"I didn't say now. After the college entrance exam is fine too. I also have a script for a campus drama, but I just can't find a suitable handsome young man!" Xin Changyun didn't seem to be joking.

"You'll work for my company. I know your sister so well, I definitely won't rip you off. I'll find someone to help you manage an account, so you'll make money and I'll make money too, right?"

Xin Changyun looked at Jin Shuhe: "You can go to school as usual, and I won't interfere with anything else for you."

Besides being Lu Liruan's college classmate, Xin Changyun is also the owner of a new media company. Lu Liruan guesses that he has said the same things to Jin Shuhe to countless other people.

This industry has always been like this: it looks glamorous, but they never talk to you about the hard work and pressure behind it. The practitioners are getting younger and younger, and they are definitely not a minority who get cheated by unscrupulous companies.

"Why are you staring at me like that? Like I'm a thief!" Xin Changyun noticed Lu Liruan's unfriendly gaze: "I'm not a liar. If I really lied to your brother, you and Xiao Gao would tear me apart!"

"Thanks, brother, but I'm not interested." While they were talking, Jin Shuhe lowered his head and silently finished the last plate.

He wiped his mouth with a tissue and said to Xin Changyun.

"Little brother..." Xin Changyun wanted to say something more, but Lu Liruan patted him on the shoulder: "Stop babbling, come on, go down and drive!"

Mr. Xin patiently and without complaint escorted the siblings home.

"Are you planning to live here forever?" Xin Changyun looked at the row of old buildings. "There isn't even an elevator?"

"Alright, alright, you want to worry about everything. Goodbye, don't bother seeing me out!"

Lu Liruan knew that, given Jin Shuhe's personality, he wouldn't be attracted by the glamorous and exciting things Xin Changyun described.

This child possesses a quietness, composure, and independent thinking that is beyond his years; he is not swayed by the words of others.

He can stay focused and endure hardship. When Lu Liruan and Teacher He talked today, Teacher He specifically mentioned Jin Shuhe's progress.

Lu Liruan was very surprised. She had never heard Jin Shuhe mention it before. She originally thought that the child's grades had not changed much and that he was proud and unwilling to talk about it.

"It's rare to see someone so humble and composed. Jin Shuhe is a very resilient kid. If he wants to accomplish something, he will work hard silently and has high standards for himself."

Teacher He smiled and said, "I talked to him a few days ago. He told me that it wasn't that he wasn't happy, but that he hadn't reached his goal yet. I advised him not to be so tense, but he said he didn't feel tired."

After listening, Lu Liruan was also somewhat moved. With such determination, nothing she did would be bad.

But Lu Liruan also felt a pang of heartache.

"Xiao He!" Lu Liruan glanced at his door, which was ajar. Jin Shuhe was still sitting at his desk, engrossed in reading.

"Sister Li Ruan?"

“I’m coming in~” Lu Liruan sat on the edge of the bed.

"What your brother Xin said today..."

"Sister Li Ruan, I'm really not interested in what Brother Xin said. Right now, I just want to study hard and I won't keep thinking about making money behind your back anymore."

After being nagged by Sister Li Ruan for a week last time, Jin Shuhe hurriedly made a promise this time.

"If you don't care about making money, what would you like to do in the future?" Lu Liruan asked earnestly, resting her chin on her hands and leaning forward.

Jin Shuhe was stunned. This was the first time in many years that someone had asked him this question.

It seems like when I was very young, my mother asked me, and my elementary school teacher also asked me, "What do you want to be when you grow up?"

What did the children answer back then? They wanted to be teachers, doctors, scientists...

But those are mostly not the children's real wishes.

After that, no one asked me anymore.

When he was working with his father at the construction site, he never asked him anything. Aunt Chun never asked him anything either. Now, the teachers at school emphasize every day that he should study hard and get good scores on the college entrance exam, but they never ask him what he wants to do in the future.

When asked this question, Jin Shuhe was stunned for a moment, then suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment, as if a door in front of him had been pushed open a crack.

Moving forward is a future that can be chosen. What one wants to do is up to his own choice, not a situation where there is no future.

"I...I don't know," Jin Shuhe said truthfully.

“It’s okay. Most kids don’t think about what they want to do in the future before they apply to universities.” Lu Liruan recalled her own college entrance examination.

The moment they left the exam hall, everyone was overjoyed at finally being free. But when it came time to choose their majors, a new wave of confusion and anxiety began.

When Lu Liruan decided to take the art exam, she had already decided on the major she wanted to study. This was because her parents cared about her enough and were open-minded enough. When they discovered her shortcomings, they immediately tried to adjust them, hoping to let her take a more suitable path.

But many parents don't understand these things either.

Many of Lu Liruan's high school classmates, who were much better at studying, ended up choosing majors they didn't even understand, and some even changed their majors in college.

Some students, even as they approach graduation, are still complaining that they don't like their major at all and definitely don't want to work in this field in the future.

"You should think carefully about what you want to do and what you like to do. The college entrance examination is not the end, but a new starting point for entering a world that you can choose and control yourself," Lu Liruan said earnestly, looking at him.

On the way back, Lu Liruan pondered the question she had thought about many times: If she didn't follow the course of the world and didn't become a police officer, would this child... be able to live a safe life?

Lu Liruan could sense that he relied on and trusted her, and if she was willing to influence him, it might actually be useful.

But in the end, Lu Liruan chose not to say anything, because this was Jin Shuhe's life.

He entered this place so many years ahead of schedule. If he were to suddenly change his mind and affect his goals and the path he loves that he feels a sense of mission, would that still be his life?

She gave him a choice. If what she had done made him change his mind and choose a different path, Lu Liruan would support him.

But if he still chooses to go down the same path, Lu Liruan will not stop him, because what affects his fate is not the accidental moment.

“It’s definitely too late for the art exam now!” Lu Liruan added.

Jin Shuhe: "...Sister Li Ruan, I really have no interest."

"You still have six months. Think about this carefully. Being a corporate slave is tough, isn't it..."

Lu Liruan sighed: "But try to find an industry you're interested in. You'll be more willing to work like a beast of burden..."

Jin Shuhe paused: Sister Li Ruan, you have such a negative optimism.

“If you want to know something, you can look it up yourself, or you can ask me. If I don’t know, I’ll try to find out for you!” Lu Liruan raised her eyebrows.

"Okay," Jin Shuhe replied obediently.

He really... should think about it carefully.

After saying what she wanted to say, Lu Liruan got up and walked out.

As she approached the door, she suddenly turned around abruptly, and to Jin Shuhe's surprise, she cupped his head in her hands like she was holding a rice bowl, examining him from left to right.

Then, in a voice like that of an old witch from a fairy tale, she said, "What a pretty little face! Hehehehehe!"

"That foolish knight wants to take you, my little princess, away from me? He's dreaming!"

After performing anywhere, Lu Liruan hummed a song and left in a good mood.

Jin Shuhe was still in a daze when, for some reason, his ears started burning hot, which then spread to his face.

When Jin Shuhe came home from school this Thursday, he was eating dinner when he heard Sister Li Ruan say, "Why don't you invite your classmates over for dinner?"

"Huh?" Jin Shuhe didn't react.

“Those two classmates who spoke up for you last time, the big guy and the little girl,” Lu Liruan gestured.

"That big guy even told me the other day that you praised my cooking, and he wanted to try it too!"

Lu Liruan beamed, "You really praised me?" She nudged Jin Shuhe with her shoulder.

Jin Shuhe did say that, but when Sister Li Ruan found out, she was a little embarrassed and just gave a soft "hmm".

"How do you praise someone? Learn from me!"

Lu Liruan teased him.

"Sister Li Ruan!"

Lu Liruan was in a great mood, and in her time with Jin Shuhe, she gradually developed new quirky interests.

It's really fun to tease honest and serious kids.

"Then ask them what they want to eat. Tell me after school tomorrow, and I'll make some arrangements. They can come over on Saturday night or Sunday!"

Before Jin Shuhe could even offer his opinion, Lu Liruan had already made her decision.

When Wen Bei heard that Lu Liruan was inviting him to dinner, he raised his hand and cheered, "Great!"

"You told my sister secretly?"

"What do you mean by 'your sister' and 'my sister'? Why are you making such a distinction? I eat spicy food, and you've told me about your sister's amazing grilled fish!" Wen Bei ordered food without any politeness.

"Can I go? It won't bother my sister..." Zhao Jingyi hesitated.

"You were like a heroine this time! You were so protective of Shuhe that day!" Wen Bei always spoke his mind. Although he and Zhao Jingyi didn't get along, anyone who helped Jin Shuhe was a friend to him!

"What do you want to eat?" Jin Shuhe nodded, making Zhao Jingyi blush instantly.

She turned around and said, "I'm fine with anything! I'll eat whatever you make, sister!"

"Then I'll order one more dish..." Wen Bei raised his hand!

Jin Shuhe told Lu Liruan about the dishes Wen Bei had ordered.

"Alright! I guarantee they'll be so engrossed in the food that they won't want to leave, and they'll become an unparalleled legend in your classmates' hearts!" Lu Liruan patted her chest and guaranteed, relying on her golden touch.

“Sister Li Ruan…” Looking at Lu Li Ruan’s notes on her phone, she was typing out the groceries she needed to buy tomorrow.

"Ok?"

"Are you sure it won't bother you...?"

"What's the trouble? When I was in school, I often brought classmates home. My dad would cook, and everyone was so happy. Now, when my friends mention it, they still praise my dad for being handsome and a great cook. When my dad hears me tell this, he grins from ear to ear!"

“I thought you didn’t have many friends…” Lu Liruan looked up at him, her eyes filled with relief: “It’s so good to have friends who can confide in you and stand up for you.”

We finally decided to come on Sunday during the day because Wenbei said that it was too late after his tutoring class on Saturday, and he would rather have a free day on Sunday.

Zhao Jingyi used to have tutoring classes on Sundays, but this week she specifically told her mother that she wanted to go out and play for a day.

"Come in! Please come in!"

Just as Lu Liruan finished chopping the side dishes, there was a knock on the door. Jin Shuhe came downstairs to pick them up.

"Hello, sister."

Zhao Jingyi and Wen Bei were also carrying snacks and fruit.

"Why did you bring anything?" Lu Liruan greeted them with a smile, handing them the slippers she had prepared.

"There's a computer in the house, and you can play games on the TV in the living room. There are controllers over there, so you can set them up yourselves. You can also find anime to watch, or take pictures; I have a camera!"

"Xiao He, you can entertain yourself. I'll start cooking now~"

Lu Liruan greeted them.

Wait a moment, then take the fruit and the cupcakes I baked myself over.

"Sis, did you make this cake? It's so much better than the ones you buy!" Wen Bei praised enthusiastically as she ate.

“Yes, I made it. I’m planning to open a bakery at the university next year. My skills are pretty good, right?” Lu Liruan raised her eyebrows.

"That's great! Sis, which university is yours? I want to apply there!"

"Heh, let's see if you can pass the exam first!" Zhao Jingyi teased him from the side.

"By the way, sis, Shuhe said you're really good at studying and can even teach him. Can you teach me?" Before he could finish speaking, Jin Shuhe silently nudged him with her elbow.

Wen Bei reluctantly made a strange face at him.

"Okay, let's do it after we eat." Lu Liruan was also very interested. She was determined to use her cheat ability! It would be a waste not to!