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

Chapter 332 Obedient and Clingy Younger Brother (43)

Looking at Sister Li Ruan's smiling face, Jin Shuhe felt that she seemed to have something left unsaid.

"What's wrong... Sister Li Ruan?"

"It's nothing. I'm just a little surprised because it's the first time I've heard you say this!" Lu Liruan tried her best to control her expression.

When she lay in bed that night, Lu Liruan earnestly tried to discern any clues from the original plot that she hadn't noticed before.

However, I found that, perhaps because I had experienced too many worlds, or perhaps because the original plot was not very clear, it seemed much simpler, and I could hardly even make out a specific timeline.

"How many years are left until the time of his accident?"

Originally, Lu Liruan always felt that there was still a long time ahead, and the most important thing now was to let the child live a good life, at least not to have such an inferiority complex and pessimistic personality.

However, Lu Liruan's mindset also included a tendency to take things easy and feel that there was plenty of time, so she never thought about it carefully again.

Humans are emotional beings. For example, even if someone loves cats the most, if they see a sick stray cat on the street and take it to the vet, they will never feel as heartbroken as when their own cat is sick.

But if you take this sick stray cat home and keep it for a while, seeing that it is not healthy will make you feel more heartbroken and sad than before.

Because feelings developed.

Whether or not one comes into this world with the intention of completing a task, to have a living, breathing person in front of them, spending every day together.

Unbeknownst to Lu Liruan, she herself did not realize that her care and affection for Jin Shuhe had increased many times over compared to when she read that passage.

Now, when Lu Liruan thinks about the day when Jin Shuhe will have a terrible accident, her dreams are all jumbled up at night, and she doesn't look well when she wakes up in the morning.

When Jin Shuhe got up, he found that Sister Li Ruan was sitting next to the table, her chin resting on her hand. The water in the pot had already boiled, but she didn't move.

"Why did you get up so early?"

Jin Shuhe walked over and cracked two poached eggs into the pot.

"Ah!" Lu Liruan snapped out of her daze. "I woke up early today, thinking I'd make you breakfast. Oh? Where are my noodles?"

After Lu Liruan finished speaking, she realized that the hand-pulled noodles she had bought at the market to cook today had not been taken out of the refrigerator.

"I'll cook instant noodles. What flavor do you want, Sister Li Ruan?" Jin Shuhe quickly washed two handfuls of bok choy, blanched them in the pot, took them out, and turned around to ask.

"Braised beef noodles, please." Lu Liruan had a bit of a headache, so she didn't insist.

"it is good."

Jin Shuhe has strong observation skills and good hands-on ability. He has learned a lot from watching Lu Liruan cook. Although he can't cook as well as Lu Liruan, who has a golden touch, his cooking is still quite good.

The poached egg in the noodles was cooked perfectly; when poked with chopsticks, some yolk was still running. After eating half a bowl, Lu Liruan felt a little better.

"Sister Li Ruan, what's wrong with you?" Jin Shuhe frowned slightly, feeling that Lu Li Ruan seemed distracted.

"It's nothing. I just had a migraine from staying up late the other day. I'll go back to sleep for a bit later," Lu Liruan vaguely offered an excuse.

After Jin Shuhe went to school, Lu Liruan opened her browser and began searching for the major serial murder case that occurred years ago and remains unsolved to this day.

The full name of that case back then was: 127 Major Serial Burglary, Murder and Robbery Case.

The first incident occurred on January 27th.

In the Punan community awaiting relocation, that particular community had already been bought by the developer and was scheduled for demolition after the Chinese New Year.

Most of the residents in the community have already moved out, but there are still some who haven't settled on a new place to live yet, and some who have lived here for many years and are reluctant to leave. They are all planning to spend their last Spring Festival here.

At that time, the occupancy rate in the community was less than 20%.

There's no property management anymore in the courtyard, and there are no streetlights or cleaning services. In northern winters, it gets dark as early as 4 PM, so the whole neighborhood is pitch black.

On January 27, the call to the police was made by the deceased's husband.

She was a resident on the seventh floor of Unit 3. She had originally planned to leave Pucheng after the New Year and return to her husband's hometown to develop her career, according to her husband:

They said the two of them were planning to have a child so they could be closer to their elderly parents and have someone to look after them, without interfering with their work. But they never expected... never expected that this would happen just before they were about to leave.

They had originally planned to go directly to her husband's hometown for the Spring Festival, but there were still some procedures to be completed after the holiday, and they didn't want to go through the hassle of going back and forth.

Furthermore, his wife's family is from Pucheng. His wife's mother was widowed in middle age and remarried.

Now that they've heard their daughter is also planning to move to another city, the young couple is very reluctant to let her go. So they're planning to spend more time with their elderly parents during the Chinese New Year.

Because the case was so sensational back then, the reports were extremely detailed, almost like a story, clearly describing everything the deceased's mother said. It's unclear whether these were actually factual reports.

The husband works as a security guard at a local pharmaceutical factory. He has to get off work the night shift from the afternoon of the previous day until 7 a.m. the next morning.

There are only three households left in his building. The other two households are on the second and third floors, which are some distance from the seventh floor and are not near the entrance.

When the husband arrived home around 8 p.m., he found the door ajar. Worried about his wife, he rushed in without calling the police and found her already cold body.

Police arrived and cordoned off the scene. According to the family members, some of their valuables were also missing.

Before this case was solved, on the third day of the Lunar New Year, the murderer committed another crime, extremely brazenly. This time, the victim was in a nearby residential area, which was also about to be relocated.

The situation on site was almost identical.

The victim was a 30-year-old single woman.

After committing the two crimes, the killer lay low for a while until the weather turned cold again and winter arrived, at which point he committed his third murder, this time in a different location.

The fourth case also occurred after the Lunar New Year, on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month. The crime scene was close to the rural-urban fringe area where Jin Shuhe and his mother lived at the time.

After investigation, the police determined, based on key clues, that these four cases were committed by the same killer and constituted a major serial murder case of extremely heinous nature.

The case was transferred to the Municipal Public Security Bureau's Major Crimes Unit for joint processing, and the information was released to the citizens of Pucheng City. The case was named the "127 Major Case" because of the time when the first incident occurred.

At the time, almost the entire city's police force was mobilized for a large-scale sweep and investigation. Countless criminal police officers worked day and night, but even so, after more than two months of investigation, the murderer was still not brought to justice.

I originally thought that, following the pattern, the murderer would only commit another crime when the weather turned cooler again, around the Lunar New Year.

Unexpectedly, another case occurred in July, the hottest month of that year.

The crime occurred in a suburban area, and the victim, Ms. Miao, was only 33 years old.

The report did not mention the victim's full name, but Lu Liruan knew that this was Jin Shuhe's mother.

The fifth crime seemed to break the killer's previous rhythm. The major crimes unit could not analyze the motive for this change, nor could they verify the killer's change.

Because after this incident, the murderer disappeared without a trace.

He completely disappeared, never committed another crime, and no further clues were ever found related to him.

This murderer, like a ghost lurking among the crowd, seemed to have successfully escaped capture and trial in an era when criminal investigation methods were far less advanced than they are now...

After reading the entire report, Lu Liruan felt a mix of emotions.

From Jin Shuhe's perspective, he didn't know how he had gotten through these years. Putting himself in Lu Liruan's shoes, he wondered how painful it would be if his loved ones were treated so cruelly and he could never get a fair and just outcome.

Yesterday, the boy said that if possible, he wanted to do something for his mother, and if her case ultimately came to nothing, he also hoped to do something for those who had similar experiences…

Putting everything else aside, Lu Liruan thought that the most likely point of trouble for Jin Shuhe in the future might be related to his mother's situation.

After all, people are least likely to remain rational when faced with matters that concern them personally.

With no other clues available at the moment, Lu Liruan decided to keep a close eye on anything related to this matter.

While Lu Liruan was stuck at home during the day and couldn't go to university at all, the results of the third mock exam came out.

Jin Shuhe ranked nineteenth in his grade. Lu Liruan checked the cutoff scores for the school he wanted to attend, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, he should be able to get in steadily.

Lu Liruan had made a special effort to learn about these schools recently, and found that they conduct strict political background checks.

Recalling the debt collection incident from the past, Lu Liruan asked Jin Shuhe this question with great caution.

The child didn't shy away from the question and earnestly explained to Lu Liruan, "Although my father..."

“But he has no criminal record and no record of entering or leaving the public security system.”

"Oh, that's good!" Lu Liruan breathed a sigh of relief, worried that she might have gotten stuck somewhere.

Because the path Jin Shuhe is taking has deviated somewhat from the original plot.

Lu Liruan was too nervous at the time and only realized it later.

In the original storyline, Jin Shuhe did not attend a school in the city, but another school in another province. In comparison, the admission scores for schools in the city are much higher than those in other provinces.

After discovering this, Lu Liruan cared even more about Jin Shuhe's grades.

If he is successfully admitted to this school, it will prove that... the plot can be changed.

Three days before the college entrance examination, the school gave the students a holiday so that they could rest and familiarize themselves with the examination venue.

Lu Liruan went to the school to pick up Jin Shuhe and take him home, worried that he had too many things to carry.

As soon as she reached the school gate, Lu Liruan was startled.

Various rolls of paper and books were scattered on the playground, and rolls of paper continued to fall from the windows of the teaching building.

The mountain of trash cans outside the school made Lu Liruan think: "It makes me want to collect recyclables too..."

You can make a fortune in just one day.

The school seemed to know that it couldn't control the students today, so it simply didn't, letting them vent their frustrations.

Teacher He, the homeroom teacher, stood at the classroom door, seeing each child off as they left.

"Teacher He." Jin Shuhe was the last student on duty. After sweeping the classroom floor clean, he took his things and walked out.

He bowed deeply before Teacher He and said, "Thank you, thank you for your help and guidance."

When Teacher He saw the students off from the classroom, her eyes were already red. Hearing Jin Shuhe's words, she sniffed and patted the shoulder of the child who was a head taller than her.

"No need to thank me, this is what I should do as your teacher. You are the first graduating class I've taught. Being with you, I've gradually adjusted and adapted. We've all grown together..."

Teacher He felt somewhat guilty when she recalled the time she tried to help the child but didn't think things through.

But she didn't bring it up again; both she and the child knew what the other meant...

"Go home and rest well, and be sure to get good grades! Make me happy too, do you hear me!"

"Your teacher has high hopes for you. You will definitely have a bright future!"

The corridor was filled with noisy laughter and cheers. Jin Shuhe walked step by step, crossed the playground, and saw Sister Li Ruan standing at the door, waving to him on tiptoe.

Lu Liruan had brought two large bags today, but upon closer inspection, she found that Jin Shuhe had nothing else besides the backpack he was carrying and a small bag in his hand.

Unlike before, some of the children I saw had huge, heavy bags.

"Sister Li Ruan!"

Jin Shuhe waved to her and rushed to her side.

Is this all you have?

"Ah."

"Where's the rest?"

"They're all useless, I threw them away."

"Huh? You're not leaving anything behind?" Lu Liruan felt a little regretful.

"I've taken everything I needed to keep; the rest are useless to me."

Jin Shuhe smiled, then suddenly felt like joking. He coughed twice and frowned, "If I don't do well on the exam this year, I'm going to go straight to work and pay back Sister Li Ruan's money. I won't need all those study materials."

"Hey! Quick, spit it out!"

Lu Liruan slapped Jin Shuhe on the back three times, making a loud "smack" sound, showing her anxiety and piety.

"How dare you spout such nonsense!" Lu Liruan shouted, having learned this trick from Jin Shuhe.

"Quickly tell them you're confident! You'll definitely do your best!"

"Okay, I'm confident, I'll definitely do my best." Seeing that Sister Li Ruan looked really anxious, Jin Shuhe raised his hand to make a promise.

On the morning of the college entrance examination, Lu Liruan opened her eyes at five o'clock without even using an alarm clock.

I originally planned to set out a 100-yuan platter with eggs and fried dough sticks, as is traditional, but the required scores for Chinese, Math, and English in the college entrance exam were all 150, which felt like a curse, so I had to give up.

When Jin Shuhe got up and went to the living room, Lu Liruan had already prepared a sumptuous breakfast and was trying to arrange the noodles into a 150 on the plate.

"Xiao He, do you think I should wear a cheongsam to see you off today?"

"what?"

"Zhao Jingyi's mother told me that this is called 'a good start to victory'! I bought it."

"No need, Sister Li Ruan." Jin Shuhe was both amused and exasperated.

"I can go by myself. If you take me, I'll get nervous." The traffic is bound to be terrible today, and Jin Shuhe doesn't want Lu Liruan to go through all that trouble.

He checked everything he needed to take one last time before leaving the house.

"Go for it! Go for it!" Lu Liruan stood at the door, watching the boy walk along the wide road in the morning light...

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The campus scene is finished! I love it so much, waaaaaah! I'm so sad to finish it. It feels so warm and cozy writing it, waaaaaah!