sjar Chapter 501 "Infecting the World" - Male Mother (112)
Chapter 501 "Infecting the World" - Male Mother (112)
Chapter 501 "Infecting the World" Male Mother (112)
Fan Zhenxiang, standing to the side, also looked surprised, staring at Liao Tingyuan with the eyes of someone who had seen a ghost.
Liao Tingyuan didn't finish playing the piece; after strumming a few strings, he returned the guitar to Fan Zhenxiang.
"I won, didn't I?" He flexed his fingers and put the black gloves he had taken off back on.
"Teacher Liao...you can also play the guitar?" Lu Liruan's eyes widened.
"I only know a little bit." Liao Tingyuan looked up and saw Lu Liruan and An Tang standing on the stairs. He paused for a moment, then shook his head.
Although Lu Liruan didn't know much about music, she could tell that what he had just shown was not just a simple matter of playing a few notes... Just how much talent does Teacher Liao have?
Lu Liruan sometimes wanted to ask Teacher Liao... Is he really only thirty years old this year? Or has he actually lived for a long time, but in order to integrate into normal society, he lies and says he is only thirty years old?
"So how old do you think he is in reality?"
Lu Liruan told An Tang about her idea as a joke, but An Tang asked her a question with great interest.
"How long... fifty, fifty or sixty years?" Lu Liruan conservatively thought that Teacher Liao might live one year as if it were two? So it was fifty or sixty?
After hearing this, An Tang laughed so hard she almost fell over.
This is a big problem... He's already quite a bit older than the girl at thirty, but she's starting to suspect he's sixty!
An Tang really wanted to tell Liao Tingyuan about this right away, and she knew his expression would be very interesting. But this was a private conversation between the young girl and her, so An Tang could only hold back and continued to ask Lu Liruan, "What if he really... really has that kind of ability, and he lies to you that he's thirty years old when he's actually sixty? What would you do then... hahahaha!"
When An Tang finally couldn't hold back any longer, her voice trembled at the end of her question.
"How to do?"
Lu Liruan thought to herself, what else can I do?
"Then... then I'll pretend I don't know~ Otherwise, what if he goes to all this trouble to pretend, and I expose him? What if he can't continue to hide in ordinary society? What if Teacher Liao just disappears without a trace from everyone's lives, and I can't find him?"
Lu Liruan was also using a joking tone, but she didn't realize that even when she was joking, she was worried that Liao Tingyuan would disappear from her side.
As An Tang listened, she felt that the words were becoming more and more familiar.
"Li Ruan," she asked earnestly, "have you read any novels or watched any movies before?"
"Huh?" Lu Liruan didn't react for a moment.
Then An Tang let out another suppressed laugh: "Don't worry, Teacher Liao is definitely not a vampire. You should watch less Twilight."
Lu Liruan suddenly came to her senses. No wonder she could think of it so smoothly and with such a template; she had indeed seen it when she was in school...
"Don't worry, your teacher Liao doesn't... hahahaha! She doesn't have such a terrible and complicated background. Your teacher Liao is just a typical office worker."
In fact, for An Tang, Liao Tingyuan was just an ordinary office worker. Although their job was a bit strange, he himself didn't have anything particularly noteworthy, thought-provoking, or discussion-worthy about him.
But Liao Tingyuan seemed to be a different person to the little girl...
Whenever the little girl talks about him, she always has so much to say. Sometimes, An Tang really gets curious about what kind of image Liao Tingyuan has in the little girl's eyes, and why the little girl smiles and bends her eyebrows when she talks about him.
Perhaps the little girl really does have a keen eye for observation.
Lu Liruan had no idea what An Tang was thinking. After being teased, she actually breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that she had learned too much lately... things beyond common sense, and her worldview was starting to change. She was now being paranoid.
Liao Tingyuan was unaware that his identity and age had changed repeatedly during their conversation. His bet with Fan Zhenxiang was merely for...
Tell him to stop making noise.
Under normal circumstances, Liao Tingyuan has a strong ability to endure.
But as he tidied up the yard, the intermittent sound of a guitar, like sawing wood, reached his ears, making him sigh several times.
"You can find a place to learn guitar and practice properly," Liao Tingyuan said tactfully.
But Fan Zhenxiang has been finding him rather disagreeable these past few days.
Because of his presence, I can't find a chance to talk to Lu Liruan. Whenever I appear next to Lu Liruan, he always appears without me even noticing.
Whenever he appeared, Lu Liruan would ignore her.
Actually, Fan Zhenxiang didn't want to do anything. He was just a very stubborn person. He originally wanted to be friends with Lu Liruan, and the more he couldn't get his wish, the more determined he became.
Upon hearing Liao Tingyuan's words, he immediately became a little unhappy: "What do you know about music!"
Liao Tingyuan: ...
I may not understand music, but surely I'm not deaf?
After enduring a few more minutes, with a piercing, long note, Liao Tingyuan completely snapped the tomato vine... Looking at the plant in his hand, Liao Tingyuan sighed and went back into the house: "If I knew more than you, could you please stop playing?"
"Go ahead and try if you dare!" Fan Zhenxiang scoffed.
Then Liao Tingyuan took off his gloves, picked up his guitar, and the scene just now unfolded.
"Can we stop playing now?"
Looking at the expressions of the two people on the stairs, Liao Tingyuan knew that he wasn't the only one who had been holding back.
I thought Fan Zhenxiang would finally behave himself for a while.
But then he looked down at the guitar, and then suddenly looked up again.
Having just learned the whole story, Lu Liruan was startled when she saw him raise his tattooed hand: Was he going to hit Teacher Liao?
Lu Liruan wasn't worried about Teacher Liao getting beaten up; Teacher Liao was a fierce person who could fight monsters... Lu Liruan was worried that if the two of them started fighting, they would smash the several fish tanks in the living room.
The owner especially liked some of the fish inside...
He even named the fish and told Lu Liruan to take good care of them.
"Teacher Liao..." Lu Liruan called out softly, trying to stop something.
But nothing happened.
Lu Liruan watched as Fan Zhenxiang grabbed Liao Tingyuan's ungloved hand, shook it vigorously, and said with utmost sincerity and respect, "Brother Liao! Teach me!"
"Please!"
Lu Liruan: ? ?
Liao Tingyuan tried to let go of his hand, but it was held tightly: "This is all I know. You should find a professional place to learn, otherwise I'll be misleading others."
"It's alright, I can become your disciple!"
Liao Tingyuan: ?
Lu Liruan burst out laughing. How could there be someone even more illiterate than herself...?
Just as the house was making a ruckus, a sound suddenly came from the doorway.
Then a clear male voice asked in surprise, "Brother Liao, what are you two doing?" The misunderstanding in the voice was so deep that people couldn't help but look over.
Lu Liruan saw a short, handsome boy with a bob haircut standing there, his suitcase at his feet, staring wide-eyed at Liao Tingyuan.
"..." An Tang looked at the living room, which had suddenly become much more crowded: "Why are you here at this time? Didn't you say you'd arrive tonight? I'd drive to the airport to pick you up?"
"I changed my flight, Sister Tang, didn't you check the weather forecast? It said there would be heavy rain and convective weather from tonight until the day after tomorrow, so I quickly changed my flight and came over. Aren't I clever?" The younger sister with the bob haircut leaned close to An Tang very proudly.
Then, when she saw Lu Liruan, she was stunned for a moment, and then blurted out, "Ah! Is this the new girl you told me about, the one who seems to have some improper relationship with Brother Liao, the one who looks like a doll?"
An Tang: ? ?
Lu Liruan: ? ?
Faced with Lu Liruan's sudden gaze, An Tang felt utterly wronged...
She mentioned during a chat that the new girl and Liao Tingyuan had a good relationship; they were neighbors and colleagues, and Liao Tingyuan had never been so close to anyone else.
How did it come down to him being simplified to having an improper relationship?
The key point is that after he simplified this part, he didn't simplify the part where he said Lu Liruan was beautiful...
As they were talking, Gao Shiyi walked in from behind.
"Did you pick him up?" An Tang asked.
"Well, I happened to be free today, so I went to pick him up." Gao Shiyi smiled gently, seemingly unaware of the mess inside the house.
"Oh! Right! Brother Cheng said he's coming too," the younger sister chimed in.
After he finished speaking, the room fell silent for a few seconds.
The change was so obvious that Lu Liruan found it particularly strange and cautiously asked, "Um... who is Brother Cheng?"
Fan Zhenxiang opened his mouth, and finally let go of Liao Tingyuan's hand.
Liao Tingyuan tugged at his sleeve, just as he was about to speak, Gao Shiyi, who was standing at the back of the crowd, spoke first.
Her voice was calm and even carried a hint of a smile: "He's my boyfriend. He hasn't been working these past few days and said he's coming to see me."
“Even if he has a job, he’ll still come looking for you… He’d practically live in your purse,” Fan Zhenxiang complained without thinking.
His tone was clearly a little strange.
When Lu Liruan first heard this, she felt that there must be some problems between them, but was it really polite to make such unfriendly remarks in front of someone's girlfriend?
Won't the atmosphere become awkward later?
Then Lu Liruan noticed that An Tang and her sister seemed to completely agree, nodding in agreement. Even Teacher Liao... When Lu Liruan looked over, she found that even Liao Tingyuan didn't show the slightest sign of disapproval.
His expression, however, even carried a hint of agreement!
What's the matter?
Then, in the next moment, Fan Zhenxiang made an even more surprising statement: "Could we ask him not to come?"
Who would be happy to hear this? Is Sister Gao really going to get angry this time?
Lu Liruan felt a chill run down her spine, wondering if she, who knew nothing about the situation, should step forward and say something if no one stepped in to smooth things over.
Before Lu Liruan could even speak, Gao Shiyi not only wasn't angry, but she also laughed and said, half-jokingly, "Let him come... He said he misses you guys."
"Don't even think about us..." An Tang let out a long sigh.
When An Tang noticed that Lu Liruan was looking at everyone with a blank expression, she patted her on the back, indicating that she would talk to her later.
"When is he coming? Sister Shiyi, will you still be able to give me a tattoo when he arrives?" Fan Zhenxiang asked with great concern.
Lu Liruan wondered if there was something wrong with her ears.
She raised her hand and rubbed it, then looked at the two of them. Gao Shiyi nodded and said, "I brought the tools. Is the pattern the same one you designed last time?"
"Hmm... Brother Cheng must be happy, right?" Fan Zhenxiang looked somewhat wary of the man. Gao Shiyi, however, wasn't worried at all: "He can't control me, don't worry."
“It’s not that I think he can control you, it’s that I’m afraid he’ll cause trouble for me…” Fan Zhenxiang muttered.
"Huh?" Lu Liruan finally managed to utter a single syllable.
"What is Sister Shiyi going to do?" Lu Liruan turned her head in confusion, looking at Liao Tingyuan and then at An Tang. She looked extremely helpless, feeling that she knew nothing about what was going on here. The key point was that no one had ever told her anything before.
"Ah! Li Ruan doesn't know my profession?" Gao Shiyi spoke first. Today she was wearing a very simple beige dress and a light blue lace shirt. If Lu Li Ruan didn't know what she thought she did for a living, she would think she was a very sophisticated, capable and emotionally stable white-collar worker in an office.
Or they might be teachers... more likely to be Chinese or English teachers.
“We’re working together now, and I haven’t mentioned my previous jobs, sorry~” Gao Shiyi said calmly, as if she were talking about the weather. “I used to be a tattoo and piercing artist. If Li Ruan wants to get her ears pierced or something, you can come to me~ It’s free.”
She tilted her head.
Lu Liruan: ...?
real or fake.
How can someone's temperament and profession be so mismatched?
Before Lu Liruan could even process what was happening, Gao Shiyi continued, "You can also come to me if you want to get a tattoo..."
"Stop teasing her." Before she could finish speaking, Liao Tingyuan gently interrupted her.
“I asked your teacher Liao if I wanted to give it a try, but he flatly refused. He’s not very open to it.” Gao Shiyi walked to Lu Liruan’s side and said softly and earnestly.
"If Li Ruan wants to do something, will you stop her?" she asked softly, her gaze falling on Liao Tingyuan. "You won't act like a parent and control little Li Ruan, will you?"
Although it was still the same tone of voice, Lu Liruan could detect a hint of teasing.
Only then did I finally realize... this person seems to be...
"She actually has a really bad sense of humor, but most people can't tell. You only realize it once you get to know her," An Tang said, expressing Lu Liruan's feelings.
How is Liao Tingyuan supposed to answer such a question in front of Lu Liruan?
Fan Zhenxiang seemed oblivious to the turbulent situation on the other side. He found a picture on his phone and said, "Sister Gao, could you help me get another one of these tattooed?"