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

Chapter 306 Obedient and Clingy Younger Brother (17)

Lu Liruan tried to open a bottle of soda and hand it to him, but after trying for a while, she found that she couldn't open it. Jin Shuhe took it from her and opened it himself, taking a couple of big gulps.

As she watched her neighbor's eyes crinkle into crescent moons with laughter, she said to her in a sweet and earnest tone, "Xiao He, you are the best child I've ever met!"

I blushed slightly, but then I felt that something about the compliment was a little off...

Later, Jin Shuhe slowly realized: the neighbor's words didn't seem to be a compliment to someone his age...

And when praising a child in kindergarten, you might even reward him with a little red flower.

In order to save some costs, Lu Liruan used different construction workers when working on different projects.

Some are good, while others are not so to my liking.

Although Lu Liruan has a good personality, she will not compromise on what she wants or what she plans for.

She would never let something that was done perfunctorily or that she was not satisfied with get away with.

She was even taking notes while she was decorating.

These materials will be edited into videos and posted on my own account, which is also a way to summarize some experiences for everyone.

Therefore, Lu Liruan would not easily change her needs.

Lu Liruan treated the construction workers with politeness and tried her best to understand them.

However, every industry has its share of people with varying levels of competence. During the second week of work on the cake display stand and shelves, some workers noticed that Lu Liruan, a young woman, seemed very approachable.

They wanted to cut corners and dawdle, yet they still wanted Lu Liruan to pay them as usual.

Lu Liruan, of course, would not do as he wished, but instead pointed out his shirking and cheating at work one by one.

He was required to rework the work to meet his own standards.

The two workers immediately became unhappy: "You little girl, we told you that this is the only way to do it, can't you understand what we're saying!"

“I already emphasized before you started working that what you’re doing doesn’t meet my requirements. How can I pay you according to your requirements if you’re not working according to my specifications?” Lu Liruan wasn’t intimidated by them.

"What? You don't want to pay anymore?"

"Don't pretend you don't understand. You know very well what I'm saying. I'm demanding a complete overhaul. I won't pay you unless it meets my standards." Lu Liruan was forced to take a step back by the worker who suddenly rushed in front of her.

"Hey! You little brat..."

"What?"

The worker thought he could scare Lu Liruan, but suddenly someone squeezed between them.

Jin Shuhe, who had been listening from the side, saw the burly man with his sleeves rolled up rush over and separate them, as if he were threatening Lu Liruan.

Jin Shuhe asked calmly.

"You want to take action?"

Lu Liruan had originally intended to reason with him, but Jin Shuhe's words made her think for a moment: How... how come suddenly, are we about to move on to the next stage?

Is this child really that hot-tempered?

Lu Liruan only thought about it for a moment before quickly patting Jin Shuhe on the back, signaling him not to act impulsively.

Jin Shuhe didn't turn around, but simply put one hand behind his back, loosely clenched it into a fist and shook it, to let Lu Liruan know that he had heard him.

The dark-skinned, strong-looking worker opposite clearly didn't take this teenager seriously.

"You little brat, get out of the way and stop messing around! I'm just asking, are you going to pay today or not?"

He glared, trying to bypass Jin Shuhe and continue towards Lu Liruan.

"If you don't give it to me, I'll... smash it! Otherwise, I'll have done your work for free!"

Another worker came over, and the two of them looked like they were going to act tough today.

"you--"

Lu Liruan was indeed a little scared. She had never encountered this situation before. She never expected that she would be treated like a boss for making a mistake while doing renovations.

The problem is, you can't reason with this kind of person. Lu Liruan frowned, thinking that if she had to suffer a loss, so be it; she could always find someone else to do it.

Sometimes, this is just how it is for adults who have entered society.

Even if you know you're being taken advantage of, even if you know you're being bullied, even if you know you're being exploited, what can you do?

Over the years, Lu Liruan had suffered in silence at work more than once, for things that didn't cost much money anyway. Lu Liruan thought to herself, feeling utterly defeated.

"Oh!"

The next second, Lu Liruan was so frightened that the hairs on her body stood on end!

They gasped in shock. Before anyone could react, the young man in front of them stretched out his long arm and swiftly knocked the frame the worker was pointing at to the ground.

The frame collapsed. It was already poorly made, and when it hit, several boards fell off with a crackling sound, almost echoing.

"Fuck you! You fucking smashed my head!"

The worker standing next to him was so frightened that he cursed loudly and started jumping up and down at Jin Shuhe.

"What do you mean?"

The one who had been making things difficult for Lu Liruan stopped and shouted, "I don't have time to waste here arguing with a brat like you. Hurry up and pay up!"

"The frame wasn't made according to the specifications to begin with, and now it's all broken. Why should we pay for it?" Jin Shuhe asked him casually.

The boy's voice was like that of a green bamboo shoot, not yet deep like that of an adult man, but clear and resonant.

"Didn't you break the frame? We did the work, so you have to pay us! What? You're all being unreasonable and won't pay us!" The man was clearly trying to act like a scoundrel.

"Didn't you guys smash the shelf?" Jin Shuhe pointed at the people who had just made a move to smash things.

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Lu Liruan also realized what was happening at this moment.

She doesn't mind suffering a little loss.

But these two are clearly bullying us! They're pointing at us, yelling and cursing. If we give them money and let them get what they want, they'll just leave without a care in the world.

Lu Liruan couldn't sleep for a week, unable to swallow this insult...

"Who said we smashed this shelf? It was clearly you who were angry and embarrassed, and when you couldn't get your money, you smashed it yourselves!" Lu Liruan raised her voice.

"We've already smashed everything, why are you still asking for money? If you really can't handle it, go ahead and call the police, see what they do to us!" She spread her hands, seemingly angry, but actually retreated to a place out of the two men's reach, so nervous she was almost in a horse stance.

What if they actually come and attack you later...

At the same time, Lu Liruan gestured with her eyes for Jin Shuhe to move closer to her.

You're so sharp-tongued, how come your legs are rooted to the spot?

The facilities at the university are not very complete. Her own shop's security cameras are not yet connected, and I guess the school's security cameras outside are not turned on either.

Every time I leave this place at night, I have to carefully check the lock on this shop to make sure it's locked.

Otherwise, if you lose something at night, you'll have nowhere to look for it the next day...

Reporting to the police yielded no results; this was a case in point for shops near the second canteen that had suffered losses. Lu Liruan overheard this and has been paying extra attention lately.

The two workers clearly hadn't expected this young girl to use such a deadly trick!

They couldn't possibly actually fight anyone. One was a delicate young girl, and the other looked like an underage kid. If they really fought, they'd both end up getting hurt.

They originally intended to extort some money, but today Lu Liruan pointed out their mistakes, which was indeed because they hadn't followed the instructions.

They thought they could use force to fool the girl and get her to pay the bill anyway, but then they wouldn't stand for it and would leave the mess behind.

Unexpectedly, just as the young girl was about to hand over her money, this little rascal reacted quickly and came up with this idea.

Jin Shuhe did not retreat, but instead took a step forward. The two workers thought he was going to do something, and instead, they felt guilty and wanted to dodge.

Jin Shuhe simply bent down, picked up the renovation drawings that Lu Liruan had drawn, which had just been placed on the shelf and was now on the ground, and dusted them off.

"Get out of here right now, or we'll call the police!"

Lu Liruan shouted, grabbed Jin Shuhe, and pulled him to her side.

"Damn it, what bad luck..."

"Your lousy shop... it's doomed to fail as soon as it opens!"

……

Having no other choice, the two left, hurling insults and cursing.

Lu Liruan leaned against the wall and saw that Jin Shuhe seemed unaffected. She picked up a broom and swept up the broken glass on the ground. "Sister Liruan, don't come over yet, there are still glass shards here," she said, turning back to him.

"How dare you!" Lu Liruan hopped onto a clean spot on one foot, grinned, and took a breath: "With their physiques... if they wanted to hit us, what's the difference between that and hitting two chicks?"

"I'm sorry." Jin Shuhe stopped what he was doing, lowered his head, and apologized awkwardly, "I..."

"I didn't insult you! I meant that it's okay to suffer a little loss. There are no security cameras here, but look at their shameless behavior. If they really come to blows, wouldn't we suffer even more?"

Lu Liruan sighed: "I didn't say you were wrong. We were in the right in this matter, and they were trying to extort money. But sometimes... isn't it the circumstances that force us to act? We have to know how to be flexible!"

The more Lu Liruan spoke, the less confident she felt.

She thought she was right to tell Jin Shuhe what she said, but the boy in front of her was looking at her out of the corner of his eye, and Lu Liruan felt that he seemed a little wronged, whether it was her imagination or not.

I don't know what I was thinking when I was a child; I can't remember it now.

But are teenagers still in the stage where they stubbornly insist on their own way, refusing to back down, and stubbornly clinging to their beliefs even when they hit a wall?

Indeed, if it's right, why compromise? If it's right, why consider the circumstances? It seems to be a rule that society tacitly accepts.

"Sigh... never mind." Lu Liruan waved her hand.

"What should we eat for lunch! It's such a hassle to order takeout in this crappy place!" Lu Liruan held her phone and turned around to find a place with a good network signal.

Jin Shuhe lowered his head again and continued sweeping the floor silently.

He wasn't stupidly trying to argue with the other party.

"Those homeowners, not many of them know anything about renovations, so try to fool them! If you can fool them, great; if not, then say a few firm things, especially to the women who are overseeing the renovations..."

Amidst the swirling smoke, his father, his greasy face beaming with excitement, patted his coworker beside him and loudly imparted his "experience."

"Why do they all think they can act like big shots after receiving so little money! I don't want them to have a good time, hahahahahahaha!" The drunk man spewed out incoherent slurs.

"But if you run into someone tough, don't go head-to-head with them, or you'll be the one who suffers! Who respects us? We're like we're worth less than everyone else..."

Jin Shuhe slept in the inner room. The thin walls couldn't block out the sounds from outside at all. At that time, Jin Shuhe was still young and may not have understood what it meant, but she still remembered it.

When Jin Shuhe saw Lu Liruan's anxiety and worry that she might get into a fight, he wanted to say that he knew what they were thinking and that no conflict would occur...

But after hearing Lu Liruan's words, Jin Shuhe found it hard to say anything.

Knowing full well that she would not be looked down upon in the slightest, Jin Shuhe always deliberately concealed her past.

He and his neighbor were from completely different worlds. Every time he realized this, he felt empty, wondering when he would never have any contact with his neighbor again.

The longer you spend time together, the stronger this feeling becomes. So what if you know someone? The connections between people are as delicate as threads—family, friendship, kinship…

Everything we thought was indestructible and would last forever when we were young and naive turned out to be broken so abruptly that it didn't even give us time to react.

Good or bad, it's all the same.

What could he possibly do to maintain his connection with Sister Li Ruan? Jin Shuhe thought not.

Lu Liruan was unaware of his pessimism and assumed he had taken it to heart.

"I'll contact them again this afternoon. Didn't Sister Wang mention their workers a few days ago?" Lu Liruan was busy and wouldn't let this small setback affect her mood or progress.

Sister Wang is the owner of the shop next door. She started decorating earlier than Lu Liruan, and it's almost finished now.

Lu Liruan naturally treated her future neighbors kindly.

Jin Shuhe felt that she had a certain ability, mainly because she was willing to, that her affability could quickly make people feel at ease with her and leave a good impression on them.

After Lu Liruan gave Sister Wang some cookies she had baked at home twice, Sister Wang started chatting with her happily. Lu Liruan had heard about some things at school from her, such as the incident where a shop in the second canteen was robbed at night.

Sister Wang also had a deep impression of Jin Shuhe.

"Your younger brother?"

"Ah, yes, it's my younger brother. He's on holiday and came to help me with some chores." Lu Liruan smiled and pulled Jin Shuhe to stop working and sit on the steps.

Lu Liruan held a piece of cardboard in her hand, chatting and fanning herself as she did so.

It felt stuffy at noon, and I was sweating while working.

"Sit closer, I'll fan you so you can benefit from the light..." Lu Liruan joked with Jin Shuhe naturally during a break from chatting with Sister Wang.

She moved a little too much, and Jin Shuhe could indeed feel... a gentle breeze brushing against his face.

"You're in high school now, right? You've grown so tall!"

Aunt Wang shook her head: "My son is about the same age as him, and he's glued to his computer every weekend, let alone helping me with chores..."

Jin Shuhe couldn't hear what she was saying anymore. He carefully moved closer, his gaze lowered. It had been a long time since he had such a peaceful and happy afternoon.