Chapter 295 Obedient and Clingy Younger Brother (6)
Chapter 295 Obedient and Clingy Younger Brother (6)
The renovation videos were released slowly and gradually. By the time this series of videos was finished, the renovated house had actually been sitting for a while.
When Lu Liruan was decorating, she paid great attention to using better environmentally friendly materials and reducing the amount of additives containing harmful ingredients. The beautiful decorations on the living room walls were mostly pasted or hung up.
After several tests confirmed that the house was perfectly habitable, Lu Liruan returned her short-term rental and moved in.
After moving in, the weather was nice and she was in a good mood, so Lu Liruan happily... lay down.
I've been lazily idling around like a salted fish until now.
Looking at the comments one by one, Lu Liruan felt a little guilty.
No, given the current timeline, I don't know how long I'll be in this world. I still need to make money!
But what should we film...?
Lu Liruan hasn't had any good inspiration lately. She's been living too comfortably and doesn't even have anything to complain about.
By the way, you can add food elements when shooting your lifestyle vlog!
Why not take advantage of this cheat code!
The series about decorating the house was also heartwarming and healing, and to Lu Liruan's surprise, the average number of views was quite impressive.
Lifestyle vlogs and cooking videos are both considered therapeutic, making them a good choice in today's fast-paced world.
Combining previous styles, we've added fun and interactivity to everyday moments.
Just do it.
Lu Liruan slipped on her slippers, went to the kitchen, made herself a cup of coffee, and turned on her computer to start writing a script.
When she thought of a recipe, she could write with ease. Lu Liruan planned to cook curry rice for dinner.
After making the arrangements with great enthusiasm, Lu Liruan looked at the increasingly heavy rain outside and vaguely felt that she... seemed to have forgotten something.
Oh, I forgot to think about how to get close to the male supporting character, Jin Shuhe.
They're being far too relaxed.
Although they lived in the same building, Lu Liruan didn't know which floor he lived on or his daily routine.
This... a high school student and I living a life where we don't know whether to day or night, have absolutely no overlap, right?
As Lu Liruan pondered this, she carefully peeled the pear.
The "golden touch" of culinary skills truly requires both theoretical knowledge and practical ability.
Not only can they think of things, but their skills are also extraordinary.
When Lu Liruan looked at the sharp kitchen knife, she felt a strange urge to take a potato out of the refrigerator.
"Shuashuashua——"
Lu Liruan looked at the potato shreds she had cut in an instant, as thin as hair and incredibly even.
...Wow, that's awesome!
Even now, when I peel something carelessly, I peel it a little too thick and a little too thin, going around and around from beginning to end.
Tonight I'm planning to make a dessert with red wine pears, which will need to be stewed for several hours to become soft and flavorful.
Lu Liruan set up her equipment and filmed a lot of videos.
When it was almost time to start making the curry, Lu Liruan took out the curry seasoning cubes from the cabinet, screaming in her heart, "This isn't the brand! This brand can't make good curry!"
Lu Liruan hesitated for three minutes, then looked down at the building where it had darkened but the rain had stopped.
I've made up my mind, I'll just go buy it...
"Bang—" As I was changing my shoes at the door, I suddenly heard a sound from next door, the sound of something hitting the wall.
Then came indistinct screams and curses. The walls of the old building were thicker than those of the newer ones, and the soundproofing was excellent, so such a loud noise was quite frightening.
The shouting and cursing continued unabated. Lu Liruan turned off the living room lights, opened the door, and went out.
The commotion illuminated the pale motion-sensor lights in the narrow corridor, making the noise even clearer in the hallway; it was a man and a woman.
Lu Liruan frowned slightly, thinking that she probably wouldn't hear that voice often in the future.
She didn't like meddling in other people's business or listening to noise, and was just about to quicken her pace to pass by her neighbor's house.
Suddenly, the door was pushed open hastily and violently, and a tall, thin figure stepped out. With a loud "bang," the door was slammed shut again!
The person who came out of the door stopped in the corridor and realized that there were other people next to him. He subconsciously turned his head to look.
Lu Liruan: ...Huh?
He was a very tall and thin boy, probably in the growth spurt of puberty. He had broad shoulders and long arms and legs, but was as thin as a sheet of paper.
Some of his messy, curly hair was tucked under the hoodie, with two stubborn tufts sticking up on his forehead, slightly softening his aloof appearance.
She had single eyelids, a slender, high nose bridge, thin lips, a narrow, thin face barely larger than the palm of her hand, pale skin, a long neck, and faint bluish veins showing through.
Wearing a gray hoodie and black pants, he looked clean and unassuming, clearly a young boy.
He had just exhaled, and the annoyance in his expression had not yet faded, when he met Lu Liruan's face.
He suddenly seemed flustered.
"No, I'm sorry." He began, his tone of voice slightly different from that of the locals in Pucheng, a little softer: "Did I disturb you? I'm sorry."
He apologized for the continued shouting and cursing that continued unabated inside the door.
"Oh..." Lu Liruan didn't quite react.
In the original story, the clearest image is that of Jin Shuhe as a child. Lu Liruan remembers what the child looked like, but she really doesn't know how he became as an adult.
But at a glance, Lu Liruan recognized him as the little boy from back then.
I never expected to see him so suddenly; he lives right next door.
Jin Shuhe just wanted some fresh air; the noise in the room was giving him a headache, but someone else caught him.
The girl behind him was wearing a white dress, had long, light chestnut-brown curly hair, and had a key hanging from her finger; she must have come from the door next door.
After he apologized, the girl didn't look away, making Jin Shuhe so embarrassed that his palms started to sweat.
"It's okay... Did something happen?" Lu Liruan asked, realizing what had happened.
In the original storyline, this child lives here with his... stepmother? Why are there men's voices coming from inside the house?
"It's nothing... I'm sorry to have bothered you." Hearing the other person's polite concern made Jin Shuhe even more embarrassed.
He stood at the doorway, unsure of what to do.
"Um... I'm about to head out to the supermarket, what about you?"
Lu Liruan noticed his embarrassment and explained that she hadn't come out to check on things because of the noise from next door.
And this child is standing quite wide in the middle of the corridor, he can't even get through himself.
It's quite a contrast to his appearance; why is this child so timid?
Lu Liruan noticed that he was talking to her, but his eyes were downcast.
"Oh, me, I'm going downstairs to the supermarket too," Jin Shuhe mumbled. He actually had no idea where he was going; he'd just impulsively rushed out...
"Hmm? Let's go down together then." Lu Liruan blinked, doubting that Jin Shuhe even knew what she was saying.
The two descended the stairs one after the other, and as they walked out of the narrow stairwell, they still kept a half-step apart. The boy had long legs, but he deliberately slowed down and lingered behind.
Just as she came downstairs, Jin Shuhe smelled a sweet fragrance on her neighbor.
His sense of smell is better than most people's, so the fragrance is particularly noticeable and pleasant.
He grabbed a hoodie that hadn't been washed yet from the chair, put it on, and went out the door.
Then he suddenly remembered that he had worn this sweatshirt the day before yesterday when he helped Aunt Chun, who was completely drunk, into the house.
As soon as she entered, she vomited. She probably hadn't eaten anything and had only vomited up alcohol. Jin Shuhe dodged quickly, but there was still a dirty spot on the back of her clothes.
Two days had passed, but he could still smell a faint odor of alcohol, which was why he kept walking behind, not wanting his neighbors to see the stain.
The sweet aroma contrasted sharply with the stench of alcohol, making the neighbor in front seem like they belonged to a completely different world from someone as dirty and disheveled as myself.
For some reason, this thought suddenly popped into Jin Shuhe's mind.
Lu Liruan assumed he was just shy and didn't pretend to be enthusiastic or say anything to him. The two walked through the courtyard with the broken streetlights and went to the small supermarket downstairs in the row of buildings facing the road.
Lu Liruan went straight to the condiment cabinet. Jin Shuhe breathed a sigh of relief when he saw her figure being blocked by the shelves.
Since we're already here, let's buy some bread for dinner.
When Jin Shuhe got to the cashier, he realized he was in another embarrassing situation: he hadn't brought a single penny with him, not even a coin in his pocket...
Meanwhile, the neighbor had already taken their things and walked over to pay the bill.
"Four dollars."
The shop owner, his eyes glued to the live stream on his phone, glanced at the bread and said.
Jin Shuhe pursed her lips, just about to say that she was shameless.
"Let's calculate it together."
The neighbor put down a box of curry cubes and then reached for two chocolates from the shelf next to the cashier.
There are thirty-six in total.
After the boss scanned the barcode with the barcode scanner, he handed them a plastic bag and told them to fill it themselves.
Lu Liruan opened her phone to pay, and casually raised her head to signal Jin Shuhe to pretend.
Jin Shuhe paused for a moment, then quickly packed his things with his head down and followed Lu Liruan out of the supermarket.
The wind picked up at night, and the damp wind gave Lu Liruan goosebumps. She should have worn a jacket when she came out.
This time, the child didn't follow behind him; he walked beside him and said, "Thank you."
Jin Shuhe sensed that his neighbor had already realized he had nowhere to go, and that's why he asked to save face.
"My name is Jin Shuhe." Jin Shuhe said his name with some embarrassment, and lowered his gaze.
Lu Liruan smiled at him in a friendly manner. Why does this child seem so introverted...?
Judging from the original plot, he ranked at the top in almost every test at the police academy, with excellent physical fitness, boldness and meticulousness. After starting work, he was even more decisive and skilled in interrogation.
Why was I such a soft-spoken child when I was young?
"I should be quite a bit older than you, so I'll call you Xiao He."
Upon hearing Lu Liruan's words, Jin Shuhe paused for a moment. He turned his head and carefully observed Lu Liruan's face in the light shining down from the overpass.
Suddenly it felt somewhat familiar.
She had long, chestnut-colored curly hair and a very pretty face. When I looked at her, she sensed it and turned to look at me too.
When she looks up, the corners of her eyes droop gently and innocently, and her curved eye bags make it hard to tell her age.
Her nose and chin are both a bit round, giving her a very gentle appearance. You can tell at a glance that she has a good temper.
"Are you new here?"
Jin Shuhe quickly looked away and asked, trying to appear calm.
"I guess so. I lived here when I was little, and now that I've moved back to Pucheng, I'm here again," Lu Liruan replied.
"Ah."
Jin Shuhe nodded; the house next door had indeed never been lived in.
He wanted to apologize again, since his neighbor had just moved in and he had already heard something annoying happening next door, and... he figured there would be more of these kinds of incidents in the future.
"These buildings are exactly the same as when I left and when I came back. The only difference is that the exterior walls have been painted blue."
“This year it’s blue, last year it was orange, and the year before it was pink,” Jin Shuhe added in a low voice.
"what?"
"Renovation of old residential areas," Jin Shuhe explained.
"Oh!"
Every year, the city has different targets for urban construction, which are said to be to renovate old school campuses, unify their appearance, and improve the living environment of residents.
Actually, nothing inside has changed. The excavator is just going through the motions and has dug the ground into a mess. I have no idea what they are actually renovating.
When Lu Liruan went downstairs just now, she vaguely saw that there were still some areas in the yard that hadn't been filled in...
The old house was painted layer by layer, giving it a fresh look for the new year.
Lu Liruan started laughing as she spoke.
When she laughed, her voice tinged with a hint of mockery, Jin Shuhe suddenly remembered where he had seen this new neighbor before!
On a classmate's phone.
His deskmate this semester is a female classmate who doesn't really like studying.
At the high school he attended, the teachers' requirement for students was simply to stay put and not cause trouble.
As for secretly using one's phone during self-study periods, I basically just pretend I don't see it.
The female classmate was cheerful and always painted her face a different color from her neck. Even though Jin Shuhe didn't talk much, she could still chat with him for a long time.
She had her phone under her desk when she saw something and laughed so hard she choked.
Jin Shuhe turned to look at her, only to have an earphone shoved into her ear: "Hahahaha, look at this video, it's hilarious!"
A pleasant, gentle female voice came through the headphones, but her words were anything but gentle; they were witty, witty, and full of playful banter that made it impossible not to listen.
Jin Shuhe unconsciously glanced at his phone screen. The speaker was a smiling girl with her hair in a bun, her eyes crinkling at the corners of her eyes. She gestured as she spoke, her manner lively and amusing...
The girl's face on the screen overlapped with the face of her neighbor.
"what happened?"
Lu Liruan didn't hear the child next to her talking. She looked up and found him staring at her intently.
"Um..." Jin Shuhe began, then worried that she might be being impolite.
"what?"
"Have you... posted videos online?"
"Huh?" Lu Liruan didn't expect that he could recognize her.
"I'm a video blogger." Lu Liruan smiled. "You've even watched my videos?"
"That was really interesting." Actually, Jin Shuhe had already forgotten what Lu Liruan was saying in the video he had watched, but he remembered his deskmate saying excitedly, "I want to be an internet celebrity in the future!"
"Thank you," Lu Liruan replied readily.
Jin Shuhe walked back into the courtyard with her and saw that she was carefully tiptoeing to avoid getting mud on her white dress.
Even though they lived next door and were neighbors, they were definitely not from the same world. Jin Shuhe looked at his shoes and trouser legs, which were soaked with mud and water, and for some reason, this thought came to mind again.
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