I Have the Aura of a Supporting Character in Yuri Novels - Chapter 80

“Piggy, can I drink what’s in your cup? It’s all bubbly. What is it? It’s yellow and looks so delicious.”

In the living room, Tang Ruorui rested her chin on her hands, watching Zhu Yun, who was drinking her sorrows away. Next to her were three or five opened cheese stick wrappers, clear evidence that she had been snacking earlier.

Zhu Yun wasn’t deliberately showing off the beer in her cup. After two hours together, Zhu Yun had discovered that this non-human toddler was no different from a human one curious about everything. If you told her not to touch something, she’d do the exact opposite, constantly pushing Zhu Yun’s buttons.

“Kids can’t drink this. It’s poison.”

Zhu Yun sat cross-legged on the carpet just like her. Tang Ruorui’s chubby little feet wiggled non-stop. Despite her baby fat, she could do some surprisingly difficult moves. It just went to show how flexible kids are.

Tang Ruorui was unhappy with Zhu Yun’s lie. She pointed at the cheese sticks and said, “These are for kids, so why can you eat them? Why can’t I have the things adults have?”

Zhu Yun raised a playful eyebrow and rubbed Tang Ruorui’s smooth black hair with her hand. Since Tang Ruorui couldn’t resist, she felt free to “play” with this little girl who looked like a delicate doll.

“Because adults are awesome. We can do things that kids can’t.”

Tang Ruorui was half-convinced. She tilted her head, her innocent eyes making her look incredibly adorable. “When will Rui Rui become an adult?”

When Zhu Yun heard that, she felt the urge to drink again and took a frustrated swig of beer.

Zhu Yun wanted her to grow up more than anyone else. Even though Tang Ruorui was a non-human, her body and intelligence were no different from a little kid’s. Zhu Yun couldn’t be so heartless as to leave her alone at home, so she brought Tang Ruorui with her.

“Yeah, when will you become an adult?”

Zhu Yun couldn’t think of a solution, and her helplessness brought a sense of pressure to Tang Ruorui. She scratched her cheek and asked, “Then what do you think I should do, Piggy?”

“Why are you asking me?! I’m a human!”

Tang Ruorui agreed, “That’s right. You’re a person, not a ‘thing’.”

“Are you calling me names?”

Tang Ruorui wrinkled her delicate eyebrows. In the bright light, even the soft fuzz on her cheeks was visible. She pouted her rosy lips and accused, “Piggy, you’re not well-behaved. You don’t understand ‘human’ words.”

Zhu Yun quietly took a sip of beer. Great, she was being scolded again. But what could she do? She couldn’t very well punish her. That wouldn’t be right. She was a gentle, mature woman.

So, Zhu Yun decided to take away Tang Ruorui’s snacks. She gathered all the snacks from the sofa, hugged them, and then opened the drawer of the coffee table. She even locked the drawer right in front of Tang Ruorui. It was a good thing she had the foresight to buy a coffee table with a lock.

“What are you doing, Piggy?”

Zhu Yun pointed at the drawer. “The door is closed, and it’s locked. Your snacks are gone. Understand?”

As soon as she finished speaking, Tang Ruorui covered her face and burst into loud laughter, not giving Zhu Yun any face at all. “Piggy, you’re so silly! That lock can’t stop me!”

“…” Oh, right. How could she forget that? This little troublemaker wasn’t human.

Zhu Yun didn’t want to admit she’d done something stupid. She expressionlessly picked up Tang Ruorui, carried her to the bathroom, and said, “Time to brush your teeth and wash your face. You should be sleeping.”

Tang Ruorui wasn’t tired at all. She was full of energy, and her bright, sparkling eyes showed she didn’t want to sleep. She wanted to keep playing.

“You’ll sleep with me tonight. While you’re sleeping, you should use that little brain of yours to think about how to grow up. Oh, and a heads-up: when you get your body back, you can’t kill me to silence me! You have to be a good person or, I mean, a good demon!”

Zhu Yun had lived in modern society for a long time and had never encountered a non-human. She had heard stories about supernatural or strange events, but she always treated them as unsolved mysteries. She would listen but never take them seriously.

She never thought she would encounter a creature like Tang Ruorui in this world. It was a real eye-opener.

As Zhu Yun brushed her teeth, she glanced at Tang Ruorui, who was standing on a stool, trying her best to brush her teeth. Shouldn’t there be a special department that managed non-humans like her? How else would humans be safe?

Suddenly, a light bulb went off.

Zhu Yun remembered the person who hit her with their car in the plot. The police couldn’t find the culprit, but then they were inexplicably caught. Was it possible that conventional police resources couldn’t find the perpetrator?

Zhu Yun couldn’t help but touch her own neck and look at herself in the mirror.

It seemed her life was quite important if they were sending a non-human to kill her.

“Piggy, are you being vain?”

Tang Ruorui was already done with her nightly routine. Her soft face was flawless. Zhu Yun pinched her cheek enviously and chuckled softly. “Don’t you like being vain, Rui Rui?”

Tang Ruorui smiled shyly, pursing her lips. She held onto Zhu Yun’s arm and bared her teeth at the mirror. “Piggy, you can’t expose me.”

Zhu Yun picked her up and walked to the bedroom. Who could scold a sweet and adorable little kid like her?

Zhu Yun patted her on the bottom. “You little stinker. You were looking at yourself in the full-length mirror for ages. Did you really think I didn’t notice?”

Tang Ruorui wrapped her arms around Zhu Yun’s neck and explained defensively, “I wasn’t being vain! I was looking at my clothes. This dress was made by the flowers! Isn’t it pretty?”

Zhu Yun put her on the bed. There were no small slippers at home, and Tang Ruorui was round and plump. Zhu Yun was afraid she would trip and fall in adult-sized slippers, so she had been carrying her the whole time.

When she heard Tang Ruorui’s childlike voice, Zhu Yun looked at the frilly dress she was wearing. Non-humans were something else. It was autumn, and the weather was turning cold, but she was still wearing a dress and not feeling cold at all. Zhu Yun was truly envious.

Zhu Yun rubbed her warm little hands and said with sincerity, “Yes, it’s very pretty. It’s glowing. Did you make this dress yourself, Rui Rui?”

“Yes, I did! Otherwise, I’d be naked.” Tang Ruorui covered her face with her other hand, seemingly shy.

That’s when Zhu Yun realized something: she was about to “bare all” with Tang Ruorui.

Zhu Yun looked at her smiling face, stood up awkwardly, and went to the closet to get a clean set of pajamas. She was torn, wondering whether to let her stay in the frilly dress or put on her own pajamas.

“Can you make pajamas, Rui Rui? We’re going to sleep now.”

Tang Ruorui shook her head, her cowlick swaying back and forth. “Why should I? Don’t you have clothes for me to wear, Piggy?”

Zhu Yun didn’t object. She handed over the pajamas and said, “Then you can wear these.”

Tang Ruorui waited eagerly for Zhu Yun’s next move. She held out her arms and said enthusiastically, “Piggy, change my clothes for me.”

“No, you can’t be lazy. You have to be obedient.”

“But I’m a kid!”

Zhu Yun put one hand on her hip and drew out the last syllable. “Oh really? It seems like everything I said at your house was a waste of breath.”

A few hours ago, Zhu Yun and Tang Ruorui had gone over her current situation. A little-known, 18th-tier actress, whose body suddenly shrank for some reason and almost went through a tribulation. If it weren’t for Zhu Yun’s presence as a lightning rod, the flowers on the balcony would have thrown her out the window. Although she didn’t know what that meant, it was a fact that Tang Ruorui didn’t get struck by lightning.

Tang Ruorui poked her fingers together. “Okay, okay, I’ll be good.”

The pajamas were placed on her head. Zhu Yun used this time to tidy up the living room and make a list of things to buy tomorrow on her phone. When she saw the long list of notes, Zhu Yun mumbled, “Well, I’ve willingly become a mother, haven’t I?”

“Piggy!”

“Piggy!”

After only a moment without Zhu Yun, Tang Ruorui was already yelling her name.

Zhu Yun leaned against the door frame and chuckled, “If you open your mouth any wider, I’ll see your tonsils.”

“What does that mean? I don’t understand.”

Zhu Yun looked at Tang Ruorui, who was swallowed up by the large pajamas, and teased, “It means you have a loud voice.”

Tang Ruorui knew that wasn’t a compliment. She sniffed haughtily, clumsily got up, and wiggled her way under the covers, wanting nothing to do with that heartless Zhu Yun who said bad things about her.

“Are you going to sleep with me, Piggy?”

“I turned the guest room into a storage room. Even if you didn’t want to sleep with me, it’d be tough. This is the only bed in the house. Unless you want to go back home to sleep.”

Tang Ruorui clung to Zhu Yun like a little koala, her eyes focused. “I want to sleep with you, Piggy.”

“You don’t seem to have any guard up against me.”

Tang Ruorui was just a child and couldn’t say anything profound. Her innocent words were the most sincere.

She yawned. Tang Ruorui hadn’t been sleepy before, but now, snuggling into Zhu Yun’s arms, her eyes welled up with sleepy tears. She rubbed her grape-like eyes and said sweetly, “Piggy is super amazing. You helped me get rid of the pain. You’re the best person in the world to me! Before, I was always getting bullied by the pain, and then… and then I don’t remember what happened.”

Zhu Yun patted her back and said softly, “Then you must have grown up.”

“I don’t know.”

“Will you still remember me when you grow up, Rui Rui?”

Tang Ruorui’s eyes, which were about to close, suddenly flew open. She looked at Zhu Yun reproachfully. “Piggy, I’m only young, my brain isn’t broken. How could I forget you?”

“Pfft, okay, okay.”

Her words were really sharp.

The stars twinkled in the night sky. The window, which wasn’t fully closed, let in a breeze that made the matcha-green curtains sway, like waving green leaves.

On the spacious bed, a beautiful woman held a delicate child in her arms. It was a strange pair, but they fit together perfectly.

“Rui Rui, do you wet the bed?”

“Piggy, shut up!”

Zhu Yun realized she might have underestimated her and immediately tried to smooth things over.

She patted Tang Ruorui’s back and hummed a soothing lullaby. The night came to a close.

It was peaceful and quiet here, but a argument had already started on the neighboring balcony.

“I’m telling you, Old Six, how could you just stand there and watch that woman take Ruorui away?”

“Old Eight, don’t blame me. Ruorui went with her willingly! I don’t have feet. I’m a pot of flowers. How could I stop an ancestor?”

“Sigh, I’m really worried about Ruorui. I knew something was wrong when she got off work. The tribulation came early! Her clan is so rare because their bodies are so special. Each tribulation makes them revert to their childhood form, and their powers are greatly reduced. Over the centuries, only a few of her kin have survived.”

“So, should we be thanking that woman who flew over? The tribulation stopped as soon as she arrived.”

“Old Six, what did you say? She flew over?”

“Yeah. Didn’t you see? She just whooshed onto the windowsill. Thank goodness it was dark, or people would have thought our place was haunted.”

“Could she be an agent from the special department?”

“I don’t know, I don’t know!”

After some discussion, the flowers came up with a plan: they had to go and keep an eye on Zhu Yun. What if she had evil intentions?

So, when Zhu Yun pulled back the curtains to let in the sunlight, the sight outside startled her.

Dense, unknown flowers had climbed onto the air conditioner unit. Following them, Zhu Yun saw several unfamiliar flower pots on her own balcony. She didn’t know how they had done it, but they were not in the flower stand on the balcony but on the ledge outside the window. They had stretched out their arms, leaving a trail of colorful flowers.

“What… what kind of flowers are these?”

“They’re clematis! They have big, colorful petals, and they’re so pretty!”

The little sprout Tang Ruorui, who was standing by Zhu Yun’s leg, explained to her. Zhu Yun nodded knowingly, pointed at them, and asked, “Are these your friends?”

“Yeah! They’re my friends’ descendants. Wait, how do I know that? That’s so weird.” Tang Ruorui scratched her head. If she couldn’t figure it out, she wouldn’t think about it.

After learning that the clematis were Tang Ruorui’s friends, Zhu Yun stopped paying attention to them. She ordered some breakfast. The soft, milky buns were Tang Ruorui’s favorite. Zhu Yun shook her head with a smile. “I’m going to work soon, Rui Rui. You have to be a good girl at home, okay?”

“Can’t I go to work with you, Piggy?”

“No, you can’t.” Zhu Yun firmly refused.

Tang Ruorui was disappointed but didn’t push it. She diligently chewed her milk bun, her head down, not saying a word.

Zhu Yun noticed and tried to comfort her. “How about I take you shopping at the supermarket after I get off work?”

Tang Ruorui’s spirits lifted immediately. Her eyes curved into a smile, and her rosy lips and white teeth were very charming. “Okay!”

She was innocent and adorable as a child, and her outstanding features would change when she became an adult. Zhu Yun couldn’t help but laugh. She was really curious if Tang Ruorui would find a hole to bury herself in once she returned to normal.

“What are you laughing at?”

“Nothing.”

“Rui Rui, there’s a camera at home. If anything happens, be sure to tell me.”

Before she left, Zhu Yun was still worried and repeated her instructions to Tang Ruorui.

She bent down, and her wavy hair slipped from her shoulder onto Tang Ruorui’s nose, making her sniff.

Tang Ruorui wanted to grab her hair with both hands, but Zhu Yun stood up straight again, and the hair that had captivated her was now out of reach.

She grabbed at the air in disappointment, spread her short fingers, and pouted.

She was just a kid and couldn’t even grab a strand of hair. When would she finally grow up?

“Rui Rui?” Zhu Yun asked again.

Tang Ruorui quickly replied, “I remember what you said, Piggy.”

“Then goodbye.”

“Wait, take the umbrella. It’s going to rain.” Tang Ruorui stood on her tiptoes and handed her the umbrella from the stand. Her obedient look was touching.

Zhu Yun smiled, rubbed her hair, and closed the door.

“857, keep an eye on Tang Ruorui all day. If anything unexpected happens, you have to tell me.”

[I’m telling you, darling, she’s a non-human flower demon. Who at home could possibly hurt her? You should be grateful she isn’t wrecking your furniture and appliances.]

Zhu Yun covered her face. Oops, how did she keep forgetting that?

But once she regained her composure, she was back to being the sharp lawyer she was.

Time to make money! Time to raise the kid!

A black car in the parking lot below left the neighborhood, and the balcony on the high-rise closed.

Tang Ruorui stepped onto a vine and put down the clematis she had been using as a telescope.

Her chubby little face drooped, and she sighed heavily. She plopped down on the sofa and said, “I’m so bored. What was I doing when I was an adult? Do you guys know?”

The clematis lay on her lap and said cooperatively, “You were filming every day, from morning to night.”

“Filming? Is it fun?”

“No, not really. I remember you told me once that a woman tried to slap you for a scene.”

Tang Ruorui covered her face in horror. “How scary! I don’t want to go to work!”

Another clematis climbed over, holding a phone, and handed it to Tang Ruorui. It said in a wise old voice, “Then don’t go to work. If the special department hadn’t insisted that you get a job, I would have never let you suffer. Play on the phone. It’s the most popular thing for humans to do, bar none!”

Tang Ruorui had two clematis resting on her shoulders. She held a phone that was almost as big as her face and listened carefully to the clematis’s instructions.

Soon, she was on a social media platform. The countless private messages and comments made her feel very curious.

Even though she was an 18th-tier celebrity, exposure meant fans. Tang Ruorui’s face turned red from all the compliments. She said shyly, “They’re so good at praising people. But what does this comment mean, ‘prpr gotta lick your body’?”

The clematis coughed wildly. Old Six said, “Cough cough, that just means your body looks good. This one’s not worth looking at. Let’s move on to the next comment!”

Tang Ruorui didn’t suspect a thing. This time, she read the comment out loud. “I love Rui Rui so much. The netizens who haven’t followed this divine beauty are in for a treat! But Rui Rui, have you thought about switching companies? I noticed that Listen Wind Entertainment signed a super handsome guy. Your visuals would be a perfect match! I hope you’ll pay more attention to him, too. His name is Chen Wei’an.”

Tang Ruorui said pettily, “This person doesn’t love me single-mindedly. She’s following other celebrities! I’m going to hate this Chen Wei’an!”

A child’s heart is very small and can’t hold too much. She naively thought everyone was like her, unaware that there were countless people who loved many things at once.

Old Six, the clematis, chuckled and comforted her. “Don’t be mad. You still have a lot of fans who love you wholeheartedly.”

Tang Ruorui nodded angrily. She decided to post an update to thank the fans who liked her.

“What should I post?”

“Oh, I know! I’ll take a picture of you guys.”

Tang Ruorui quickly took a picture. The image showed a heart made of enthusiastically blooming clematis. The different colors blended together, making one appreciate the greatness of life.

She awkwardly typed, but then decided to use voice-to-text. The photo was soon uploaded to Tang Ruorui’s social media.

Sharing my “old pals” with you all. I hope you like them.

The new post and the picture of the clematis made her fans cheer with joy.

Old pals? Hahahaha, I looked it up. It’s clematis! No wonder you call them old pals.

Hahahaha, Rui Rui is so cute. We love Rui Rui’s old pals!

Ah, Rui Rui finally posted! I can have a good year now.

This fan’s comment didn’t seem exaggerated to them. Tang Ruorui didn’t like to share too much information about herself on social media. Her lifelong dream was to live a simple life, so she just treated acting as a job. Maintaining a connection with her fans was something she never thought about. In other words, she didn’t know how to interact with humans, so she only posted when her manager reminded her.

Tang Ruorui’s eyes lit up with excitement. “I’m going to post every day!”

She loved being so genuinely cared for.

This day of surfing the internet taught Tang Ruorui a lot. The last time she was awake was in ancient times, and they didn’t have phones back then. So, she became addicted to her phone and forgot to eat lunch.

Zhu Yun sat in her office chair, resting with her eyes closed. She listened to 857’s report and smiled, her lips curling up. “Not eating? Just playing on your phone?”

A disobedient child needs to be taught a lesson.

She turned on her home security camera. Zhu Yun had originally planned to get a pet and had bought everything except the dog. But she was too busy with work and thought it would be cruel to get one, so the camera had been sitting unused.

She never expected it to come in handy now.

“Tang Ruorui, I’m giving you three minutes to put that phone down and have your ‘old pals’ heat up your food. Otherwise, when I get home tonight, your butt is going to hurt.”

Tang Ruorui’s hand trembled, and she was frozen in place.

“Sweating now, aren’t you, Tang Ruorui?”

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