After Transmigrating Into a Book, I Was Played by the Black Lotus – Chapter 48

Be Good

Because of the hoarse and ambiguous “princess” that Lin Xingzhu said before bed, Bai Xiying was tired and had not rested all night in her dreams. In her dream, she was like a pancake being flipped over and over, kneaded by Chef Lin with various seasonings added, which simply made one feel both comfortable and wanting to escape.

So when Lin Xingzhu opened the curtains in the morning and called for her to get up, she still hadn’t quite reacted.

Her not-yet-awake brain seemed to have been left behind in the dream. Bai Xiying hummed twice and turned over, unmoved.

Lin Xingzhu watched Bai Xiying, who was lazing in bed, with a smile in her eyes. In the soft morning light, her whole person had a sense of ease like a clear breeze and a bright moon.

Although Bai Xiying was cute and charming even when lazing in bed, she still had to go to work.

Lin Xingzhu persistently called her two more times.

Seeing that the person didn’t have much of a reaction, she paused for a moment, leaned in, and prepared to lift the quilt to call her.

Just as she walked to the bedside, before she could even lift the quilt, the woman who had curled herself into a ball stretched out. Her eyes were not yet open, but her body, as boneless and soft as a water snake, climbed onto Lin Xingzhu’s shoulder.

“I’ll give you a kiss, don’t call me anymore, just do whatever you want, be good.”

Mwah!

Bai Xiying still thought she was in a dream. After saying this, she rubbed her face against Lin Xingzhu’s again, waiting expectantly for her to be spread like a pancake once more.

Lin Xingzhu: “…”

She looked at the pouting Bai Xiying in some disbelief. The feeling on her lips made it impossible for her to ignore that this had really happened.

Her first kiss from two lifetimes combined was just taken away with a mwah by a muddle-headed Bai Xiying who wasn’t even awake?

At this moment, Lin Xingzhu had not yet realized that her innocence was long gone after she had been made drunk by someone.

Did Bai Xiying know what she was doing?

Or could it be that she herself usually had such a habit when waking up?

At the thought of this possibility, Lin Xingzhu subconsciously frowned.

She restrained herself from thinking about Bai Xiying’s university roommates.

Pulling her arm a little, Lin Xingzhu lowered her head and saw her cheeks were flushed from being stuffy. She suddenly realized that perhaps she was still in her dream.

To prevent Bai Xiying from doing anything else uncontrollable, Lin Xingzhu acted quickly, once again pinching the tip of her nose to control her breathing, while calling her name.

Seeing the person slowly waking up, she quickly left a sentence, “The meal is ready, I’ll wait for you outside,” and swiftly retreated from the bedroom.

Returning to the kitchen to serve the meal, when Lin Xingzhu took out the bowl belonging to Bai Xiying, she subconsciously touched her own mouth.

It was very soft, but the other one seemed even softer.

It was just that Bai Xiying’s speed was too fast, lasting no more than a second in total, giving her no time to react at all.

…Even the unconscious savoring was so barren that there was only that “mwah” sound.

Rubbing the spot between her eyebrows, Lin Xingzhu restrained herself from letting her imagination run wild so early in the morning.

By the time Bai Xiying came out from the inner room after changing her clothes, Lin Xingzhu was already sitting upright in her chair, waiting.

Unsure if Bai Xiying had any impression of the accident just now, Lin Xingzhu glanced at her. Seeing that her expression was normal and revealed nothing, she silently breathed a sigh of relief, yet there was an indescribable regret in the bottom of her heart.

However, the fully awake Bai Xiying had no intention of letting her go.

She first praised Lin Xingzhu’s craftsmanship, then said, “Why did you wake up so early?”

Bai Xiying noticed that Lin Xingzhu had already changed her clothes, which she must have just gone downstairs to change.

Lin Xingzhu followed her gaze to her own clothes and suddenly remembered that when she went back to open her door just now, she happened to run into Jiang Yeye, who was coming out of the bedroom to go to the toilet. In front of her drowsy eyes, she tried hard to pretend that she had just gotten out of bed from her own bedroom.

There was a bit of inexplicable guilt and awkwardness.

Lin Xingzhu coughed and said, “I have a biological clock, I wake up when it’s time.”

In fact, it was because someone was sleeping beside her, and she wasn’t quite used to it. She had woken up much earlier than usual today.

Bai Xiying nodded, indicating she understood.

Bai Xiying needed an alarm clock to wake up every morning. She had too much to do yesterday and forgot to set the alarm for work on Monday, which led to the scene of Lin Xingzhu waking her up this morning.

Thinking of this, Bai Xiying’s face turned slightly red.

She stammered, a little embarrassed, “This morning… I’m sorry, I was muddle-headed from sleep.”

Lin Xingzhu’s heart skipped a beat.

She had thought that at the very least, even if Bai Xiying had an impression, she would keep it to herself.

But looking at Bai Xiying’s eyes that were like spring water and her cheeks flushed like a peach blossom, Lin Xingzhu became a little uncertain again.

She had never seen such an expression on Bai Xiying’s face before.

Even before when Bai Xiying was drugged and in a more embarrassing and ambiguous situation than this, she was still restrained. The eyes under her brows were faint, allowing the observing Lin Xingzhu to see at a glance that what she was showing was merely a pure physiological reaction.

But it was different now.

An inexplicable heat rose in the bottom of Lin Xingzhu’s heart because of her seemingly groundless speculation.

This wasn’t the first time this kind of thought had suddenly emerged in the past two days. Her ears felt numb with a bit of awkwardness, and she wanted to tell herself she was being too sentimental.

But thinking about it carefully… she didn’t seem to be that bad, right?

Seeing that she wasn’t speaking, Bai Xiying’s eyes darkened, and she deliberately bit her lip and said, “Xingzhu, you wouldn’t mind, would you?”

Lin Xingzhu returned to her senses, lowered her head, and hurriedly drank a mouthful of the sweet, soft, and glutinous congee, concealing the emotion in her eyes, “I don’t mind, I know you weren’t fully awake.”

Bai Xiying squinted her eyes. Since Lin Xingzhu didn’t mind her taking advantage of her in a muddled state, she would have to try taking advantage of her another day when they were both fully awake!

As everyone knows, the content of a night’s dream can be very rich, and the time span can also be very long. Sometimes only a few short hours have passed in the real world, but in the dream, it feels as if several days have gone by, and when one wakes up, there can be a moment of confusion between dream and reality.

The taste of being flipped like a pancake in the dream somewhat made Bai Xiying eat the marrow and know its flavor¹.

She wished so much that she could just beckon with her finger and Lin Xingzhu would come over and be utterly intimate with her, but Bai Xiying also knew that if she really did that, then it wouldn’t be Lin Xingzhu anymore.

But who asked her to like this kind of proper and restrained Lin Xingzhu?

Bai Xiying smiled with her lips pursed, tacitly accepting Lin Xingzhu’s explanation.

Lin Xingzhu had already prepared the things she needed for work when she went downstairs to change her clothes, so after finishing their meal, the two of them washed the bowls together and prepared to leave together.

Before leaving, Lin Xingzhu noticed Bai Xiying putting something that looked like a miniature camera into her bag.

Noticing Lin Xingzhu’s gaze, Bai Xiying didn’t hide it, but pursed her lips and explained, “You know I recently signed up for a competition, and the work for the preliminary review is almost complete. When I was learning to draw before, there were instances of works being stolen around me. Just in case, I plan to be a little more careful recently.”

Although Lin Xingzhu found it a bit strange, what Bai Xiying said was not without reason.

Seeing that Bai Xiying was packed and ready, the two of them closed the door and left.

At the company, Sun Li was on leave for personal matters recently, so her responsibilities basically fell on Lin Xingzhu.

Fortunately, Lin Xingzhu was used to doing similar work in the past, not to mention that Xingyuan itself was a retirement-type company within the Lin Corporation’s subsidiaries. She only needed to be responsible for approving some major decisions.

Everything was proceeding smoothly.

It was just that after she finished her work, she would start to subconsciously raise her head to look at the building opposite, where Bai Xiying was working.

Thinking of this, Lin Xingzhu’s gaze unconsciously softened.

She wondered what Bai Xiying was doing.

Wang Xiaoxiao was taking advantage of the break to get closer to Bai Xiying, asking with hushed concern, “You’ve prepared your work for the preliminary review, right?”

Her peripheral vision swept over to Wang Ruonan, who was some distance away from her, and Bai Xiying pursed her lips and nodded.

Wang Xiaoxiao immediately relaxed, patted her on the shoulder, everything was understood without words!

Wang Ruonan, who seemed to be concentrating on making tea, had been paying attention to the movements over here. Seeing this, her eyes darted, and a plan formed in her mind.

Previously, Mu Muqing had called Bai Xiying into the office and said she hoped to hear Bai Xiying’s answer in two days. Later, when she was called in again, Bai Xiying frankly said that she had already signed up. At that time, Mu Muqing’s face was extremely unsightly. She gave her a deep look and then let Bai Xiying leave.

Afterward, because she needed to report on her work, Wang Ruonan went in.

No one knew that she had always been in love with Mu Muqing, but Mu Muqing, as the founder of Hurricane Studio, was too career-minded. Even when looking for hookups or bed partners, she always looked outside and never ate the grass by the nest², so as not to affect work.

But Bai Xiying was a special case. For some unknown reason, as soon as she saw Bai Xiying, she had an inexplicable feeling, always feeling that this person should belong to her!

Not to mention that Bai Xiying was especially to her taste.

After Bai Xiying joined the company, she used various excuses to call Bai Xiying into the office, and her attitude towards her was also clearly different from others. The others, deterred by Mu Muqing’s consistently stern demeanor towards outsiders, did not dare to pry casually, but Wang Ruonan, whose heart was set on Mu Muqing, had long since taken it deeply to heart!

She could hardly hide her jealousy, especially after learning that Mu Muqing seemed to dislike Bai Xiying focusing her attention on the competition. She immediately felt that her opportunity had come.

Even if she couldn’t be with Director Mu, Wang Ruonan would absolutely not allow Director Mu to break the exception of not forming relationships with subordinates and be with Bai Xiying.

Since she couldn’t have her, then she hoped Director Mu could always maintain an attitude of treating everyone equally.

So the best way was to make Director Mu detest her, and preferably drive her out of Hurricane!

Thinking of this, Wang Ruonan took the opportunity when she went to report to Mu Muqing and mentioned the matter from the tea room along the way.

Seeing Mu Muqing’s face clearly change, a triumphant smile curled up from the bottom of Wang Ruonan’s heart.

And so, Bai Xiying saw Wang Ruonan cast a condescending glance at her, tinged with mockery, as she passed by.

Wang Xiaoxiao was just about to look up and speak when she happened to see it too. She frowned and said, speechless, “What’s with her attitude? Why does she always seem to have a problem with you?”

At first, Bai Xiying couldn’t tell anything, but later, every time Wang Ruonan saw her, her expression wasn’t very good. Wang Xiaoxiao wasn’t a fool, and after seeing it many times, she also became speechless.

In her opinion, Bai Xiying was highly skilled, outstanding in ability, beautiful, and had a good personality. It was impossible not to be liked!

Bai Xiying understood. It seemed her tattling was successful.

Thinking of this, she curled her lips and said nonchalantly, “Who cares about her.”

She was just a tool person³, after all.

What kind of reaction would Mu Muqing be having at this moment? The smile on Bai Xiying’s lips deepened, and her eyes were ice-cold.

Numerous confrontations in her past life had long made Bai Xiying understand that this person, Mu Muqing, had an extremely strong desire for control and was most impatient with prey escaping her grasp.

Her current self was undoubtedly the prey that had long been targeted by her. If she behaved herself and worked under her, she could still maintain that layer of a hypocritical facade, but once she showed any intention of exceeding her control, she would not hesitate to strike and cut it off!

It was just like that in her past life.

Rivers and mountains are easy to change, but a person’s basic nature is hard to move⁴. Bai Xiying didn’t believe that Mu Muqing would suddenly change to eating vegetarian and let things go. And with her arrogant personality, what she would do was something that Bai Xiying, having experienced it deeply once, naturally knew without it being said.

Thinking of this, the excitement in her eyes could hardly be concealed anymore.

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