After Transmigrating Into a Book, I Was Played by the Black Lotus – Chapter 54

Rescued

“I can already confirm that Jiang Yeye is in this building.”

After meeting up with Bai Xiying, Lin Xingzhu looked at her and said with certainty.

Bai Xiying’s gaze fell on the earring Lin Xingzhu was pinching in her hand, and she looked as if she understood.

“I’m still not too sure about Senior Xie’s situation,” Bai Xiying said calmly. “But I just looked around the last few floors and didn’t find anything unusual.”

Using the 25th floor as a base point, Bai Xiying had done a rough circuit from the 28th floor down to the 19th. The design, layout, and arrangement of each floor were identical, and Bai Xiying wasn’t sure what distinguished them from the floors below the 19th.

“I want to go check out the 18th floor,” Lin Xingzhu said.

Bai Xiying was not surprised that Lin Xingzhu would say this, especially since she was also inclined to do so.

“There’s no way to get there in the elevator, but I think that even if they block the entrance to the stairwell, they wouldn’t completely lock down the emergency exit stairs.”

All who came here to spend money were either rich or noble. The elevators could be specially designed to prevent people from reaching places the building’s owner didn’t want them to reach, but they had to leave the necessary escape routes open.

Because if a real accident were to occur, it would cause a lot of trouble for the boss of this underground kingdom.

Bai Xiying expressed her agreement: “If that’s the case, shall we go now?”

The two did not hesitate, opening the room door and going out again.

They didn’t deliberately avoid the surveillance cameras. Following the only green sign in the pure white space that guided them to the emergency exit, Lin Xingzhu stepped forward and pushed the door, only to find it locked.

Lin Xingzhu was a bit impatient, but fortunately, she had come prepared. When she took out an iron wire from a hidden pocket, Bai Xiying was somewhat dumbfounded.

“How did I not know you had this skill?”

Her hands not stopping, Lin Xingzhu recalled, “I got the inspiration for this from the time you got into trouble.”

Facts proved that carrying an iron wire with you was truly very useful.

The door was pushed open, and they went down the stairs.

When they reached the eighteenth floor, it was no surprise that the connecting entrance was also locked.

Just as Lin Xingzhu lowered her head to repeat the process and open it, her hands suddenly paused.

There were noisy footsteps in the corridor inside.

Very frantic, as if in a chase.

Her heart skipped a beat. Lin Xingzhu and Bai Xiying exchanged a look, both having a bad feeling.

Soon, through the door, they seemed to hear faint shouts, like the desperate cries of a drowning person, broken and miserable.

Should they open it?

Lin Xingzhu and Bai Xiying exchanged a look and, without prior discussion, made the same choice!

The door was suddenly pushed open, and the sound it made abruptly interrupted the actions of the pursuers.

Lin Xingzhu’s pupils contracted sharply!

The people being pressed to the ground were none other than Jiang Yeye and Xie Yunya!

Without time to think, Lin Xingzhu rushed over and, relying on her own martial arts advantage, quickly began to fight back!

These men were all tall and sturdy, but the threat they posed to Lin Xingzhu was less than that of the doormen guarding the underground carnival.

But it was still very difficult for Lin Xingzhu to take Jiang Yeye away from them.

Ducking a fist that swung towards her eyes, Lin Xingzhu used her body’s agility to bend backwards and miss it, her voice urgent as she said to the people on the ground, “Run!”

The moment Lin Xingzhu rushed over, Bai Xiying also burst forth with unprecedented explosive power, quickly arriving at the chaotic battlefield, bending down to pull Jiang Yeye and Xie Yunya up, and started running outside!

Before they were brought in by Shang Cengrou, Lin Xingzhu and Bai Xiying had already considered the situations they might encounter. They expected their phones would be blocked or confiscated, and because of this, before entering, Lin Xingzhu had sent a signal to the police station she had been in contact with, according to their agreement.

If they hadn’t contacted them by midnight, the police were to rush over based on their location.

And as they were going downstairs to pick the lock, the time was exactly 23:50.

Jiang Yeye, who had been in a panic, heard a familiar voice and forced herself to calm down, quickly scrambling up to follow the woman wearing a white fox mask in front of her.

Her biaojie¹ had come to save her!

The expression under the mask was incomparably cold. Noticing that the two had reacted and were able to run, Bai Xiying immediately let go of their hands. With quick eyes and fast hands, she kicked the pursuer’s lower three routes², and took advantage of the moment he was screaming while clutching himself in pain to quickly run upstairs.

They were still unclear about the situation below the eighteenth floor and couldn’t run around recklessly. The only option was to continue climbing back up to the room they had on the 25th floor and wait for the police to arrive.

Faintly, Bai Xiying seemed to hear the sound of sirens.

Lin Xingzhu felt her stamina continuously draining, and the sound of the fight here seemed to be attracting more people.

But Bai Xiying and the others had already left, which put her mind at ease a little. Enduring the pain in her body, she took advantage of a gap to run towards the emergency exit.

I should be glad these people don’t have controlled knives, otherwise I wouldn’t have gotten off so easily.

Lin Xingzhu thought with grim humor as she hastily dodged another attack.

She kicked sideways, striking the ribs of someone who tried to chase her, and with a backhand motion, she pulled out the anti-wolf electric baton she had been hiding and zapped the two people closest to her!

Zzt——zzt——

The anti-wolf electric baton she pulled out was a strengthened version that Lin Xingzhu had specially commissioned. It was originally intended as a gift for Bai Xiying for self-defense, but she didn’t expect to use it herself today.

Fortunately, the baton was worth the extra money she had spent to strengthen it.

Looking at the several men who had fainted, Lin Xingzhu breathed a sigh of relief.

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It was all over.

After watching the police send Xie Yunya off in the car to the hospital, the three of them also drove away from the police station.

The car was quiet the whole way. Bai Xiying still sat in the passenger seat, checking on Lin Xingzhu’s condition from time to time, the concern in her eyes obvious.

In the back seat, Jiang Yeye was still filled with the relief of having survived, as well as a sense of guilt and shame that had arisen at some point.

Lin Xingzhu seemed to sense it. She glanced at the out-of-sorts Jiang Yeye in the rearview mirror but didn’t say anything.

After returning to the apartment, Bai Xiying followed them inside.

“I want to look after you tonight,” Bai Xiying explained.

Her index finger twitched twice, but under Bai Xiying’s determined gaze, Lin Xingzhu did not say anything to refuse.

Unlike Xie Yunya, Jiang Yeye had no other issues besides being weak. Lin Xingzhu found the first-aid kit, simply applied some medicine to a scrape on her own face, and then returned to the sofa.

For a moment, the living room had the feeling of a three-person tribunal.

Jiang Yeye tugged at the corner of her clothes and mumbled, “Thank you for your hard work, biaojie, Xiying-jie.”

Lin Xingzhu wearily covered her eyes, “What you need to do now is go back to your room and get a good night’s sleep. If you want to eat something, you can order takeout. We’ll talk about the rest tomorrow.”

Jiang Yeye opened her mouth, but Bai Xiying smiled at her before she could speak, “Listen to your biaojie, okay?”

Her expression was gentle and her voice was soft, but for some reason, Jiang Yeye still shivered.

In the end, Jiang Yeye glanced at them and went back to her room.

For a moment, only the two of them were left in the living room.

Bai Xiying broke the silence: “Stop putting on a brave face. I know you must have injuries on your body too.”

Lin Xingzhu gave a bitter smile, “I really can’t hide anything from you.”

She had taken quite a few hits, but they weren’t serious enough to bleed or require a hospital visit, so Lin Xingzhu didn’t want to make a big fuss.

“Go to your room. I’ll apply the medicine for you.”

Lin Xingzhu glanced at her, then lowered her eyes again and said slowly, “That’s not very appropriate, is it? I want to leave my innocence in the human world³, you know.”

The familiar dialogue resurfaced. Bai Xiying held back for a moment, then couldn’t resist glaring at her, “Stop joking around. I’m not angry!”

At that moment when they exchanged glances before pushing the door open, Bai Xiying had instantly read the meaning she wanted to convey from her calm, dark eyes.

—If possible, she would draw all the fire, while Bai Xiying would be responsible for getting the others out, saving whoever she could.

Even though Bai Xiying really wanted to ignore the life and death of those people and just stay with Lin Xingzhu, in such a situation, faced with the trust that was almost a plea in Lin Xingzhu’s eyes, she couldn’t help but soften and agree.

The tension in Lin Xingzhu’s heart loosened a bit. She had been genuinely worried that Bai Xiying would be angry.

Agreeing to let Bai Xiying come along was something she had to do to fully respect Bai Xiying’s right to choose. But when faced with danger, she couldn’t help but hope to use her own abilities to keep her as safe as possible.

Fortunately, Bai Xiying wasn’t angry.

Once her mental energy was released, Lin Xingzhu didn’t want to move a muscle, but she still said, “I need to take a shower first, then apply the medicine after I’m done.”

Bai Xiying nodded in understanding, “Go take your shower.”

Lin Xingzhu didn’t move, still looking at her.

Bai Xiying: “?”

She raised her eyebrows slightly, “…Do you need me to help you wash?”

“…” Lin Xingzhu was silent. “No, what I mean is, don’t you need to go upstairs to wash up yourself before coming back down?”

Since she had already agreed to let Bai Xiying stay the night, she naturally wouldn’t go back on her word. But there were no clothes for her here, so Lin Xingzhu thought she would take this opportunity to go upstairs and pack.

Bai Xiying rejected the idea without a second thought, “I don’t want to move. I feel like my exercise for today has already exceeded its limit. I’ll just take care of everything here at your place.”

Lin Xingzhu’s expression was a bit subtle, but ultimately, she didn’t say anything to refuse.

Given that Lin Xingzhu still needed medicine applied, as the injured party, she went in to wash up first. When she came out, she saw Bai Xiying sitting in her bedroom waiting for her, the first-aid kit already by her side, ready to be used.

The steam from the bathroom still clung to Lin Xingzhu’s not-yet-completely-dry skin, giving her the fresh and stunning beauty of a hibiscus emerging from clear water.

The pajama top and bottoms were worn properly, not revealing an inch of what shouldn’t be revealed.

Bai Xiying’s eyes swept over her, and she said with an ambiguous tone, “I thought you would come out in a bathrobe. After all, that would make it easier to check for injuries and apply medicine, wouldn’t it?”

Lin Xingzhu: “…”

But she was worried she might accidentally expose herself.

“It’s easy to apply medicine like this too,” Lin Xingzhu said with a righteous expression. “Just lifting the hem of my shirt will be fine.”

As she spoke, Lin Xingzhu lifted the hem of her top, revealing the faint lines of her abs.

Only a few bluish-purple fist marks disrupted the overall harmony.

Bai Xiying’s previously relaxed expression instantly became dangerous.

Seeing this, Lin Xingzhu could only say, “It’s nothing. The marks will be gone in a few days.”

Bai Xiying’s lips were taut. She opened the medicine box and gently applied the ointment to Lin Xingzhu’s body.

Actually, Lin Xingzhu could have applied it to the front of her body herself, but seeing that Bai Xiying had no intention of moving aside, she silently allowed her to take care of these bruises.

It was just that Bai Xiying was leaning too close, her expression too serious. Her exposed skin could sensitively feel the breath she exhaled, carrying a heat that couldn’t be ignored, raising a patch of tiny bumps on her warm body.

Luckily, Bai Xiying didn’t notice anything, Lin Xingzhu thought.

Bai Xiying, with her head down, asked, “Are there any other places?”

Lin Xingzhu felt around a bit. “There shouldn’t be.”

“Mm.”

After applying the last bit of ointment, just before Lin Xingzhu could lower the shirt hem she had been holding up, Bai Xiying quickly touched the ab lines that were right before her eyes.

Just as sexy and captivating as she had imagined.

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