After Transmigrating Into a Book, I Was Played by the Black Lotus – Chapter 64

It’s Bigger.

Lin Xingzhu’s eyes opened slightly, staring blankly at the still not-quite-familiar ceiling above her.

Beside her, a gentle breathing rose and fell, very rhythmically; the other person was clearly sleeping very soundly.

After being dazed for a while, Lin Xingzhu realized they were now in Bai Xiying’s bedroom.

Last night, the two of them had fooled around for nearly half the night. Besides the moisture from the hot spring pool¹, Lin Xingzhu’s bed was later stained with other water spots, and the bedsheet was so damp that it was impossible to sleep on.

The two of them, having forced their bodies to finish showering, truly had no energy left to change the bedsheets, so they moved over to Bai Xiying’s bed.

She rolled her eyeballs, completely recalling yesterday’s crazy night.

Just then, a body suddenly snuggled up against her exposed shoulder. Lin Xingzhu felt herself being hugged by someone from under the quilt.

“What are you thinking about?”

Bai Xiying’s voice, tinged with a smile, sounded, but it was not as crisp as usual, instead carrying the hoarseness of an overused voice.

“Reminiscing?”

Seeing that Lin Xingzhu didn’t answer, Bai Xiying raised an eyebrow and guessed ambiguously.

Lin Xingzhu: “……”

Is it really okay to say these things so early in the morning?

Lin Xingzhu looked at the window and changed the subject: “Are you hungry?”

As she spoke, she grabbed her phone to check the time. It was ten minutes to twelve noon.

The next second, her hand under the quilt moved, pulling away a restlessly moving hand.

Lin Xingzhu swallowed. “Behave yourself.”

Bai Xiying smiled with an innocent face. “What can I do? I can’t help myself just by being this close to you.”

Lin Xingzhu shot her a glance and ignored her.

She didn’t believe Bai Xiying’s body could really take any more.

Seeing that her teasing was unsuccessful, Bai Xiying pouted her lips in regret, but she didn’t insist.

She had indeed been extremely comfortable with last night’s big meal of meat².

But it was precisely because she was too comfortable, and because it was the person she had longed for, that Bai Xiying had clung to her without letting go, eagerly pursuing all the near-extreme pleasure that Lin Xingzhu brought her.

“Let’s order food,” Bai Xiying suggested. “I don’t really want to move today. Let’s have the hotel staff bring it up.”

Lin Xingzhu nodded. After asking Bai Xiying what she wanted, she operated her phone with her fingers and placed an order for what they both wanted to eat.

Taking advantage of this time, they could wash up and change their clothes.

Last night, the two had showered in Lin Xingzhu’s bedroom, so the bathrobe Lin Xingzhu had worn yesterday was still here on Bai Xiying’s side.

But there was only a bathrobe, since she had come over yesterday wearing nothing underneath it³.

But the bathrobe was lying on the sofa a few steps away. If she wanted to get dressed, she would have to get out of bed to retrieve it.

Thinking of this, her hand, which was just about to lift the quilt, paused slightly, and she glanced sideways at the person staring at her with sparkling eyes.

“……I’m going to get dressed,” Lin Xingzhu prompted tactfully.

“Go on, go on.”

Her tone was light, but her eyes, staring straight at her, didn’t move in the slightest.

Lin Xingzhu gave her a steady look, then suddenly gave a gentle smile. With a wave of her large hand, the quilt she lifted covered Bai Xiying’s head, like trapping a disobedient little kitten that was poking its head around.

Taking this opportunity, Lin Xingzhu swiftly got out of bed, grabbed the bathrobe, and draped it over herself.

So, when Bai Xiying threw off the quilt and light returned to her eyes, what she saw was an already-dressed Lin Xingzhu.

Her eyes flashed, her gaze falling on the bite marks gnawed onto Lin Xingzhu’s exquisite, fair collarbone, and her mood became excellent.

Even before their relationship was confirmed and the deed was done, Bai Xiying had never been hesitant or modest for a moment. Now that the wood had already become a boat⁴ and she had achieved her long-held wish, she was even less likely to be shy or have reservations.

With a flick of her fair hand, her body, covered in marks, was suddenly exposed to the air.

With such a large person right under her nose, it was impossible for Lin Xingzhu to pretend she didn’t see.

But when her clear gaze landed on the marks on Bai Xiying, which looked even more vivid after the night, her face suddenly turned a little red.

……How come there are some on the base of her thigh too.

Bai Xiying’s lips curved. She calmly and composedly grabbed her own bathrobe and slowly tied it.

Averting her gaze, a flash of doubt crossed Lin Xingzhu’s brow. “Why do I feel like… that part of you has gotten a little bigger?”

She still remembered the size she had measured with her gaze yesterday; it seemed a bit smaller than it was today.

Hearing this, Bai Xiying looked down. “Has it?”

As she spoke, she felt it again, not paying much mind. “Maybe you kneaded it too hard.”

Lin Xingzhu: “……”

Bai Xiying’s lips curved as she accused, “You were kissing and kneading it yesterday. It’s either that you saw it wrong, or you made it swell.”

Lin Xingzhu began to doubt herself.

But she didn’t think much more about it, feeling that it was probably indeed her pot⁵.

The two of them got up and tidied themselves up. After eating the lunch sent up by the hotel, they lay down on the sofa again.

They turned on the TV and watched a movie for a while. As the plot became increasingly dog blood⁶, Lin Xingzhu looked at Bai Xiying, who was lying on her side on the sofa but pressed closely against her, and suddenly asked, “When did you realize I liked you?”

The head resting on Lin Xingzhu’s lap moved. Bai Xiying swallowed the gummy candy in her mouth, thought for a moment, and said, “Intuition.”

“Hmm?”

“When a person is liked by someone, she will have a feeling,” Bai Xiying said. “What’s more, I know clearly what kind of person you are. You treat others with courtesy and gentlemanly restraint. If you don’t like someone, with your personality, you wouldn’t give that person any chance to speculate in that direction.”

If Lin Xingzhu didn’t like her, she wouldn’t have occasionally released signals in her every gesture⁷, even though she herself might not have been aware of it.

But when Bai Xiying sensed this, she was almost immediately certain that Lin Xingzhu must have feelings for her.

Lin Xingzhu was lost in thought. “So it was like that.”

She suddenly remembered her past life, before she had passed through the book, at a friend’s gathering on the night of her university graduation, the way a girl looked when she confessed to her.

The memory was a bit fuzzy, but she vaguely remembered the other party’s magnanimous and frank confession, made with a smile and tears.

At that time, Lin Xingzhu had not yet been able to fully comprehend what the other person had said.

“Lin Xingzhu, you are too cruel and also too gentle. It turns out that when you don’t like someone, you truly give them no opportunity for fantasy.”

That was a friend she had spent every day with, although after the girl’s confession, the two never contacted each other again.

But at this moment, Lin Xingzhu seemed to understand what she had said.

“But isn’t this quite good?” Lin Xingzhu placed her palm on Bai Xiying’s forehead, gathered her thoughts, and said softly, “At least I didn’t give you the wrong signals.”

For example, the option that I didn’t like you.

Bai Xiying blinked her eyes and smiled brilliantly. “Naturally.”

Although this might be a little unkind to Lin Xingzhu’s pursuers, for Bai Xiying, who was now Lin Xingzhu’s official girlfriend, it was simply the best thing ever!

Thinking of this, Bai Xiying’s eyelashes fluttered, and she slowly said again, “This is so good.”

Lin Xingzhu looked down at her, but Bai Xiying seemed to have just sighed casually, without any specific meaning.

Their gazes met. The sound of the movie’s narration began to slowly recede. At some point, Bai Xiying had sat up and, while she was at it, pressed Lin Xingzhu down onto the sofa and began to kiss her.

After the kiss ended, both of their gazes were glistening and full of affection. In the air, if they just looked at each other, it seemed as if the strongest chemical reaction could be produced.

Lin Xingzhu played with her hair, enjoying this moment of peace.

After a long while, Bai Xiying picked up the remote control and, with a click, turned off the movie, which was playing its ending theme song. “Are we going back tonight?”

Tomorrow was Monday, and Lin Xingzhu had to work.

Mentioning this, Lin Xingzhu pondered for a moment. “Let’s go back to City A the day after tomorrow. I need to make a trip to my uncle’s house tomorrow.”

Yesterday, after dropping Jiang Yeye home, she was worried about Bai Xiying and left in a hurry. If she didn’t go for a meal before leaving, Lin Xingzhu suspected her uncle and aunt wouldn’t let her off the hook.

Thinking of this, Lin Xingzhu discussed with her, “Why don’t you come with me?”

Bai Xiying raised an eyebrow. “Me?”

Lin Xingzhu nodded. “You’re my girlfriend. We’re both here, so it wouldn’t be very appropriate for me to go by myself, right?”

“But it’s okay if you don’t want to go.”

Bai Xiying thought for a while, and Lin Xingzhu didn’t disturb her.

As far as Lin Xingzhu was concerned, she was serious about this relationship, and she couldn’t possibly be more serious about Bai Xiying, so she naturally hoped that she would accompany her to see her family.

But the two had just confirmed their relationship less than twenty-four hours ago; the pace might be too fast for Bai Xiying.

After a moment, Bai Xiying said, “Since you’ve asked me to go, then to show respect is not as good as to obey⁸.”

She looked at Lin Xingzhu. “You’ll have to take good care of me then.”

Lin Xingzhu said as if it were a matter of course, “Does that even need to be said?”

Bai Xiying then began to smile.

Later, after the two had dinner, their feelings of discomfort had almost disappeared, and only then did they walk hand in hand again, strolling through the lush green manor.

The same scenery feels different when viewed at night versus during the day. When the same people walk together, their state of mind yesterday and today was also completely different.

Yesterday, it was two single dogs⁹ walking together; today, it’s a couple, passionately in love, killing time together.

Can being a single dog feel the same as being someone with a partner?

…

Since she had called the Jiang family in advance, Lin Xingzhu wasn’t worried that bringing Bai Xiying along would seem abrupt.

In the trunk were the shrimp and crabs that she remembered her uncle and aunt liked to eat, which were specially ordered from the manor before they left.

When they arrived, Lin Xingzhu glanced at Bai Xiying by her side, squeezed her hand, and then opened the door, got out of the car, and took out the items.

And inside the house, Jiang Yeye, who had long known that Lin Xingzhu and Bai Xiying were coming today, had been watching the situation outside. As soon as she heard the sound of the car, she immediately rushed out like a cannonball.

“Biaojie¹⁰! Xiying-jiejie!”

Her sharp eyes spotted the two of them holding hands, and Jiang Yeye’s eyes lit up in an instant, giving Lin Xingzhu a look of admiration.

Good heavens, nothing was going on the day before yesterday in the morning, and today when they meet again, they’re already holding hands.

Lin Xingzhu’s aunt followed behind, hurrying out to welcome them.

“I was saying, why is Yeye, this little monkey¹¹, running so fast.” As she spoke, her eyes lit up, and she looked at Bai Xiying with a smile. “This must be Xiying, right?”

The addressed Bai Xiying smiled and greeted, “Hello, Jiuma.”

Mother Jiang immediately smiled so widely she couldn’t hide it. “Come, come, come inside, both of you.”

Ever since Lin Xingzhu said last night that she was bringing her girlfriend over, Mother Jiang had been looking forward to it. Now, seeing her in person, she found that she was even more beautiful than she had imagined, not to mention that she looked extremely compatible standing next to Lin Xingzhu!

The group entered the living room. Lin Xingzhu handed the shrimp and crabs she had brought to the kitchen to be prepared, then returned to the living room to join the conversation.

Just as they were chatting, they suddenly heard someone shouting outside again.

“Auntie! I’ve come to see you again!”

It was a crisp female voice, approaching from a distance.

Lin Xingzhu hadn’t paid it much mind at first, but when she saw Jiang Yeye jolt and look completely incredulous, she already had a guess in her heart.

“Tiantian is here!” Mother Jiang was not surprised, but instead smiled and stood up, saying to them, “This is Yeye’s good friend, here to see her. Yeye, this is the friend I told you about who was always looking for you while you were away recently.”

At the same time, Lin Xingzhu saw an exquisite and cute girl smiling as she stepped through the door.

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