After Transmigrating Into a Book, I Was Played by the Black Lotus – Chapter 76

Sister-in-law, Domineering CEO, and Secretary

Wen Lin had been pondering, looking for an opportunity to reveal to Lin Xingzhu that she didn’t have the slightest interest in Bai Xiying.

Although the graceful and swaying Bai Xiying was truly to her taste, the thought of the werewolf¹ Lin Xingzhu, who understood the entire situation, standing behind her made Wen Lin’s heart feel slightly terrified, and she had no choice but to give up with regret.

After all, as long as her absolute power was still there, what kind of beauty could she not enjoy?

It happened to be a critical time for her Second Uncle, so even though Wen Lin was far away in A City, she couldn’t help but restrain herself a bit, and usually paid great attention to crafting her public image.

Lin Xingzhu, moreover, didn’t like to go to places of amusement. Wen Lin’s social circle and hers were separate, so for a while, she really couldn’t find a suitable opportunity to meet with Lin Xingzhu.

But Wen Lin didn’t expect that sometimes, opportunities come so coincidentally.

This day, she took a bed partner she had been very fond of recently to dine at an extremely famous shopping mall in A City. After the meal, Wen Lin took her female companion straight to the ninth floor, where a dazzling array of luxurious big-brand clothes were everywhere.

Just as she was about to find a place to sit and wait for her companion to choose, she suddenly saw two familiar people not far away.

Taking a closer look, it was precisely the Lin Xingzhu she had wanted to see for a long time, and the one accompanying her was the source of all trouble, Bai Xiying.

The service staff at the luxury goods store were very dutiful and went forward to serve the arriving guests.

Wen Lin, who was sitting with her side facing them and partially blocked by a pillar, hesitated for a moment, planning to call out to Lin Xingzhu only when she was alone.

After all, it looked like she was here to accompany Bai Xiying with her shopping.

So Wen Lin remained seated where she was, but her ears perked up, subconsciously listening to the commotion over there.

Lin Xingzhu put down the arm that Bai Xiying was holding and said gently, “You go ahead and pick something out.”

Thanks to Bai Xiying’s recent misbehavior, yesterday Lin Xingzhu had been teased by her to the point of high spirits and had accidentally ruined a set of clothes Bai Xiying had for flying to S City to participate in a competition, so today she had specially accompanied Bai Xiying to buy a new one.

Bai Xiying scanned the shop assistant, whose smile was sincere and etiquette was perfect, and Lin Xingzhu, who was watching her intently. She imperceptibly raised an eyebrow, her eyes sparkling with a harmless and pure luster, and her facial expression instantly became pitiful and lovely as she said cautiously, “Saozi², it’s not right for us to be like this. You really don’t have to bring me here…”

Lin Xingzhu, who had been smiling, her face stiffened. The smiling curve of her lips froze at that moment.

The Guijie³ who was very close by paused her fluid steps for a moment, but in the next second, her expression returned to being unflustered.

If only her originally focused pupils weren’t so scattered.

Lin Xingzhu took a deep breath and stared fixedly at her. “What are you doing?”

She had a bad premonition at this moment.

Lin Xingzhu signaled her with her eyes, hoping Bai Xiying could understand her meaning.

—If you want to play, play at home.

Bai Xiying looked at her, becoming even more pitiful and lovely.

—But at home, you don’t cooperate well.

“Saozi, although you tore my clothes to shreds yesterday, I don’t blame you.” Bai Xiying’s beautiful eyes welled up with moisture, like a freshly blooming lily in the rain, instantly washing away the dazzling deadliness and charm that Lin Xingzhu had personally piled up in her features over so many days.

Oho?! There’s dog blood!⁴

The Guijie maintained her professional quality and would never interrupt a customer’s conversation. She just observed their words and expressions, speaking up at the right time when they needed her.

Obviously, the situation with these two customers right now didn’t require her to make an appearance at all.

The Guijie maintained a silent smile, dutifully serving as a qualified background prop at this moment.

It was just that a gossipy heart was already jumping up and down, eager to hear more of the dog-blood plot.

Lin Xingzhu rubbed the corners of her brows, unable to refute what Bai Xiying said. After all, she was speaking the truth, it was just that the posture she adopted made it very easy for people to misunderstand—although the reason she had torn the clothes was because Bai Xiying had started it. Who could she blame?

Therefore, Lin Xingzhu just said in a deep voice, “Don’t call me Saozi.”

I am not your sister-in-law. You don’t have an older brother.

She silently condemned Bai Xiying with her eyes.

Bai Xiying bit her lip. “But you are my Saozi. I can’t not call you Saozi just because my older brother isn’t here.”

Saying that, Bai Xiying wrung her hands helplessly. “Although, although we… did it, you are still my Saozi.”

After speaking hesitantly, she even glanced quickly at Lin Xingzhu with red ears, looking very afraid that she would get angry.

The background prop Guijie was chomping on this fresh melon in her heart at top speed. After a little analysis, she vaguely guessed some of the truth—Saozi literature?⁵

But it felt like the Saozi was the one who initiated it here.

Thinking of this, she discreetly glanced at the righteous-looking Bai Xiying.

Lin Xingzhu shot her a sidelong glance, released her aura, and said in a deep voice, “Forget it, call me what you want. Just don’t delude yourself that you can restrain me with this form of address.”

Bai Xiying’s eyes lit up slightly. She hadn’t expected Lin Xingzhu to start cooperating like this so quickly.

But on the surface, she still looked stunned, even a little incredulous.

After spitting out the line, although Lin Xingzhu felt uncomfortable all over, she had barely managed to find the feeling. “Hurry up and pick. Buy more clothes today. I’ll go back and tear them again, one by one.”

Bai Xiying: “……”

There’s a bit of a domineering CEO⁶* feeling, but it’s obvious Lin Xingzhu isn’t quite suited for this kind of role.*

She looked at Lin Xingzhu’s stiffly delivered line and couldn’t help but let out a few specks of a smile.

The sales guide stood behind and to the side of Bai Xiying and couldn’t see her expression clearly, but she had heard the conversation between the two of them perfectly clearly.

The Guijie, having gotten first-hand new gossip up close, was now certain of her guess.

Lin Xingzhu’s sharp eyes caught the trace of teasing that flashed across Bai Xiying’s eyes, and she could only glare at her discreetly.

Whose fault is this?

Bai Xiying, knowing she was in the wrong, revealed a smile that begged for mercy.

Seeing this, Lin Xingzhu let out an imperceptible sigh of relief. She’s not planning to continue the act now, right?

As expected, Bai Xiying’s little white flower⁷-like expression was instantly put away completely. She once again linked arms with Lin Xingzhu, looking slightly melancholic.

The Guijie behind her hadn’t yet understood the situation in front of her when Lin Xingzhu had already reached out, about to smooth her hair and say something, but was again shocked by Bai Xiying’s astonishing words, her arm almost freezing in mid-air.

“Director Lin, although there was an element of acting in what I did just now, the meaning is actually more or less the same.” Bai Xiying said worriedly, “The clothes you tore yesterday belonged to your girlfriend. It’s not good for us to continue like this.”

Guijie: “???”

Lin Xingzhu: “……”

Lin Xingzhu: “???”

Not far away, Wen Lin, who was listening to the wall corner with an indescribable feeling: “?!!”

Bai Xiying was still in a acting showdown, her voice charming and seductive, yet her expression was extremely worried. “If you let your girlfriend find out, I won’t have any good fruit to eat.”⁸

After a while, Lin Xingzhu looked at her deeply, her eyes appearing somewhat profound.

And at this moment, Bai Xiying was looking back at her without any reservation, a slyness hidden in the depths of her eyes that only Lin Xingzhu could understand.

After a long time, Lin Xingzhu lowered her eyes and said in a deep voice, “Don’t worry, she won’t know. She has so many clothes in her wardrobe, she won’t notice one missing.”

Bai Xiying’s breathing paused slightly. She hadn’t expected Lin Xingzhu to cooperate with her so well this time to act out the drama of having an affair.

Lin Xingzhu seemed to have had an epiphany and found her role, going all out. “What’s more, if you hadn’t seduced me behind her back first, we wouldn’t have done it at home.”

The Guijie, who heard everything clearly, her pupils quaked: “!!!”

A scum woman!!

With one sentence, Bai Xiying was reminded of yesterday’s passion.

She maintained a wronged appearance and continued, “But I was originally just your secretary. If we hadn’t had relations after you got drunk, I wouldn’t be willing to destroy your relationship with your girlfriend.”

Lin Xingzhu looked at her, speechless, her brows and eyes cold and stern. “If it weren’t for that accident that night, you wouldn’t have had this opportunity.”

She looked meaningfully at the wronged-looking Bai Xiying. “And was that night really an accident?”

Bai Xiying’s face turned a little pale. She looked like she wanted to speak but stopped, her eyes like they had hooks. “Do you not have any feelings for me at all?”

Of course she had feelings for Bai Xiying! Lin Xingzhu recited in her heart. This was her girlfriend. If she didn’t have feelings, would she be here indulgently cooperating with her acting showdown?

On the surface, Lin Xingzhu was silent for two seconds, as if in response, but her arm was still honestly wrapped around Bai Xiying’s soft waist, not moving an inch.

Clearly, the language of the body was more honest and direct.

Bai Xiying’s moist lips pursed, self-affirming, “You just tolerated me and cooperated with my act. You must like me a little.”

Lin Xingzhu mused, “I love my girlfriend.”

Hearing these words, Bai Xiying’s cheeks flushed red, and her heart felt very sweet. She looked at Lin Xingzhu’s serious expression, knowing clearly that the girlfriend she spoke of was herself.

And the Guijie, who was listening with her ears perked up, was tsk-tsking in her heart. You love your girlfriend, but that doesn’t stop you from liking the one in front of you. Truly scum!

“Then how about we hide this from your girlfriend?” Bai Xiying’s watery eyes darted around for a while, and she proposed with a look of complete willingness, “But if you want to, I am willing to do this.”

Willing to do what? Of course, to be the secret mistress who cannot see the light.

The Guijie’s eyes moved upwards, wanting to hear how the other scum woman would reply.

“……” Lin Xingzhu caressed her sensitive waist, knowing full well that Bai Xiying’s sensitive body must have become a bit wetter because of this contact, but she still didn’t let go. Instead, she began to ponder in this position and slowly opened her mouth, “My girlfriend loves to be jealous, and her fighting skills are not bad. If she finds out, you won’t have a good end.”

Bai Xiying put herself in that position for a moment. If someone really dared to pry her wall corner⁹, she might very well beat the person half-crippled.

Lin Xingzhu was hers, and no one could take her away.

But this time was not that time. The acting Bai Xiying’s eyes reddened because of Lin Xingzhu’s direct words, yet she said with her infatuated heart unchanged, “Will you protect me?”

Lin Xingzhu used her free hand to brush the hair at her temples, the cool tip of her little finger sweeping past the faint red at the corner of her eye. Her pondering gaze fell on this beautiful and charming spot.

“You are both surnamed Bai.”

Bai Xiying looked at her, uncomprehending.

Lin Xingzhu lowered her eyes to look at her, her fingertips twisting slightly, as if savoring the memory. Her posture was gentle and self-possessed, extremely proper, but the words she uttered were scum that broke the sky. “If my girlfriends are both surnamed Bai, it seems the problem isn’t big.”

Both?

The Guijie was still puzzled, and Wen Lin, who was listening in, also fell into deep thought.

Only Bai Xiying quickly caught up with her train of thought. She covered her lips and smiled, her radiant appearance hooking one’s soul. “Then it’s a deal. If she comes to make trouble for me, Director Lin, you’ll break up with her and be with me.”

The role-playing Lin Xingzhu’s breath hitched. She leaned in close, her warm breath spraying across the sensitive earlobe of the person in front of her, and said slowly and methodically, yet extremely suggestively, “That depends on your performance.”

Her arm tightened slightly, and along with it, the slender, soft waist was instantly pressed against her body, embedded together without a single gap.

—Very cleverly and covertly catching Bai Xiying, who had almost slipped from weak legs.

The wet grinding on her earlobe was like being bathed in spring waves. Bai Xiying propped herself up and her eyes widened slightly.

And the Guijie, who was oblivious and had witnessed all of this, was scrambling around in the melon patch¹⁰: What a pair of scum women!!

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