After Transmigrating Into a Book, I Was Played by the Black Lotus – Chapter 90

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Lin Xingzhu gave the U-disk that Qian Duoduo had entrusted to her for safekeeping to Madam Jiang.

Before parting, she looked at Madam Jiang, who was preparing to leave, and couldn’t help but ask, “Are Qian Duoduo and Deng Jin okay?”

Even if they were people with whom she only had the fate of a few meetings, or even people she had never met, after knowing the things they did, Lin Xingzhu couldn’t help but admire them in her heart.

They were truly too admirable.

Madam Jiang looked at her gently, like a compassionate elder watching over their family’s younger generation with concern, making one unable to resist feeling close to her. “Everything will be fine, they are about to return to a bright and splendid future.”

Lin Xingzhu watched them leave.

One week later, on an ordinary morning, Lin Xingzhu got up and pulled open the curtains, gazing at the rustling golden ginkgo leaves outside the window, feeling the faint, piercing coldness unique to a late autumn morning, and took a deep breath.

Although she still had to work later, Lin Xingzhu’s mood at this moment was still very wonderful.

She opened her phone’s camera and took a photo, planning to send it to Bai Xying.

Over the weekend, Lin Xingzhu flew to S City to properly accompany Bai Xiying for two days, then hurriedly flew back on a workday to concentrate on her work.

The competition on Bai Xiying’s end was proceeding like fire, like tu¹, and moreover, Lin Xingzhu was very confident seeing Bai Xiying’s state.

She deliberately arranged a composition, and the resulting late autumn morning photo was quite good-looking. Lin Xingzhu’s finger moved and clicked send.

Just as she was about to put down her phone and go wash up, a news hotspot pushed to the top of her screen suddenly caught her eye.

——#Wen Family Fenhong Tower#Explode
——#Wen Family Miyue Bar#Explode
——#Wen Family Family Members#

She clicked on it, and several major explosion points in a row were all related to the Wen Family.

Madam Jiang has made her move?

Holding this thought, a smile unconsciously rose to the corners of Lin Xingzhu’s lips.

She clicked in and scrolled through, seeing that all the major media outlets were reporting on the incident.

Looking at the blurred-out crowd in the video, Lin Xingzhu very easily recognized Wen Lin.

She watched for a while longer, sent Bai Xiying a message telling her to check Weibo after she woke up, then tidied up and went to work.

After arriving at the company, Lin Xingzhu could hear the whispering² of the people around her the entire way.

This was also normal. After all, the matter that had exploded on the hot search³ was related to the Wen Family, and the Wen Family had recently been cooperating with them. Seeing this situation, it was hard for everyone not to be curious.

Lin Xingzhu returned to her office, took out the task that President Jiang had left for her previously, and holding these items, went to knock on his door.

Inside the office, Lin Xingzhu saw that he was on the phone with someone, with an unconcealable look of joy between his brows and eyes.

At the signal from his eyes, Lin Xingzhu put the things down and silently exited again.

Before leaving, she glanced at President Jiang’s office door one more time and returned to her office in a good mood.

In this game of a silent, secret contest between two sides, the Lin family’s victory could be pointed at the sun and awaited⁴.

Taking advantage of the time in the morning to touch fish⁵, Lin Xingzhu continued to follow the matter online.

Such a big matter was stabbed open online today, but Lin Xingzhu estimated that Madam Jiang and the others had probably already made their move before this; today was merely for thoroughly exposing the matter, letting the Wen Family’s reputation thoroughly stink.

As she was thinking this, when she received a message from Bai Xiying at noon, Lin Xingzhu was shocked to see it reported on the news that Wen Yuanyi had already been temporarily removed from office and a case was filed for investigation. And aside from the political news, the other people involved with the Wen Family also had cases filed against them for investigation.

【Bai Xiying: Truly vast in momentum and influence⁶.】

Lin Xingzhu lowered her head and replied to her: 【If it weren’t vast in momentum and influence, how could they fall into the net of the law so notoriously?】

Otherwise, wouldn’t it be too much of a disservice to those innocent victims.

Pressure from public opinion shouldn’t exist in principle, but for people like this, a public opinion that is vast in momentum and influence might be able to hasten their crime’s deserved recompense.

【Bai Xiying: Are you coming back on the day of the finals? It’s a workday, you know.】

【Lin Xingzhu: My girlfriend’s finals, how could I possibly be absent? Even a company livestock can ask for a day off.】

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The night before Lin Xingzhu left for S City, the matter concerning the Wen Family and the bar was on the hot search again.

Because the matter that had exploded a few days ago was truly too dark and too not what barbarians would think⁷, it was hard to believe that such a thing could actually exist in a modern, civilized society. Covering the sky with one hand⁸ to this extent, they had thoroughly aroused the wrath of the people, so netizens had been continuously following the matter.

The day before yesterday, the building housing the Miyue Bar was officially sealed. It was said that everyone inside had been rescued, and that the official big data and police systems had been contacted. They were now busy sending the innocent abducted people home.

What exploded yesterday was that several people from the Wen Family would be sentenced; Lin Xingzhu saw that Wen Lin was among them.

When she saw this, her heart was truly a bit complicated.

She hadn’t expected this kind of end for Wen Lin, but this was her crime’s deserved recompense.

On the hot search again tonight was Wen Yuanyi; it exploded that not only was he principally involved in this incident, but also in corruption, bribery, and so on.

Lin Xingzhu paid attention for a while before ignoring it, bending over to pack her luggage.

The next day, when Lin Xingzhu arrived, she received Bai Xiying’s warm hospitality.

The specific manifestation of this was that all of Bai Xiying’s own free time was filled with bed activities.

Lin Xingzhu felt like she had come a thousand li, long and distant⁹, just to provide a bed-warming service.

Bai Xiying: “You’ve spoken those words too early.”

Lin Xingzhu: “?”

Bai Xiying looked at her ambiguously: “Want to warm the bed? Winter is still a long way off.”

Lin Xingzhu: “……”

She kissed her deeply again, feeling that Bai Xiying’s eloquence had become formidable after not seeing her for a few days.

The heavens spun and the earth revolved¹⁰, and once again day and night were turned upside down.

Lin Xingzhu and Bai Xiying were thoroughly full of food and drink.

No, perhaps it should be said that the only one who had truly drunk her fill was Lin Xingzhu.

Bai Xiying lay beside her ear and said in a whisper: “I think I have a good chance of being the champion in this competition.”

Now, after her competitors were eliminated one by one, only three remained. The winner would be decided tomorrow.

Hearing these words, Lin Xingzhu tightened her arms around her waist and said in a hoarse voice: “That’s really too good.”

Bai Xiying felt the strength around her waist and knew that she was feeling sad for her.

“I think things are pretty good right now,” Bai Xiying said. “A new beginning, a new life, a life where the shackles have been torn off and is only under my control. I like everything about the present.”

Lin Xingzhu lowered her eyes to look at her, not missing the faint light in her eyes, which was even more dazzling than the shining stars in the night sky.

“As long as you like it, then nothing could be better.”

The next day, Bai Xiying went to the competition venue early, while Lin Xingzhu stayed at the hotel to pack.

Bai Xiying said that unrelated personnel were not allowed to enter the competition area, so Lin Xingzhu planned to wait for her outside today.

At noon, Lin Xingzhu finished her meal alone in the hotel and scrolled on her phone for a while.

She saw on today’s hot search related to the Wen Family that the punishment details for Wen Lin, her parents, Yue Chuanzhu, and a whole slice of other people had exploded.

In the large paragraphs of text, Lin Xingzhu saw Wen Lin’s fifteen-year fixed-term imprisonment with a single glance.

The sentence was very heavy. Lin Xingzhu noticed that Wen Lin’s sentence was even heavier than her parents’, which showed that on the inside, Wen Lin was truly not a person.

After so many years of having passed through a book¹¹, she had done nothing but commit evil of many kinds.

Lin Xingzhu guessed that Wen Yuanyi’s would probably be even heavier, since he was also involved in ** crimes.

After thinking this through, Lin Xingzhu let out a breath, feeling that her mind was exceptionally clear.

Deserved!

In the afternoon, Lin Xingzhu went out to a flower shop. The fresh flowers in the shop were brightly colored, splendid and dazzling, and richly fragrant.

She personally selected a bouquet of white balloon flowers¹².

After paying, Lin Xingzhu held the flowers and took a taxi to wait outside the competition venue.

Many people had already gathered here. Lin Xingzhu looked all around and went to stand under the shade of a tree to wait for Bai Xiying.

At ten past four in the afternoon, the main doors opposite suddenly opened, and then crowds of people began to emerge one after another.

Holding the flowers, Lin Xingzhu felt a little nervous in her heart, her pair of eyes fixed tightly on the main doors.

Suddenly, she saw a familiar figure.

“Bai Xiying——”

Lin Xingzhu stood on her tiptoes and called out to her loudly.

Two pairs of eyes met. Across the crowd, Lin Xingzhu saw her holding a delicate box, her eyes full of joy as she gazed at her.

Weaving through the crowd, Lin Xingzhu jogged to her side, holding up the white balloon flowers in her hands, slightly out of breath, and said gently: “Are you happy?”

Bai Xiying’s cheeks were slightly red, her heart’s tide rising and falling. Her soaring emotions reached their peak the moment she saw Lin Xingzhu.

“I like it. Not only do I like the flowers, I also like you.”

She took the flowers with one hand, and with the other, she passed the delicate long box in her hand to Lin Xingzhu.

Bai Xiying: “You give me flowers; as courtesy demands reciprocity¹³, I will give the trophy to you.”

Lin Xingzhu quickly looked at the not-light box in her hands, then looked at her joyfully: “Then I’ve profited.”

She smiled as she looked at Bai Xiying.

The next second, a deep kiss was imprinted on her lips.

When they separated, Bai Xiying was a little breathless. Lin Xingzhu touched her own lip, which had been bitten without any method in the excitement, and smiled silently.

The two of them returned to the hotel hand in hand.

Lin Xingzhu said they should celebrate. Bai Xiying said it would be better to fly back to A City to celebrate. So, the two of them urgently booked plane tickets, and after going back to pack their luggage, they couldn’t wait to get on the plane and leave.

By the time they returned home, the Golden Crow had already fallen in the west¹⁴. Lin Xingzhu put away the suitcase and asked Bai Xiying: “Go out for a candlelight dinner?”

Today is a good day, worthy of celebration.

Bai Xiying’s eyes were glued to her. “I don’t want to go out. Let’s just eat at home, make something simple to eat.”

Lin Xingzhu had no objection. She took ingredients out of her own refrigerator and started to prepare, with Bai Xiying standing beside her to help out.

The atmosphere tonight was very gentle.

Although they didn’t go out for a candlelight dinner, Lin Xingzhu still found some candles in the house and personally put together a romantic dinner herself.

Red wine glasses clinked, but on the table was indeed a sumptuous Chinese meal. The scene had a peculiar feeling of being a fusion of Chinese and Western.

But neither of them cared.

Bai Xiying put food on Lin Xingzhu’s plate: “Eat more tonight, eat until you’re full.”

Lin Xingzhu looked at the small mountain of food in her bowl and said silently: “A normal portion is fine. Eating too much at night is bad for your health.”

In the hazy candlelight, Bai Xiying’s eyes seemed to have hooks in them. “Just get some exercise, and it will be fine.”

Lin Xingzhu understood her hint at once.

“……” Lin Xingzhu was silent for a moment. “I thought our atmosphere tonight was supposed to be a warm and romantic holding-candles-night-talk to tell each other our hearts’ feelings¹⁵.”

Bai Xiying raised an eyebrow at her, a vigorous, scorching fire burning in her eyes. “Do you think that’s possible? Food and sex, it is nature¹⁶. With a full belly and warm clothes, one thinks of lustful desires¹⁷. After eating one’s fill, one must do the things that ought to be done.”

The things that ought to be done…

Lin Xingzhu swallowed, knowing that ever since the afternoon, Bai Xiying’s emotions had been crackling and exploding chaotically at a critical point. The joy of today’s success and the happiness of having the person she liked by her side would make her especially eager to vent.

And as for her way of venting, Lin Xingzhu had long since experienced it.

She suddenly curved her lips into a smile. “You need to eat well too. Don’t get hungry and collapse midway. After all, I’ll have a food supplement midway, but you won’t.”

Bai Xiying: “……”

In the deep of the night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse¹⁸, and the ten thousand sounds were all still¹⁹.

Lin Xingzhu moved close to Bai Xiying’s ear and asked in a whisper: “Are you hungry?”

Having climbed to the clouds several times, Bai Xiying said listlessly: “Are you annoying or not.”

Fingers lightly gathered, slowly twisted, wiped, and again plucked. A moist lip petal was gently pried open by the visitor, skillfully flowing to a more abundant fertile soil.

Lin Xingzhu let out a few muffled laughs.

Bai Xiying pushed her shoulder.

Tonight, neither of them had used anything else; it was the purest form of being close.

After the muffled laughs, Lin Xingzhu spoke: “You’re not hungry, but I’m thirsty.”

Bai Xiying’s brain had already been **²⁰

“You’re the one who said it.”

Lin Xingzhu buried her head, and a slight sucking sound echoed in the silent, deep night.

After a long moment, the sound seemed to disappear.

“What’s wrong?”

“It seems to be gone.”

“If it’s gone, drink from the other side!”

“…The other side seems to be gone too.”

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LP: Not bad, but not that great either.

When I first read this, I was expecting more conflicts, you know, face slapping and the likes.

For now, I rate this 3/5.

There’s still 9 extras, so this might change.

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