After Transmigrating into a book, I Was Played By a Black Lotus

Chapter 9: Dislike

Lin Xingzhu looked at the woman who was stubbornly holding her ground and let out a barely noticeable sigh.

"Aren't you working tomorrow? You should rest well," she said.

When Lin Xingzhu arrived at the apartment, she found Bai Xiying sitting on the sofa wrapped in a bathrobe.

All the lights in the apartment were on, bright as day.

So when Lin Xingzhu pushed the door open, the look of relief on Bai Xiying's face was unmistakable, as if she had encountered a savior.

This made Lin Xingzhu realize just how deep the psychological shadow left by Qiao Zijing's break-in had been for Bai Xiying.

Thinking about it, she suddenly felt that she should have whipped Bai Xiying a couple more times at the bar tonight—two lashes on each side, for symmetry.

Bai Xiying, feeling a bit embarrassed, said, "I asked you to come keep me company, yet I made you sleep on the sofa..."

This apartment had been unoccupied before, and with Lin Xingzhu's laid-back personality, she wouldn't have thought to come here. As a result, the apartment had not been furnished much after the renovation; the only piece of furniture that could be found was a bed.

Lin Xingzhu thought nothing of it; besides, the sofa was quite spacious, more than enough for her alone.

"Just go to bed," Lin Xingzhu said, glancing at her watch. "Moving is tiring. Get some rest, you'll need your energy for work tomorrow. You don't need to worry about me."

Bai Xiying hesitated for a moment but, seeing the undeniable expression on Lin Xingzhu's face, she finally nodded.

"Thank you," Bai Xiying said.

Lin Xingzhu smiled lightly in response, saying nothing more.

To be honest, she suddenly noticed something interesting about Bai Xiying: her personality was really quite changeable.

From her gloomy and strange demeanor when they first met, to her passionate outrage after waking up, to her sensitive and helpless state after experiencing a crisis, and now this: her climbing up the social ladder after realizing Lin Xingzhu posed no threat.

In just a short week, Bai Xiying had the audacity to invite someone who once intended to drug her to stay over in the dead of night.

Ironically, the reason she called Lin Xingzhu was that she felt too scared and sought safety from her.

But honestly, Lin Xingzhu found that she didn't mind this feeling of being needed.

Looking up, she recalled the saying that beauty looks better under the moonlight than in broad daylight. Even under the stark fluorescent lights, Bai Xiying stood in the glow, not losing an ounce of her beauty; in fact, after just having bathed, she appeared even more alluring.

Lin Xingzhu thought to herself, so she really was just an ordinary person after all.

Such a beautiful... Lin Xingzhu furrowed her brows, realizing that Bai Xiying was actually half a year older than her original self. So there was really no reason to refuse the request from such a beautiful older sister who was scared and wanted her help.