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

Chapter 37 Early Suspicions

When Lin Xingzhu finally recognized the person Bai Xiying was following, she was taken aback.

Why was Bai Xiying suddenly tailing Xie Yunya?

Lin Xingzhu squinted slightly, her mind racing.

She kept a distance neither too far nor too close as she followed Bai Xiying, who was similarly maintaining a careful distance behind Xie Yunya, who was pushing a wheelchair.

Soon, a tall man emerged next to Xie Yunya by the plaza. His side profile looked vaguely familiar; Lin Xingzhu took a closer look and realized he was the same man referred to as Xie Yunya's cousin in the KTV hallway that night.

It seemed Xie Yunya was doing what she had done that night at KTV—coming out late at night to bring her wayward cousin home.

Lin Xingzhu glanced at Xie Yunya, who was being pushed by her cousin. From her distance, she couldn't hear their conversation, but it was clear from their body language that Xie Yunya was scolding her cousin.

It was commendable that she, despite her mobility issues, still had to come out at this late hour to catch him.

But while Xie Yunya was out to bring her cousin home, what was Bai Xiying doing out at this hour?

Lin Xingzhu looked deeply at the silhouette shrouded in night. Standing in the shadows, she almost blended into the darkness; had she not been paying attention, she might have hurried past like other scattered pedestrians.

At that moment, the buried doubts resurfaced. Lin Xingzhu narrowed her eyes, her expression complex, as the mystery surrounding Bai Xiying thickened in her mind.

She was just an ordinary college graduate, wasn't she? Even though the original author had given her the trope of a strong female lead, as the story began, all those "talents" and "abilities" should only manifest in relevant areas, not leave her shrouded in secrets, appearing mature and enigmatic as she was now.

Lin Xingzhu lightened her footsteps, continuing to follow Bai Xiying as they walked through the night until Xie Yunya seemed to reach her destination, being pushed into the residential complex by her cousin.

She saw Bai Xiying standing a few meters away, watching for a moment before turning to leave.

It was nearly midnight when Lin Xingzhu, draped in the cool moonlight, returned home a while after Bai Xiying had gone back to her apartment.

Once home, she casually tossed her coat aside, washed up, and flopped onto her soft bed.

The softness beneath her made her body feel relaxed, especially in the dark, which made her drowsy.

But her nerves were unusually tense, her thoughts jumping around, peeling back layers of all the clues.

Lin Xingzhu repeatedly recalled the scenes from that night in the KTV hallway.

Her confrontation with Mu Muqing, the exchanged glances between Mu Muqing and Xie Yunya, Bai Xiying's brief greetings with Xie Yunya...

Hmm?

Lin Xingzhu rubbed her brow, her raised hand pausing suddenly.