Transmigrating Into a Book, the Villain Becomes the White Moonlight!

50: Chapter 5 Lin Wan Takes the InitiativeSu Bai was staring intently at the screen, directing his teammates to flank the enemy, when he suddenly felt the light beside him dimmed by a figure. A faint, sweet fragrance, distinctly different from the mixed odors of the internet cafe, drifted past his nose.

He subconsciously turned his head, and what met his eyes was Lin Wan’s face. Even under the dim lighting of the internet cafe, it appeared clear and... somewhat surreal.

She seemed a bit different today, though he couldn’t quite put his finger on how.

“Why are you here?” Su Bai blurted out, his brow habitually furrowing slightly.

Seeing Lin Wan, his first instinct was that there must be some issue or request coming his way. This feeling of being bound by a predetermined relationship caused the slight sense of liberation he’d gained from the game to instantly fade a little.

Before Lin Wan could answer, Zhou Feng, sitting opposite him, had already cried out in surprise, “Class Monitor?! How did you find this place? What a rare guest! Why, are you interested in this game too? Want to try? We happen to be four short of one; want to join us?”

To everyone’s surprise, Lin Wan didn’t politely decline or keep her distance as usual. She even nodded slightly, her voice much softer than it usually was at school. “Sure.”

This answer caused a brief silence in the private booth.

Little Fatty dug at his ear, suspecting he had misheard.

Lin Wan was the famous ’Ice Queen’ of their class and even the entire grade. Aside from necessary class matters and... her ambiguous relationship with Su Bai, she almost never participated in any after-school fun, let alone proactively joining the boys’ gaming sessions.

Zhou Feng was the quickest to react, immediately springing up from his seat and enthusiastically offering it. “Come, come, come, Class Monitor, sit here! I’ll just go to the side and start up another machine!”

He wouldn’t dare let Su Bai’s fiancée stand.

“Thank you,” Lin Wan said in thanks. She sat down somewhat stiffly in the gaming chair, which still held some body heat, positioned right next to Su Bai.

She curiously examined the glowing keyboard and mouse in front of her, as well as the completely unfamiliar game world on the screen.

She had used computers before, but only for studying and looking up information. Electronic games were entirely foreign territory to her, and she had never even stepped foot in a place like an internet cafe.

“Do I... click this icon?” She moved the mouse, the cursor hovering over a blue ’L’ icon. She turned to look at Su Bai, her eyes filled with a hint of nervous inquiry.

“Yeah,” Su Bai responded flatly, withdrawing his scrutinizing gaze. “Just log in with your own account. If you don’t have one, register now.”

The confusion in his heart grew deeper: Was this person... really here specifically to play games?

She looked like a fawn that had wandered into a jungle, completely out of place with her surroundings.

His gaze inadvertently swept across Lin Wan’s profile. Under the shifting RGB lights of the internet cafe, he suddenly noticed a slight abnormality.

“There, by your sideburns...” He raised a finger and pointed to the corresponding spot on his own ear, his tone curious. “Why does it look a bit white? Did you get something on it?”

“Ah?” Hearing this, a flash of panic crossed Lin Wan’s face. She subconsciously raised her hand to rub her sideburn with her fingertips, her expression showing a rare bashfulness.

She hadn’t expected that the makeup she had secretly used from her mother’s nearly untouched vanity this morning—after spending a long time in front of the mirror and checking carefully—would be noticed by him so quickly, especially in such a dimly lit place!

She had woken up very early today and hesitated for a long time in front of her wardrobe, eventually choosing a dress that was neither overly formal nor lacking in refinement.

She had specifically gone through the trouble of asking Uncle Fu for the exact location of this internet cafe.

The core of all this preparation and effort was simple—she wanted more contact with Su Bai and to understand the world he inhabited.

Yes, Lin Wan realized this with absolute clarity at this moment.

The night of this game’s success had completely overturned her perception of Su Bai.

He wasn’t an unlearned playboy; on the contrary, he possessed startling talent and execution, and might even be pioneering a brand-new field.

Her engagement to him had originally been colored by family interests and a degree of helplessness. But now it seemed that if they truly moved toward marriage in the future, the one who might need to work hard to maintain the relationship and avoid being ’unworthy’ was actually her, Lin Wan.

This realization left her with complex emotions, but it also birthed an unprecedented initiative.

She didn’t want to be trapped in that cold, deadlocked relationship anymore. At the very least, she wanted to step closer to him and see what the world behind his brilliance was really like.

Even if that first step began in this completely foreign internet cafe, filled with the sound of keyboards and the shouts of teenage boys...

“Hahaha! Fatty! You’re an ADC and you actually got solo-killed by the enemy support? Can you really stand for that?” Su Bai looked at the kill notification on the screen and slapped the table in delight, laughing without any regard for his image. This was a rare moment of unrestrained joy for him.

“How was I supposed to know this damn thing’s damage was so high! A full combo to the face and my screen went black!” Fatty looked at his screen, which had turned grey again, and ruffled his hair in frustration, muttering complaints about game balance.

However, before he could finish speaking, another notification of an ally killing an enemy hero flashed in the center of the screen.

The group subconsciously looked at the killer’s ID—it was actually the beginner hero Lin Wan was using!

“Holy crap! Class Monitor?!” Fatty was so shocked he almost jumped out of his chair, his eyes wide as he looked at Lin Wan.

“You... your learning speed is way too fast, isn’t it? You only played two bot games to adapt, and you’ve already got a kill in your first real match?” He clearly remembered that half an hour ago, Lin Wan was still asking which key was for Flash.

Lin Wan’s expression remained serious, her brow even slightly furrowed.

Hearing Fatty’s exclamation, she turned her head and explained in a calm, matter-of-fact tone, “No, the enemy top-laner kept chasing me into the tower and took too many hits from the defense tower. In the end, the tower killed him. I just... added a bit of damage.”

Even if it was just a ’kill-steal,’ being able to calmly retreat under the tower and counterattack during a tense confrontation was already impressive for a complete novice.

“Zhou Feng! Look at the Class Monitor! Then look at yourself! You’ve played all morning and your record is still a nightmare!” Fatty immediately turned his fire toward Zhou Feng, who also had a dismal record on the other side.

Indeed, in this small group, Zhou Feng had the worst intuition. He was always a step behind in understanding game mechanics and heroes. His record for the morning was atrocious, not even comparing to Lin Wan’s rapid progress in just over an hour.

The private booth was filled with the unique noise and laughter of youth.

While operating the mouse and keyboard, Lin Wan carefully observed Su Bai beside her out of the corner of her eye.