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

110: Chapter 11 Get some restEven now, despite the change in status, her first reaction to his sudden, soul-piercing questioning was still an instinctive retreat and panic.

Just as Mu Xue’s heart was in turmoil and her thoughts were as scattered as leaves swept up by a gale, Su Bai suddenly let go of her hand.

The rare look of seriousness on his face receded quickly like a tide, replaced by a familiar, somewhat cynical and lazy smile of a playboy. The curve of his lips was just right, as if the Su Bai who had almost interrogated her just now was merely an illusion.

”Just kidding. Anyway, I’ll have to marry her sooner or later.”

He tossed those words out lightly, even shrugging his shoulders as he returned to his lazy, indifferent posture.

Having said that, he stopped looking at her and turned around, walking straight toward the entrance where Lin Wan was waiting.

The moment he turned his back to Mu Xue, the mask-like smile on Su Bai’s face vanished instantly.

It was replaced by a bone-deep coldness and detachment. Something sank in his eyes, turning them dark and inscrutable.

Feelings?

Su Bai had never forgotten his true position in this world.

He was a Villain, a supporting character in a predetermined storyline who would sooner or later lose everything, be abandoned by all, and ultimately meet his destruction.

This realization was like an invisible shackle, always hanging over his head.

At this moment, he even felt an unprecedented, almost absurd longing—could that so-called Protagonist show up a bit sooner?

Come earlier and let’s have a satisfying fight.

If he lost, perhaps he could be free, following the script to his destined end.

If he won... what if he won?

Could he break free from this damn identity and have a chance to try being... a normal person?

It was because of his status as the Young Master of the Su Family and this future Villain that he had the starting point and capital to approach Mu Xue and enter an engagement with Lin Wan.

Yet, precisely because of this doomed identity, he was even more unwilling and afraid to cause any unnecessary trouble or involvement for anyone.

Memories of his last day before transmigrating were like the sharpest icicles, occasionally piercing through the numbness he worked so hard to maintain.

That day was supposed to be his first wedding anniversary.

Orphaned at a young age and kicked around like a ball among relatives, he had barely managed to grow up. He thought he had finally grasped a sliver of warmth from fate when he met the person he wanted to spend his life with.

However, misfortune seemed to have never left him.

Illness cruelly took away the last smile from his wife’s face, and on that same day, sent him onto that highway.

Perhaps that shadow-like misfortune had transmigrated along with him.

It gave him a brand new, extremely affluent life, but also shackled him with the fate of a Villain destined to be trampled upon.

Precisely because he saw this clearly, Su Bai developed a philosophy of ”letting it rot”—living one day at a time, seeking immediate pleasure, and avoiding any emotional investment.

He was ready at any time to welcome that destined end.

Feelings?

To him, such a strong and lasting bond was not salvation, but a lethal poison that could drag others down and bring pain to those he cared about.

He walked quickly toward the door, toward Lin Wan who was waiting in the cold wind, leaving behind Mu Xue’s stunned gaze and that sliver of heartache he refused to admit, inside the brightly lit but freezing banquet hall.

Walking to the car, he looked at Lin Wan leaning against the door: ”What are you standing here for? Aren’t you cold?”

”Waiting for you.” Lin Wan’s answer was concise, her voice sounding a bit light in the night wind.

”Let’s go then.” Su Bai said no more and opened the passenger door.

Lin Wan got into the driver’s seat first. After Su Bai buckled his seatbelt and the engine started with a low hum, she looked straight ahead and asked steadily, ”Back to the school dorms, or home?”

”To the dorms.” Su Bai leaned back against the seat and closed his eyes.

The car drove smoothly into the quiet campus at night and stopped in front of the apartment building.

Su Bai pressed the seatbelt release.

He turned his head and looked at Lin Wan, who was still holding the steering wheel in the driver’s seat. After a few seconds of silence, he spoke:

”Lin Wan, I think I should make some things clear. About the engagement... my thought has always been that it’s the elders’ wish. I cooperate because it’s the easiest way to avoid unnecessary trouble. But personally, I haven’t really made marriage a definite plan. So... don’t have any extra thoughts because of this.”

Mu Xue’s words reminded him of another possibility.

If Lin Wan was only maintaining this relationship for family interests, he could continue to cooperate, each getting what they needed.

But if unnecessary personal feelings were involved, the nature of it would change, and he had to draw a clear line in advance.

Lin Wan listened, her face expressionless, only her fingers on the steering wheel tightening almost imperceptibly.

She didn’t look at him immediately. Instead, she tilted her head slightly toward the swaying shadows of the trees under the streetlights outside. Her voice sounded calm: ”I’ve said it before, Su Bai. Without the Su Family connection, it would be hard for my father’s company to maintain its current position in A City. These were the terms we agreed upon that night you returned to the country, weren’t they?”

She paused, even letting out a soft, short laugh as if mocking something. Then, she took out the Black Gold Card she had just bound that evening from her handbag and waved it between her fingers. ”You can’t... want to go back on your word just after giving me a bit of pocket money as a sweetener, can you? Where’s Young Master Su’s poise?”

Her answer was logical and well-reasoned, built entirely on realistic considerations of interest, even with a hint of playfulness.

And this answer was exactly what Su Bai wanted to hear; it perfectly matched his definition of this partnership.

”Don’t worry,” Su Bai seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, leaning back in his seat again. ”Keep the card and spend it however you want. There’s plenty.”

Lin Wan lowered her head and gave a soft ”Mm.”

Only then did she slowly and carefully tuck the card back into a pocket of her bag.

Her falling hair covered most of her face. In the dim light of the car, her specific expression was hidden.

After tucking the card away, she seemed to gather her thoughts and continued, ”You’re only a sophomore now. There are still several years until graduation and the age your family considers appropriate for marriage. Even if... you don’t plan to follow through with the engagement in the end and want to go to Mu Xue or someone else, there’s no rush, right?”

”We’ll see.” Su Bai replied noncommittally, seemingly unwilling to delve deeper into the topic.

He pulled open the car door, stepped out with his long legs, and got out of the car.

”Rest early,” Lin Wan said quickly before he closed the door.

The car door slammed shut, separating the inside from the outside.

Su Bai’s footsteps gradually faded into the silence of the night until they disappeared.

Inside the car, Lin Wan was left alone.

She remained with her head lowered. Her movement of tucking the card into her bag seemed to have been put on slow motion, continuing for a long, long time...

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