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

22: Chapter 22 This hotel belongs to my family.She suppressed the sudden surge of doubt and a hint of displeasure in her heart and requested of Uncle Fu, ”Uncle Fu, could you please take me back today?”

”Of course, Miss Lin, please get in.” Uncle Fu agreed with a smile and opened the rear door for her.

Lin Wan didn’t get in immediately. Instead, she turned to Su Bai and asked in a deliberately casual tone, ”Aren’t you... coming back together?”

She wanted to know what he was going to do with that new phone.

”I have something to do,” Su Bai replied briefly without even looking up.

”...Oh.”

That single ”Oh” seemed to have all its warmth drained away instantly. Her tone fell back to its previous coldness, even more so than usual.

Lin Wan didn’t give him another look. She turned, bent down to sit in the car, and slammed the door shut with a dull thud.

Su Bai was completely oblivious to this, or rather, he simply didn’t care.

He tucked his phone away, put his hands in his pockets, and turned to walk back into the school, appearing to be waiting for someone.

Inside the car, Lin Wan stared intently at the school entrance through the dark tinted windows.

”Miss Lin, are you waiting for a friend?” Uncle Fu asked gently through the rearview mirror, noticing her unusually focused gaze.

”...Mm,” Lin Wan hummed vaguely, her eyes never shifting for a moment.

Sure enough, after only two or three minutes, Su Bai’s figure reappeared, and by his side was none other than that girl named Mu Xue!

The two walked out of the university gate one after the other. Su Bai seemed to be handing the brand-new phone box to Mu Xue, who took it carefully with her head bowed.

Seeing this scene, Lin Wan’s face instantly darkened as if covered by a layer of frost.

She abruptly withdrew her gaze, stopped looking out the window, and said to Uncle Fu in a cold, hard voice, ”Uncle Fu, let’s go.”

That tone was several degrees colder than the car’s air conditioning.

Uncle Fu had naturally seen the scene at the school gate as well, and his mind was as clear as a mirror.

He sighed inwardly and didn’t dare say much, quickly responding, ”Alright, Miss Lin.”

Immediately after, he stepped on the gas, and the vehicle smoothly pulled away from the school gate.

The Young Master’s temperament really... hasn’t changed a bit.

Uncle Fu muttered to himself as he drove.

In his eyes, Su Bai frequently changing female companions had long been a common occurrence.

It was obvious that The girl named Mu Xue was another new friend the Young Master had made.

But thinking of Miss Lin Wan in the back seat, Uncle Fu found it a bit strange.

He knew the adults of both families intended to match them up and had even tacitly approved many arrangements.

Yet looking at the Young Master’s attitude toward Lin Wan, he was not only completely uninterested but could even be described as coldly avoidant.

And Miss Lin’s reaction just now... that gaze fixed on the school gate, that instantly icy tone...

This was indeed rare.

Uncle Fu pondered privately. Given the Young Master’s usual nature, why would he be so avoidant of a girl like Miss Lin, who had top-tier family background, looks, and temperament?

Instead, it seemed like on Miss Lin’s side... there were some signs of unrequited love?

This discovery caught even the experienced Uncle Fu a bit by surprise.

But this was Su Bai’s private business after all, so Uncle Fu naturally couldn’t meddle and could only focus on driving.

The repair shop at the school gate.

Mu Xue clutched the brand-new phone box tightly in her arms like a hot potato. Her cheeks were flushed, and she kept her head buried deep, feeling as if the gazes of all the passersby were like thorns, making her wish she could find a hole to crawl into.

She practically sprinted into that familiar phone repair shop.

”Boss, my... my phone, is it fixed?” she asked, slightly out of breath.

”It’s fixed, here.” The boss looked up and handed her the old phone, restored to its original state, but his eyes involuntarily landed on the phone box in her arms—clearly the latest model of a high-end brand—and a flash of doubt crossed his eyes.

Compared to noon, the boss’s gaze now held a touch more playfulness and scrutiny.

After hurriedly paying the repair fee, Mu Xue fled the small shop.

She walked quickly to the indifferent Su Bai, who had been waiting outside. Anxious to explain, her voice carried a hint of grievance: ”I... I really accidentally dropped and broke the phone! Someone bumped into me and then ran away... I didn’t...”

Her words came to an abrupt halt in the face of Su Bai’s nonchalant attitude.

Su Bai glanced at the cheap-looking old phone she had just fixed, his tone flat: ”It’s fine. It’s a miracle that piece of junk could even be fixed. Just use the new one from now on.”

He paused, as if to dispel her concerns, and added, ”It won’t be deducted from your salary.”

Mu Xue opened her mouth, wanting to say more, but ultimately swallowed all her words of defense.

She knew how she looked in Su Bai’s eyes at this moment—a hypocritical woman who wanted money but also wanted to maintain her reputation.

She lowered her head, silently gripping the new phone box tighter, and softly changed the subject: ”Then... what about this old one?”

”Of course you throw—” Su Bai instinctively wanted to say to throw it away, but the words changed as they reached his lips, ”Up to you. Either throw it away or keep it as a souvenir.”

Mu Xue hummed in response and silently placed the old phone carefully into a compartment in her backpack. Then she stuffed the new phone—a symbol of compensation or a reward—into the innermost part of her bag, as if that could temporarily isolate her relationship with it.

Only after doing all this did she look up, regaining her usual submissive posture, and asked, ”Where... are we going now?”

”The usual place,” Su Bai’s answer was short and clear.

The two hailed a taxi on the roadside and soon arrived at that familiar luxury hotel.

Perhaps the routine of the past two months had given them a twisted understanding; Mu Xue was no longer as flustered as she had been at the beginning in front of Su Bai, and her sense of restraint had lessened significantly.

However, every time she stepped into this magnificent lobby filled with an air of luxury, a sense of guilt and displacement stemming from the class gap would still quietly creep into her heart.

Entering the quiet elevator, only the two of them remained in the enclosed space. Mu Xue finally couldn’t suppress the curiosity that had been circling in her mind for a long time and asked softly, ”Um... don’t hotel stays require ID registration? Why don’t we... ever need to?”

”This hotel is owned by my family,” Su Bai explained flatly, looking straight ahead.

”Oh...” Mu Xue replied softly, but her heart was shaken.

She knew Su Bai’s family was well-off, but the concept of owning a five-star hotel was still beyond her daily imagination.

The elevator rose smoothly.

After a few seconds of silence, Mu Xue pursed her lips and, as if gathering her courage, asked tentatively in an even softer voice, ”Then... has... anyone else... been here before?”

As soon as the words left her mouth, she regretted it.

This was clearly overstepping.