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

120: Chapter 12 Lin Wan in ActionThe Fatty’s dad would definitely be happy about such a good deal—being able to expand the family business while striking at a rival.

Maybe he’d even give the Fatty some extra pocket money out of joy.

Su Bai had just sat down, wanting to catch his breath, when the phone in his pocket began to vibrate.

He took it out and saw a message from Lin Wan. It was brief: ”I’m downstairs. Something’s up. Is it convenient for you to come down?”

He glanced at his clothes, which were stained with a bit of bar scent and dust, and frowned. He stood up, grabbed a clean pullover hoodie from the wardrobe to change into, and said to the Fatty, who was still excitedly sending messages, and Zhou Feng, who was quietly reading nearby, ”I’m heading down for a bit.”

”Ooh~~”

The Fatty drew out his tone, looked up from his phone screen, and exchanged a knowing look with Zhou Feng, a mischievous smile appearing on his face.

As soon as Su Bai pulled the door open and left, the Fatty immediately dropped his phone and scurried over to the window with Zhou Feng, lifting a corner of the curtain to peek down.

”No wonder he’s in such a hurry to get down, he didn’t even stop for a breath.” The Fatty lowered his voice, winking and nudging.

”The two of them already have an engagement. Looking for him late at night... is also quite reasonable.” Zhou Feng analyzed solemnly, though a smile played at the corners of his mouth.

”Look, Lin Wan is even carrying something. She looks like a virtuous little wife.” The Fatty pointed at the hazy figure downstairs, clicking his tongue twice.

Downstairs, the glow of the streetlights in the male dormitory area was somewhat dim and yellow.

Just as Su Bai stepped out of the building, he saw Lin Wan standing quietly by a flower bed not far away.

She had changed out of last night’s gown and was wearing a simple cream-colored knit cardigan and jeans. Her long hair draped softly over her shoulders, and she was indeed carrying a medium-sized paper shopping bag.

The night breeze was slightly cool, blowing the stray hairs on her forehead.

”What did you need to see me for? It had to be in person?” Su Bai walked over, his tone casual.

He had just finished dealing with a bunch of trouble and was indeed a bit tired.

”Yes, there’s indeed something.” Lin Wan looked up at him, a faint smile appearing on her face, one that seemed to be trying hard to look natural.

She shook the bag in her hand. ”I brought you something. What were you doing? You didn’t answer your phone.”

”Had some private business to handle, my phone was on silent,” Su Bai explained simply as he took the bag, which felt a bit heavy.

He looked down; inside were various packaged snacks, imported chocolates, and a few boxes of what looked like exquisite pastries.

He had just eaten dinner not long ago and wasn’t hungry, so his subconscious reaction was to say he didn’t need them or that he’d already eaten.

But before he could speak, Lin Wan seemed to have anticipated his reaction. She tilted her head slightly and said in a light tone, ”I bought them using your card. Surely Young Master Su... wouldn’t be unwilling to even taste something bought with the money spent from his own card?”

The words Su Bai was about to say were instantly choked back.

He looked at Lin Wan’s eyes, which appeared exceptionally clear under the streetlights, and then at the bag of snacks bought with his money. He felt inexplicably amused, and also a bit... of an indescribable, subtle feeling.

He didn’t say anything more and turned toward a secluded stone path leading to a small garden, where there were several wooden benches for students to rest.

Lin Wan naturally followed half a step behind him.

Su Bai sat down on a bench, placed the bag beside him, reached in to take out a pack of nut chocolates, tore open the packaging, broke off a small piece, and popped it into his mouth.

Lin Wan sat down beside him, not too close, maintaining a small, polite distance between them. She didn’t speak immediately either, just watched him eat quietly.

”The Nangong Family... has some problems.” Lin Wan’s voice broke the silence of the night. Her gaze fell on the swaying shadows of the trees in the distance, her tone carrying a clear note of warning. ”You shouldn’t be in too much of a hurry to get close to them. Even if you’re just approaching Mu Xue, don’t get involved with the Nangong Family.”

Su Bai’s chewing motion paused slightly. He raised an eyebrow and turned his head to look at her. ”How do you know? What did you find?”

It wasn’t that he doubted Lin Wan’s words, but rather that he was surprised she would take the initiative to investigate and reach such a conclusion so quickly.

”After I went back last night, I had someone look into their public financial and business information a bit.”

Lin Wan turned her gaze back to Su Bai, her expression serious.

”On the surface, the cash flow is normal and the asset reports look glamorous. However, I noticed a detail—several small and medium-sized auction companies they hold controlling or minority stakes in overseas have been acquired by different offshore capital or anonymous funds over the past year. The buyers are very well-hidden, and their specific backgrounds can’t be traced, but the acquisition behavior itself... doesn’t fit the Nangong Family’s usual style of expansion. It’s more like... they’re quietly liquidating core assets.”

Su Bai swallowed the chocolate in his mouth and paused for a few seconds, seemingly digesting this information.

Then, a smile with a hint of admiration curled at the corner of his mouth, and he nodded. ”Not bad, Classmate Lin Wan. You really haven’t been a CEO for nothing; your intuition is quite sharp.”

He said this half-teasingly and half-truthfully.

The Lin Wan from two years ago, in his memory, was still a wealthy young lady who was well-protected by her family, somewhat aloof and naive, and a complete mess when it came to doing things.

Now, after only one night, she could capture potential abnormal movements of the Nangong Family from seemingly normal public information and point directly to the key—selling off important auction companies under their wing.

This insight and initiative were no longer those of the little girl who looked down on everything and couldn’t do anything back then.

This suddenly reminded him of the question Mu Xue had asked him outside the clubhouse—”Do you know what Lin Wan has been doing during the two years you were gone?”

He really didn’t know at the time, and he hadn’t been bothered to find out.

Thinking about it now, perhaps Lin Wan’s growth and changes were far more than he had imagined.

”I’m not joking.” Lin Wan didn’t seem to care about his teasing, or rather, her focus at the moment was entirely on the business at hand.

Her tone grew heavier. ”The foundation of the Nangong Family is auctions and mining. Auction companies are not just a source of profit; they are the core channels for them to contact high-end clients, obtain information on rare resources, and maintain their industry status. Without a major, unavoidable reason, or extremely tempting exchange conditions, how could they quietly sell off these companies one after another? It’s illogical.”

As she spoke, she reached into her coat pocket, took out her phone, skillfully unlocked it, pulled up several documents, and then turned the screen toward Su Bai, handing it to him.

”Look, this is a list of auction companies under the Nangong Family that have been acquired in the last fifteen months, the approximate acquisition times, and the offshore company codes used by the buyers. Although the ultimate beneficiaries can’t be found, this kind of intensive, low-profile asset divestment is itself a strong danger signal.”

(It’s already been ten days since the New Year.)

(Sigh~)