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

126: Chapter 126 Is it a date?The metal elevator doors closed. Su Bai stared at the rising numbers, feeling an inexplicable sense of irritation.

He hadn’t quite figured out why he felt the need to make this trip in person.

If he had to find a reason... it was probably that indefinable, faintly restless concern deep in his heart, along with a vague, instinctive wariness of situations spiraling out of control, that drove him to come and take a look.

He had to confirm whether Lin Wan’s words that night were just an impulsive outburst of anger or if she had truly veered off her original path.

After all, this was Lin Wan. How could that calm, rational, standard female Protagonist, who had lived her life by the book since childhood, inexplicably take a liking to a guy like him who couldn’t muster enthusiasm for anything?

The elevator gave a soft ”ding,” and the doors slowly slid open.

A young female secretary, dressed in a proper suit and sporting refined makeup, was already waiting at the door, clearly having been notified in advance.

Seeing Su Bai, a well-trained, professional smile immediately appeared on her face. She bowed slightly. ”Director Su, you’ve arrived. President Lin is currently chairing a project meeting in the conference room; it might take a bit more time. Please take a seat in her office for a moment, and I’ll go inform President Lin right away.”

”Alright, no rush.” Su Bai nodded and replied nonchalantly. Without stopping, he walked straight into Lin Wan’s office.

The office was spacious and bright, decorated in a clean, modern style that exuded an efficient coldness—it fit the impression Lin Wan gave off perfectly.

His gaze swept across the room, finally landing on the large desk. A stack of documents was neatly piled there, and the title of the top one was strikingly: ”Final Audit Nodes and Phased Goals Before the Launch of the Battle Royale Project.”

Su Bai picked it up and flipped through a few pages.

Inside were dense schedules, data indicators, and risk contingency plans, all clearly organized and strictly demanding.

He scanned the clauses regarding server load stress testing, anti-cheat system deployment, and marketing schedules. He knew that domestic computer hardware and network infrastructure had developed rapidly in recent years, a world of difference from when he went abroad years ago. Only now could the concepts and implementation of such hardware-intensive and network-demanding massive multiplayer online games be supported.

If nothing else, when he had initially invested money to start this game company, it was purely on a whim because he had nothing better to do. Yet, it had indeed indirectly driven the development of several upstream and downstream industries surrounding the gaming ecosystem.

This ”Battle Royale” game, aimed at the year-end winter break slot, carried the company’s significant ambitions, hoping to use it to aggressively harvest a share of the market.

As he was idly thinking about these things, the crisp, rhythmic sound of high heels clicking against the floor tiles came from behind, approaching from a distance.

Su Bai turned around and saw that Lin Wan had already appeared at the office door.

She was wearing a well-tailored light gray suit skirt, her hair meticulously tied back to reveal her elegant neckline. Her face wore its usual calm expression, though her breathing seemed slightly more hurried than usual.

”Finished the meeting so soon?” Su Bai asked, a bit surprised, raising an eyebrow.

”Yes,” Lin Wan pursed her lips and walked in, casually placing a folder from her arms onto the desk. Her tone was flat. ”There wasn’t much to handle, so it ended quickly.”

She wasn’t telling the truth.

The meeting was actually only halfway through; the core topics hadn’t even been discussed yet.

But when the secretary had just whispered in her ear, ”Director Su is here, waiting in your office,” she had almost without thinking found an excuse to end the meeting hastily, leaving a room full of executives hanging.

In fact, after impulsively making things clear that night, she herself didn’t know how to face Su Bai.

That long-suppressed emotion had broken through the floodgates, leaving behind not just the slight emptiness after venting, but more so a sense of being at a loss and a faint feeling of regret.

After a confession—or rather, that near-ultimatum declaration—what should happen next? How would Su Bai react?

She hadn’t had time to think it through at the time.