Underworld Player Chapter 40 - Lingering Heat

A torrid summer's day.

In her chilly, air-conditioned dorm room, Xia Wen stood in front of a small blackboard, sternly conducting a special lesson. On the blackboard were stuck seven or eight photos, haphazardly placed, which were connected by a complex web of lines.

"Bish, you know where you fucked up?"

"Nope."

Lin XiaoYi was sitting perfectly straight, looking like a model student with her feet together and her hands folded in her lap as she shook her head innocently.

"Simple, you fucked up… in your strategy! You did everything the wrong way!"

Xia Wen nodded earnestly.

"Think about it, why does he put so much effort into keeping a low profile? Obviously, it's to avoid giving his secret away! You could've acted dumb and pretended not to know, but you had to march right up to him and expose the secret identity that he had kept hidden for so long, that he was even willing to be vilified to hide...! If he had been anything less than an honorable gentleman, don't you think he might have chosen to silence you for good right then and there?

"Uh... isn't that going too far?" Lin XiaoYi pulled a face in disbelief.

"Haven't you heard? Dead men tell no tales. In fact, you not only failed to keep it to yourself, you even blabbed about it to the authorities, so you tell me who's gone too far!"

Xia Wen gave her friend a huffy side-eye.

"Everyone says 'big booba, big dumb' and I guess it must be true." Xia Wen shook her head in disappointment. "Because you exposed his precious secret, it must have ruined his life in unexpected ways—he hasn't tried to court another girl and even locked himself in his room for three days...

"The way I see it, since his secret was leaked, he can no longer play the lone hero the way he would like, so we won't see him do things like dumping an ex then immediately latching on to a new girlfriend anymore."

"...Isn't that a good thing?" Lin XiaoYi muttered under her breath. Addressing her friend, she continued, "If he stops being such a playboy, that means that I just need to keep on pursu

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