Genius Club.

Chapter 156 Good and Evil

"You have just arrived in Donghai City not long ago. Do you know so much about the things around Lin Xian?" Tang Xin asked Zhou Duanyun.

Zhou Duanyun used a fork to pick up the food on the white plate and put it into his mouth:

"Whether it's Donghai City or other places... the idle chats in the business circle are always about the same things between men and women. Although I have not been in Donghai for long, I have heard a lot about Donghai."

"Lin Xian is now very famous in the business circle of Donghai. Of course... the reason for his fame is not because of how outstanding he is, but because of the women around him."

Seeing that Tang Xin was listening very seriously, Zhou Duanyun smiled slightly, wiped the corners of his mouth with a towel, and continued:

"Lin Xian's boss, the president of MX Company, Zhao Yingjun, is the only daughter of the Zhao Group in the imperial capital. Although their identities seem to be very different...but according to everyone's speculation, their relationship is definitely not ordinary."

"The two danced at the New Year's Eve dinner before the Lunar New Year... A woman with Zhao Yingjun's personality would never dance with other people, but Lin Xian made an exception. You don't need to think to know why."

"When I saw that you were interested in Lin Xian the other day, I made some inquiries for you, and I did learn some interesting news."

Zhou Duanyun looked up at Tang Xin:

"Lin Xian is now serving as Zhao Yingjun's personal secretary, and Zhao Yingjun hadn't employed a secretary for a long time before this. Everyone in MX Company secretly thinks that the two have a special relationship... There is no smoke without fire. Although the two probably don't have a clear romantic relationship, I think it's obvious that Mr. Zhao is interested in Lin Xian and has feelings for him."

……

Tang Xin didn't say anything.

She had indeed never heard Lin Xian mention these things, and of course, she had never asked about them specifically.

"That's Lin Xian's own business."

Tang Xin turned her head and looked at the neon night view of the East China Sea outside the window.

"But actually, I think that Lin Xian doesn't have that kind of romantic feelings for Zhao Yingjun." Zhou Duanyun said with a smile.

"Do you know Lin Xian well?" Tang Xin turned her head and looked at Zhou Duanyun:
"I feel like you two don't seem to be too familiar with each other."

"That's true." Zhou Duanyun nodded:
"But after all, we were classmates in high school for three years, and we talked a lot when I sent Gao Yang home yesterday. I still know Lin Xian's situation very well."

"In fact, Lin Xian's greatest strength is his kindness and warm-heartedness. This is the same for both the high school Lin Xian and the current Lin Xian. But at the same time, this is also his greatest weakness—"

After a pause, Zhou Duanyun narrowed his eyes and said:

"【Lin Xian is a very soft-hearted person. He is not good at rejecting others.】"

"He would agree to most requests from others. Even if some things were troublesome, Lin Xian's kindness and warm-heartedness would often make him agree to them reluctantly."

"This doesn't seem to be a disadvantage." Tang Xin smiled.

On this point, she still agreed with what Zhou Duanyun said:
"Did Lin Xian often help others when he was in high school?"

When talking about Lin Xian, Tang Xin became more talkative.

"Yes."

Zhou Duanyun smiled and replied:
"Lin Xian was like this in high school. To be honest, he helped me a lot back then. To be honest, my family was not well off in high school. I sat in the back corner of the classroom. I had a low self-esteem and didn't fit in. Few people paid attention to me."

"But most of the time, Lin Xian would notice me... Especially when I was ignored or neglected, he would always be considerate enough to pull me in as well."

After hearing this, Tang Xin laughed:
"Then aren't you also grateful to Lin Xian?"

"How can I put this into words?"

Zhou Duanyun picked up the red wine glass, drank half of it in one breath, shook the blood-red liquid, and put it back on the table:

"At my age now, I am definitely grateful to Lin Xian. But when I was a teenager... I really hated people like Lin Xian."

"Why?" Tang Xin was confused.

“It’s hard to explain this feeling.”

Zhou Duanyun crossed his hands in front of his chest, leaned on the back of the sofa and said slowly:
"Lin Xian was very popular at that time. He was handsome and good at sports. He was a legendary figure in the whole school. He was always surrounded by men and women, and had close friends like class monitor Gao Yang... I believe that every teenage boy wanted to live like Lin Xian."

"I was far behind. I could only stay in the corner of the classroom every day. I dared not raise my head. I even dared not look my classmates in the eye when talking to them."

"In this situation, I think it's best for everyone to ignore me, disregard me, and neglect me. The classroom at that time was like being in prison for me. I didn't want to stay there for a second."

"But Lin Xian was always kind-hearted sometimes, thinking of taking me along with him to activities with his classmates. Unfortunately, at that time, his kindness only made me feel embarrassed and hypocritical. His kindness turned into a sharp blade, like forcibly dragging me into the sun to be executed."

……

Zhou Duanyun's words came to an abrupt end here.

There was a long silence between the two.

Tang Xin could understand Zhou Duanyun's mentality. After all, she was also a transfer student...

To some extent, I can empathize with Zhou Duanyun.

"But that was all in the past. Now I am still very grateful to Lin Xian." Zhou Duanyun changed his tone and smiled again:
"That's why I care about Lin Xian and you. If I can really bring you two together, it will be my belated reward to Lin Xian."

"In fact, I usually don't tell others about these things and words. They are all embarrassing things and dark psychological things during adolescence. It's embarrassing to talk about them."

Tang Xin shook his head:

"I'm quite surprised that you can tell me these things, because at the class reunion you looked so glamorous and successful, and you really never mentioned these things."

After Zhou Duanyun said these words to her, Tang Xin indeed felt that Zhou Duanyun had become a much more real person, and it seemed that the distance between them had shortened.

"Because I really want to help you, I want to help both of you." Zhou Duanyun raised his glass with a smile, and invited Tang Xin to drink with him for the first time tonight:
"How about it? Do you want to hear my plan?"

Tang Xin smiled and lowered her head, then sat up straight and raised her red wine glass:
"It's embarrassing, but...it doesn't hurt to listen."

……

At night, in dreams.

In the past few days, Lin Xian has further deepened his exploration of Xindonghai City.

The latest achievement is that CC has perfectly cracked the door opening code of that giant chain bookstore.

As long as the correct password is used to open the door, the alarm will not be triggered, and Lin Xian will be able to stay in the bookstore all night without any problems.

In any era, books are the most direct treasure. Now that we have no idea about the safe, we should spend more time in bookstores looking for some useful clues.

Although there is no history book that Lin Xian needs most.

However, history is a very broad thing. It always exists in various books in the form of various clues. Even if all major events are erased, we can still roughly infer the direction of history from the descriptions of some details.

But Lin Xian is not an artificial intelligence that can read quantum data after all. If he really reads books one by one to look for information, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

He also tried to move towards the center of New Donghai City. He was very curious about what was in the Limit Building that reached into the sky and what kind of power ruled New Donghai City.

It's just a pity that he encountered two difficulties...

First, the closer you get to the center, the stricter the security patrols are, and there are even large numbers of real patrol police.

This is very annoying.

Because of the differences in appearance, temperament, clothing and other aspects, "outsiders" like Lin Xian and the "natives" of Xindonghai City can be identified at a glance.

It's a feeling that's hard to describe.

Just like a country bumpkin coming to the city, even if he wears the same clothes and combs his hair in a trendy style, you can still tell at a glance that he is not a local.

Xindonghai City has been isolated from the outside world for hundreds of years, and has long since formed its own unique cultural temperament and customs. It is easy to fool mechanical dogs and robots, but it is impossible to fool real patrol police.

At least, not yet, Lin Xian’s imitations have been exposed time and time again.

The second difficulty is also in penetrating into the new Donghai City.

He originally wanted to steal a flying motorcycle and fly directly in... but the alarm would always be triggered inexplicably, and he would be exposed every time when he flew to a fixed area.

Lin Xian wondered if there was some regional detection mechanism?
Then on the ground, there would be several high walls separating different urban areas, and Lin Xian would not be able to pass through on foot.

“It’s a bit stuck.”

Lin Xian scratched his head. It was as if he was playing a game and encountered a level that he couldn't pass, or a maze where he couldn't find the correct route, and his progress was stuck.

There is no strategy to check, and only through countless trial and error, death, and piles of corpses can you find the correct route to pass the level.

But this method is still too stupid and foolish. He only has one chance to die a day, and it is very likely that he will die hundreds of times. In the past one or two years, he still cannot reach the central city.

and so……

"I'd better read some books in the bookstore for a while."

There are many books about New Donghai City in the bookstore, covering all aspects. It is better to first understand the details of the security and see if you can find any loopholes.

As for CC…

Now the two of them basically go their separate ways as soon as they walk out of the checkpoint, doing their own things. Lin Xian once tried to take CC to crack the identity verification gate of the high wall in the city, but the equipment was too advanced, and CC's "Bluetooth headset" couldn't even connect to it, let alone crack the password.

……

This afternoon.

Lin Xian was slacking off in the office of MX Company.

Ding dong.

Tang Xin sent a WeChat message:
"Are you free tonight, Lin Xian? I have something to give you~"

(End of this chapter)