Genius Club.

Chapter 188
"Hehe, Senior Lin Xian!"

There was a sound like a light bell. Lin Xian and Ji Lin, who were busy at their desks, looked up at the same time and saw Chu Anqing leaning sideways at the door and waving.

"An Qing?"

Lin Xian blinked:

"How did you come?"

This is the Xu Yun case special investigation team of the Donghai City Public Security Bureau. Such a confidential place is not something that outsiders can just come in casually...

but.

Then I thought about it and understood.

After all, she is Chu Shanhe's daughter. Chu Shanhe is able to know so much confidential information of the Public Security Bureau, which shows that he has a very good relationship with the police chiefs here. Then, Chu Anqing, who is his "business card", can't she come and go here freely?
Looking at the entire Donghai City, there are probably only a handful of places that Chu Anqing cannot enter.

"Dad said you guys are busy working overtime every day and haven't eaten yet. I'm here to bring you some dinner. You have to eat on time!"

As she spoke, Chu Anqing came in skipping and skipping, then took out the stacked lunch boxes one by one, and placed the exquisite meals made by Su Xiuying in front of Lin Xian one by one.

"I'm so envious..."

Ji Lin sighed as he looked at the food in front of Lin Xian.

"You have a share too~"

Chu Anqing placed another identical configuration neatly in front of Ji Lin.

"Here." She held a pair of chopsticks in each hand and handed them to the two people.

"Thank you so much."

Ji Lin was really surprised. He really didn't expect that he would have a share.

After all, he and Chu Anqing were not familiar with each other. They only met once at the New Year's Eve dinner. Yet, she took the initiative to bring him a dinner that was exactly the same as Lin Xian's.

But he didn't say much. He took the chopsticks calmly, lowered his head and started eating.

Lin Xian was not in a hurry to eat.

Instead, he stood up, took a disposable cup, and poured a cup of hot water for Chu Anqing:
"Why are you here so late?"

"I asked the driver to deliver it." Chu Anqing smiled slightly:
"Senior Lin Xian, you should eat quickly too, it won't taste good if it gets cold!"

Lin Xian nodded, picked up the chopsticks and started eating with Ji Lin.

The taste is still familiar.

The first taste is from Su Xiuying's hand.

She is really good at steaming rice. It is neither dry nor sticky and tastes great. Also, the rice eaten by Chu Shanhe's family seems to be different from the rice on the market... It is the first time in a long time that Lin Xian has tasted such authentic rice.

It is a taste that is hard to describe. Unlike the "quickly finished products" of three-season rice and four-season rice, which have a "perfunctory" taste, this plump rice is more like it has eaten up the sunshine of the four seasons and grown slowly, yawning in a lazy environment without anyone urging it. It is very chewy and has a long aftertaste.

"good to eat."

After taking a big gulp, Ji Lin praised sincerely:
"Did you make this? You have excellent craftsmanship."

"Hehe, really? This was made by my mother and I!" Chu Anqing was very happy.

"Then which link are you responsible for?" Ji Lin asked seriously.

"Wash the vegetables and serve the dishes!"

"Hmm..." Ji Lin buried his head and ate a few mouthfuls of rice. After swallowing, he slowly said:

“These are two crucial links.”

puff--

Lin Xian couldn't help laughing.

After dealing with Ji Lin for so long these days, he still admires Ji Lin's mind very much. His thinking is very quick and agile. He doesn't need to think about anything and can get the answer almost immediately.

Unexpectedly...

There is really nothing better than something in this world. Chu Anqing's answer made even a smart person like Ji Lin freeze up. He could only eat tactically to delay his thinking time.

"I, I am learning slowly." Seeing Lin Xian laughing, Chu Anqing's face turned slightly red with embarrassment:
"Well! Then next time you come to my house for dinner, I will cook a few dishes for you myself, okay?"

Speaking of this, Chu Anqing smiled happily:
"How about my birthday party in a few days? March 3th is my birthday! I have invited a few good classmates to come and have dinner and play together. Senior Lin Xian, come too!"

"Birthday..."

Lin Xian hasn't celebrated his birthday for a long time.

Mainly because he is old, he doesn't care so much anymore. On March 3 this year, his birthday was no different from any other ordinary day except for receiving some blessing text messages from the bank.

Even Gao Yang sighed on WeChat, saying, "You are already 24 years old," and that was all.

After boys become adults, they rarely celebrate their birthdays. It’s meaningless.

But for Chu Anqing, the apple of Chu Shanhe's eye, every birthday party should be very lively, right?

"Don't you celebrate your birthday with your family every year?"

Chu Anqing shook her head:

"Before I turned 18, I celebrated my birthday with my family. My parents, aunt, and relatives would all come. But my dad said that after I turned 18, I should have my own social circle, so they didn't care about my birthdays after I turned 18. They let me arrange it myself and entertain my own friends!"

Chu Anqing was still very excited when talking about having a birthday that she planned herself:

"Actually, I was planning to invite you these days... My parents gave me a villa to hold a birthday party there to entertain friends. Senior Lin Xian, come and play with us! There won't be any other adults here. I'll just invite classmates and your junior schoolmates. Everyone is looking forward to your coming!"

"Can I go?" Before Lin Xian could answer, Ji Lin came up to him.

"Of course!"

Chu Anqing's eyes curved into shallow crescents:

"Of course the more friends you have, the better!"

"【Friend】..." Ji Lin repeated the word and looked at Lin Xian in silence.

He asked if he could go, just because he didn't want Lin Xian to leave his sight. If Chu Anqing allowed him to go, he would naturally let Lin Xian go too.

Of course he could see that Chu Anqing was interested in Lin Xian.

You can't just eat someone's food for free and then not let Lin Xian attend their birthday party, right?
He never thought he had any friends.

From childhood to adulthood, the only people he could consider as friends were his sister and Xu Yun. Unfortunately, they both left him when he was very young.

Lin Xian sighed lightly and said with a smile:

"If you have nothing to do, then come along. You can't just eat someone's food for free, right?"

Lin Xian has been stuck here for a long time and hasn't been out for many days. The food in the bureau is just so-so. He got tired of it after eating it for a few days and wanted to change his taste.

"Okay." Ji Lin smiled and covered the lunch box.
"Then I still have to pick out a birthday present for you."

"really?"

Chu Anqing smiled happily and said:
"I'm really looking forward to the gift you, a great writer, prepared for me! But hahaha, I'm just kidding. You guys are so busy with work, I'm very satisfied that you can come and participate. The gift doesn't matter!"

"No, no, no, gifts and such are still necessary."

Ji Lin's expression became serious:
"When I was a kid, Xu Yun would always give me gifts on my birthday. But I never received any gifts on my birthdays afterwards... Although I feel a little embarrassed to say it now, I do look forward to someone giving me a gift on every birthday. Many times I would lie in bed and stare at the ceiling, waiting from the early hours of the morning to the next, but I would never get a happy birthday or a gift, and I would feel very lost inside."

"Ah... there is such a thing."

Chu Anqing blinked. She had never thought that someone's birthday would be so bleak, but she could empathize with that kind of loneliness:

"In that case... let's [exchange gifts]!"

Chu Anqing took the hands of the two and put the three palms together:
"Then let's agree that we will give each other gifts on every birthday from now on! This way, everyone can be guaranteed to receive at least two gifts on every birthday!"

"Every birthday..."

Lin Xian lowered his head and smiled:
"Then how long do we have to send them to each other?"

"Give it to you forever!" Chu Anqing smiled sweetly, with two dimples faintly visible at the corners of her mouth:
"Since we are good friends, of course we should celebrate together until the last birthday of our lives!"

Ji Lin lowered his head and looked at the palms of the three people pressed together by Chu Anqing:

"I really wish I could celebrate more birthdays for you guys."

After saying that, he raised his head and looked at Lin Xian:

"Lin Xian, when is your birthday?"

"March 3th." Lin Xian replied.

“It’s over…”

Ji Lin chuckled and shook his head:
"It's a pity."

"What about you? Ji Lin, when is your birthday?" Chu Anqing asked.

"My birthday is in May, May 5rd."

"It's still early! Just wait. Lin Xian and I will definitely prepare a big gift for you by then! We will make up for all the birthday gifts you haven't received in the past few years!"

Listening to Chu Anqing's words.

Ji Lin looked at the folding calendar on his desk.

According to Arrogant's arrangement, two scientists in the field of hibernation and Greedy, who pretended to be a fake scientist, will appear in the East China Sea at the same time on April 4...

If this operation proves that Lin Xian has the ability to predict the future and disrupt history... then he will definitely not survive this May.

"Will you give me a birthday present?"

Ji Lin turned his head and looked at Lin Xian.

Lin Xian also lowered his head and looked at the calendar on the desk.

There is still a little more than a month left until May 5rd...How long will this cat-and-mouse game between me and these people last?
When will we be able to catch them and when will we have the chance to catch them all in one fell swoop?
Does it really have to be delayed until May 5rd?
He wasn't sure.

But he hoped to end it all before May 5 and present the most sincere gift to Xu Yun and Tang Xin's graves.

"I guess so." Lin Xian said lightly, not wanting to spoil Chu Anqing's interest.

"Thank you both in advance."

Ji Lin looked at the two of them:

"I am looking forward."

……

After chatting for a while, Chu Anqing was ready to go home.

Lin Xian helped her pack the lunch box, went out to see her off, and prepared to take her to the driver in the parking lot and come back.

Ji Lin didn't say anything, just waved his hand and asked the two to leave.

thump.

After the office door was closed, the sounds of Lin Xian and Chu Anqing's laughter and footsteps gradually faded away.

Ji Lin returned to his desk and picked up the [black notebook] that Lin Xian left behind when he reported here on his first day.

Lin Xian was holding this little black book when he came to report. When he teased Ji Lin for treating it as a death note, he threw it directly on the table. Then Lin Xian went home to pack his personal belongings and forgot about this book here.

Ji Lin opened it and read it immediately.

The records in it were basically the things that Lin Xian did at work, as well as a handwritten manuscript of a speech at a university lecture, and some information on Xu Yun's resume, including the time he graduated with a master's degree and a doctorate...

Seeing these two time points, Ji Lin clearly guessed that Lin Xian was also investigating the murderer who killed Xu Yun.

That's why, that late night, he asked Lin Xian if he had ever heard of the name "Ji Xinshui".

Since Lin Xian specifically noted down Xu Yun's master's and doctoral graduation dates, it would be easy for him to find out the relationship between Ji Xinshui, that is, Ao Mang, and Xu Yun.

I thought Lin Xian would hide this matter, keep silent about it, or pretend that he had never heard of the name Ji Xinshui.

But to his surprise, Lin Xian openly confessed that he had heard of the name Ji Xinshui, and not only knew that Ji Xinshui was Xu Yun's mentor, but he had also heard this name from Tang Xin.

"Lin Xian..."

Ji Lin flipped through the contents of the black notebook:

"Did you see through my trap and take advantage of it... or did I simply wrong you?"

So far, he has not found any convincing evidence to support his suspicion of Lin Xian.

There is no Lin Xian's handwriting in Xu Yun's manuscript.

During the past few days of probing and questioning, Lin Xian did not reveal anything. Instead, he was natural and honest, showing that he trusted himself very much.

Ji Lin turned his head and looked at the two dates on the calendar.

July 4, August 12.

"I really hope it's not you..."

He flipped to the back of the black notebook and pulled out the folded sketch.

The girl in the sketch was smiling and had a lovely appearance. Her beautiful eyes were curved into two shallow crescents, and under her pretty face, there were two faint dimples at the corners of her mouth. There was also a perfect teardrop mole at the left corner of her eye.

The girl in the painting was Chu Anqing who had just left here, the Chu Anqing who regarded herself as a friend and invited herself to her birthday party.

"What gift should I give her?"

(End of this chapter)