Genius Club.

Chapter 348 A clear conscience
"see me?"

Lin Xian couldn't hold it anymore.

The Zhao family of the imperial capital is not just rich, but powerful in the true sense of the word.

Brother Wang had been running around for so long to get the formalities done, but it was finally done at the New Year's Eve dinner when Zhao Yingjun's uncle made a phone call.

This is just my uncle.

In the projection corridor of Zhao Yingjun's personal exhibition hall in the third dream, Lin Xian had already learned that Zhao Yingjun's mother was just a teacher. She studied well and had a high level of knowledge, but her family background was just average. The truly powerful one was Zhao Yingjun's father.

So one can imagine.

Zhao Yingjun's uncle was simply promoted by his brother-in-law... He was so powerful just by being promoted, let alone his brother-in-law himself?
Of course, Lin Xian, Gao Yan, president of Longke Academy, and Liu An, director of the Security Bureau, were all "good brothers" who patted their shoulders and did not feel any oppression from Zhao Yingjun's father or any reason they were afraid to meet him.

He was just curious...

Why did Zhao Yingjun's parents ask to see me at this time?

Poke.

Beside him, Yu Xi suddenly poked Lin Xian's arm:
"No more meat."

She said while wearing large sunglasses.

Lin Xian chuckled and looked at the shelf where the dishes were placed on their table:
"Would you like some vegetables?"

"Vegetables are fine too." Yu Xi replied.

Lin Xian gave her some tofu, kelp, baby cabbage and other things. These things were edible, and she would probably be full after eating this pot.

After taking care of the little ones.

It’s time for a big reply.

Lin Xian took a tissue, wiped his hands, and looked at Zhao Yingjun again:
"Your parents... want to see me?"

"Yes."

Zhao Yingjun continued:
"They do want to see you, mainly because my father wants to thank you."

"Thank me?"

The more Lin Xian listened, the more confused he became.

"It was all a year ago, when you drove a Bentley and took me over the viaduct."

Zhao Yingjun raised his head and said:
"I remember I told you about it, right? When I went home for the Chinese New Year, I told them about it. They were very worried about me at the time, but after all, I was unharmed and nothing happened. Their worries were gone in two days."

"My father has always been a man who values ​​friendship very much. He wanted to thank you for saving me in such a dangerous situation. But you were very busy at that time, and since he wanted to thank you, he couldn't ask you to go to the capital all the way, right? My parents also thought that this was too rude and even too arrogant."

"So he was thinking about when to find the chance to come to the East China Sea and thank you in person. Unfortunately... he was very busy last year, and you were often on business trips, so you couldn't make it in time. Although I know you were in the capital during the New Year this year, weren't you seconded to perform a secret mission? So I didn't bother you."

"My father has always kept this matter in mind. Even though I have told him several times that we don't need to be so distant with Lin Xian, he has always been very persistent. He said that others took such a big risk to save his daughter, and he couldn't just let it go without saying anything... He has been looking for an opportunity to thank you in person."

talking.

She turned her head and saw Yu Xi finished her drink again.

He reached out and called the waiter, and ordered two more bottles.

Then turned his head:
"It just so happened that my mother retired at the age of 55 this year, so my father took a month off and brought her to Donghai to live there for a month to relax and reunite with the family."

"My father has been eager to meet you. He will take a flight to Donghai tomorrow morning, and our family will have dinner outside in the evening... If you are free, would you like to come?"

"That's why I went to your office today. My parents asked me to invite you. They wanted the four of us to have a meal together."

"Oh~ That's it."

Lin Xian understood.

Zhao Yingjun did tell me about this on the day I submitted my resignation to her.

Zhao Yingjun said a lot that day.

This naturally also includes her father, who had always been strict and unkind, and whose attitude towards her changed after seeing the video of flying over the viaduct and Donghai 007.

Lin Xian especially remembers it.

Zhao's father, who had always denied Zhao Yingjun and was not optimistic about her entrepreneurship, said something after a long while when Zhao Yingjun left the capital and returned to Donghai:
"The cat design is pretty good. Your aunt's daughter likes it very much."

Zhao Yingjun said that this was the first time her father recognized her, even though it was only a trivial recognition and she was not the one who designed the cat... but she was still very happy and told herself with a smile:

"I have to say, Lin Xian... you really saved my life and changed my life. It is really my luck to meet you."

Because he felt so guilty the day he submitted his resignation, Lin Xian still remembers those scenes and words very clearly.

……

"It's really nothing, actually."

Lin Xian smiled politely:
"It's not a big deal. Besides, this doesn't count as saving you, does it? I was in the car at the time, and I was the one with the gun pointed at the back of my head... I had to find a way to save myself."

"On the contrary, I chose such a radical method as jumping over the viaduct to get rid of the criminals and dragged you into danger... If it succeeded, it would be fine, just like now, your father would be very grateful to me; but if it failed... How could I face him?"

“It doesn’t matter if I fail.”

Zhao Yingjun shook his head gently:

"You may not remember anything, right? When the gangster showed up at the beginning and pointed a gun at you, you turned to the side of the road and told him to let me go while you took him to find Miao Ke."

"Even though the gunman didn't agree at that time, he still demanded that I be used as a hostage to threaten you to continue driving..."

"[But actually from that moment on... I felt that whether the viaduct could fly over was no longer important; whether it succeeded or failed, you were willing to sacrifice your life to save me, so how could I be reluctant to give up my life... to take a gamble with you?]"

She chuckled and rubbed her hair:
"So... not only my father, but also my mother and I are all very grateful to you for this. If you have nothing to do tomorrow night, you can really come and have dinner with my parents. They have changed a lot now, and their views on many things are different from before... They have become much easier to get along with."

Lin Xian thought about it.

Jask's schedule is that he will go to Zheng Xiangyue's ward in Tunghai University Hospital at 10 am tomorrow.

I had already planned to meet with him and have a good talk. The first goal was to rescue Angelica, and the rest could be discussed later.

If everything goes well, there will be nothing to do in the evening. I can go meet Zhao Yingjun's parents and reluctantly accept the father's thanks.

If the negotiations with Jask don't go well...it's hard to say what the situation will be like tomorrow night.

So, don't agree so readily.

If I agree to it now, but something unexpected happens tomorrow night and I can't go, it would be too embarrassing. I would also lose face in front of Zhao Yingjun's parents, making both myself and Zhao Yingjun appear unreliable.

"I may not have time tomorrow night."

Lin Xian said truthfully:

"So there is no guarantee that I can attend your family gatherings."

"That's okay."

Zhao Yingjun didn't care:
"Anyway, my parents will be staying in the East China Sea for a month. When you have time, we can make an appointment to have dinner together."

"That's definitely no problem."

Lin Xian responded directly:

"I'll tell you when I'm sure I have time."

Right.

Zhao Yingjun's parents are not just coming to Donghai for one day. Even if they don't meet tomorrow night, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future.

Although the other party came to thank me, I couldn't be so shameless as to be a guest of honor. I should meet Zhao Yingjun's parents in a more formal way and bring them some pure West Lake Longjing tea from my hometown as a gift.

Although their lives certainly cannot be without these teas, more gifts are always welcome.

"Let's start eating too. We can't just watch her eat."

Lin Xian pointed at the hot pot and motioned Zhao Yingjun to pick up his chopsticks:
"Hearing you talk about your parents, it seems that you have been getting along quite well during this period, and your relationship has improved."

"Yes."

Zhao Yingjun picked up some dishes and looked at Lin Xian:

"It has both advantages and disadvantages. Before, because our relationship was not good, we didn't talk much. Although it felt bad, it was quiet and no one nagged me. Now our relationship is good, we often call each other and even come to Donghai to see me... but nagging and preaching also come with it."

Lin Xian chuckled.

It seems that all parents are the same:

"Do your parents nag you? I thought you guys only talked about high-level topics."

"Haha, how is that possible?"

Zhao Yingjun took the two bottles of drinks handed to him by the waiter, stood up, put them all next to Yu Xi's plate, then sat back and continued:
"The things that parents and children talk about all over the world are the same over and over again. People of my age have such traditional ideas, and the final topic of every chat will inevitably turn to urging marriage and children..."

"My parents got married quite early, but they had children very late. They were already in their thirties when they had me, which was definitely very late for them. So you see, now that my mom has retired, she has even less to do. She pushes me even harder than my dad did, and she wants me to give birth to a child right away."

"Ah...so sometimes I miss the time when I had a bad relationship with my parents. At least at that time, there weren't so many annoying urgings in my ears. By the way, Lin Xian, it should be the same for you, right? Do your parents also urge you about these things?"

"Of course I'll urge you to do that."

Thinking of the conversation between his mother and Gao Yang during the Chinese New Year last year, Lin Xian couldn't help but laugh:
"They will urge me to get married, including my parents. They even urged me to get married right after I graduated from university. They wanted me to get married right away and give them grandchildren. But my parents are still relatively young, under 50 years old, and they have things to do. They just say it verbally, and they are not very aggressive in urging me."

Zhao Yingjun turned around and looked at Yu Xi who was still eating with her head down:
"So sometimes I think, if it's really like Yu Xi, it would be nice to have a child of my own out of thin air. It would save me the trouble of giving birth and raising the child, and it would be easier if the child just grew up like this."

"forget it."

Lin Xian shook his head:
"This feeling is too scary. I think raising a child should start from a young age and grow up little by little."

"And Brother Wang also said that when children are cute and lovable, it's only during their early years. When they grow up, they become stubborn and lock themselves in their room after school. It's hard to even talk to them... When they become this rebellious, I start to miss the good old days of my childhood."

"Really?" Zhao Yingjun still looked at Yu Xi:

"But I think Yu Xi is pretty good. She looks very well-behaved, quiet, and likable. I've also heard of the stubborn teenagers you mentioned... I have relatives like this. They are domineering and speak a lot of abstract Internet terms. They look really bad."

Hearing this kind of evaluation.

Lin Xian could only smile and say nothing.

Clever?

Quiet?

please...

Yu Xi is a Terminator girl from the future.

She can drive a Harley motorcycle to hit people at a speed of 100 mph, then blow up the gas tank of a Mercedes-Benz and light a raging fire with a Zippo lighter without looking back;

She can also use a Smith & Wesson revolver with one hand to hit people with a bang, and she also fought another Terminator girl for 300 rounds with a sharp knife under the moonlight;
You can use any strong adjective to describe her, but the only words you can't use are well-behaved and quiet.

Soon after.

The three of them finished their meal and prepared to return to the hospital to get the paternity test results.

Lin Xian discovered that after this meal together, Zhao Yingjun really took good care of Yu Xi and was very considerate of many details.

It seems that she really likes children.

When you arrive at the hospital at this time, most departments have already gone off work, leaving only the emergency room and the service desk, and some comrades in the laboratory who are working overtime.

Lin Xian, Zhao Yingjun and Yu Xi went directly to the service desk and took out two reports.

They are the paternity test reports of Lin Xian and Yu Xi, and the paternity test reports of Zhao Yingjun and Yu Xi.

The report is very simple, it's just a piece of paper.

Just for confidentiality reasons, it was sealed with thick paper and is now held in each of their books.

Zhao Yingjun looked at Lin Xian:

“Do you get nervous?”

"A little bit."

Lin Xian held the unopened paternity test report in his hand, and felt a little nervous at the moment of "drawing the prize".

"Then look at mine first."

Zhao Yingjun said it very easily.

She quickly tore off the disposable sealing strip, without even looking at it, and directly opened the inner page and held it in front of Lin Xian, with a very confident expression:
"Look, isn't it irrelevant?"

Lin Xian looked at the report that Zhao Yingjun handed over.

There was a line of bold black characters on it:

[It does not conform to the laws of inheritance, and the parent-child relationship is ruled out. 】

He chuckled for no apparent reason and looked at Zhao Yingjun:
"You're quite confident."

"Of course."

Zhao Yingjun smiled slightly:
"Because I have a clear conscience."

Lin Xian lowered his head, looked at his report, and directly tore open the disposable sealing strip.

Since Zhao Yingjun has nothing to do with Yu Xi.

Then I probably have nothing to do with Yu Xi, so what is there to be nervous about?
"If you want to say that..."

Lin Xian didn't even look at his report, and held it directly in front of Zhao Yingjun:

"Then I must have a clear conscience."

Zhao Yingjun looked at Lin Xian's report, which also had a line of bold words on it -

[It does not conform to the laws of inheritance, and the parent-child relationship is ruled out. 】

"cut."

She said disdainfully:
"So what on earth have you been busy doing today?"

Lin Xian turned the report over and took a look.

Fortunately.

I don’t like being a father!
It seems that I really thought too much before...

"I just tried it casually, mainly to see what the legendary DNA paternity test is all about."

"You have a really strong thirst for knowledge." Zhao Yingjun complained, "I hope you will never need to use this knowledge point."

"Lend your auspicious words."

……

After asking driver Xiao Li to send Zhao Yingjun home, Lin Xian and Yu Xi went to a five-star hotel and booked a suite.

The suite is very large, with several separate rooms, all with private bathrooms, making it very suitable for accommodation for Lin Xian and Yu Xi.

After confirming that Yu Xi had no blood relationship with himself or Zhao Yingjun Huang Que, Lin Xian put his heart at ease and began to concentrate on thinking about tomorrow's plan.

Yu Xi hasn't started washing yet.

She was still wearing her daytime clothes and had a short ponytail. She walked over to Lin Xian and said:
"Have you figured out how to kill Jask tomorrow?"

"not yet."

Lin Xian shook his head:
"My main thought right now is...how can I rescue Angelica."

Yu Xi blinked her bright eyes.

She had already taken off her black contact lenses and sunglasses. Her crystal blue pupils were reflected in the French window. She stared at Lin Xian from both sides like a ghost:

"You have to weigh the pros and cons, Lin Xian. If you miss this opportunity to kill Jask in Dragon Country, you may never have such a favorable opportunity again."

"You may think that my proposal is cold-blooded, but my first priority in executing the mission is to protect your life and safety. I can't consider Angelica as much as that. I hope you can understand that you are someone who is worth protecting at the risk of the fate of time and space for future humans... But Angelica is not like that. She is just an ordinary person who is insignificant to history and the future."

"Think of it another way. Whether Angelica is dead or alive has already been determined. No matter what you discuss with Jask tomorrow, you can't change Angelica's fate. But you are different... If you are eventually killed by the time-space assassin sent by Jask, then humanity, the future, and everything will be ruined."

"Now is the best time to resolve the crisis. As long as you can find a way to get Jask out alone, we can set up a trap and find a way to kill him. This will prevent the closed loop of the Spacetime Assassin from forming and eliminate him."

"If we don't use this method, I really can't think of a second way to get rid of the time-space assassin. Lin Xian, you really can't hesitate any longer. Jask is the one who sent the time-space assassin to kill you. Even if you negotiate with him sincerely, won't he lie to you?"

"Believe me... Killing Jask in Dragon Country is truly a golden opportunity for us. The current location of the Spacetime Assassin has been wandering in the ocean outside Donghai City. She probably ran into trouble and cannot sneak in for the time being."

"Now it's a race against time. If we can kill Jask before the Spacetime Assassin enters Donghai City and meets up with Jask, then your greatest danger will be eliminated, and my mission and mission will be completed. I can hardly imagine how bad things will become if I don't seize this opportunity, let Jask escape, and let the Spacetime Assassin continue to hunt you down."

"It would be fine if I could always protect you, but no one can guarantee what will happen in the future. What if one day I suddenly disappear, or I am defeated by the enemy... There is no one who can protect you and no one can always tell you the location of the Spacetime Assassin. Lin Xian, how will you deal with it?"

……

Listen to Yu Xi's words.

Lin Xian turned his head.

He withdrew his gaze from the bird's-eye view of Donghai City and looked at Yu Xi in the room:

"Don't worry, I have my own measure."

Yu Xi nodded:
"I hope you can get rid of Jask and the Spacetime Assassin as soon as possible. I also want your friend Angelica to be safe... but we must put the overall situation first and not let Angelica's affairs affect our plan to kill Jask."

"Don't be soft-hearted, Lin Xian. If I could kill Jask for you, I would have done it a long time ago. But this is a task that only you can accomplish. Just like killing Kevin Walker, kill Jask cleanly and neatly. Being kind to the enemy is being cruel to yourself."

Say it.

Yu Xi went into her room, washed up and went to bed.

Lin Xian looked at Yu Xi's closed door, holding his chin and thinking.

It's not that he can't understand Yu Xi's earnest advice.

only……

this time.

He always felt that there was something, something very important that he had not figured out.

It seems like something crucial has been overlooked.

This makes the current predicament confusing.

what is it then?

He thought of the last lesson that the Yellow Bird had taught him with his life in Copenhagen;
Two questions and one request he left for himself before his death;
Kevin Walker's address received from Jask, and the digital life Turing who wanted to kill Kevin Walker;
The time-space assassin who killed the yellow bird in front of him, didn't even look at him, but pursued him relentlessly in the East China Sea and the United States;

[I always feel like something is wrong.]

[I always feel like this is a huge puzzle, but the most important piece is missing. ]

what is it then?

Lin Xian turned around and stood beside the floor-to-ceiling window.

Looking at the bright moonlight in the sky and the brightly lit international metropolis below...

"what is it then?"

Lin Xian asked himself:

"Where is the missing piece of the puzzle?"

……

Donghai, Lingang New Area, inside the Tesla Gigafactory.

"Jask, this is different from what we agreed on."

In an interior building.

Angelica was once again under house arrest, and the two familiar female bodyguards appeared in the living room with Jask, announcing the end of her journey to freedom.

"Jask, you clearly said you would take me to see Lin Xian, so I came to Dragon Country with you."

Angelica stared at Jask:
"Are you going to go back on your word so soon?"

"Don't get so excited, Angelica."

Jask smiled slightly and placed the small refrigerator in his arms in the corner of the living room.

Dust off your hands:
"I've said it before, I'm a man of my words. I'll naturally take you to see Lin Xian and explain everything. But... not tomorrow morning, but tomorrow night."

Angelica narrowed her eyes:

"What do you mean? Tomorrow morning at the Tunghai University Affiliated Hospital, when you deliver the boat ticket to the little girl named Zheng Xiangyue...you want to meet Lin Xian alone?"

"Why don't you take me with you? Are you going to use me as a bargaining chip or bait to deceive Lin Xian?"

Jask shook his head:

"Do not……"

He said softly:
“Perhaps there are indeed some misunderstandings between Lin Xian and me… But to be honest, I have no hostility towards Lin Xian. It’s just…”

He lowered his head again and looked at the small white square refrigerator in the corner of the living room:
"It's just that I'm just one piece away from figuring everything out."

"And this piece of the puzzle will have to wait until tomorrow..."

"It will be automatically delivered to me!"

(End of this chapter)