Genius Club.

Chapter 160: Birds of a feather

hospital.

A white cloth was covered on the cart, which was pushed through the hospital lobby with a clattering sound.

Gao Yang, who had been waiting for a long time, hurried over and asked the attending physician many questions.

Lin Xian covered his face with his hands, supported his knees, and sat on the hospital chair without moving.

His emotions were complicated, but his thoughts became clearer.

From the moment Tang Xin was hit by the taxi, a flame that had been extinguished for many years was ignited deep in his heart.

It is an irrational impulse and an uncontrollable anger.

Tang Xin's death was exactly the same as Xu Yun's, they left this world at the same time and in the same way.

Lin Xian had suspected several times before that the murderers were targeting him, but he never expected that their long-lurking target was Tang Xin!
[Drugs to solve the side effects of hibernation] This is why Tang Xin was murdered.

Just like Professor Xu Yun was killed because of his successful research on hibernation chamber filling fluid... In a sense, the drug that Tang Xin was researching, which had achieved initial results and could solve most of the side effects of hibernation, might be more groundbreaking and more important than the hibernation chamber filling fluid!
But this time is different from the time with Xu Yun.

Because he and Tang Xin had a close relationship and were in frequent contact, it was easy for him to connect all the clues.

Originally, Lin Xian always felt that there were many strange things about Tang Xin.

I didn't think anything of it at the time.

But now if we put all the weird things together...

Lin Xian opened his eyes, and the words Tang Xin once said kept appearing in his mind:

"After the Chinese New Year, I will be returning to Donghai. A very famous person in the medical field [invited] me to do research in his institute. I hesitated for a long time... but finally agreed."

"You will never guess who invited me to this institute. He was Professor Xu Yun's former mentor."

"In fact, I have been researching drugs in this area before, aiming to treat Alzheimer's disease, but it didn't have much effect... But Professor Xu Yun pioneered a new field of [Hibernation], which made my research results, which were originally useless, now valued."

“After hearing that I was a good violinist, a [colleague] introduced me to the Donghai Symphony Orchestra, which happened to be short of a few violinists.”

“I don’t know why everything went so smoothly, whether it was the audition for the orchestra or the subsequent rehearsals to join the official team and become the main violinist. Even I find it incredible.”

"Lin Xian...after the performance tonight, can you wait for me at the theater entrance?"

"Oh, why hasn't it been delivered yet? Zhou Duanyun is so slow! Then Lin Xian, wait here for me. I'll go get the things!"

……

all of these.

It seems.

There doesn't seem to be anything wrong.

It’s just the normal job search journey of a girl who graduated from studying abroad.

It just happened that because of Xu Yun's research results, her graduation thesis, which was originally ignored, became a hot-selling miracle drug in the industry that can solve the side effects of hibernation.

She just happened to come to Donghai, and met Zhou Duanyun at a class reunion who was also coming to Donghai to develop his career. Then the two of them conspired to do something, as if they wanted to give her a gift.

Is it all just a coincidence?
It's impossible!

"All of this, from the very beginning... was a carefully planned murder against Tang Xin!"

Lin Xian clenched his hands.

This group of people, this group of murderers, no wonder they can always accurately control the killing time to 00:42...

Because their planning was too covert, too long-term, and too detailed.

They never kill people on a whim, but in order to be able to kill the person accurately between 00:42-00:43 minutes... they will plan a month or even several months in advance to ensure that there will be no mistakes.

Work backwards from the current result.

Xu Yun's former mentor invited her to come to Donghai for research, which might have been the beginning of the plan.

A kind colleague introduced her to work at the East China Sea Symphony Orchestra in order to lead her to the planned location of death.

The smooth interview and the role of principal violinist were all to ensure that Tang Xin would definitely be present at this music performance.

Zhou Duanyun's advance call to Tang Xin enabled Tang Xin to appear at the theater entrance on time; and his Rolls-Royce Phantom parked across the road accurately locked the time when Tang Xin stepped onto the road at 00:42.

Fits perfectly and is linked together!
No wonder the time of death can always be precisely controlled to be 00:42... The murderers' plans have reached a perverted level!

Recalling the tragic scene when Xu Yun died tragically on the street on New Year's Eve.

Is there someone colluding with them from inside and outside?
Why did Xu Yun choose to leave at that time? Did someone call him or make an appointment with him in advance?

If we look at it together with Tang Xin's incident, there is only one person who runs through both incidents——

[Xu Yun’s former mentor].

or...

"Zhou Duanyun." Lin Xian whispered this unbelievable name.

Although there is no way to prove that Xu Yun’s death is related to Zhou Duanyun...but at least it is difficult for Zhou Duanyun to be unlinked from Tang Xin’s death.

No one else can see this, not even the police.

But Lin Xian was very sure.

If Tang Xin's death was really the result of a carefully planned plan, then Zhou Duanyun's timing of appearance was definitely the most important part! Only he could perfectly determine the time of Tang Xin's death!

"Gao Yang..."

Lin Xian raised his head and looked at the fat figure who was walking towards him with a sigh:

"Where is Zhou Duanyun?"

……

Suburbs of Donghai.

Lakefront villa.

The mahogany door was violently pushed open!

Click.

The light switch was pressed, pulling the fair-skinned boy from the pile of books out of the moonlight and exposing him under the crystal chandelier.

Humph……

The man who came in from the door snorted coldly:
"Tang Xin is dead."

"Okay." Ji Lin replied softly from the pile of books.

"When will you kill Lin Xian?"

"When we find evidence that he disrupted history." Ji Lin didn't look up.

"Why is it so troublesome to get to Lin Xian?"

The man at the door frowned:
"If you want to kill Tang Xin, you can just kill him. Why do you have to go through so much trouble to find evidence to kill Lin Xian?"

"Zhou Duanyun, if you have any objections, go talk to Aoman." Ji Lin raised his head and looked at the man at the door:
"Even if you have any objections, you can choose not to come to Donghai and not participate in this plan."

"hehe."

Zhou Duanyun smiled disdainfully:

"Without me, could you have killed Tang Xin at 00:42?"

"Why not? It just takes some effort." Ji Lin replied calmly:
"Your greatest role is not to call out Tang Xin at 00:42... I have a more covert way to make Tang Xin stand on the road at 00:42, without exposing your presence at all."

"What do you mean?" Zhou Duanyun's face darkened instantly and he stared at Ji Lin.

"I deliberately let Lin Xian suspect you." Ji Lin stood up with his thin arms on the floor, put his hands in his pockets, and walked towards the dining table where the water cup was placed:
"[Your greatest role... is to set a target for Lin Xian.]"

"You're using me as bait?" Zhou Duanyun yelled:

"Your acting skills are so good, wouldn't it be a pity if you didn't act as bait?" Ji Lin picked up the water glass on the table and smiled at Zhou Duanyun:

"I have to say, although I don't like you very much, you are indeed the most hypocritical and lying person I have ever met."

"Have you seen the movie Cat and Mouse starring Leonardo DiCaprio? I think you are more deceptive than the male protagonist in the movie... There is really nothing real about you. I think Pride saw this in you, so he spared your life that year."

"Do you think you are so great?"

Zhou Duanyun sneered, his veins trembling, as if he had been poked in a sore spot:
"Why are you so hesitant in killing someone! If Lin Xian hadn't helped Xu Yun, why would the benefits of Xu Yun's research be in Lin Xian's hands now? Why is there any need to look for evidence for such an obvious thing? Wouldn't it be better to just kill him directly? What a bunch of cowards!"

"Then go ahead and kill them. No one is stopping you." Ji Lin smiled and spread his hands:
"See if Pride will spare your life this time."

Zhou Duanyun took a deep breath and squinted his eyes at Ji Lin:

"Now I finally understand...why I hated you so much the first time I saw you."

"Is it because I felt sorry for you that I didn't let Gluttony shoot you to death?"

"Because your self-righteous attitude is exactly the same as Lin Xian's!" Zhou Duanyun glared at Ji Lin fiercely:

“Disgusting.”

"Really."

Ji Lin shook his head and smiled:
"Although I have only met Lin Xian once, but putting aside our positions, I think he is a pretty good person."

"Haha, you two can really be friends."

Zhou Duanyun walked out of the room and closed the door fiercely:

"A raccoon dog of the same kind."

(End of this chapter)