Genius Club.

Chapter 166 Entering the game
"Is this a formal interrogation?" Lin Xian asked.

to be honest……

This is also a move that Lin Xian has always felt was a wrong one.

If I had not accepted Professor Xu Yun's authorization at that time, my situation would probably be much better now.

Although this is not a criminal act and it is not something that needs to be explained, but... if Professor Xu Yun were alive, everything would be easy to explain; but he is dead, so it is really difficult for me to explain the authorization of this chemical substance.

The truth is, he exchanged the authorization for a manuscript of hibernation-filling fluid from the future.

Once this truth is leaked, it will almost 100% lead to fatal disaster.

This is the only reason Lin Xian could think of for getting involved in the “cat and mouse game”.

He had thought about it countless times these days...

If only I hadn't accepted the authorization in the first place.

However, there is no point in being a wise man after the event. Besides, he had frequent contact with Xu Yun before his death. Even without this authorization, he might not be able to clear himself of suspicion.

Fortunately, Xu Yun had already dealt with his manuscript, thus avoiding exposure.

"Of course not." Ji Lin lowered his head and smiled:

"If you have something to hide, you don't have to answer. This is your privacy and your right."

"I must admit that this matter cannot be used as a criminal suspicion or evidence, so even the Donghai City police cannot embarrass you or force you to answer this matter. You also have the right to refuse to answer."

"My question... just think of it as a casual question between friends. It's not in compliance with the rules, but it's reasonable, just like when I said I'd make an exception and let you take a look at the evidence about Tang Xin... Tang Xin is very important to you, and Xu Yun is also very important to me, so in order to find out who killed him... I don't want to miss any meaningful information."

……

Ji Lin's words were very tactful, but also very clear.

It's nothing more than telling Lin Xian that you can see Tang Xin's undisclosed information, but you have to tell me the answer to this question.

This was not a formal interrogation, just an irregular private transaction.

Lin Xian actually understood this very well.

He has not committed any crime and is not a suspect, so there is naturally no need for him to explain that Professor Xu Yun authorized this matter. No one can ask him to do so.

But he is not afraid to explain.

He had already thought of this "flaw" of his, and naturally... he had also already thought of a response strategy.

"Actually, I don't really want to say it." Lin Xian turned his head away, pretending to be embarrassed:
"To be honest, the reason is not very glorious. I have never told anyone about it so far. This is a secret between me and Professor Xu Yun."

Ji Lin narrowed his eyes and looked at Lin Xian, waiting for his answer...

"Since Xu Yun is your brother-in-law, you must know about Xu Yiyi, right?" Lin Xian asked.

Ji Lin nodded.

Of course he knew.

It was because of Xu Yiyi's fall and turning into a vegetable that Ao Ma and Xu Yun parted ways. As a result, he never saw Xu Yun again, never saw his first friend in his life again.

"Professor Xu Yun never planned to hibernate with Xu Yiyi from the beginning." Lin Xian began to tell half-truths, which is the safest and most difficult way to lie:
"First, he doesn't want to lose his memory of Xu Yiyi, and second, he wants to devote the rest of his life to the follow-up research of the hibernation chamber. So, this faces a problem——"

"When Xu Yiyi wakes up in the future, Professor Xu Yun will have passed away. At that time, regardless of her actual age, Xu Yiyi's mind was that of a little girl of four or five years old... She had no relatives at that time, and Professor Xu Yun was very worried, so he asked me to do something."

"Professor Xu Yun hopes that I can take care of Xu Yiyi after she wakes up from hibernation, or at least help her with her daily life. Although future medical technology can cure her vegetative state, her childish mentality still needs someone to guide her."

"I didn't agree at the time, because no one knew how far into the future Xu Yiyi would have to hibernate before she could wake up and be cured. If it was a few decades, I could still wait, but if she hibernates for hundreds of years, wouldn't that mean I would have to hibernate with Xu Yiyi in the future? So I was unwilling at first and rejected it directly."

"But later... I won't hide it from you. Professor Xu Yun sincerely entrusted me with the task and gave me the authorization for free. I agreed to this matter out of consideration for both reason and emotion. So you can say that I was blinded by money, but that is the fact. I thought the remuneration offered by Professor Xu Yun was high enough, so high that I was willing to take the risk and hibernate with Xu Yiyi."

……

This lie was made up by Lin Xian a long time ago.

He knew that sooner or later someone would ask him this question, so he had to come up with a perfect reason.

It was indeed Xu Yun who proposed entrusting himself to take care of Xu Yiyi, and it was indeed Xu Yun's idea. This is a fact in itself.

As for the chemical substance authorization, the real reason was a secret known only to him and Xu Yun. Now there was no evidence, so he combined the authorization with taking care of Xu Yiyi, which was naturally reasonable and logical. "I see." Ji Lin responded immediately:
"No wonder... So there is such a thing. In fact, I don't think it's something difficult to talk about. It is an equal transaction in itself. There are still many side effects of hibernation technology that cannot be solved. The risk you are willing to take is worth the benefits of the authorization."

"But... Xu Yun really trusts you, entrusting such an important daughter to you. Were you two teacher-student in college?"

"That's not the case." Lin Xian said frankly:
"I also had several contacts with Professor Xu Yun because of my company's business. I think his trust in me has something to do with our boss. When other companies were vying to give him authorization, our company gave up out of respect for him. Perhaps this made him feel good about me."

Lin Xian told the truth in this regard, because these things can be investigated with a little effort, and lying here is tantamount to covering one's ears and stealing the bell without telling the truth.

Ji Lin nodded and said nothing more.

He checked his watch:
"At this time... I should also go back to the Donghai City Public Security Bureau. Do you want to come with me? As I promised you just now, I can take you to see the evidence of Tang Xin's case."

Lin Xian nodded, went out and got into Ji Lin's car.

Everything went much more smoothly than Lin Xian had imagined, whether it was the matter of contacting Ji Lin, his lie about having a deal with Xu Yun, or going to the police station to look at the evidence of Tang Xin's case... everything developed exactly as he had imagined.

【smoothly】

Lin Xian couldn't help but recall what Tang Xin said...

"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."

In the car, the driver was driving silently. Lin Xian and Ji Lin were chatting casually, but in their hearts they were thinking about what they had experienced today and what Tang Xin had experienced in the past.

He couldn't see what was wrong with him at the moment.

but……

What if everything I experienced was the same as what Tang Xin experienced, and was all [designed]?

From the fact that the murderers were intentionally killed at 00:42, it is not hard to tell that the murderers are a group of people who are very good at designing, laying out, hiding plans in daily life, and even disguising accidents as inevitability...

Their plan was so careful that it was difficult for them to realize they were in a trap until the last moment.

so……

Lin Xian remained calm as he looked at Ji Lin who was sitting just a few feet away from him.

Is it...

My current self.

Is it also in their plan?
If he is indeed in the situation now, what role does Ji Lin play?

Lin Xian now feels like he is always on the lookout for enemies.

He could sense that danger was very close to him...but he didn't know where the enemy was hiding.

He closed his eyes and began to think, combining Tang Xin's incident with his current situation.

He believed.

If this series of cases were committed by the same murderer, then the methods must be similar.

Inexplicable!

Lin Xian discovered a blind spot!
It seemed that both Tang Xin and myself...thought that they were [active], but in fact, they [passively] fell into the trap set by the murderers.

It seemed that Tang Xin chose Donghai on her own, but in fact it was because of the invitation of Xu Yun's mentor; she seemed to join the symphony orchestra on her own initiative, but it was also because of the introduction of a colleague; she seemed to give herself a gift on her own initiative, but that was also a conspiracy with Zhou Duanyun.

Everything... is pushed and arranged by someone behind the scenes.

Then.

What about yourself?
Did he take the bait like Tang Xin did? Did he join the game?
Ji Lin's car had already turned into the Donghai City Public Security Bureau. The railings of the parking lot rose and fell, like a guillotine.

……

Xu Yun special investigation team, in the temporary office.

Ji Lin pushed a stack of classified information in front of Lin Xian:

"These chat records are the evidence we extracted from Tang Xin's phone... You can't take pictures of them or take them out. You can look at them here at will."

(End of this chapter)