Genius Club.

Chapter 200 Surprise
"Su Su, they are catching up!"

Before cutting into the next bend, the female companion in the McLaren saw through the rearview mirror that the Ferrari behind was approaching rapidly.

With full horsepower on, the momentum suddenly changed, as if a new driver suddenly appeared.

"Humph, that's more like it."

Su Su recalled the scene on the viaduct that day. The Ferrari was driven by Zhao Yingjun, who was also driving the car with amazing driving skills. So it was obvious that the poor driving skills just now were just her letting the car down.

Now, the real game begins.

She is no longer the same person who was on the viaduct that day. After the coach's guidance and experience on the track over this period of time, Su Su feels that she is able to fight with the Ferrari that day!
Two world-class racing cars meet at the bend...

But this time, the Ferrari approached the corner at a much better angle and exited the corner at a very fast speed! It overtook the McLaren in just one corner!

Later, although Su Su tried his best to catch up, he was either stuck in the parking space and unable to overtake, or he was stuck in the position predicted in advance before entering the curve and was forced to slow down.

She gnashed her teeth in hatred!
Ferrari on...

Zhao Yingjun's brows relaxed and a smile appeared on the corners of her mouth.

Lin Xian's left hand pressed on the back of her hand, completely taking over the steering wheel and gear shifting, and he also played with the electronic handbrake button in some different ways.

Although this awkward driving posture greatly affects the performance of the skills, and the throttle control is still on Zhao Yingjun's feet, which requires verbal coordination, it is more than enough to deal with a mediocre player like Su Su.

After a full lap of the track, McLaren was unable to catch up with Ferrari.

At the last moment, Zhao Yingjun took the initiative to control the steering wheel and stuck it in front of the McLaren car, changing the turn signal left and right, and returned this set of provocative combos to Su Su intact.

Then he chuckled and turned out of the parking lot.

“Racing is really fun.”

Zhao Yingjun turned his head and looked at Lin Xian with a smile:

"It's really fun. If you have time in the future, please teach me more."

"Ok."

Lin Xian also agreed with a smile.

He now had some understanding of why those martial arts masters in martial arts novels would often fight fiercely for a talented apprentice, or even resort to dirty tricks to snatch him away... It turned out that having a highly intelligent apprentice was really a very fulfilling thing.

……

In the evening, Lin Xian and Zhao Yingjun went to the restaurant booked by Lin Xian for dinner.

The two talked about catching the murderer and their secondment to the Public Security Bureau.

"There are too many things involved in this case. The country should take over the case later. After all, who ordered the murderer to kill people must be investigated in the United States."

"But this kind of thing shouldn't be made public." Lin Xian said while eating:
"After all... this matter points the finger at the United States before there is absolute evidence, which can easily cause a bad international impact. The country is very cautious in this regard. But no matter what, at least within the scope of the East China Sea police's responsibilities, these three murder cases have been completely solved."

Zhao Yingjun nodded:

"Now that your secondment to the Donghai Public Security Bureau is over, isn't it time to go back to work? I haven't seen you, my secretary, for a long time."

Lin Xian smiled helplessly.

Pick up the kettle and fill a cup of tea for Zhao Yingjun:
"I will go back to work as soon as possible. During this time... let me rest for a while."

End?

it's not finished yet.

Lin Xian's thoughts returned to Ji Lin again.

During this period, Ji Lin and Zhou Duanyun were very quiet. They didn't look for him or contact him, as if they had disappeared out of thin air.

I don’t know what they are busy with.

but……

They were not in a hurry, and Lin Xian was not in a hurry either.

Anyway, Ji Lin and the others will definitely come to see me, otherwise I will never give anyone the chance to invite me out at midnight.

No one, will.

Except Ji Lin, Zhou Duanyun and Ji Xinshui.

"I'm waiting for you."

Lin Xian thought to himself.

……

After a few days of peace and quiet, Lin Xian received a call from Chu Anqing:
"Senior, it's May 5rd, Ji Lin's birthday, we have to hurry up and prepare a gift for him!"

Lin Xian answered the call and looked at the calendar next to him.

It’s true, time flies by so fast.

It felt like it had just been a short time since Chu Anqing celebrated her birthday, and in a few days, it would be Ji Lin’s birthday.

Do you really want to prepare a gift for him?

Lin Xian actually thought that he could just deal with it casually. After all, the weasel had no good intentions when paying a New Year's visit to the chicken, and now they were both weasels to each other.

But Chu Anqing was in high spirits:
"I'll come find you now! Let's go shopping at the mall!"

Unable to refuse the kind offer, Lin Xian had to accept it. After agreeing on a meeting place, he and Chu Anqing strolled in the nearby shopping mall.

"Senior, what do you think we should give Ji Lin?"

Chu Anqing looked very happy today. She pulled Lin Xian to play dolls and visit boutiques. After playing for a while, they finally remembered the main topic.

“I think just buying anything will do.”

Lin Xian replied:

"Boys don't care that much about birthday presents... just buy anything."

He recalled Ji Lin's dark circles that never faded:
"Or, buy him some vitamins."

puff-

Chu Anqing couldn't help but laughed out loud:
"Senior! How can you give vitamins to someone as a birthday gift? That's too insincere! And... think about it, Ji Lin said that he has never celebrated a birthday, nor received a birthday gift... For him, this is almost his first birthday in his life, so we should also take it seriously!"

Listening to Chu Anqing's words, Lin Xian didn't say much.

Ji Lin's family is indeed complicated.

Listen to his personal description...

His parents were killed when he was very young. He was then adopted by Ji Xinshui and his name was also given by Ji Xinshui.

It seems that in addition to Ji Lin, Ji Xinshui has adopted many other children, so naturally he does not have time to celebrate their birthdays. He almost raises them in the orphanage like raising insects, and will eventually pick out the smart ones to bring back to himself.

When Lin Xian heard Ji Lin's description, he didn't take this information to heart.

Because subjectively, he regarded Ji Lin as an enemy, so he naturally would not trust the information he said. So, since it was difficult to distinguish the truth from the false, there was no need to delve into the details of these words.

But through this period of getting along with Ji Lin...

He didn't know why he had this feeling, but he always felt that Ji Lin should not have lied about this matter.

It's hard to describe this feeling.

Lin Xian could also sense that, perhaps because of the lack of family affection, Ji Lin attached great importance to birthdays and family, things that ordinary people took for granted.

Especially his birthday party, which was mentioned several times, as if Lin Xian was afraid that he would forget it.

【Birthday party】

Lin Xian began to ponder...

Is Ji Lin planning to do something to himself after the birthday party?
It's hard to say.

Because a normal birthday party would never last as late as 00:42.

Especially since Chu Anqing and her college classmates were also attending the birthday party that day, and these girls had to go back to school at 9 o'clock or 10 o'clock at the latest. It was impossible for Lin Xian and Ji Lin to have an awkward conversation in the villa for three hours, right?

That's really horrible...

Lin Xian definitely couldn't sit still.

but.

Nothing is absolute.

At least from the current perspective, Ji Lin’s birthday party is the only moment that is closest to the conditions for assassination.

Because they are too cautious now, they can't find any opportunities at all.

Especially being hit and killed on the road is even more impossible. Now Lin Xian stays far away from the road whenever he sees it.

Relatively speaking...

He was the protagonist of Ji Lin's birthday party. He had a certain ability to control the time of leaving, and he might be able to think of a way to keep Lin Xian until 00:42. Moreover, the internal roads of the lakeside villa area where Ji Lin and Chu Anqing's villas were located were very wide, and two trucks could run side by side. Under such road conditions, it was also possible to kill people with a taxi.

[Since I'm obviously wary of the road... they are likely to attack me on this informal road!]

Lin Xian nodded silently.

No matter what, we still have to be cautious on Ji Lin’s birthday party.

"Haha, since Senior Lin Xian has agreed, let's do this!"

Seeing Lin Xian nod, Chu Anqing happily took out his mobile phone and started looking for photos in the phone album.

"Ok?"

Lin Xian, who had been thinking about the problem just now, was a little confused.

what happened?
What suggestion did Chu Anqing make just now?
I was nodding because I was thinking about my own business...how did I end up agreeing to Chu Anqing's plan by accident?

"Look, this photo is very well taken!"

As he spoke, Chu Anqing held the photo in front of Lin Xian.

Lin Xian took the phone.

On the screen were the photos taken at Chu Anqing’s birthday party that day—

At the staircase, Lin Xian and Ji Lin came down from upstairs side by side; Chu Anqing stood in front of them with two scissors hands raised, smiling happily, and the two people behind her looked down at Chu Anqing with slightly surprised eyes...

Although this photo was taken without any preparation, it unexpectedly gives people a very harmonious and warm feeling, as if the three people are close friends.

Lin Xian stared at the photo, and Chu Anqing explained the proposal to Lin Xian:

"Because the birthday gift Ji Lin gave me was also a painting... That means he seems to value this kind of meaningful souvenir more than ordinary gifts. So for Ji Lin's birthday, let's also give him a painting!"

"Just as I said just now, senior, you draw the sketch base of this photo, and then I will color it with watercolors. In this way, this gift will be completed by the two of us. It will be very memorable for Ji Lin, and he will definitely like it!"

"Although my painting skills are not that good, I have learned watercolor painting, so I am confident that I can do a good job in the coloring step!"

Sketch + watercolor?

What kind of weird combination is this?
Lin Xian couldn't help but laugh:
"Perhaps the final result of this mixed style of painting... will be much worse than you imagined."

"It's okay, Senior~ It's the thought that matters!"

Chu Anqing shook Senior Lin Xian:

"Just promise me, Senior! Believe me, Ji Lin will definitely like this painting!"

"alright."

Lin Xian responded softly.

Since Chu Anqing has said so and is so interested, I won't spoil her fun.

Come to think of it, he was a little curious.

"An Qing, what was in the painting that Ji Lin gave you at your birthday party? Could he also draw?"

Hearing Lin Xian asking.

Chu Anqing bit her lip, her eyes wandering:
"Ah... the painting he gave me. I'll show it to you later! Hehe..."

Lin Xian nodded and returned the phone to Chu Anqing:

"Then please send the original photo to my WeChat account. I'll finish the sketch in the next few days and then color it for you. Then we'll see whether to frame it or something."

……

night.

Go home.

Lin Xian took out a piece of drawing paper, opened his phone, enlarged the photo, and began to sketch based on the photo of the three of them.

When I drew myself and Chu Anqing, everything went smoothly and I was very skilled.

But when it comes to Ji Lin’s handsome features and lazy eyes…

Lin Xian started writing several times, but was always reluctant to sketch out the details of Ji Lin.

He thought of Xu Yun, who died on the street, his body torn apart and bleeding profusely.

He also thought of Tang Xin, whose pupils were dilated and who raised his hands tremblingly, leaving blood marks on his face.

Snapped.

Lin Xian threw the pencil on the table.

Roll, roll... Watching the pencil roll to the ground, it bounced and the lead tip broke into pieces.

"No."

Lin Xian closed his eyes:

“I can’t paint anymore.”

The accumulated anger and hatred destined him to be unable to prepare a birthday gift for Ji Lin with peace of mind like Chu Anqing.

In any case, he couldn't paint a portrait of a murderer.

not to mention……

The murderer's birthday party on May 5rd might be the last Hongmen Banquet for himself.

"I'd better persuade Chu Anqing to change the gift."

Lin Xian opened his eyes and looked at the bright moon rising in the sky outside the window.

The enemy is the enemy, and the murderer is the murderer.

Blood debt...

It means paying with blood.

Ding-a-ling-ding-ling-ding-ling-ding-ling-ding-ling-ding-ling-ding-ling-ding-ling-ding-ling--

At this time, the cell phone rang.

Coincidentally.

The time on the phone screen just showed 00:42
And the name of the caller...

It was Ji Lin.

Lin Xian picked up the phone and pressed the answer button.

"Lin Xian, I knew you didn't sleep."

"How do you know?" Lin Xian asked.

On the other end of the phone, Ji Lin's voice came:

"Because you always stay up late."

Lin Xian didn't say anything.

When the two of them lived together in the dormitory of Donghai City Public Security Bureau, in order to avoid being discovered for waking up at 00:42, Lin Xian would stay up past 00:42 every day before going to bed.

"What's the matter, Ji Lin?"

"I wanted to ask if you have time tomorrow afternoon."

On the other end of the phone, Ji Lin said with a smile:

"I bought a lot of things for decorating the house, and they have all arrived. If you have time this afternoon...would you like to come to my house and decorate the living room together?"

"After all, it's my birthday soon, and I promised everyone to come and play, but I don't have any experience in arranging birthday parties, so I can only ask you for help."

"Ji Lin."

Lin Xian paused:
"What would you like for your birthday?"

"Anything is fine. Didn't you say you didn't plan to tell me in advance?"

On the other end of the phone, Ji Lin smiled:

"It's already now, and there are only a few days left. You'd better not tell me in advance. Just think of it as... a surprise for me."

Lin Xian lowered his head and looked at the half-finished sketch on the table, which only lacked Ji Lin:

"Surprise..."

"Then please stay tuned."

(End of this chapter)