Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 1042 Ride
"Was that a drawing of Xiao Shou?"

"That's right!"

After Qiao Xin finished speaking, she sighed: "Perhaps it really is a supernatural phenomenon."

"What's the specific situation with that person?" Shangguan Yan asked.

"According to what my colleague recorded before, after that person woke up, he said that someone would come to kill him, and then he drew that picture, and that picture was of Xia Shou."

Therefore, his and Xia Shou's statements actually match up: Xia Shou, upon waking up, said he would kill Van Cleef, while Van Cleef said Xia Shou would kill him.

If I hadn't experienced it myself, I would have thought it was just a publicity stunt by some paranormal show.

"So your colleague also knows about Xia Shou's situation?"

"There was no other way. We only found out that it actually matched up after discussion. I have warned him not to tell Van Cleef or anyone else."

This is why I didn't want Xia Shou to know immediately; such a coincidence would be too easy for them to believe... Of course, it might actually be true, but knowing about the other party's existence in advance would make them take impulsive actions prematurely.

Even if the other world in Xia Shou's dream truly exists, we still live in this world. If Xia Shou really killed someone because of that inexplicable dream, his life would be ruined.

Shangguan Yan nodded, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Is your colleague tight-lipped?"

"I can't be 100% sure he'll keep quiet, but he's unlikely to leak anything."

He needs my help with several of his research projects, and he also needs my recommendation letters after he gets his professorship.

After speaking, Qiao Xin paused for a few seconds, then added, "In short, that's the situation for now. I only discovered it yesterday. You'd better ask Xia Shoumeng about the specifics, as that should help with the analysis."

"okay, I get it."

Shangguan Yan returned indoors: "Xiao Shou, do you remember any details of the dream you had last time?"

Which dream?

"It's the dream where you drew that picture after you woke up. Qiao Xin said she wants to study it in more depth."

"I've forgotten a lot of it, but I still remember the general idea. It felt like I was in the time of King Arthur, and I wanted to help King Arthur ascend the throne as Merlin."

However, it's not the Arthurian legend we're familiar with. Although it includes the Knights of the Round Table, it seems to have been heavily altered.

It seems... it seems like it's still that history I deliberately created? I'm not quite sure anymore, I only remember that when I first woke up, the feeling of reality was incredibly strong.

"Then why did you kill Van Cleef?"

"Judging from my message, it seems that this person, like me, is someone who has traveled from another world to this real world, so I want to kill him. After I kill him, someone named Alice will summon me back... something like that."

"Really... I wasn't in the second dream, right?"

"Hmm, the second dream was set in a more ancient era. Why are you suddenly asking about this?"

"No, it's nothing." Shangguan Yan pondered for a moment.

……

……

one year later.

rain.

Xia Shou walked out of an office building in Kyoto City.

"Brother Shou, you don't seem to be working overtime much, so why are you so tired every day?"

"No, I'm working overtime at home."

"Oh, I get it, I get it. If my girlfriend were as beautiful as your sister-in-law, I'd definitely have to work overtime too."

The recent graduate made some rather inappropriate jokes and carefully flattered Xia Shou, seemingly believing that this was a form of emotional intelligence in the workplace.

Xia Shou didn't seem to mind and patted the other person on the shoulder: "The roads are slippery on rainy days, be careful on the road."

"Brother Shou, you too." The newcomer opened his umbrella and walked towards the bus stop across the street. Xia Shou had changed careers; he wasn't in finance anymore, but was now working in the gaming industry.

To be precise, it's about game background design, but it can't really be called design, because his main task is to create all sorts of bizarre story settings, input them into an AI framework, and let it autonomously produce game side content.

I heard that their boss bought this project from a newly famous newcomer in the industry.

And coincidentally, the newcomer and Xia Shou were from the same hometown. I heard that his name was Liu Yilong, and he was doing AI development and had made a little name for himself.

Xia Shou entered this industry simply because his family was well-off and he wanted to find a job. He happened to be interested in games, so he just randomly found a company that was willing to hire him.

Actually, Xia Shou initially just wanted to do it casually, but perhaps he did have a talent for it, or perhaps those strange dreams from the past provided subconscious inspiration.

The AI ​​he trained was generally more intelligent and less prone to logical breakdowns than those trained by his peers.

So, in a very short time, he inexplicably became the group leader, and he was also the only group leader in the entire group who did not work overtime.

The boss initially had complaints about him, but after discovering that he drove a private car worth 500,000 yuan to work, he stopped being so strict with him.

In the boss's eyes, since he, a college graduate of only one year, could afford to drive this car, his family must not be middle class.

These kinds of young people quit their jobs without hesitation.

After assessing Xia Shou's abilities and the possibility of him resigning, the boss never urged him to work overtime again, and even treated him to meals on several occasions.

Of course, Xia Shou often doesn't give him any face.

With money and talent, that's how you can be so willful.

Of course, he is not as glamorous and happy as he appears to outsiders... Recently, he has been under increasing pressure.

Xia Shou stood at the gate, looking at the torrential rain outside, took a deep breath, took out a cigarette, lit it, and put it in his mouth.

Don't inhale it; just wait for it to burn on its own.

He didn't know why he had developed this habit. Perhaps, like Sister Yan who liked to wear glasses at work, the ritualistic action of smoking could also adjust his mood.

In short, having a lit cigarette in his mouth helps him relieve stress.

But he would never smoke, because he felt from the bottom of his heart that smoking would make a person smell bad and leave a lingering smell of smoke in their bones.

"Brother Shou!"

A female colleague suddenly ran over and greeted him warmly.

"Wow, it's raining so hard, I can't get back. Can I get a ride?"

Xia Shou glanced at the other person and nodded.

"Wait here for me, I'll drive the car over."

In fact, Xia Shou was not happy to pick up and drop off other women.

But after he mentioned this person to Shangguan Yan last time, she said:
"If she wants to ride in the car next time, just let her ride, and then show me the dashcam footage. I'd really like to see what she looks like."

Judging people, inviting them to dinner, and winning without fighting are Shangguan Yan's three tricks for dealing with potential rivals in love.

It wasn't that she was diligent in maintaining the stability of her marriage; it was just that she enjoyed watching her rivals' expressions of shame and indignation when they saw her.

Because it would prevent harassment and also earn him a reward from Sister Yan, Xia Shou was happy to go along with Shangguan Yan's personal interests.

Of course, this time, Xia Shou also wanted to talk to this female colleague.

Because there had been a chance encounter before.

He had heard a name from the other person.

Lingxiao

He vaguely remembered the name.

(End of this chapter)