The banquet ended around 9 o'clock.
Returning home, Lin Xian took off his suit and finished washing up.
He sat silently at the desk in his bedroom...
What he saw and heard today was truly stimulating for him.
Clearly, everyone lived in the same Donghai, on the same land, but led completely different lives.
They could throw around billions of dollars as if they were mere beans.
They lived lives straight out of fairy tales, as if everyone were princes and princesses.
This was supposed to be the real world, but it felt more like a dream than a dream itself.
Lin Xian suddenly realized...
The one who didn't fit into that golden hall wasn't Professor Xu Yun, but him!
Professor Xu Yun's talent and achievements were worthy of such a place.
And him... the only thing he could offer that belonged there was his expensive suit.
It was bought by Zhao Yingjun.
"I'm so inadequate..."
He remembered what Zhao Yingjun had said:
"Which man doesn't want to be like Chu Shanhe?"
Indeed...
Which man doesn't want to be like Chu Shanhe?
He could spend lavishly and still be respected by thousands.
He aimed high, his fame echoed far and wide.
Every man hoped that, once rich, they could do something great for the country and the people, becoming heroes worshipped by all.
But everyone failed at the first step.
Having money.
...
Lin Xian rubbed his forehead, glancing at the two pieces of paper on the table.
They were what he had written down when analyzing the dream about the big-faced cat and the "cc" incident a few days ago.
One was the "Story Flow," detailing the cause and effect of their grievances.
The other was the "Unsolved Mystery," listing Lin Xian's three doubts.
He picked up the paper with the "Unsolved Mystery."
Looking at the questions written on it:
What is hidden inside the safe?What is the password for the safe?Why did she save me? Her attitude towards me is quite strange.
The first question.
No clue at all.
Even though it was his own dream, Lin Xian had no idea what could be so secretive that it needed to be hidden in such a secure bank safe.
But from cc's reaction, it was evident that whatever was inside meant a lot to her, enough for her to take such a big risk to rob a bank.
"What could it be?"
Since it was his own dream, whatever was inside the safe must be within his own knowledge, right?
Lin Xian couldn't make heads or tails of it.
The second question.
Equally clueless.
A password was either right or wrong, with no middle ground.
Lin Xian had tried every eight-digit password he could think of, but none of them worked.
This puzzled him...
It was his own safe, yet he couldn't open it, which was beyond bizarre.
However.
Among these three questions.
The one Lin Xian cared about the most was the third one.
He looked down at the paper:
"Why did she save me? Her attitude towards me is quite strange."
This was the only question with clues and a possible answer to follow.
Because cc herself surely knew, she just didn't want to tell him.
"cc."
Thinking of that woman wearing the Ultraman mask, Lin Xian felt a strong sense of resistance.
In the previous dreams, in order to crack the password, he had revealed the most difficult thing in his life in front of cc... just thinking about it gave him goosebumps, and he didn't want to mention it.
Actually, thinking back on what cc had said...
Lin Xian felt her voice had an inexplicable familiarity.
He must have heard it somewhere before.
But he just couldn't remember.
"Is it an illusion?"
"In reality, many people have similar voices. There are many female voices on the voice dubbing platform that sound exactly like those in cartoons..."
Lin Xian shook his head, not wanting to think about these messy things, and continued pondering the previous question—
"So why did cc save me?"
Lin Xian propped up his forehead, trying to understand.
Clearly, to her, both he and the big-faced cat were the same kind of criminals. There was no reason for her to save him alone. Moreover, he was the mastermind behind the bank explosion, so he couldn't be considered innocent.
Lin Xian picked up the red pen.
And circled twice on the third question.
To find out this answer...
He could only ask cc herself.
"But now the problem is here."
Lin Xian frowned.
&She knows the answer.
But she doesn't want to tell Lin Xian unless he helps her open the safe.
But Lin Xian doesn't know the password.
It's an unsolvable dead end.
Unless...
"Breakthrough!"
Lin Xian's eyes were firm.
He knew that he couldn't obtain the answer from cc through normal means.
So he had to resort to "abnormal means"!
&She looks very smart, not as easily fooled as the big-faced cat; besides, she's skilled and has a gun, so Lin Xian probably couldn't overpower her in a direct confrontation.
Closing his eyes to think...
"I've got it!"
Soon, Lin Xian came up with a plan to break the deadlock.
In his heart, he planned like this:
After meeting with the big-faced cat, gain his trust first, then tell him about being deceived.Form an alliance with the big-faced cat, set up an ambush in the bank vault, waiting for cc to appear.When cc shows up, use a stratagem to subdue her and extract the answer!
"I can't do it alone, but with the big-faced cat's help, dealing with two against one should be no problem."
Lin Xian's fingertip spun the pen quickly.
This plan to break the deadlock should work!
Actually, Lin Xian didn't really want to do anything to cc; he just wanted to know one answer. After getting the answer, he wouldn't bother her anymore, and they could each go their own way.
Looking at the clock on the bedside table.
21:45
Every time he encountered the big-faced cat before was around ten o'clock. If he fell asleep a little earlier, he still had time!
Lin Xian quickly turned off the light, got into bed, and closed his eyes.
...
...
Whew!
The extremely familiar hot summer breeze made Lin Xian's face a bit dry.
He opened his eyes and saw the scene he had seen thousands of times before.
On the electronic billboard, the time showed 21:54.
"I have to quickly get the Ultraman mask."
Looking ahead to the right, there were still the two boys fighting, shouting Ultraman's moves, Ultraman flying kicks, and Ultraman elbow strikes.
These two kids were actually Lin Xian's old friends. When Lin Xian was a child, he often played with them in his dreams, engaging in battles of light.
At that time, Lin Xian was shorter than these two kids and often bullied by them. In Lin Xian's eyes, they were two invincible giants.
Later on...
Lin Xian grew taller, but these two kids remained the same. Lin Xian became the big brother.
After that...
Lin Xian no longer played Ultraman battles or other childish games in his dreams. Only these two kids were left, tirelessly fighting here day after day, night after night, blurring the boundaries of time.
Lin Xian grew up, but they would never grow up, frozen in time on this day.
"Ultraman flying kick!" "Ultraman elbow strike!"
The two boys threw down their masks and fought further away.
Lin Xian walked over and picked up the Ultraman mask on the ground.
"Key item, acquired~"