Chapter 1
*Ka-chak.*

The scorching muzzle pressed against Lin Xian’s forehead.

He sighed helplessly. This Garfield was a hopeless teammate!

The situation just now was obvious; they had been forced into a dead end!

Her last words were nothing more than a bluff, a gamble to see if she could squeeze a breakthrough out of Garfield.

Unexpectedly, Garfield was so cooperative!

She didn't know what was in the safe, nor Garfield's purpose, or what he needed most.

But Garfield blurted it out:

"An invitation! Is there a Genius Club invitation in the safe?!"

Truly, advertising what you want to hide.

Was this the level of intelligence one could expect from the son of a Fields Medalist?

After that, Garfield’s brain went into overload.

And pretending to surrender, putting his hands behind his head, was just to take out the gun hidden in his updo, to deliver a direct headshot.

"Go ahead and shoot."

Lin Xian was a little tired.

Since his plan to break the situation had failed, there was no point in staying here.

"You really are the person who values their life the least that I've ever seen."

The heartfelt sigh came from behind the Ultraman mask:

"First, you impersonated me, got into his car, and then caused such a big commotion here… are you really not afraid of death at all?"

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up."

Lin Xian closed his eyes, ready to go to sleep early:

"But I still want to know the answer to that question."

He pursed his lips:

"Anyway, you're going to kill me, so just tell me the answer, okay? Consider it a good deed, so I can die with a clear understanding."

"What exactly do you want to ask?" The gun muzzle remained steady.

"I just want to know if there's any connection between the two of us." Lin Xian opened his eyes:

"I don't know how to describe it. But it's obvious that you're definitely not seeing me for the first time, right? At least you're not completely unfamiliar with me. There must be a special reason why you haven't shot me dead yet."

"You can kill me in a moment, and I won't have any complaints. You can kill me however you want. So, can you honestly tell me now…"

Lin Xian, with the gun muzzle pointed at him, stared straight into her eyes:

"Have we ever met before?"

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Raising the gun muzzle, her serious eyes met Lin Xian's:

"No."

*Bang!!!*

The deafening sound of gunfire.

The smell of gunpowder hit him in the face.

A violent ringing made Lin Xian's whole head buzz.

A piercing pain came from his ear…

?

Wait.

Ear?

Lin Xian opened his eyes.

He found that he had not returned to his familiar bedroom but was still in the warehouse full of safes.

The muzzle of the gun in front of him, smoking, had shifted slightly to the right.

The bullet pierced Lin Xian's ear cartilage and embedded itself in the stone wall behind his ear, and blood slowly dripped from the shattered eardrum.

"You're still not going to kill me?"

Lin Xian really couldn't believe it.

He had just done something so excessive to her; she hadn't even blinked when she killed Garfield. How could she be unwilling to kill him?

Something was obviously wrong here

If this scene were in a wuxia drama, it could be 100% certain that this female demon had fallen in love with him!

"Leave, don't interfere with my work."

She turned away silently, put away her pistol, and walked towards the safes in the back.

She began to crack the password with a *ka-da, ka-da.*

Lin Xian stood there without speaking.

Time passed, second by second.

Until with a *ka*, a crisp electrical sound, the main circuit was restored.

*Woo-wah! Woo-wah! Woo-wah! Woo-wah!*

The alarm sounded all around.

She punched the unopened safe and sighed.

Lin Xian walked forward.

"I want to ask a question."

"Why do you have so many questions?!"

Her emotions were a little out of control, and she turned back, gnashing her teeth, and shouted:

"It's all your fault for wasting time here!"

"Just one, just one."

Lin Xian held up a finger and forced a smile.

To be honest, although this was a dream, Lin Xian still felt a little guilty.

For some reason, he had the feeling that others were acting with noble intentions, while he was acting with petty ones.

"Ahem… just asking, does this Lin Xian's safe really contain an invitation to the Genius Club?"

*Woo-wah! Woo-wah! Woo-wah! Woo-wah!*

In the midst of the alarm, she stood up and walked towards the large hole in the wall.

Without turning her head.

*Boom!!!!!!*

*Boom!!!!!!*

*Boom!!!!!!*

The scorching white light swallowed the world again, burning everything to ashes.

*Ai.*

In the bedroom, Lin Xian sighed, his eyes still closed.

He felt that today's bedding was particularly heavy, making it difficult for him to breathe.

Why did he always feel so mixed emotions whenever he met this woman?

Lin Xian desperately hoped that everyone in his dreams was a bad guy so that he could kill wantonly without any guilt.

He liked people like Garfield, who would use any means to achieve their goals.

He also liked his three subordinates, each with their own hidden agendas and malicious intentions.

Killing them was refreshing, and deceiving them was easy.

But then there was her.

"What's going on…"

Lin Xian covered his eyes and rubbed them hard.

His daytime work and socializing were already tiring enough; couldn't he have some wish-fulfillment scenes in his dreams?

Lin Xian was increasingly admiring his own imagination.

The plot in his dream was thrilling and logically interconnected. If it were written and published, it would definitely be guaranteed a contract as a great author.

"Sleep, sleep. Gotta move bricks tomorrow."

Lin Xian turned over.

He slept dreamlessly that night.

The next day.

Lin Xian met a colleague from the production department at the front desk, who waved and walked over:

"Team Leader Lin, your Lyne Cat doll samples have been produced. Here's one for you first."

The colleague handed over a delicately crafted doll.

It was about the size of a soccer ball, made of good material with a great feel, and all the details and expressions were well done.

The small tail on the back was a fluffy little ball, which was quite adorable.

"It's really good." Lin Xian praised.

He smiled and patted the production department colleague's shoulder:

"I'll send this to General Manager Zhao first. You can send a few more to my office later."

The colleague nodded and left.

"Hey! Team Leader Lin! Are you going to General Manager Zhao's office?"

Lin Xian turned his head, and the young lady at the front desk called out to him:

"This morning, a lady dropped off an invitation, saying it was for our General Manager Zhao Yingjun. Why don't you take it up to General Manager Zhao for her?"

"Sure, give it to me."

Anyway, he had to go to Zhao Yingjun's office, so it was a small favor.

Lin Xian took the invitation.

It was a dark red invitation, like a folded greeting card.

At the opening of the invitation, it was sealed with a ball of red wax, and the contents were unknown. Looking closely, there was also a beautiful stamp printed on the wax, which was very high-end.

"Is General Manager Zhao having a friend's wedding?"

Lin Xian said casually as he turned the invitation over and looked at the back.

A chill spread throughout his body. He suddenly recalled what Gao Yang had said in the bar:

"What's so strange about things from reality appearing in dreams?"

"When things from dreams appear in reality, that's when the real big stuff happens!"

Lin Xian frowned.

Looking at the back of the dark red cardstock, there were five gilded characters written on it:

Genius Club