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The Alphard Business Vehicle stopped downstairs in the residential complex.
After Lin Xian went upstairs and returned home, he placed his suitcase in a corner of the living room and then took a shower and changed his clothes.
The ones he had been wearing before were from his trip back from Copenhagen, and they had been worn for two days already; wearing them to visit someone else’s house would be somewhat impolite.
After blow-drying his hair in front of the mirror and slightly adjusting his hairstyle,
Lin Xian once again stared thoughtfully at his reflection in the mirror...
Since that horrifying event occurred in this bathroom, Lin Xian had tried looking into the mirror at 00:42 two more times.
But those two times, nothing happened at all.
As always, whatever action Lin Xian took, his reflection did the same; identical, without any delay, no supernatural occurrences at all.
It seems...
whatever happened that night at 00:42 was not replicable.
Although he understood that it certainly wasn’t by chance, it must have been designed by Huang Que, or his future self, or someone else as a "Genius Club invitation ritual."
But sometimes Lin Xian still held hope, thinking maybe such an event could happen again, to see if he could get something from the mirror once more.
Mmm, such a thought is a bit greedy.
However, after thinking it over, if he got the Genius Club invitation from the mirror, doesn’t it indicate that this peculiar event is related to the use of the Space-Time Rift and the strangeness of 00:42, and also associated with the Genius Club?
"That would mean..."
Lin Xian blinked at his reflection in the mirror, and his reflection blinked back, opening his mouth to say,
"If I answer the three questions from the Genius Club correctly and ultimately qualify to join the club... will I be able to get something from the mirror again?"
Lin Xian and his reflection both shook their heads.
All of this was uncertain.
But after all, this was a path he had to take.
To know all the truths, all the secrets, all the rights and wrongs of this world... one must join the Genius Club and look back at time from the standpoint of history to find the real answers.
"Alright, let’s go."
Lin Xian straightened his collar for the last time, turned off the bathroom light, left the house, and went downstairs.
The driver was waiting in the Alphard Business Vehicle.
Seeing Lin Xian coming out of the building entrance, he automatically opened the rear electric door.
"Xiao Li, let’s go. We’re heading to Zhao Yingjun’s residential complex," Lin Xian said to the driver, Xiao Li, after fastening his seatbelt and stating the destination.
The vehicle steadily started.
And left the complex.
...
Knock, knock.
Lin Xian knocked on Zhao Yingjun’s door.
"You’re here~" "Woof..."
Standing outside, he heard Zhao Yingjun’s voice, and... a completely listless, barely audible, totally unspirited small dog’s bark.
To call it a bark wasn’t quite right; it was much like a murmur.
Click.
The door opened, Zhao Yingjun stepped back, looked at Lin Xian, and smiled slightly,
"Come in, Lin Xian, I’ve been waiting for you."
Then, turning her head, she looked down at the wilted bundle of Dandelion:
"VV! Look who’s here! Lin Xian has come to see you!"
On the wooden floor,
the Pomeranian’s fur was no longer bristling and it seemed genuinely downhearted.
It really lacked energy.
Its eyes even seemed a bit swollen.
Hearing the name of Lin Xian, it raised its head with difficulty and slowly, looked at the tall man standing at the entrance, its mouth twitched, and it cried out plaintively,
"V...whimper..."
Its speech was unclear, and its whole body was shivering.
This utterly alarmed Zhao Yingjun.
What?
Why did this turn out the opposite of her expectations?
Her intention was for Lin Xian to come over and comfort VV, cheer it up, and make it happy.
VV used to be so happy to see Lin Xian in the past... so why did it start crying so pitifully at just the first glance today?
"VV it..." Zhao Yingjun turned her head, wanting to explain to Lin Xian.
"It’s okay, I’ll do it."
Lin Xian shook his head, interrupted Zhao Yingjun, and stepped over the threshold into the house.
He gently squatted down.
His right hand petted VV’s head, softly asking:
"What’s wrong, VV?"
"V~~V..."
The Pomeranian seemed to attempt to communicate with Lin Xian, making continuous murmuring noises.
Lin Xian naturally couldn’t understand it.
But...
"Are you feeling sad?"
He looked into the Pomeranian’s eyes.
Emotional transmission is something that sometimes doesn’t require words; he had always believed that emotions transcend everything, time, space, the universe, even... species.
The Pomeranian seemed to understand.
No more murmuring.
Instead, it raised its head and looked back into Lin Xian’s eyes. Experience tales at freewebnovel
A man and a dog, both became silent.
This...
This tacit understanding scene, once again left Zhao Yingjun stunned.
Whose dog is VV, anyway?
Perhaps she really should just let Lin Xian take him away; this situation now... seemed like the dog had suffered all the grievances here and was now complaining to Lin Xian?
"I’ll go make you a cup of tea. Recently a relative from Yunnan sent me a cake of Pu-erh tea – the flavor is richer when it’s brewed from a brick of dark tea."
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After saying that, Zhao Yingjun closed the door, walked inside:
"I haven’t used the tea maker at home for a while, I’ll go clean it up for a bit, and then brew you a cup of tea. You talk and play with VV for a bit... let’s see if it does any good."
As her voice faded,
Zhao Yingjun had already walked past the living room corner, heading to the separate kitchen inside.
Lin Xian simply sat down on a low stool, picked up the limp VV from the ground, placed it on his thigh, and stroked the fur on its neck,
"Honestly... VV, I really want to know what’s making you sad; I also wish I could understand what you’re saying. But often, I hear people say that dogs are more sensitive to emotions than humans. Like their sense of taste and hearing being keener than humans... many times dogs can empathize more than humans."
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