Genius Club-Chapter 1146 - 31 Truth and Loopholes

Two days later, East Sea, New District near the port, Tesla Super Factory, laboratory.

"Lin Xian, it’s confirmed."

Jask stepped aside from the experiment bench, letting Lin Xian come over to look.

On the experiment table, lay the Genius Club Golden Badge, disassembled into various parts by precision equipment.

...

Two days ago, when leaving the airport in Switzerland, Angelica was in high spirits, embracing Lin Xian and then declining Jask’s hug, boarding the plane to fly back to Mi Country.

She said she was going to Brooklyn to deliver a bouquet to the graves of Ji Xinshui and Ji Lin, to clean the graves and to tell the joyous news of Copernicus’s death to the elder and the younger deceased.

"If there’s a chance in the future... would you like to come visit?"

At that time, Angelica looked at Lin Xian with a smile and said:

"Although I know that you had conflicts with those two, but now... with Copernicus dead and them also gone, isn’t it possible to let bygones be bygones?"

"However, if you don’t want to come, it’s also fine. I just think, if Ji Lin knew that you helped his parents get their revenge and were able to personally visit the grave, he would probably be happy."

"We’ll see."

Seeing Angelica so happy and relieved, Lin Xian did not want to dampen her spirits, so he half-heartedly let it pass.

Just that.

[Brooklyn].

This city’s name especially caught Lin Xian’s attention.

"The Sorrowful Einstein," the painting, was created in 1952 when the painter Henry Dawson depicted Einstein in Brooklyn.

Why would Ji Xinshui, a good Dragon Country person, want to be buried abroad, in New York’s Brooklyn, of all places?

Didn’t he have a hometown?

Returning to one’s roots is a deeply ingrained obsession in every Dragon Country person, especially for an elder of the old era like Ji Xinshui... Shouldn’t he have preferred to have his body or ashes buried in the soil of his hometown?

"Was it you who buried the two of them in Brooklyn?"

Lin Xian asked:

"Was it your decision, or was it their wish when they were alive?"

"It was the old man’s idea."

Angelica opened her hand wide, grabbed her waterfall-like black hair from behind her head, casually tying it into a ponytail, and then continued:

"The old man really liked Brooklyn. He would go to Brooklyn every year at the beginning, saying that he had to pay his respects to his best friends from past times... Something like that, I got to know from Ji Lin’s complaints."

"I don’t know the details. The old man rarely talked about it, so what I said just now might not be accurate. It might not be that Ji Xinshui was particularly fond of this city, but rather, there was something unforgettable in Brooklyn for him, unforgettable people, so he insisted on visiting the graves every year."

Lin Xian nodded:

"I see, do you know whose grave he would visit, and where he would go to visit?"

"I have no idea."

Angelica shrugged:

"I remember telling you that I was sent to Hollywood to be a child star by Ji Xinshui when I was very young, and I wouldn’t even see them once a year. I only know about these things from what I heard through Ji Lin."

"But I feel like even Ji Lin isn’t very clear on it, because he doesn’t really care about this stuff and isn’t curious either. It’s possible he asked Ji Xinshui but got no answer... Though I think it’s unlikely because the old man was nowhere near as clever as Ji Lin, and could always be coaxed into talking by Ji Lin. In simple words, maybe Ji Lin just wasn’t curious about the old man’s past."

"Alright then."

Lin Xian waved his hand at Angelica:

"Have a safe trip, see you later."

"The same to you two~"

Angelica casually smiled back at Lin Xian and Jask as she entered the boarding gate.

"Hmm~"

Jask stroked his chin stubble, chuckling:

"Lin Xian, you really have woman’s luck, enviable indeed."

"Haven’t you snapped out of playing the frivolous Jask yet?" Lin Xian retorted.

"No, no, no."

Jask shook his head:

"I believe my acting skills are quite switchable. I just want to say that Angelica’s smile just now was really beautiful, a genuinely joyful and contented kind that came from her heart."

"Of course."

Lin Xian softly said:

"Her life, twice facing the destruction of her family, twice becoming an orphan… after the deaths of Ji Lin and Ji Xinshui, she was like a ghost seeking revenge, without a home, without peace."

"But now, one way or another, she finally managed to kill Copernicus, the main culprit, and Angelica has finally achieved her life’s greatest desire, both relieved and satisfied, she must be very happy."

"Just that..."

Lin Xian lowered his head, looking at the pocket on Jask’s chest.

Inside, lay the Genius Club Golden Badge taken from Copernicus’s body, to ascertain if the old man he had previously killed was indeed the real Copernicus... it seems, one would have to wait until this Golden Badge is disassembled and analyzed to conclude.

Seeing Lin Xian’s gaze.

Jask of course knew what Lin Xian was thinking.

So he patted his shoulder, smilingly saying:

"Don’t worry, I won’t be going back to Mi Country this trip, let’s take my private jet back to East Sea. Once we land, I’ll head straight to the Tesla Super Factory. They have professional labs there, and I will give you a call immediately after I’ve thoroughly researched this badge."

...

This is why Lin Xian came to the Tesla Super Factory today, having received a call from Jask, he got into a car and had Li drive him here.

Jask pointed at the neatly arrayed parts on the table, explaining one by one:

"Nothing complex, just a coil and an NFC encryption chip, both the structure and principle are quite simple."