Genius Club

Chapter 883

Chapter 883: Chapter 31: Black Hand Lurking in the Future_3 Chapter 883: Chapter 31: Black Hand Lurking in the Future_3 Upon hearing this explanation,

Zheng Xiangyue suddenly understood,

“No wonder…”

“Mr.

Jask told me that when I woke up from hibernation, the Rhine Cat Doll that had been stored for 600 years had completely burst open, its cotton stuffing had turned black and rotten, not to mention the outer packaging cloth...

It had all faded, cracked, and crumbled into powder.”

“So, it was very difficult to repair, there was nowhere to start, so we could only search for the same model based on the few clues we had.

But as you said, there are no such models on the market, nor are there any promotional images in history...

Who would have thought that a simple girl like me could own one of the only two Rhine Cats in the world?”

“Ultimately, with no options left, Mr.

Jask let the repairer awaken the original shape of the doll from the few colored fragments, and then he proceeded with the repair.

It eventually became a ‘Theseus’s Cat,’ and I’ve always kept that cat doll with me, even bringing it to Earth.”

“But I’m still very sorry, Mr.

...

Lin, I still can’t recall the feeling of liking this cat.

I can feel how important this cat is to me, and I can feel how much I previously loved the Rhine Cat...

But I can’t help it, I can’t remember that loving feeling.”

Zheng Xiangyue’s words were filled with helplessness.

Lin Xian could understand the conflict inside her.

She had kept that Theseus’s Cat by her side for over a hundred years, patching it up repeatedly; she never parted with it on Earth, she even named the village Rhein Village.

This all indicated that she was indeed trying to like this cat, but when faced with memories and sentiments...

humans can never deceive themselves.

“I have seen that cat of yours,”

Lin Xian said with a smile,

“But...

the appearance of that cat is not the one I originally gave to you.

Of course, this isn’t the repairer’s fault, he clearly did his best, but without the original model and diagram for reference, it’s inevitable that he would veer off course.”

“The doll I originally gave you had a Rhine Cat with puffed cheeks, looking angry yet adorable; now, the one you hold has been repaired with a smile and squinting eyes...

Zheng Xiangyue herself did not understand.

Just like that.

Why would tears flow?

“Do you remember?”

Lin Xian asked gently, looking at Zheng Xiangyue as tears suddenly fell,

“Do you remember the scenes of playing with this Rhine Cat, leaning on it, lying on it, talking to it?”

“No.”

The elderly Zheng Xiangyue shook her head, but tears still kept flowing:

“I don’t know why...

I don’t know what’s wrong with me...”

“Even though I’ve never seen this Rhine Cat, and even though I don’t feel anything stirring inside, why...

can’t I control my own tears?”

She took the sketch from Lin Xian’s hands.

Staring at the Rhine Cat on it, unfamiliar and unrecognizable, but yet it made her burst into tears in an instant:

“It’s so strange...”

She wiped her tears, but then more surged forth.

Blurring her vision.

Continuing to flow.

“But I think, I understand something.”

Zheng Xiangyue lifted her head from the sketch, looking at Lin Xian:

“Mr.

Lin Xian, could you please close your eyes?”

Lin Xian nodded.

Completing closing his eyes.

He heard the sound of thick paper being placed on the stone bench, and then...

two wrinkled, dried hands, each grabbing one of his hands.

Because Lin Xian was in a state of closed eyes, his other senses became slightly more sensitive and clear.