am-books Chapter 31: 31 Password
Chapter 31: 31 Password
Chapter 31: Chapter 31 Password
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Lin Xian felt like he was parting the clouds and seeing the clear sky again.
In the dream, in the bank vault, the safe CC was about to open... had 8 password dials.
Lin Xian had always believed that this 8-digit password must be some date.
It was either a birthday, an anniversary, a significant day... In short, it had to be a date; he never thought there was any other possibility.
But, he was too overconfident.
...
He had completely forgotten about the matter of the QQ number.
People of Lin Xian’s generation only started to use QQ en masse in elementary and middle school.
Back then, newly registered QQ accounts were all 9 or 10 digits long, and only netizens born in the 80s and 90s would possibly have a QQ number that was 8 digits long.
It was very likely.
This was the correct password for the safe in the dream!
Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that it was exactly 8 digits long?
...
Gao Yang quietly leaned over and waved his hand in front of Lin Xian’s eyes:
“Hey, hey, hey! Are you spaced out or frozen? What are you mumbling about?”
“No, it’s nothing.”
Lin Xian came back to his senses, picked up his glass again, and took a sip:
“It’s nothing, sit down and let’s keep eating.”
After dinner.
The two decided to head home separately.
Gao Yang pulled open the taxi door, allowing Lin Xian to get in:
“We’re not heading in the same direction, so I won’t see you off. Go on by yourself.”
Lin Xian nodded, bent down, and sat in the taxi.
He rolled down the window and waved goodbye to Gao Yang:
“I’m off.”
Gao Yang dropped his cigarette butt, took Lin Xian’s hand:
“When you get home and finish that dream, give me a sign! Once you’re sure that your dream is just a dream... I’ll also feel relieved and won’t have to worry about you.”
“Yeah, I’m off now.”
...
It was just past eight when he got home, still early enough to check in the dream if what Doctor Liu said was true.
Lin Xian took a shower, which made his groggy mind slightly clearer. He recalled everything that had happened from the time he met Big Face Cat CC... up until today.
He had definitely heard CC’s voice somewhere before, and he might have also seen CC’s face somewhere. Though his memory had forgotten, to use Gao Yang’s words... the subconscious still remembered, which is why he dreamed about it.
Just now, while showering, he had thought of a plan to remove CC’s mask—
In the past few times, Big Face Cat’s van had always approached from this direction, and today was no exception.
Sure enough.
30 minutes later, Big Face Cat drove that rickety van over, still parking in the familiar spot.
Then, two minutes later, a very familiar corpulent figure jumped down from the van, his face squeezed between layers of fat and wearing a Rhine Cat Mask, looking around.
Lin Xian noticed...
The van hadn’t been turned off; even the driver’s door was only ajar. This was probably the cunning of a professional criminal—ready to escape at a moment’s notice.
After confirming the target had appeared, Lin Xian ran straight into the police booth:
“Comrade officer, there’s been a big incident!”
Lin Xian looked panic-stricken:
“My newly bought Rhine Cat Mask was stolen by that fat guy over there!”
The officer chuckled:
“Seems like it’s not such a big deal. I’ll go get it back for you.”
“But he has a gun at his waist.”
“Damn!”
The officer sprang into action, grabbing the radio and barking orders. The two patrolling officers outside immediately looked in the direction of Big Face Cat...and slowly approached—
“Freeze!!” “Get your hands behind your back!! Stay put!!”
Big Face Cat was pinned down in a second! With a chokehold and hands behind his back, he was swiftly subdued!
The officer in the booth, taking Lin Xian with him, ran over to where Big Face Cat was held, reaching for his waist...
“He really does have a gun!”
His face turned ashen as he continued to search.
“And there’s even C4 explosives! Keep him under control! I need to call for backup immediately!”
He directed orders into the radio.
Finding firearms in such a densely populated square was no minor matter! Who knew if he had accomplices? And even worse, he was carrying something as terrifying as C4.
“Um...”
Lin Xian quietly stepped forward:
“Can I get my mask back?”
The officer tore off Big Face Cat’s mask and tossed it to Lin Xian.
Just as Big Face Cat was about to protest, his voice was muffled by a hood pulled over his head, and he quieted down.
Lin Xian walked away slowly holding the mask...
He looked at the cute Rhine Cat Mask in his hand and smiled slightly:
“Key prop, Rhine Cat Mask, gotcha~”
He stretched the elastic band and put the mask on his face.
The mask was small.
It just managed to cover Lin Xian’s face:
“Next up... I am Big Face Cat!”