Genius Club

Chapter 189

Chapter 189: Chapter 31 Catching a Thief by Shouting “Stop Thief Chapter 189: Chapter 31 Catching a Thief by Shouting “Stop Thief “Ji Xinshui?”

Lin Xian repeated.

What a strange name.

“Ji Xinshui.”

Chu Anqing read out this name, her eyes widening:

“I know this name!”@@@@

“You’ve heard of it?”

“Yes!” Chu Anqing nodded affirmatively:

“I heard my dad mention him because his name is so unique...

it left a deep impression on me.”

“My dad has always paid close attention to the scientific field and matters involving scientists, especially the scientists from Donghai City; he pretty much knows all of them.”

Lin Xian was very interested:

“Did your dad also fund Ji Xinshui’s research?”

Chu Anqing shook her head with a smile:

“That wouldn’t be the case.”

“This Mr.

Ji Xinshui, he is a very remarkable person!

He doesn’t need my dad’s funding...

He might even be richer than my dad.”

Wealthier than Chu Shanhe?

...

Lin Xian blinked.

That was indeed incredible...

Someone wealthier than Chu Shanhe could probably rank high in the entire country.

Of course, Lin Xian was guessing.

He didn’t really know how rich Chu Shanhe was, since various rumors, both good and evil, were all conjecture.

Seeing Lin Xian’s keen interest, Chu Anqing continued:

“I remember my dad mentioning...

that Ji Xinshui wasn’t very accomplished when he was younger, experienced neglect in his field of research, and was even ostracized and targeted by people from Donghai University Research Institute.”

“But later on, it seemed as though he suddenly caught a break.

He published several significant research findings, which made a big splash in the medical chemistry world, and he firmly secured the position of dean at Donghai University Research Institute.”

...

I see.

It’s one of those tales where fortunes can reverse in time, and one should never despise the young for being poor.

He used to face academic marginalization, just like Xu Yun.

But then he had a stunning breakthrough and firmly took the seat as the dean of the institute—quite the Cinderella story.

“Then he must have been Xu Yun’s mentor for a long time, quite possibly from being a graduate student, to a Ph.D.

student, and then to a researcher, Xu Yun was his student all along.”

Lin Xian pondered:

“That said, the two of them should have had a good relationship, right?

On this graduation photo, he looks at Xu Yun with such affection, almost as if he’s looking at his own child.”

Chu Anqing nodded:

“Now that you mention it, I also remembered that my dad mentioned this gentleman recently when he was talking about Xu Yun with me.

The relationship between Xu Yun and him was indeed very close, almost like a father to his disciple.”

“Moreover, Professor Xu Yun’s wife was introduced to him by this old gentleman; she’s his niece...

So, in the end, Xu Yun’s relationship with this elder wasn’t just one of teacher and student, they even became relatives.”

Xu Yun’s wife died of amniotic fluid embolism during Xu Yiyi’s birth, departing from this world.

However, this incident didn’t seem to affect the relationship between Xu Yun and Ji Xinshui.

Their fallout likely occurred when Xu Yiyi fell from a slide at four or five years old, becoming comatose.

Xu Yun insisted on researching hibernation pod technology, leading the two to part ways (information from Xu Yun).

In the following ten years, everyone led separate lives without any intersection.

That is, until Lin Xian brought back the manuscript from the future to Xu Yun, enabling him to conquer the Hibernation Pod Filling Liquid and causing Xu Yun to die tragically on the streets (information from himself).

After Xu Yun’s death, the situation became chaotic.

Tang Xin was invited by Ji Xinshui to conduct research in Donghai City, Ji Lin came to Donghai seeking revenge for Xu Yun’s murder, Huang Que also warned Lin Xian that he was in the midst of a game of Catch Me If You Can, and Tang Xin died in front of him at 00:42, with Zhou Duanyun very likely being one of the murderers (information from himself).

Click.

Lin Xian capped his pen.

“So, that’s the gist of the relationships among these people.”

Lin Xian felt that his deduction seemed to be missing something...

There were a few areas where the logic didn’t add up.

He had always suspected that Ji Xinshui and Zhou Duanyun were involved in Tang Xin’s murder, but now it seemed Xu Yun and Ji Xinshui were close as father and son...

If the killer of Xu Yun and Tang Xin was the same person, could Ji Xinshui really bring himself to do it?

“Actually, it might not be impossible.”

Lin Xian suddenly thought that seeking humanity in a murderer was meaningless.

If he dared to kill a stranger for some reason, he would also dare to kill his own relatives for greater benefits.

Even though there’s the saying that even tigers won’t eat their cubs, in real life...

there are many cases of feuds and betrayals between fathers and sons, brothers and siblings.

Continuing with this logic...

If Ji Xinshui indeed was the murderer of Xu Yun, and Ji Lin came to Donghai under the pretense of avenging Xu Yun, was he oblivious, deceived, or knowingly playing the fool?

Lin Xian pondered over this question for a long time while twirling his pen.

He didn’t think Ji Lin was foolish.

He was a globally renowned genius detective novelist who had assisted China’s police in solving several international cases and had quickly cleared numerous complex cases for Donghai City’s police department in just a few days.

The kind of scenarios you’d find in detective comics were enough to prove that Ji Lin was a genuine genius detective.

“So...

If an ordinary person like me can deduce this much by following the clues, exposing the suspicions about Ji Xinshui and Zhou Duanyun,”

“then with Ji Lin’s high IQ, his experience in solving cases, and his position within the Donghai City Police Department where he could access an abundance of clues...

he has no reason not to discover the criminal suspicions surrounding Ji Xinshui and Zhou Duanyun!”

Bang.

Lin Xian smacked the pen in his hand down on the table.

In an instant, enlightenment dawned on him, as if he had received an epiphany.

Indeed, he had always felt something was off...

Now, as all clues converged, Lin Xian finally uncovered the biggest blind spot in all these events—

[With all the clues so apparent, Ji Lin not only didn’t suspect Zhou Duanyun and Ji Xinshui but didn’t even doubt the possibility of those chat records being fabricated, and he unreasonably used these fabricated records to test me!]

Lin Xian cursed inwardly, glad that he had been cautious that morning and hadn’t directly come forward to clear Tang Xin’s name.

This was a complete trap!

This trap was too deep...

If all his deductions were correct, then Tang Xin’s death was also a part of this trap!

The purpose was to lure him, the biggest fish, in!

“It seems it’s not that the Donghai City police investigation is lacking.”

Lin Xian calmed his emotions, sat back in the chair, and stared out of the window at the dark night sky:

“But rather, someone is deliberately disrupting the direction of the investigation by relying on trust...”

“[The thief is crying ‘stop thief!’]”