Genius Club.

Chapter 2 Cat
"What kind of plot is this today? It's such a mess..."

Lin Xian rubbed his arms that were soaked by the night wind, recalling the dream he had just had.

Big face cat,

Ultraman Mask,

Beautiful Agent,

It really makes me cry.

"It's like making a movie with a bunch of idiots... ahem."

Lin Xian coughed twice and felt like he had caught a cold.

Only then did he realize that he had forgotten to close the window before going to bed last night.

The night breeze in early winter is no joke.

wow-

After the old sliding window was closed, the sound of finger-guessing games at the night market stall downstairs became much quieter. Without the invasion of the night wind, the room seemed to be warmer.

Lin Xian poured himself a cup of hot water, took two sips, and looked at the full moon in the sky outside the window:
"What's hidden in that safe with my name on it?"

……

Since birth, Lin Xian has had the same dream every night.

Day after day, year after year.

No matter how old Lin Xian is, no matter where he sleeps, no matter what he does during the day, once he falls asleep, he will inevitably appear in that strange yet familiar square.

It felt strange because Lin Xian was very sure that he had never been to this square in real life.

Familiarity is because in the past twenty years, Lin Xian has already known this square thoroughly. He knows every child, every tree, and even every blade of grass here.

When he was a child, Lin Xian was very afraid of this dream.

Every day is the same people, the same city, the same events.

To Lin Xian, dreams are like a cage from which he can never escape.

The good friends who played together yesterday have become strangers today.

The person who died in front of me yesterday is greeting me with a smile today.

Even if you make a huge noise, your dream will still be as peaceful as before the next day.

He is like a prisoner trapped in time.

Sentenced to life imprisonment repeated on the same day.

……

He discovered very early on that the world in his dreams would always be destroyed at 00:42 exactly, and he would also wake up at 00:42 exactly.

So he learned to exploit the bug——

[As long as you stay up until 00:42 in the morning before going to bed, you will definitely not have dreams! ]

that's the truth.

So for a long time when he was a child, Lin Xian would stay up until 00:42 before going to bed, and have no dreams all night.

But as he grew up and started junior high school, Lin Xian's thoughts changed.

Not only did he accept this "nightmare" that repeated day after day, he even learned how to enjoy this "beautiful dream":
In reality, he would be disciplined for whatever he did, but in his dreams he could do whatever he wanted without any restraint.

No rules to follow, no consequences to worry about!
He can drive as crazy as he wants and kill anyone who stands in his way!
This dream that repeated every day became a place for Lin Xian to vent his emotions during his adolescence.

Once he accepted this setting, Lin Xian felt that this dream of not having to bear any responsibilities and not being afraid of death was so great!

When his classmates were still playing childish games like "Bubble Bobble" and "MapleStory", Lin Xian was already playing "Riders Republic", "Sleeping Dogs" and "Stalkers 3" in his dreams.

Since then...

Lin Xian never stayed up late again.

The first thing I do when I get home from school every day is to do my homework.

After finishing his homework, he didn't stop for a second, washed up and went to bed, making his parents call him a prodigal son!
It was from this time that Lin Xian realized that dreams did not necessarily mean he would wake up at 00:42.

[If you die in a dream, you will wake up immediately in reality. ]

During his middle school years, the most common way Lin Xian died was by being shot by the police.

He had experienced everything, including being shot in the head by a sniper, being shot dead on the spot by a SWAT policeman, and being shot to death while fleeing. He had even become accustomed to it.

It was also because of the long-term high-intensity escape training in dreams that Lin Xian won the "City Youth Urban Parkour League Championship" for three consecutive years in high school, making his teacher call him a man of both civil and military talents!

To this day...

This dream is still Lin Xian’s daily playground.

But now that he is 23 years old, his thoughts and mind have matured a lot, and he hasn't done those crimes for a long time. Now, he prefers to wander around in his dreams, participate in other people's stories, and experience all kinds of life.

Although the same day is always repeated in dreams, fortunately the world in dreams is big enough. Even though Lin Xian has been playing in dreams for more than 20 years, he still makes new discoveries every day.

Just like the dream just now.

Lin Xian had robbed banks many times when he was a teenager, but that warehouse full of safes... was the first time Lin Xian had entered.

He was not surprised that his name was on the safe. After all, this was his own dream and he was the protagonist, so it was normal for him to have his own name on it.

He's just weird...

“Why is the password wrong?”

Lin Xian finished a cup of hot water.

The body is much warmer.

He put the cup on the desk, confused...

According to his usual habit, most of his passwords are his birthday, which is easy to remember and simple.

The password for almost all of his online accounts is 19990320. That's why he was so confident in his dream just now.

But why is the password wrong?

An eight-digit password... He really couldn't think of a second possibility.

Ding dong.

The phone on the bedside table lit up with a new message.

He clicked on it and saw that it was a WeChat work group.

Li Juan, head of the design team: @Everyone, we will have a meeting in the third floor conference room at 9 am tomorrow. Mr. Zhao will personally review everyone's proposals! No one is allowed to be late! Received a reply!
Then there were several more ding-dong! ding-dong! ding-dong!

Several "Received!" appeared below.

"These people are too crazy."

Lin Xian sighed sincerely, it's already 1am, are these people all Super Saiyans? Don't they need to sleep at night?

But complaining is complaining...

In his dreams, he could rob banks, blow up buildings, and smile at gunpoint.

But in reality, he still had to humbly reply at one o'clock in the morning:

receive!

"Go to sleep, you have to get up early tomorrow."

Lin Xian lay back in bed, set the alarm, and threw his phone on the bedside table.

boom!
……

Li Juan was furious and slammed the folder on the table!
"I told you last night! Today, President Zhao will personally review your proposal! Look at the result! What the hell did you come up with!?"

The entire conference room on the third floor was in complete silence...

Everyone lowered their heads.

Li Juan was so angry that she took out a drawing and put it on the table and slapped it:
"What is the main theme of our new brand? It's youth! It's girly! I asked you to design the brand image, but you gave me a fox wearing black stockings? And wagging its tail?"

"And you!"

Li Juan took another picture and stared at the girl next to Lin Xian with a lion in her eyes:

"Do you have any misunderstanding about our new brand? It's OK that you drew a little rabbit, but are you serious about this floral scarf and big cotton-padded jacket? My grandma wears more fashionable clothes than your rabbit!"

"Our CEO Zhao has said this countless times! He has explained it in great detail, everyone! Kitty Cat! You have all heard of Hello Kitty, right? You have all seen it, right? What we want is a brand image that is the same as Kitty Cat!"

"Humph……"

The fat boy on Lin Xian's left hummed softly:

"You want a Kitty Cat for this fucking salary..."

"What are you mumbling about, Fatty!?"

"No, no, no, no, Sister Juan! I said Hello Kitty is the best! Perfast!" The fat boy was scared.

……

Li Juan's roar filled the entire conference room.

Lin Xian closed his eyes, twirled his pen, and was still thinking about the safe in his dream yesterday.

Eight-digit password...

what exactly is it?
What's hidden in the safe?
Hello Kitty?
cat?
Listening to Li Juan's roar, Lin Xian was reminded of the cat mask on Big Face Cat's face.

That is also the image of a cartoon cat.

With just a few simple strokes, the cuteness and vitality of a cat are vividly portrayed.

Especially when the mask covers the huge face of the big-faced cat, there is a contrasting beauty that is untainted by the mud.

I have to say, the cat image is really cute.

Simple and exquisite, refreshing and straightforward.

Lin Xian, distracted, sketched out this cartoon cat on the manuscript paper with just a few strokes...

"what?"

The female colleague next to me leaned over and said:
"Lin Xian, what are you drawing?"

(End of this chapter)