The banquet ended around 9 p.m.

Lin Xian returned home, took off his suit, and finished washing up.

He sat at his desk in the bedroom, silent...

What he'd seen and heard today had really been a shock to him.

Clearly, everyone lived in the same Donghai, on the same patch of land, but they lived completely different lives.

They threw around hundreds of millions like they were tossing around Happy Beans.

They lived fairy tale lives, as if everyone were a prince and princess.

This was clearly the real world, yet it was more dreamlike than a dream.

Lin Xian suddenly understood...

Actually, it wasn't Professor Xu Yun who was out of place in that golden hall, it was him!

Professor Xu Yun's talent and accomplishments deserved to be there.

But him… all he had to offer that place was his expensive suit.

Which Zhao Yingjun had bought for him.

"I'm so useless..."

He recalled what Zhao Yingjun had said:

"What man doesn't want to be Chu Shanhe?"

Yes...

What man doesn't want to be Chu Shanhe?

He spent money like water, yet he was respected by everyone.

He aspired to greatness, his reputation shook the four seas.

Every man hoped that after becoming rich, he could do great things for the country and its people, and be revered as a savior-like hero.

But everyone failed on the first step of the road.

Being rich.

...

Lin Xian propped up his forehead, his gaze sweeping over the two blank sheets of paper on the desk.

He had written them a few days ago when he analyzed the Big-Faced Cat and CC incidents in his dream.

One was [Story Flow], which detailed the history of their grievances and hatred.

The other was [Unsolved Mysteries], which contained three questions that lingered in Lin Xian's mind.

He picked up the sheet labeled [Unsolved Mysteries].

Looking at the questions on it:

1. What exactly was hidden inside the safe deposit box?

2. What exactly is the password for the safe deposit box?

3. Why did CC save me? Her attitude towards me is also very subtle and strange.

The first question.

No clue.

Even though this was Lin Xian's own dream, he didn't know what he had that needed to be kept so secret, hidden in such a secure bank safe deposit box.

But from CC's reaction, it was clear that whatever was inside was very important to her, which was why she risked so much to rob the bank.

"What exactly is it?"

Since it's my own dream, then the contents of the safe deposit box must be something within my own understanding, right?

Lin Xian couldn't figure it out no matter how he thought about it.

The second question.

Equally clueless.

A password is either right or wrong, there is no in-between.

Lin Xian tried all the eight-digit passwords he could think of, but the password was still incorrect.

This made him very surprised...

He was now even more curious than CC about what the password for this safe deposit box was.

This was clearly his own safe deposit box, but he couldn't open it, which was simply incredible.

However.

Of these three questions.

Lin Xian was most concerned about the third.

He looked down at the paper:

3. Why did CC save me? Her attitude towards me is also very subtle and strange.

This was also the only question with clues and a possible answer.

Because CC herself definitely knew the answer, but she was unwilling to tell him.

"CC."

Just thinking about that woman wearing the Ultraman mask filled Lin Xian with a strong sense of resistance.

In the previous dream, in order to crack the password, he had said the most embarrassing things of his life in front of CC... Just thinking about it gave him goosebumps all over his body, and he didn't even want to mention it.

Actually, now that he carefully recalled what CC said.

Lin Xian felt that her voice had a strange sense of familiarity.

He should have heard it somewhere before.

But he just couldn't remember.

"Is it just my imagination?"

"Actually, there are many people in reality whose voices sound similar. There are many girls on Douyin whose voices are exactly the same as Lazy Sheep..."

Lin Xian shook his head, not wanting to think about these messy things, and continued to think about the previous question—

"So, why did CC save me?"

Lin Xian propped up his forehead, unable to understand.

Clearly, to her, he and Big-Faced Cat were both criminals of the same nature, there was no reason to only kill Big-Faced Cat and not him. Moreover, he was the main culprit in the bank robbery, so he couldn't be considered innocent in any way.

Lin Xian picked up a red pen.

He circled the third question twice.

If he wanted to know the answer...

He could only ask CC herself.

"But, now the problem arises."

Lin Xian frowned slightly.

CC herself knew the answer.

But she was unwilling to tell Lin Xian unless Lin Xian helped her open the safe deposit box.

But Lin Xian didn't know the password.

This was an unsolvable dead end.

Unless...

"Break the deadlock!"

Lin Xian's eyes were firm.

He knew clearly that he definitely couldn't get the answer from CC using normal methods.

Then he could only use "abnormal methods"!

CC looked like a very smart woman, not as easy to deceive as Big-Faced Cat; and she was very skilled, and had a gun, so Lin Xian probably couldn't subdue her in a head-on fight.

He closed his eyes and thought...

"I've got it!"

Soon, Lin Xian came up with a plan to break the deadlock.

This was how he planned it in his mind:

1. After contacting Big-Faced Cat, first gain his trust, then tell him about being deceived.

2. Form an alliance with Big-Faced Cat, pre-arrange a layout in the bank vault, and ambush CC.

3. Wait for CC to appear, use a scheme to subdue her, and ask for the answer!

"I definitely can't do it myself, but if I use Big-Faced Cat a little, 2 against 1 shouldn't be a problem."

Lin Xian spun the pen in his fingers rapidly.

This deadlock-breaking plan should be fine!

Actually, Lin Xian didn't want to do anything to CC, he just wanted to know the answer. After getting the answer, he wouldn't make things difficult for her, and everyone could go their separate ways.

He looked at the clock on the bedside table.

21:45

Every time he met Big-Faced Cat it was around ten o'clock, if he fell asleep a little faster, he could still make it!

Lin Xian quickly turned off the lights, got into bed, and closed his eyes.

...

...

Phew!

The extremely familiar hot summer wind blew on Lin Xian's face, making it a little dry.

He opened his eyes and saw a scene that he had seen thousands of times.

On the electronic billboard, the time showed 21:54.

"I have to get the Ultraman mask quickly."

Looking to the right front, there were still the two little boys shouting Ultraman Flying Kick and Ultraman Elbow Strike as they fought.

These two children were actually old friends of Lin Xian. When Lin Xian was a child, he often played with these two children in his dreams, engaging in a Duel of Light.

At that time, Lin Xian was shorter than these two children, and was often bullied by them. In Lin Xian's eyes, they were two invincible mountains of meat.

Later, Lin Xian slowly grew taller, but these two children were still like this, and Lin Xian began to act like the big brother.

Later...

Lin Xian no longer played childish games like Ultraman Duels. Only these two children were left, here day after day, tirelessly, fighting for thousands of days and nights, until even the Great Dao was extinguished.

Lin Xian grew up, but the two of them would never grow up, time was forever frozen on this day.

"Ultraman Flying Kick!" "Ultraman Elbow Strike!"

The two children dropped their masks and ran further and further away.

Lin Xian stepped forward and picked up the Ultraman mask from the ground.

"Key item, get~"