Chapter 138 Parents Are On The Moon?

How could his parents be on the moon? Lin Xian was finding it increasingly difficult to understand.

And he also discovered…

Although Zheng Xiangyue was about to turn 14, her mind still resembled that of a seven or eight-year-old child.

Was it because she had spent so many years in the hospital, without going to school or being exposed to the outside world?

In any case, it certainly wasn't due to a lack of intelligence, as Zheng Xiangyue seemed quite clever and quick-witted.

"Xiangyue, it's time for your check-up!"

Outside the door, a nurse called out, beckoning Zheng Xiangyue to come for her examination.

Zheng Chenghao put Zheng Xiangyue on the ground. She waved goodbye to both of them and followed the nurse away...

"Sorry you had to see that."

Zheng Chenghao watched his sister leave, then smiled apologetically, "My sister has been in the hospital since she was little… her thoughts are a bit simple, like a child."

"It's because when she was young, she always asked me where Mom and Dad went after they died, so I told her that they went to the moon. Whenever you miss Mom and Dad, just look up at the moon, they're watching you from up there."

"So… she remembered it and took it to heart. Even though she's grown up now, she still believes this lie, and she fantasizes about being buried on the moon after she dies… so she can reunite with Mom and Dad, and watch over me from the moon, watching me every night from the moon…"

As he spoke.

The muscular man sighed:

"But I won't let Xiangyue leave. Xiangyue is my only sister, my only family in this world. If one of us has to see the other off… then let it be me. I really don't want to see my sister pass away before me."

Lin Xian patted him on the shoulder.

This man was quite strong in front of his sister, but now that she was gone, he revealed his vulnerable side.

It seemed that Zheng Xiangyue's condition was far more serious than he let on.

Congenital heart disease is a terrible illness…

It has almost no warning signs, and once it strikes, death can occur within minutes, very quickly.

Therefore, patients with such severe heart conditions generally cannot leave the hospital and must be under constant monitoring.

Lin Xian had also noticed earlier that although Zheng Xiangyue seemed to be moving freely, there were wires visible on her sleeve, indicating that she had a monitoring device attached to her body. If danger is detected or an arrhythmia is detected, an alarm will be triggered remotely.

Just as Zheng Chenghao said…

Children with severe congenital heart disease generally don't live very long. Surviving past five or six years is lucky, and surviving past a dozen years… can be considered a miracle.

For Zheng Xiangyue, every birthday that hasn't arrived yet might be the anniversary of her death.

"Technology is advancing rapidly these days, you should try to be optimistic."

Lin Xian comforted him:

"Like I said earlier, maybe the hibernation pods will be developed soon. You're so familiar with Professor Xu Yun, you should know what he's researching. As long as there are hibernation pods, Xiangyue's illness will be a trivial problem that can be easily solved in the future."

"I appreciate your kind words." Zheng Chenghao nodded:

"Sir, what should I call you?"

"My name is Lin Xian, just call me Lin Xian. You're older than me, there's no need to be so polite."

There are many pitiful people in this world, and Lin Xian couldn't help them all.

In this twenty-story hospital building, each floor had dozens of large and small wards, and everyone inside was similar to Zheng Xiangyue and Xu Yiyi, racing against the lifeline.

This was the reality of this world.

Birth, old age, sickness, and death, humans are truly powerless in the face of these absolute laws of nature.

And it was precisely because of this.

That Professor Xu Yun and Tang Xin's inventions seemed so great.

Once the hibernation pods are successfully developed, humans can truly challenge fate for the first time in terms of birth, old age, sickness, and death, using hibernation to traverse time and exchange time for possibilities.

This was clearly a great thing for human civilization…

But why did Zhou Duan Yun and those people want to murder Xu Yun and Tang Xin?

What was their purpose?

What benefit would it bring to them if human civilization did not develop, or even regressed, for hundreds of years?

Lin Xian had been thinking about these questions for a long time, but he hadn't found the answers.

Perhaps it was as Huang Que said…

That the answers to all of this lay within the Genius Club, and the easiest way to find out the answers… was to obtain an invitation to the Genius Club.

Thinking of Huang Que.

Lin Xian also thought about the reason why Huang Que had deliberately led him here today.

If her purpose was to make him meet Zheng Chenghao and Zheng Xiangyue, then what was the hidden meaning behind it?

Huang Que was never one to act without purpose; her actions today must have been meaningful.

Perhaps it was a reminder…

Perhaps it was a hint…

Perhaps it was indirect information…

Then, the fact that he hadn't found any useful clues yet, was he missing something?

Lin Xian scanned Xu Yiyi's ward.

Trying to find a blind spot that he hadn't noticed.

He suddenly thought of it—

This floor of the hospital was all single-person wards, with only one patient in each ward. In Donghai City, where land was so valuable, the price of single-person wards was naturally not cheap.

And according to Zheng Chenghao and Zheng Xiangyue's descriptions, they were not from a wealthy family, but rather orphaned siblings with no parents to help them… logically, they shouldn't be able to afford such expensive hospital fees!

What's more, Zheng Xiangyue wasn't just staying for ten days or eight days, but for many years. Looking at the clothes Zheng Chenghao was wearing, they were very ordinary, even slightly worn, and it was hard to imagine that they had such financial resources.

This was unreasonable.

"Spend more time with your sister when you have time, it's obvious she relies on you a lot." Lin Xian looked at Zheng Chenghao and indirectly asked his question:

"What do you do for work?"

"I'm a taxi driver." Zheng Chenghao replied casually:

"I usually work the day shift, and I spend my evenings here with Xiangyue, and then I take her to talk to Yiyi and do some rehabilitation exercises for Yiyi."

…

…

Taxi Driver.

Lin Xian felt uncomfortable the moment he heard this word.

He recalled the taxi that killed Xu Yun on New Year's Eve;

He also recalled the taxi that crashed into Tang Xin some time ago;

These murderers seemed to like using taxis to commit crimes… probably because taxis were very inconspicuous, easily hidden in plain sight, wouldn't attract special attention, and had a certain deceptive quality.

"The income from driving a taxi shouldn't be enough to cover such expensive hospital fees, right?" Lin Xian continued to ask.

"That's right."

Zheng Chenghao smiled:

"Fortunately, many kind-hearted people like Professor Xu Yun helped us, so Xiangyue can enjoy such good medical conditions here. Donghai City has a special children's medical fund, and we have also applied for special funding for congenital heart disease, so we can stay here long-term."

Lin Xian nodded:

"That's good."

After that, he said goodbye to Zheng Chenghao and left Xu Yiyi's ward.

He got into the descending elevator.

Lin Xian closed his eyes and thought.

There were hundreds of thousands of taxis in Donghai City, and many taxis had two drivers working in shifts. Conservatively estimating, there were two or three hundred thousand taxi drivers in Donghai City.

There was nothing special about Zheng Chenghao being a taxi driver.

Of course.

All these conclusions were based on the premise that Huang Que hadn't led him here today.

If he had met Zheng Chenghao by chance, he naturally wouldn't have thought too much about it.

But in a situation like today, he couldn't help but think more about it—

Did Zheng Chenghao being a taxi driver have anything to do with Xu Yun's death or Tang Xin's death?

Could he be the executor who caused their deaths? The direct murderer?

"It's hard to say."

Lin Xian opened his eyes.

It was really hard to say.

However… Lin Xian had also discovered during this time that Zhou Duan Yun, Ji Xinshui, and Ji Lin, these confirmed murderers, actually had certain commonalities:

First, they were all successful. At least, they had achieved some small success in a certain field and had gained considerable wealth, fame, and status.

Second, their success was sudden. Ji Xinshui had transformed from a marginalized junior researcher into the president of the Donghai University Research Institute, and now she was a world-renowned figure; Zhou Duan Yun's rise to power was even more like a rocket taking off; Lin Xian didn't have much evidence of how Ji Lin succeeded, but judging from his age, his success was clearly somewhat beyond his years.

Third, their past lives were miserable. This had been confirmed for Zhou Duan Yun and Ji Xinshui, and since Ji Lin was adopted from a young age, he was either abandoned by his parents or his parents died early, so he could be considered an orphan.

If these three commonalities were compared to Zheng Chenghao's life…

There were surprisingly similar!

Although driving a taxi didn't count as much success.

But that depended on who you were comparing him to.

Compared to the miserable lives that he and his sister had in the past, Zheng Xiangyue now lived in a single-person ward, and Zheng Chenghao, who was almost bitten to death by a dog, drove a taxi for a living… this stable life could be considered a kind of success for them.

"No way…"

Lin Xian rubbed his temples, still somewhat unable to believe it.

Although one shouldn't judge a book by its cover, Zheng Chenghao didn't look like a murderer.

Moreover, he loved his sister very much. If something happened to him one day, or if he was arrested, the impact on Zheng Xiangyue would be too great.

"But, you can't say that."

If you looked at it from another angle, Zheng Chenghao had participated in Ji Xinshui's murder plan, and that's why he had changed his life and allowed his sister to enjoy good medical conditions?

Lin Xian didn't know which result was true.

But in any case, this was a very important clue.

He certainly wouldn't be able to get anything out of Zheng Chenghao's mouth. The best breakthrough point was—

Zheng Xiangyue.

Zheng Xiangyue was a very simple girl, with no ulterior motives. If he wanted to understand Zheng Chenghao's past and present, asking Zheng Xiangyue directly would be the best approach.

Since Zheng Chenghao said that he worked the day shift as a taxi driver, after going to Zhao Yingjun's office tomorrow morning, he would go directly to the hospital to find Zheng Xiangyue.

Anyway, he had the excuse of visiting Xu Yiyi as cover, and Zheng Xiangyue, being such a simple girl, wouldn't think too much about it.

Ding————

The elevator doors opened on the first floor.

Lin Xian walked out, took out the keys to the Ferrari from his pocket, and prepared to return the car that Huang Que had driven.

Really… just causing trouble for himself.

He came to the Ferrari, pressed the unlock button, and the scissor doors slowly rose.

"Hey!"

Behind him, a familiar voice suddenly came.

Lin Xian turned his head and saw Su Su driving her red McLaren slowly over.

The car window lowered, and Su Su leaned on the door frame, sticking her head out.

Lin Xian was very surprised.

He thought Su Su had already driven away, but he didn't expect her to be waiting downstairs for so long.

"You drive really well." Su Su directly held up her phone, which displayed a WeChat name card QR code:

"Let's add each other on WeChat and go racing together sometime!"

Lin Xian smiled and lowered his head:

"Did you forget? I told you, I don't have a car."

"You!"

Su Su's expression instantly changed, and she gritted her teeth:

"Ungrateful! Ptui!"

Boom!!!!!!

The McLaren's earth-shattering roar instantly reached its peak, and it disappeared in a cloud of foul-smelling exhaust.

"No…"

Lin Xian scratched his head:

"I really don't have a car, this Ferrari isn't mine."

…

The next day.

MX Company, 22nd floor, Zhao Yingjun's office.

Seeing Lin Xian enter the office, Zhao Yingjun stopped what she was doing and looked at Lin Xian with interest:

"How did the blind date go yesterday?"

"It broke up after you left." Lin Xian said:

"There was nothing to talk about, it was obviously not a good match."

Zhao Yingjun blinked:

"Are you planning to continue contacting her?"

"I didn't even add her contact information." Lin Xian said.

"Is that so." Zhao Yingjun chuckled, picked up the pen on the table, and continued to look down and approve documents:

"Chu Shanhe was probably entrusted by a friend, he didn't mean anything else, you don't have to take it to heart."

Lin Xian nodded:

"You said yesterday that you had a lot of work waiting for me to do… what is it? I'll hurry up and get it done."

"Ah, there's actually not much work. It hasn't been that busy lately, everything's been running smoothly." Zhao Yingjun took out a piece of A4 white paper with a red stamp from a neat file cabinet next to her:

"Mainly yesterday afternoon, the Donghai City Public Security Bureau sent over a 'Letter of Temporary Transfer.' Although it was sent to our company, the decision of whether or not to go is still up to you."

"What is it?"

Lin Xian frowned slightly:

"Letter of Temporary Transfer?"

"Yes, they said they wanted to temporarily transfer you to the Xu Yun case special investigation team to assist in handling the case." Zhao Yingjun handed over the A4 paper:

"Take a look."