Chapter 231: Chapter 56 I’m No Worse Than You_2 Chapter 231: Chapter 56 I’m No Worse Than You_2 After exchanging a few pleasantries, they waved farewell to each other.
Three of them walked back to the clubhouse, evidently having stepped out to see off their guests, while the remaining two parted ways at the door—one headed to the parking lot; the other…
glanced at his watch, lit a cigarette, and slowly made his way toward the zebra crossing on the road.
Lin Xian narrowed his eyes as he observed through the rearview mirror.
Although he couldn’t see it clearly, the bald image with a fat face and big ears was almost certainly Academician Lyon.
He glanced at his watch again.
Academician Lyon was walking very slowly, as if intentionally dragging his feet, swallowing and exhaling smoke while moving his body, finally stepping onto the zebra crossing.
He kept his head down, cautiously making a few steps.
Then, as if completing a task, he stretched his arms, his fingers pinching the cigarette, and stretched his body—
Suddenly, out of nowhere!
A taxicab without its headlights on appeared from the other end of the darkness!
It struck Academician Lyon on the zebra crossing, sending the corpulent man flying!
The taxi was moving fast!
So fast that it was startling!
Without any pause or deceleration, the taxi charged straight for the intersection!
Academician Lyon’s shattered body smashed heavily onto the ground, blood flowing profusely.
Meanwhile, the unlit taxi brushed past the Ferrari LaFerrari.
Lin Xian, well-prepared, stared intently at the passing taxi driver through the open car window.
The dynamic vision he had practiced in his dreams over a long time…
had made it exceptionally powerful.
Even if the crossing of both vehicles was but a momentary flash.
Lin Xian had clearly seen the driver’s face—
A mask, sunglasses, cap!
Dressed exactly like the taxi driver who had murdered Xu Yun!
The taxi kicked up unpleasant exhaust and dust as it sped into the night.
The Ferrari LaFerrari ignited its tires and launched into action in an instant!
The automatic headlights came on!
They illuminated the road ahead, chasing the fast-fleeing taxi!
Lin Xian floored the gas pedal, the enraged Ferrari LaFerrari skidding in sinister curves as it quickly closed in on the taxi!
Are you sure you can get away?
The blue taxi and red Ferrari sped across the outskirts of Donghai City, along rural roads…
Both vehicles completely disregarded traffic rules, ignored traffic lights, and slalomed on the roads in the early hours of the morning.
The following Ferrari clung tightly to the taxi’s rear, almost sticking to its tail, but never overtaking, as though waiting for some opportunity…
Lin Xian skillfully maneuvered his vehicle, closely following the taxi ahead.
Given the stark disparity between the two vehicles’ performances, catching up with this taxi was no challenge at all.
So it goes without saying…
The so-called “lost them halfway” by Zhou Duanyun last time was purely a self-directed act.
At such a late hour, with virtually no cars on the road, how could it be possible to lose a taxi?
Lin Xian never believed that these accident-causing vehicles could just vanish into thin air; they must have employed some trick at a certain location, at a certain stage, to conceal themselves.
That’s why he wasn’t in a hurry to catch up with the taxi.
There was no risk of losing sight of it…
He was curious to see how Ji Lin and his group would make these cars disappear into thin air!
In Japan, Kagawa Prefecture, inside a traditional Japanese building.
Ji Lin hung up the phone in his hand and remained silent.
Zhou Duanyun didn’t speak either, watching Ji Lin with interest, as though waiting for a joke to unfold.
Ji Lin exhaled through his nose, rose from his seated position on the cushion, and looked at the ukiyo-e hanging on the wall:
“A red Ferrari chasing Gluttony.”
Zhou Duanyun chuckled:
That’s Lin Xian’s car, his boss lady’s car.
If he didn’t have prior knowledge of this accident, why would he wait alone in advance at that location?”
“The problem lies here.”
“Why would he come all by himself?
It’s obviously not a rational act.”
“Why do you care so much!”
Zhou Duanyun paced around the room, stepping on the tatami with a creaking noise:
“Since it has been proven that he possesses the ability to predict the future and disrupt history, just kill him!
Detonate the bomb in the taxi, blast Gluttony and Lin Xian to death together!”
Ji Lin shook his head:
“Lin Xian must die at 00:42, it must be a car accident.
This has been repeatedly emphasized by Arrogance.”
Or do you take Lin Xian for a fool!”
Zhou Duanyun frowned:
“He’s so familiar with our killing methods that he even starts to ambush in advance!
Do you think he will give you the chance to kill him at 00:42?”
Ji Lin let out a light laugh, looking at Zhou Duanyun:
“Do you dare to defy Arrogance’s words?”
“What’s there to be afraid of?”
“Then go ahead.” Ji Lin passed the mobile phone on the table to Zhou Duanyun:
“Dial this number, and the bomb under Gluttony’s car will explode.
Now with the distance between Lin Xian and Gluttony’s car, they’ll surely be blown up together, here.”
He pushed the phone towards Zhou Duanyun again.
Zhou Duanyun just frowned, grinding his teeth, but did not take the phone.
“You’re really a good dog for Ji Xinshui!”
“And what about you?”
Ji Lin looked at Zhou Duanyun:
“What are you then, Zhou Duanyun?”
He chuckled lightly, averting his gaze:
“In my view, you’re not even qualified to be jealous of Lin Xian.
Although Lin Xian is our target, it doesn’t stop me from admiring him.
What about you, Zhou Duanyun?
You pretend to be so contrived just to cover up the fact that you’re nothing but a con artist loser.”
Zhou Duanyun kicked over the tea table:
“That’s not who I am now!”
“Who you are now?” Ji Lin scoffed dismissively:
“You’re still alive now, just out of Arrogance’s pity.
“You can stand here and vent your warped psychology from your youth, repay kindness with enmity, all because Arrogance once pitied you.”
The room fell silent in an instant.
The overturned tea seeped into the tatami, leaving dark stains.
Only the sound of Zhou Duanyun’s breathing was jarringly loud in the quiet surrounding, like a worn-out blower.
“Don’t look down on people, Ji Lin.”
Zhou Duanyun’s eyes were sharp, pointing his index finger at Ji Lin:
“I’m no worse than any of you, I’ve never been inferior to you!”
“You’re only lucky, born in at least a normal, at least a fed, at least a complete family!
You lead such a happy and smooth life because of your luck, born into a family capable of making you happy!
None of this is from your own effort!”
“Since you were young, never worrying about food or clothes, everything supported by your parents, willing to spend money on you.
You can write novels, because someone bought books for you from a young age!
Lin Xian is popular, because of his family, his attire, his parents have the ability to give him that confidence to make friends!
To treat friends to snacks!
To have the money to buy birthday gifts for classmates!”
“Do you think all of this is because you earned it?
It’s just that you’re luckier than me!
You just had a better start than me!”
Ji Lin snorted disdainfully:
“At least you still have a mother, both my parents are dead.”
“Who adopted you, Ji Lin?”
Zhou Duanyun laughed loudly:
“It’s freaking Arrogance!
It’s the filthy-rich Ji Xinshui who adopted you!
If my mom had adopted you from a young age, eating nothing but peanuts, wearing clothes with holes and shabby sneakers, too ashamed to attend gym class, with the whole class laughing at you…
you wouldn’t be writing any damn novels!”
“So, you have no right to look down on me, Ji Lin.”
Zhou Duanyun violently slid open the sliding door, turned back, and narrowed his eyes at Ji Lin:
“Put you in my life, you might not live as well as I have.”