Genius Club-Chapter 243 - 62 Angelica_2

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This is a group photo of three people, an elderly person and two children, a boy and a girl.

The elder in the photo has white hair at the temples, dry skin, dressed in black clothes with a black wool felt hat, sharp yet icy eyes, sitting upright in a chair.

This face...

Ji Xinshui.

Lin Xian had seen many of his photographs in the news, his features and stature were highly recognizable, reminiscent of those serious aristocrats in old western films.

Standing to the left and right of Ji Xinshui were the two children.

The boy and girl looked about five or six years old. The boy on the left, Ji Lin, had grown up a bit compared to the photo with Xu Yun, taller, but his general appearance unchanged, with hair grown out somewhat, covering his eyebrows.

Naive, yet possessing a sort of handsome beauty.

Ji Lin’s looks in childhood could even make him a direct shoo-in for a Hollywood child star.

But when the gaze shifted to the little girl in the lower right corner of the photo...

Lin Xian felt as though he were looking at an elven princess from the woods.

This little girl was foreign, not quite possessing the pure lineage of the West but rather a facial structure unique to the Middle East.

Delicate features, sharp facial contours, tall stature; she was clearly a beauty in the making.

She seemed a few years older than Ji Lin at the time and was nearly a head taller than Ji Lin in the photo; however, it’s common for girls to grow faster than boys, especially those with foreign lineage, so the difference in height was not unusual.

"Who is this?"

Lin Xian asked Ji Lin, pointing to the pretty little girl in the photo:

"Is she also your sister? I don’t recall you ever mentioning her."

"Angelica."

Ji Lin said softly:

"She was also one of the orphans adopted by Ji Xinshui. We grew up together. Lin Xian, you always enjoy movies; you should be familiar with her."

Angelica?

Lin Xian began comparing the faces of actresses in his mind...

Instantly, he matched a similar face!

"Angelica... could it be that Hollywood actress?"

Ji Lin nodded.

"Now I remember, that film adapted from your novel, ’Broken Bridge,’ was nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture, you were nominated for Best Screenplay, and there was also a Best Actress nomination, none other than Angelica... Turns out you’re all family."

Again, Ji Lin nodded:

"Yes, that’s her. We grew up together in Ji Xinshui’s orphanage, and when I was about three or four years old, Angelica and I were taken in to live with Ji Xinshui."

"You’ve told me about this before."

Lin Xian recalled their previous conversations in the dorm:

"You mentioned that Ji Xinshui would take in the smarter kids and raise them himself. You must have a high IQ, no doubt... but what about Angelica? What made Ji Xinshui take her in? It couldn’t be just because she was naturally beautiful, could it?"

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"Of course not."

Ji Lin smiled and took the photo frame from Lin Xian, looking at the beautiful girl in the picture who looked like a fairy:

"Angelica is very intelligent too."

He looked up at Lin Xian:

"Lin Xian, Hollywood is such a complicated place, not just anyone can make it there. Angelica has many strong points, and in terms of action prowess... I’ve never met a stronger woman than her. Her ability to take action is truly remarkable; it feels like..."

Ji Lin blinked:

"It feels like, she’s not much different from you."

"Me?"

"Yes." Ji Lin placed the photo frame on the table and continued:

"Your action prowess is strong too. Like how you drove alone chasing the murderer... If it weren’t for the bomb going off suddenly, were you planning to use your sports car to force the taxi to stop, or even flip it over?"

"It’s possible."

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Lin Xian didn’t deny it; he actually had such intentions from the start. If necessary, he was prepared to crash into the taxi with the mindset of damaging Zhao Yingjun’s Ferrari.

The Ferrari’s low chassis and center of gravity meant that with the right angle and the help of centrifugal force, flipping the taxi was as easy as flipping the palm of one’s hand.

However, the timing for that hadn’t arrived when the taxi just exploded on its own.

"Angelica is that kind of person; she’s capable of doing something like this."

"You’re talking about the movies, right?" Lin Xian asked.

Ji Lin shook his head and smiled meaningfully:

"In reality, she’s not much different."

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Afterward, Lin Xian and Ji Lin stepped out of the bedroom and began to decorate the living room.

Nowadays, you can find anything on online shopping platforms, and these decorations are also designed to be convenient and foolproof to install. Just unwrap, unfold, stick, and then it’s done.

Convenient and efficient.

So, in just over an hour, Lin Xian and Ji Lin had finished decorating the living room together.

Once the decorations were in place, the atmosphere in the entire living room was instantly elevated.

It became festive and warm.

Lin Xian noticed that Ji Lin hadn’t just bought a lot of decorations; he also bought many tabletop games and those prank-style funny toys.

"You really put in a lot of effort..."

Lin Xian remarked:

"You must’ve done a lot of homework for this birthday, right?"

"I really did look up a lot of guides online," Ji Lin responded truthfully:

"They all say that after dinner at a birthday party, we can play these tabletop games. Didn’t we play them at Chu Anqing’s birthday? I thought they were pretty fun."

"I guess it’s because you don’t usually play them much."

Lin Xian smiled helplessly:

"Actually, we’ve played these games hundreds of times already, we used to play them all the time in school. But you’re right, it’s indeed fun with a lot of people, playing games is not a problem."

"Speaking of having a lot of people and fun, Lin Xian, I actually have something to tell you."

Ji Lin neatly stacked the various games off the floor onto the table, then turned to look at Lin Xian:

"As you know, I don’t have many friends, I can’t invite a bunch of people over for my birthday like Chu Anqing... So if you have any friends, feel free to bring them along to have fun."

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Bring his own friends to have fun?

If it were him, the only friend in Donghai was Gao Yang, and Ji Lin didn’t know him...

"Aren’t Chu Anqing’s classmates said they would come?"

"But that’s not many either, and they’re all girls..."

"Understood."

Lin Xian suddenly thought of someone, smiling at Ji Lin:

"I do have a high school classmate in Donghai; how about I invite him to your birthday party?"

"Of course you can." Ji Lin smiled:

"The house is so big, it’ll be more lively with more people. I don’t want my birthday party to be too quiet—that would be awkward. Will your classmate be able to come?"

"I’ll ask."

Lin Xian took out his phone, still looking at Ji Lin:

"The name of this classmate of mine, you might also recognize."

"Oh? Who is it?"

Ji Lin came closer, and Lin Xian showed him the contact on his phone that had yet to dial, staring into his eyes, and said word by word:

"Zhou, Broken, Cloud."