Genius Club-Chapter 1014 - 61 Crazy Old Lady_4

Chapter 1014 -61 Crazy Old Lady_4

“Give it a rest.”

Lin Xian steps back:

“Who in their right mind would eat this stuff? It’s gross.”

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“What’s so gross about it? Doesn’t everyone eat it like this?”

Big Face Cat takes a bite of a bear’s eye, juice bursting:

“Don’t you normally eat sheep heads? Sheep brains, sheep eyes, sheep tongues, yummy!”

“Enough, enough.”

Lin Xian waves his hand:

“Wait, what did you just say? The crazy woman Angelica? Are we talking about the same Angelica?”

“Is there a second Angelica?”

Big Face Cat stuffs the rest of the bear’s eye into his mouth, chewing:

“This name is so rare, it’s improbable that there’s a second one, right?”

“She’s pretty tall, quite thin, and was also dug out by the people of Donghai City from an underground hibernation pod base years ago. It’s been a long, long time since then, at least four or five decades. It’s said that Angelica was quite beautiful when she first woke up from the hibernation pod.”

“But she’s always been off, on edge… What happened afterward, I have no idea. I wasn’t even born at that time. But as I grew up, I always knew there was this crazy woman named Angelica in the old district of Donghai City. Everyone would stay far away from her when they saw her.”

“Moreover, she’s very reclusive and seldom goes out or interacts with others. Look, she didn’t come out for today’s lively festival. Probably because she’s old now, she can’t go crazy anymore.”

“Ah, but it’s not really appropriate for me to talk like this either. I’ve never actually seen her go mad. By the time I met her, she was already old, anyway, quite kindly. It’s just that over so many years, everyone’s been calling her a crazy woman, and for generations, we’ve all followed suit.”

Lin Xian stands up.

It feels incredibly unreasonable that Angelica could appear on Earth.

Angelica was so close to Jask, from antagonism to deep bond, and in The Fifth Dreamland’s world, they shared a hateful vengeance as if against a common enemy, even trying to send Angelica back to Earth to protect her when Jask faced a life-threatening situation.

How could she have been left behind this time?

Things are getting stranger and stranger…

“Brother Lian, where’s Angelica?”

“Over there,”

Big Face Cat extends his greasy hand, pointing down an alley leading to the old district:

“Just follow the path, turn right at the first intersection, there’s a house with a red door; that’s the crazy woman’s house.”

“Take us there, will you?”

Lin Xian and CC stand up, ready to go.

“Huh?”

Big Face Cat looks troubled:

“I… There’s a banquet with lamb skewers later! I’m waiting for that!”

“Come on, cut back a bit.”

Lin Xian walks past the flowerbeds and fans twice at Big Face Cat’s tight, translucent belly:

“You look like you’re about to pop… Doesn’t my sister-in-law cook for you every day? Do you really want to burst in Donghai City? Stop fussing and lead the way.”

…

Soon.

The three of them, plus a bear head, arrive at the front door of Angelica’s house, and Lin Xian knocks.

After a long wait,

shuffling footsteps come closer, and the door opens.

Creeeeak—

The aged wooden door makes a heart-wrenching sound as an elderly woman with a gaunt face, sunken eye sockets, dull and disheveled hair looks up from the darkness inside.

In an instant.

Lin Xian feels a pang of heartache.

He recognizes her.

This is Angelica!

Even though her youth has faded, even though she possesses neither the allure of The Chameleon Witch of Hollywood nor the authority of a lord of Queenstown…

But those captivating eyes are not deceiving him; within the weathered wrinkles, Lin Xian still sees a familiar face.

“Angelica.”

Lin Xian calls softly.

Suddenly.

The old woman’s eyes widen, she drops her cane, and rushes over with an unsteady pace.

Her dry hands touch Lin Xian’s cheeks,

full of disbelief:

“Lin… Lin Xian!”

Her voice is hoarse, filled with shock:

“Lin Xian! You… weren’t you long dead?”

“It’s me, Angelica.”

Lin Xian holds her hand, trying to calm her:

“What happened to me is a bit complicated to explain, but I am indeed alive! Now… could you tell me what happened to you? Didn’t Jask take you to Mars? Why were you in hibernation on Earth?”

Angelica breathes faster:

“Ja… Jask? No…”

She shakes her head blankly, as if recalling bad memories, her eyes trembling:

“[Jask, he was murdered shortly after you died!]”

Lin Xian’s eyes widen:

“Jask is dead too?”

He turns his head to exchange a look with CC.

Something’s off.

If Jask died shortly after his own death,

What’s the story with the later colonizing Mars plan?

Both CC and Smith had explicitly stated that this world’s Jask still set off to Mars with part of humanity!

“What exactly is going on?”

Lin Xian takes Angelica by the hand:

“Don’t be flustered, Angelica, don’t be scared. No one here can hurt you.”

“Tell me slowly… how did Jask die? If he truly died… then what’s the deal with the Mars colonization plan?”

Angelica takes several deep breaths.

Calming down.

She slowly says:

“All of this… is written down in my Memory Notebook, which I learned about after waking from hibernation. There’s also an encapsulated photo of you and my brother, Ji Lin, inside the notebook, so I could recognize you today.”

“According to the records in the Memory Notebook, after your mysterious death, I met with Jask once and we attended your funeral together. But… two weeks later, when I met with Jask again… he… he was no longer Jask!”

“He certainly looked identical to Jask, even his demeanor, voice, gestures were the same… but I am sure that he wasn’t Jask! He absolutely wasn’t Jask! Because I had once done makeup for him, disguised him… I knew who he was! He was impersonating Jask!”

In an instant.

Lin Xian has an epiphany:

“Could it be…”

“That’s right.”

Angelica nods, her face somber as she looks at Lin Xian:

“Jask was definitely murdered, and the person who subsequently impersonated him was his body double—”

“Fake Sike!”