Genius Club

Chapter 1446: Chapter 10: Big Face Cat 2

“A guest from afar, since you came to find your elder brother, meet him first.”

“Humph!”

Er Zhuzi glared, clearly dissatisfied.

But Sister-in-law’s orders were absolute, so he reluctantly allowed them through:

“You two, follow me! Brother is over there!”

…

Bang!

“Friend my chicken neck!”

Big Face Cat punched the tree stump, his face shaking with anger:

“I don’t even know you!”

Beside him, Sister-in-law Lian frowned:

“Big Face, how many times have I told you not to curse in front of the children.”

“Oh oh oh.”

Big Face Cat was clearly docile, punched the tree stump again, starting over:

“Shift! I don’t even know you! Who the heck are you!”

Liu Feng covered his forehead, he couldn’t stand watching anymore.

Crude words, crude people, unbearable to look at.

“I told you.”

He leaned closer to Lin Xian’s ear, whispering:

“I told you early on, dealing with these folks isn’t easy, they’re not only unreasonable, they’re brainless… How do you convince brainless people?”

“No worries.”

Lin Xian gestured to Liu Feng to reassure him.

“Brother Lian.”

Lin Xian clasped his hands in greeting, stepped forward:

“I’ve heard of your great name for a long time, and I want to join the Lian Gang, become one of you.”

“Pah! You wish!”

Big Face Cat scoffed:

“Everyone in Lian Gang is like a dragon, you think any random guy can join? Get lost, as far as possible! Don’t let me see you city folks! I’ll beat you every time I see you!”

Ah Zhuang snorted coldly, glanced at Liu Feng:

“We don’t want any dried old men.”

Er Zhuzi folded his arms, looking at Lin Xian with his nostrils:

“Brother is wise! This person looks sneaky, can’t be trusted!”

San Pang wisely shook his head:

“I don’t think it’s possible.”

Three votes of rejection.

“Wait, that’s too fast.”

The familiar process caught Lin Xian off guard:

“Can’t be discriminatory against city folks? City folks can’t join Lian Gang?”

At this moment, Liu Feng couldn’t hold back any longer.

He suddenly felt Lin Xian’s calmness and ease, as if he wasn’t venturing into danger but going home to chat, without any tension.

He felt like next moment, they’d go to someone’s house for dinner.

This made Liu Feng feel entirely unnecessary.

Additionally, something was itching him to ask, and with his scientific obsession, he found it unbearable:

“[Why call it Lian Gang and not Cat Gang?]”

Relief.

He finally asked a question he’d been holding since the village entrance, looking up at Lin Xian:

“He’s called Big Face Cat, why not call him Cat Brother? And the gang name, Lian Gang, what kind of abstract literature is this? Doesn’t Cat Gang sound better?”

“Humph!”

Big Face Cat, puffing on his pipe, snorted, sneering at Liu Feng:

“A shame you’ve got glasses, yet no culture! It’s not called Cat Gang because—”

“[Cat is ideology, face is metaphysics.]” Lin Xian reflexively blurted out.

Clang!

Big Face Cat’s pipe fell to the ground, mouth agape, dumbfounded.

With a thump, he lunged over, tightly grabbing Lin Xian’s hand!

“What did you just say?”

Big Face Cat couldn’t believe his ears, looking at Lin Xian with shining eyes:

“What did you just say!!”

Lin Xian’s wrist was painfully gripped, repeated:

“Cat is ideology, face is metaphysics.”

“Brother!!”

Big Face Cat holding his head with both hands, pupils trembling, finding someone who understands him!

All these years, no one understood him.

But now!

For thousands of years!

Someone finally realized this!

“How did you come up with that?” Big Face Cat panted.

“Wasn’t it supposed to be that way?”

Lin Xian feigned casualness:

“I thought it was supposed to be.”

“Genius!!”

Big Face Cat was overjoyed, hugged Lin Xian’s shoulder:

“So late to meet! You are the one who understands me the most in the world!”

???

Liu Feng rapidly blinked, three question marks appeared above his head.

No…

Despite living through 600 years of ups and downs, witnessing countless cultural trends rise and fall, he had never seen such abstract philosophical interpretation!

What’s this… what’s all this! A mess of nonsense! Completely illogical, incomprehensible!

But…

Hey.

He showed a hint of a bitter smile.

No wonder Lin Xian can be so confident and assured when facing such a difficult and unreasonable opponent.

Indeed.

Only abstraction can overcome abstraction.

“Wonderful philosophy.”

Liu Feng shook his head, marveling at the endless wonders in the world and the diversity of species.

Before them.

Lin Xian also hooked his arm around Brother Lian:

“So, Brother Lian, can I join the Lian Gang now?”

“Uh…”

Big Face Cat scratched his head, showing an unprecedented look of embarrassment.

Of course, he wanted to open a back door for this soulmate.

But there’s no way.

The rules are rules, the principles cannot be broken.

“My brother, in our Lian Gang, we always follow democracy, and for accepting new members, we definitely need to vote…”

As Big Face Cat finished speaking, Ah Zhuang was the first to raise his hand:

“Bro, I disagree! Don’t be fooled by this kid’s sweet talk; city folks are really cunning!”

“Exactly, exactly!”

Er Zhuzi put his hands on his hips:

“My sharp eyes wouldn’t be wrong, he was aiming for Sister-in-law from the start!”

San Pang wisely crossed his arms:

“I think no way!”

Right.

Still three votes against.

Like a sudden autumn breeze, Big Face Cat felt the hot blood in his chest cool down halfway, aging several years in an instant.

He sighed deeply.

Reluctantly holding onto Lin Xian’s hand:

“What a pity, brother, it’s my fault for not being able to keep you here.”

“But if you have any difficulties, or any requests, feel free to ask, as long as it’s within my ability, I’ll surely satisfy you!”

Big Face Cat patted his chest and promised:

“Since you want to join the Lian Gang, there must be some difficulty, right? Then I’ll just help you solve the difficulty!”

Pretty good.

Lin Xian smiled slightly.

Unexpectedly, when it seemed there was no way out, a new path appeared.

Big Face Cat is indeed Big Face Cat, always so loyal:

“Then Brother Lian, can you take me to see your father?”

He took out a book from his handbag and shook it:

“I have some academic questions in mathematics… I’d like to consult your father.”

…

The simple and unadorned walkthrough of the Lian Gang side story was thus completed.

After countless rehearsals in dreams, it felt completely natural to play it out in reality.

Big Face Cat was exceedingly enthusiastic all the way, sending Sister-in-law Lian home early to make dumplings, saying he wanted to have a drink with Lin Xian in the evening.

Liu Feng gave Big Face Cat’s daughter a high-tech pen, instantly raising Big Face Cat’s fondness level, truly loving the house and its crow together.

Actually, Big Face Cat is just this simple.

This is also the reason Lin Xian trusts Big Face Cat so much.

The Big Face Cat now holding his shoulders looks eight years younger than the one he saw in dreams, but outwardly not much different… still so naive, so chubby, so full of flesh.

Only the daughter hasn’t grown up yet,

The little son hasn’t been born yet,

Sister-in-law Lian is at the peak of her beauty,

Everything is somewhat different, yet everything is exactly the same.

“We’re here, brother, my dad’s inside!”

Big Face Cat banged on the door roughly, then looked back at Lin Xian:

“Oh my dad is such a pure bookworm, quite boring; but in some respects, he’s indeed impressive, Village Chief Li always comes back to consult my dad for any problems.”

“Village Chief Li?”

Lin Xian heard a familiar name again:

“Is it Li Cheng?”

“Yeah, who else could it be?”

Big Face Cat increased his knocking strength on the door:

“Village Chief Li’s little daughter Ning Ning is quite naughty these days, climbing up and down, giving him a headache, but she surely looks like a good seedling for martial arts training; Er Zhuzi pestered Sister-in-law Lee every day, asking for Ning Ning to learn the Red Tassel Spear under him.”

“Heh heh.”

Lin Xian couldn’t help but laugh:

“Er Zhuzi really is consistently reliable.”

Squeak—

Amidst the laughter and conversation, the wooden door creaked open from inside.

A middle-aged man with slightly tousled hair, wearing a vest and shorts, came out.

He had a normal square face, his eyes looking somewhat tired, a rough stubble on his chin, glanced at Big Face Cat, then at Lin Xian:

“And you are…?”

At that moment.

Lin Xian and Liu Feng unconsciously straightened their posture, standing in respect.

Even if this man is unremarkable in appearance, or even a bit unkempt, but he is a peerless genius that not even Emperor Gao Wen could compare to!

Especially for Lin Xian.

This is a legendary figure he had long heard of but never met, not even once.

Never thought, he finally made it to this day to see the living father of Big Face Cat!

“Hello.”

Lin Xian spoke with great respect, proactively extended his right hand to shake hands with this emperor above emperors:

“Finally meeting you, Mr. Chen Heping.”