City Cicada

"From the moment I was born, I've had the same dream every day, where the same day repeats itself endlessly."
"What did you do in your dream?"
"Robbed banks, blew up buildings, flirted with girls, joyrode in luxury cars... Since it was a dream, naturally, I did a lot of lawless things."
"Tell me about your dream last night."
"Yesterday was quite interesting. After dreaming for so long, it was the first time I dreamed about someone I know in real life. She was a very beautiful girl..."
"Mhm."
The police officer Uncle nodded as he took notes:
"Keep going, I'm listening."

Genius Club

"So, I think the plan to pretend to be a couple was perhaps doomed to fail from the start."


"You just said, they taught me to play the little bird relying on others, play the domineering sister-in-law, play the girl next door. At the start... Lin Xian, none of these are me."


"I am not the little bird relying on others, I am not the domineering sister-in-law, and I am not the girl next door, so... I am bound to not play these parts well, I can't turn something fake into something real."


"[I am me, I am CC, if there's anything real about me that can be useful in this mission, it must be my genuine trust in you, my genuine fondness for you, my genuine willingness to live and die with you.]"


"Are you saying... to stop pretending, to be real?"


Chapter 26: Meeting Her Majesty the Queen (Extra for Alliance Master Descending Dragon Taoist!)_6