In Song Keren's office, Lin Jiaxuan held Mu Shihan's phone to watch cartoons, while Mu Shihan seed restless, pacing back and forth in the room.
Not being able to reach Xiao Feng had kept her anxious all along, and if it weren't for Song Keren stopping her, she might have rushed out already.
At this mont, the office door was pushed open. Mu Shihan turned towards the sound, and upon seeing Xiao Feng, she imdiately ran over, hugging him tightly, complaining, "Xiao Feng brother, why are you only back now?"
Xiao Feng gently patted Mu Shihan's back and said softly, "Go outside for a mont; I need to speak to Lin Jiaxuan alone."
"Xiao Feng brother, you..." Mu Shihan frowned.
"Be good, listen," Xiao Feng said in a gentle voice.
For so reason, Mu Shihan felt that Xiao Feng's mood was obviously off, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong, so she nodded, glanced at Lin Jiaxuan, and then left the office.
After Mu Shihan left, Lin Jiaxuan put down the phone, a foreboding sense rising within her, as if sothing bad was about to happen.
"Where is Miao Youmin?" Xiao Feng asked calmly, as if sure Lin Jiaxuan knew.
"How did you find out about ?" Lin Jiaxuan looked at Xiao Feng warily.
Xiao Feng scoffed slightly, "The ring on your grandmother's hand, I checked it out. It's the symbol of a small family in the Arican Region. Is that sothing a scavenger could have?"
Saying this, Xiao Feng tossed over the investigation file Lu Yao had compiled: "See for yourself."
Lin Jiaxuan closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and didn't pick up the files on the floor. She had pointed this out before taking action, yet Color Dream had stubbornly refused to take off that ring, and now it was indeed their downfall.
"If you want to stay alive, tell your plan and the na of the organization. This is your only chance!" Xiao Feng said coldly.
Lin Jiaxuan chuckled, "If I were afraid of dying, I wouldn't have appeared here."
Xiao Feng nodded, "It doesn't matter, actually. Whether you tell or not, it doesn't matter. Even if you don't tell , I can still capture Miao Youmin. It would just take more effort, that's all."
"Do you want to kill ?" Lin Jiaxuan asked nonchalantly, "If so, you can get started now. Don't worry, I haven't poisoned anyone, so there's nothing to hold you back."
Xiao Feng couldn't help but be slightly dumbfounded. It was rare to see soone so openly courting death and being so honest at that, and it seed Lin Jiaxuan really didn't plan to resist, as if death was a release for her.
"Not going to act?" Lin Jiaxuan's expression changed, "I can't wait any longer!"
As she finished speaking, a blade appeared in her hand, and she was about to slice it across her own throat.
Xiao Feng quickly stepped forward, grabbing Lin Jiaxuan's arm, stopping the blade two centiters away from her artery.
At this mont, the office door opened again, and Mu Shihan shouted anxiously, "Xiao Feng brother, don't!"
As she shouted, Mu Shihan quickly ran up to Lin Jiaxuan, snatching the blade from her hand, "Xiao Feng brother, could you let her go?"
Seeing Xiao Feng unmoved, Mu Shihan continued, "Jiaxuan isn't really bad-hearted. If she were truly a villain, she could have used as a hostage to threaten you, but she didn't."
"Look clearly, this is her wanting to commit suicide, not wanting to kill her," Xiao Feng said helplessly.
Mu Shihan realized that the blade was indeed taken from Lin Jiaxuan's hand, and Xiao Feng was clearly holding onto her arm to stop her from doing sothing foolish.
Realizing this, Mu Shihan said urgently, "There's nothing so major that requires such an extre action, Jiaxuan. Hear out, it's not too late to turn back now. Xiao Feng brother and I will both help you."
"Turn back?" Lin Jiaxuan shook her head, "I don't know how to turn back."
"I know!" Mu Shihan imdiately replied, "Just tell Xiao Feng brother what you know. Even if the organization wants revenge, Xiao Feng brother surely won't stand by, right?"
Mu Shihan looked at Xiao Feng, blinking desperately at him, and Xiao Feng could only nod in cooperation to show agreent with this approach.
However, Lin Jiaxuan then said, "What if I say, I'm the leader of that organization?"
"Impossible, Jiaxuan, don't joke around," Mu Shihan said with an awkward smile.
"I'm not joking," Lin Jiaxuan said with a serious expression, "You thought I was twelve, right? In fact, I'm a year older than you."
Mu Shihan was speechless at this. She rembered Xiao Feng once ntioned that Lin Jiaxuan's gaze didn't match a child's, but hearing it directly was still sothing she struggled to accept.
Even though Xiao Feng had so prior suspicion, he still couldn't understand how Lin Jiaxuan managed to "grow younger".
The concept of reverse aging is popular online, but it doesn't work to such an extent.
Could it be the Bone Shrinking Skill? Seems unlikely too.
Because such martial arts are about squeezing oneself into a small space, but once out of that space, nothing changes, including height and weight.
Suddenly, Xiao Feng thought of a possibility: "Is it dwarfism?"
Mu Shihan imdiately understood why Lin Jiaxuan was having such thoughts and said, "Xiao Feng brother, you surely have a way, right?"
Xiao Feng opened his mouth, this little girl was treating him like an omnipotent being.
"What can he do?" Lin Jiaxuan scoffed, "Problems that even the world's top dical experts can't solve, if he could, he'd be famous worldwide already."
Xiao Feng was not pleased with that remark, who was she looking down on?
"Your so-called top expertise refers to Western dicine. What Western dicine can't solve, traditional Chinese dicine might be able to," Xiao Feng argued, "What they call dwarfism in Western dicine, is known as 'xu lao' or 'chong zi lao' in Chinese dicine, which depends on whether it's congenital or acquired. Congenital cases are harder, but acquired ones may be treatable."
These words shocked Lin Jiaxuan, and even Mu Shihan was taken aback. She had just said it without much thought and hadn't expected Xiao Feng to know about this issue.
"Xiao Feng brother, is there hope for saving Jiaxuan's condition?" Mu Shihan asked urgently.
Xiao Feng thought for a mont and said, "That would depend on whether it's congenital or acquired. If she stopped growing at a certain stage later on, given her current age, there's a possibility of treating it by using the opportunity for a second growth stage."
"Is what you said... true?" Lin Jiaxuan doubted, after spending so much and hearing countless vows over the years, she had lost faith in Western dicine, but Xiao Feng's words seed to open a door to a new world.
"Theoretically, it's possible," Xiao Feng said, "As long as you haven't lied about your age, your current situation is in the youth developnt phase, which is the ti of the fastest growth. If treated tily and properly, there's a good chance to recover."
"See, I wasn't lying to you!" Mu Shihan suddenly felt pleased, "With Xiao Feng brother, there's definitely a way, so Jiaxuan, you don't need to do silly things anymore."
Lin Jiaxuan calmly said, "Anyone can talk. In the last decade, I've heard countless promises, but the result was always disappointnt."
"Xiao Feng brother is not like those people. If he says he has a way to help you, then he definitely can!" Mu Shihan said confidently.
Xiao Feng stood aside, stunned, "When did I say I had a way? I just said that according to traditional Chinese dicine, this disease isn't necessarily incurable."
"Can't you help Jiaxuan?" Mu Shihan said unhappily, "I don't care, you must help."
"Now you're blaming it on ?" Xiao Feng pondered for a mont and said, "It's not impossible for to help, but she needs to tell what she knows."
Xiao Feng realized that Lin Jiaxuan seed to listen to the little girl, so he let her try asking.
Mu Shihan looked at Lin Jiaxuan, "Jiaxuan, listen to ..."
She changed her words midway, rembering that the other said she was a year older, "Listen to for once, tell us what you know, we'll treat your illness, and then I'll take you to eat the best food and visit the most fun places."
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