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"Little sister, come and take a look."

After temporarily restraining Lin Yongcheng, Xia Zheng called out to Xiao Linshuang.

Xiao Linshuang had recovered from her initial shock and approached with her youthful face set in a serious expression.

She walked briskly to Lin Yongcheng’s side, squatted down, and with her plump little hands, she pulled up his eyelids; then, three fingers felt for his pulse on his wrist.

Seeing Xiao Linshuang’s action that resembled diagnosing a patient, Lady Ma was the first to disapprove. How could a child playing doctor help treat a sickness? What if she ended up killing him?

"Get away! What do you think you’re doing?!"

Xiao Linshuang rolled her eyes and, before Lady Ma’s flailing hand reached her, she swiftly inserted a long needle into Lady Ma’s waist, halting her movements instantly.

"Hey, the acupoints Master taught me really work, and acupuncture can even be used like this! Interesting!"

Xiao Linshuang muttered to herself with glee and continued to close her eyes, listening to the pulse quietly.

All eyes present were fixated on Xiao Linshuang’s face and her hand, even forgetting to breathe.

Lin Jiazhong also wanted to approach, but after just one step, Lin Yuan’s voice rang out ahead of him, "Little sister has studied under a famous doctor, and human life is of utmost importance. Let her have a look."

Lin Jiazhong wanted to say it was unnecessary because he was well aware of his son’s condition. But recalling Lin Yuan’s generous donation, he hesitated and ultimately declined politely, "No need, it’s just an old ailment, merely missing his deceased brother too much, don’t worry."

He then tried to stop Xiao Linshuang.

Just as Xiao Linshuang finished checking the pulse and withdrew her hand, she pouted and snorted, "Missing his deceased brother? He’s not sick like that at all.

Which quack told you that? You’ve really harmed him!

He, ah, has accidentally consumed Five Stones Powder, and he’s already addicted.

He’s like this because he’s having withdrawal symptoms."

"Nonsense! My son would never take Five Stones Powder!" Lady Ma couldn’t move her body, but she could still speak, and she immediately began shouting.

However, her dodgy eyes had already betrayed her—it was evident that what Xiao Linshuang said was true, and both Lady Ma and Lin Jiazhong were aware of it.

Lin Yuan naturally noticed it too and pulled her little sister to her side with a smile and a shake of her head.

Xiao Linshuang furrowed her brow and sulkily mumbled, "Big sister, I didn’t say anything wrong, he really did take Five Stones Powder!"

Lin Yuan nodded, "Big sister believes in your medical skills. Uncle, if you’re sensible, you should know the consequences of consuming Five Stones Powder.

And looking at his current state, he must have been using it for a long time.

You better think quickly about what to do next. If he can’t control himself..."

If he couldn’t control himself and bit his tongue or hurt himself, it really wouldn’t be worth the trouble.

Lin Jiazhong ground his teeth and slapped the cursing Lady Ma across the face, "You wretched woman! Didn’t you say that he had quit? Is this your idea of quitting cleanly?"

Lady Ma couldn’t move and had to endure the slap, her cheek immediately swelling at a visible rate.

In fact, Lin Jiazhong and his wife had only found out about their son’s addiction to Five Stones Powder later.

It was on New Year’s Eve when their son hadn’t come home for several days.

They borrowed a cattle cart from the Fugui House to search and found their eldest son in a daze at Chunfeng Building.

The blow to the couple that day was enormous with their eldest son addicted to Five Stones Powder and their younger son dead in the snow. After handling Lin Yongle’s funeral, they locked up their elder son to make him quit the addiction.

However, it’s easy to start using the drug, but to stop is extremely hard. Lin Yongcheng suffered every day, almost wishing for death. No wonder neighbors often heard cries of agony.

Lady Ma eventually couldn’t bear to see her son in pain and lied to her husband that their son had quit. Then she used her own money to buy more of the drug, providing it slowly to her son. But her funds were limited, and eventually, Lin Yongcheng started stealing.

Lin Jiazhong directed his anger at Lady Ma, furious that she had deceived him. If he had been more strict at the time, perhaps his son would have overcome his addiction by now.

It’s a pity he had to go to town to work and pay off debts, or he would have personally made sure his elder son quit.

Lady Ma started to sob miserably, filled with regret at this point, but after all, it was her son, and she couldn’t stand watching him suffer.