Chapter 486 — Feng Xiaoxiao and Her Father
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"No, that's not it. Afterward, Physician Lin devoted himself to studying certain peculiar components in your mother's blood— but after that last meeting, he went into seclusion—" Feng Tianlong said, somewhat at a loss.
"He surely couldn't cure it, so he went and hid himself away!" Feng Xiaoxiao was unimpressed. "Those so-called divine physicians are all the same. And that ridiculous 'Divine Physician Kang' — what can he do besides concoct a wound salve? And people call him a divine physician! It's laughable!"
"You were young then, you don't know what sort of man Physician Lin is. He is a man of dedication! For your mother's sake, he risked going to Miao territory to study the Gu cult." Feng Tianlong could not bear to scold his daughter, but he still had to correct her. "You must not be disrespectful of him!"
"Fine, fine..." Feng Xiaoxiao waved a hand. "But if he was so dedicated, why did he go into seclusion?"
"Your mother's disease — how could it be so easily studied?" Feng Tianlong smiled bitterly. "For a while now I've been trying to get in touch with him, but I haven't been able to reach— Squad Leader Yang, who led me on missions back then, was on close terms with Physician Lin, but he too has gone into seclusion."
"You know yourself it isn't easily studied, so why bring me here for examinations?" Feng Xiaoxiao frowned.
"The results will take a few more days. Let me show you around Yanjing these next couple of days — it'll do you good to clear your mind." Feng Tianlong did not answer his daughter's question directly. Well he knew that these examinations would likely leave even Dr. Zheng at his wit's end — but hope, however faint, was better than none.
"Oh..." Feng Xiaoxiao answered faintly. She neither agreed to go nor refused, plainly without much interest.
"Hasn't someone given Dad a few auction invitations? Want to go take a look?" Feng Tianlong suddenly remembered that these were the days of the Yu family's auction — he had received invitations himself.
The organization Feng Tianlong belonged to was called the Bureau of Mystery Investigation, a highly unusual intelligence agency. It maintained close ties with the Yu family, the auction's organizers, so the Yu family sent a great many complimentary invitations to its members every time they held an auction. Yet most people at the Bureau had no time to attend — the invitations were little more than a courtesy.
"An auction? Then let's go!" Feng Xiaoxiao had never been to an auction in all her years. The moment her father mentioned it, she wanted to go see one for herself — otherwise, she might die without ever having been to an auction, and what a waste that would be!
"But if you fancy something, Dad won't have the money to buy it for you." Feng Tianlong laughed with a trace of regret: "My salary is quite high, all told, but it still can't stretch to auction lots that routinely fetch millions or tens of millions."
"Hehe..." Feng Xiaoxiao finally broke into a smile. What she wanted was this feeling of novelty — the feeling of her father taking her out to have fun together. As for whether they bought anything, that hardly mattered.
Her father had promised before to take her out for a stroll, and Feng Xiaoxiao had heard that line many times. Each time a sudden mission came up, and he broke his promise — more than once. But this time he said they would go to the auction, and even produced the invitation, so she reckoned he would not go back on his word: "You must not break your promise!"
Seeing the smile on Feng Xiaoxiao's face, Feng Tianlong was delighted too: "I won't. There are three sessions in all — I can at least accompany you to one of them!"
"Mm." Being able to attend one session was more than enough to satisfy Feng Xiaoxiao; for her, that would do very well indeed.