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The main hall was quite quiet at the moment, which made Li Ming's questioning seem exceptionally loud.
Instantly, everyone's gaze turned over, looking incredulously at this newly adopted daughter of the Gu family.
Their subconscious thought was, Is this child perhaps simple-minded?
Directly telling someone to their face that their son is going to die?
It was only because CEO Li had a relatively good temper; if it were someone with a slightly worse temper, they probably couldn't have stopped themselves from teaching this naughty child⁴ a lesson long ago.
Seeing this uncle didn't believe her and was even questioning her father with his eyes, Yao Yao's little face also turned cold.
She said coolly: "Uncle, Yao Yao wasn't wrong. Your child was born in the Year of Wu Xu, Month of Ding Si, Day of Ding You, Hour of Hai, correct?"
This was using the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches system. Put simply, it was the Year of the Dog, May 17th on the solar calendar, between 9 PM and 11 PM.
"How did you know?" As a high-level executive at a watch company, Li Ming naturally understood this notation method. His originally angry voice faltered.
Because he had his son late in life, and the birth was difficult, the whole family had been thoroughly exhausted, which was why he remembered his mischievous son's birth time so clearly.
And his wife had always been the one taking care of the child; he had never brought the child out to meet strangers. Let alone business partners, even relatives and friends didn't necessarily know.
How did this little doll know?
Looking at her serious little face, he inexplicably felt a bit flustered, especially after what she had just said.
Seeing him admit it, Yao Yao continued: "Hasn't your child been listless these past few days?"
"Yes, that's right." Li Ming originally thought that perhaps the Gu family wanted to discuss cooperation, had researched his family beforehand, and wouldn't be able to say anything accurate next.
However, unfortunately for him, his wish didn't come true, because what Yao Yao said was completely factual.
His son, these past few days, had inexplicably loved to sleep, lacking energy entirely, even sleeping for a whole day at times.
This was completely different from before. You had to know, previously he was practically like a monkey reincarnated from Flower-Fruit Mountain, seeming to have thorns on his bottom, unable to sit still for a moment.
At first, they thought he was sick, so scared they rushed him to the hospital overnight for checks. But after the hospital examination, the results showed no problems. Only then did they breathe a sigh of relief, the whole family just assuming the child had exhausted himself from playing too hard.
To help him recuperate, his wife even specially bought an old hen to make soup.
But the effect wasn't very good. The child became increasingly drowsy day by day, practically slumping over wherever he went, which was frightening to watch. Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on novel·fıre·net
If the other party could find out the child's birth date, that was understandable. But to even know about his own son's inability to wake up? This was clearly not right!
After all, given the Gu family's status, just for a small cooperation deal, there was absolutely no need to investigate in such detail.
To put it bluntly, it was almost like they had installed surveillance cameras in his house.
It was precisely realizing this that Li Ming suddenly understood – this little daughter of the Gu family might very well have some other abilities.
This also seemed to explain why someone like Gu Xuesong would be inseparable from such a tiny tot.
And sometimes, people fail to grasp the key point due to cognitive blind spots, but once they suddenly grasp it, then reasoning backward, all previous doubts disappear.
Just then, Li Ming's phone suddenly rang. He glanced; it was his wife calling. He subconsciously answered it.
Before he could speak, the voice from the other end immediately came through.
"Hubby, something's happened! Liang Liang can't wake up! He's even started growing white hair! What... what on earth is going on!"
It seemed the son's condition was truly too bizarre; his wife's tone was frantic and jumbled.
Hearing his wife's panicked voice, Li Ming's mind buzzed and exploded. He looked incredulously at the little girl before him.
If he remembered correctly, she had just said his son was going to have problems, and now it was actually true!
He couldn't sit still anymore. He said urgently: "Do you perhaps know something? It was my fault earlier for failing to recognize Mount Tai. Please, be the bigger person and forgive my offense. I beg you, please help my child."
"As long as you can save him, I'm willing to give you anything."
Because he had children late, he only had this one seedling in his family. If this line was broken, he truly wouldn't even have a place to cry.
"Uncle Li, you don't need to be . Yao Yao doesn't want anything either. It's enough if you just agree to cooperate with Daddy," Yao Yao said seriously.
She could sense that this uncle was unhappy about cooperating with her daddy because daddy had brought her along.
Yao Yao didn't want to hinder her daddy, so her request was simple: this cooperation couldn't fail because of her.
Hearing this request, Li Ming was stunned at first. He had previously refused cooperation because he felt the Gu family lacked sincerity. Now, seeing it wasn't like that at all, his reservations naturally disappeared.
"No problem! CEO Gu, let's consider this settled! We can sign the contract directly later."
Li Ming was just short of pulling out pen and paper on the spot. And Gu Xuesong, without saying a word, saw the deal that had flown away just eagerly come back on its own.
This sudden reversal left everyone present utterly bewildered.
"There's no time to delay, let's go directly then!" Li Ming didn't dare delay any further. The group immediately got into the car.
Along the way, he wished the driver could floor the accelerator, but ultimately, traffic laws made him adhere to the bottom line.
Half an hour later, they arrived. As the CEO of a listed company, Li Ming's house was naturally a luxurious detached villa with a huge garden and pool.
Following him to the second-floor duplex, Yao Yao saw the little boy lying on the bed. He looked about six or seven years old and should have been full of vitality.
But at this moment, not only was his face sallow, but there was also some white hair growing at his temples. This appearance didn't resemble a child at all, but rather an old man nearing his grave.
"What... what... what is going on? How did he become ?"
Seeing his son's condition, Li Ming's eyes instantly reddened. You had to know, this completely defied scientific basis. How could someone suddenly age so much overnight?
It was precisely because of this that his wife hadn't sent the boy to the hospital but had called their private doctor over instead.
The result of the examination was aging syndrome. Li Liang Liang's body, in just one day, had reached the state of a forty or fifty-year-old. At the current rate of aging, perhaps before tomorrow, the boy would die of old age.
A six or seven-year-old child dying of old age – this result felt bizarre no matter how one thought about it.
After hearing the doctor's report, Li Ming froze on the spot. He never expected such an outcome.
If it were other illnesses, he might still be able to throw money at treatment. But for this aging syndrome, there was absolutely no solution.
Because currently, there was no precedent in the country for overcoming this disease. This meant that once contracted, one could only wait for death. Watching his son's breathing gradually weaken, Li Ming's heart filled with pain.
His child was still so young, hadn't properly experienced life, yet he was about to leave this world?
How could fate play such a cruel joke on him!
Thinking of this, his emotions threatened to break down.
And just at this moment, a small figure suddenly walked forward.
This person was precisely Yao Yao, who had come with Li Ming. Her gaze was currently fixed on the little boy called Liang Liang.
She saw that the Three Flowers above his head were abnormal. Even though the perpetrator's methods were numerous and very subtle, she still discovered an invisible causal line connected to his lifespan, continuously stealing life essence even now.
Yao Yao's face instantly turned cold. This wasn't some aging syndrome at all; it was someone borrowing life to cling to their own existence!