Chapter 72: Marry You When I Grow Up

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Tang Ailian was brought to a secluded room where a handsome man in a suit was already sitting. This wasn't the 1980s, and very few people wore suits; most people wore either Zhongshan suits or youth clothes.

As soon as Tang Ailian saw his face, her expression changed drastically.

The man's face in front of her matched the image of an old man in Tang Ailian's memory. Tang Ailian recognized him as a member of her father's retirement gatherings in her past life. Furthermore, the young man standing beside him was the man her father had hoped she would marry in her previous life!

"Are you Tang Ailian? The child who found a way to call for help?" Feng Yuanzhi looked at the child in front of him whose expression had changed. Tang Ailian appeared to be only four or five years old at this time, so how could she be so clever? Not only did she come up with a way to call for help, but she also infiltrated the group of children as an undercover agent and saved them?

Tang Ailian hadn't intended to reveal her extraordinary abilities and had initially planned to act like an ordinary kidnapped child. However, she couldn't risk letting Xi Bufan reveal her secret. Now that they were being questioned, she worried that he might have already divulged her secrets.

Her hunch was correct. Xi Bufan had told the truth. He thought Tang Ailian was a hero and deserved recognition from everyone. Therefore, during the questioning, he eagerly shared everything he knew about Tang Ailian.

Except for the part about transmitting martial arts skills; that was something Tang Ailian strictly prohibited him from revealing.

As a result, the personnel at the police station finally learned the source of Huang Yanan's bizarre report. However, this also made Tang Ailian appear as a peculiar figure in the eyes of others. Before the police could start questioning her, the parents of the abducted children came to see her.

Feng Yuanzhi was a person with a special status. The police took this abduction case very seriously, and Feng Yuanzhi played a crucial role in it. He had been keeping a close eye on the case, and when he received the report from the police personnel that the human trafficking group had arrived at the Honglian commune, he immediately rushed there. He was the first parent to arrive at the commune after the children were rescued.

After hearing from his son about how Tang Ailian had provided water and food to everyone in the car and had recruited his brother, Feng Yuanzhi had a hunch that Tang Ailian was not ordinary. When he heard from the police personnel that Tang Ailian had reported the incident and had deliberately let the human traffickers capture her to act as an undercover agent, he became even more alert.

So, he requested to meet Tang Ailian, the child referred to by the police personnel as a "strange kid."

Of course, his main motive was to observe the person who had made his son call her big sister (his son had not told him that he had not acknowledged her as a big sister but had instead learned martial arts from her). He wanted to see if she really had the ability to be his son's big sister. If she had ulterior motives, he wouldn't hesitate to eliminate her for the sake of his daughter.

Tang Ailian knew he was Feng Ming's uncle, and she didn't ignore the fleeting killing intent in his eyes. However, she pretended to be confused, saying, "You are..."

Thinking of killing me? I won't let you succeed.

"I'm Feng Ming's uncle. I'm here to thank you for saving Feng Ming," Feng Yuanzhi said intentionally. On one hand, he wanted to observe Tang Ailian's expression, and on the other hand, he wanted to establish a closer relationship with her to make her drop her guard and tell him what he wanted to hear.

"Ah, you're Feng Ming's uncle? There's no need to thank me; it's something I should do," Tang Ailian didn't reveal any hints. However, she wondered why Feng Ming hadn't acknowledged her as his big sister.

"You're so young; how could you dare to let the human traffickers capture you and act as an undercover agent? Weren't you afraid they would sell you? Were you so sure that Huang Yanan would report the incident?" Feng Yuanzhi was genuinely impressed by this child's courage.

Tang Ailian casually raised her chin and said, "Of course, I'm not afraid because I have martial arts skills. I can defeat several ordinary adults. Even if the police didn't come, I would still have rescued everyone."

Feng Yuanzhi was taken aback. Could a child under five years old have significant martial arts skills?

"Yes, I have a martial arts master. My master is very powerful," Tang Ailian thought for a moment and then took out her small knife. "This is for self-defense, given to me by my master. My master said that if anyone dared to harm me, I should use this knife to deal with them."

Feng Yuanzhi looked at the three-inch-long small knife in her hand and couldn't help but feel a bit disdainful. How could a child of four or five years old use such a small knife to harm anyone?

But in the next moment, he was dumbfounded. Tang Ailian tossed the small knife upwards, and it actually floated in mid-air. After hovering for a moment, it started circling around her body, as if protecting her.

"Is your master a hermit or do you have supernatural abilities?" Feng Yuanzhi was astonished.

Such skills went far beyond merely being able to defeat a few ordinary adults. Even martial arts experts couldn't accomplish something like controlling a flying knife remotely. It meant she could kill someone without getting close.

Moreover, this was a throwing knife—undetectable and untraceable. It could kill someone without leaving a trace!

No wonder she dared to become an undercover agent, and no wonder she confidently claimed she could rescue the abducted children.

When he mentioned "supernatural abilities," Tang Ailian knew that Feng Yuanzhi wasn't an ordinary person but belonged to a certain special organization.

No wonder this man had shown killing intent towards her.

Tang Ailian used her artifact in front of him to impress and convince him that she had a reclusive master with extraordinary abilities. As expected, he started thinking in that direction.

"What do you mean by a hermit or supernatural abilities?" Tang Ailian pretended not to understand. "But my master told me that if I take out this small knife he gave me, I must silence anyone who threatens me." Her voice turned colder, "Uncle Feng brought everyone else out and brought me here. Isn't it because you want to eliminate me? Just because I accepted your nephew as my little brother, you want to eliminate me? Don't say you didn't have that thought; you had a hint of killing intent when you came to see me earlier. Children like us are more sensitive than adults; I could sense your killing intent."

Feng Yuanzhi turned pale. She had noticed his killing intent from the beginning but had pretended not to, engaging with him instead. Was this really a child of four

 or five years old?

The coldness emanating from the small knife pressed against his forehead made him shiver. He had no doubt that Tang Ailian was willing to kill him.

Feng Yuanzhi had been working in a special field for over ten years and had never faced such a situation. He was like a defenseless child, completely at her mercy.

After all, she was just a child of four or five years old. Even if she killed him, she wouldn't face criminal charges.

Furthermore, her reasons for wanting to kill him were more than justified because he had shown killing intent towards her.

Although she couldn't provide evidence, such extraordinary people acted as they pleased, unconstrained by the laws. Who cared about evidence or not?

Feng Yuanzhi broke into a cold sweat. "You can't kill me. I'm your nephew's uncle. If you kill me, your little brother Feng Ming will blame you. He has sworn to be loyal to you. He's pledged his allegiance to you," Feng Yuanzhi could only bring up his nephew to plead his case.

Tang Ailian suddenly smiled, waved her hand, and the small knife flashed back into her hand. "I was just joking with Uncle Feng. You're my little brother's uncle; how could I kill you? Although Feng Ming wasn't someone I initially wanted as my little brother, he also swore loyalty to me. How could I deprive him of his uncle? But today, I haven't done anything, and I won't acknowledge anything you say."

This was her way of ensuring he kept her secret.

(End of this chapter)