"Admit that you're afraid of failure, that you don't even have the courage to try, and that you'd rather remain trapped in the cage of believing you're a madman?"
She even tilted her head slightly, her tone carrying a barely perceptible hint of mockery.
This must be a simple and clumsy attempt to provoke someone.
But it was exceptionally effective on Lu Qianhan's extremely sensitive self-esteem and mindset at this moment.
Lu Qianhan's chest heaved violently as he stared at her, as if he were about to pounce on her and snap her slender neck at any moment.
The air around us instantly smelled of gunpowder.
However, the standoff lasted for less than ten breaths.
Lu Qianhan abruptly pulled her hand back, her knuckles turning white from the force.
He stopped looking at Zi Xi and the messy incense burner on the ground. With a gloomy face and an almost tangible low pressure, he strode to the futon and sat down almost as if smashing it.
But his back was ramrod straight, and every muscle in his body seemed to be sending out a signal of resistance.
"If you're going to do it, do it quickly."
Lu Qianhan squeezed out these words through gritted teeth, then tightly closed her eyes, looking utterly disgusted, as if she were about to be slaughtered.
Zi Xi shrugged, a faint hint of understanding flashing in her eyes.
She didn't act immediately, but instead went over and silently righted the overturned incense burner and cleaned up the incense ash.
Then, she washed her hands and walked back behind him.
"Relax."
"You need to trust me about treating your illness, and trust that I won't hurt you."
Her voice was very close, carrying a faint, herbal scent.
Lu Qianhan's muscles tightened even more, her jawline clenched tightly.
Okay, there are ways to treat distrust.
Zi Xi said no more. She picked up a medium-length silver needle and her fingertips were incredibly steady.
Her gaze fell on the Fengchi acupoint at the back of his neck. Finding the right angle, she slightly lowered her wrist, and the needle tip silently pierced his skin.
The moment the needle pierced through, Lu Qianhan's body trembled almost imperceptibly, his Adam's apple bobbing as if he were desperately trying to suppress his instincts to fight back and escape.
What he felt was not sharp pain, but a strange, slight soreness.
Zi Xi's technique is extremely fast, and her acupoint identification is extremely accurate.
Next are the Baihui acupoint on the top of the head, the Taiyang acupoint on the temples, and the Neiguan acupoint on the arm.
One by one, silver needles were precisely inserted into the corresponding acupoints.
Her movements were fluid and graceful, with a unique rhythm.
At first, Lu Qianhan's nerves remained highly tense.
He could clearly feel each silver needle falling, and the sensation of that foreign object intruding made him extremely uncomfortable.
However, gradually, a feeling he had never experienced before began to spread.
As the silver needles remain, especially at several important acupoints on the head.
The excruciating pain that had been piercing my head for so long, as if it were being stabbed by countless tiny needles or crushed by a heavy object, began to gradually lessen.
A warm current, like the warm sun of spring, seemed to flow slowly through his blocked and congested meridians, guided by the silver needles.
Wherever it passed, the burning restlessness and tearing pain were gently soothed.
Lu Qianhan's muscles, which were so tense they were almost spasming, unconsciously relaxed a little under the warmth.
His eyes remained closed, but his tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly without anyone noticing.
The fist that had been clenched tightly also quietly relaxed.
This change was extremely subtle, yet it did not escape Zi Xi's keen observation.
She didn't disturb him, but stood quietly to the side, observing his breathing and condition.
Time flowed by in silence, with only the rustling of bamboo leaves outside the window and the soft breathing of each other.
After an unknown amount of time, Zi Xi began to remove the silver needles one by one.
Her movements remained gentle and steady.
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