Cherish Life, Don't Waste It

Lin Hai frowned, recalling a meeting he had had with Pepper Potts and Vanessa Fisk a few days earlier.

It all began when news of Tony's disappearance reached the United States.

When Pepper received the news that Tony had been attacked by armed militants in Afghanistan and was missing, she nearly fainted on the spot.

And there was even more trouble waiting for her. Besides forcing herself to organize a public relations response to the crisis, she also had to deal with pressure from the company's board of directors. (After all, Obadiah had originally wanted to kill Tony and seize complete control of Stark Industries.)

One day, after handling most of those urgent matters, Pepper inadvertently spotted the special potted plant she had bought from the Chen-Style Chinese Medicine Clinic some time ago amid the clutter of her desk.

The lush green leaves calmed her heart, which had been filled with anxiety and irritability these past few days. Then, she thought of the young Doctor Lin.

After staring blankly at the plant for two minutes, Pepper suddenly jolted. Instinctively, she looked at the sandalwood bracelet still around her wrist.

A thought surfaced in Pepper's mind, and she seized it like a lifeline—

Since Doctor Lin could produce such miraculous items, might he possess some extraordinary abilities himself? Perhaps he had a way to find Tony?

With that thought in mind, she immediately contacted her close friend Vanessa.

In her view, since Doctor Lin had given such a powerful bracelet to Vanessa, Vanessa's relationship with him had to be much closer than her own. And since she and Vanessa were on good terms, perhaps Vanessa could act as an intermediary between her and Doctor Lin.

The two met in a reception room at Fisk Tower.

Desperate for help, Pepper had no