Chapter: 2731

Charlie Wade turned to Su Ruoli and said, “Ruoli, please give Lao Chen your contact information, and then go back to the room and rest.”

“Great!” she replied.

Meanwhile, in Northeast Mocheng, the temperature was freezing. This small town is one of the coldest places in China, with temperatures reaching as low as minus 17 to 18 degrees Celsius, similar to a freezer. During the coldest part of winter, temperatures can drop to around minus 50 degrees.

In this chilly town lives the He family, one of China’s four major martial arts families. They settled here in a county with a population of less than 100,000. The He family is not originally from Mocheng; they came from the Jiaodong Peninsula. Long ago, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, they were known for their martial arts and dart-throwing skills.

Initially, the He family focused on external martial arts, which kept them from being recognized as a true martial arts family. Everything changed at the end of the Qing Dynasty, when they faced turmoil in the Jiaodong Peninsula. During their escape to the northeast, they stumbled upon a fragment of an inner family boxing method.

This boxing method was incomplete, with nearly half of it lost over time. It had many flaws in both the fighting technique and the accompanying mental training. Despite its shortcomings, the He family used this incomplete inner family boxing technique to establish themselves as a respected martial arts family in the northeast.

However, practicing this flawed technique often caused problems for them. While training, their internal energy would become disturbed, leading to issues with their meridians.

Many years ago, a serious event led to the end of martial arts practice, causing injuries and even deaths among the younger generation. In response, the He family decided to train in a special inner boxing method in a very cold place. They believed the extreme cold would help them control their internal energy better, reducing the risk of accidents.

To do this, the He family moved to the coldest desert city in China, where they settled down. Su Ruoli grew up and spent her teenage years there. Her mother, He Yingxiu, who had once sacrificed her arm to save Su Shoudao, lived there too and rarely left Mocheng. However, recently, He Yingxiu had been away from home more often.

When Su Ruoli was captured in Japan, He Yingxiu heard Su Shoudao say he would rescue her. She traveled to Japan to see Su Ruoli, hoping to reassure herself while waiting for her daughter to come back home. Unfortunately, news soon spread that Su Ruoli was missing and that the Su family had betrayed her.

From that point on, He Yingxiu dedicated most of her time to searching for Su Ruoli in Japan. She knew it would be a difficult task, like looking for a needle in a haystack, but she didn’t give up. She searched for a long time in Tokyo and nearby areas and even spent a lot of money hiring rescue boats to look for her in the seas around Japan and along the Chinese coast. Sadly, she found no clues.

Just two days ago, she returned from the southeast coast after visiting several important port cities, but still, there was no news of anyone arriving secretly. He Yingxiu understood that the longer it took, the less likely it was that Su Ruoli would survive. So, she talked with her father, He Hongsheng, and they decided to gather more resources for the search.

She gathered funds and then began searching the coastal areas of the Jiaodong Peninsula, hoping to find any sign of Su Ruoli.