Republic of China era: A hundred-year-old still practicing martial arts? Is that right?

"Qingzhu, are you alright?"

Upon seeing Liu Qingzhu, Gu Yanqiu hurriedly stepped forward, his eyes filled with lingering worry, and carefully examined Liu Qingzhu.

Liu Qingzhu sensed her close friend's concern, and the coldness in her eyes dissipated considerably, replaced by a beautiful smile: "What could possibly be wrong with me?"

Gu Yanqiu withdrew her gaze and looked at Liu Qingzhu's rosy cheeks with a puzzled expression, but she could not see anything unusual.

Didn't I realize before that something was off with Liu Qingzhu?

How come it's completely intact now?

Could it be that I guessed wrong?

Putting aside her doubts, Gu Yanqiu recounted what she had seen and heard on the way: "When I came here, I drove around the city, and there wasn't a single disturbance in the city."

Taking advantage of a pause in Gu Yanqiu's speech, Liu Qingzhu glanced at Lin Ji, who was not far away.

The scene of her taking off her clothes and applying medicine, and expelling the poison with her qi, flashed through Liu Qingzhu's mind, and the blush on her cool cheeks deepened.

Gu Yanqiu noticed Liu Qingzhu's unusual behavior. She followed Liu Qingzhu's gaze and looked at Lin Ji with suspicion, but she couldn't see anything unusual.

Liu Qingzhu quickly pretended to ponder and shook her head:

"I don't quite understand the current situation in Jiangcheng."

"In that case, you take Uncle Lin back to the Martial Arts Hall first, and I'll go check on the gang."

"Okay, contact me immediately if there's any trouble." Gu Yanqiu nodded.

The conversation between the two reached Lin Ji's ears.

"The gang?"

Lin Ji recalled what Takeda Yuki had said in the restaurant.

"You're the advisor for the Green Robe Gang!"

Lin Ji's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly looked up to examine Liu Qingzhu again.

Could this girl be the advisor of the Green Robe Gang?

Liu Qingzhu looked up at Lin Ji and saw that Lin Ji was holding a thin shirt in his hand:

"Uncle Lin, there's a kitchen in the side room. Go there and change your clothes, and burn the old one too."

Lin Ji nodded in response, then turned and walked into the side room.

Lin Ji changed his clothes, stuffed the blood-stained garment into the kitchen of the side room, and burned it clean. The three of them then left the courtyard.

Liu Qingzhu and Gu Yanqiu and Lin Ji were not going the same way, and the three parted ways after leaving the alley.

Lin Ji and Lin Ji were left alone to walk along the dim streetlights towards the Martial Arts Hall.

"Instructor Gu..."

The sky gradually darkened.

The moonlight enveloped the horizon.

The streets gradually became deserted.

Occasionally, you can still see a few rickshaw pullers who haven't finished pulling their rickshaws yet.

"What's wrong, Uncle Lin... Uncle Lin?" Gu Yanqiu turned to look at Lin Ji and called out "Uncle Lin" with some difficulty.

Lin Ji paced back and forth, and couldn't help but take another closer look at Gu Yanqiu.

picture!

It's so similar.

He couldn't pinpoint exactly where it resembled something.

He just felt that Gu Yanqiu looked exactly like his granddaughter.

"Old man, I want to ask you for a favor."

Gu Yanqiu's handsome eyebrows suddenly twitched:

"Uncle Lin, just say the word. Yanqiu said before that you can just make your request and I will do my best to fulfill it."

Lin Ji nodded slowly, his throat moving:

"I want to see your mother."

Gu Yanqiu was slightly taken aback, even slowing his pace a bit. He paused for two or three breaths before speaking:

"Okay. Once I've finished dealing with these matters, I'll take you back."

Lin Ji's slight anxiety subsided.

The two walked for a while longer, and when they could vaguely see the outline of the martial arts hall, Lin Ji spoke again:

"The old man has other things to attend to, please grant him another night's leave, Instructor Gu."

Under the dim streetlights, Lin Ji couldn't see Gu Yanqiu's entire face. Gu Yanqiu's lips curled slightly, and he nodded thoughtfully.

"Okay, Uncle Lin, be careful."

Lin Ji nodded, turned, and walked into the darkness.

They rushed all the way.

Lin Ji arrived at the Sea Dragon Gang's warehouse.

A few days have passed.

The warehouse has returned to its former appearance.

The searchlight beam occasionally swept across the ground.

At the entrance of the warehouse.

Two crooked-shouldered gang members stood guard.

I saw two people.

Lin Ji suddenly lifted his eyelids.

These two thugs were carrying foreign guns on their backs.

Shen Jinluan is indeed a master of tactics!

Lin Ji swaggered forward.

Whoosh!

Two young men awkwardly raised their guns.

"Who goes there? Stop right there!"

Lin Ji continued walking without stopping.

The searchlight beam swept across the sky, brushing past Lin Ji and illuminating his gray hair.

The two thugs were both shocked.

"Get out of here!"

A graceful figure swayed her waist as she walked out of the warehouse entrance.

Long, snow-white legs emerged step by step from beneath a green satin cheongsam.

"Yes, Boss!"

Shen Jinluan crossed her left arm and removed the jade pipe from her lips with her right hand:

"You're willing to give it up?"

"Of course I'll accept Chief Shen's invitation."

Lin Ji stepped onto the steps at the warehouse entrance and headed straight for the stairs leading to the second floor.

"This old man is acting like he's back home."

Shen Jinluan put the pipe back to her lips, cursing under her breath, and followed Lin Ji upstairs to the second floor.

"Who is this person? Why did they go to the second floor?"

"you do not know?"

"That day... Zhou... Zhou Hu died, you didn't hear? This old man killed him with three punches."

"Huh? I'm new here, bro. This old man looks to be at least seventy? He's that amazing?"

As the two were talking, Shen Jinluan, who had walked a short distance away, with a pipe in her mouth, glanced back slightly, and the two immediately fell silent.

"Shh..."

The second floor.

Inside Shen Jinluan's boudoir.

Shen Jinluan scrutinized Lin Ji for a moment, and her first words left Lin Ji somewhat speechless:

"Old man, where's the clothes I gave you? Why are you wearing such a shabby outfit again?"

Lin Ji frowned slightly. Something about Shen Jinluan's words seemed off.

I think I heard this myself decades ago.

Lin Ji looked down and glanced at his attire.

The thin shirt that Gu Yanqiu brought was indeed a size too small, and it looked a bit out of place on him.

"I killed a few Japanese during the day and ruined their clothes."

"Japanese?" Shen Jinluan's eyebrows shot up, and she took the pipe away from her mouth again: "How did you get in touch with Japanese people?"

"It was a completely undeserved disaster." Lin Ji briefly recounted what had happened during the day.

A barely perceptible displeasure flashed in Shen Jinluan's alluring eyes, and her tone of voice changed slightly:

"Oh, I didn't realize you old man had gotten involved with the Green Robe Gang's advisor."

Lin Ji frowned, a questioning look appearing in his eyes:

"Is Liu Qingzhu really a clerk for the Green Robe Gang?"

"Absolutely genuine! Otherwise, why did I go to all that trouble to apologize before?" Shen Jinluan twirled her pipe in the air, then sat on the bed, her cheongsam skirt tilting to one side, revealing her long, slender legs.

Lin Ji made no attempt to conceal his gaze, which swept back and forth across Shen Jinluan's legs.

"Let's get down to business." Shen Jinluan was completely oblivious to Lin Ji's gaze, letting him scan her. "I'm in trouble."

"Troublesome?" Lin Ji looked up and asked in confusion.

"The Fengxi Gang! We encountered Japanese people when we were taking over their territory."

"Japanese?" This time it was Lin Ji's turn to be shocked.

"Yes. They must be the same group you met." Shen Jinluan crossed her legs, and the snow-white skin on her legs attracted Lin Ji's attention even more, but she was still completely unaware.

"You must have heard about the missing people in the city. Guess where they went?" Shen Jinluan looked at Lin Ji with her beautiful eyes.

Lin Ji's pupils suddenly contracted.

A chill ran down my spine and spread throughout my body.

Japanese!

People have gone missing!

Lin Ji recalled some unpleasant memories, a chill ran through his head, and his brows furrowed tightly.

"Human experimentation?"

Shen Jinluan raised an eyebrow and said in surprise:

"You know?"

"I guessed!" Lin Ji's voice was deep, and the frivolity in his eyes was gone.