Chapter Twelve: Practicing Martial Arts

  US dollars and RMB or Hong Kong dollars are still quite different.

  Dong Xiaochuan was just joking with Su Yu Chen, he wouldn't really think of asking her for one million US dollars, even if it were Shi Haoyang's. In the country of Huaxia, it's best not to take such money, taking it doesn't necessarily mean it belongs to you, but it will definitely bring a lot of trouble.

  Shi Haiyang wouldn't understand, Su Yu Chen wouldn't understand either, and of course neither of them knew Dong Xiao Chuan's true identity. This little girl was thinking about repaying him in her heart at this moment, and for the time being, the only way she could repay him was with money. Similarly, the value of money also reflected the value of this person in a certain sense.

  You saved a man's life, and then he said "I'll give you 10 bucks, that's the value of your lifesaving efforts". This shows that in his eyes, his own life is only worth 10 bucks.

  "Thank you, Brother Dong, thank you so much."

  These past few days have thoroughly changed her values. What is a bad person, what is a good person, isn't something that can be clearly seen on the surface. Some bad people actually have excellent qualities; while some self-proclaimed good people don't necessarily have noble qualities. Like Shi Haiyang, who has a refined and courteous demeanor, speaks softly and slowly, and is very polite, giving off the image of an intellectual; whereas Dong Xiaochuan seems more like a big brother, giving her a feeling of closeness and having a heroic heart.

  Su Yu suddenly remembered something and said, "I want to inform Dad, tell him I'm safe now. He must still be anxious about raising money to ransom me." Dong Ge, do you have a mobile phone?

  Dong Xiaochuan shook his head, and Shi Haiyang said: "Hold on, let's wait until we leave the Golden Triangle before notifying. Su Yu Chen, to be honest with you, although you think being rescued or following us is safe, but we haven't left the Golden Triangle yet, it's not safe at all."

  Su Yu Chen looked at Dong Xiao Quan with a puzzled expression, not understanding why he said it was still not safe. Dong Xiao Quan answered her question, "We have some things to do, so many times we can't take care of you. To be honest, we ourselves don't know if we can escape. Su Yu Chen, but you also shouldn't worry too much, I believe Big Brother has prepared everything and there won't be any big problems."

  Shi Haiyang looked at Dong Xiaokang with a thoughtful expression and said, "No matter how perfect the plan is, there will always be unexpected events."

  He wasn't without his suspicions about Dong Xiaochuan's identity, and with the intelligence to read doctoral research and develop multiple medicines, he had once felt that it was a bit too coincidental to have met him. However, thinking that Dong Xiaochuan was someone he had invited himself, and even if he were an undercover agent arranged by Huaxia, it seemed like there wouldn't be any harm done to him since he had already reached an agreement with Huaxia.

  The duel with Chen Yang just now had instead dispelled his notion. Because he didn't believe that any ordinary mole would have such high skills, of course he wasn't aware that Huaxia also had Guoan and Longyao.

  After dinner, Dong Xiaochuan habitually checked around. In name, he was Shi Haoyang's bodyguard after all, and necessary safety checks still had to be done. Although the General's Mansion in Linqing was safe, as a security personnel, his education was that one should never think a place is safe. Even if a place was safe, the people one came into contact with weren't necessarily safe either.

  In history, many assassination cases were done by people around them. The general's mansion of the Jinyiwei was theoretically very safe, but if it was the general who wanted to deal with them, then it became the most unsafe. As for Su Yu Chen's affairs, they were not on his mind, and saving him was just a convenient rescue, not with any purpose.

  Su Yu also calmed down, a 16-year-old girl who had experienced things that ordinary people would not experience, and there would always be some changes in her body. She sat quietly on the bed in another small room, constantly thinking about what had happened in recent days, and combining it with the stories Grandpa told before, she drew some conclusions.

  First of all, Grandpa is not a simple person. Let's just say that he was able to establish the SuFu Jewelry Group 35 years ago and can tell so many stories about his adventures in the Jianghu world. Doesn't that prove that these are just stories? Does it mean that he didn't experience any of them himself? She could imagine that decades later, when she's old too, she'll be enthusiastically telling younger generations about the stories that happened today - Decades ago, your grandma went to the Golden Triangle and met some people...

  Su Yu Chen is not a simple little girl, from the first day she was kidnapped, she can calmly face it and find opportunities to escape. These experiences have brought about a qualitative change in her. Although this sublimation is still not obvious for the time being, and cannot be seen in an environment full of strong people, once back in the normal world, she will stand out.

  She stood up and quietly walked to the window, gazing into the distance.

  The Golden Triangle is actually more enchanting than imagined. It's more like a village, with three big landlords hiring many farmers to plant poppies for them. Perhaps in the eyes of those farmers, this is not a material for making drugs, but a very ordinary plant.

  The same thing can be completely different in different people's eyes.

  In the eyes of some political groups, the Golden Triangle is a small treasury; in the eyes of the police, the Golden Triangle is full of criminals who can be shot; in the eyes of drug traffickers, the Golden Triangle is a paradise; while in the eyes of these peasants, the Golden Triangle is simply home.

  She saw Dong Xiaochuan walking into the courtyard, opening his stance, and practicing a few punches. Her heart skipped a beat as she also walked down and asked: "Big Brother Dong, are you practicing martial arts?"

  Dong Xiaochuan looked at her and smiled: "Not really, just exercising a bit."

  "Thank you, Brother Dong, thank you so much."

  "Don't say thanks anymore, being able to meet here is also a kind of fate." Dong Xiaochuan said with some sighs.

  Yes, fate, this is indeed a fate. Dong Xiaochuan was originally a police officer and would not have come to the Golden Triangle. Su Yu Chen was only a 16-year-old rich lady and would not have come here either. But coincidentally, they met here.

  Of course, Dong Xiaochuan was just casually sighing and didn't have any thoughts about Su Yu Chen. Helping her was just his nature, not for any purpose. If he had a purpose for this trip, it would be completely unrelated to this matter.

  Su Yu Chen was just a little girl, full of fantasies about this fate. Undoubtedly, the hero saving the beauty is the most heart-moving, no matter if they can still have this heart-movement in the future, but at this moment it's heart-moving.

  "Dong big brother, can you teach me martial arts? I see your kung fu is very good, is it the legendary national art?"

  "What is this legendary national art?" Dong Xiaochuan was speechless and smiled, "Practicing martial arts isn't something that can be accomplished overnight. I've had today's skills because I've practiced for over a decade."

  "How old are you?" Su Yu Chen didn't believe it.

  "Not bad, I'm only 21 years old, but I started practicing martial arts at the age of three, so it's been eighteen years already."

  Su Yu stuck out her tongue and said coquettishly: "It's so long, I don't care, you have to teach me."

  "I think you still have some foundation, did you learn it before?"

  "I've been learning Taekwondo all along. But I just realized today that Taekwondo is useless."

  "No matter what kind of kung fu, as long as you practice it to a deep level, it's very powerful. Taekwondo is popular all over the world and isn't useless either. So, I'll teach you horse stance first, and if you master that, then I'll teach you other things."

  Horse steps, who can't? Su Yu Chen immediately walked to one side, half squatting, with both hands flat and raised, motionless, crouching steadily.

  "Is that so, Brother Dong?"

  Dong Xiaochuan didn't say a word, just smiled and looked at her. Before long, Su Yuchen's knees started to ache, and after a while, both legs began to tremble, her waist hurt, and soon her whole body felt hot and sweaty, with sweat even appearing on her forehead. She knew she couldn't hold on any longer, so she stood up, rubbed her sore knees, "Not bad, huh?"

  Dong Xiaochuan shook his head: "You're just standing there, motionless, and all you'll get is a sore waist. Horse stance, horse stance, the key is the 'horse' character - you have to stand like a horse."

  "What's with the horse?" Su Yu Chen didn't understand.

  "Have you ever seen someone ride a horse?"

  "I don't just see people riding horses, I've ridden them myself."

  "A man gallops on horseback, his body undulating with the horse's movements. The Horse Stance is a fundamental fist technique derived from riding horses, so when standing, one must also stand in harmony with the horse's rhythm, as if conjuring up a steed out of thin air."

  Dong Xiaochuan saw that Su Yu was still completely clueless, and knew that explaining these principles to him was like playing a lute to a cow. So he said: "Look at how I'm squatting."

  Dong Xiaochuan stood with his feet shoulder-width apart, his body swaying slightly up and down, like the ripples on a pond blown by a gentle breeze. "Come, come and crouch."

  Su Yu Chen looked at him and also tied her hair up in a similar way.

  "When crouching, the strength must first reach the soles of the feet. When standing up, the five toes on the bottom of the foot should be like a chicken's claw, tightly grasping the ground. As soon as the five toes grasp, it triggers the bones and muscles in the calf to move, causing the knee to naturally straighten. As the knee straightens, the thigh tightens, lifting the waist and pulling in the abdomen. This is the power of standing up."

  "When crouching down, your feet should be like those of a duck and goose, with the soles relaxed and all five toes spread apart. In this way, the knees are relaxed, thighs are relaxed, hips sit back, and abdomen is full."

  "In this slight fluctuation, constantly shifting the center of gravity of the whole body, so as not to cause physical injury by letting the center of gravity stay in one place."

  Su Yu didn't understand what was going on at all, but she followed obediently anyway.

  "The amplitude of the ups and downs should not be large, just a distance of one inch from the toes. You go up and down together, and you must accurately grasp the strength of this one-inch distance. The more accurate, the better!"

  Twenty minutes later, Su Yanxia felt a little dizzy, as if she was seasick, and her stomach was churning.

  "Do you feel dizzy, like motion sickness, and want to vomit?"

  She hastily nodded, but didn't dare open her mouth to speak, fearing that she would vomit as soon as she did.

  "Alright, don't stand up, practicing for one or two hours every day will be effective."

  "What kind of effect will it have."

  "You'll know naturally after practicing."

  "No way, Brother Dong, you must be putting me off. You have to teach me a couple of ultimate moves, preferably the kind that can defeat an enemy with one move."

  "One move to defeat the enemy, what I can do most is actually one move to kill."

  "Alright, I'll learn this, and then see who can still bully me."

  "Come on, I don't know if we'll ever meet again after this, so let me teach you once. You come from behind and grab me." Dong Xiaochuan demonstrated the pose to her, telling her to grab his shoulders from behind.

  She saw Dong Xiaochuan with his back to her, and immediately reached out to grab his shoulder. Dong Xiaochuan lightly turned around, his right elbow sharp as a gun, striking towards her chest. Of course this was just a practice move, Dong Xiaochuan's movements were very slow, she had time to react, instinctively pushing both hands forward, blocking Dong Xiaochuan's elbow.

  Who would have thought that as soon as she touched his elbow, Dong Xiaochuan's forearm was like a whip, suddenly popping down and flicking up, his palm directly slapping her crotch. This move was both fast and urgent, the force changing abruptly, she hadn't even reacted yet, when Dong Xiaochuan's palm had already slapped her lower abdomen.

  She was startled and felt a chill run from the base of her spine up to the back of her head, with goosebumps all over her body.

  "Turn around, elbow strike, lift hem." This move is just right for dealing with perverts.

  Su Yu's face turned bright red as he exclaimed, "I'm going to learn this move right now!"