Chapter 401: Reunion (2) (1/2)
They had chased after her on the snowboat. Along the way, they had found two frozen corpses, both male.
Judging from the direction they had been headed, they were likely Xiao Bojian’s men, sent after Chu Lian.
If even they hadn’t been able to survive in this weather, how would a young and fragile lady like Chu Lian fare?
He Changdi refused to continue that line of thought.
Xiao Hongyu couldn’t help but try to reassure him after seeing how silent his brother had been the whole time, “Brother He, try to think positively. Since Sister-in-Law managed to escape this far, she must have found a way to survive.”
He Sanlang shot a glance at Xiao Hongyu, the complicated bitterness in his eyes speaking volumes. He couldn’t even think of his past complaints about her at this time. His only hope now was to see Chu Lian safe and sound.
Wasn’t there the saying ‘troublemakers live for thousands of years’? How could anything happen to that wicked woman?!
The snowboat glided silently over the snow-covered ground in the night. They continued travelling for what seemed like years to He Sanlang before the whole group abruptly stopped.
He Changdi finally showed some signs of life as he started and headed out of the warm pen to ask why they had stopped.
“What’s going on? Why did we stop?” Fatigue was clear in He Sanlang’s husky voice.
Li Xing quickly ran over, “Third Young Master, there’s no sign of any more tracks…”
Terror took over He Changdi for a moment.
What did they mean by no more tracks? What a bunch of useless fools!
He Changdi disregarded the objections of his subordinates and headed out to see for himself.
The scout had no choice but to lead him to where the tracks had vanished.
The hoof marks had disappeared under the snow. They couldn’t find any more tracks despite checking in every possible direction. He Changdi stood in the middle of the endless snow-covered plains. His heart felt like an icy block in his chest that had frozen over in an instant, even colder than the northern night around him.
His hands clenched into fists as the depths of his eyes turned murky. He turned to all of his subordinates around him and ordered, “Look around! Even if we have to dig up all of the ground in a radius of a hundred kilometres from here, I want to see Third Young Madam in front of me!”
He was normally a man of few words and cold expressions. His subordinates had never seen him in such a frenzy before.
Thus, they could only obey their orders.
Each of them got back onto their respective snowboats and started searching for clues in their surroundings.
He Changdi stood right at the spot where the tracks had disappeared, as if he had turned into a statue. He refused to believe that Chu Lian would have simply vanished and died out here!