Ding Xiang had never been outside the village. A 15-year-old girl like her would definitely run into danger.
Shao Yunduan and Qiao Xuan suspected that Ding Xiang had run away from the village, rather than in the mountains.
The villagers spent three days but failed to find Ding Xiang.
Three days later, they stopped the search.
It was all they could have helped with.
They all believed that Ding Xiang must have died in the deep mountains.
Either she fell into the valley and went unnoticed. Or she had been eaten up by a beast.
A young girl would not stay alive after spending three days in the deep mountains.
No one, except for Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan, thought that she would have escaped the village.
That was beyond their imagination.
