Xu Chunxia ran out of her home and sat in a dilapidated thatched hut at the end of the village for nearly an hour, feeling the oppressiveness of the silence around her. Frightened, she left the hut and walked toward the busier parts of the village road before stopping to listen to people gossiping.
As those gossiping gradually went for home, she found herself with nowhere to go and thought of Kang Li.
Thus, she found herself outside Captain Kang's front gate.
"If you need something, come back tomorrow and talk to Li Bao; she's already gone to sleep," someone said.
With less than ten minutes until nine, most of the villagers were already resting. What was going on with this third daughter of the Xu family that she had to rush to his house to find his precious daughter at this hour?
"I... I'm afraid to go back home, Uncle Kang. My parents are listening to my sister-in-law and want to marry me off to a cripple—not marry, sell me to a cripple..."
