Village Chief Huang lowered his gaze. "When we entered the village, there wasn't a single living person left."
His casual understatement plunged the Gu family into deep sorrow. They had suspected this outcome for the dozen or so households that, for various reasons, had failed to join the exodus, but hearing it confirmed was still hard to accept.
The villagers of Kao Mountain Village watched them defensively, afraid these original owners would take their anger out on them.
Mayor Shan, who also knew of the tragedy from a few years ago, stood silently to the side. He waited until they had composed themselves before asking, "What are your plans now?"
If the ancestral hall hadn't been destroyed, it would have been fine for the Gu family to stay. But now, a feud had started before they even entered the village, so he didn't dare let them remain here.
