How should we proceed?
Slowly lifting her head, Su Yue'er looked at the impending nightfall and gritted her teeth.
"Let's go find Uncle Wu Zuo!"
However, on arriving at Wu Zuo's house, they found out that he had already gone to Luoshan Village and had not returned yet. His house, barely big enough for his family of seven, barely accommodated Su Yue'er and her two companions for the night.
Two days went by without any news from Wu Zuo.
For Su Yue'er, these two days felt like an eternity.
She waited everyday at the entrance of the government office, once her home, now a place she could only long for from afar.
She tried to gain an audience but all her attempts were futile.
She couldn't even get in contact with the prison gatekeeper.
With all her prayers falling on deaf ears and her incessant endeavours bearing no fruit, Su Yue'er was on the brink of a mental breakdown.
Just when she was at her wits' end, weeping inconsolably, Wu Zuo finally returned home bearing good news.