The Village Chief stood there, wanting to speak but holding back, watching helplessly as over thirty households—more than five hundred people in all—departed the village.
"Hmph! What’s there to be so smug about? As if they’ll suddenly find water and food just by leaving," sneered the head of the Liu clan.
Just then, a man came running over, shouting, "It’s a disaster! A disaster! Someone’s been killed!"
Chapter 56