After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 375 A Severed Finger Discovered

At this critical moment, Su Xiaoxiao certainly couldn't say anything to further hurt Su Ping'an, like saying that if her brother Su Bingcheng were to be carried off by wolves, he deserved it and should die!

If these words were spoken aloud, Su Ping'an would be even more heartbroken.

Although Su Bingcheng's actions were indeed quite infuriating, Su Xiaoxiao felt the same way and wished she could immediately send Su Bingcheng to the authorities.

However, Su Bingcheng was, after all, a relative whom Su Xiaoxiao had met after transmigrating—her husband's younger brother. After calming down, she also felt a little scared.

Could Su Bingcheng really be dead? First of all, he doesn't know martial arts, and besides, he could easily be attacked by those hungry wolves on the mountain; such things happen all the time.

Let alone people in ancient times who didn't have any weapons to defend themselves against wild animals, even now, there's still no way to defend against them. If they were attacked by wild beasts in the mountains and were unarmed, they would only be able to die.

Su Xiaoxiao came over and took Su Ping'an's hand, saying, "Don't be too anxious. Getting angry can easily upset you, which is bad for your health. Besides, your brother is so smart, he shouldn't be so easily killed by wild animals... Let's rest for a while, and we'll take people up the mountain to look for him again as soon as it's light tomorrow. Is that alright?"

Su Pingan had no choice but to nod in agreement. He barely slept that night, and when Su Xiaoxiao opened her eyes the next morning, she saw Su Pingan sitting on the bed, sighing, looking like he hadn't slept at all.

Su Xiaoxiao felt sorry for her husband, so she didn't say anything. She quickly prepared breakfast and went out to find the village head. It seemed like she was going to be busy today.

The village head and his men were all ready. Everyone brought their tools and weapons and went up the mountain again. However, this time, Old Madam Wang actually came along. Although it was obvious that she hadn't slept all night, with dark circles under her eyes and looking very haggard, she still persevered. She said she was determined to find her son, whether he was alive or dead. That's probably what kept her going until now.

Now everyone is ready and marching up the mountain together, comforting the heartbroken old lady Wang along the way.

Old Mrs. Wang really cried. Since Su Xiaoxiao met Old Mrs. Wang, she had never seen her so sad and upset.

This old lady is really infuriating, but I've never seen her so desperately sad before.

Su Xiaoxiao didn't say much. She looked at Su Ping'an beside her and saw that Su Ping'an was staring at his mother with a sad expression.

Everyone retraced their steps up the mountain, carefully searching any places they might have missed yesterday. They also brought several hunting dogs, which had very sensitive noses. After letting them sniff the shoes Su Bingcheng was wearing, the dogs began to sniff every corner of the mountain. Everyone followed the dogs and split up to search the mountain.

After all, visibility is much better when it's light, unlike when it's dark. On such a large mountain with complex terrain, finding someone is extremely difficult.

Things are different now. With the help of the hunting dogs, there are twice as many people as last night. Everyone is working together and vowing to find Su Bingcheng.

The mountain was still quite desolate, and the weather was rather cold, so they followed the hunting dogs back to the place where they had found Su Bingcheng's shoes yesterday.

When we arrived at the scene a little earlier today, we found a large patch of blood and several pieces of cloth torn from Su Bingcheng's clothes. The cloth was clearly ripped apart by some large wild animal, leaving it in tatters. Old Mrs. Wang rushed over, picking up the pieces of cloth one by one. Then, clutching the pieces, she sat down on the ground and began to weep bitterly.

Everyone sighed in dismay. Just then, a hunting dog led a person to the edge of the cliff, sniffed around incessantly, and then stopped, with something in its mouth.

The villager looked and saw that it was a severed middle finger. It was human, covered in blood. He picked it up and showed it to the others. Old Mrs. Wang pushed through the crowd, rushed over, grabbed the severed finger, looked at it again and again, and then burst into tears.

“These are my son Su Bingcheng’s fingers!”

When others asked her why she was so sure, the old lady Wang sobbed and said, "My son has a scar on his middle finger. It was from when he was a child and got burned while playing with firewood."

When Su Xiaoxiao took a look, she was surprised to find that the severed middle finger belonged to Su Bingcheng.

Judging from the horrific scene, it seemed Su Bingcheng was truly in grave danger. However, they couldn't find him; everyone was standing beside the cliff, with no way forward.

Grandma Wang held the severed middle finger and finally fainted from crying.

Others asked what to do about the village head?
The village head glanced at Su Ping'an, and after a long while, he said with great sorrow, "Ping'an, I think Su Bingcheng really can't survive. He was probably dragged away and eaten by those wild wolves. All we can find here are some scraps of cloth and his limbs. Alas! We've searched almost the entire mountain, but we still haven't found him."

Su Ping'an was also very sad, but he knew that the village head and the others had actually done their best to help find him.

If he'd been devoured by wolves and other wild beasts, where would we find him? We wouldn't even be able to find a complete carcass. Su Ping'an said, "I'll go look at the cliff at the foot of the mountain again and see if I can find my brother."

It seemed Su Ping'an still didn't want to give up. The village head hurriedly advised, "Ping'an, it's not that I'm being harsh, but if Bingcheng falls off the cliff, he'll hardly survive at that height. Besides, the terrain at the bottom of the cliff is complicated and so deep, it won't be easy to find him..."

Before the village head could finish speaking, Su Ping'an immediately said, "It's alright, Uncle, I have some martial arts skills, so I'm not afraid. You can take your men back first!"

The village head hesitated for a moment, then asked the people around him if anyone wanted to go down the cliff with Su Ping'an to search for him.

Those people came to help, not to die. The cliff below is bottomless, and who knows what dangers it holds? Who would be willing to take that risk?
For the last half day, no one made a sound, and the village head sighed.

When Grandma Wang stopped crying and heard Su Ping'an say he wanted to go down the cliff to search, she saw that the other villagers were unwilling to help, so she quickly pushed her second son, Su Xiangdong.

"Child, go down with Ping An to search!"

Unexpectedly, Su Xiangdong shook his head vigorously, "Mom, I... I'm scared too! That cliff is called 'Ghost's Sorrow,' a place that no one in our village has dared to set foot on since ancient times. You want me to go? I'm so stupid, I'd never come back! I won't do it!"