It was the third week of September. The three months leeway that Teng Man Rui requested from Shi Fan Hai was almost up. Come October, he would have started his thorough search for her.
Teng Man Rui was staying hidden in the middle of nowhere in Southern China, near a temple. At first she decided to stay at a temple to serve and lead an ascetic life, but then she decided to leave after some time, only to settle in a cottage in the forest, just near the temple she stayed in.
She decided to become one of the village people and blend with them.
During the first month she had been to famous and extravagant places such as Paris, Venice, Brazil and Las Vegas, intentionally splurging her credit cards in a shopping spree. She was deliberately leaving behind her footprints. All her shopping items, she had sent to the main house of the Tengs.
