Chu Xuhua immediately sent someone to bring Madam Zhou's cousin, but he wasn't at home and had been missing since the afternoon.
Ge Lihua frowned, "Fled out of guilt?"
Hearing this, Xu San immediately protested, "See, I told you it was him. Let me go; this has nothing to do with me."
Chu Xuhua looked at him, "We can't prove he's the murderer yet. Just stay here. If you didn't kill, we won't wrong you."
Xu San, intimidated by Chu Xuhua's stern gaze, shrank back and remained silent.
Chu Xuhua told Ge Lihua, "I'll be back with my wolves to search for him. Even if he hides at the end of the earth, I'll find him."
Ge Lihua nodded in agreement.
Chu Xuhua, with three half-grown wolves, went to the village of Madam Zhou's cousin. The wolves, after sniffing his clothes, began to track the scent.
First, they followed the village roads and then headed into the mountains, deeper into the wilderness.
