Lu Zhanguo and Lu Aiguo sat on a night train to Zhangbei, only to find that there were no vehicles going to Heyan Village. They had to trek tens of miles up the mountainous road in heavy snow. In the absence of any human activity, the only evidence of passage on the treacherous path was the occasional pair of footprints left behind by a wandering merchant.
The two men followed the mountain road towards Heyan Village, arriving around noon. They asked a couple of children ice-skating at the entrance of the village, then headed straight for the Song residence.
Song Dajiang, the man of the Song Family, was dumbstruck by these unexpected visitors. Especially upon seeing Lu Zhanguo, fear flickered in his eyes, and he called out uneasily, "Xiuzhen, you better come out here. Tiancheng is back."
