At first, the woman wasn't screaming too loudly, but as she heard the commotion and barking of dogs from the distant village, her screams grew louder.
In fact, the noise from Run Sheng kicking the door had already alarmed the village, but by the time the nearby villagers came out, Run Sheng had already carried the woman into the ancestral hall.
In the pitch dark, it would take the villagers a while to figure out exactly what had happened.
"Was there anyone else in her house?"
"A man," Run Sheng said, "but after I glared at him, he just cowered on the bed, not daring to stop me."
Clearly, the woman's husband was a coward, not even brave enough to protect his own wife. However, such a man could be ruthless to drivers passing through from other places.
Perhaps it was the man's account of the woman and now her screams that finally made the villagers realize what had happened and where to go.
