As Xiao's mother called for help in the village, more and more people picked up their tools and went to the mountains.

Although they all knew Bai Yajing's skills and prowess, they were still worried when she went missing.

"Could it be that Ya Jing went to the deep mountains to gather herbs?"

Aunt Wang and the others weren't in a hurry and were even chatting.

"Probably. With that girl's skills and those strange medicines, she should be fine as long as it's not a bear or a tiger."

"Hey, I doubt that big worm can catch her. She might not be able to kill the worm, but she can certainly escape."

"Alright, that's enough. Everyone's gone to the mountains, so let's hurry. It's best if that girl is alright. Let's go check on her and make sure she's okay. Then we can bring some wild game home."

"Alright, alright, let's go quickly."

Meanwhile, Mr. Xiao finally met the person he was waiting for.

"Ache, Uncle Kang, Aunt, Old Bai, Xiao Si, come with me quickly, Ya Jing is missing!"

"What? What happened?" Grandpa and the others were both shocked and anxious.

"How could Ya Jing be missing? Isn't she at home?"

The group of people were very anxious upon hearing this.

Xiao Che anxiously pulled his father aside and asked, "Dad, tell me properly, what happened!"

Mr. Xiao led them away, explaining, "Several of the educated youth went to the mountains to dig for wild vegetables, but when they came back, Ya Jing was gone! Many people in the village have already gone to the mountains to look for her."

"Oh, right, your grandfather asked you and Xiao Si to go into the mountains to look for someone. I'm taking a few old folks back first!"

It's really inconvenient for the elderly to go into the mountains. It's better to go home with him and wait for news.

When the grandparents and Mr. Bai heard that Bai Yajing had gone to the mountains, they felt relieved.

"Fourth brother, A-Che, you two go and meet Ya-Jing. We'll go back and wait for her."

"Okay, wait for our news."

By now, quite a few people had already gathered in the mountains. However, the scene had little to do with a tense search for someone; it was more like a spring outing…

"Ya Jing, where are you?"

"Jing, make a sound so your uncles and aunts can hear you!"

"Hey! Ergao, do you think Jing is a mouse?! You even dared to squeak! Hahahaha!"

The students from the Second High School joined in the commotion and laughter.

“This back mountain is like our own backyard, what could possibly happen to Jing’er! I bet that herb-obsessed girl is off guarding some medicinal herbs that are ripening again.”

"Who says otherwise! That girl was saying the other day that she wanted to raise a wolfhound for Grandma Lan and Old Man Bai to guard the house. Who knows, she might go and find a wolf to mate with Big Yellow in the village."

Kang Song organized his men and caught up with them. "That's the kind of thing that guy would do! It's normal that those educated youth didn't know this since it was their first time encountering such a situation."

"Since we're already here, why don't we just take the whole wild boar back and share it with the villagers? We've been working so hard on the farm lately, we need to make up for it!"

Upon hearing this, the students from the Second High School immediately agreed.

"Okay, we'll go once they find them."

At this moment, several educated youths led the group to the place where they had agreed to meet earlier.

"This is the place. We agreed to meet here around eleven o'clock. But we waited and waited and she didn't come back!"

Qiao Yu and Jiang Wenming had already explained the situation to everyone along the way.

The village chief carefully checked the surroundings but found nothing unusual.

So I asked them, "Which road did that girl take before?"

Qiao Yu quickly pointed to the direction Bai Yajing had gone earlier, "That way, that's where she went when we parted ways."

Upon hearing this, the village chief pointed to a few able-bodied young men and said, "Go over there and look for them, see what's going on."