Everything was as Song Heping had expected.
The disappearance of the shepherd boy caused a commotion in the small village.
Soon, the entire village was mobilized to search for the child.
After two hours of searching, the villagers finally found the little shepherd boy on the mountain west of the village, bound and gagged.
The first thing the shepherd boy said when the cloth was removed from his mouth was—"There are Americans who have come!"
This sentence was like a bomb, instantly igniting emotions.
Members of the Ata Organization hiding in the village quickly received the news that two Americans had already infiltrated near the village.
The Ata Organization has been operating here for many years and has long become united with some of the mountain villagers along the border.
They often hide in the village, and whenever government forces arrive, people from miles around would notify them.
