Luo Fan looked at Minako, waiting for her to continue.
Minako did not keep him in suspense. She gave him a full account of what she had learned the night before.
"The family I stayed with last night had a young woman, probably in her twenties. She was pretty outgoing, and we really hit it off."
At this point, the corners of Minako's lips curved slightly. She was clearly quite pleased with her ability to get close to people.
Luo Fan did not interrupt her. He merely nodded, signaling for her to continue.
"Once we'd gotten to know each other, I learned something pretty important from her."
Minako lowered her voice a little. "She said her mother wasn't actually from this village. She married into it from outside."
"But she'd never met her maternal grandparents, and her mother had never gone back to visit her own family."
"From the day her mother married into Peach Blossom Village, she completely cut off contact with her family, as though her relatives over there had never existed."
Luo Fan's expression barely changed after he heard this.
He had already learned from the village chief that none of the villagers ever left.
Since they never left the village, it seemed only natural that women who married into it never went back to visit their families.
Although the information Minako had gathered was valuable, in his eyes, it merely further confirmed what he already knew.
Everyone in this village, whether born and raised here or married in from outside, was bound here by some force, unable to leave.
Naturally, Minako had no idea what Luo Fan was thinking. She continued, "At the time, I also thought that was probably just normal for the villagers. But I kept my wits about me and asked her one