But it enraged the Heavenly Empress, who took the form of an old woman and said to him,"If you dare leap for love from here, I'll let you meet her." Without a second thought, the mortal jumped right down from that spot.
However, his leap ultimately touched the heart of the Heavenly Empress. It turned out to be a test from her, and finally, she allowed the two lovers to meet. This place thus became known as the Lovers' Leap.
Of course, such mythological tales are mostly fabrications of the common folk, created to draw in tourists.
At this moment, Ye Wudao, Pan Minghui, and Deng Huimei had already arrived at Lovers' Leap, yet there was no sign of Ma Tianhua.
They did find, however, an empty cigarette box on the ground and a pile of cigarette butts that had been recently smoked.
Clearly, someone had been smoking here not long ago, and Pan Minghui recognized the brand immediately—it was the kind that Ma Tianhua always smoked.