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Next, Ye Qing sought out Liu Changping for a detailed inquiry about his first love; he learned that this woman was named Chen Xueru and came from Erhe Village in Xishan City.

Erhe Village is located at the estuary near Xishan City, a place often afflicted by floods. Over twenty years ago, a sudden flood one night devastated the entire Erhe Village. According to local records, hardly anyone from the entire village survived. Liu Changping had searched several times in the past, but the village no longer existed, and he had never seen any of its former residents again. As for Chen Xueru and her family, it was said they had all been swept away by that flood, not one spared.