Li Qi went mad, pinned Chunlan to the ground and beat her severely, then, in a fit of rage, stripped her clothes off.

The scene from that morning was repeated, with Chunlan screaming in despair.

She knew that the neighbor's child had recently offended some spirits, and the child's mother had been taking care of him at home.

Chunlan pinned her hopes on her neighbors hearing the noise and coming to her rescue.

Even if the woman was afraid of causing trouble, it would be good if she just threw a stone into the yard to scare Li Qi.

But no one came. Chunlan called until her voice was hoarse, but no one came to check on her.

Chunlan's clothes were all torn to shreds.

She lay on the scorching cement floor, her skin chafed raw by the rough cement, and it hurt a lot.

Li Ping was breathing heavily, he seemed a little too excited, saliva secreted between his teeth, some of it dripping onto Chunlan's chest.

The sky was a deep, pure blue; if you looked at it for too long, it would seem almost black.

Chunlan's eyes were filled with despair. The sun in her world had disappeared long ago, leaving only a gray-blue sky, gloomy and oppressive, making it hard to breathe.

Li Qi tore open Chunlan's skirt and sank his thin body down into it.

Xie Tuoyu pounded on the flimsy door, making a loud bang, "Open the door!"

Li Qi jumped up from the ground like a startled toad.

Chunlan's eyes darted around. Xie Tuoyu kicked the door, sending dust swirling down from the top of the doorframe. "Open the door now!"

Hope rekindled in Chunlan's eyes, and she sat up from the ground, trembling.

"Help! Help me!"

Fearing the people inside wouldn't be able to wait, and since the courtyard wall wasn't very high, Yi Mu used a dead branch for support to climb over the wall and jump into the courtyard.

Just as Li Qi was about to climb over the wall to escape, Yi Mu came in.

Seeing that he was about to escape, Yi Mu glanced at the woman huddled on the ground, barely clothed.

In a flash, Yi Mu shouted outside, "Xie Tuoyu, he's trying to escape from the west!"

Upon hearing this, Xie Tuoyu turned and ran towards the west wall.

Upon hearing Yi Mu's report, Li Qi cursed inwardly for being a busybody.

Unfortunately, he twisted his ankle when he jumped down.

He was limping forward when Xie Tuoyu, who had caught up with him, kicked him in the back, sending him flying.

Li Qi let out a muffled cry, feeling as if his internal organs had shifted.

Xie Tuoyu pulled him up from the ground, and when he saw his face, his brows furrowed.

Things have gotten complicated now.

Yi Mu slowly approached Chunlan, who was trembling all over, took off his shirt, and draped it over Chunlan.

A child was crying nearby, sobbing uncontrollably, and the child was terrified.

Chunlan had her back to Yimu, her fingers trembling uncontrollably.

After finally getting dressed, he buttoned up the top button of his shirt, covering himself up completely.

Chunlan lowered her head, as if she dared not see anyone, and thanked Yi Mu repeatedly. Then she walked to the child's side, hugged the child in her arms, and gently coaxed him.

Seeing this scene, Yi Mu felt very uncomfortable.

He didn't know that this woman was Chunlan.

In broad daylight, a woman was raped by a man who broke into her home. In this world, has humanity really sunk to such a low level?

Chunlan carried the child into the house and coaxed him to sleep before washing her face and coming out.

She forced a smile, which looked worse than crying.

"If it weren't for you today, I probably would have been killed by that beast... Anyway, thank you for standing up for me."

Yi Mu looked around her yard.

Compared to the Sang family's courtyard, which was about a third the size of a football field, this courtyard was pitifully small, filled with fallen leaves, and looked desolate.

"You live with just the child?" Yi Mu asked.

Chunlan pursed her lips and nodded.