Chapter Two: Catching Adultery

"Don't be afraid, it's me, I'm here to help you! Come out quickly."

Hearing Yang Liu's voice, Jiang Mi ran even faster.

Jiang Mi was pampered by her family since childhood. She was simple-minded, but not stupid. If Yang Liu really cared about her, why would he bring the village hooligans to find her?

Moreover, in her previous life, when she was vilified by thousands, Yang Liu never uttered a word in her defense; instead, she repeatedly reprimanded her for her lack of self-respect…

"You shouldn't have gone to the reeds with Wang Jie to have an affair."

“If it weren’t for you, your sisters-in-law wouldn’t have divorced, and your aunt wouldn’t have died.”

"You might as well have died back then. You stayed behind and brought disaster to your whole family!"

"Jiang Mi, you don't know yet, do you? Your brothers and your father are all going to die. The magistrate sentenced them to beheading."

Yang Liu's words flashed through her mind, and Jiang Mi's eyes were filled with hatred.

She gritted her teeth and took bigger and bigger steps.

In this life, she absolutely cannot be caught in a disheveled state; she must not repeat the same mistake!!

Finding direction in the reeds is difficult enough, and Jiang Mi was running around aimlessly. Those people still lost her by relying solely on her voice.

As the sounds behind her faded into the distance, Jiang Mi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But the next moment, she suddenly bumped headfirst into someone's arms.

"ah--"

Jiang Mi was startled and almost screamed. She looked up abruptly, but before she could see the person's face clearly, her mouth was suddenly covered.

"Mmm, mmm..."

"Shut up." A deep, magnetic voice rang out.

Another man?

Jiang Mi's vision went black for a moment.

Has she escaped one danger only to fall into another?

Overwhelmed by a wave of overwhelming grievance, Jiang Mi's tears fell incessantly, but her footwork was ruthless as she stepped on the man's foot.

The man grunted and raised his hand to push her away, but stopped himself the moment he saw her face.

This face…

"Don't step on me." The man gripped her thick waist with his right hand and gently lifted her off his feet.

Jiang Mi was spoiled from a young age, and the family always gave her the best food, which made her a well-known chubby girl for miles around.

Despite being less than 1.6 meters tall, he weighs 180 kilograms.

But this man easily lifted her up with just one hand.

"Jiang Mi..." Just then, Yang Liu's lingering voice came from not far away again.

The man behind her tensed up, his muscles bulging. He glanced subtly at Jiang Mi's exposed arm, his expression darkening. He then picked Jiang Mi up and turned to leave.

At this moment, he had already released Jiang Mi's mouth.

But Yang Liu and those men were not far away. In her current state, how could Jiang Mi dare to face anyone? She didn't dare to utter a sound.

The man walked quickly, showing great familiarity with the reed beds. He led Jiang Mi through a maze of turns and somehow managed to get out of there.

At the other end of the reed field is the Qinghe River.

Jiang Mi was placed on the ground and didn't react for a moment. She stared blankly at the man's face, a hint of amazement flashing in her eyes.

The man before me had hawk-like eyes, a straight nose, and thin, slightly pursed lips. Even dressed in coarse cloth, he exuded an aura of menacing power that was difficult to approach.

Jiang Mi has lived in the village for nearly eighteen years, and she knows everyone in the village better than the last.

But Jiang Mi had never seen this person before.

When did strangers come to their village?

"You..." Jiang Mi opened her mouth, but before she could finish speaking, she was speechless.

The man's gaze suddenly swept behind her, and a "swish swish swish" sound followed.

Jiang Mi was startled and immediately tensed up.

Why is there a sound? Have those people caught up with us?

She turned her head sharply, and suddenly everything went black. Her head, which had been hit by Wang Jie, felt dizzy, and she fainted.

Before she fell into a deep sleep, she vaguely saw that there was only one person who had come, and it was a completely unfamiliar face that she had never seen before.

Immediately, a voice never heard before rang out: "Master, everything has been taken care of... this woman?"

The newcomer looked at Jiang Mi, who was being held in his master's arms, with disbelief on his face.

His master usually despises women. If a woman even touches the hem of his clothes, he would want to chop off her hand.

Why would he be holding a woman now?

This is really...

The man remained expressionless, casually glancing at his subordinate. The subordinate didn't dare utter a word, simply lowering his eyes and refusing to look again.

The man then glanced at Jiang Mi, and after a long pause, said, "Send her back."

The subordinate stepped forward to take Jiang Mi from the man's arms.

The man's expression was sharp. He dodged his subordinate and said, "I'll go."

He took two steps, then suddenly stopped, his voice icy: “Go and find out what happened in the reeds.”

…

"Oh, oh, Jiang Mi cheated on her husband, Jiang Mi deserves to die, Jiang Mi has no shame..."

"Who is the most disgusting woman in Qingyun Village? It's Jiang Mi from the Jiang family. Like father, like son; the whole family is no good!"

"As a woman, seducing a man deserves a terrible death; she should be drowned!"

"Grab her! Quickly! Tie her up! And the stone, tie it to her body!"

Jiang Mi had a dream; she returned to her past life before she died.

She was caught by the villagers, and the village chief personally tied her up using the same binding method used for slaughtering pigs. She was bound up like a pig waiting to be slaughtered. They tied stones to her body and pushed her into the river.

She opened her eyes wide and watched herself sink into the river little by little.

Her breath was being slowly taken away, and she struggled in agony, but her hands and feet were tightly bound, and she couldn't move at all.

"Ah—" Jiang Mi's heart trembled, and she suddenly woke up from her dream, crying out in grief.

"Honey, what's wrong?" Her mother rushed in from outside the door. Seeing her crying so miserably, she hugged her tightly with heartache. "Don't cry. Are you feeling unwell?"

Jiang Mi looked up at her mother, but involuntarily recalled the scene from her past life where her mother was humiliated because of her and committed suicide by drowning.

She hugged her mother tightly and cried loudly, "Mother, your daughter is unfilial, your daughter is unfilial!"

She was the one who harmed her mother. Her mother was such a clean person, yet she was bullied in life and drowned in the river. Her body was covered in mud and swollen and unbearable to look at.

"Honey, why are you crying? Did someone bully you?" Just then, Jiang Yan, the eldest brother who was chopping wood outside, heard Jiang Mi's crying and rushed in. He was holding an axe in his hand, looking like he was about to kill someone.

His sweetheart is often pointed at and gossiped about by people in the village because of her figure.

This time it must be some rascal who secretly bullied their honey again.

"Don't worry, honey, I'll avenge you!"

The tears from ginger honey are even more intense.

In her past life, the last time she saw her elder brother, he was already in prison.

At that time, he had already had his limbs removed, his body was beaten bloody and mangled, and there wasn't a single patch of good skin on his body. Long iron hooks pierced through his shoulder blades, causing him to contort in pain.

Even though he was seriously injured and couldn't move, he still forced a smile and comforted her, telling her not to cry and to live well.

And then there were her second and third brothers… Everyone suffered because of her.

"Big brother, I'm fine." Jiang Mi wiped away her tears.

In this life, she doesn't want her family to risk their lives to protect her; she wants to be the protector, protecting all her family members.

"I just...miss you guys a little." Jiang Mi forced a smile.

"Missing us?" Jiang Yan scratched his head sheepishly, still a little confused. Didn't they see each other every day? His sister was really clingy.

Jiang Mi's eyes were glued to her mother and older brother. Just as she was about to continue speaking, a voice suddenly rang in her mind.

[Ding, congratulations host, you have bound yourself to the Good Woman System]