I don't have any special skills, so I've always just lived with my parents in the village.

It was snowing like this back then. My dad's medicine was almost finished, and I had to go to the town's health center to get him some more. So I didn't think much about it and set off in the snow.

As a result, the mountain path that I could usually walk out of in one or two hours took me four or five hours to walk out that day!

After finally managing to get out of the mountains, it was already midday!

When I got back, I told my mother about it, and she said it was because the mountain god had saved the person.

Huo Si chuckled. Although he stumbled a bit while recounting the story, it was based on his own experience, which clearly attracted the attention of the young men in front of him.

Several people started asking him questions, their enthusiasm making Huo Si feel flattered. He never expected that a story he casually mentioned would suddenly make him the center of attention.

The young men were dressed in clothes that looked expensive. Being noticed by such a group of young people made Huo Si unable to hide his pride. His attitude when answering questions changed from being cautious to being somewhat smug.

"By the way, Fourth Brother Huo, you said you've always lived in the mountains, so how did you manage to marry such a beautiful wife?!"

A common problem among young people is that once they become familiar with each other, they sometimes lose the initial restraint and caution when joking. From the moment they entered, the boy named Qi Ke noticed the woman in white next to Huo Si.

That's fucking beautiful!

He saw her almost as soon as he entered the room.

It was a kind of beauty that made it hard for him to look away; delicate and docile, like a butterfly caught in a spider's web, or a lost deer in the forest, exuding an irresistible attraction.

What he never expected was that such a beautiful butterfly would marry such a simpleton who made people want to frown at first glance.

What a waste!

"Hehe, this is fate, it's fate."

What surprised everyone was that Huo Si's reaction to this even more boastful fact was quite intriguing. Instead of boasting about it, he seemed flustered and wanted to escape.

"Fourth Brother Huo, tell me what you think!"

We guys are all still single, so why don't you tell us to share in your good fortune? Maybe we'll get lucky and find a wife as beautiful and virtuous as yours!

What Huo Si didn't expect was that the more he tried to escape, the more interested the people around him became in his past.

Perhaps it shouldn't be called interest, but rather the base instinct of envy, jealousy, and hatred that arises when one sees someone clearly inferior to oneself possessing something one cannot have, and one wants to destroy them.

After all, the couple in front of them looked so mismatched!

If that's the case, why can't there be some shady dealings involved that no one knows about?!

After all, Huo Si also said that he had lived in the mountains since he was a child. The mountains were very poor, and even now that there is a road, their village has only barely passed the poverty line.

Yet this man, who had neither money nor good looks, had such an incredibly beautiful and gentle wife!

What's even more infuriating and infuriating is that this man treats his wife very badly!

They are the epitome of people who don't appreciate their good fortune.

“I’ve heard that in those impoverished mountain villages where people can’t even afford to eat, human traffickers often sell women and children into the villages. Brother Huo, your wife, could she be…” Sitting next to Qi Ke was his good friend Wang Song. Seeing that Qi Ke’s question had been evaded by Huo Si, he was naturally unwilling to give up. He looked Huo Si up and down with a half-smile, and his question was quite meaningful!

Even though Huo Si didn't seem to be very bright, he knew how terrible the accusation was. He retorted fiercely without any hesitation: "No, how could that be!"

I am not the kind of person who would do such a thing!

Besides, if my wife were really someone I bought, would I dare to just run off with her like that?!

"No way! You're not saying your wife is from the same hometown as you, are you?! Looking at her appearance and demeanor, she doesn't look like a girl from the mountains like you at all!"

"Fourth Brother Huo, something's not right with you!"

Wang Song chuckled and continued to put pressure on Huo Si without making a sound.

To be honest, he wasn't really interested in how the couple in front of him got together, but his good friend had clearly developed feelings for Huo Si's wife.

It would be really unreasonable for him not to help.

Besides, those brothers usually date quite a few girls, but one this beautiful is truly rare!

Leaving it in this country bumpkin's hands would be a waste; it's better to...

"No, no! I didn't!" Huo Si was frantic, but the more anxious he became, the less he knew how to refute her. Under such pressure, he subconsciously turned his gaze to the woman sitting silently beside him with her head down, raised his hand and shoved her hard, angrily cursing, "Speak up! Tell them that you came with me willingly, that I didn't buy you!"

Are you mute?! Speak up!

"Hey, Fourth Brother Huo, just say what you want to say, don't hit people!"

Unlike Lei Zi and Da Liu, who were cautious, these young people didn't have such hesitant considerations. When they saw Huo Si venting his malice on the innocent woman beside him, they couldn't sit still and stood up to stop him.

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