Gao Xiaoyu was terrified as she watched the carriage gradually disappear.

Once she goes back to that house, she can forget about having a good life.

No, she had to leave! Luckily, she had hidden the ten taels of silver that Li Xian had given her well.

Gao Xiaoyu turned and left; she had to get back to collect the money and leave before the rest of the Gao family.

But just then, the Gao family appeared behind her.

The Gao family felt that Gao Xiaoyu was a scourge, causing the family to lose all its reputation and a huge sum of four taels of silver. At this moment, they wished they could beat her to death.

"You brat, what a shameful thing you've done! You've made us all lose face!"

"Whose child is this bastard? Tell me!"

"It's Young Master Li! It really is Young Master Li!"

"Stop talking nonsense! If it's his, why would he not want it?" Old Mrs. Gao was so angry that she gave her a good beating.

"You slut! You're so young and all you know is how to sleep around! I'll beat you to death!"

Gao Xiaoyu was pregnant. The authorities didn't punish her because of the child, but the Gao family didn't care. In their eyes, this was an illegitimate child, and they would kill her if they wanted to.

After being severely beaten, Gao Xiaoyu indeed miscarried.

"She's bleeding, stop hitting her," Old Gao said.

Old Mrs. Gao said coldly, "Blood is blood, death is deserved, what bad luck!"

Old Gao: "Didn't you hear what Young Master Li said? He gave ten taels of silver as a settlement fee, and that money is still in this wretched girl's hands."

Upon hearing this, Old Lady Gao and Gao Tiancai flew into a rage and kicked Gao Xiaoyu a few more times: "You brat, how dare you hide money! Hand it over!"

Gao Xiaoyu was pale and tears were already streaming down her face: "Take...take me to the clinic, or I won't tell you."

"You brat, you dare threaten me!" Gao Tiancai beat Gao Xiaoyu again. "Tell me, where's the money?"

Gao Xiaoyu was also very patient and stubbornly kept quiet because she knew that if she spoke out, she would lose her life.

"Take him back first, stop hitting him." Old Mrs. Gao threw the man into the car and cursed the bad luck when she saw the pool of blood on the ground.

As for Wen Xiuli, the Gao family threatened to divorce her. Now she has been tortured and can't walk at all, but the Gao family doesn't care about her and leaves her to fend for herself.

They had already taken Gao Xiaoyu back, while Wen Xiuli lay pitifully on the ground outside the yamen, crying her heart out.

It was already dark when we returned to Gaojia Village.

Gao Xiaoyu's journey had been so arduous that she was barely alive.

In this era of male chauvinism, many families have killed many girls, so when they saw Gao Xiaoyu dying, the Gao family felt nothing.

The Gao family pressed her for details about the whereabouts of the silver, but she didn't respond for a long time. The Gao family had no choice but to search for it themselves, but they couldn't find it even after turning the house upside down.

"Find a doctor to examine her tomorrow, so she doesn't die, otherwise ten taels of silver will be wasted," Old Gao suggested.

In the middle of the night, after the Gao family had fallen asleep, the weak Gao Xiaoyu opened her eyes, endured the pain, went out, dug out some silver from the pile of firewood, and prepared to run away that very night.

To her surprise, Gao Tiancai caught her red-handed as soon as she dug out the money.

Gao Tiancai snatched the silver: "Damn it, it really is ten taels of silver."

Gao Xiaoyu was shocked: "Give me back my money!"

Gao Xiaoyu reached out to grab it, but Gao Tiancai kicked her to the ground: "You brat, what do you mean your money? This is my Gao family's money! Shameless thing!"

Gao Xiaoyu was beaten again, this time by Gao Tiancai, and Gao Xiaoyu was truly unable to move.

The two elders of the Gao family also heard the commotion, came out to see that it was indeed silver, and finally smiled.

"I'll give the An family four taels of silver tomorrow, and I'll still have six taels left." Old Lady Gao happily calculated the figures, then said with a mean look, "I'll find a doctor to check on that brat's injuries, and then we can sell her and get some grain in return."

Gao Xiaoyu was in despair.

Why is fate so unfair? She just wanted a good life, was that wrong?

Gao Xiaoyu was filled with regret, regretting her greed. If she had used the An family's money to abort the child, things would never have come to this.

She can start over; she still has ten taels of silver to her name.

Do you hate it?

Gao Xiaoyu suddenly heard an unfamiliar voice.

The unfamiliar voice continued to linger in my ears: "You should hate Yang Cui. It was Yang Cui who caused you to end up in this situation. Without Yang Cui, you would be An Xiaojiang's wife now, and your money would still be your money."

Gao Xiaoyu recalled that both times the An family had agreed to let her in, but Yang Cui had ruined it both times.

"Do you want revenge? Do you want to live a life of luxury? If so, I can take you away..."

***

The capital city, and the enemy.

Qiu Tianyun received two letters, one from his daughter Qiu Mingxuan and the other from Granny Tang. After reading the letters, he was so angry that his veins bulged.

However, Qiu Tianyun did not immediately lose his temper. He then asked Zhuang Zhicheng, who had returned with the letter, what was the situation with Qiu Mingxuan over there.

Finally, it was discovered that what Zhuang Zhicheng said was almost the same as what was written in the two letters, and Qiu Tian was so angry that he wanted to kill someone.

His precious daughter had suffered so much because of Cen Xiao, and that village girl Yang Cui was bullying his daughter because of Cen Xiao's power!

Was he dead?

"Miss is obsessed with General Cen. She even offered to be his concubine, but Madam Yang seems to disagree. General Cen's nephew, Young Master Yuan, is on Madam Yang's side. For the sake of his family's peace, General Cen has no choice but to refuse."

"Miss can't sleep at night, her appetite is even worse than before, her complexion is even worse, and she's become as thin as skin and bones. Master, I'm very worried."

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