Chapter 329: Alcoholic Domestic Violence Man
Wu Muhong was an anomaly among them. She neither called home nor wanted to return to the place she loathed, so she stayed at the police station.
Considering that the two might discuss some sensitive topics, Zou Yiluan arranged for them to have a small, secluded room.
Ye Wanxi originally planned to take Gao Min and Feng Tianyu in together, but unexpectedly, Feng Tianyu was stopped by Zou Yiluan just as they reached the door.
"Ahem, Mr. Feng, I also have something I'd like to discuss with you. I wonder if you'd be willing to do me the honor..."
Ye Wanxi immediately became alert, blocking Feng Tianyu's path. She sized Zou Yiluan up and down, her voice full of hostility as she asked, "What do you want with my brother?"
"It's nothing, just some business cooperation. If Mr. Feng is unavailable, we can..."
Before Zou Yiluan could finish speaking, Feng Tianyu had already taken Ye Wanxi's hand and comforted her, "It's nothing, it's just some business matters that need to be discussed. Even if he hadn't come to me, I would have."
Ye Wanxi frowned, looking suspicious: "Really?"
"Really." Feng Tianyu patted her head. "Don't worry, I'm not as weak as you think."
Ye Wanxi was slightly taken aback before realizing that her senior brother was no longer the same as when she first transmigrated back, who was weak, sickly, and had no magical power, and needed her protection.
Even if all the people here were put together, they wouldn't be a match for him. If she were to worry, she should be worried that her senior brother might cause a fatal accident due to his recklessness, rather than worrying that these people were qualified to bully her senior brother.
Thinking this, Ye Wanxi added worriedly, "Brother, this is a society governed by law. Don't let it lead to someone getting killed."
Zou Yiluan, who felt like he hadn't heard anything at all, thought: "???" What the heck? How did this involve murder? What were they planning to do to him, who was weak, innocent, and pitiful?
Feng Tianyu looked at Ye Wanxi's disappointed expression, which seemed to say, "Senior Brother is no longer weak, he doesn't need my protection anymore, and my fun is over." He found it both amusing and exasperating.
"I understand. If anything happens, I'll remember to leave them some breathing room." Just like those few clueless people who tried to cause you trouble before.
Zou Yiluan: "..." (frightened.jpg)
Feng Tianyu followed Zou Yiluan away, and Ye Wanxi led Gao Min into the lounge.
Wu Muhong was the only one in the room. She sat motionless at the table, like a puppet that had lost its soul.
Upon seeing Ye Wanxi and the other person, the puppet's empty eyes finally regained some liveliness, and it stood up to greet Ye Wanxi: "Miss Ye."
"I heard you want to see me."
"yes."
"What's up?"
I want to thank you in person.
Ye Wanxi was somewhat surprised: "Thank me for what?"
"Thank you for helping those beasts suffer the consequences of their evil deeds, thank you for saving those who were sold and forced to stay in the village, and thank you even more for helping my sister get out of this predicament."
Ye Wanxi stared at her for a long while, then said in a deep voice, "There were so many people there at the time, how can you be so sure that I saved her and them?"
Wu Muhong pursed her lips and said in a hoarse voice, "Yesterday, at Lin Junbao's house. Although there were many people, it was clear that you were the one making the decisions among them. They listened to you and were very good at reading your expressions."
Wu Muhong paused for a moment, then continued, "Last night, when Lin Junbao brought those people over, I saw it too. It was you who was playing them for fools, although at the time I didn't know how you did it."
Ye Wanxi's eyes narrowed slightly: "So, when you discovered we were heading towards the back mountain, you secretly followed us?"
"Um."
"Do you know what's on the back mountain? You discovered what's in the river a long time ago, didn't you?"
Wu Muhong shuddered and nodded, "Yes."
"When did you find out?"
"...Three years ago."
Wu Muhong was trafficked to Linjia Village six years ago and sold to her current alcoholic husband.
Unlike many of the women in the village who were trafficked, she was an orphan with no parents and no hope for the future. After being trafficked to Linjia Village, she attempted suicide several times.
But they discovered that once they entered hell, even death was sometimes a luxury.
Wu Muhong rolled up her sleeves, allowing Ye Wanxi and the other woman to see the bruises on her body: "Do you see these injuries on my face and hands? They were inflicted by my husband. He's a good-for-nothing drunkard who beats people every time he drinks."
“Xiaoying’s situation is similar to mine. That man is also an alcoholic. He and my husband often drink together. When they get drunk, they go home and beat us. The more we resist, the more violently they beat us.”
Gao Min hated cheating men and domestic abusers more than anything in her life. Looking at those shocking scars, she couldn't help but curse, "Beast!"
Wu Muhong smiled at her and agreed, "Yes, they are all beasts, beasts who deserve to go to hell! My sister and I are in similar situations, so we can be considered to be in the same boat. Maybe that's why my sister was so compassionate towards me back then and took good care of me. During my most painful time, she secretly helped me and encouraged me to live on."
“My sister is different from me. She’s a local. Her family married her off, or rather sold her, to her husband for a high dowry. Because she was beautiful and gentle, her husband treated her fairly well at first. But later, after she gave birth to two daughters, her husband’s attitude towards her changed completely. He started drinking heavily and beating her, all because she couldn’t give birth to a son.”
“Three years ago, a relative came to visit my sister’s husband’s family. The man was her husband’s cousin. After arriving at their house, he saw that my sister was beautiful and had lewd thoughts about her, wanting to force her to have an affair with him. My sister refused, and the two of them were arguing when her husband happened to catch them. That shameless man turned around and accused my sister of seducing him.”
"Those damn bastards!" Gao Min's face flushed with anger. "What happened next? Could they have actually believed that bastard's story?"
"Of course they believed it. In this place, men are everything. If anything happens, it's always the woman's fault. How could men be at fault?"
Wu Muhong's face was full of mockery, and her eyes were filled with cold hatred: "That man thought my sister was unfaithful and that he had been cuckolded, so he beat her to death in front of everyone."
Gao Min gasped, "Dead...dead? Then her husband..."
“This place is not like yours. The death of one or two people is not a big deal. As long as no one looks for it or no one investigates, no one will care.”
Wu Muhong spoke as if a cat or dog had died, or even an ant that was so lowly it could be easily crushed. Gao Min couldn't help but shudder.
(End of this chapter)
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