"Sister is right. Some men are indeed awful, but there are also some good men. They are gentle, family-oriented, responsible, and have a strong sense of duty."
Hearing this, Red Peony was displeased, her face turning terribly gloomy: "All the men in this world are bad, none of them are as good as you say. I've seen plenty of men, and not a single one of them is good."
Chu Yu raised an eyebrow and asked, "Sister, have you ever been hurt by a bad man before?"
Red Peony looked at the peony flowers outside the door with a gloomy gaze, her eyes flashing with deep resentment: "I was born into a poor family. My family favored boys over girls. I was treated as a money-losing item from birth. I had to work from a young age and was beaten and scolded at the drop of a hat. I barely grew up to be seven or eight years old when my indifferent father sold me to a brothel to make money."
In the brothel, I struggled to survive, and eventually, relying on my talent and beautiful face, I became the most popular courtesan in the brothel.
"Those men who come to the brothel, they say they love me, but not one of them is sincere. They only treat me like a plaything. When they're happy, they give me things; when they're unhappy, they beat and scold me. The other women in the brothel are the same as me, playthings for men. Once they give their hearts, they'll be cheated out of their money and their virtue, losing everything and ending up in a miserable state."
After hearing her story, Chu Yu's eyes flashed with pity. It turned out that she was a woman from a brothel with a tragic past, a pitiful ghost.
Chu Yu thought for a moment and said, "The men you've met are all men who frequent brothels. How many of them are good people?"
Red Peony snorted coldly, looked towards the gate, and said angrily, "Even if we don't mention brothels, the women in the village have suffered enough at the hands of men."
Some of them were beaten by their husbands and abused by their in-laws. They couldn't take it anymore and ran away. If they hadn't been desperate and hadn't managed to escape here and be sheltered by me, they would probably have died long ago.
Some were sold into slavery by their families, abused by their masters, beaten half to death, and thrown into mass graves, where I found them and saved their lives. Others were harassed by men after marriage, even though it was not their fault, but their husbands and families did not believe them and even accused them of being promiscuous and wanted to beat them to death.
Others, after their husbands died, were locked in dark, cramped rooms by their husbands' families in order to gain a good reputation or a memorial arch for their chastity, where they suffered day and night.
Their tragic fates were all caused by those men outside the brothels. Do you think those men were any good?
Chu Yu said indignantly, "Those men are certainly despicable. Men who bully women deserve to die."
Red Peony and the other woman wholeheartedly agreed: "You're right, they all deserve to die. So, I killed some of those heartless, despicable men who harmed women and buried their bodies in the soil to use as fertilizer. Look, those peonies outside, nourished by those corpses, are blooming so beautifully."
Chu Yu looked at the peony flowers outside the door, her lips twitching slightly. She had thought that although the peony flowers looked beautiful, they had a sinister aura. It turned out that they were nourished by the corpses of scumbags.
This red peony is truly ruthless.
Seeing that Chu Yu was hesitant to eat, Hong Mudan saw through her identity and said coldly, "You are the fifth female metaphysician to come here."
Seeing that her identity had been seen through, Chu Yu remained calm and met her gaze with composure before confessing directly, "Yes, I am a metaphysician. Actually, I came here with no ill intentions; I just wanted to understand your situation."
Red Peony scoffed mockingly, "You're just like those people, here to develop the cemetery. I advise you to give up on that idea. This is our home, and I won't allow anyone to mess with it. Anyone who dares to force their way in will be killed before they leave."
The cold words came out of her mouth, her face instantly darkened, and a strong killing intent surged forth.
Chu Yu wasn't afraid. He looked up and met her fierce gaze, and said in a deep voice, "You are already dead. You should go to the underworld to be reincarnated and start a new life, instead of being obsessed with this place and lingering here. This is not good for you."
I know you feel sorry for the women in the widow village and want to protect them, but this is a new era. Men and women are equal. Women can go to school and work freely, take control of their own lives, and choose not to marry if they don't want to.
If they are reincarnated, they will have a new and happy life. But if they linger here, they will be trapped in painful memories and unable to escape.
In time, this will incur divine retribution, and the punishment will be even more severe.
Red Peony's eyes flashed, and her expression softened somewhat.
At that moment, with a bang, the door was flung open, and the female ghosts rushed in, their fists clenched, their gazes resolute as they shouted at Chu Yu:
"Don't talk nonsense here. We don't want to be reincarnated in the underworld. We just want to stay here with the village chief. Even if we are trapped in painful memories or suffer divine punishment, we will never regret it."
Red Peony's eyes welled up with tears. She turned to look at Chu Yu, her gaze sharp and disgusted: "Did you hear that? They don't want to go to the underworld to reincarnate. They just want to stay here. Don't even think about coming here as a persuader. We'll spare you this time because you're a woman too. Be smart and get out of here. Don't ever come back."
The other female ghosts also revealed fierce eyes and roared at Chu Yu: "Get out of here! You are not welcome here, or we will not be polite to you!"
Despite being fiercely driven away, Chu Yu did not leave immediately. She gazed intently at the red peony, a thought suddenly forming in her mind.
She had previously thought that Red Peony stayed here to protect the female ghosts, but after listening to what they said just now, it seems that this is not the case. It is the female ghosts who voluntarily stayed to accompany Red Peony.
She guessed what was going on and said coldly, "You've stayed here all this time, you must have some obsession with someone, are you waiting for them here?"
These words struck a nerve with Red Peony's hidden thoughts. She blinked guiltily and looked at Chu Yu with sharp eyes: "What nonsense are you talking about? I'm not waiting for anyone."
Chu Yu immediately exposed her: "As the saying goes, the deeper the love, the deeper the hate. Since you hate men so much, then you must be waiting for a man."
Seeing that she had been exposed, Red Peony stopped trying to hide it and roared angrily, "I didn't wait for that man. That man is long dead. You are such a hateful woman. Stop nagging and get out of here, or I'll take your life."
Enraged, she transformed into a hideous demon, baring her fangs and claws as she lunged at Chu Yu.
Chu Yu's expression changed, and she quickly leaped backward to avoid the demon's attack.
Upon seeing this, the other female ghosts also transformed into fierce spirits and launched an attack on Chu Yu.
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