Chapter 28 A Good Woman Who Is Honest and Upright
The wind carried the faint sound of weeping.
As a mother, Madam Feng was exceptionally sensitive to her son's voice.
She felt a pang of panic and called Xiao Guan to hurry out and check.
"Crack!" The accountant was whipping the people, forcing them to say that this was for disaster relief.
The whip reached A-Tu, causing small red spots to bleed, and he cried even more miserably.
The old and the young are all being whipped like donkeys.
"I'm going to report this to the imperial court and have these rebels arrested. If you continue to protect her, you'll be complicit!" The accountant was driven to madness by repeated disobedience and was determined to vent his anger.
Madam Feng hesitated when she made the meat soup and sent it out, but she was also hoping for the best. They weren't distributing it on a large scale; it was just a small-scale relief effort for the villagers, and they were doing it under the guise of treating illnesses.
But it still got found out.
For ordinary people, doing good deeds might cost them their lives; it's her most valuable possession.
She rushed forward to protect her son, gritting her teeth with a death-defying resolve: "I made the meat soup, come at me if you have any problems!"
But someone else was faster than her.
That person is Guan Zhiwei.
With a running start, she kicked the accountant more than ten meters away, and he spun around on the ground like a top.
Onlookers: "Ah!"
She pulled the person up again, holding their legs, face down, and slammed them forward and backward, like a fan, creating a whistling breeze that was about to give them a cold.
Onlookers: "Ahhh!!"
She grabbed the man by the collar and spun him around, then let go. The accountant was thrown around in an arc and landed on a big tree at the village entrance.
The onlookers: "Ahhh!!!"
The accountant didn't get up for a long time. Guan Zhiwei pressed one hand above her eyes and squinted as she observed the distance for a while.
He got up, staggering, his face covered in blood, and then suddenly spat out blood.
Good, it's good that you're still alive.
Guan Zhiwei realized that her previous plan was flawed.
I am an upright person, how could I steal?
I'll steal it by force!
Be an upright and honest good woman, just like Sima Zhao.
She strode over, determined to beat the rest of his life to a pulp.
Seeing that things were not going well, the village chief dragged his old legs over, but he was too slow to climb, so he could only shout anxiously, "Quickly stop Doctor Guan! She has the strength to kill a bear!"
Dogtooth darted out and grabbed Guan Zhiwei's left leg, desperately saying, "Everyone knows you killed him, you'll be thrown in jail! We can do it like before, kill him secretly in the middle of the night, and I'll help you dispose of the body. This time, I promise I won't throw up!"
Blackie scrambled up and grabbed Guan Zhiwei's right leg. Then he turned his head and stared at Dog Tooth in disbelief, forgetting what he was going to say.
Guan Zhiwei fell silent, seemingly persuaded, with a thoughtful expression on her face.
The four guards were initially surprised, but quickly realized what was happening and rushed over to help the accountant up. This accountant, who managed such a large area, was the young master's confidant; they would be in a difficult position if he were beaten like this.
"Hurry! Hurry! Find a doctor quickly, there's a chance this front tooth can still be saved!"
"I won't leave!" The accountant was furious, refusing to let anyone touch him. He stumbled and shook his head, his words slurred: "My family has always been known for its farming and scholarship, and for its filial piety, brotherly love, and benevolence. I was appreciated by the young master and given the responsibility of managing the fields. I have never suffered such a humiliation. I would rather die than be insulted by such lowly people! Tell the young master that I died because I refused to be humiliated!"
His anger was too intense, his emotions too strong, and in his excitement he gritted his teeth, which caused his loose front tooth to fall out.
He screamed in agony, clutching his front teeth with both hands. He was disfigured and could no longer hold office.
"I'll make you pay for my front teeth! You lowly wretch! You lowly wretches, instead of living a life of leisure and waiting to die, you dare to resist!"
The village chief was deathly pale, his fear now surpassing even the beating he had just received. He might have just been beaten, but now he might truly be facing the annihilation of the entire village.
"I remember now!"
Guan Zhiwei exclaimed suddenly, then clenched her fist and slapped her palm, saying happily, "I remember where the bear's den is!"
Dogtooth and Blackie looked at her blankly, feeling themselves grow taller as they were lifted up and thrown aside.
Guan Zhiwei turned around, went back to the courtyard to untie the horse, mounted it, and rode away, casually pulling the accountant onto her horse along the way.
"What are you doing—" His struggling voice carried far.
Everyone stared in disbelief, wondering what was going on.
Do you think I was just saying that?
Guan Zhiwei led him on a wild run up the mountain and threw him into the deep forest, near a bear's den.
She rode on her horse, looking down at him: "I'm telling you, go and reason with the bear."
If the road ahead hadn't been so difficult to traverse that it was impossible to ride a horse, she might have thrown the person even deeper.
"Aww—"
A bear roared.
Guan Zhiwei turned around, spurred her horse, and rode away.
The accountant's eyes widened in terror, and he ran while urinating, crying, "Help me, help me! I know I was wrong, don't leave me here, I'm too scared to tell anyone!"
Two legs can't outrun four legs.
The black bear pounced and pinned him to the ground.
"If I die here, you won't be able to explain it to the Chen family—ah—"
His surname is Han, but he keeps mentioning it as if he's forgotten it.
Perhaps it's because this surname is too unimpressive, insufficient to flaunt his petty power and wealth.
Fortunately, in the bear's eyes, no matter what his surname is, he is delicious.
Didn't you think about the consequences when you rashly killed someone?
"No."
Guan Zhiwei didn't care at all what would happen next.
During her first experience with the system, she desperately completed tasks and achieved accomplishments. She even allowed her enemy to poison her, hoping to return home sooner and avoid living any longer.
She died, then came back to life, and the second system arrived.
She believed that her failure to return home was due to her unfortunate death, so she lived her second life diligently, taking good care of herself, and lived to the age of 102, passing away peacefully in her sleep.
And then, damn it, she came back to life.
Then she began to study each of her lifetimes to see if she had missed anything.
Strategy guide, strategy guide, strategy guide, endless strategy guides.
During this time, she experienced breakdowns, went crazy, gave up, and even became a demon child, committing mass murder. In the end, she realized it was all useless, so she returned to calm and started to study how to get home again.
The cycle repeats itself until one grows weary.
She's tired of living. She'll die and be resurrected, living another person's life.
She no longer understands the meaning of life.
Without being able to go home, everything is meaningless.
So this time she decided to defy the system to the end, resolutely refusing to do any tasks, and letting her life go against the system's expectations.
I don't know if it will help, but since I'm having a hard time, you shouldn't have one either.
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