Lin Miao'er can be said to be the apple of the eye of the Lin family's elderly couple.
When the Xiao family was still alive, they arranged the engagement between Xiao Tianyi and his wife because they saw that Xiao Tianyi was good at studying.
After Xiao Tianyi's parents passed away one after another, he wanted to break off the engagement while raising his younger brother, who was also a burden.
The Xiao family naturally could not agree to this.
In order to protect Lin Miao'er, the elderly couple from the Lin family took advantage of the fact that Lin Jiujiu's maternal grandfather was ill and that Lin's parents had brought their sons home to visit him, and drugged her, sending her directly to the Xiao family.
In order to force Lin Jiujiu to stay and serve them, the Xiao family fed Xiao Tianyi a potent drug and locked the two of them together.
Fortunately, Xiao Tianyi was a decent person and preferred to get hurt rather than harm Lin Jiujiu.
However, he also had some selfish motives. He hoped that Lin Jiujiu could help him take care of his younger brother before he returned from his corvée labor.
This care lasted for four years, but Xiao Tianyi never appeared again.
Over the years, Lin Jiujiu has been enslaved by the Xiao family during the day, and at night she can only live in this dilapidated house at the foot of the mountain with her little bun.
From time to time, she also had to endure harassment from other men in the Xiao family.
The man who sneaked into her house tonight was none other than Xiao Tianyi's cousin, Xiao Changhe.
Ever since the news of Xiao Tianyi being swept away by the river came, Xiao Changhe had set his sights on her.
Lin Jiujiu's decision to move to this desolate foot of the mountain with her little bun is also inextricably linked to him.
Three years ago, when Sun was pregnant, Xiao Changhe couldn't stand the loneliness and took advantage of the family's afternoon nap to drag Lin Jiujiu into the woodshed with the intention of assaulting her.
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