Chapter 1 You little bitch, how dare you hit me?
"You shameless bastard! If it weren't for your pretty face and your dad and brother saying you were still a virgin, do you think I would want someone as ungrateful as you? If you dare disobey me today, I'll break your legs and make sure you can't get out of this bed for the rest of your life!"
"No... I beg you, I will be your slave for the rest of my life, please let me go, okay?"
Jiang Cha was pretty. Her hands were tied with thick hemp ropes and hung on the head of the bed. On her pale and thin face, tears as big as beans rolled down one by one, more violent than the heavy rain outside.
"I can give you money, I'll give you all my money, can you please let me go? I really... beg you..."
"Live like a slave? Do you think I need you? Return the money you earned? Do you think I don't know that your father took away the little money you earned? Now, besides this face, what else do you have?"
With just one sentence, Jiang Cha's violent struggle suddenly stopped.
yes!
Over the years, she worked like a slave for the family, and all the money she earned was taken away by her father.
During the reform and opening up, he tried to do business, but he was overambitious and lost all the Ye family's money.
In order to buy the most fashionable commercial housing in the city for my brother.
He squandered all the money she had earned over the years.
Grandma said that her mother was a bitch. Back then, it was obviously her grandfather who fell from power and caused their family to be demoted, but her mother hooked up with a rich official, abandoned their whole family, ran away with him, and lived a happy life alone!
Dad said that she stayed at home to help her mother atone for her sins, and that daughters were useless and should help the family.
So, she worked hard and supported her family with her own hands for seventeen years from the age of eighteen to thirty-five, and turned herself into an unwanted old maid.
And now, her brother, for the sake of his own future, sent her to the bed of this sixty-year-old perverted old man, and didn't care about her life or death at all.
Jiang Cha's voice was hoarse from crying, and her wrists were cut by the rough hemp rope, with scarlet blood oozing out in strands.
The pain was so piercing that even her bones were trembling.
The old man held a horsewhip in his hand and whipped her again and again.
"You bitch, you slut, I told you to run, but I'm going to beat you to death, beat you to death, beat you to death, and you won't be able to run away, hahahahahaha..."
The devilish smile froze in front of Jiang Cha's eyes.
Jiang Cha bit off his tongue, and blood spurted out, bringing the excited man back to reality.
He seemed to be accustomed to such scenes. He threw away the whip in his hand and got up from Jiang Cha's body with a look of disgust.
"unlucky!"
These were the last words Jiang Cha heard before he died.
Tears of regret oozed from the corners of his eyes.
If she could do it again, she would definitely... definitely not choose... to stay in the Jiang family!
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Midsummer, 1976.
The scorching sun seemed to be melting the whole world.
A car horn suddenly sounded.
Jiang Cha looked up suddenly and saw a military jeep rushing straight towards her.
"careful!"
The man driving exclaimed.
Jiang Cha was so frightened by this sudden change that she took several steps back. Her heel hit a protruding stone on the road. She lost her balance and sat down on the ground with a plop.
The jeep stopped just one step away from her and braked suddenly.
"Have you heard? Director Ye of the pharmaceutical factory has been demoted along with his entire family due to his poor quality control of pharmaceuticals, which has caused serious losses to state property!"
"When did this happen? How come I didn't know about it?"
"Today, a lot of people from the Ye family showed up. I saw it with my own eyes. Director Ye was taken away. The officer leading them looked fierce and had a gun on his back. It was terrifying!"
"Oh my god, what a sin! He even dares to counterfeit medicine? Isn't he afraid of killing people?"
"Capitalists are all bad people. They only care about making money. Why would they care about the lives of ordinary people like us?"
The noisy discussions, every word, pierced into Jiang Cha's heart like a steel needle.
Her pupils dilated, then suddenly constricted.
The military jeep that nearly hit her, the surrounding streets, the chatter that reached her ears...
Each one makes ginger tea strange yet familiar.
Long-lost memories came flooding back.
Isn’t she... dead?
Jiang Cha looked around blankly.
"Look, they're coming, that's the car. Director Ye was just escorted in. I saw it clearly. Director Ye was even wearing handcuffs!"
The noisy discussions sounded again, and Jiang Cha suddenly came back to his senses from those dark memories.
Was she...reborn seventeen years ago? The day her grandfather was framed and imprisoned?
Yes! Today is when all the tragedies begin!
She must prevent this from happening again.
Jiang Cha didn't care whether he was injured or not. He got up from the ground and rushed home quickly.
"Hey, comrade, don't run..."
Huo Jingchuan got out of the car in shock, and the little girl who was almost hit by him got up and ran away.
There are no cement roads and no two- or three-story red brick houses.
This road still had the old bluestone pavement and low blue brick houses. Even the bustling shops hadn't appeared yet...
Jiang Cha's pace became faster and faster, and his heart seemed to be about to jump out of his throat.
In front of the beautiful two-story Western-style building, the hollow iron gate was open, and a crowd of people gathered at the gate.
A woman's scream was heard from the yard.
It’s mom.
Jiang Cha pushed through the crowd and rushed in.
Wang Guifang, the old hag, was pulling her mother's hair and slamming her head against the heavy-crafted door again and again.
"Ye Surong, tell me quickly, what is the combination to the Ye family's safe? If you don't tell me today, you won't get out of this door alive!"
Wang Guifang is Jiang Cha's grandmother. She has been working as a farmer in the countryside since she was a child and is very energetic.
Over the years, she followed Jiang Guodong to the Ye family and lived the life of a wealthy wife for a few years. Although she was used to a life of luxury, she still had some strength.
Ye Surong was suppressed by Wang Guifang and completely lost the ability to resist.
Jiang Cha was furious.
Before she could rush out, a hand stretched out from out of nowhere, grabbed Wang Guifang's wrist, and turned it 90 degrees. Wang Guifang screamed, let go of the hand, took two steps back and fell to the ground.
"Who are you? I advise you to stop meddling in other people's business here!"
Wang Guifang was in so much pain that her facial features were distorted. She looked up and saw the face of a strange man.
"Su Rong, I'm sorry, I'm late!"
The man stretched out his trembling hands towards Ye Surong.
There were bruises on the corners of Ye Surong's eyes and mouth, and her hair was pulled into a tangled mess, making her look unrecognizable.
He resisted the urge to hold Ye Surong in his arms and lowered his outstretched hand.
Until Ye Surong came back to her senses from this scene, she suddenly screamed "Ah", and tears fell out like beads with broken strings.
The man in front of her finally couldn't help herself and pulled her into his arms.
Jiang Cha's tears were all over the floor. This was the scene she saw when she came back in her previous life.
Grandma was pushed to the ground by this middle-aged man wearing a green military uniform, with thick eyebrows and a straight nose.
At that time, her mother was hugging a strange man.
At that time, she rushed to Wang Guifang in a hurry and helped her up from the ground.
Wang Guifang cried with tears and snot.
She complained that her mother wanted to leave all the mess in the Ye family to her father, and that she had climbed up the social ladder and was about to run away with someone else. She didn't want her and her brother, nor did she want this family anymore.
At that time, she believed Wang Guifang's lies, spoke harshly to her mother, and hurt her mother's heart.
Her brother was even worse. He took a shovel and drove her mother out of the house.
Jiang Cha never asked about the cause and effect of this matter.
As a result, she was deceived by the Jiang family, a group of ungrateful people, for seventeen years.
This time, Jiang Cha did not choose to walk towards Wang Guifang.
She watched Wang Guifang rolling on the ground in pain with cold eyes, and felt extremely happy in her heart.
"Ouch, ouch, someone's been beaten to death!"
Wang Guifang screamed at the top of her lungs and rolled away, totally ignoring the delicate cotton and silk dress she was wearing.
"Shut up."
Huo Tingkun roared, his sharp eyes falling precisely on Wang Guifang's face.
That look seemed as if he wanted to tear Wang Guifang into pieces.
"This is my house. You're in my house and you're telling me to shut up?"
Wang Guifang was furious.
Ye Surong was still curled up in Huo Tingkun's arms, crying breathlessly, and had no idea what was happening around her.
Wang Guifang simply sat on the ground, covering her chest with one hand and pointing at the two people hugging each other in front of her with the other.
"You are so good, Ye Surong! You actually cheated on my son? And you even brought your lover home and attacked me, your mother-in-law? Even if you are the eldest daughter of the Ye family, you can't bully others like this, right?"
She cried and wiped away her tears.
"Hey, Guodong, hurry back and see your shameless wife! She's already cuckolded you, and you're still running around in the hot sun trying to figure out a solution for the Ye family. I really feel sorry for you!"
Wang Guifang became more and more excited as she spoke. Her eyes drooped and she kept glancing towards the gate, afraid that people outside might not hear her.
Jiang Cha took two steps forward and slapped Wang Guifang hard on the face with a "slap".
Wang Guifang didn't notice Jiang Cha at all. She was stunned by Jiang Cha's sudden slap.
"Jiang Cha, you little bitch, how dare you hit me?"
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