Chapter 144 Zhaojia Village
Looking at the panicking woman in front of him, Zhao Laosi's eyes kept flashing with anger. This woman is dead today!
How dare she sneak away while he's not home!
Such a thing had not happened in their Zhaojia Village for several years, but he did not expect it to happen to Zhao Laosi now.
He stared fiercely at Li Juan's figure in front of him and quickened his pace to catch up with her.
Before Li Juan was trafficked to Zhaojia Village, she worked in a supply and marketing cooperative, where the work was easy and not demanding.
How can a woman who doesn't often walk on mountain roads compare in speed to a man who is used to doing farm work and walking on mountain roads?
After a while, Li Juan was caught up by Zhao Laosi and his men.
"Don't you want to live anymore? Huh?"
Teacher Zhao grabbed Li Juan's hair, pulled her towards him, and spoke viciously.
"ah--"
Li Juan knew that if she didn't escape this time, then there would be no chance for her to escape again in this life.
The man pulled her hair hard, and it hurt so much that her scalp felt like it was being pulled up. She could only grab the man with both hands to try to reduce the strength in his hands.
"You stinky bitch, I'm going to beat you to death!"
After saying that, Zhao Laosi raised his hand and started slapping her.
The sound of "pa, pa, pa" echoed in the silent forest. Seeing how hard he was fighting, the others began to persuade him:
"Fourth Brother, forget it, don't do anything bad."
"That's right, that's right, Lao Si, go back first."
But at this moment, Zhao Laosi could no longer hear anything and started pulling Li Juan's clothes.
"Run! I'll let you run! I'll kill you!"
When the others saw that they couldn't persuade him, they knew that he was so angry that he lost his mind. Seeing that he was still going to insult Li Juan in the wild in front of everyone, they walked away and waited for him to finish.
He tore off Li Juan's clothes and she tried desperately to pull them together again to cover herself.
It was of no use, and soon she was only able to suffer humiliation and beatings.
Later, he couldn't bear it anymore and passed out.
When she woke up again, not only were her ankles shackled, but her hands were also shackled, and she was locked in a small room naked, like a dog.
"Clatter-clatter-clatter-clatter-clatter"
In the dim and narrow room, Li Juan stood up from the bed like a zombie, looking at the spring scenery outside through the tiny gap.
Watching the sunlight shining through the gap, she reached out with trembling hands to catch the faint light.
Feeling the warmth of the sun on her fingertips, she couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth slightly, and tears rolled down from the corners of her eyes.
…
Less than half a year later, Li Juan became pregnant.
Zhao Laosi was so happy that he treated everyone in the village to a big drink before giving birth.
It was only then that Li Juan realized that one of the main reasons she was unable to escape was because of the woman who was also trafficked - Xiuying.
"Sister-in-law, don't blame me. You're not familiar with this place at all. You can't run away. You'll be caught sooner or later. It's better for me to tell you your whereabouts in exchange for a little freedom for me in this village."
Xiuying looked at the woman in front of her who was only wearing shackles because of her pregnancy and spoke.
Hearing her words, Li Juan's eyes, which had been dull, suddenly lit up, filled with resentment.
Although she had guessed the moment she was caught that it was the result of being seen, she thought she was forced to reveal the direction of her escape.
But I never imagined that they just wanted to live more comfortably in this backward and closed little mountain village.
"Go away, go away, go away—"
Having not spoken for so long, her voice was hoarse, like the dull sound of an old, worn-out bellows.
The woman who was hit by the pillow she threw pursed her lips, put the pillow on a chair beside her, and walked out.
“Hehe, hehe, hehe…”
She was the only one left in the small room again. Li Juan slumped down on the bed, her eyes empty and a mocking laugh coming from her mouth.
…
"It's on fire! Come and put it out! It's on fire!"
In the middle of the night, a fire suddenly broke out in Zhao Laosi's house.
It was half a bottle of wine that Zhao Laosi had drunk that rolled down from the stove and spilled in front of the stove where there were still sparks.
There were dry firewood piled up next to the stoves in the countryside, and Zhao Laosi's house was a wooden house, which caught fire easily. Soon the flames shot up into the sky and the whole house was engulfed in flames.
Li Juan was awakened by the noise outside. Before she opened her eyes, she found that she was very hot, so she opened her eyes quickly.
But she found that the room outside was already ablaze, and thick smoke was constantly entering the room she was in.
Her feet were shackled and she couldn't walk at all, while Zhao Laosi was still sleeping like a dead pig.
She really didn't want to care about him, and even wished he would die in the fire.
But she didn't want to die yet. As long as she didn't die, she would still have a chance to go back alive.
So now I have to wake him up and ask him to take me out.
"Zhao Laosi, wake up quickly, Zhao Laosi!"
Seeing that he was still snoring loudly, she raised her hand in anger and slapped him in the face.
It feels so good!
"What the hell are you doing? Don't think I won't hit you just because you're pregnant!"
Zhao Laosi woke up in a daze, his face burning with pain. He grabbed Li Juan's hand and said viciously.
"I, I didn't mean to. There was a fire outside and I couldn't wake you up..."
Her face showed fear, but because she had just let out her anger, she was extremely happy at the moment.
When Zhao Laosi heard her words, he realized that his house was on fire!
He hurriedly grabbed the kettle beside him and poured it on the quilt, then wrapped himself in the quilt and rushed out.
"Hey, Zhao Laosi, there's me too. You have to open my shackles first!"
Li Juan grabbed his quilt and said anxiously.
"Get lost! I don't have the key! When you tried to run away, I threw the key away when you came back. You deserve what you're doing today! I just feel sorry for my unborn child."
After Zhao Laosi said this, he kicked her away, opened the door and rushed out.
"Zhao Laosi!!!"
Li Juan never expected this to happen. The door was opened and a large amount of thick smoke came in, choking her and making it difficult for her to breathe.
The other side of the shackles on her feet was locked to the bedpost, so she couldn't even reach the door.
She wanted to open the shackles unwillingly, so she picked up the stool next to her and kept hitting it.
"Clang—clang—"
There were constant noises coming from the stool and the chains, but the shackles were still intact and had not changed at all.
The fire outside had spread in, and heat waves surged towards Li Juan.
She could already feel the burning pain of the flames burning her skin, but she still didn't give up and kept hitting the chains with the stool.
"ah--"
Outside the illusion, everyone watching this scene had red eyes.
Zhang Ling'er even quietly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.
Seeing this, Bai Yi handed her a handkerchief.
She didn't have time to think about why he, a grown man, should imitate the ancient women and carry handkerchiefs, so she took it and wiped the corners of her eyes carelessly.
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