Li Fangqi kindly helped Ling Nian take her things home, and then went to the field to tell Ling's family that Ling Nian had been sick and fainted, and that she had found her and taken her to the clinic.
Ling Nian was grateful that she didn't say anything else.
Ling Nian slept at the clinic for a day and felt much better. But now she had no intention of running away from the wedding; she only wanted to find out who had assaulted her after she fainted. Also, the doctor had said she might have taken some kind of medication that caused her to faint—what was this medication?
She planned to find out who had harmed her, so she stopped going to school and her family arranged blind dates for her as scheduled. Originally, the blind dates arranged for her by the Ling family were all quite decent, after all, she was a famous beauty in the surrounding area, and the Ling family wanted to use her to gain the greatest benefit.
That day, the Liu family, whose house was a few houses away from the Ling family's, took the initiative to propose marriage. Liu Huai of the Liu family was already twenty-eight years old and still didn't have a suitable partner because of his limp.
His lameness wasn't a life-threatening problem, but his misfortune lay in the fact that his father was a notorious troublemaker and lecherous old man in the surrounding area; and because Liu's father's uncle was the town mayor's assistant, no one dared to offend him.
But no one dared to propose marriage to him, and even when he wanted to arrange a marriage between a girl he fancied and his son, no one dared to agree, because everyone knew what this old man was up to.
The Liu family's economic conditions were excellent, ranking among the best in the entire township.
When Ling's father heard from Liu's mother that she would give a large dowry, he agreed to let Ling Nian marry Liu Huai. According to Liu's mother, Liu Huai had taken a liking to Ling Nian himself, and had been interested for a long time, but had not dared to speak up because Ling Nian was too young at the time.
Liu's mother also promised that after the young couple got married, they would be able to move to town, as Liu Huai's great-uncle had already found Liu Huai a good job there.
Back then, for farmers who toiled in the fields all day, working in town was incredibly appealing. Plus, they wouldn't have to live with that lecherous Liu, so there wasn't much to worry about.
After Ling's father told them about it, the family was happy about the marriage for quite some time.
Decades ago, the village was conservative and placed great importance on a girl's chastity. Others might not know that Ling Nian had been bullied, but she knew it herself. This made her very depressed, and she became somewhat submissive towards the arranged marriage.
So the marriage was arranged quickly, and not long after, Ling Nian was married into the Liu family. However, Liu Huai never touched Ling Nian after the marriage, but Ling Nian discovered she was pregnant not long after the wedding, which terrified her.
However, Liu Huai did not raise any objections to this matter, and Liu's mother even seemed very happy about it.
However, the news that Liu Huai would be working in town has been nowhere to be found, as if it never happened at all.
Although Ling Nian wasn't as quick-witted as Li Fangqi, after thinking about how the Liu family came to propose marriage after she was assaulted, and analyzing Liu Huai's attitude towards her, Ling Nian began to understand: the person who assaulted her that day must have been Liu's father. And Liu Huai probably knew about it. As for Liu's mother…
Not long after the marriage, Ling Nian realized that Liu's father was the only one who made the decisions in the Liu family. Liu's mother was terrified of him and did whatever he said. So it must have been Liu's father who encouraged Liu's mother to propose to the Ling family. Liu Huai would go to work in town, and his wife would be taken to town with him. It was all Liu's father who taught Liu's mother to say these things.
When no one was home, Ling Nian confronted Liu's father. Surprisingly, Liu's father admitted to the incident, saying that he had encountered Li Fangqi on his way to the fields. He had originally intended to take advantage of Li Fangqi, but after hearing from Li Fangqi that Ling Nian had fainted not far ahead, he turned onto the road leading to the station and assaulted Ling Nian.
The road where Ling Nian was located did not pass through the Liu family's road to the fields if you went to the clinic, so it was very strange that Li Fangqi would meet Liu's father.
In addition, when Li Fangqi left Ling Nian, although Ling Nian was extremely dizzy, she was still conscious and had not actually fainted; she only fainted after Li Fangqi said she was going to the clinic to find a doctor and left.
So, did Li Fangqi deliberately lead Liu's father down that road to harm her? Also, Li Fangqi did indeed come to Ling Nian's house early that morning before breakfast, and that drug that made her faint...
Ling Nian couldn't believe her discovery and was extremely saddened and disappointed.
This led to Ling Nian's premature birth and difficult labor. The clinic had limited resources, and when the doctor asked the Liu family whether to save the mother or the child, Liu's mother immediately said to save the child. It's likely that Liu's mother had already realized that Liu's father was interested in this daughter-in-law, and rather than face gossip later, she wanted to end his hopes now.
Ling Nian died during childbirth. She died with a lot of resentment.
Why would Li Fangqi, whom she considered her best friend and trusted implicitly, do this to her?
Perhaps it was this resentment that led her to discover another part of her life, only to learn that Li Fangqi had actually been reborn. In her previous life, Ling Nian had successfully escaped an arranged marriage and was admitted to a prestigious university the following year, after which she stayed in the capital and never returned.
Li Fangqi was forced by her family to marry Liu Huai, and was bullied by Liu's father several times. The child she gave birth to was also Liu's father's. However, she did not have a difficult childbirth. When she was in her thirties and her child was almost in high school, Ling Nian met her when she returned to her hometown of Zhegutun.
She chatted with Ling Nian for a long time, clearly longing for life in the big city. Having lived there herself, Ling Nian felt great sympathy for these women and told her many stories about the outside world.
Li Fangqi couldn't help but yearn for life in big cities. In addition, the countryside was much more open than before, so she took advantage of her son's admission to university to go to work in a big city and truly broadened her horizons.
In their first life, although they were neighbors, they didn't have much interaction because they were both in difficult circumstances. Li Fangqi didn't study in high school for long, and they were both busy dealing with the hardships of life.
Ling Nian didn't know why Li Fangqi would do this to her.
However, after sorting through these unpleasant memories, Chu Nian guessed that Li Fangqi was probably worried that she would be entangled with the Liu family again in this life, so she took the initiative to find a daughter-in-law who could meet their standards.
Chu Nian transmigrated to the time when the original owner had just finished breakfast and was lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) feeling dizzy after running away from her arranged marriage. It is estimated that her mental strength was already strong enough, so as soon as she transmigrated, her mental strength eliminated the effects of the drug that caused dizziness, allowing her to quickly regain her senses.
The person knocking on the window was Li Fangqi. Actually, Ling's father hadn't come out of the field; Li Fangqi was just worried that Ling Nian would stay in bed for too long, so she avoided going to the field with the lecherous Liu's father.
That Li Fangqi is really vicious!
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