Thinking it over, Yang Damei's face showed embarrassment, and she awkwardly explained, "No, I... I just... I just had no choice." As she spoke, Yang Damei suddenly had a thought, and said in a slightly urgent tone, "Yunduo, I really have no other choice. I'm not as lucky as you, with your grandparents protecting you and benefactors helping you... Because our two families' arranged marriage fell through, my father even lost his position as village chief, and he took his anger out on me. These past few months have been absolutely unbearable..."
"Not only am I forced to work like an ox or a horse every day, but I also don't get any food, and I get beaten and scolded... Look at my hands..."
Yang Damei rolled up her sleeves, revealing the bruises on her arms, and said bitterly, "I can bear all of this. After all, which girl in the village hasn't gone through this?"
"But Cloud, I really can't take it anymore. If I keep going, I'll die."
“My dad wants to sell me to a man in his forties as his wife. If the man is just old and ugly, then so be it. It’s fate, and I have to accept it.”
"But! What man beats his wife? And not just a little bit. I know that he beat his first two wives to death!"
Even if she said those things to deceive Yun Duo, these were facts that Yang Da Mei herself had heard. Therefore, Yang Da Mei shuddered again, her face turning very pale. This made Yun Duo believe her somewhat, and softened her heart considerably.
It must be said that although Yun Duo's current body is only eight years old, she is, after all, an adult soul. She comes from a world with a sound legal system and relative equality between men and women. She instinctively feels sympathy and pity for the girls in this world, and she feels deep contempt and hatred for those who torture girls. Otherwise, she would not have been so relentless in her pursuit of Yun Youliang's family.
So, upon hearing Yang Damei's words and remembering that Yang Damei was also a victim in the past, Yun Duo finally couldn't help but speak up: "What does this have to do with my ducks?" Although her words sounded accusatory, her tone was soft, and her expression even concealed a hint of sympathy.
Yang Damei was taken aback. She just wanted to coax Yun Duo to relax and make her less wary of her so that she would have a chance to make her move.
Even if killing Yunduo doesn't benefit him, he can at least vent his anger.
Even if she gets beaten to death by that old man later, at least she'll have someone to take her down with her, so it's not a complete loss.
However... when she realized that Yun Duo felt sorry for her, Yang Da Mei's feelings quickly changed.
"I..." Yang Damei looked both ashamed and guilty, then lowered her head deeply. After a long while, she whispered with shame, "I don't want to marry that old man, I don't want to die, I want to escape. But I have no money, not a single penny..."
“Everyone in the village is struggling, I can’t just run away and ruin other people’s things…”
“I know your family is wealthy, and a duck shouldn’t be a big deal to you… so I thought… I thought I’d secretly borrow it, buy a train ticket to the city, and see if I could find a job, even if it’s just serving someone, it’s better than falling into that old man’s hands…”
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