Chapter One: Rebirth
Qingyun Village, a field of reeds.
Snap—
Jiang Mi was slapped to the ground, her plump body hitting the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust.
She was covered in dust, her clothes were disheveled, and her hair was covered in bits of grass.
The burly man chasing after her stepped on her, shouting angrily, "Damn it, you fat pig, you dare to resist! If it weren't for... do you think I'd even be interested in you?!"
Jiang Mi dug her hands into the soil, tears streaming down her face as she endured the pain in her back, pleading, "Please, please let me go..."
The burly man sneered, then pinned her to the ground and tore her apart with a forceful rip.
With a "rip", Jiang Mi's sleeve was torn open.
"No, let me go!" Jiang Mi trembled all over, terrified. She struggled desperately, but was kicked several times, causing her to vomit blood.
In a daze, she was grabbed by the neck by the strong man and dragged out of the reeds.
"I'll show you what's what today!"
"Let everyone see how you, you slut, sneak into the reeds!"
He shouted loudly, determined to attract the attention of the rest of the village.
Jiang Mi struggled to open her eyes. Through her blurry vision, she saw that she was almost out of the reeds.
Beyond the reeds lies the village entrance, where a group of elderly gossipy women sit year-round.
If she gets dragged out, she's finished...
"Why! Why are you doing this to me?!"
"What did I do wrong?!"
Boundless hatred filled her heart, and Jiang Mi, with strength she didn't know she had, kicked the man between the legs.
Taking advantage of the moment he clutched his lower abdomen, screamed, and knelt down, she grabbed a stone from the ground and smashed it into the man's head.
But she was already dizzy and weak from the beating, and the man snatched the stone from her and struck her hard on the head!
"Bang--"
Jiang Mi's skull was almost smashed, and she immediately fainted.
"You bitch, I'm going to kill you today!" The man cursed as he punched and kicked Jiang Mi, venting his anger.
"You dare to defy me? I find you disgusting!"
"You're so fat, you don't deserve to live in this world. You should just die sooner, so we can save some food!"
Just as he was venting his anger, he didn't notice that Jiang Mi, who had been unconscious, suddenly opened her eyes.
Unlike her previous cowardice and helplessness, her eyes were now filled with coldness.
This is... Wang Jie?
When she squinted at the man, it was as if a thousand sharp arrows were being fired, as if she wanted to destroy him in one fell swoop.
Wasn't she supposed to have been drowned? How come she's alive again?
She also met Wang Jie, the enemy who harmed her entire family!
This is truly a miracle!
Almost instantly, Jiang Mi grabbed Wang Jie's ankle as he kicked her and pulled him away forcefully.
With a "bang," Wang Jie fell straight to the ground. Before he could react, Jiang Mi quickly got up, stomped hard on Wang Jie's vulnerable abdomen, and grabbed his neck with both hands.
Wang Jie was choked and struggling to breathe. In the struggle, he made eye contact with Jiang Mi.
Why did that bitch's eyes suddenly become so fierce?!
He had been manipulating her just moments before, but in the blink of an eye, she had become a demon capable of tearing him apart.
"No... let go of me..."
"Spare me, don't kill me..."
He could sense that this woman truly wanted to kill him!
Looking into her bloodshot eyes, he was so terrified that he defecated and urinated uncontrollably.
Jiang Mi stared coldly at him, her aura like that of a killing god, every word carrying murderous intent: "Let you go?"
In her past life, when she begged this man to let her go, what did he do?
He pulled her out of the reeds and, in front of a village of hooligans and dozens of gossipy women, tore her clothes to shreds.
She, an unmarried woman, was now labeled a harlot by everyone, even though it wasn't her fault.
"Slut," "shameless," "cheapskate"—all sorts of labels were hurled at her.
Her parents and three brothers protected her, but the villagers implicated them, saying that all the women in their family were the same kind of people and that they were subjected to insults whenever they went out. Unable to bear seeing their wives humiliated, her brothers severed ties with them and divorced them.
The middle-aged mother was also insulted when she went out, suffered a mental breakdown, and drowned herself in the river.
Her father and brothers, filled with hatred, sought revenge for their mother, taking machetes and killing those who had persecuted her and her mother. They were later imprisoned and executed in the autumn.
When the sisters-in-law learned of the situation, they rushed to the yamen to beat the drum and appeal for justice, but they were treated as disturbing the court and each of them was beaten thirty times. They all died of high fever that night, without exception.
After her father and brothers were imprisoned, she was surrounded by villagers and tied to an old tree at the village entrance, exposed to the scorching sun for three whole days. After three days, they untied her from the tree and cruelly tied her up and drowned her in a pond while she was still on the verge of death.
Their entire family died because of this man!
How could she not hate that!
Jiang Mi's eyes turned even redder, and she gripped the ground even harder.
"Please... spare me... someone instructed me..." Wang Jie screamed in agony.
Jiang Mi was consumed by hatred and only wanted revenge; she didn't hear a word he said.
She clenched her teeth, like a beast gripping its prey, refusing to let go. Wang Jie's eyes rolled back as he was choked unconscious.
Just then, a voice came from not far away, interrupting Jiang Mi.
"This is it! I just saw Jiang Mi coming this way..."
"She came with that scoundrel Wang Jie! Everyone, hurry inside and help Jiang Mi!"
"If we go too late, she might encounter something bad."
That sound…
Jiang Mi squinted; it was the voice of her "best friend," Yang Liu.
Then came several male voices.
"Yang Liu, don't worry. If you ask me, Jiang Mi probably went with Wang Jie voluntarily."
"I think Wang Jie is the one who's really in a bad position. Maybe Jiang Mi just threw herself at him! Being with that fat pig Jiang Mi, Wang Jie is really at a disadvantage!"
These voices are so familiar.
Jiang Mi's eyes were filled with hatred. In her previous life, Wang Jie had dragged her away, and moments later, a group of four or five men rushed over and surrounded them...
Those disgusting, mocking voices were etched deeply into her mind; those were the very voices.
So, it turns out that these people were called by Yang Liu.
As the group drew closer, Jiang Mi struggled to her feet, her fair arms gleaming brightly in the sunlight.
Her clothes had already been torn open, and if these men saw her now, the consequences would be obvious.
Remembering everything she had experienced in her past life, Jiang Mi turned and ran, stumbling and running into the depths of the reeds.
"There's a sound! There's a sound over there!" The sound of reeds being rustled rang out, and someone immediately chased after Jiang Mi.
"stop!"
Footsteps followed the sound along the reeds.
The sound grew closer and closer, and Jiang Mi's steps became unsteady. Her heart pounded like thunder, and she trembled with nervousness, yet she dared not stop moving.
"Jiang Mi, is that you?"
Yang Liu's voice came from not far away.
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