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Ye Caiping and her family were detained for five whole days.
They only deliver one meal a day, which is rice bran and brown rice porridge, so thin you can see your reflection in it. Aside from this porridge, there's no water.
Aside from the food, the most difficult thing to endure was the environment.
In the less than ten-square-meter cell, the men's cell was okay, with only 5 people, but the women's cell had 9 people. When they lay down, they could hardly even stretch their legs.
It was damp and stuffy; after only five days, I was on the verge of a breakdown.
Originally, Ms. Wei would still make a couple of cries, but now she's been tortured to the point that she can't even utter a sound.
Huan'er even developed a fever.
Ye Caiping pulled her into her arms, her face full of worry. She bought some fever-reducing medicine from her spatial storage and put it into her mouth, saying, "Take it."
Huan'er opened her eyes and felt a strange bitter taste in her mouth. Without asking, she swallowed the medicine with a gulp.
Ye Caiping desperately wanted to buy an AK and fight her way out, but unfortunately there were no lethal weapons available in the space, and it wasn't practical either.
Wei said weakly, "Little sister, what should we do now? Look, Huan'er is sick."
Du said, "Didn't you say the message was sent out? You have to trust your man; he will definitely save us."
Ms. Wei lifted her eyelids slightly but remained silent.
"Get in!" A furious shout rang out, and Ye Erquan was pushed in by two constables.
Ye Caiping was startled: "Second Brother?"
Ye Erquan was pushed into the men's prison. The yamen runners locked the door and then said to Ye Caiping, "Madam Ye, the magistrate requests your presence."
Jin'er and Huan'er quickly grabbed her: "Mother..."
Ye Caiping's heart sank. She patted their hands and followed the constables away.
Grandma Ye, Ye Daquan, and the others watched Ye Caiping's departing figure, their expressions filled with panic: "Little sister! Little sister—"
Only after they were out of sight did Ye Daquan turn back to Ye Erquan: "Second brother, didn't little sister give you a letter?"
Ye Erquan looked remorseful and sobbed, "I'm sorry, I went to see Master Su. Master Su also went to see that so-called prefect, but in the end, Master Su said that the prefect of Mingzhou couldn't help..."
Clinging to the bars, Madam Wei wailed, "My husband... sob sob..."
Ye Erquan roared, "Stop crying, you're so annoying!"
Ms. Wei covered her mouth, but couldn't help herself.
Her crying caused Old Lady Ye and Madam Du to also start sobbing.
The entire cell was shrouded in gloom and despair.
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Ye Caiping went to the living room in the backyard.
Magistrate Lu was playing with the thrush in the cage when he heard the noise and turned around.
Ye Caiping was dressed in prison clothes, looking disheveled and thinner than before.
He chuckled and said, "Madam Ye, have you made up your mind?"
Ye Caiping looked dejected. Seeing Ye Erquan return, she knew this situation was unsolvable. Because she was just a commoner at the very bottom of the social ladder, above her lay a vast, intricate web of power.
Seeing that she remained silent, Magistrate Lu continued, "Alright, I'll give you three more days. If you still don't respond, I won't marry you. Instead, I'll marry your two daughters. How about that?"
Ye Caiping suddenly looked up, staring at him with icy eyes.
That shameless and despicable old man!
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The next two chapters will solve it, thank you for reading, Baozi.
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