Jiang Yuwei remembered that she still had a cane in her hand, so she used the cane to forcefully stab backward. In order to block Jiang Yuwei's attack, the man quickly freed one hand to grab the cane.
Seeing that the hand covering her mouth had been removed, Jiang Yuwei exclaimed with all her might:
"Help me! Someone, help me!! There are bad guys!!"
"Don't shout, or I'll kill you!"
Hearing the man's voice, Jiang Yuwei felt a cold sweat break out on her back.
"Don't kill me. I'll give you anything you want."
"Hehehe, what do I want? I just want you!"
Jiang Yuwei was startled by these words. Sure enough, she was doomed to be trapped in this man's clutches today.
As Jiang Yuwei was thinking, the man suddenly pulled her to the ground, turned around and straddled her, reaching out to untie her clothes.
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei quickly called out:
"Don't move. Let me go, and I'll give you what you want. I'll give you money. Go to a brothel and find a beautiful woman who's a hundred times better than me."
"I don't want it, I want you!"
Seeing that this man was unmoved, Jiang Yuwei quickly thought of the self-defense techniques she had learned before. Now that she was pinned down and unable to move, she could only try her luck and gather her strength for a strike. Jiang Yuwei found the right spot and used all her strength to push her knee upwards.
"Ouch, you bitch, it hurts so much!"
Seeing the man writhe on the ground in pain, clutching his genitals, Jiang Yuwei quickly grabbed a rock and smashed it over his head.
Without thinking twice, he scrambled to his feet and ran desperately out of the woods, calling for help as he ran:
"Help! Someone help me!"
Jiang Yuwei was running when she suddenly saw a man pushing a cart coming up the village road. She quickly went up to him, grabbed him, and called out:
"Help me! Someone is chasing me!"
"Sister Yuwei, what are you doing here so late?"
Jiang Yuwei recognized the man and, by the moonlight, took a closer look. It turned out to be Ning Tiezhu, the eldest son of Aunt Zhou's family. She immediately felt relieved and was about to speak when she saw the man limping out of the grove of trees.
"You bitch, you dare to ambush me? Don't you dare run away, or I'll catch you and beat you to death!"
Upon hearing the man's voice, Ning Tiezhu picked up the shovel from the cart and turned around to look:
"Who's there!"
"Pah, you bitch, you even dare to bring helpers. Next time I catch you, I won't let you off easily."
The dark figure was seen cursing as it limped towards the west end of the village.
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei breathed a long sigh of relief. Only then did she realize that she was already soaked in sweat from fright. At this moment, she felt weak and powerless. Sure enough, under such an absolute disparity in strength, she was powerless to resist. It seemed that she had completely offended this person today.
This person must know me, otherwise he wouldn't have threatened to arrest me again. It seems I need to think of more ways to defend myself. I've been living too comfortably here, which has made me let my guard down. If this were the apocalypse, I would always carry weapons with me to deal with any emergencies.
Ning Tiezhu watched as the man ran far away before turning back to look at Jiang Yuwei, whose face was deathly pale with fright. He asked her worriedly:
"Sister Yuwei, let's go back quickly. You look quite frightened. Why don't you sit on the cart and I'll push you back?"
Jiang Yuwei then came to her senses and quickly waved her hand, saying:
"No, no, I can walk by myself. Thank you so much earlier."
Seeing that Jiang Yuwei seemed to be alright, Ning Tiezhu smiled and said:
"It's alright, we're all from the same village, we should lend a hand when we see each other. Let me take you home."
Jiang Yuwei felt somewhat relieved upon hearing Ning Tiezhu's words. She was genuinely afraid of returning and encountering that man's ambush again. Fortunately, her home wasn't far from Aunt Zhou's, so she nodded and said:
"Alright, we shouldn't stay here any longer. Let's hurry up and leave, Tiezhu."
Ning Tiezhu nodded and pushed the cart behind Jiang Yuwei. The two quickly walked to the foot of the mountain.
Jiang Yuwei saw a torch burning at the gate of her courtyard from afar, and Ning Huaizhi was sitting anxiously waiting for her at the gate. Her bad mood from before vanished instantly.
He turned back to thank Ning Tiezhu and then returned to his own courtyard.
"Yuwei, why are you back so late? I... I was worried, but my leg is too bad to go out and meet you. I'm so useless."
Looking at Ning Huaizhi, who was filled with self-reproach, Jiang Yuwei could no longer hold back and squatted down to cry in his arms.
Seeing this, Ning Huaizhi was even more at a loss and asked:
"Yuwei, what's wrong? Did something happen on the way back?"
Jiang Yuwei steadied herself, peeked out from Ning Huaizhi's embrace, and said with tears streaming down her face:
"Huaizhi, I also want to learn martial arts. Will you teach me?"
Ning Huaizhi frowned as he looked at Jiang Yuwei with heartache and said:
"Yuwei, what happened? Tell me quickly, did someone bully you?"
Jiang Yuwei wiped her face haphazardly with her sleeve and said:
"Just now, when I entered the village and reached the west end, someone ambushed me and dragged me into the woods. However, I broke free and even broke his forehead with a stone. When I ran out of the woods, I met Tiezhu from Aunt Zhou's house. He helped me chase the man away and brought me back."
As Ning Huaizhi listened to Jiang Yuwei's description, he gripped the armrests of the wheelchair tightly, as if he wanted to crush them. He never imagined that the wife of a general would suffer such humiliation. He had martial arts skills but could not use them. It was all because of his crippled legs. Thinking this, Ning Huaizhi punched his leg hard.
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei quickly reached out and grabbed Ning Huaizhi's hand, saying with concern:
"Huaizhi, please don't do this, I beg you."
Seeing Jiang Yuwei's frightened appearance, Ning Huaizhi felt a sharp pain in his heart, as if pierced by a sword. He quickly pulled her into his arms.
"Yuwei, I know. I want my leg to get better soon so I can protect you. It's my fault, it's all my fault."
Jiang Yuwei patted Ning Huaizhi's back gently, as if coaxing a child, and smiled:
"I understand, Huaizhi. Your leg will get better. In a few days, I will go to the mountain to find wild ginseng for you. Your leg will definitely get better."
Jiang Yuwei thought for a moment and then said:
"What happened today is quite strange. Nothing happened on my way back from the town, but something happened after I entered the village. This person must be from our village, and he even said he would come to find me again in the future, so he must know me."
When Ning Huaizhi heard Jiang Yuwei say that the man actually said he would come looking for her again in the future, he could no longer contain his anger. At this moment, he only wanted to catch that man and cut him into a thousand pieces to vent his anger.
"Yuwei, go to the village head first thing tomorrow morning to explain this matter and ask him to find this person. Otherwise, I really won't feel at ease."
Jiang Yuwei nodded; she had the same idea.
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