Yes, that's right. Just now, she discovered that the system had been updated again!
This time there's an extra storage space, not too big, not too small.
"How are you feeling now?" Liu Yingying asked with concern.
The woman looked at her, then looked down at the garment covering her, and noticed that the chains that had been binding her had been removed and thrown aside.
"Thank you for saving me, but... but living like this is worse than death!" The woman was determined to die, and closed her eyes in pain, two hot tears sliding down her cheeks.
As a woman herself, Liu Yingying could understand her pain.
In this era, women valued chastity more than life itself, and given how long she had been imprisoned and how much humiliation she had suffered... it's no wonder she was determined to die...
But Liu Yingying still comforted her, saying, "Death is such an easy thing, but you have suffered all this not because of your fault. You are not the one who should punish yourself with death!"
Upon hearing this, the woman seemed to be summoned by some kind of power, and opened her eyes again, looking at her and asking.
"You're right... I want revenge! I'm going to kill that mother and child!"
As she spoke, she grabbed Liu Yingying's hand and asked, "Where are they? Are they dead?"
Seeing her like this, Liu Yingying hesitated for a moment before making a decision.
"They're not dead yet, they're right next door."
"Can you stand up now? If you can, please change into these clothes first."
A clean set of new clothes lay on the bed. These were clothes that Liu Yingying had originally brought with her on the road, and she had just asked Xue Ye to fetch them from the carriage.
"Thank you. My name is Xiaoxue. May I ask your name, my benefactor?"
"Liu Yingying!"
After changing her clothes, Xiaoxue, supported by Liu Yingying, went to the next room.
When she saw the mother and child, her eyes erupted with overwhelming hatred. She didn't know where the strength came from, but she broke free from Liu Yingying's hand that was supporting her.
She lunged at the middle-aged man, grabbing his neck tightly while letting out a hoarse and angry roar.
"You beast! I'm going to kill you... You've ruined my life!"
The middle-aged man tried to struggle, but his body was tightly bound, and he could only let Xiaoxue choke him.
Xiaoxue was already weak, and despite pinching him for a long time, she couldn't hurt the middle-aged man in the slightest.
Liu Yingying couldn't stand it anymore and pulled out a dagger, handing it to her.
"Use this. If you still don't feel satisfied, just scrape off pieces of his flesh!"
Liu Yingying felt that such a beast deserved to be treated this way!
The middle-aged man wasn't afraid when Xiaoxue pinched him earlier, but now he couldn't help but tremble all over when he heard Liu Yingying's words.
Good heavens... he's run into a living devil!
"Heroine...I know...I know I was wrong, please forgive me?"
"I will never dare to do such a heinous thing again. Please give me a chance. I will definitely turn over a new leaf!"
Liu Yingying stood there, coldly scoffing, "I suppose Xiaoxue begged you like this back then? But did you and your son have the slightest bit of compassion at that time?"
The man choked.
Those who harm others will ultimately destroy themselves!
Xiaoxue took the dagger and gripped it tightly in her hand, her expression showing some struggle.
Liu Yingying and Xue Ye simply stood aside and watched.
After a long while, Xiaoxue seemed to have finally mentally prepared herself. Looking at the middle-aged man's ugly and lewd face, and thinking about the living hell she had endured for the past six months, she shouted.
"Go to hell!"
He plunged a dagger into the middle-aged man's heart.
"Ah—" The man only managed to let out half a scream.
Then he started gushing blood, collapsed to the ground, his limbs twitching, and soon fell silent…
Xiaoxue collapsed to the ground, utterly exhausted.
After six months of hellish torment, there were only two things she wanted to do most.
Kill yourself, or kill this beast!
But now that she has actually killed someone, it feels like a dream.
This dream was so painful, it felt unreal…
Xue Ye leaned against the door frame, coldly observing the scene before him.
Xiaoxue killed her enemy, but it didn't surprise him much.
But what truly shocked him was…
How could Liu Yingying, this woman, do something as trivial as taking someone's life!
Who exactly is she?
Liu Yingying stepped forward and helped Xiaoxue up, then looked at Xue Ye and said, "Someone died here, but he deserved to die. Now there's an old lady left. What do you plan to do with her?"
Xue Ye: "Set it on fire!"
This way, no trace will be left, thus avoiding trouble.
"Alright!" Liu Yingying nodded.
Actually, they didn't have to get their hands dirty with this; they could have just tied up the mother and child and handed them over to the authorities.
However, if they report it to the authorities, firstly, they don't have sufficient evidence.
Secondly, the crime of imprisoning a girl alone is not enough to warrant the death penalty.
According to the laws of the Great Xia Kingdom, the government might even simply award Xiaoxue to this middle-aged man as his wife.
Liu Yingying thought of how, even in the 21st century when she lived, the law was so lenient in punishing those who trafficked women.
Moreover, in this feudal and ignorant ancient era?
It's incredibly difficult for a woman to get real justice in this kind of situation!
If that's the case, then let her pronounce the criminal's death sentence!
Liu Yingying took out a bottle of gasoline and handed it to Xue Ye, saying, "Sprinkle this around the house..."
She then helped Xiaoxue prepare to walk out.
Just then, the old woman who had been lying unconscious on the ground suddenly opened her eyes, quietly got up, took out a short knife from her bosom, and stabbed Liu Yingying in the back.
"I killed—"
At the critical moment, Xue Ye suddenly appeared and kicked the old woman in the chest.
Her body flew out like a dry leaf, and she died instantly.
One hour later.
Liu Yingying and the other two stood in front of the carriage, watching the house that was burning fiercely before them completely turn to ashes before getting into the carriage.
In the desolate wilderness, no one would care whether a mother and child once lived here, or how they disappeared…
Xue Ye drove the carriage on his way.
If all goes well, they should arrive in the capital in about two weeks.
Inside the carriage, Liu Yingying was applying medicine to Xiaoxue's bloodstained wrist.
"You can tell me if it hurts."
"I don't feel any pain!" She shook her head numbly. Compared to the humiliation she had suffered, this pain was nothing!
Liu Yingying knew that these traumas in her heart could not be healed in a short time, so she tried to talk to her.
Do you still have family?
"No!" Xiaoxue shook her head with a wry smile.
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