In the dilapidated and declining mountain village, the sounds of roosters crowing and dogs barking rose and fell.
Behind the haystack, Ahri hid a thin boy with blood on his forehead, bruises on his lips, and a pitiful appearance.
Ali draped some dry grass over him and said, "Don't be afraid, we'll hide here now and run away together when it gets dark."
"Dog, you can run away by yourself, don't worry about me."
When Ah Li heard the boy call her "Dog Girl," she quietly reached out and pressed her hand on the boy's wound, saying, "Dog Egg, we're brothers in misfortune, after all. We're always hungry and cold, and we still have to go up the mountain to chop firewood and take care of our own families. Now that we have a chance to run away, of course I can't abandon you."
The young dog gasped in pain, his face turning even paler. He forced himself to hold Ah Li's hand, removing it from his wound, and gritted his teeth as he said, "Let's rest first, then we'll escape together."
Ah Li didn't intend to actually hurt the person further. She withdrew her hand and looked out from behind the haystack.
Seeing Gouya peeking around, Gou Dan let out a heavy sigh. He needed to rest more and couldn't really rely on the person in front of him.
As darkness fell, the sounds of cursing and swearing filled the village. "Where did those two bastards go? They haven't come home all day, and we haven't seen a trace of them. The whole family is waiting for food and drink."
"Once we find them, we'll break their legs, put them on dog leashes, starve them for a few days, and teach them a lesson they won't forget."
Ah Li narrowed her eyes, then glanced back and saw Gou Dan staring at her with a pair of calculating eyes.
This person was worried that she would be scared and then call someone over, only to turn around and accuse her of coming to arrest him.
Indeed, back-and-forth sabotage is something the original owner and this villain often do.
Gou Dan is the villain of this world. He should have been a chosen one, the young master of a wealthy family.
However, when his mother was giving birth, her maidservant switched him with another baby so that her son could live a life of wealth and luxury, and then sold him to a poor mountain village.
Later, the villain finally found a chance to escape the mountain village and coincidentally met his biological father, but unfortunately they did not recognize each other.
Finally, the villain learns about his origins by chance and begins to resent the injustice of fate. He turns evil and poisons everyone in the mountain village.
The original owner of this body died young from overwork, so the villain indirectly helped her get revenge.
After killing everyone in the village, the villain returned to his biological parents and slowly revealed that he had been switched at birth.
However, his biological parents did not believe it, because he was treated like a beast of burden by the villagers and was often beaten. Whether it was his disfigured appearance or his crippled leg, no one could see any resemblance to his biological parents.
The person who swapped identities with the villain is the male protagonist.
The villain harbors a grudge against the male protagonist, and he openly and secretly wants the male protagonist to experience the same suffering he has endured over the years.
However, the people in wealthy families were different from those who only knew how to eat and sleep, and who would beat and order people around when they were in trouble. They quickly discovered what the villains were doing.
In one instance, the villain pushed the male protagonist off a cliff, causing him to break his leg.
The villain was captured and even driven away by his own biological father, who said that he was malicious and could not possibly be his child.
The villain went completely insane, and from then on, no one ever saw him again.
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