Lin Yingyu was filled with anxiety. All they heard along the way was news of the Nationalist army's large-scale rout and the imminent liberation of the country.
Chen Hongxia noticed her worries and tried her best to stay with her every day. "We're going to be liberated soon, and good days are coming."
Her face was beaming with a smile, and even Lin Yingyu, who was already preoccupied with her own thoughts, couldn't help but smile when she saw her smile.
Let's just live one day at a time and drag it out for now.
When did she decide to kill her and take her place in the world?
In fact, Lin Yingyu never intended to harm Chen Hongxia. She was very grateful to have met her on the road, otherwise she would have been devoured by the wolves and tigers on the road long ago.
It was Bai Xiangdong who discovered that Chen Hongxia's identity was suspicious and threatened her when she was not around.
In fact, Bai Xiangdong had been making moves a few days before that, pulling Lin Yingyu and touching her inappropriately when Chen Hongxia couldn't see him.
"you……"
Lin Yingyu clenched her fists and tensed her back, but she dared not vent her anger on Bai Xiangdong, fearing that they would abandon her.
This man had always pretended to be very good, never talking much to her, and being very considerate to Chen Hongxia. Lin Yingyu couldn't believe that he was actually this kind of person in private.
Bai Xiangdong looked at the beautiful Lin Yingyu with greed in his eyes. Not only was she beautiful, but there must be money in that box.
They marched south, and cities and villages were liberated, with joyous broadcasts playing everywhere in the cities.
Years of war had ravaged the city, which had been burned by artillery fire several times. Everywhere there were ruins and rubble, but for the first time, hope appeared on the gaunt and weary faces of the people inside.
They looked more weathered than Lin Yingyu, but unlike her, they all had hope on their faces.
"Have you noticed that these past few days, whenever you enter the city, you keep your head down, afraid to let others see your face, and you don't dare to say much?"
Once they got close to the People's Liberation Army, they hid behind us, afraid to go any closer, and insisted on taking another route.
There were PLA comrades left behind in the city to take over and clean up the city. Lin Yingyu saw them like a mouse seeing a cat. In addition, given her previous fancy clothes, Bai Xiangdong had long suspected her.
"You're so afraid of the People's Liberation Army and yet you're rich, you must be a family member of a Kuomintang soldier?"
Lin Yingyu put her hands behind her back and kept backing away, saying, "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Don't think I'll believe you just because you deny it. Since you say it's not true, then let's go find the People's Liberation Army."
Lin Yingyu kept backing away. They were looking for wild vegetables in the wild when they accidentally tripped over a dead tree.
Seeing how scared she was, Bai Xiangdong became even more certain of his guess, and looked at Lin Yingyu triumphantly with his arms crossed.
"Tell me, if I were to report you, would the People's Liberation Army comrades praise me?"
"I'm not, don't talk nonsense."
"Will we find out when we get there? The Nationalist army is staying here. Are you going to become a spy and betray our intelligence?"
Lin Yingyu was easily frightened by his words and sat on the ground trembling for a long time before finally calming down.
"what you up to?"
If he really wanted to report it, he would have done so long ago and wouldn't have waited until now. Just thinking about how this man had touched her inappropriately filled Lin Yingyu with endless disgust and embarrassment.
"You're so afraid because you know that once your identity is exposed, you'll be killed."
I have a way to give you an identity that no one will ever suspect.
He was just a lustful devil, but now he stands far away, staring at her face with malice, watching her turn ashen-faced after she makes her own guess.
"I can help you, but you'll have to give something else in return."
Bai Xiangdong lost both his parents and has survived by begging all these years. He thought he would live such a undignified life forever, never expecting that one day he would be able to covet the person he never dared to dream of before.
No matter how high and mighty they used to be, they now have to kneel down and beg for his mercy.
If he doesn't help her, she will die.
"Only I can help you."
Bai Xiangdong slowly approached Lin Yingyu, who was sitting on the ground, squatted down, and stared at her eyes with great interest.
He was like a venomous snake flicking its tongue, saying, "Kill Chen Hongxia, and you will be her from now on. No one but me will know your true identity."
"If you don't agree, then I'll have no choice but to report you!"
He was certain she wouldn't dare resist; if she weren't afraid of death, she wouldn't have been so fearful these past few days.
"Once you become Chen Hongxia, let's live together."
The sky was overcast and threatening rain that day, and the weather was extremely hot and humid. Her memories seemed to be melted away by the heat.
All she knew was that the blades of grass would scratch her body and leave long, thin marks. She endured it, her fingernails filled with the raw flesh she had picked at.
From that moment on, she had no choice but to stay with that devil.
"Yingyu, where did you guys go just now?"
When Chen Hongxia returned to her place, she found that neither of them were there. The weather was gloomy with dark clouds hanging down, and it looked like it was going to rain soon. She stood at the door looking outside with worry.
"I just went to look for wild vegetables and walked a bit too far."
After Lin Yingyu finished speaking, she went inside. They were staying in a dilapidated house that no one lived in.
"Brother Xiangdong, what happened to Yingyu?"
Chen Hongxia sensed something was wrong, even though she hadn't been very enthusiastic and seemed uninterested in anything.
But never before had he looked like he had suffered a great blow, with grass blades still on his cheeks.
"Could something have happened while they were foraging for wild vegetables?"
Bai Xiangdong responded impatiently and went into the house, a satisfied smile on his face, constantly appearing near Lin Yingyu like a bug.
Two days later, as they were about to leave their current location and head south, they encountered many soldiers pursuing the remaining Nationalist troops in the city.
Although they dodged quickly, Lin Yingyu still saw their bodies being shot and falling straight down.
She was afraid; she didn't want to die.
She then agreed to Bai Xiangdong's proposal.
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