《After Rebirth, My Fianc茅 Helps Me Avenge the Wicked Scum》


 Chapter 1 Finally Escaped

    Chapter 1 - 1 Finally Escaped


    Chapter 1 Finally Escaped


    Jiang Mengyu finally escaped.


    For ten years, as a shared wife in the deep mountains, today she finally found a chance to escape from Tiger Valley.


    Ten years ago, when she was still a high school freshman, she overheard Mom talking to Dad about arranging her marriage after she graduated from high school. Realizing that she had already self-studied the high school curriculum, she approached her teacher, explained her situation, and asked the teacher to let her take the university entrance exam.


    The teacher, feeling sympathetic, allowed her to take the exam¡ªand she actually passed. But unexpectedly, being accepted into university became the start of her nightmare.


    When she received the admission letter, her parents, who had always either hit or yelled at her, surprisingly bought food and drinks to celebrate her university acceptance. She thought that her parents had finally recognized her efforts.


    During the toast, after her little sister offered her a small cup of homemade sweet wine, she lost consciousness.


    The next time she awoke, she was in a sealed truck, having been sold into Tiger Valley to be a shared wife to a pair of brothers.


    Thinking of the wine her sister had given her, she understood¡ªshe had been tricked by her sister. No, that was wrong; Dad and Mom were there, yet they did nothing to stop it.


    This meant that the wine her sister toasted with must have been their idea!


    She remembered that when she first got the admission letter, Mom had told her to give up her university spot to her little sister.


    She refused at that time.


    Throughout these past sixteen years, Dad and Mom favored her sister. As daughters of the same family, she toiled from dawn to dusk while her sister did nothing.


    Her sister wore fine clothes and ate well, while she only got her sister''s leftovers and hand-me-downs.


    But her parents said, "You''re the older sister, you should always let your younger sister have her way," so she accepted it.


    She could comply with everything her parents wanted, but not university¡ªthat was her way to escape from the marriage Mom had arranged, so how could she agree to give it up?


    Now that she thought about it, refusing to relinquish her university place was probably why they sold her into the deep mountains, to allow her sister to take her university spot and probably also to use the money from selling her to pay for her sister''s travel expenses, right?


    During these ten years, she often wondered: Why, being their daughter too, was her sister a treasure but she just grass? Why destroy her life to benefit her sister?


    It just didn''t make sense to her!


    So, from the day she was sold to Tiger Valley, she had been plotting her escape and wanted to confront her parents: Why did they do this?


    There were only thirty-eight families in the whole village of Tiger Valley. Because of poverty, no woman was willing to marry into this village; nearly every household had a bought wife.


    It was said that the human traffickers not only provided wives but also "maintenance" services.


    If a wife ran away, the human trafficker would take responsibility for finding and "reprimanding" her, then return her to the buyer. This "maintenance" continued until the bought wife had a child.


    After learning that traffickers provided such maintenance, Jiang Mengyu seemed resigned and did not attempt to escape lightly.


    After she gave birth to a boy, the two brothers relaxed their supervision over her.


    Later on, when villagers returned from working outside and talked about the outside world, her two "husbands" also wanted to earn money, starting with one going out, and eventually both leaving.


    Due to the bond with their child, neither thought she would run away.


    However, Jiang Mengyu, yearning for freedom, chose her child''s birthday night to spike some orange juice with a sleeping aid for her mother-in-law and child. Once the two slept, she took the bundle she had prepared and fled.


    Don''t call her heartless, for the child was taken care of by the mother-in-law from birth, raised in an environment of "watch your mother, don''t let her run away," devoid of a normal child''s feelings for their mother.


    To her, that home was a prison and her son a jailer¡ªso leaving her son gave her no guilt.


    After running all night, exhausted Jiang Mengyu finally escaped the vast mountains. Seeing the road leading out of the mountains, she took a deep breath of relief: she had finally escaped.

 Chapter 2: Jumping Off the Cliff

    Chapter 2 - 2: Jumping Off the Cliff


    Chapter 2: Cliff Jumping


    At this moment, the sky was already bright.


    She had already escaped from the deep mountains, had even seen the highway¡ªjust following that road would take her out of the mountains. Continuing on, she would reach the main road where cars occasionally passed by. Once she caught a ride, she would truly be free!


    But listening to the barking of the dogs, Jiang Mengyu, utterly exhausted, knew very well that she could not run anymore.


    Right after the barking, human voices could be heard distantly:


    "Look, that woman is over there."


    "Don''t let her get to the highway, catch her quickly!"


    "She has a child and still runs away; such a heartless woman."


    "Ah Huang, chase!"


    "Catch that damned woman, break her legs."


    These voices were like curses that made Jiang Mengyu''s already weary body weaken even more: those people had still followed.


    Although they were still on the mountain top, it would take some time for them to reach her, but they were coming with hunting dogs, and would soon catch up. She, who had been running all night, could not outrun the hunting dogs!


    Looking back longingly at the nearby road leading out of the mountains, she then decisively charged towards a large boulder, stood on top of it, steeled her heart, closed her eyes, and jumped.


    Jiang Mengyu had no intention of returning this time after escaping.


    Because she knew, the punishment for the third escape attempt was to have her legs broken, with no medical treatment.


    Because a woman who had run away three times was judged as someone who would not stay put; breaking her legs meant she could no longer run away.


    Jiang Mengyu''s ten years of endurance were all for this one escape attempt.


    If she couldn''t escape, then she''d rather die than go back and accept the punishment of having her legs broken.


    When those people saw her jump off the cliff, they yelled angrily, bellowed, and threatened, but to no avail.


    Amidst those voices, she heard the old woman''s voice, which surprised her a bit¡ªhadn''t she drunk the orange drink mixed with something and fallen asleep?


    But no matter how the old woman threatened, it couldn''t stop Jiang Mengyu''s actions.


    Because when a person is willing to give up their life, no amount of threatening will work.


    Jiang Mengyu heard the whistling of the wind by her ears, and then, she felt something brush against her, something seemed to be rushing toward her¡ªor rather, she was plunging towards something. A pain shot through her head, and she plunged into darkness.


    Was she finally going to die?


    After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Mengyu opened her eyes. She hadn''t died?


    She tried to get up but felt an excruciating pain in her legs; looking down, she realized that her leg was actually broken.


    Looking further, she had multiple cuts on her face, hands, and legs.


    She bitterly smiled to herself¡ªescaping for the third time, she would have had her leg broken by the human traffickers, yet they hadn''t even started to punish her, and she had already received her punishment.


    However, even with a broken leg, she still wanted freedom!


    Fortunately, her ten years living in the mountains were not in vain.


    The people of Tiger Valley did not know if it was because they were far from the health clinic or for some other reason, but everyone knew a bit of martial arts and how to concoct herbal medicines.


    Whenever villagers were sick or in pain, they would use their own herbal concoctions, even knowing a bit about setting bones.


    After Mengyu gave birth to a child at the Zhou Family''s home, when complications arose, it was her mother-in-law who administered herbal medicine that healed her. However, though her health recovered, she lost her ability to bear children.


    The cloth bag slung over her shoulder was still there, containing food and water. She drank a bit of water first. Tearing the hem of her clothes, she wrapped her broken leg, then surveyed her surroundings.


    Above her was the cliff she had jumped from, and below, there were still dozens of meters to the bottom!


    Should she climb upwards or leap downwards?

 Chapter 3: Treasure

    Chapter 3 - 3: Treasure


    Chapter 3: The Treasure


    Mengyu is now in the middle of the cliff, unable to go up or down. Not to mention that she has broken a leg, even if her body were in good condition, the situation would still be terrible.


    Climbing up would mean tackling over thirty meters of height. With her current physical state, she couldn''t make it up.


    Climbing down would be even more difficult with over forty meters depth.


    But no matter how difficult, she had to try.


    She had leaped off the cliff as a last resort, but now that she was away from the tiger''s den, she very much wanted to survive.


    Enduring the excruciating pain, Mengyu crawled towards the roots of the pine tree. She needed to find a safe place to rest first.


    Finally, she reached the roots and discovered something unusual behind the curtain of vines.


    She pushed aside the vines, and indeed, there was a cave.


    From a distance, she heard shouts outside. Her heart skipped a beat; were those people still not gone?


    Without hesitation, she crawled into the cave and rearranged the vines at the entrance to their original state.


    She took a lighter from the cloth bag over her shoulder, ignited it, and saw that the cave was not deep or large, just about a dozen square meters in size.


    However, with this cave, she could at least rest for a while.


    She believed those people would not find this cave. Unless one climbed up to it, the entrance was practically invisible.


    They would only search for her at the bottom of the cliff, and not finding her, they would retreat.


    However, the dry food and water she had prepared for escape would only last ten days. After ten days, she believed those people would have left.


    But the question was, could she walk after ten days?


    Regardless, she had to try.


    Mengyu picked some medicinal herbs on the cliff, dragged her injured leg, jumped towards the wall of the cave, and sat down.


    She lit a torch made of pine resin and dry branches that she had found at the roots of the pine tree.


    She then opened the bandages on her leg once more and set her own bones.


    A surge of intense pain caused her leg to kick out involuntarily, and she heard a clanging sound.


    What was that?


    She saw a jar that she had kicked and broken.


    She poked it with her hand, and two stone beads tumbled out of the jar.


    She picked up the stone beads with her hand.


    To her surprise, because there was still blood from her leg on her hand, the blood accidentally touched the stone beads and was absorbed by them.


    The stone beads were absorbing blood! She almost threw them out in shock.


    Thinking she was seeing things, she deliberately got some blood from another bleeding wound and touched it to the other stone bead.


    Indeed, the stone bead absorbed the blood again.


    At the same time, a chunk of information suddenly appeared in her mind.


    This information explained the origin and usage of the stone beads.


    To be precise, it was a jade bead, a storage device refined by a Witch God ancient times. The owner of the storage talisman was an ancient Witch God''s Guardian¡ªa person who had reincarnated from a treasure-hunting rat. After becoming the Guardian of the Witch God, her task was to seek various treasures for the Witch God, providing wealth and performing good deeds.


    After the Witch God had passed away, this treasure-seeking Guardian also reincarnated, but she never forgot her duty, diligently searching for various treasures in each life, preparing food and necessities, always ready to aid the reincarnation of the Witch God in performing acts of kindness.


    The treasure stored inside this jade bead was the collection that the Guardian had prepared for the Witch God in a lifetime.


    The information requested that if anyone obtained this jade bead, they should deliver it to the reincarnation of the Witch God. In return, the information also included a Witch Body Cultivation Technique.


    Mengyu felt depressed, so it seemed that the treasure within this jade bead didn''t belong to her?

 Chapter 4 Just Want to Ask Why

    Chapter 4 - 4 Just Want to Ask Why


    Chapter 4 Just Want to Ask Why


    Mengyu inspected the jade bead; inside it, there were all sorts of items, too numerous to count. Various pieces of jewelry, an assortment of gold bars and silver ingots piled haphazardly, they were dazzling with their luster and opulence, blinding to the observer.


    It was a treasure trove!


    Besides wealth, there were all kinds of daily necessities: grains, cotton, cloth, alcohol, medicinal herbs, and so on. These items took up most of the space.


    Jiang Mengyu felt a surge of excitement in her heart. She thought to herself, how great it would be if she could take things out of it.


    For instance, the medicine for traumas and bruises which she needed most at the moment.


    As soon as she thought about it, a box containing medicine for traumas and bruises appeared in her hand, complete with pills to be taken internally and a powder for external application.


    Jiang Mengyu had picked some medicinal herbs at the cave''s aperture before, but they were only good for stopping bleeding and weren''t very effective for her broken leg.


    But now with this medicine, she felt truly rescued.


    However, what excited her even more was this treasure called a storage talisman.


    Could all the other medicines, the wealth of gold and silver, the rice, flour, dried meat, cloth, and everything else inside be taken out as well?


    She should have attended to her leg first, but now she couldn''t contain her excitement and was eager to try out the items inside.


    In the next moment, a chest filled with gold and silver appeared on the ground of the cave, followed by a bag of rice, a bag of flour, and also a large bag of dried meat.


    But immediately, she realized her own foolishness. How could she possibly carry all these things back?


    It would be great if they could be put back inside.


    As soon as she thought this, the items whizzed back into the storage talisman.


    It really was a treasure!


    However, after a few ins and outs, she suddenly felt a vibration inside the storage talisman. On closer inspection, a crack had appeared on the surface of the talisman.


    She was shocked and noticed that the other storage talisman was empty. She promptly transferred everything from the damaged talisman to the empty one.


    When she finished transferring the items, the original storage talisman shattered.


    Only then did she understand why there were two identical storage talismans; they were meant for the situation where one breaks, and you have to transfer the contents to the other.


    Regrettably, according to the information from Jin Guang, she had to offer this storage talisman to something called the Witch God.


    But who would willingly hand over such a treasure trove to someone else? The information only mentioned that offering the talisman to the Witch God would be greatly beneficial. It said nothing about any punishment.


    Mengyu did not know that, in ancient times, the words Witch God were the highest directive, one that nobody would dare to disobey.


    She thought again, the information stated that the storage talisman could not be opened, so why was she able to open it?


    Forget it; she should heal her leg first.


    She sprinkled the medicinal powder onto the wound first.


    To her astonishment, as soon as the powder touched it, her wound began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.


    My God, what kind of medicine was this?


    If the external application was this effective, what about the internal one? She quickly took out a bottle of pills for treating bone injuries and swallowed them.


    A warm current entered her belly, then circulated throughout her body.


    She could feel something burrowing at the site of the broken bone, and it also felt a bit like ants biting.


    She sensed that her bones were growing! Fortunately, she had properly set the bone earlier. Yet she worried; if she didn''t set the bone well, could it possibly grow crooked?


    She had the feeling that in a few days, she would be able to walk.


    Even though now, with this treasure, she didn''t need to worry about food and drink anymore, and could live in this cave for as long as she wanted, she still yearned to get out as soon as possible.


    Now, she had food, drink, and a wealth of gold and silver. She could never consume or spend it all in several lifetimes; she could completely take the treasure and find a place to settle down and live the life of a wealthy person.


    But she still wanted to see her parents; she wanted to ask them, why, did they have to treat her this way?

 Chapter 5 Turns Out They鈥檙e Not Related

    Chapter 5 - 5 Turns Out They''re Not Related


    Chapter 5: Turns Out They Aren''t Kin


    Jiang Mengyu couldn''t understand at all.


    Normally, her parents favoring her younger sister was one thing, but selling her into the mountains to be a Shared Wife, that was not just favoritism ¨C it was destruction!


    Even a tiger doesn''t eat its own cubs, what were they thinking?


    Thus, when her legs felt nearly recovered, she didn''t hear any voices from the cliff above, it seemed the people who captured her had given up on her.


    Without hesitation, she grabbed the vines and climbed up the cliff.


    Seeing the road that led out of the mountains, Mengyu''s heart surged with excitement: she was finally free. Even though she had jumped off a cliff, she didn''t die, she was free!


    She ran wildly to the road.


    She saw a sedan parked there, its engine still running, as if it knew she would escape today and came to pick her up.


    She dashed towards it: once she got on this car, she could escape. She took out a jade hairpin, ready to use it as a fare.


    The car window rolled down, revealing a beautiful face.


    It was her younger sister, Jiang Huaiyu''s face!


    Seeing that face, Jiang Mengyu instinctively wanted to run.


    And she did.


    "Now you still want to run? Too late!" Jiang Huaiyu''s voice came from behind.


    With the engine still running, Huaiyu drove the car and hit Mengyu from behind.


    Mengyu was seriously injured and fell to the ground. She wanted to use medicine, but her hands wouldn''t move.


    Feeling the vitality rapidly draining from her body, she knew, this injury was different from the previous cliff jump, this time, she was really going to die.


    After all the hardships of escaping the mountain, to be killed by her own sister, it was unbearable.


    "Why did you hit me?" She struggled to lift her head, looking at Jiang Huaiyu.


    Ever since they were children, she, as the older sister, had never treated this younger sister poorly. She let Huaiyu have the best food and toys, and stood up for her when others bullied Huaiyu.


    Jiang Huaiyu stepped on Mengyu''s chest, looking pleased as blood gushed from Mengyu''s mouth.


    She looked down at Jiang Mengyu, her face full of disdain: "Why? Of course, to let you die."


    "Why?" Mengyu stubbornly asked: "We are real sisters!"


    "Real sisters? Who is your real sister? You are nothing but a wild child my mom adopted when she couldn''t have children after three years of marriage, who is your real sister?"


    What, she is not the daughter of Jiang Haidong and Li Chunhua, but their adopted child?


    If that was the case, everything made sense.


    But even if she was adopted, she wasn''t an enemy, why destroy her?


    Moreover, she really treated Huaiyu with all her heart, why did she come to kill her just as she had managed to escape?


    "Why do you want to kill me? Haven''t I been good to you?"


    Jiang Huaiyu straightened up, looking Mengyu in the eyes: "You being good to me is your duty. My mom and dad raised you; you should serve me, be my servant. But why do you have to be prettier than me, even though you had no time for school, how come you performed better in studies than me?


    Tell me, could I not be jealous?"


    "Heh, my mom really is far-sighted, selling you not only makes money but also secures your hard-earned university spot for me.


    The bigger surprise is your identity even brought me more benefits ¨C your real mom is a rich woman."


    "My, real mom, came looking?"


    "Yes. Just over a month after you were sold into the mountains, your real mom showed up. Do you know? your real mom is a rich woman, this luxury car, she gave it; the villa I live in, she also gave it; her company, will also be mine!


    Originally, if you stayed obediently in the mountains as those brothers'' wife, I would have spared your life, but you, you just had to run out again.


    Tell me, would I risk the danger of your real mom discovering her real daughter was switched, to let you go?


    Tell me, running out, isn''t that seeking death?"

 Chapter 6: Reborn During the Kidnapping

    Chapter 6 - 6: Reborn During the Kidnapping


    Chapter 6 Reborn at the Time of Kidnapping


    Jiang Mengyu, left with barely a breath after the collision, spat a mouthful of blood on Jiang Huaiyu''s face and died.


    Jiang Huaiyu was just opening her mouth to speak when Mengyu''s blood splattered over her face.


    She felt unlucky and disgusted, spat repeatedly, kicked Jiang Mengyu a few times to vent her anger, and kicked her off the road before running to the car and driving away.


    Jiang Mengyu, who had escaped Tiger Valley with great difficulty, didn''t die at the hands of a bought husband, but was killed by her own sister, who had treated her sincerely since they were children.


    When Mengyu woke up, she had already become a ghost, Ah Piao, following Jiang Huaiyu, unable to stray more than ten meters from her.


    She watched Jiang Huaiyu live a lavish life with the husband her mother had chosen for her, watched her boss him around while he bore it helplessly; watched Jiang Huaiyu slowly swindle her mother''s assets.


    Decades passed.


    She was still a ghost, unable to leave Jiang Huaiyu.


    Although she found her "daughter", her mother Leng Xiangyu''s health had always been poor, and lately, Mengyu felt that she was running out of time.


    That day, Jiang Huaiyu finally coaxed her mother into transferring the last of the company''s shares into her name.


    "Ha ha ha, I''ve finally succeeded, this company worth over a billion is now mine, Jiang Huaiyu''s!" Jiang Huaiyu laughed loudly.


    When her mother Leng Xiangyu heard the name Jiang Huaiyu, she was shocked, "You are Jiang Huaiyu?"


    Jiang Huaiyu first realized she had slipped up, but then arrogantly admitted, "Yes, I am Jiang Huaiyu." She already had everything from Leng Xiangyu, there was no need to hide anymore.


    Leng Xiangyu suddenly opened her eyes wide and grabbed Jiang Huaiyu''s arm, "You''re not Mengyu? Where is my Mengyu?"


    Jiang Huaiyu struggled to pull her arm away, "Your Mengyu died over a decade ago!"


    "How did she die?"


    For some reason, Jiang Huaiyu dared not tell the real reason of Mengyu''s death, "How did she die? My mother sold her into the deep mountains to be a shared wife, she was ruined to death by them!"


    However, Leng Xiangyu suddenly looked up above Jiang Huaiyu''s head and shouted loudly, "No, it was you who killed her! You killed my daughter!"


    At that moment, Jiang Mengyu felt that her mother saw her!


    Maybe, it was because she saw herself following Jiang Huaiyu that she was sure Jiang Huaiyu had killed her!


    "Let go of me!" Jiang Huaiyu struggled desperately, this Leng Xiangyu was too terrifying, she had to escape from her!


    But at that moment, Leng Xiangyu suddenly became incredibly strong, her grip on the arm was like a vise.


    Moreover, Leng Xiangyu was dragging Jiang Huaiyu towards the window.


    "You killed my daughter, I''ll kill you!"


    Jiang Huaiyu was terrified, regretting not having someone kill her mother after getting the property, regretting revealing her true identity. She struggled frantically, screaming loudly, "Let go of me!"


    But today''s Leng Xiangyu was like possessed by a ghost, immensely strong.


    After a struggle, she was thrown out of the eighteenth-floor window by Leng Xiangyu.


    Following that, Leng Xiangyu also jumped out of the window.


    Mengyu yelled, trying to grab her mother, but was also brought down to the ground, and in an instant, everything turned dark.


    Mengyu felt herself struggling in the darkness, wanting to open her eyes.


    She used all her strength, and finally, she opened her eyes.


    It was dark around her, and it seemed to be shaking.


    She moved her hands and feet and immediately felt something was wrong; her limbs were tied.


    Although her hands hurt, the pain felt incredibly real. After being a ghost for over a decade, Mengyu''s heart pounded with excitement: Feeling pain meant she had a physical body!


    She was alive again!


    Could it be, she had returned from the dead by inhabiting a body?


    Her body shook again, and she immediately realized she was in a vehicle. The air was very poor; it was a sealed cargo truck.


    Being tied up in a car reminded her of being sold previously. Could it be even though she returned from the dead, she was sold again?


    She had experienced the sealed truck ride once before in her past life.


    Her family celebrated her university admission, and she passed out after drinking a cup of homemade sweet wine offered by her sister. When she woke up, she was in a sealed truck.


    Suddenly a realization: Sealed truck?


    She closed her eyes and then opened them again, now accustomed to the dark light inside the truck.


    The truck wasn''t just carrying her; there were three people.


    Although the light was very dim, she recognized the others ¨C one was called Jiang Haiyan, a sister from her village, and the other was Pi Yuhua, from the neighbouring Yushan Village.


    These two were the sisters who had been sold with her to Tiger Valley!


    Meaning, she hadn''t returned from the dead in someone else''s body; she was back to the day she was kidnapped.


    While she was grateful to Heaven for letting her reborn, she couldn''t help but feel a bit regretful: why hadn''t she been reborn before being sold?


    If so, she would undoubtedly have fled the village as soon as she received her university admission notice and gone to the university early.


    But now, already sold to human traffickers, escaping from their grasp would not be easy.

 Chapter 7 Finding a Way to Escape

    Chapter 7 - 7 Finding a Way to Escape


    Chapter 7 Finding a Way to Escape


    Mengyu still remembered that in her previous life, after the closed van was pulled to the end of the highway, they were untied and let out of the vehicle to walk the mountain paths on their own.


    As a result, Yuhua took a misstep along the way, and if her hands hadn''t been bound, she just would have needed to grab hold of a tree branch or something else to stay upright. But because her hands were still tied, she lost her balance and tumbled down the cliff.


    The human traffickers checked on her from above and after a simple shake of their heads, they walked away, but they did untie hers and Jiang Haiyan''s hands.


    She really had been reborn, reborn on the road where she was previously trafficked and enclosed in a sealed van heading towards Tiger Valley!


    She glanced at the two others in the van with her and saw that they both had faces full of despair.


    Mengyu''s heart started pounding: She didn''t want to be sold to the Zhou Brothers as a Shared Wife after her rebirth. She had had enough of the torments of the past ten years in her prior life and didn''t want to go through it all over again.


    Therefore, she must escape before being sold into Tiger Valley.


    Although Mengyu had woken up before they reached Horse Hoof Pond, due to the effects of the sedative, her head was still groggy.


    Since they were in a sealed van, there was no need to say that the outside of the cargo compartment was locked. Hence, it was unrealistic to think of escaping on the road.


    The only option was to find a way to run away before arriving at Tiger Valley, after getting out of the van.


    If all else failed, she would just have to jump off the cliff at the same place as in her previous life.


    It''s just that in her previous life, she was lucky enough to be caught by a pine tree.


    If she were to jump again and not be caught by a pine tree but fall straight down, she would be shattered to pieces.


    But if she couldn''t escape the fate of being sold off as a Shared Wife, she would rather have not been reborn at all!


    Hence, she still decided, to jump off the cliff once more.


    Mengyu remembered that in her previous life, the three of them were originally escorted into the mountains by three human traffickers, but later on, one of them developed a stomachache. By the time they got off the van, only two traffickers were escorting them.


    This was also the reason why they hadn''t initially untied the three women''s hands.


    She must find a way to get them to untie their hands before they began ascending the mountain.


    Otherwise, even if she was lucky enough again to be caught by a pine tree, with her hands still tied, just a slight movement might lead to a certain death.


    When the vehicle reached the end of the highway at Horse Hoof Pond, the lock at the door was opened, and finally, the door itself was opened.


    A gust of fresh air poured into the compartment and along with it a low command: "Get out, hurry up and get out."


    Sure enough, just like in her previous life, one of the three was clutching his stomach and started to moan, "Ouch, my stomach hurts so much, I''m not going any further, you two take them."


    The other two traffickers did not think that the three girls could cause any trouble, and so, they quickly decided that the one with the stomachache would drive back and come again tomorrow to pick them up while the remaining two would escort the three into the mountains.


    "In that case, we won''t need to untie the hands of these goods."


    The two came over to untie the bonds of the three women. Mengyu saw that they only untied their feet and not their hands; she hurriedly said:


    "Big brother, please untie my hands as well. You see, mountain climbing requires the use of hands.


    If you are not careful and stumble, with hands you can grab onto things to prevent falling down the mountain. If your hands are tied and you can''t hold onto anything, one slip and you could roll all the way down. We would suffer, and you would experience a loss."


    The tall trafficker did not expect Mengyu to still be thinking this way during such a time and felt she was no simple matter: "What''s your name?"

 Chapter 8 A Desperate Leap Up

    Chapter 8 - 8 A Desperate Leap Up


    Chapter 8: A Desperate Leap for Life


    Mengyu suddenly felt that she had been too calm in front of the human trafficker, which was not at all how a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl should react after being captured!


    She quickly pretended to be scared, "My name is Jiang Mengyu. I, I have never climbed mountains before. I am just scared, afraid that my hands won''t be able to hold on, and if I fall, I will surely die."


    Seeing Mengyu acting this way, the tall human trafficker was relieved: He must have been mistaken earlier. What could a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl possibly do?


    Among the three girls, Mengyu kept her head down, Jiang Haiyan was crying over a future she couldn''t see but desperately wished for, while Pi Yuhua had a look of utter despair.


    Mengyu noticed that on Pi Yuhua, there was the black aura of death that only those about to die possessed.


    Death aura, she could actually see the aura of death, and knew it was the aura of death! Was this an instinct of someone who had died once before?


    Also, if Pi Yuhua carried the aura of death, it meant she was resigned to dying, and that had invited the death aura!


    Perhaps the fall down the mountain in her past life that left her dead or unconscious was no accident, but intentional?


    But could she save her?


    Mengyu''s thoughts whirred, and she feigned fear again, reaching out to pull on Pi Yuhua''s arm, "Sister, I''m scared."


    Pi Yuhua didn''t expect Mengyu to talk to her; after all, no one had spoken during the whole journey, including in the car.


    She patted Mengyu''s hand, "Don''t be afraid. If we do fall off the mountain, then we''ll just die."


    "But I don''t want to die. I''m not even sixteen yet; there are still so many good days ahead. It would be so ugly if I really die from the fall. Besides, my sister always steals my things. If I die, she is definitely going to take all my stuff. Only if I''m alive can I hope to get my things back."


    Pi Yuhua was stunned by her words, a glimmer of light appeared in her eyes. Yes, only by staying alive was there hope.


    She looked up at the human trafficker, "Untie our hands. Otherwise, we won''t move."


    Jiang Mengyu let out a sigh of relief, as long as their hands were untied, Pi Yuhua wouldn''t fall to her death like in her past life. A person''s survival instincts would make her grab onto something to lessen the likelihood of falling.


    Moreover, only if their hands were untied, would she have a chance of survival when jumping off the cliff.


    The human trafficker Lao Liu glanced at Mengyu, thought for a moment, and said, "Fine, loosen their bindings."


    "Lao Liu, is this really okay?" asked the one with the stomachache, worried, "There are only two of you¡ª"


    "Are you saying we two grown men can''t keep an eye on three young girls? Besides, this journey up the mountain will take two or three hours. With their hands bound, if we meet anyone on the way..."


    Indeed, it would have been fine if they hadn''t encountered anyone, but what if they had? Anyone seeing people with their hands bound would suspect something, wouldn''t they?


    The path may be empty, but what about the mountain itself?


    Who can guarantee that there are no people up there?


    Lao Liu then turned to the three girls, "Listen up, we''re untying you for your own safety. If you try to run away halfway, I won''t care about your life or death."


    Jiang Mengyu quickly nodded earnestly, "This is my first time in the mountains, and I don''t know the way."


    The human traffickers looked at each other, nodded, and proceeded to untie the three girls. Then they hurried the trio up the mountain.


    As they neared the place where she had jumped off the cliff in her past life, Mengyu''s nervousness increased.


    Should she jump? If she didn''t, it would be very difficult to escape from the clutches of the human traffickers.


    What Lao Liu said was true, the two grown men could easily handle the three young girls. The chances of escape were almost nonexistent.


    But if she jumped, it was a gamble with her life.

 Chapter 9 A Desperate Leap Down

    Chapter 9 - 9 A Desperate Leap Down


    Chapter 9: A Leap of Fate


    If Mengyu were to jump off the cliff, no one could guarantee that her leap would land on the plant rooted from the cave on the cliffside, where the branches reached out to the pine tree on the cliff, and that the trunk would hold her.


    What if she missed the branch by a little and didn''t land on it?


    What if she landed in the pine needles instead of on the branch?


    What if a gust of wind suddenly blew her off course while she was jumping?


    All these possibilities existed, and it was very likely that she could fall through the needles or jump out of the range of the pine tree, plunging directly to the valley floor seventy to eighty meters below, shattering into pieces!


    However, based on the previous life''s events, her chances of being rescued on this route were zero.


    If she wanted to save herself, the only option was to take a leap of fate at the spot where she jumped off the cliff in her previous life.


    Mengyu quickly prepared herself mentally: bet on it, jump!


    With this decision, her wildly beating heart calmed down.


    Finally, she saw that big rock; turning past that rock and walking downhill would lead to another mountain.


    In her previous life, she had dashed towards that big rock and jumped down.


    But just as she was about to reach the rock, Lao Liu suddenly roared, "What are you doing?"


    Jiang Mengyu was startled and instinctively turned her head to look at Lao Liu.


    Lao Liu''s hand was reaching for Pi Yuhua, and Pi Yuhua was actually preparing to jump off the cliff!


    "Let go of me, I don''t want to be sold, let me die!" Pi Yuhua screamed.


    Jiang Mengyu''s heart skipped a beat; she thought Pi Yuhua had given up on dying. She herself, who had prepared to jump off the cliff, hadn''t jumped yet, but Pi Yuhua had already jumped first.


    In the past life, Pi Yuhua had fallen off the mountain and died because her hands were tied and she couldn''t grab onto anything, but in this life, she was taking the initiative to jump off the cliff. Her jump location was not the same as where Mengyu was.


    Jumping down from that big rock was a life-and-death situation, but jumping from Pi Yuhua''s spot was certain death!


    However, this was a good opportunity!


    Next moment, Jiang Mengyu rushed onto the rock and leapt off the cliff.


    "Soldier, grab her!"


    Lao Liu was shocked; he had only been worried that the despondent Miss Pi would commit suicide, but not expecting that the fearless young girl would also seek death.


    He was really confused; a teenage girl not fearing them meant she was determined to die.


    If she wasn''t afraid of death, she obviously wouldn''t fear them.


    How had he not realized that?


    A shorter human trafficker rushed towards Mengyu up the big rock, hurriedly following to try and grab the jumping Mengyu.


    But he only caught her foot.


    Mengyu, though just a teenage girl, weighed over ninety pounds; holding onto just a foot, how could he hold on?


    He screamed in panic, "I can''t hold on!"


    Lao Liu couldn''t let go of Pi Yuhua either, fearing that if he did, Pi Yuhua would jump, and he wouldn''t be able to save either of them.


    He could only shout: "Hold on tight, you must!"


    The soldier wanted to hold on, but with Mengyu''s struggle, the worn rubber shoe on her foot came off.


    Jiang Mengyu still fell, and the soldier was left holding just her tattered shoe.


    "Don''t¡ª" The soldier was terrified.


    Although he was a human trafficker, he did not want to harm lives.


    Listening to the whooshing wind by her ears, Jiang Mengyu cursed inside.


    She wasn''t seeking death; she just wanted to escape by jumping off the cliff.


    Although she had aimed for a particular spot to jump to, with the soldier grabbing her like that, she didn''t know if she would miss the spot and whether she would land on the pine tree.

 Chapter 10 Dangerous Hanging

    Chapter 10 - 10 Dangerous Hanging


    Chapter 10: The Perilous Hanging


    In her past life, Jiang Mengyu jumped off the cliff at dawn.


    She only remembered something pouncing at her, no, she pounced at something.


    Then she felt a jolt throughout her body, and lost consciousness. When she woke up, she was on top of a big branch.


    So, in her past life, it was likely that she leaped forward, plunging horizontally, and that''s why the pine tree managed to catch her easily.


    But in this life, it was broad daylight when she leaped, and she could see everything clearly around her.


    Most crucially, she was supposed to dive forward, body horizontal, but being seized by that soldier, her orientation turned to head-down feet-up.


    This changed from a large area crashing down to a small area plunging.


    A large area crashing down, the chance of being caught by a pine tree was very high.


    But with the head going down first, the area of contact with the pine tree reduced greatly, and the area that the tree could catch became very small.


    This time, could she still be saved by the pine tree? Or would she fall directly to the sixty to seventy-meter canyon below and be smashed to pieces?


    In that instant, her mind raced. If she really died, Jiang Huaiyu would just impersonate her as before, read the materials she had prepared, acknowledge her mother, and even enjoy the company of the man her mother found for her!


    She couldn''t die! She couldn''t die like this after being reborn with much difficulty!


    She tried to lift her head in midair and twist her body around. Her arms and legs naturally stretched out, trying to grab anything they could.


    But she felt without something to hold onto, every movement was too hard.


    She barely lifted her head a bit when her body already rushed toward the pine tree.


    Numerous pine needles swept across her face, and indeed, her head and face went through the gaps in the foliage.


    The pine tree didn''t catch her!


    A thought flashed through Mengyu''s mind: It''s over, I''m going to be smashed to pieces!


    But her hand refused to give up, swinging to grab something.


    At last, her right hand grabbed a branch. Then, making use of the branches to slow her descent, her left hand also latched on.


    Due to gravity, her body sank a bit, and her hand could no longer hold on.


    An excruciating pain came from her palms, but she still clung on desperately, refusing to let go.


    Eventually, after a few jerks from the momentum, she heard the sound of fabric tearing, and then, she came to a halt in midair.


    She opened her eyes and saw that she was hanging from the pine tree branch.


    Yes, in her past life, she was caught horizontally by the pine tree, but this time, she was hanging down vertically, thus, the pine tree didn''t catch her, but it did hang onto her.


    Her clothes, pierced by a tree trunk, bore some of her weight, which was why she managed to hang on and not fall further down.


    She suppressed the urge to look down, stretched out her left hand to grab the tree trunk, and then attempted to hook her feet up as well.


    However, although she had worked since she was young, her strength hadn''t fully recovered due to Father Jiang and Madam Jiang drugging her, and her strength was truly limited; no matter how hard she strived, she just couldn''t hook her feet up!


    Hanging like this, would she eventually become jerky?


    Would eagles come and peck at her dead body, leaving only her skeleton behind?


    No, maybe she wouldn''t hang for long before she would fall.


    The clothes that hung her on the tree weren''t of good quality; they were made of cotton fabric and had been washed countless times, with many patches on them, unsure how much longer they could hold.


    If the fabric couldn''t bear it, only holding by her hands, she probably wouldn''t be able to hang on much longer.


    Of course, should she let go with her hands, it''s feared the fabric would give out immediately.

 Chapter 11: Finally Saved a Life

    Chapter 11 - 11: Finally Saved a Life


    Chapter 11: Barely Clinging to Life


    Mengyu quickly weighed the pros and cons.


    No, she had to find a way to stretch her leg onto the trunk.


    Otherwise, whether the fabric couldn''t bear the strain, or her hands lost strength and let go, she would face a gruesome fate.


    She gazed at the pine trunk, estimating its maximum capacity.


    She grabbed onto the trunk with both hands, swinging her body.


    This was extremely dangerous.


    She didn''t know if the pine trunk could handle the increased load due to the centrifugal force when she swung.


    If it couldn''t, the trunk would break, and she would fall.


    Moreover, if she slipped and her hands came off, the centrifugal force would also throw her out and down the cliff.


    If anything went wrong in these elements, she would end up shattered.


    But she had to take the gamble, betting that the trunk could bear her weight, betting that her hands would maintain their grip.


    Because with the gamble, there was a sliver of hope; without it, she had none.


    She tightly clutched the trunk, swinging her body again and again, until at the highest swing her feet finally hooked onto the pine trunk¡ªhuman potential is indeed infinite.


    The pine trunk, too, barely managed to bear the double burden of her weight and the centrifugal force.


    Finally, Jiang Mengyu, with her feet hooked around the trunk, managed to climb onto it, carefully disentangling her snagged clothing, and she breathed a sigh of relief.


    She had finally clung to life!


    This life''s experience of jumping off the cliff, though more perilous at the beginning than in her previous life, had a better ending.


    Apart from some scratches, and a layer of skin worn off the palm by tree branches, she had no serious injuries, unlike in her previous life when she broke her leg.


    This outcome occurred because the human trafficker grabbed her leg.


    She didn''t know whether to thank or curse the human trafficker.


    Unquestionably, she was still lucky. If her hands had still been tied, she would have had no chance at all.


    Even now, it was a narrow escape from death.


    She heard Lao Liu''s furious cursing from above.


    But she knew he couldn''t see her from up there; a large protruding rock blocked all sightlines downwards.


    She also gambled that he wouldn''t dare to jump down after her¡ªthe cliff on this mountain was seventy to eighty meters deep!


    At least for now, she was free.


    Mengyu wondered how Jiang Haiyan and Pi Yuhua were doing.


    Before she jumped, Pi Yuhua had gone first but was caught by the human trafficker, clearly failing to escape.


    Throughout the journey, they would be watched closely; Pi Yuhua had no chance to try again, likely avoiding the tragedy of her past life.


    However, she was in no position to save them now, caught up in her own predicaments.


    She climbed along the trunk to the base, then to the cave she remembered from her past life.


    This time, she didn''t have a lighter, so she cleared the entrance of vines to let light into the cave.


    Upon seeing the jars she had broken in her previous life intact, she finally relaxed: Good, the items were still there!


    She opened the small jars, and as in her previous life, took out the stone beads. Checking her body, the grazed areas had stopped bleeding.


    She simply bit her middle finger and smeared the blood on the stone beads.


    If it was like her previous life, she would see treasures shining like tiles, mountains of food, cloth, medicine, wine, and other daily necessities piled high.


    She first took out medicine, sprinkling the powder on her wounds.


    Then she took out dried meat and wine¡ªthere was no water in the storage talisman, but there was wine.


    Fortunately, the alcohol content of this ancient wine was low, barely sufficient to quench her thirst.


    After eating and drinking her fill, she pondered what to do next.


    Going up immediately was definitely not an option; she was certain someone would be guarding up there.


    If she went up, it would only be walking into a trap.

 Chapter 12 The Bloodsucking Ring

    Chapter 12 - 12 The Bloodsucking Ring


    Chapter 12 The Bloodsucking Ring


    Jiang Mengyu''s cliff jumping this time was different from her past life.


    In her past life, she was presumed dead after she jumped because it was dawn, and they thought she was determined to die.


    Additionally, in her past life, she had lost her ability to bear children with her first childbirth. To them, a woman without fertility was worthless, so they didn''t bother searching for her.


    But now, she was still a virgin, and they would definitely not give up on her so easily. It was very likely they would go around to the bottom of the cliff to find her.


    Therefore, she planned to stay in this cave that was neither up nor down for a while and practice the Witch Body Technique first.


    As for Jiang Haiyan and Pi Yuhua, sorry, she had no ability to save them.


    However, with her jump, Pi Yuhua would find it harder to seek death in the future. Whether this was good or bad, she did not know.


    Jiang Mengyu chanted the mantra and formed hand seals according to the Witch Body Technique brought by Jin Guang, moving her hands and feet in such a way that resembled a dance to summon spirits.


    Following her mantra and hand seals, the Essence of Heaven and Earth from outside the cave swarmed in.


    She felt the "qi" circling around her. Furthermore, as she circulated the cultivation technique, the qi entered her meridians and then flowed within her body.


    She felt something drilling and biting inside her body. When her mind focused on that place, the muscles there would twitch and change under the influence of the qi.


    A month passed, and Jiang Mengyu finally advanced to the Postnatal First Level, becoming a Level 1 Martial Artist.


    She felt significant changes in her body, the first being that she grew taller, and secondly, she felt full of strength.


    If she faced that soldier now, she felt she would certainly have no problem defeating him.


    The weather became cooler, and she thought that even if someone was still patient, they wouldn''t be waiting to capture her here anymore, so she prepared to return home.


    Mengyu had another meal of dried meat and drank some wine. After filling herself with food and drink, she got up, ready to climb down the cliff.


    Yes, she did not intend to climb up but to climb down instead.


    However, just as she was about to leave, she suddenly caught a glimpse of green light out of the corner of her eye. She quickly turned around and discovered a hint of green peering through the dust. She immediately turned back, brushed away the dust with her hands, and picked up a green ring.


    Eh, why does this ring look so much like the one that man gave to her?


    In her past life, Mengyu lived in the mountains for ten years as a shared wife of two brothers. One day, the older brother gave her a ring, claiming it was a treasure of the Divine Woman and he had gone to great lengths to steal it for her.


    In her past life, she always wore it on her finger. Later, she fell off a cliff and entered a cave, where she obtained a storage talisman. However, after leaving the cave, she realized the ring was missing.


    Because the ring was quite large for her finger and felt loose, she thought it had dropped when climbing. She never expected it to actually be in the cave.


    However, what''s strange is that the ring from her past life should still be with the Divine Woman in this life. How did it appear here?


    Mengyu''s hand had a cut from picking wild fruits earlier, and when she dug the ring out, she reopened the scabbed wound, causing it to bleed again.


    When she picked up the ring, it touched the wound, and the blood was immediately absorbed by the ring. Moreover, it "bit" onto her wound and began to draw blood automatically.


    She was shocked, and in her urgency to throw the ring away, she found that it was stuck to her hand and couldn''t be shaken off.


    Mengyu was filled with resentment. She had known that this green ring from the Divine Woman was peculiar, but she never expected it to drink blood!


    What should she do? Would she die from blood loss?

 Chapter 13: Caught in the Net

    Chapter 13 - 13: Caught in the Net


    Chapter 13: Caught in the Net


    Fortunately, after the ring had sucked enough blood, it finally released Jiang Mengyu''s finger and automatically flew onto her ring finger.


    Jiang Mengyu picked up the ring and looked at it: What kind of ghost is this, drinking so much of my blood?


    A voice echoed in Mengyu''s mind: "I''m not a ghost! I drank your blood to recognize you as my master."


    In fact, the owner of the voice didn''t say that it had accidentally drank a little too much.


    Mengyu was even more terrified, a talking ring, how is that not a ghost?


    She tried to take off the ring, but couldn''t remove it no matter how hard she tried. Surely she couldn''t chop off her own finger just to get the ring off?


    Mengyu struggled for a long time and couldn''t get the ring off, and the voice didn''t appear again. Moreover, when she tried to look at the ring the way she looked at a storage talisman, she couldn''t see anything.


    In the end, she had no choice but to ignore it for the time being and planned to find a way to descend the cliff.


    In her past life, she had climbed up using those vines, mainly wanting to hurry back, always thinking of getting to a road to hail a ride, but she hadn''t expected that the ride she waited for would come to kill her.


    In this life, she was not in a rush to return. Therefore, she planned to descend the cliff and then walk out along the water channel at the bottom.


    Since her hometown was by a river, she could swim, and now that she had martial skills, she didn''t have to fear as long as she didn''t encounter any fierce beasts.


    As for rescuing Jiang Haiyan or Pi Yuhua, once they entered Tiger Valley, they couldn''t escape being sold.


    She feared that they had already been "handled" by those wolf-like men on the very same night.


    She was not capable of rescuing them alone. She could only think of getting help after escaping herself, by alerting the Public Security to save them.


    Descending the cliff was not easy because the vines did not hang all the way to the bottom; by the time she was halfway down, there were no vines left.


    It''s said that going up a mountain is easy, but going down is hard; if it were her from the past life, she would have had no way of reaching the bottom.


    Fortunately, she was now a First Level Martial Artist, and even though she had never learned rock climbing, she held onto some protruding rocks and stepped down little by little.


    If she took one wrong step or slipped, she would fall from a height of over twenty meters and still end up with a broken body.


    It took her a full three hours to climb down from the cliff until she was only six meters from the bottom.


    Passing by a slightly flat area, she found some precious herbs, especially two Purple Leaf Ganodermas which were clearly over a thousand years old; she harvested them carefully.


    However, the last rock was recessed inwards, making it impossible to climb down any further. The only way was to jump.


    Six meters high, she recited the mantra silently, hoping to draw a bit of the Essence of Heaven and Earth to her feet before making the jump.


    Just as her feet were about to touch the ground, a net was suddenly thrown from the side, firmly ensnaring her as she landed!


    Jiang Mengyu never knew what it felt like to be caught in a net.


    But today, she experienced it, a feeling of desperation. She racked her brains and even risked her life to jump off the cliff, all to escape these people.


    Yet, after all her hardships coming down the cliff, she still couldn''t escape being captured and returned.


    Yes, she saw them, as two men jumped down from a nearby tree, and two more men ran over from another ambush spot.


    Those two men were from Tiger Valley, and the two who had thrown the net were none other than her "husbands" from her previous life, Zhou Daleng and Zhou Erleng.

 Chapter 14 You Caught the Wrong Person

    Chapter 14 - 14 You Caught the Wrong Person


    Chapter 14 You''ve Got the Wrong Person


    At this moment, Zhou Erleng was jumping with joy, exclaiming: "I caught her! I caught her! I have a wife now! I have a wife now!"


    Four men rushed over, holding a rope to tie up Mengyu.


    Suddenly, Mengyu shouted fiercely: "If you dare to tie me up, I''ll die right before your eyes!"


    If it were someone else, perhaps Zhou Daleng and the others wouldn''t believe it, but they believed this girl in front of them.


    Hadn''t she jumped off a cliff just a month ago?


    Zhou Erleng said blankly, "You, don''t die, my brother and I will treat you well."


    Mengyu looked at him coldly: "Who are you? Why are you trying to capture me?"


    Zhou Erleng replied: "I, I and my brother are your men."


    Mengyu sneered: "Men? I''m not married yet, where did these men come from? You''ve mistaken me for someone else."


    Zhou Erleng was at a loss for words.


    Zhou Daleng stepped forward: "It was your parents who sold you to us. So now you are our wife."


    Mengyu looked puzzled: "My parents?"


    Zhou Daleng looked at her calmly, "Yes, your parents, Jiang Haidong and Li Chunhua. They signed this contract to sell you to us. They took our five hundred yuan and sold you to us."


    Mengyu laughed suddenly: "Jiang Haidong, Li Chunhua? They are not my parents!"


    Zhou Erleng shouted: "You''re talking nonsense, denouncing your own parents because you don''t want to be our wife."


    The two brothers always bought brides sold by their parents, as per their eldest brother''s advice¡ªit avoids a lot of trouble with the girl''s family searching for them later.


    They clearly heard this woman was sold by her parents before buying her, and they even got the contract from a human trafficker; otherwise, they wouldn''t have proceeded.


    Zhou Daleng also found it hard to believe: "Aren''t you Jiang Mengyu?"


    Mengyu looked up: "No, my name is Lin Yu. My father is Lin Hai, my mother is Leng Xiangyu. Those Jiang Haidong and Li Chunhua you speak of aren''t my parents, I don''t even know them."


    Zhou Daleng and Zhou Erleng were both stunned, as were the men behind them holding the rope, ready to tie someone up.


    Had there been a mistake?


    "What were you doing climbing up there?" Zhou Erleng asked blankly.


    Mengyu took out some herbs from the bag behind her: "I went up to gather herbs."


    This she had done earlier while climbing over a ridge, where she found some rare herbs and had picked them on impulse.


    She pulled out a small hoe used for picking herbs from the bag: "This is my small hoe for picking herbs."


    Thankfully, there was a small hoe in that storage talisman. Of course, this small medicine hoe was considered an antique and kept in the collection.


    Seeing the medicines and hoe in Mengyu''s hands, everyone was momentarily at a loss for words.


    She was just here to pick herbs, not the poor girl sold by her parents into Tiger Valley.


    However, the human trafficker had left long ago, and they had never seen Jiang Mengyu, so they couldn''t be sure.


    Mengyu was betting on the fact that they had never seen her, which is why she spoke so.


    "You''ve got the wrong person, get this net off me," Mengyu said while trying to pull off the net.


    "That''s not right!" Zhou Erleng suddenly shouted: "Lao Liu told me my wife was on this cliff, waiting for me, that one day she would come down¡ª that''s why I brought Susu and Lao San here to wait. Since you came down from the cliff, you definitely must be my wife."


    This Erleng, truly speaking nonsense.


    Zhou Daleng was also momentarily taken aback and looked at Mengyu, as if waiting for her explanation.

 Chapter 15 His Name is Gu Dongxing

    Chapter 15 - 15 His Name is Gu Dongxing


    Chapter 15 His Name is Gu Dongxing


    Jiang Mengyu knew that Zhou Daleng didn''t talk much, but every word he said was to the point.


    Wanting to escape from their hands, he was indeed the most difficult one to deal with.


    Jiang Mengyu retorted to Zhou Erleng: "You say your wife is on the cliff? When did she get up there?"


    "She, she didn''t climb up from below, she descended from above."


    Jiang Mengyu showed a look of disbelief: "That doesn''t make sense, there weren''t many vines on top, nor did I see any ropes. How did she get down the cliff?"


    Zhou Erleng was taken aback, then said: "She jumped off the cliff a month ago."


    Jiang Mengyu almost laughed internally: "Jumped off a month ago?"


    She glanced over the four men: "Do you all believe that someone who jumped from the cliff a month ago can be as lively and jumpy as I am?"


    The four men were each taken aback: Jumping off a cliff a month ago, let alone being lively and jumpy, just from hunger alone, she would have been starved to nothing.


    Zhou Erleng was stunned for a while, then with wide-eyed disbelief: "I don''t care, anyway Lao Liu said that whoever comes down from this cliff is my wife. Big brother, hurry up and take her back to be our wife."


    Zhou Daleng didn''t move but looked intensely at Jiang Mengyu, as if to discern the truthfulness of her words.


    Jiang Mengyu felt somewhat helpless. If it were an ordinary person, after hearing her say this, without having seen her before, they would believe her words.


    But if it really were an ordinary person, I''m afraid they wouldn''t stay for a month without leaving. I mean, would anyone survive a month on a cliff?


    Facing such blockheads, she really couldn''t clarify things.


    If Jiang Mengyu hadn''t gotten that storage talisman, hadn''t made it recognize her as its master, and hadn''t gotten various living supplies from inside, even if she hadn''t died from the jump, she would have died of hunger over this month.


    Of course, if she hadn''t gotten that storage talisman, she wouldn''t have lingered for a month either.


    She showed an expression of helplessness: "I''m truly not your wife. You say whoever comes down from the cliff is your wife, if today''s person going up to gather herbs weren''t me, but my fiance? instead, would you still think my Master is your wife?"


    Upon hearing that Jiang Mengyu had a fiance?, Zhou Daleng and the others hesitated.


    "What''s your fiance?''s name?"


    What''s her fiance?''s name? She had made up a fiance? arbitrarily, so how would she know his name?


    Jiang Mengyu''s eyes flickered, and she thought of the fiance? her mother in her previous life had arranged for her¡ªGu Dongxing.


    Later on, Jiang Huaiyu usurped her identity, and this fiance? became Jiang Huaiyu''s. Eventually, Jiang Huaiyu got married.


    After Jiang Mengyu died, her soul followed Jiang Huaiyu for over a decade. This Gu Dongxing later became a renowned figure not only because his company entered the Fortune Global 500, but also, it was said, because his Combat Power was incredibly strong, making him quite famous internationally as well.


    Therefore, affecting a coy manner, she answered: "His name is Gu Dongxing, a member of the Gu Family from B City. He''s from the Gu Family that opened a factory in our county."


    Upon hearing that Jiang Mengyu''s fiance? was named Gu Dongxing and that he was from the Gu Family, Zhou Daleng grew even more suspicious and unsure.


    The somewhat sly-looking Susu pulled Zhou Daleng aside and said: "Brother Daleng, that Gu Family is really powerful."


    Zhou Daleng was also somewhat uncertain: "But I always feel like there''s a lie in what she says."


    Susu shook her head: "Big brother, do you really believe a woman who jumped off a cliff could survive a month up there? Lao Liu never prepared any food or water for her to live on."


    Zhou Daleng also began to hesitate.


    However, Zhou Erleng charged over: "I don''t care, whether she''s Jiang Mengyu or not, I''ve decided on her. I like her."


    Zhou Daleng paused, then gritted his teeth: "If others can kidnap women to sell to us, why can''t we kidnap a woman to take back as a wife? Just take her back with us."

 Chapter 16 Contract of Servitude

    Chapter 16 - 16 Contract of Servitude


    Chapter 16 The Contract


    Jiang Mengyu''s hearing had improved significantly after her cultivation, and she heard everything they were discussing.


    She had thought that as long as she convinced them she was not the person they were waiting for, she could escape to safety. Unexpectedly, they harbored such intentions.


    Whether she was Jiang Mengyu or not, they intended to capture her and make her their wife!


    Jiang Mengyu felt a surge of anxiety. She looked around, hoping for something or someone to appear that might help her escape.


    Even a wild boar would do; she had a knife in her storage talisman.


    She dared not draw the knife in front of them, but once they turned away, she could take it out, slash through the net, and run away.


    Suddenly, her heart almost stopped beating.


    She actually saw several people, ambushed in the bushes by the mountain stream.


    In her heart, she cursed these onlookers for not coming out to rescue her, despite clearly seeing her being bullied.


    Moreover, after her cultivation, her vision had also improved greatly. She could recognize one of the ambushed men to be her former brother-in-law in her past life, Gu Dongxing!


    A mischievous smile played at the corners of her mouth: If they wouldn''t come out, she could just expose them.


    She suddenly shouted towards the direction of the mountain stream, "My fiance? is here, let me go quickly!"


    Zhou Daleng had just heard her saying something about her fiance? coming down from the cliff, and now she was claiming her fiance? had arrived. Could it be that her fiance? was here to escort her while she gathered herbs?


    If that was true, he wouldn''t be able to capture this woman and take her back.


    Consequently, he looked around vigilantly.


    Gu Dongxing and the people ambushed by the mountain stream were stunned when they saw Jiang Mengyu looking towards them: Had they been discovered?


    One of his subordinates looked at Gu Dongxing, eyes asking what to do.


    Gu Dongxing made a gesture: Stay calm and do nothing rash.


    Seeing that Gu Dongxing made no move, Jiang Mengyu boldly cried out, "Gu Dongxing, don''t you see these people are trying to take away your fiance?e? Come out and save me!"


    Several men were stunned.


    Great, she had called him out directly. Was this girl truly his fiance?e?


    Gu Dongxing was inwardly frustrated; this girl actually recognized him and knew his name!


    Considering the person they were supposed to capture, doubts suddenly clouded his mind. But still, he stood up and stepped forward.


    Zhou Daleng and the others hadn''t expected that a man, devilishly handsome at that, or rather a group of men, were indeed hidden here. Behind him were four other men.


    That wasn''t right; hadn''t she said that her fiance? was from the Gu Family in B City? How could someone from the Gu Family possibly turn up here?


    However, he immediately made up an explanation for the other party - had he come to accompany his fiance?e while she gathered herbs?


    He walked step by step to Jiang Mengyu''s side. His eyes were on Jiang Mengyu, but he still proceeded to untie the net.


    "This is a misunderstanding; we mistook her for my wife, whom I''ve never met."


    "A misunderstanding?" Jiang Mengyu didn''t want to let them off easily: "Is this how you misunderstand? I had just come down from the cliff after gathering herbs, and you trapped me in a net, wanting to abduct me to be your wife.


    I''ve already told you, you''ve got the wrong person, yet you still wanted to capture me. You even said that since human traffickers can kidnap people to become your wives, you can just as well capture someone to be your wife."


    When Gu Dongxing heard this, a cold light flashed in his eyes, shooting toward the four men.


    "I didn''t say that, he did." Susu shamelessly betrayed Zhou Daleng.


    "I, we just paid money for a wife, we haven''t, haven''t captured innocent people." Zhou Daleng quickly took out the contract.

 Chapter 17 Do You Suspect Me of Being a Spy?

    Chapter 17 - 17 Do You Suspect Me of Being a Spy?


    Chapter 17 You Suspect That I''m a Spy


    Jiang Mengyu hurriedly took the contract into her own hands.


    "I really want to ask those heartless parents why they sold their own biological daughter."


    This was a sticking point from her previous life. Although before she died in her previous life, Jiang Huaiyu had already explained it. But in this life, she still wanted to find an opportunity to ask them personally.


    Even if one raises a dog, after getting used to it, there are feelings involved. So why did they ruin her?


    Gu Dongxing gestured to his subordinates: "Take all of them back."


    Originally, he had received a tip-off today that a spy had dealings with a certain human trafficker boss and would come here for an ambush, but now the situation here has been disrupted, making it clearly impossible to catch the spy. So he planned to take these people into custody first and foremost.


    Moreover, he had some suspicions about Jiang Mengyu.


    After Zhou was taken to the police station and gave his statement, Jiang Mengyu came out only to find Gu Dongxing following her.


    Jiang Mengyu was somewhat puzzled: "Why are you following me?"


    "How did you know my name?" Gu Dongxing asked.


    Jiang Mengyu frowned: "Does it matter?"


    "You didn''t tell the truth in the police station, did you?"


    Jiang Mengyu looked at him.


    Of course, she hadn''t told the truth in the police station. If she said that she was Jiang Mengyu, the one sold to the human traffickers by her parents, then she would have to explain how she could survive a whole month on a cliff without food and water.


    If she told the truth, she couldn''t keep her storage talisman.


    She couldn''t possibly hand over a treasure like the storage talisman.


    Gu Dongxing said again: "You are Jiang Mengyu, aren''t you?"


    Jiang Mengyu stared at him: "What does it have to do with you?"


    Gu Dongxing suddenly sneered evilly: "You are my fiance?e; you tell me if you have anything to do with me?"


    Seeing Jiang Mengyu glare at him, he quickly added: "Isn''t that what you said yourself?"


    Jiang Mengyu felt somewhat disordered in her mind: This dark-hearted guy, was he really the fiance? chosen for her by her mother in her previous life?


    In her previous life, Jiang Huaiyu''s soul followed Jiang Huaiyu, and the Gu Dongxing she saw was always very proper, his face expressionless.


    However, he was indeed good to Huaiyu. Supposedly, his father, Gu Ming, was saved by Leng Xiangyu, and the two had become good friends. Seeing that Gu Dongxing was a good man, Leng Xiangyu married her daughter to him.


    In her previous life, Jiang Huaiyu was bossy towards Gu Dongxing, and because she was the daughter of his father''s life-saver, he had always tolerated her.


    Even after he got successful, no matter how materialistic society became, where nine out of ten men were philanderers, he still held on to his principles, never flirted around, and was recognized by everyone as a good man.


    But Jiang Mengyu didn''t like him much, because his face was always cold as ice, and she disliked icy men.


    Yet, the man in front of her was nothing like the icy man she had seen in her previous life.


    Jiang Mengyu carefully chose her words: "That was just an expedient measure under those circumstances."


    She suddenly remembered this guy lurking at the edge of the ravine, but turned a blind eye to the Cheng Family brothers taking her away to be their wife, and anger swelled up in her again.


    "You''re one to talk! Aren''t you a man? Why didn''t you intervene when bandits were forcefully taking away a lady from a good family? Are you still a man?"


    "Hehe." Gu Dongxing clearly didn''t believe her: "To be frank, I don''t think you''re a lady from a good family."


    How dare he say she''s not a lady from a good family?


    Jiang Mengyu was livid: "You¡ª"


    Who knew that what Gu Dongxing said next would extinguish her towering rage.


    "Our objective at the time was to ambush there and catch a female spy. She stole technical data from our factory."


    Jiang Mengyu was stunned for a long time before pointing to her own nose: "Do you actually suspect me of being a spy?"

 Chapter 18 Watching the Drama?

    Chapter 18 - 18 Watching the Drama?


    Chapter 18 Watching the Drama?


    Gu Dongxing looked at Jiang Mengyu but didn''t speak. However, his expression conveyed his suspicion.


    "You see, you were able to climb that high cliff. Even for a well-trained person, it would be difficult to climb without the help of a rope, but you managed to do it."


    Jiang Mengyu was left speechless.


    She wanted to say that she had jumped down from above.


    Then the question arose, why would she jump off the cliff?


    From above, one couldn''t see the pine tree stretching out from the cave that would catch her, preventing her from falling to the bottom of the cliff and shattering to pieces.


    If she said she was forced, that she was the Jiang Mengyu sold by her parents, and that she jumped off the cliff to escape being sold.


    But then the next question came, she had jumped off the cliff a month ago, how had she survived the past month on the cliff?


    What had she been eating and using?


    Could it be, she needed to take out her storage talisman to prove herself?


    Gu Dongxing then asked: "Also, how did you know my name is Gu Dongxing?"


    Jiang Mengyu was even more at a loss for words.


    Could she say she knew his name Gu Dongxing because she had experienced her past life?


    She couldn''t say anything.


    Gu Dongxing continued: "So, don''t you think you are too suspicious? Do you still consider yourself a good woman now?"


    Jiang Mengyu was exasperated: She was truly a good woman.


    Seeing her reaction, Gu Dongxing felt amused inside. Although he couldn''t completely eliminate her from suspicion, he had actually realized she wasn''t the spy he was looking for.


    If the spies were this foolish, his mission would be too easy.


    "So, you should agree to our investigation, understand?" Gu Dongxing added.


    "How should I accept your investigation? Are you going to arrest me?"


    "Just a suspicion, no need to arrest. However¡ª" Gu Dongxing stroked his chin: "Just come and stay with me for a few days."


    Jiang Mengyu wanted to refuse, but then a sudden thought crossed her mind: "Okay, I''ll go with you, but I shall stay as your fiance?e, at your home."


    "Ah?" Gu Dongxing didn''t expect her to make such a demand.


    Suddenly, he thought of something. There was a woman claiming to be his childhood sweetheart living in his dorm. If this woman claiming to be his fiance?e moved into his room, he wondered if she could drive his childhood sweetheart away?


    "Deal!"


    Jiang Mengyu knew he would definitely not agree.


    "I know you can''t let a woman like me pretend to be your fiance?e, you understand, but¡ªwhat did you say? You agree?"


    Her bewildered appearance amused Gu Dongxing.


    He slightly smiled: "I said, deal!"


    "Hey, is this really okay?" Already walking into the residential area, Jiang Mengyu continued to ask.


    Since entering the compound, many people had been looking at them.


    Moreover, everyone''s gaze seemed strange and resembled the kind used when watching a drama.


    Did Gu Dongxing have a drama to watch?


    "What''s wrong with that, it''s just a residential area, you are my fiance?e, it''s perfectly natural for you to stay here." When Gu Dongxing talked about his girlfriend, he blinked a few times.


    Jiang Mengyu rolled her eyes: "Can you stop taking advantage of me?"


    "Oh, saying you are my fiance?e is me taking advantage of you, huh? Then, when you told people in the mountains that your fiance? was Gu Dongxing, wasn''t that you taking advantage of me?"


    "Pfft!" Jiang Mengyu disdainfully said: "How am I taking advantage of you? I am a woman, you know? It was just a temporary measure I had to¡ª"


    "Shush¡ª" Gu Dongxing warned: "You can''t speak again about ''temporary measure'', otherwise, you will no longer have the right to stay in my house. Unless, you want to be locked up as a suspect by me."

 Chapter 19: You鈥檙e Not Still Thinking of Running Away, Are You?

    Chapter 19 - 19: You''re Not Still Thinking of Running Away, Are You?


    Chapter 19 You''re Not Still Thinking About Running Away, Are You?


    Jiang Mengyu pouted but said no more.


    She definitely didn''t want to be locked up.


    Although she knew she wasn''t a spy, the matter wasn''t up to her to decide; it was up to Gu Dongxing.


    With too many secrets and unable to justify herself, if he wanted to lock her up, she would be powerless to resist.


    Being able to stay in Gu Dongxing''s room was already like a blessing.


    Besides, she really had nowhere else to go now; she definitely couldn''t go back to that home.


    If she went back now, Jiang Haidong and Li Chunhua, upon seeing her unharmed, would definitely sell her again to keep their daughter''s university spot safe, and they might even put her under house arrest.


    Since Gu Dongxing wanted to keep her, staying with him for a while wasn''t a bad idea.


    She might also take the chance to get closer to him, to cling to this golden thigh.


    As for the university, by this time, Jiang Huaiyu must have already gone to university with her admission notice, right?


    She would wait for her to study for a while, then expose her true face and reclaim her own academic status.


    What she needed to do first was to clear herself of the spy suspicion and also rescue Jiang Hongyan and Pi Yuhua.


    In her past life, Jiang Haiyan didn''t interact much with her in the village, but took good care of her when they were in Tiger Valley.


    She was helpless on her own before, but now, she had to find a way to make Gu Dongxing rescue her before she got pregnant.


    In her past life, she had been sold into Tiger Valley and became pregnant after half a year.


    But how to convince Gu Dongxing to rescue them?


    She thought and thought, but couldn''t find a reason compelling enough for Gu Dongxing to take action.


    Suddenly, she remembered something from her previous life.


    After she had been with the Zhou Brothers for six years, since she no longer seemed likely to run away, the villagers started to view her as "one of their own".


    Once, an old lady told her that all the daughters-in-law in the village were bought. Wouldn''t her son have to buy a wife when he grew up? Since they''d have to buy one anyway, why wait until he''s grown? Why not buy a young Servant girl and raise her from childhood, so they would grow fond of each other, isn''t that better?


    But she didn''t know where to find those people.


    The old lady then quietly told her, "Your idea is good; there are indeed people in the village who buy child brides. If you''re looking for them, I''ll tell you, they live at the tofu stall in the marketplace; you just need to tell them you want to buy soft tofu."


    Her heart stirred; that tofu stall was a den of human traffickers. Gu Dongxing had set an ambush in those mountain streams, where only human traffickers would appear.


    This meant that the spy must be involved with human traffickers, either colluding with them or being a trafficker turned into a spy by someone.


    Since that tofu stall contained clues about the human traffickers, there might also be clues about the spy!


    Suddenly, a hand waved in front of Jiang Mengyu''s face, and she snapped back to reality, glaring at Gu Dongxing.


    But her beautiful, watery eyes, even when glaring, did not look intimidating in the slightest; they looked adorable no matter how you looked at them.


    Gu Dongxing felt an itch in his hand and really wanted to ruffle her hair.


    He quietly withdrew the hand he had sneakily extended and asked, "What are you thinking about? You''re not still thinking about how to run away, are you?"


    "I''m thinking¡ªGu Dongxing, is it possible to go to Tiger Valley and rescue those poor women who have been trafficked soon?"


    Gu Dongxing froze for a moment, then his face turned stern, "I''ve already mentioned it to the authorities." He wasn''t the Public Security after all.


    "Don''t you suspect that I am a spy?" Jiang Mengyu asked.

 Chapter 20: Repaying a Life-Saving Debt with One鈥檚 Own Life

    Chapter 20 - 20: Repaying a Life-Saving Debt with One''s Own Life


    Chapter 20: Repaying the Life-Saving Debt with One''s Own Body


    Gu Dongxing found it hard to keep up with Jiang Mengyu''s leap in thinking.


    Moreover, if he really suspected her to be a spy, why would he tell her directly? He had previously thought that she was quite clever, but now it felt like the girl was a bit dully cute.


    "You suspect me of being a spy, but you also know that I am in fact a person who has been trafficked. This means the spy you are looking for is related to the trafficking of women; in other words, the spy you are looking for could possibly be someone who has been trafficked or a human trafficker who deals in women. Am I right?"


    Gu Dongxing was a bit surprised. Upon hearing this, it didn''t sound so silly after all.


    Jiang Mengyu looked at Gu Dongxing: "I would like to ask you to rescue the sisters who were trafficked to Tiger Valley with me. Almost all of the brides in that village were brought there through trafficking."


    Gu Dongxing was shocked: "The entire village?"


    "Exactly! So, if you go to rescue my sisters, you might save many trafficked women, which would be a significant merit."


    After a moment of silence, Gu Dongxing asked, "I remember you still haven''t been sent to Tiger Valley, right? How do you know all of this?"


    Jiang Mengyu thought for a moment, then said, "I saw it in a dream."


    Gu Dongxing raised an eyebrow.


    Jiang Mengyu continued: "Believe it or not, it''s up to you. I once had a very long dream, where I was sold to Tiger Valley and lived a miserable Shared Wife life for ten years." When she mentioned Shared Wife, a layer of sorrow suddenly clouded Jiang Mengyu''s face.


    Shared Wife?


    For some reason, the sorrowful expression on Jiang Mengyu''s face caused his heart to ache dully.


    Sold by parents, and even to be a Shared Wife for a pair of brothers in the deep mountains¡ªno one could endure such suffering with ease, right?


    But in an instant, the sorrow on Jiang Mengyu''s face disappeared: "Because of the dream, I know everything about that village. The village is so poor that the men can''t afford to marry brides, so they can only buy wives through human traffickers. And after the human traffickers sell the women to the men of Tiger Valley, they still take responsibility for maintenance."


    "Maintenance?" It was the first time Gu Dongxing had heard of this: "Do they even provide maintenance after buying a bride? If the bought wives fall ill, do they also heal them?"


    "No. If any sold wife tries to escape, the human traffickers will help to catch her back. If it is her first escape, they would beat her half to death before returning her to the buyer. If it is the second attempt, they would leave a profound impression on the sold woman. If she tries to escape a third time, they will break her legs. This kind of maintenance continues until the bought bride gives birth to a child.


    So, all the women sold by this Human Trafficking Group are essentially falling into one layer of Hell, with not the slightest hope of escape."


    As she spoke of hopelessness, that same sorrowful expression once again appeared on Jiang Mengyu''s face.


    She sighed, saying, "In the dream, I managed to escape in the tenth year. But when I got to the part where I, in this life, jumped off the cliff, the villagers with hunting dogs caught up to me, so the me in the dream jumped off the cliff. However, a pine tree branch protruding from the cliff caught me, and that''s how I didn''t die from the jump."


    "So when you realized you were truly being trafficked, you chose to jump off the cliff because you believed everything in the dream, thinking you wouldn''t die if you jumped?" Gu Dongxing asked through clenched teeth.


    He didn''t know why he felt so angry.


    Jiang Mengyu replied, "I had no choice. Between a possible death or certain life and being definitely sold into the mountains to be a Shared Wife for a pair of strong brothers¡ªwhich would be a fate worse than death¡ªI might have a chance to escape if I jumped off the cliff. So, I chose to jump."


    "But if it weren''t for me, you would have been caught and taken back to Tiger Valley." Gu Dongxing said a bit angrily.


    "That''s right, you saved my life," Jiang Mengyu said as if driven by some ghostly force: "To repay the debt of saving my life, why not repay it with my body?"

 Chapter 21: Talking about Dreams

    Chapter 21 - 21: Talking about Dreams


    Chapter 21: Talking About Dreams


    Gu Dongxing was startled all of a sudden: "Young lady, you should have some self-respect."


    "Oh, then forget it."


    In fact, deep down, Jiang Mengyu really did harbor the thought of snatching this devilishly handsome man, who always maintained an icy expression.


    When Gu Dongxing was struggling to win his wife''s affection and never achieving satisfaction, he regretted countless times why he hadn''t spontaneously agreed to her proposed way of returning the favor.


    "Am I also in your dream?"


    Gu Dongxing suddenly asked, his tone firm despite it being a question.


    A mysterious look flickered in his eyes: he wondered, what role did he play in her dreams?


    Jiang Mengyu nodded: "Yes. In the dream, I didn''t die after jumping off the cliff, I climbed up the cliff, but then someone driving a car hit me, killing me. In the dream, I turned into a ghost and still followed that person."


    Jiang Mengyu paused, looking at Gu Dongxing: "The person who drove the car and killed me in the dream later married you. In the dream, as a ghost, I watched you live with her for over a decade."


    Hearing that the person who had hit her with a car had married him, Gu Dongxing felt somewhat disappointed, although he wasn''t sure why.


    Seeing his skeptical look, Jiang Mengyu sighed and said: "In the dream, your favorite dish is hot and sour fish. But because cooking it leaves a lingering smell in the kitchen for days, your wife, using your stomach condition as an excuse, wouldn''t allow you to eat it."


    Gu Dongxing regarded Jiang Mengyu with a scrutinizing look, wondering how she knew he liked hot and sour fish.


    Moreover, he did suffer from a mild stomach condition, which was something only he knew about.


    "Also, in the dream, you have a phobia of dirt. You hate women touching you. Even¡ª" Even your wife dislikes touching you.


    Gu Dongxing sighed: If someone observed carefully, they could indeed notice his phobia.


    Jiang Mengyu thought for a moment, then dropped another bombshell: "In the dream, when you are asleep, if anyone comes within three feet of you, you subdue them. Moreover, you even kill people in your dreams!"


    Gu Dongxing suddenly grabbed Jiang Mengyu''s neck, staring at her: "How do you know that?"


    This was something no one knew about, and it was also the reason he was reluctant to marry at the age of twenty-six.


    Jiang Mengyu pried his hands off, though Gu Dongxing had not applied much force.


    "I told you, this is from my dream," Jiang Mengyu suddenly leaned close to Gu Dongxing: "Is it really like that? You''re so old and still not married, could it be because of this?"


    Gu Dongxing huffed: "Young lady, you should have some self-respect."


    While he admonished her to maintain self-respect, he actually didn''t mind her closeness, in fact, he didn''t even move away at all, though his ears did turn red.


    Very few girls got so close to him, causing his heart to nearly skip a beat.


    Yet, he felt uneasy inside, am I really that old?


    Still, her hands were quite soft and smooth, very comfortable to touch. He even forgot that he disliked women touching him.


    She''s only about fifteen or sixteen years old? Compared to her, he indeed felt quite old.


    It was the first time he cared about his age.


    Jiang Mengyu mimicked his tone and huffed, "What, still don''t believe it? I also know that, in a decade or so, the Gu Family''s company will become one of the top five hundred the world. More importantly, I''ve heard that your martial power is very strong, becoming the President of the Folklore and Cultural Research Association."


    "Folklore and Cultural Research Association?" Gu Dongxing''s heart stirred, the Folklore and Cultural Research Association was actually the Ancient Martial Artists Union, and being the President not only required a highly respected person but also someone with the top martial arts skills.


    But seeing Jiang Mengyu''s teasing expression made him feel embarrassed and a bit annoyed.


    He put on a stern face: "Be serious. Tell me more about Tiger Valley."

 Chapter 22 Fianc茅e vs. Girlfriend (Part 1)

    Chapter 22 - 22 Fiance?e vs. Girlfriend (Part 1)


    Chapter 22: Fiance?e Versus Girlfriend (I)


    Mengyu did not provoke him any further: "In my dream, I heard people say that there''s a tofu stall in Yinghua Town, which is a human trafficker''s den. Those who want to buy a bride go there to make contact. The secret phrase is ''I want to buy some soft tofu.''"


    Gu Dongxing grabbed Mengyu''s hand again: "Are you telling the truth?"


    "I said it was in a dream!" Mengyu shook off his hand again.


    Gu Dongxing realized that something was not quite right with himself, as he normally disliked physical contact with women, yet he didn''t mind touching this one.


    He coughed and said, "Thank you for telling me this. I will contact the Public Security immediately to rescue those sold women."


    After speaking, he stuffed the key into her hand and left right away.


    Clearly, even though Mengyu kept saying it was something from a dream, he took it seriously.


    He even forgot that he had just brought Mengyu to the door of his room and forgot that there was another girl living in his house.


    However, even if he had not forgotten, he would not have taken Mengyu elsewhere. Because when he agreed to let Mengyu stay at his house under the guise of being his fiance?e, he had already planned to use Mengyu to drive away that woman he couldn''t get rid of!


    Mengyu could never have imagined that Gu Dongxing would bring her to the door, but upon hearing about the tofu stall being a human trafficker''s den in Yinghua Town, he immediately turned around and left.


    "Hmph, didn''t even arrange anything for me before leaving." Mengyu muttered, taking the key to open the door.


    But as soon as the door was opened, she exclaimed, "Uh¡ª"


    Inside, the piercing scream of a woman with a messy perm overpowered her exclamation: "Ah¡ª"


    Then, both of them asked the other in unison:


    "Who are you?"


    "Who are you?"


    Both spoke at the same time:


    Mengyu said: "I am Lin Mengyu, Gu Dongxing''s fiance?e!"


    That woman said: "I am Commander Gu''s girlfriend, Ye Rushui!"


    Then, again in unison, both said: "Impossible!"


    Then, there was a long moment of evaluating each other.


    Mengyu cursed Gu Dongxing inwardly for his cunning.


    This Ye Rushui, she had met in her past life, of course, proclaimed herself as Gu Dongxing''s childhood sweetheart, but in reality, according to the confessions exchanged between Gu Dongxing and Jiang Huaiyu, she was nothing more than a neighbor for a period of time after the Gu Family moved to the Military District in G city.


    Later, when Gu Dongxing''s father, Gu Ming, remarried, Gu Dongxing went to live with his mother and rarely returned to the Gu Family.


    And Gu Dongxing was not at all interested in this woman who was a bit mean, had a bit of a princess syndrome, and looked down on country folks.


    Nonetheless, she always liked to hang around Gu Dongxing, and even after he married Jiang Huaiyu, she continued as usual.


    Later, pressured by her father, she married a battalion commander but still frequently targeted Jiang Huaiyu.


    It can be said that in her past life, she was Jiang Huaiyu''s arch-enemy.


    At this moment, Mengyu was very clear that the title of Gu Dongxing''s girlfriend that she claimed was self-appointed.


    So, Mengyu sat down on the wooden couch in the living room, took out a cup from her bundle, poured herself a glass of water and drank, "This auntie here, you say you are Dongxing''s girlfriend? But how come Gu Dongxing never told me? That he has a girlfriend like you?"


    Ye Rushui was actually quite attractive, but her hairstyle made her look five years older; a twenty-five-year-old person looked like she was thirty.


    Hearing Mengyu call her an auntie, Ye Rushui''s face flushed with anger: "You¡ªyou country bumpkin. I''ve never heard about Brother Dongxing getting engaged. You''re a liar, right? No, you''re a thief, yes, you''re a thief, you''ve come in here to steal what?"

 Chapter 23 Fianc茅e vs. Girlfriend (Part 2)

    Chapter 23 - 23 Fiance?e vs. Girlfriend (Part 2)


    Chapter 23 Fiance?e vs Girlfriend (Part 2)


    Mengyu took a sip of warm water: "Hmm, the temperature of this water is just right. Auntie, even though I''m from the countryside, I''d appreciate it if you refrain from using derogatory terms like ''bumpkin'', as it makes you, a city person, seem uncultured.


    Also, you''ve forgotten that I used a key to enter. Could I have gotten in without Dongxing giving me the key? So, don''t easily label me as a thief."


    Mengyu said, twirling the key on a string in her hand as if to flaunt it.


    Now she finally understood¡ªGu Dong had captured her on suspicion of espionage, but when she cheekily requested to move into his room under the pretense of being his fiance?e, he agreed so readily¡ªit was to use her to ward off other romantic interests.


    Ye Rushui was furious; she had been here for two days, and Gu Dongxing had never given her a key. Every time she came, she had to go to the logistics office to have the door opened.


    But this girl comes along, and Dongxing immediately gave her a key!


    "Don''t call me auntie!" She reached out to snatch the key from Mengyu''s hand: "You stole the key, didn''t you? Give it to me!"


    How could Mengyu possibly give her the key?


    She pocketed the key swiftly and pushed Ye Rushui away: "I am Gu Dongxing''s fiance?e; naturally, he gave me the key himself."


    She looked at Ye Rushui with a scrutinizing gaze: "You don''t have a key? But you claim to be Gu Dongxing''s girlfriend? How can a girlfriend not have the keys to her boyfriend''s place? So, you just self-proclaimed to be his girlfriend, didn''t you?"


    Ye Rushui''s face quickly contorted with the embarrassment and anger of having her lie exposed.


    She retaliated out of shame: "You say you''re Dongxing''s fiance?e, what evidence do you have?"


    "Evidence?" Mengyu pulled out a ring set with an emerald: "Does this count? Dongxing gave it to me."


    Ye Rushui knew her stuff; upon seeing the ring, she recognized it as a treasure.


    Apparently not satisfied with just that impact, Mengyu then produced a fully green jade bracelet: "And this too, Dongxing said this is a family heirloom from his mom, intended only for his wife."


    She looked at Ye Rushui: "Dongxing even gave me the family heirloom. Do you still think my claim as his fiance?e is false?"


    In fact, both the emerald ring and the full green jade bracelet had been taken out from her storage talisman.


    Ye Rushui saw Mengyu brandish the jewelry, and either piece was obviously very valuable.


    Such items were not something a village girl could present¡ªcould she truly be Brother Dong''s fiance?e?


    But she wouldn''t acknowledge it. She scoffed: "These items don''t prove anything; no one can verify Brother Dong gave them to you. I can produce several pieces too. I''ve grown up with Brother Dong since we were kids, how could he possibly reject me for a rural bumpkin like you."


    Mengyu laughed: "Childhood sweetheart? Just because you were neighbors for a year, you call that being childhood sweethearts?


    You''re really stretching the meaning of ''childhood sweetheart'', aren''t you? By your logic, anyone who has been his neighbor over the years is a childhood sweetheart? Brother Dong must have too many then!"


    "You¡ª" Ye Rushui was puzzled, how did she know that she and Brother Dong were only neighbors for a year?


    Could it be that Brother Dong had shared even these details with her?


    This girl seemed to be only about fifteen or sixteen years old; she shouldn''t be this scheming.


    Is she really Dongxing''s fiance?e?


    No, Brother Dong is mine, I absolutely cannot let this girl take him away from me.

 Chapter 24 - 24 24 Fianc茅e Vs. Girlfriend (Part 3)

    ?Chapter 24: Chapter 24 Fiance?e Vs. Girlfriend (Part 3) Chapter 24: Chapter 24 Fiance?e Vs. Girlfriend (Part 3) Chapter 24 Fiance?e vs. Girlfriend (Part III)


    ¡°Did I say something wrong?¡± Mengyu deliberately showed an innocent expression: ¡°But that¡¯s what Dongxing told me.¡±


    ¡°Did Brother Dong really tell you that?¡± she asked with some doubt.


    Mengyu mockingly snorted with shallowness, ¡°I don¡¯t even know you. Dongxing told me, how would I know anything else? I can¡¯t possibly be so bored as to intentionally inquire about you, right?


    Moreover, does everyone know about your situation? Could I just ask around and get it right?¡±


    Ye Rushui looked at Mengyu and thought to herself: Not bad, she came from Beijing, but this cheap servant girl is clearly from the local countryside. The difference between them is more than just slight.


    Maybe, she is the fiance?e arranged by Brother Dong¡¯s rural mother. How could she have found out about her situation?


    ¡°What else did Brother Dong tell you?¡± she couldn¡¯t help but probe.


    Seeing her take the bait, a hint of mockery flashed in Mengyu¡¯s eyes, but she quickly hid it, so quickly that Ye Rushui didn¡¯t notice at all.


    ¡°You want to ask what Dongxing said about you, right? Dongxing said¡ª¡± Mengyu paused on purpose here, glance at her water glass.


    Ye Rushui glanced at it, and had no choice but to pick up the thermos to refill her water.


    Mengyu took a sip from the water glass, as if she was savoring fine wine: ¡°Ah, the water poured by Aunt Ye is really tasty.¡±


    Ye Rushui almost cursed out loud.


    She suppressed her anger and reminded herself internally: She¡¯s a bumpkin; ignore her. She didn¡¯t even bother to correct her for calling her Auntie.


    She really wanted to know how she appeared in Brother Dong¡¯s eyes. Otherwise, she would definitely not talk more with this bumpkin.


    She couldn¡¯t wait to ask: ¡°Can you tell me now, what did Brother Dong say about me?¡±


    If it were in front of someone else, she would definitely have to act elegant and intellectual, but with this bumpkin, there was no need.


    ¡°Aunt Ye, I have a question I want to ask you.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t call me Auntie! Either call me Sister or Miss Ye.¡± She almost snapped, but again suppressed it quickly, ¡°What do you want to ask? Just say it.¡±


    ¡°In our village, a girlfriend and fiance?e are the same person. If a guy has both a girlfriend and a fiance?e, both the girlfriend and fiance?e will control him, and he wouldn¡¯t be allowed to have another girlfriend or fiance?e.


    But why in the city, a girlfriend and fiance?e are not the same person, and a man can have a girlfriend and also a fiance?e?


    Then, when this man gets married, does he marry his fiance?e or his girlfriend?


    Dongxing said he¡¯s going to marry me, and this marriage was arranged by my own mom, and one should not defy parental orders. So after I marry Dongxing, what will happen to you, his girlfriend?¡±


    Mengyu said this, seemingly genuinely worried for Ye Rushui.


    Ye Rushui was speechless.


    Facing Mengyu¡¯s clear eyes, she felt a frission of panic.


    Could she say that in this respect, the city is just like the countryside, a girlfriend and fiance?e are the same person?


    Could she say that she actually isn¡¯t Gu Dongxing¡¯s girlfriend, so actually there is no way for her to control whether Gu Dongxing has another fiance?e?


    Unfortunately, she didn¡¯t know that Mengyu, the fiance?e, was also a mistake. Hence, it felt quite awkward.


    However, hearing Mengyu mention that their marriage was arranged by their parents, her eyes immediately lit up again.


    ¡°So, you and Brother Dong, you¡¯re arranged by your parents? Is it an arranged marriage?¡±

 Chapter 25 - 25 25 Fianc茅e Vs. Girlfriend (Part 4)

    ?Chapter 25: Chapter 25 Fiance?e Vs. Girlfriend (Part 4) Chapter 25: Chapter 25 Fiance?e Vs. Girlfriend (Part 4) Chapter 25 Fiance?e vs. Girlfriend (Part 4)


    ¡°It¡¯s an arranged marriage by our parents, that¡¯s correct,¡± Mengyu said confidently.


    Ye Rushui immediately relaxed, ¡°See, your marriage is arranged by your parents, while Brother Dong and I are boyfriend and girlfriend out of a consensual love. So, I¡¯m the one Brother Dong likes, and you¡¯d better back off. Otherwise, when Brother Dong and I get married, you won¡¯t even be able to cry.¡±


    Mengyu tilted her head and looked at Ye Rushui, ¡°But in our village, proper girls all date with their parents¡¯ approval. Going behind their backs to find a man, that¡¯s something only improper girls would do.¡±


    Ye Rushui almost cursed again¡ªwas this damn servant girl insinuating she was improper?


    ¡°How old-fashioned you are. In modern society, we advocate for love freedom. Arranged marriages by parents are to be criticized as outdated feudalism.¡±


    Mengyu seemed puzzled, ¡°But Dongxing and I aren¡¯t in an arranged marriage. Our relationship began with our parents¡¯ approval and only then did we openly date. Or are you suggesting that sneaking around behind parents¡¯ backs to find a man is what freedom of love is? Your urban ways are so strange. Your parents raise you, yet you even undertake something as serious as dating without them knowing. In our village, that¡¯s shameful and unfilial!¡±


    ¡°You¡ª¡±


    Ye Rushui finally understood, this Mengyu was clever indeed, twisting and turning, all her words aimed at berating her, calling her improper, shameful, unfilial!


    How infuriating!


    At that time in the countryside, actually, free love wasn¡¯t very common. Most people were introduced by someone, dated, and then got married.


    Even if you fancied someone, you¡¯d first find an intermediate to convey the feelings. Only after both families agreed and cemented the relationship would you date and marry.


    If a girl took the initiative to find a man, that would indeed be called improper and shameful. And if you got married without parental blessings, that truly was unfilial!


    So, to the rural folks, actions like Ye Rushui moving into a man¡¯s house would be deemed highly improper.


    But Ye Rushui wasn¡¯t rural folk, so naturally, she thought Mengyu was beating around the bush to insult her.


    Moreover, for Mengyu to say these things now, in front of Ye Rushui who proclaimed to be Gu Dongxing¡¯s girlfriend, was indeed a roundabout way of calling Ye Rushui improper and shameless.


    Having been insulted, Ye Rushui was not going to let it slide, ¡°You country bumpkin, you dare to insult me? I was here first; get out of this house!¡±


    She reached to slap Mengyu across the face.


    But her hand had not yet reached Mengyu¡¯s face when it was grabbed by Mengyu.


    Don¡¯t be fooled by Ye Rushui¡¯s height of 1.65 meters, while Mengyu was only 1.60 meters tall. Mengyu had been involved in labor for years, and most crucially, she was now a Level 1 Martial Artist, so Ye Rushui, whose wrist was caught by Mengyu, couldn¡¯t move at all.


    ¡°Ouch, let go of me!¡±


    Ye Rushui didn¡¯t expect this skinny rural girl to have such strength, and was somewhat flustered and exasperated.


    She had trained in military boxing with her brothers since she was young, not just any ordinary woman, even an ordinary man wouldn¡¯t be able to beat her.


    But now, she couldn¡¯t budge her wrist, caught by a girl of fifteen or sixteen.


    What the hell, this is so weird!


    Ever since Mengyu entered Gu Dongxing¡¯s room, many people had been watching the drama quietly unfold. Especially those idle family members.

 Chapter 26 - 26 26 Fiancee vs. Girlfriend (Part 5)

    ?Chapter 26: Chapter 26: Fiancee vs. Girlfriend (Part 5) Chapter 26: Chapter 26: Fiancee vs. Girlfriend (Part 5) Chapter 26 Fiance?e Versus Girlfriend (Part Five)


    The families had long noticed Ye Rushui, the girl who seemed to hold her head high, moving into Gu Dongxing¡¯s house. When people asked her if she was Gu Dongxing¡¯s fiance?e, she just smiled without answering.


    Therefore, everyone in the compound thought that she was Gu Dongxing¡¯s fiance?e.


    But today, Gu Dongxing brought in an even younger and more beautiful girl.


    The thing is, there was an intimate vibe between them (although Gu Dongxing would never admit it; at most, when Jiang Mengyu was talking about the human trafficker¡¯s den, it sounded somewhat like whispering).


    The onlookers then thought, now there¡¯s trouble; with one woman already living in the house and another brought back, when the two women meet, surely they will fight?


    Who will defeat the other and become Gu Dongxing¡¯s fiance?e?


    Many believed that Ye Rushui, tall and from the city with a good family background, would certainly win.


    Of course, some thought that the young and beautiful Jiang Mengyu would more likely be Gu Dongxing¡¯s favorite.


    Thus, when Jiang Mengyu entered the house, quite a few families had already gathered outside to watch the drama unfold.


    At this moment, upon hearing Ye Rushui¡¯s words, the crowd began to worry: Are they starting to fight?


    If they really start to fight, that petite and delicate girl will surely be at a disadvantage, right?


    Yet, why does it seem like the one shouting, ¡°Let me go,¡± is Ye Rushui?


    Could it be, that seemingly petite and delicate girl is actually an expert?


    At this moment, Jiang Mengyu was grabbing the other party¡¯s wrist, looking into her eyes, where was the innocent and harmless expression she had just now?


    ¡°Let you go? Just now, you wanted to hit me. What if I let you go and you try to hit me again?¡±


    Ye Rushui was both ashamed and furious: ¡°Let go of me, I¡ªI won¡¯t hit you!¡±


    Jiang Mengyu shook her head: ¡°I don¡¯t believe you, unless you promise to leave immediately. Go back to your city, and stop pestering my Dongxing.¡±


    ¡°You¡ª¡±


    ¡°What ¡®you¡¯? You claimed to be Dongxing¡¯s girlfriend, but Dongxing has never mentioned to me that he had another girlfriend, so you must be that kind of indecent woman, shamelessly clinging to my Dongxing.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m not clinging to Brother Dong, I really am¡ª¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re not Dongxing¡¯s girlfriend. Dongxing told me about you, he said you¡¯re like that stick of gum from the neighborhood when we were kids, shamelessly moving into a grown man¡¯s house.


    He has nothing to say to you and doesn¡¯t want to date you. He doesn¡¯t even want to bother with you, so he asked me to drive you away.¡±


    ¡°I thought you were a city girl and would be civilized, so I tried reasoning with you. Who knew that when you couldn¡¯t outtalk me, you wanted to hit me?


    In terms of appearance, you¡¯re no match for me; in terms of ability, you¡¯re no match for me. The only thing you have over me, is age; hey, you¡¯re older than me.


    Moreover, I¡¯m Dongxing¡¯s legitimate fiance?e, approved by our parents, whereas you, this girlfriend, are self-proclaimed!


    So, on what grounds do you have the face to compete with me for Dongxing?¡±


    Ye Rushui, out of anger and frustration, said: ¡°How dare you compare yourself to me? You country bumpkin! I¡¯ll have my dad deal with you¡ª¡±


    ¡°Your dad?¡± Jiang Mengyu cuts her off: ¡°That Chief of Staff Ye? He¡¯s an honest military officer; he would never help you steal another person¡¯s man. You¡¯ve got the wrong idea.¡±


    Ye Rushui was even more embarrassed and furious. Jiang Mengyu was right, her dad was indeed an old-fashioned man; otherwise, if he could have just exerted a little pressure on Gu Dongxing, Gu Dongxing would have been her husband long ago, why would she have to wait until now?

 Chapter 27 - 27 27 Finally Peaceful

    ?Chapter 27: Chapter 27 Finally Peaceful Chapter 27: Chapter 27 Finally Peaceful Chapter 27 Finally Peaceful


    ¡°I... let me go first,¡± Ye Rushui yelled.


    ¡°No, I can¡¯t let you go. You were about to hit me just now. If I let you go, you¡¯ll definitely hit me. Besides, you¡¯re right, there¡¯s no room for two women in this house, so¡ª¡±


    Jiang Mengyu suddenly dragged Ye Rushui towards the door.


    Ye Rushui panicked, ¡°What... what... what are you going to do?¡±


    ¡°What am I going to do? To prevent you from having the chance to hit someone again, naturally, I¡¯m going to ask you to leave.¡±


    While saying this, Jiang Mengyu held onto Ye Rushui¡¯s wrist and opened the door.


    Several family members eavesdropping by the door almost fell in, hurriedly backing away.


    The family members saw how fiercely Jiang Menguy handled it, dragging the tall Ye Rushui who was over 1.65 meters tall out, and they were all dumbfounded.


    Jiang Mengyu threw Ye Rushui outside and said to the onlooking family members, ¡°She started it and wanted to hit me. I was afraid of living with her and getting beaten, so I asked her to leave.¡±


    The family members really wanted to roll their eyes: Is this asking her out? This is clearly dragging her out, alright?


    Ye Rushui, thrown out by a young girl and in front of all these family members, felt both ashamed and angry, suddenly burst into tears with a ¡°wa¡±.


    The onlooking family members were stunned, looking at each other: The involved party is crying, what should they do?


    One family member said, ¡°Ah, I need to water the vegetables I planted yesterday, I¡¯ll leave first.¡±


    Once this family member left, another said, ¡°Ah, I almost forgot too, I didn¡¯t water my vegetables either.¡± and followed suit.


    As these two left, other family members also departed one after another; the first few made up reasons, the latter didn¡¯t even bother, and just went away.


    Seeing herself crying so hard yet none of these family members came to comfort her, Ye Rushui again felt resentful: They are all heartless women.


    But she didn¡¯t reflect on how she usually looked down on these family members; why would they come to her when she is down, to endure her wrath?


    After throwing Ye Rushui out, Jiang Mengyu closed the door: Finally, peace!


    She wondered, would Gu Dongxing blame her for throwing Ye Rushui out?


    Regardless, it was her who started to hit me first, otherwise, I wouldn¡¯t even find an excuse to throw her out.


    She wanted to hit me, yet I didn¡¯t hit her back, just dragged her out, which showed great magnanimity.


    If it were someone else more fierce, they definitely would¡¯ve beaten her before throwing her out.


    I¡¯m still low-profile.


    If the family members heard her thoughts, they would collectively spit on her: You call this low-profile? You stirred up all the family members in the courtyard on your first day.


    The entire courtyard knew that the girl Gu Dongxing brought back was a wild girl!


    Having driven Ye Rushui out, Jiang Mengyu¡¯s stomach growled. She checked the kitchen, which was very clean, so clean that there was nothing but pots and dishes.


    What did Ye Rushui eat?


    Just as she was puzzled, she suddenly heard someone knocking at the door.


    She opened it to see a little soldier holding a food box at the entrance.


    ¡°You are¡ª¡±


    ¡°Hello little sister-in-law, my surname is Li, you can call me Xiao Li. The commander sent me to deliver your meal.¡±


    Jiang Mengyu blushed at being addressed as ¡°little sister-in-law¡±: ¡°No need to call me sister-in-law. I¡ªI¡¯m not married yet.¡±


    Xiao Li was stunned for a moment, not sister-in-law, then what?


    ¡°Alright, sister-in-law.¡± Xiao Li put the food box in Jiang Mengyu¡¯s hand and ran off.


    However, this little sister-in-law is quite young, only about fifteen or sixteen years old, right? Is the commander into younger women?


    Jiang Mengyu felt helpless: here, she was considered Gu Dongxing¡¯s fiance?e, and just now, she had even driven away someone¡¯s girlfriend under the identity of that fiance?e!

 Chapter 28 - 28 28 How much compensation do you want to give

    ?Chapter 28: Chapter 28 How much compensation do you want to give? Chapter 28: Chapter 28 How much compensation do you want to give? Chapter 28 ¨C How Much Compensation Do You Want


    On the third day, when Gu Dongxing came back, he was confronted by Ye Rushui, or rather, Ye Rushui stopped him.


    ¡°Brother Dong, that girl you kindly took in, she dared to kick me out. And she even pretends to be your fiance?e.¡±


    ¡°Pretend? She is indeed my fiance?e,¡± Gu Dongxing said.


    Ye Rushui was dumbfounded, unable to speak.


    Brother Dong actually said this country girl is his fiance?e?


    She said she¡¯s Brother Dong¡¯s fiance?e, and it¡¯s actually true!


    Right, Dong Gu went back to the countryside with his mother, this fiance?e, must be the one his country mother chose for him?


    ¡°I don¡¯t believe it, you¡¯re just saying this to reject me, aren¡¯t you?¡±


    Gu Dongxing thought to himself: You¡¯re right, but I won¡¯t admit it!


    He looked indifferently at Ye Rushui: ¡°Ye Rushui, you should just go back. I¡¯ve already told you, we¡¯re not suited for each other.¡±


    Ye Rushui couldn¡¯t believe it: ¡°No, you clearly liked me when we were kids, we played games together, and you even promised that you would marry me when we grew up.¡±


    ¡°You remembered wrong, I never promised that. The one who promised to marry you was Zhou Erhuo,¡± Gu Dongxing said.


    ¡°No, I only like you, I don¡¯t want Zhou Erhuo. I said back then, I wanted to marry you when we grew up,¡± Ye Rushui yelled.


    ¡°But I never agreed. Besides, we are not suited for each other,¡± Gu Dongxing said helplessly.


    If this woman wasn¡¯t the daughter of Uncle Ye who once helped him greatly, he would have thrown her out long ago.


    ¡°What¡¯s suitable or not suitable, how can you know without getting married? As long as we¡¯re married, we¡¯ll definitely be suitable,¡± Ye Rushui said.


    Gu Dongxing: ¡°I already have a fiance?e now.¡±


    ¡°You are only engaged, as long as you¡¯re not married, anything can change. Regarding your fiance?e,


    we¡¯ll compensate her.¡±


    ¡°Oh, how do you plan to compensate me?¡± A voice chimed in from behind.


    Mengyu had just walked over. She had changed out of her shabby clothes and into a pale yellow dress with a classical flair and a hint of Immortal Energy, making her seem like a Fairy who had just descended from the heavens.


    This dress was one of a few that Mengyu found in her storage talisman; she just wanted to see how she looked in ancient clothing, and surprisingly, she looked extraordinarily beautiful.


    She felt a slight regret that the dress was a bit too long and big; it would have been better if it fitted more snugly.


    Just as she thought this, the dress really became fitted.


    Huh, it can change? Could it become modern clothes? Like¡ªshe remembered the dresses worn by ladies in movies.


    Indeed, the dress transformed into a simple, regular dress.


    Mengyu knew she had found a treasure, it was a set of clothes that could change according to her wishes. She tried changing it into various styles.


    Eventually, she still thought the dress looked better in the classical style, so she let it become a classical dress again.


    Feeling that beautiful clothes without jewelry didn¡¯t look good, she took out two pink teardrop-shaped pearl earrings and a pink pearl necklace from the storage talisman to wear.


    Her hair, which had been braided, was now wet from washing and fell over her shoulders like a waterfall.


    Seeing Mengyu walking towards them, both of them felt a sense of amazement.


    Gu Dongxing¡¯s heart even started beating: This Mengyu, unexpectedly became so beautiful just by wearing a pretty dress.


    After being stunned, Ye Rushui felt envious: I didn¡¯t expect this country bumpkin to dress up so enchantingly.


    These clothes, this jewelry, must have been bought by Brother Dong!


    Hmph, Brother Dong has never bought her any clothes or jewelry.


    This woman, she must not stay by Brother Dong¡¯s side!

 Chapter 29 - 29 29 Qi Leaves Ye Rushui

    ?Chapter 29: Chapter 29 Qi Leaves Ye Rushui Chapter 29: Chapter 29 Qi Leaves Ye Rushui Chapter 29 Mengyu Drives Away Ye Rushui


    ¡°We can give you money, enough for a worry-free life.¡± She said.


    ¡°Give me money? Can you even offer the amount that would interest me?¡± Mengyu said as she toyed with a gold bar, tossing it up and down in her hand.


    Others were too far away to see clearly, but Gu Dongxing and Ye Rushui could see clearly the gold bar Mengyu was playing with as they stood close by. Gu Dongxing frowned: Where did she get the jewelry and gold?


    And, has she bought clothes?


    Ye Rushui gasped: Could it be what she was thinking, the object in this woman¡¯s hands?


    Before they could approach, Mengyu put away the gold bar, smiling at Gu Dongxing: ¡°Brother Dong, how much are you worth?¡±


    Anger flashed in Gu Dongxing¡¯s eyes, but he quickly realized something and chuckled, countering Mengyu¡¯s question: ¡°Then you tell me, how much am I worth?¡±


    Mengyu smiled: ¡°This Auntie said she would compensate me with money. I was just wondering how much I should ask for.¡±


    Gu Dongxing looked amusedly at this seemingly innocent but cunning little swindler outwardly: Was she intending to belittle himself?


    Sure enough, Mengyu turned to Ye Rushui: ¡°Aunt Ye, how much do you think Dongxing is worth?¡±


    Ye Rushui didn¡¯t know what to say. She initially wanted to offer ten thousand yuan to Mengyu as compensation because, after all, millionaires were rare in the countryside at this time.


    That would have made her a millionaire instantly, and she could have happily taken the money and returned home.


    However, seeing Mengyu playing with a gold ingot and the jewelry she was wearing, she found herself unable to speak.


    Seeing Ye Rushui speechless, Mengyu chuckled again, saying: ¡°Dongxing, you don¡¯t know, last week when you left, didn¡¯t you give me the keys to stay in your room?¡±


    Gu Dongxing nodded innocently: ¡°Yes.¡±


    But in reality, he felt guilty. He knew Ye Rushui was staying in his room, but he didn¡¯t tell Mengyu, hoping Mengyu would drive Ru Shui out.


    Unexpectedly, Mengyu was bold enough to directly throw her out of the room.


    Mengyu clearly saw Gu Dongxing¡¯s guilt, but she could only pretend not to know and pointed at Ye Rushui to make a complaint:


    ¡°When I unlocked the door with the key, this woman was inside. She claimed she was your girlfriend and falsely accused me of being a thief, saying the key you gave me was stolen. I argued that I wasn¡¯t, but this woman, she actually tried to hit me. She even mentioned getting her dad, who is a chief of staff, involved.¡±


    Gu Dongxing¡¯s face darkened upon hearing this, staring at Ye Rushui.


    He only knew that Ye Rushui was dragged out of the room by Mengyu, but not that Ye Rushui had claimed to be his girlfriend, falsely accusing Mengyu of theft or even attempting to hit her, and involving her father to pressure him.


    He asked Mengyu worriedly, ¡°Are you alright?¡±


    He knew well that Ye Rushui had grown up training in military boxing with the generals at the military base.


    Ye Rushui was furious, this woman was complaining right in front of her. She wanted to speak, but Mengyu glared at her first, triumphantly said:


    ¡°She didn¡¯t hit me, I caught her wrist as soon as she tried. She asked me to let her go, but I said no, I can¡¯t let you go, you just tried to hit me, if I let you go, you definitely will hit me, and then, I dragged her and pushed her out of the room and shut the door.¡±


    Mengyu then smilingly looked at Gu Dongxing: ¡°I didn¡¯t disgrace you, did I?¡± and even winked at him deliberately.


    Gu Dongxing didn¡¯t expect this girl to be so bold, able to drag Ye Rushui, who trained in military boxing from a young age at the military camp, out.


    Moreover, it seems she also understood his original intention?

 Chapter 30 - 30 30 How to Stay

    ?Chapter 30: Chapter 30 How to Stay Chapter 30: Chapter 30 How to Stay Gu Dongxing restrained his laughter, nodded, and said seriously: ¡°No disgrace has been caused.¡±


    Then, he turned to Ye Rushui: ¡°I¡¯ll have someone send you back.¡± He blatantly ignored what Ye Rushui had previously said about compensating Mengyu.


    ¡°No need!¡± Ye Rushui glared at Gu Dongxing with a sense of injustice, warned Mengyu with ¡°We¡¯ll see about this!¡± and then ran off.


    She wouldn¡¯t let this rest; she must make her father confront Gu Dongxing and have him marry her! Gu Dongxing owed her father a great favor, and it was only right to repay it through her!


    Mengyu, not considering herself Gu Dongxing¡¯s true fiance?e, didn¡¯t take Ye Rushui¡¯s words to heart.


    Back at home, Mengyu asked Gu Dongxing: ¡°Are the human traffickers dealt with?¡±


    Gu Dongxing paused, then said: ¡°Four of them were captured, including the spy. But Lao Liu, the leader, escaped. All the abducted women, including the two girls sold with you, have been rescued.¡±


    Mengyu relaxed; this was good. In this life, Pi Yuhua and Jiang Haiyan were safe.


    ¡°This time, you¡¯ve made a great contribution. What reward would you like?¡± Gu Dongxing asked again.


    Now that the spy had been caught, the suspicions against Mengyu were naturally cleared. In fact, Gu Dongxing had long since stopped suspecting Mengyu.


    However, for some reason, he was somewhat reluctant to let this girl go.


    He always found what Mengyu had described about her dreams rather outlandish. Even if she wasn¡¯t a spy, she definitely had secrets, and he wanted to delve deeper into them.


    ¡°Ah?¡± Mengyu was surprised: ¡°I get to choose a reward? Then I want money,¡± Mengyu said. She was indeed worried about not having any.


    Seeing that she didn¡¯t hesitate to ask for money, Gu Dongxing sighed: ¡°Don¡¯t you want to enlist? I could help you.¡±


    Gu Dongxing thought that a girl who could defeat Ye Rushui, who had grown up in a military camp, had the right physique for military service.


    Enlist?


    Back when she was a spirit, or Ah Piao, she had stayed a while in the Military District with Jiang Huaiyu and had admired those spirited female soldiers.


    ¡°Uh, I prefer the feeling of freedom.¡±


    She had secrets and did not want to join the military.


    ¡°I overheard their discussions; they intended to send me abroad, but then mentioned that it recently became difficult to do so and instead I was taken to Tiger Valley.¡±


    Gu Dongxing¡¯s brows furrowed: This was actually an international group?


    But with no further leads for now, all they could do was inform the local authorities and have them slowly investigate the few traffickers they had caught.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, as long as they¡¯ve broken the law, they won¡¯t escape justice,¡± Gu Dongxing reassured her.


    Mengyu also knew that it would be difficult to take down the Human Trafficking Group at once, but she would certainly not let those traffickers go.


    Suddenly, she thought of a problem. Now that the spy he was after had been found, does that mean her potential as a spy was ruled out?


    Should she leave this place?


    For some reason, the thought of leaving made her feel a bit heavy: if she left, was she supposed to go back to the Jiang Family?


    She was certain that if she showed up at the Jiang Family, Father Jiang and Madam Jiang, to prevent her from competing for a university spot, would sell her off again.


    The next time she might not be so lucky to escape.


    She remembered Jiang Huaiyu once saying that, a month and a half after she was sold into the mountains, her biological mother came looking.


    Then, Father Jiang and Madam Jiang had pushed their own daughter, Jiang Huaiyu, onto her, and she would go to the university Jiang Huaiyu attended and acknowledge Jiang Huaiyu as her ¡°daughter.¡±


    In this life, she must not let her foster parents push their own daughter onto her biological mother again.

 Chapter 31 - 31 31 Does He Want to Drive Her Away

    ?Chapter 31: Chapter 31: Does He Want to Drive Her Away? Chapter 31: Chapter 31: Does He Want to Drive Her Away? Chapter 31: Is He Trying to Drive Her Away?


    Mengyu estimated that it would be at least ten days before her biological mother would come.


    She couldn¡¯t return to the Jiang Family before her biological mother found her.


    When her biological mother goes to Jiangzhou, she will definitely get off at Damiang Town and then walk to Jiangzhou.


    No, that¡¯s not right. Jiang Huaiyu said her biological mother was rich; she would surely drive there instead of taking public transport.


    It would be best for her to leave for Damiang Town after ten days, find a place to stay at the entrance to Jiangzhou, and once she finds out that her biological mother has entered the Jiang Family house, she can immediately return to stop Father Jiang and Madam Jiang from pushing their own daughter, Jiang Huaiyu, onto her biological mother.


    She can¡¯t go back to the Jiang Family, but where else can she go? Nowadays, even staying in a hotel requires a letter of introduction.


    Even if she had the letter, she had no money.


    Although there are a lot of treasures in the storage talisman, she dared not to easily take them out to exchange for money.


    For now, she could only stay at Gu Dongxing¡¯s place.


    But how could she stay? She was not really Gu Dongxing¡¯s fiance?e.


    Just as Mengyu was thinking about how to stay, Gu Dongxing spoke up: ¡°You can go back now.¡±


    ¡°Ah?¡± Mengyu exclaimed: Is he trying to drive her away?


    Seeing the expression on her face, Gu Dongxing knew she didn¡¯t want to go home, which eased his concerned heart a bit.


    He sighed and said: ¡°According to the human trafficker¡¯s confession, you were indeed directly sold off by your biological parents.¡±


    Mengyu found it odd, hadn¡¯t she already known that from Zhou Erleng? She even got the sale contract from the Zhou Brothers.


    ¡°It was your parents¡¯ order to sell you into the deepest mountains, to prevent you from having a chance to escape,¡± Gu Dongxing added. That was what he really wanted to say.


    What kind of parents would sell their own daughter, and furthermore, specify her to be a Shared Wife in Tiger Valley?


    This wasn¡¯t just selling a daughter; this was destroying her!


    Knowing how her parents treated her, she probably found it hard to accept, right?


    Gu Dongxing felt a bit of pity for her.


    Mengyu had long been clear that she was sold by her foster parents, and she also knew it was her foster parents¡¯ intention to sell her to Tiger Valley.


    Nevertheless, she cooperated very well, exclaiming ¡°Ah¡± again as if in great surprise, then lowered her head as if deeply saddened.


    ¡°If you don¡¯t want to go back, just stay here for the time being,¡± Gu Dongxing said. He would absolutely not admit that he was somewhat reluctant to let go of this girl.


    Mengyu secretly rejoiced in her heart; she was still thinking about how to stay, and now Gu Dongxing took the initiative to keep her.


    But she still made a troubled face: ¡°Wouldn¡¯t that be inappropriate?¡±


    Gu Dongxing looked at Mengyu, who was clearly elated but pretending to hesitate, snorted and said: ¡°Is it not too late to say it¡¯s inappropriate now? Who claimed that I was her fiance? upon our first meeting? Or do you wish to return home to face the parents who sold you, not fearing they might sell you again?¡±


    ¡°Of course, I don¡¯t want to go back; they are not my parents.¡± Mengyu felt a bit embarrassed: ¡°I¡¯m just worried about affecting your reputation.¡±


    ¡°Worried about affecting my reputation now, is it useful? You entered this courtyard under the guise of being my fiance?e,¡± Gu Dongxing snorted again.


    He thought Mengyu said she didn¡¯t want to go back and they were not her parents because her parents had sold her, and they didn¡¯t deserve to be her parents. He felt even more sympathetic towards her.


    ¡°Alright, you can stay here for a few days, and when I¡¯m free, I¡¯ll send you back and make sure they don¡¯t sell you again.¡±


    Mengyu was overjoyed, finally able to stay.


    At least for the next ten or so days, she wouldn¡¯t have to worry about a place to stay or food to eat.

 Chapter 32 - 32 32 Supporting You for a Lifetime

    ?Chapter 32: Chapter 32: Supporting You for a Lifetime Chapter 32: Chapter 32: Supporting You for a Lifetime Chapter 32 I¡¯ll Support You For a Lifetime


    Mengyu suddenly thought of something; ten days later, when her biological mother shows up, her foster parents would definitely make a scene. If Gu Dongxing could accompany her to the Jiang Family, he could surely keep the foster parents in check.


    At that time, she could take the opportunity to leave the Jiang Family with her biological mother.


    She gave a sweet smile: ¡°Thank you, Brother Gu.¡±


    Gu Dongxing was almost dazzled by her smile and quickly composed himself.


    He thought to himself: This little one is truly versatile: sometimes she seems innocently cute, sometimes cunning like a fox. Today I realized that with an apple-shaped face, Mengyu¡¯s smile with two dimples is very adorable and sweet!


    But sometimes, her gaze makes him feel a kind of aged weariness that really contrasts with her youthful appearance.


    Although she claims to be seventeen, that¡¯s her nominal age. In fact, she is not even sixteen yet. A fifteen-year-old girl, yet he could read a deep weariness from her eyes!


    Which side of her is her true self?


    Gu Dongxing suppressed the doubts in his heart, thought for a moment, and then asked, ¡°The clothes you are wearing and the jewelry, where did they come from?¡±


    He could tell, he was good at this, the pearls on her ears and the pearl necklace she wore were quite valuable.


    Mengyu touched the pearls she was wearing on her ears and the ones on her body: ¡°Ah, I found these in the cave on the cliffside; the clothes, too.¡±


    ¡°Um, besides the jewelry, there¡¯s also this!¡± Mengyu pulled out the gold bar from her clothing pocket that she had been fiddling with when she shooed away Ye Rushui earlier.


    If it were someone else, Mengyu wouldn¡¯t have shown it.


    But having been with Jiang Huaiyu as Ah Piao for over a decade in her past life, she knew very well what kind of person Gu Dongxing was. He wouldn¡¯t covet her possessions.


    Still, she wanted to test him. At this time, gold was very valuable, capable of fetching about one hundred and forty-five Yuan per gram.


    This gold bar weighed roughly three hundred and twenty grams, worth about forty to fifty thousand Yuan. In the 1980s, a millionaire was a rare sight, and forty to fifty thousand was certainly a huge sum.


    However, she still added, ¡°This wasn¡¯t dug from the ground, it doesn¡¯t need to be given to the Guo Family, right?¡±


    With that, she looked at him with an innocent expression on her face.


    Gu Dongxing was startled for a moment. This cunning little scammer, is she afraid that he might confiscate her treasure?


    Unexpectedly, the next moment, Mengyu handed the gold bar to him, ¡°You help me convert it to money. I will need money for my studies, and I will need to buy my own house to live independently. It will all cost money.¡±


    ¡°You¡ª¡±


    Mengyu continued, ¡°I can¡¯t return to the Jiang Family, and they won¡¯t pay for my education, so I must support myself¡ª¡±


    ¡°I can support you!¡± He suddenly said.


    ¡°What did you say?¡± Mengyu thought she had heard wrong.


    After saying ¡°I can support you,¡± Gu Dongxing¡¯s heart was not at peace.


    Yes, he wanted to support her. But then, in what capacity would he support her?


    Fiance?e, that was just a temporary solution.


    So even though people at the bottom of the courtyard might think of Mengyu as his fiance?e, many others knew she wasn¡¯t truly his fiance?e.


    He could support her for a moment, but not for a lifetime!


    Unless he made the role of her fiance?e official.


    To make it official! He actually wanted to make her his fiance?e.


    He looked again at this girl who appeared innocently cute on the outside, yet cunning inside, having such a woman by his side would mean he would not be alone in life.


    He instantly made up his mind.


    He looked into Mengyu¡¯s eyes and said firmly, ¡°You heard me right, I can support you, support you for a lifetime!¡±


    ¡°Uhh¡ª¡±


    Mengyu¡¯s ears started to ring. What did he say, he¡¯d support her?


    Had she really heard him right?

 Chapter 33 - 33 33 Pinned to the Wall

    ?Chapter 33: Chapter 33: Pinned to the Wall Chapter 33: Chapter 33: Pinned to the Wall Chapter 33 Cornered Against the Wall


    Mengyu forced a smile, ¡°Brother Gu, you¡¯re not joking, are you?¡±


    She took a step back, wanting to put some distance between herself and Gu Dongxing.


    ¡°I¡¯m not joking,¡± Gu Dongxing moved a step closer. ¡°Didn¡¯t you say I was your fiance??¡±


    Mengyu was a bit panicked.


    Although she had indeed thought about snatching him from Jiang Huaiyu¡¯s grasp, in this life, everything had changed, and she wouldn¡¯t let Huaiyu recognize her as her biological mother, nor would her mother set her up with Gu Dongxing again.


    Therefore, in this lifetime, there was no chance for Jiang Huaiyu to be involved with Gu Dongxing again.


    But because in her previous life Jiang Huaiyu had married him using her identity, she subconsciously felt some displeasure.


    And because of that, the urge to reclaim this man, who was supposed to be hers but ended up with Jiang Huaiyu in her previous life, had faded.


    But now, he was using the words she had said before to corner her, and indeed, she had said he was her fiance?.


    But she hadn¡¯t fallen in love with him.


    What should she do?


    ¡°Brother Gu, that was just a temporary measure in that situation. If I hadn¡¯t said that, they would have taken me to Tiger Valley to be those brothers¡¯ Shared Wife,¡± she retreated again.


    Where would Gu Dongxing allow her to back away?


    He pressed closer, trapping her against the wall with his hands on either side, pinning her in so she had nowhere to escape: ¡°But you also said after escaping danger that you had no way to repay the life-saving grace, except with your body. So¡ª¡±


    Mengyu¡¯s face showed a desire to cry: ¡°But didn¡¯t you reject me then? You even told me to respect myself.¡±


    ¡°But now I want you to repay me,¡± Gu Dongxing said.


    ¡°I¡ªI haven¡¯t thought it through.¡±


    Mengyu was flustered and thought about taking out the Lingzhi from her storage talisman to give to him, but she hesitated to part with it. Suddenly, she thrust a gold bar into his hand: ¡°This gold bar is for you. Consider it my repayment for saving my life.¡±


    Gu Dongxing looked at the gold bar in his hand and then at Mengyu¡¯s panicked expression, a smile appearing on his face. It was rare indeed to see her, the little scammer, showing panic.


    He knew that her talk of having no way to repay the life-saving grace except with her body was insincere.


    But since she had entered his heart, he would not let her go.


    However, he didn¡¯t force her.


    ¡°Then take your time to think about it. I¡¯m not in a hurry.¡±


    He released her and put the gold bar back in her hand: ¡°Can my life-saving grace be measured with money? I¡¯m giving this gold bar back to you.¡±


    Mengyu, having regained her freedom, quickly looked away.


    She had known all along that he wouldn¡¯t want her gold. Nonetheless, she pushed the gold bar back into his hand: ¡°Could you exchange it for money for me?¡±


    Gu Dongxing stared at her: ¡°Aren¡¯t you afraid I will covet your gold bar?¡±


    Mengyu shook her head: ¡°I trust you!¡±


    Gu Dongxing felt a twinge in his heart: a girl telling him, ¡°I trust you.¡±


    Mengyu smiled sweetly: ¡°It¡¯s not just because of the past¡ªfor the dream¡ªanyway, I trust you.¡±


    Gu Dongxing saw her go from flustered to controlling her emotions in no time, even smiling so sweetly, and thought to himself that this little fox was indeed not bad.


    Yet, the fact that she said she trusted him also made him quite pleased.


    After all, he had already taken this silly little fox under his protection, and naturally, her trust was very important to him.


    ¡°All right, keep the gold. Here,¡± he pulled out ten banknotes from his pocket. ¡°Take these to use for now.¡±


    Mengyu accepted them without fuss: ¡°Thank you, I¡¯m completely broke right now, consider it a loan from you.¡±

 Chapter 34 - 34 34 She is a Xibei Merchandise

    ?Chapter 34: Chapter 34 She is a Xibei Merchandise Chapter 34: Chapter 34 She is a Xibei Merchandise Chapter 34 She¡¯s a Bargain Hunter


    Gu Dongxing then said, ¡°If you want to buy something, you can catch a ride with the logistics supply truck into town.¡± After that, he hurried back to the troops.


    Jiang Mengyu was pondering whether she was still suitable to continue staying here now that he had those kinds of thoughts about her.


    After much contemplation, Jiang Mengyu decided to stay at Gu Dongxing¡¯s place for the time being.


    She had nowhere else to go, and in any case, whether she liked it or not, she was already saddled with the reputation of being Gu Dongxing¡¯s fiance?e, and it was safe here.


    Given Gu Dongxing¡¯s somewhat traditional character, she didn¡¯t have to worry about him harboring any ill intentions towards her.


    That night, she spent the whole evening practicing her cultivation. She felt that the Essence of Heaven and Earth in this large courtyard, although not comparable to what it was in the cave, was still quite good.


    The next morning, Jiang Mengyu went to catch the logistics supply truck to town at the place Gu Dongxing had mentioned.


    During these two days staying in Gu Dongxing¡¯s house, soldiers were delivering meals to her every day. She felt that having others deliver meals was too much of a bother. But since she was penniless, she could only eat what the soldiers brought her.


    Now with the one hundred yuan Gu Dongxing had given her, she wanted to look for some rice and flour to purchase so she could cook for herself.


    Jiang Mengyu headed to the waiting area for the supply truck. There were already four family members there, chattering about something.


    However, as soon as Jiang Mengyu approached, the family members closed their mouths, and a few of them even sized her up from head to toe.


    Jiang Mengyu¡¯s clothes were still the same treasured clothes pulled from her storage talisman, which she could change at will. Today, she had made the clothes resemble a set of contemporary top and bottom clothing. It was only somewhat more attractive than usual.


    Fortunately, she had these treasured clothes from the storage talisman, which never attracted dust and still looked clean after a few days of wear.


    However, she still needed to go to town to buy a few more sets of clothing. She felt that treasured clothes were not suitable for daily wear, so she planned not only to buy groceries today but also to shop for clothes.


    Jiang Mengyu didn¡¯t realize that the scene where she had thrown Ye Rushui out of the room had been witnessed by many families; she had been labeled a ¡°wild girl¡± by people in the courtyard.


    With a slight smile on her face, she greeted the several family members with a nod: ¡°Hello, Mrs. Jiang.¡±


    The family members quickly responded: ¡°Hello.¡±


    One young woman even replied: ¡°Hello, Mrs. Jiang.¡±


    Jiang Mengyu promptly corrected her: ¡°I¡¯m not married yet. My surname is Jiang, you can call me Jiang Mengyu.¡±


    She couldn¡¯t say that she wasn¡¯t Gu Dongxing¡¯s fiance?e since that day, she had declared herself in a high-profile manner as Gu Dongxing¡¯s fiance?e and had tossed out Ye Rushui who had claimed to be Gu Dongxing¡¯s girlfriend.


    If she contradicted herself just two days later by claiming she wasn¡¯t Gu Dongxing¡¯s fiance?e, wouldn¡¯t that be slapping her own face?


    Well, since she was already dubbed Gu Dongxing¡¯s fiance?e, whether she accepted it or not, she might as well go along with it.


    Anyway, after ten days, her mother would come, and she would leave with her mother, never to return. She could leave this pretending to be the fiance?e for Gu Dongxing to explain himself.


    ¡°So you are Mrs. Jiang. My last name is Qin, I¡¯m Qin Xiufang, and my husband is Cheng Dahua, the Deputy Company Commander of the first battalion and second company.¡± The young woman didn¡¯t dare address Jiang Mengyu informally; this was the regiment commander¡¯s fiance?e after all.


    Suddenly, the other family members crowded around, one by one calling her ¡°Mrs. Jiang,¡± which left Jiang Mengyu with no choice but to accept their enthusiastic titles.


    Unbeknownst to her, she was actually basking in Ye Rushui¡¯s limelight.


    Ye Rushui had been in the courtyard for several days, always holding herself above the family members. She never interacted with them and often looked at them with disdain or even contempt.


    However, since she was Gu Dongxing¡¯s girlfriend, no one dared to confront her directly and kept their distance instead.

 Chapter 35 - 35 35 Can She Still Hit Me

    ?Chapter 35: Chapter 35 Can She Still Hit Me? Chapter 35: Chapter 35 Can She Still Hit Me? Chapter 35 Can She Really Hit Me?


    After the incident two days ago where Ye Rushui was thrown out by Jiang Mengyu, all the family members ¡°realized¡± they had all been wrong¡ªYe Rushui was not actually Gu Dongxing¡¯s girlfriend; Gu Dongxing already had a fiance?e.


    Moreover, this little fiance?e was fierce indeed, directly tossing out the imposter.


    While the family members felt relieved, they also became curious and even a little fearful of Jiang Mengyu. If she dared to throw out someone like Ye Rushui, wouldn¡¯t dealing with Jiang Mengyu be even more challenging?


    But now, seeing how accessible and friendly Jiang Mengyu was, all of them were instantly cheered, each introducing themselves to Jiang Mengyu.


    ¡°Sister-in-law, my name is Liu Yumei, my beloved works in the Marketing Department, Shao Yuming.¡±


    ¡°Sister-in-law, my name is Zhang Qiaoqiao, my beloved works in the Sales Department, Zhao Dajiang.¡±


    ¡°Sister-in-law, my name is Luo Xiuyu, my beloved works in the Public Relations Department, Jiang Chao.¡±


    ...


    After introducing themselves, the family members began talking about Ye Rushui again:


    ¡°Sister-in-law, we prefer someone like you. That woman surnamed Ye acts as if she¡¯s above everyone else, how is she a match for Gu Dongxing?¡±


    Jiang Mengyu: Does having eyes on the top of the head have anything to do with whether she¡¯s a match for Gu Dongxing?


    ¡°Exactly, sister-in-law. I thought she really was Gu Dongxing¡¯s girlfriend. It turns out, she¡¯s just a sham.¡±


    Jiang Mengyu: I¡¯m also a sham...


    ¡°That¡¯s right. Sister-in-law was really impressive that day, with just one hand you threw that Ye woman out¡ª¡±


    Jiang Mengyu: Uh, was she really that fierce? Well, maybe a little?


    As Jiang Mengyu was chatting with the family members, another woman arrived.


    This woman was very pretty, about 1.67 meters tall, slim, with fair skin, an oval face, almond eyes, and her hair curled in the trendy fashion of the moment; her eyebrows drawn, face powdered, cheeks rouged, and lips smeared with blood-red lipstick.


    She was naturally beautiful, but this look actually detracted from her beauty by a third, in Jiang Mengyu¡¯s opinion who was less than complimentary.


    Qin Xiufang immediately whispered in Jiang Mengyu¡¯s ear: ¡°This is Vice Factory Director Yan¡¯s wife, Wen Meiling. She¡¯s a city girl, looks down on us coming from the countryside a bit.¡±


    Zhang Qiaoqiao also leaned in to whisper to Jiang Mengyu: ¡°As soon as Ye Rushui arrived, she became friends with her. You should be careful around her.¡±


    Jiang Mengyu glanced at Wen Meiling and said, ¡°Can she really hit me?¡±


    The family members, recalling Jiang Mengyu¡¯s fierceness, had a moment of realization in their eyes: This fiance?e of Gu Dongxing¡¯s was the one who tossed Ye Rushui out of the house with one hand, would she be afraid of Wen Meiling?


    Still, thinking about Wen Meiling¡¯s background, the family members couldn¡¯t help but worry about Jiang Mengyu.


    Wen Meiling, swaying her willowy waist, walked over to Jiang Mengyu: ¡°So you¡¯re the country bumpkin fiance?e arranged by Gu Dongxing¡¯s rural mother? It was you who drove Ru Shui away? What right do you, a country bumpkin, have to be Gu Dongxing¡¯s fiance?e? I order you to go and invite Ye Rushui back immediately.¡±


    Standing at only 1.61 meters, Jiang Mengyu lifted her head fearlessly to face Wen Meiling: ¡°Whether or not I¡¯m qualified to be Gu Dongxing¡¯s fiance?e isn¡¯t up to me to say, you should ask Gu Dongxing.


    Besides, it was Gu Dongxing who sent Ye Rushui away. If you want to hold someone responsible, please go find Gu Dongxing.¡±


    ¡°You¡ª¡± Wen Meiling glared at Jiang Mengyu, furious: ¡°It was clearly you who threw Ru Shui out of Gu Dongxing¡¯s house. Don¡¯t have the guts to admit what you¡¯ve done?¡±


    ¡°I have the guts to own up to what I do,¡± Jiang Mengyu replied with a serious look at Wen Meiling: ¡°I simply used the key Gu Dongxing gave me to rest at Gu Dongxing¡¯s house, but that Ye Rushui treated me like a thief trying to seize the key Gu Dongxing gave me.


    I didn¡¯t give it to her, and she wanted to hit me; she even said one house couldn¡¯t hold two women and wanted to kick me out.


    However, I was still waiting for Gu Dongxing in that house. So, I had no choice but to politely ask her to leave.¡±

 Chapter 36 - 36 36 Let me go

    ?Chapter 36: Chapter 36 Let me go Chapter 36: Chapter 36 Let me go Chapter 36 Let Me Go


    The families present all held back their laughter: Was that a request? It clearly looked like she was throwing someone out.


    Jiang Mengyu¡¯s apple-like face was adorned with round, big eyes, revealing dimples as she spoke, which should have been an endearing face, but instead she pulled off a serious expression, leaving the families feeling greatly amused.


    Wen Meiling, seeing Jiang Mengyu dare to talk back to her, became even more furious and pointed at Jiang Mengyu, scolding: ¡°You are truly a sharp-tongued bumpkin, how dare you talk back?¡±


    However, Jiang Mengyu¡¯s face showed a puzzled look: ¡°Why can¡¯t I talk back, are you my elder? Although I am only sixteen years old, Gu Dongxing is already twenty-six or twenty-seven years old.


    I think you¡¯re only in your thirties, how can you be an elder to Gu Dongxing? Or is it that your husband is an old man, so should I call you auntie?¡±


    The families couldn¡¯t help it anymore and burst out laughing.


    This Jiang Mengyu was really hilarious.


    Wen Meiling was livid; this country bumpkin was actually mocking her for marrying an old man!


    And she even said she was in her thirties; she was clearly only twenty-eight! Was that a mockery of her aging?


    She had forgotten about how Jiang Mengyu threw Ye Rushui out of the door and stepped forward to slap Jiang Mengyu on the face.


    The families were shocked to see Wen Meiling raising her hand to hit Jiang Mengyu.


    Although Wen Meiling never had much respect for anyone, she also prided herself on being an educated person and never resorted to vulgar language, let alone hitting someone, which was completely unprecedented.


    And to hit the fiance?e of the factory director.


    What would they do if Vice Factory Director Yan¡¯s wife actually hit the fiance?e of Gu Dongxing? How would the factory director and vice director handle this?


    The families present would probably also be criticized for not intervening effectively, wouldn¡¯t they?


    A few families wanted to rush up and stop her, but Wen Meiling¡¯s hand moved too fast, they were incapable of intervening, and began exclaiming:


    ¡°Don¡¯t do it!¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t hit!¡±


    ¡°Let¡¯s talk this out.¡±


    But, in the next moment, they stopped talking.


    Jiang Mengyu had actually caught Wen Meiling¡¯s incoming hand.


    ¡°You want to hit me?¡± Jiang Mengyu¡¯s face took on an aggrieved look: ¡°Why would you want to hit me? Even if your partner is an elder to Gu Dongxing, you can¡¯t just hit someone for no reason, right? What did I do wrong?¡±


    Wen Meiling¡¯s hand was caught by Jiang Mengyu and she couldn¡¯t move at all.


    It was then that she remembered Ye Rushui¡¯s words: ¡°That lowly village girl has a lot of strength, even I am not her match, you must never physically fight her!¡±


    ¡°You country bumpkin, let me go!¡± She yelled furiously.


    Not just because she was immobilized by a country bumpkin from the rural area, but also because Jiang Mengyu made her, who always regarded herself superior among the families, lose face in front of them all.


    Moreover, her wrist was in so much pain it felt like it was about to break.


    At this moment, she loathed Jiang Mengyu to the extreme!


    ¡°I won¡¯t let go, you haven¡¯t told me why you wanted to hit me!¡± Jiang Mengyu¡¯s apple face was full of grievance.


    A few families originally wanted to come over and mediate, but hearing what Jiang Mengyu said and seeing the aggrieved look on her face, they stopped in their tracks.


    This Wen Meiling, who usually bullied others because she had backing, now actually bullied the fiance?e of the regiment leader and deserved to be taught a lesson.


    Wen Meiling saw that when she was about to hit Jiang Mengyu, the families all loudly shouted to stop her, but now that Jiang Mengyu had grabbed her hand, those families were looking out for their own safety and did not advance, making her hate the families even more.


    Just then, the logistics department¡¯s supply truck drove over.


    Zhang Qiaoqiao hurriedly called out to Jiang Mengyu: ¡°Sister-in-law, it¡¯s time for us to get on the truck.¡±


    Upon seeing the truck arrive, Jiang Mengyu¡¯s expression suddenly brightened: ¡°Ah, I¡¯ll be right there.¡±


    At the same time, she casually tossed Wen Meiling aside and climbed onto the supply truck without a second glance.

 Chapter 37 - 37 37 Hurrying to the Market

    ?Chapter 37: Chapter 37 Hurrying to the Market Chapter 37: Chapter 37 Hurrying to the Market Chapter 37: Going to the Market


    Wen Meiling was thrown to the ground by Jiang Mengyu, eating dirt and feeling both ashamed and furious. She got up and walked away, but before leaving, she threw down a sentence: ¡°You dare lay hands on me, just wait and see, as the saying goes, ¡®ride a donkey and read the songbook¡¯ ¨C we¡¯ll see!¡±


    Jiang Mengyu¡¯s cute apple-shaped face revealed a strange expression: ¡°So city folks ride donkeys too? I thought only us country people rode donkeys. But now, we don¡¯t ride donkeys anymore in the countryside, we all drive tractors.¡±


    The onlookers burst into another round of laughter; this Jiang Mengyu was really too funny.


    Wen Meiling gave the onlookers a venomous look, and they suddenly dared not laugh anymore.


    Jiang Mengyu sneered to herself, could this Wen Meiling be Ye Rushui¡¯s knife?


    Wen Meiling dared to swagger around the compound, and even knowing that her husband Vice Factory Director Yan¡¯s direct superior, Gu Dongxing, was engaged to someone else, she still had the nerve to trouble her, which shows that she must believe her backer is more powerful than Gu Dongxing.


    It seems that behind the knife that is Wen Meiling, Ye Rushui has an even greater energy.


    But what they could not imagine was that she, Jiang Mengyu, was not really Gu Dongxing¡¯s fiance?e. When the time comes, she could just slap her butt and leave; what would she have to fear from them?


    As for whether they would trouble Gu Dongxing or not, she wasn¡¯t afraid of that. Ye Rushui was crazily in love with Gu Dongxing; she probably wouldn¡¯t do anything to him.


    Only after getting off the vehicle did Jiang Mengyu realize that the place these family members were going to was not a city, but a rural market¡ªDa Wei.


    Jiang Mengyu originally wanted to buy some clothes, but thinking that she also hadn¡¯t been to the market for a long time, she followed the family members and got off the vehicle.


    The reason being, she wanted to buy some fresh grain.


    In 1982, grain had already been liberalized, so it was possible to buy grain at the market. Moreover, the grain sold by farmers themselves was new rice, which tasted better than the stale grain bought from the grain reserves.


    The vehicle dropped the family members off, arranged a time to wait, and then drove away again.


    The family members each had their own shopping needs, so after arriving at the market, they all went their separate ways.


    Qin Xiufang pulled Jiang Mengyu along: ¡°You¡¯re not familiar with this place, let¡¯s go together.¡±


    But Jiang Mengyu wasn¡¯t really interested in buying grain; she just wanted to use the excuse of buying grain to take out grain from the storage talisman.


    The storage talisman mostly contained grain and cloth.


    She also wanted to take out a few pieces of cloth to have a tailor make a few sets of clothes later.


    Therefore, she could only decline Qin Xiufang¡¯s kind offer: ¡°The market is only this big; we¡¯re not buying the same things, so let¡¯s split up. I actually want to look for something special.¡±


    Seeing that Jiang Mengyu didn¡¯t need help, Qin Xiufang had to part ways. However, before leaving, she still told her: ¡°The market here takes place once every five days; when you buy vegetables, you should make sure to get enough for five days.¡±


    Jiang Mengyu smiled and nodded: ¡°Thanks, Sister-in-law Qin.¡±


    The market was crowded, and the entire market space was filled with a buzzing noise. If you wanted to converse, you had to raise your voice as much as possible, but that only added to the noise of the market.


    Jiang Mengyu grew up in the countryside and was naturally familiar with the market. She often picked up scraps for sale after school. Sometimes she sold them to a scrap collector, but sometimes, to earn a little more money, she would take it to the purchase stations at the market herself.


    Her school fees had always been paid from the money she earned from selling scrap. With her scrap collecting, she managed to make it to high school and even secretly saved up a sum of money behind her foster parents¡¯ backs to prepare for her university education.


    She didn¡¯t know if the money she had hidden had been found by her foster parents.


    When she was collecting scrap, she also picked up an antique vase, but after bringing it home, it was taken over by Jiang Huaiyu. Later, when she became Ah Piao and followed Jiang Huaiyu, she saw that vase again.


    She remembered that Jiang Huaiyu once had that vase appraised in the nineties; it was said to be worth over fifty million. If there was a pair, their value would double.


    In her previous life, she was unaware of the vase¡¯s value when Jiang Huaiyu took it from her, but now, she knew that vase was very valuable. After she returned, she must take it back.


    Huh, there¡¯s an antique vase identical to hers on a stall up ahead?

 Chapter 38 - 38 38 The Mysterious Gift of a Vase

    ?Chapter 38: Chapter 38: The Mysterious Gift of a Vase Chapter 38: Chapter 38: The Mysterious Gift of a Vase Chapter 38: Strange Gift of a Vase


    Mengyu rubbed her eyes; she hadn¡¯t seen wrong. On a stall not far away, there indeed was an antique vase.


    Moreover, this vase was a Double Dragon Ear Twisted Branch Blue and White Porcelain Vase, almost identical to the one she had found in her previous life!


    The stall owner was really odd, setting up a stall in a rural market to sell antiques; could he actually sell any?


    No, he wasn¡¯t selling antiques, he was selling the plastic flowers placed inside the antique vase.


    Plastic flowers were still quite fashionable during this period.


    Suppressing her excitement, Mengyu squatted down and asked the stall owner¡ªa very honest-looking middle-aged farmer, ¡°Boss, how are you selling these flowers?¡±


    ¡°One yuan each.¡±


    ¡°How about the vase?¡±


    ¡°If you buy all the flowers in this vase, I can give you the vase for free,¡± said the middle-aged farmer.


    For free? No, it was a deal!


    ¡°Are you sure, the vase is free? Maybe charge something for it together. You name the price, and I will buy.¡±


    But the flower seller shook his head: ¡°Once you buy my flowers, I will give it to you for free.¡±


    Mengyu, curbing the excitement in her heart, counted the flowers in the vase: ¡°Alright, I will take all eighteen flowers in this vase. Please wrap them all up for me.¡±


    The middle-aged farmer pulled out some newspaper to wrap the plastic flowers. Finally, he also wrapped the vase together and handed it to Mengyu: ¡°Together it¡¯s eighteen yuan.¡±


    He was also very excited inside: he had finally managed to give away this unlucky vase. These city people are so foolish, don¡¯t they know not to be greedy for cheap things?


    Yes, the purpose of the stall farmer was to get rid of this vase.


    Because, there was Evil Energy on this vase, and whoever owned it would experience misfortune.


    He had found this vase accidentally in a cave outside and had shown it off in the village, but soon, misfortune befell his home.


    First, two of his chickens were stolen, followed by his ducks who suddenly stopped laying eggs¡ªthey normally laid four or five duck eggs every morning, but during this time, not even one could be found.


    Ten days ago, even a pair of pigs ran out from the pigsty. They ate something poisonous on the garbage heap and died from the drugs.


    Three days ago, his wife was walking on the field ridge, and though it was normal to trip during slippery conditions, she broke her leg from the fall!


    Later on, it was only after meeting a local ¡®teacher¡¯ in the village that he realized it was due to the vase carrying Evil Energy, which brought disasters.


    The teacher said, he couldn¡¯t throw away, sell, or break the vase; he could only give it away. As long as the vase was given away, his unlucky days would end.


    But, to whom could he give this vase?


    He dared not give it to anyone he knew, fearing that he might pass the bad luck onto others, causing them misfortune and seeking him for troubles.


    After much deliberation, he came up with this method: use the vase to sell flowers, and then take the chance to give away the vase.


    To give away the vase, he deliberately went to the city and bought these plastic flowers to sell. However, although he sold many flowers during two market days, no one noticed the vase.


    Today, when he met this city girl who was greedy for a small bargain, he finally managed to give away the vase.


    After he took the money, he hurriedly left.


    Mengyu saw that the stall farmer hastily handed over the items and ran away; she felt strange, could this vase be a fake?


    She took another careful look; it was indeed a Double Dragon Ear Twisted Branch Lotus Pattern Blue and White Porcelain Vase, exactly like the one she had picked up from trash in her past life, and very likely, this one was a match to that.


    No, even if it was a fake, there was no need for him to run because the vase was initially going to be given away with the flowers.


    Could it be that the vase was stolen?

 Chapter 39 - 39 39 Blocked

    ?Chapter 39: Chapter 39: Blocked Chapter 39: Chapter 39: Blocked Chapter 39: Blocked


    Mengyu again felt something was off: If the vase was stolen, it was naturally because of its value, so why would it be readily given away as cover for selling flowers?


    To be on the safe side, she put the newspaper-wrapped vase into the cloth bag hanging in front of her chest, which actually ended up in the storage talisman hanging over her heart.


    Holding the bunch of plastic flowers, she hurried to the market, and when no one was looking, she tossed the newspaper-wrapped plastic flowers into the storage talisman as well.


    What she didn¡¯t notice was that at a medicine stall not far from this stand, an old man with a goat beard who was taking someone¡¯s pulse saw her take the vase and his face showed a look of great anxiety.


    Mengyu bought a section of pork ribs at the market. At this time, no one liked to buy ribs, so the ribs were priced the same as pork, at 1.8 yuan per jin.


    The marrow bones were even cheaper, just 50 cents per jin. She bought two and spent a total of 12 yuan and 58 cents on the ribs and bones.


    At this time, there were no plastic bags and everyone carried baskets for shopping. Mengyu simply bought a basket for 50 cents and put the ribs and large bones in it.


    After buying some vegetables, radishes, and mushrooms, she spent another 62 cents. She bought a five-jin pot of soybean oil, which cost her six dollars and fifty cents.


    Seeing local chicken eggs for only nine cents each, she spent 1.8 yuan to buy twenty.


    In total, she only spent 22 yuan and her basket was full.


    Seeing she had bought almost everything, she intended to find a secluded spot to take out a bag of rice and a bag of flour from the storage talisman.


    She turned into an alley from the market and took out a thirty-jin bag of rice from the storage talisman, placing it in a cloth bundle, carrying it in one hand and the bamboo basket in the other.


    Just as she walked out of the alley, she was blocked by someone.


    Seeing the old man in front of her dressed in Tang attire with a goat beard, Mengyu¡¯s heart sank ¨C could it be that she had guessed correctly, that the vase given to her by the middle-aged farmer was stolen?


    ¡°Excuse me, why are you blocking my way?¡±


    If that middle-aged farmer were here, he would certainly recognize this goat beard as the ¡°teacher¡± who told him that the vase carried Evil Energy, would bring disaster to people, and had to be given away.


    Goat beard stood in Mengyu¡¯s way: ¡°Young lady, take out the things you shouldn¡¯t have.¡±


    At this time, although the alleyway was not as crowded as the market place, seeing someone causing trouble, the crowd-loving people immediately gathered around, and soon a dozen people had surrounded them.


    Mengyu looked baffled: ¡°What things shouldn¡¯t I take?¡±


    But her heart was somewhat uneasy: could it be that the middle-aged farmer looking guy gave her the vase to transfer some dirty things?


    Yet once the object was in her possession, she would absolutely not hand it over.


    After the farmer at the stand took the money and stuffed the vase to her, he hurried away hastily; he wouldn¡¯t likely come forward to expose her. And even if he did expose her, she couldn¡¯t admit it.


    Besides, if she took it out at this point, she might be framed with a theft charge.


    Goat beard looked at Mengyu: ¡°Did you take an antique vase from someone today? It¡¯s not something you should have. Take it out!¡±


    Mengyu was startled in her heart: as expected, it was the antique vase causing trouble.


    But how could she simply hand over this vase, valued at 50 million in later eras and worth over 200 million when paired up?


    She feigned confusion: ¡°You must have mistaken me for someone else. I only bought some vegetables today, I didn¡¯t buy any vase.¡±

 Chapter 40 - 40 40 Defamation Leads to Imprisonment

    ?Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Defamation Leads to Imprisonment Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Defamation Leads to Imprisonment Chapter 40 Slandered and Facing Jail Time


    Jiang Mengyu indeed had not purchased any flower vase, because the flower vase was given to her by the flower seller.


    Goat Beard pointed directly at Jiang Mengyu¡¯s bundle: ¡°I didn¡¯t say you bought it, because you didn¡¯t spend any money on the flower vase. You stole it! I put the flower vase next to my stall, and you passed by, pretending to buy herbs, and just stole it.


    The stolen flower vase is in your bundle. Return the vase to me quickly, and considering your young age, I will let you go with just an apology. Otherwise, I am taking you to the police station today.¡±


    Jiang Mengyu¡¯s heart sank. Could this be a trap aimed at her? Just to label her a thief? Or had someone seen through the storage talisman she was wearing on her chest with a string?


    Jiang Mengyu immediately felt something was off. Her coming to Da Wei market was a spur-of-the-moment decision; she originally planned to go to the city today.


    Who would have such great ability to foresee that she would come to the marketplace and set up this trick?


    It must have been Goat Beard who saw her get handed a precious antique bottle and thus came to extort her.


    She relaxed herself, but her face turned serious: ¡°Old sir, are you mistaken because of blurry eyesight? I am from the Gu Family and am here at the marketplace only to buy vegetables. When would I have the time to steal your flower vase?¡±


    The bystanders, upon hearing that this young lady was from the Gu Family, also felt that the old man must have mistaken the person. After all, the factories that the Gu Family has opened in Xiangyang County have allowed many to make money.


    The Gu Family in Xiangyang County is synonymous with wealth. How could a member of the Gu Family possibly steal?


    So, someone spoke up:


    ¡°Old man, make sure you got it right, did you actually see this girl steal your flower vase?¡±


    ¡°Yeah, old man, this girl is dressed so well, how could she possibly steal?¡±


    ¡°Elder, she is a family member of the Gu Family. Slandering her might get you jailed. Make sure you¡¯re clear before you start accusing!¡±


    ...


    Upon hearing Jiang Mengyu was from the Gu Family, Goat Beard also cursed in his heart. People from the Gu Family were not to be provoked.


    It was all Boss Zheng¡¯s fault, so stupid, picking up a vase and making the whole village aware of it.


    He knew just by looking that the vase was valuable, but since the vase was already made public, if he said he wanted it, Boss Zheng would surely realize its value and would refuse to sell it.


    Therefore, he could only play some tricks at Boss Zheng¡¯s house and then tell him that all the misfortunes in the house were brought by the vase and to give the vase away.


    He hinted so clearly, yet he still did not give the vase to him, and even thought of a way to sell flowers in the vase and then gave it away.


    Seeing that Boss Zheng was really too dumb, he simply put it bluntly, asking him to give the vase to himself so that he could remove the ill luck the vase had brought.


    But Boss Zheng actually said something about not wanting to bring the Evil Energy to himself, insisting on getting plastic flowers to sell, thereby giving the vase away.


    Fortunately, he had been keeping an eye on Boss Zheng¡¯s stall and noticed the vase was taken, immediately wanting to chase after Jiang Mengyu to get the vase back.


    Unfortunately, he ran a medicine stall, was in the middle of taking someone¡¯s pulse and diagnosing, unable to leave. By the time he finished with that patient, the flower buyer was nowhere to be found.


    He hurriedly packed up his stall, searched for a long time, and finally managed to find Jiang Mengyu.


    But this girl actually refused to admit she took the vase.


    He didn¡¯t think about how, as soon as he accused someone of stealing the vase, how could they admit it?


    However, it didn¡¯t matter if she did not admit it. He just had to describe the features of the vase and then search for it in the girl¡¯s bundle to take the vase back.


    As for this girl, would she dare to deny it? If she dared to say no, he would send her to the police station!

 Chapter 41 - 41 41 Losing Face as Juns Wife

    ?Chapter 41: Chapter 41 Losing Face as Jun¡¯s Wife Chapter 41: Chapter 41 Losing Face as Jun¡¯s Wife Chapter 41 Losing Face for Her Family


    The man with the goat beard, certain of his victory, looked at Jiang Mengyu: ¡°Stop denying it. The vase you took is a Double Dragon Ear Entwined Branch Lotus Pattern Blue and White Porcelain Vase. The vase has an 8-centimeter wide mouth and is 32 centimeters tall.


    With a flared mouth, long neck designed with bamboo joint shapes, sloping shoulders, and symmetrical double dragon ears at the junction of mouth and shoulder. The body tapers downward to a ringed base, which has the Qing Dynasty Yongzheng Year six-character regular script mark on the inner foot.


    The rim is painted with a sea wave pattern, while the neck features a scrolling pattern, entwined branch pattern, grouped flower pattern, entwined lotus branch pattern, and lotus petal pattern, each wrapping around once. Raised on the shoulder are six Treasure Bead-shaped bump patterns; on the body, in sequence, are folded branch lotus patterns, scrolling grass patterns, entwined lotus branch patterns, and entwined floral patterns, with distorted lotus petals near the base. In total, eleven tiers of intricate, blue and white patterns are painted with clear separation.


    And this vase, it should be right inside your bundle.¡±


    Jiang Mengyu, seeing how the man with the goat beard described the vase¡¯s characteristics so accurately, realized that this person had indeed seen the vase, and moreover, he truly knew his goods.


    Could it be that Wen Meiling had colluded with this goat bearded man to set her up?


    Or was it Ye Rushui who had conspired with this goat beard to frame her, ruin her reputation, and make Gu Dongxing abandon her?


    Jiang Mengyu dabbled in conspiracy theories.


    She could never have imagined that all of this was simply because the goat-bearded man wanted the vase, deceiving Boss Zheng, the middle-aged farmer.


    After all, why wouldn¡¯t he deceive Boss Zheng, who was lucky enough to find an extremely valuable vase and then blabber about it for all to know?


    It was him who stole Boss Zheng¡¯s chicken, secretly picked his duck eggs, and sneakily let out and intentionally poisoned Boss Zheng¡¯s pig to death.


    As for Boss Zheng¡¯s wife breaking her leg, that was purely coincidental!


    But due to these series of coincidences, Boss Zheng was scared and desperately sought to give away the vase.


    Jiang Mengyu was clueless; she could only ponder upon potential conspiracies from her point of view. Thus, she found herself in a dead-end.


    She snorted and said to the man with the goat beard: ¡°If you want to frame me, at least make up a good reason.


    That Double Dragon Ear Twisted Branch Lotus Pattern Vase from the Yong Zheng Period you mentioned is definitely very valuable. You describe it so vividly, surely you know its value. It¡¯s worth at least hundreds of thousands, if not millions.


    Do you think anyone will believe you would bring such a treasure out here? Even if you did own such a treasure and brought it out, would you casually place it on a stall, allowing me to easily take it?¡±


    The crowd listened and thought, indeed, if the vase was so valuable, how could he possibly just casually place it on a stall?


    The goat-bearded man didn¡¯t expect Jiang Mengyu to be so articulate. He wiped his sweat and said: ¡°This vase, I didn¡¯t bring it from home, I just got it today. It wasn¡¯t bought, it was given to me.


    As for its value, I really had no idea it was worth so much, so I just casually placed it on the stall.¡±


    He glanced around: ¡°Regardless, I did see you stealing the vase. At that moment, I was taking someone¡¯s pulse and couldn¡¯t chase after you, so you got away. Do you dare let me search your bundle?¡±


    Jiang Mengyu couldn¡¯t help but admire the man¡¯s ability to spin a tale.


    She was about to retort with a sneer when an annoying voice rang out:


    ¡°What a country bumpkin, even stooping to stealing. You¡¯ve utterly shamed your family.¡±

 Chapter 42 - 42 42 Wen Meiling Acts in a Play

    ?Chapter 42: Chapter 42 Wen Meiling Acts in a Play Chapter 42: Chapter 42 Wen Meiling Acts in a Play Chapter 42 Wen Meiling¡¯s Drama


    Mengyu looked toward the source of the noise and saw Wen Meiling.


    Wasn¡¯t she supposed to not have boarded the vehicle? How come she still ended up at the market?


    Little did she know, Wen Meiling always had her husband arrange a separate car for her instead of taking the logistics vehicle.


    Wen Meiling was ecstatic, today¡¯s trip to the market was spot on; she actually witnessed Gu Dongxing¡¯s fiancee being caught stealing.


    Once she got back, she would definitely publicize this extensively, ensuring Mengyu couldn¡¯t stay in the compound!


    Wen Meiling said to the man with the goat beard: ¡°Old man, she¡¯s just a country bumpkin from the countryside, it¡¯s not surprising that she¡¯s up to no good. What did you lose? It must have been her who stole it.¡±


    Her intention was to back up goat beard, but he glared at her instead.


    Not only did goat beard glare at her, but even the surrounding onlookers did too.


    Fuming with anger, Wen Meiling thought: I¡¯m clearly speaking up for you, yet you have the nerve to glare at me.


    However, since goat beard and Jiang Mengyu were currently confronting each other, and the enemy of her enemy is a friend, she refrained from saying anything more.


    Jiang Mengyu smirked internally, standing in front of a crowd of country folks calling them country bumpkins, wasn¡¯t she just asking to be detested?


    She ignored Wen Meiling altogether and addressed the man with the goat beard: ¡°Sir, whatever you say, you don¡¯t have any evidence to prove that I took your vase, do you?¡±


    ¡°Evidence?¡± goat beard rolled his eyes: ¡°The evidence is in your bundle. Do you dare let me search your bundle?¡±


    He had seen with his own eyes her putting the vase wrapped in newspaper into her bag!


    The crowd also persuaded Jiang Mengyu:


    ¡°Young lady, just open your bundle and let him search it.¡±


    ¡°Yes, to prove your innocence, let him search.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s just a bundle, open it up and let him have a look, young lady.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s right, otherwise, at such a young age, it would be bad to have a reputation as a thief.¡±


    ...


    Jiang Mengyu shook her head: ¡°No, you¡¯re not Public Security; you have no right to search me.¡±


    She looked up at the eager spectators: ¡°Could someone kindly help out and call over the Public Security officers from the station?¡±


    Goat beard panicked when he heard Jiang Mengyu call for Public Security.


    He was there to extort Jiang Mengyu; if Public Security got involved, how could he benefit?


    ¡°Young lady, I¡¯m kindly having a word with you, if you just return my vase, I won¡¯t make a fuss about this, and here you are wanting to bother Public Security. Aren¡¯t they busy with better things?¡±


    The onlooking crowd also tried to dissuade Jiang Mengyu:


    ¡°Yeah, young lady. Don¡¯t call for Public Security.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s right, don¡¯t we village folks handle our own issues?¡±


    ¡°Indeed, young lady, if you¡¯re taken to the station, they¡¯ll keep a record on you, that¡¯d be bad.¡±


    ¡°Yeah, exactly, if you took his stuff, just return it, if not, just clear it up with him, no need to call for Public Security.¡±


    Wen Meiling was not stupid, sensing something off about goat beard¡¯s words.


    Logically, if Jiang Mengyu had really stolen something, she wouldn¡¯t call for Public Security.


    Her insistence on calling Public Security indicated that she was indeed wronged and wanted the officers to vindicate her.


    Furthermore, judging by goat beard¡¯s behavior, it seemed likely he was trying to extort her.


    It was very possible that Jiang Mengyu acquired a valuable antique vase at the market, which goat beard noticed and now wanted to scam her out of by claiming she stole his vase.


    Does that mean there really is an antique vase in her bundle?

 Chapter 43 - 43 43 Bullying by Power

    ?Chapter 43: Chapter 43: Bullying by Power Chapter 43: Chapter 43: Bullying by Power Chapter 43 Bullying by Using One¡¯s Position


    Wen Meiling¡¯s eyes darted around as she said, ¡°Jiang Mengyu, you stole someone¡¯s belonging, just return it to them. Once you go to the police station, it won¡¯t matter whether you stole it or not, you¡¯ll be someone who has been inside a police station. Do you want your fiance?, Commander Gu Dongxing, to be humiliated because of you?¡±


    The onlookers, hearing that this young lady was the fiance?e of a commander, immediately cast more complex looks at Jiang Mengyu.


    Some thought inwardly with a sneer: Could this commander¡¯s fiance?e really stoop to such petty thievery?


    But most people were actually thinking: This commander¡¯s fiance?e is really unlucky, being wronged and yet no one stands up for her.


    This girl who arrived later seems to be a family member too, yet not only does she not defend her, she is even adding fuel to the fire.


    Jiang Mengyu glared at Wen Meiling hatefully. She had actually called out her full name along with Gu Dongxing¡¯s, even mentioning his position.


    Was she trying to smear her, and to smear Gu Dongxing too?


    Goat Beard internally cursed his luck; just a moment ago, he thought this woman was just an ordinary family member of the Gu Family, but now this girl has revealed her identity¡ªshe¡¯s the fiance?e of the factory manager of a local factory run by the Gu Family.


    And she had mentioned both their names. It seems there is no doubt about it now.


    If he had known that the girl was a factory manager¡¯s fiance?e, he would not have outright accused her of stealing.


    He was anxiously pondering what to do.


    He sighed, ¡°Uh, I didn¡¯t know she was the fiance?e of the factory manager. That vase, maybe it wasn¡¯t taken by you, maybe I was mistaken, I, let¡¯s just forget about it.¡±


    He truly intended to drop the matter.


    He didn¡¯t have the guts to take an antique vase from a factory manager¡¯s fiance?e.


    The moment Wen Meiling heard Goat Beard wanting to make peace, she got anxious. Even though he said that, Jiang Mengyu still couldn¡¯t shake off the suspicion of theft, but what she wanted was to pin the theft firmly on Jiang Mengyu¡¯s head.


    She said in a hurry, ¡°Old man, you must not let her off just because she¡¯s the factory manager¡¯s fiance?e. Prince or commoner, the laws apply equally. Moreover, she isn¡¯t even the factory manager¡¯s wife yet.¡±


    She turned to Jiang Mengyu: ¡°Jiang Mengyu, you should quickly apologize to the old man. Don¡¯t let the public think that we, the families, bully others by using our positions.¡±


    Jiang Mengyu looked at Wen Meiling¡¯s act, her eyes turning ice cold.


    Goat Beard, hearing Wen Meiling¡¯s words, quickly said: ¡°No need, no need. I¡¯ve already let it go.¡± And with that, he tried to squeeze through the crowd to leave.


    The cold voice of Jiang Mengyu arose: ¡°But what if I can¡¯t let it go? By leaving like this, does it mean you feel guilty?¡±


    Before Goat Beard could speak, Wen Meiling had already cried out: ¡°Jiang Mengyu, how can you speak to the people like that? Are you really going to bully others by using your position?¡±


    Jiang Mengyu turned to Wen Meiling: ¡°Wen Meiling, wife of Vice Factory Manager Yan, what do you mean by this? This man slandered me by accusing me of theft, and defending myself means I¡¯m bullying others by using my position?


    He tries to smear me with slander and I should just bow my head and confess? Not confessing makes me a bully?


    What kind of logic is that?


    As a family member, is this how you usually uphold the reputation of your family?¡±


    Wen Meiling was momentarily at a loss for words.


    She looked at Goat Beard: ¡°You keep saying you don¡¯t want to bother with me, but don¡¯t your words mean that you still suspect I stole your vase, and because I am a family member, you¡¯re willing to let it go?


    But do you have evidence that I stole your vase?


    You can¡¯t produce evidence, can you? Not having evidence, you want to search my bag? Do you realize this is an insult to my reputation?¡±

 Chapter 44 - 44 44 Search

    ?Chapter 44: Chapter 44 Search Chapter 44: Chapter 44 Search Chapter 44 Search


    The man with the goat beard was suddenly at a loss for words. Because, indeed, he was still pinning the theft on Jiang Mengyu, it¡¯s just that he wasn¡¯t going to make a fuss about it anymore.


    But could he really admit that his intention was to frame Jiang Mengyu just to obtain the Double Dragon Ear Entwined Branch Lotus Pattern Vase that Boss Zheng had sold to Jiang Mengyu?


    Wen Meiyu suddenly shouted, ¡°Didn¡¯t they say it already? The evidence is in the bundle, just bring out the bundle for a search, and that will settle it!¡±


    Jiang Mengyu glared at Wen Meiling, then turned to the man with the goat beard: ¡°Do you still insist that I stole your vase and that the evidence is in my bundle? Are you sure you¡¯re not deliberately framing me, wanting to tarnish a household member¡¯s reputation?¡±


    Deliberately tarnishing a household member¡¯s reputation!


    This was a serious accusation, one that the man with the goat beard dared not shoulder, so he gritted his teeth and said, ¡°My vase is in your bundle!¡±


    Seeing the man with the goat beard so certain, Wen Meiling immediately followed up, ¡°Jiang Mengyu, if you¡¯re afraid to be searched, does that mean you really stole something and hid it in your bundle?¡±


    At this moment, Zhang Qiaoqiao and others heard the noise here and also ran over to watch the excitement. Squeezing in, they found that it was Jiang Mengyu confronting Wen Meiling.


    Zhang Qiaoqiao shouted loudly: ¡°Jiang Mengyu would not steal. What are you doing, Wen Meiling, to publicly slander a family member?¡±


    Wen Meiling shot back, ¡°It¡¯s Jiang Mengyu herself who brought embarrassment to our name. If she doesn¡¯t steal, can anyone else slander her?¡±


    Qin Xiufang called out, ¡°Wen Meiling, this is not the compound, we should be united against outsiders.¡±


    Wen Meiling sneered, ¡°I only support justice, not kinship. She has shamed our family members, and we can¡¯t even talk about it?¡±


    ¡°Others are falsely accusing Jiang Mengyu, are you going to join them?¡± Zhang Qiaoqiao said angrily.


    This Wen Meiling really didn¡¯t get it. Even if there actually was something with Jiang Mengyu, she should have clarified the circumstances before speaking. Without any evidence against Jiang Mengyu yet, she had already branded her own family member with the accusation of theft.


    Seeing that all the family members had arrived and were speaking up for her, Jiang Mengyu felt a warmth in her heart.


    She suddenly smiled: ¡°Goat Beard, you said that I stole your vase and hid it in this talisman bundle, right? Fine, I agree to be searched, but you can¡¯t be the one to do it. Instead, let¡¯s choose a few righteous people from here to conduct the search.


    However, let me say this beforehand; if my bundle really has your vase, then I will accept the law¡¯s punishment. But if my bundle does not contain your vase, then you can¡¯t escape the blame for defamation!¡±


    Goat Beard heart jolted when he heard Jiang Mengyu speak so decisively. Could it be that her bundle did not contain the vase?


    No, that¡¯s not possible, I saw with my own eyes as she wrapped the vase in newspaper and placed it into the bundle; there can¡¯t be any mistake!


    She must be pretending to be calm to make me back down, so she can clear her name.


    He snorted, ¡°Fine, if your vase is not found on you during the search, I will admit guilt.¡±


    At worst, I could just apologize to her.


    Eventually, from the surrounding crowd, several volunteered to step forward, to serve as witnesses to the search of Jiang Mengyu¡¯s bundle. Jiang Mengyu said to Goat Beard, ¡°You can pick three people from them to search.¡±


    Goat Beard had no choice but to point out three from among them.


    Jiang Mengyu placed the bundle she had been holding all along in front of her: ¡°All three of you search together, and let the others stand aside to supervise.¡±


    The three of them bent down to search at the same time, but aside from a bag of rice, there were only some cooking spices in the bundle, absolutely no antique vase.


    Jiang Mengyu smiled and asked, ¡°What¡¯s the result of the search? Is there any Double Dragon Ear Entwined Branch Lotus Pattern Vase from the Yong Zheng Period, as this Goat Beard has claimed?¡±

 Chapter 45 - 45 45 Its All Your Fault

    ?Chapter 45: Chapter 45 It¡¯s All Your Fault Chapter 45: Chapter 45 It¡¯s All Your Fault Chapter 45 It¡¯s All Your Fault


    The three people dug their hands into the rice, but there was nothing in the rice.


    The tall man among them shouted loudly, ¡°There¡¯s no vase here, not to mention one with a mouth 8 centimeters wide and 32 centimeters tall, not even a 3-centimeter-tall vase.¡±


    Wen Meiling looked incredulously towards Goat Beard.


    She had thought that Jiang Mengyu¡¯s bundle contained an antique vase, so sure was Goat Beard¡¯s assertion.


    That¡¯s why she had been fanning the flames non-stop, trying to pin the theft on Jiang Mengyu and take the opportunity to drive her out of the compound.


    If she had known, she would have let it go when Goat Beard said he wouldn¡¯t mind. That way, Jiang Mengyu¡¯s reputation could have been tarnished without proving her innocence.


    Goat Beard could not believe it. He had clearly seen the young girl put the vase into the bundle. How could it not be there?


    He pounced and searched himself, plunging his hand into the rice bag over and over again, but still found nothing.


    His gaze turned to Jiang Mengyu¡¯s bamboo basket then.


    Jiang Mengyu simply handed over the basket as well: ¡°Let¡¯s search this too.¡±


    They searched again, and besides some meat bones and vegetables in the basket, there was not even a shard of porcelain, let alone a vase!


    ¡°No, I don¡¯t accept it!¡± Goat Beard yelled, ¡°She must have an accomplice. She passed the item to her helper.¡±


    Jiang Mengyu sneered, ¡°I came here with the family members. Are you saying that all these family members are thieves?¡±


    With bitterness in his heart, Goat Beard thought, having offended one person already, what¡¯s the harm in offending a few more?


    ¡°Who knows if they are your accomplices or not.¡±


    Zhang Qiaoqiao was furious, ¡°How dare you slander us family members?¡±


    Wen Meiling looked at Jiang Mengyu and then said, ¡°If you want to prove your innocence, then let¡¯s search your possessions too.¡±


    Zhang Qiaoqiao glared at Wen Meiling hatefully and dropped her basket down: ¡°Here are all my things, search away.¡±


    Qin Xiufang also put forward her bag as well: ¡°Search it!¡±


    In the end, the belongings of all family members were searched, but the antique vase was still nowhere to be found.


    ¡°I don¡¯t believe it, I don¡¯t believe it!¡± Goat Beard simply turned Jiang Mengyu¡¯s bundle inside out and even poured out the rice in the bag to search bit by bit.


    While searching frantically, he muttered, ¡°No, I clearly saw you bought Boss Zheng¡¯s flowers, and Boss Zheng definitely gave you the vase along with the flowers. I saw you put the newspaper-wrapped vase into the bundle. How could there possibly be no vase in the bundle?¡±


    His words brought too much information to the crowd, and everyone was dumbstruck.


    It turned out, Goat Beard did not have any vase at all.


    It turned out, he only saw Boss Zheng selling flowers, giving a vase to the buyer.


    It turned out, Jiang Mengyu did not steal his vase at all.


    It turned out, Goat Beard was the one coveting someone else¡¯s antique vase.


    It turned out...


    Hearing this, Wen Meiling was also infuriated to death.


    She had gone against her conscience and risked being ostracized by the other family members (not that she cared for their friendship) to help this Goat Beard in order to ruin Jiang Mengyu. Yet this Goat Beard turned out to be crying thief to cover his own theft!


    If he was only crying thief, it would be one thing if he was right; he could still have splashed some dirt on Jiang Mengyu.


    But the key point was, he mistook the person.


    There was no vase on Jiang Mengyu, nor on any of the family members. Clearly, the vase was not acquired by Jiang Mengyu but perhaps by someone who looked a bit like her.


    It was not a big deal if he mistook someone else, but what should she do for backing the wrong horse?

 Chapter 46 - 46 46 Being Scolded

    ?Chapter 46: Chapter 46 Being Scolded Chapter 46: Chapter 46 Being Scolded Chapter 46 ¨C Scolding


    Jiang Mengyu was also a bit dumbfounded; she always thought that this was a trap set for her by Wen Meiling and the goat beard.


    It turned out that it was merely the goat beard¡¯s greed for someone else¡¯s vase. Seeing that the precious vase was given to her, he wanted to slander her to obtain the vase.


    And Wen Meiling merely wanted to take the opportunity to stage a fire and kill herself.


    No, her goal was probably to replace Ye Rushui and drive herself out.


    Suddenly, Jiang Mengyu¡¯s fighting spirit deflated.


    ¡°That¡¯s enough, you all have searched already. There is no Double Dragon Ear Entwined Branch Lotus Pattern Vase here. You three, please take this slanderous goat beard to the police station.¡±


    ¡°No¡ª¡± The goat beard went limp.


    ¡°It¡¯s not up to you!¡±


    Upon returning to the compound, the family members who went to the market were severely criticized by their own husbands.


    ¡°Are you all that foolish? Each of you allowed your belongings to be searched by others?¡±


    ¡°Without evidence, without a search warrant, you just allowed them to search?¡±


    ¡°You are the families from our factory, where is your usual dominance?¡±


    ¡°Are you even united? United in letting others search you?¡±


    ¡°Where is your pride?¡±


    Wen Meiling was fiercely scolded by Vice Factory Director Yan as soon as she got home.


    ¡°All you had to do was attend the market gracefully, why did you go and smear Jiang Mengyu?¡±


    ¡°In that situation, even if you did not want to help her, you shouldn¡¯t have made things worse!¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t you understand, smearing a family member is like smearing yourself?¡±


    ¡°Zhang Qiaoqiao and the others knew how to protect Jiang Mengyu, they were protecting the reputation of being a family member! And you even confronted them?¡±


    ¡°If the reputation of the factory¡¯s families is ruined, when you go out, people will say ¡®the families from the factory are like this and that¡¯, who would say ¡®Jiang Mengyu is like this and that¡¯?¡±


    ¡°Is your head filled with tofu?¡±


    Overwhelmed with grievance, Wen Meiling said: ¡°It¡¯s all Jiang Mengyu¡¯s fault, she bullied Ye Rushui¡ªI was just thinking of helping her drive Jiang Mengyu out.¡±


    Vice Factory Director Yan was furious: ¡°You really drove me furious. You wanted to help Ye Rushui push Jiang Mengyu out, but do you think Ye Rushui is a good person? If she were truly good, why wouldn¡¯t Gu Dongxing accept her after all these years?¡±


    He sighed: ¡°Moreover, dealing with Jiang Mengyu isn¡¯t even an issue, she and Gu Dongxing aren¡¯t really fiance?s!¡±


    ¡°Ah?¡± Wen Meiling was shocked: ¡°Jiang Mengyu isn¡¯t¡ª¡±


    ¡°Correct, she¡¯s not Gu Dongxing¡¯s fiance?e. It was just to catch a spy that she was made to pretend to be Gu Dongxing¡¯s fiance?e. She was originally a kidnapped woman and was rescued by Gu Dongxing, and this time she has once again helped Gu Dongxing achieve great merit.¡±


    Wen Meiyu: ¡°So, it means she is just temporarily staying in our compound?¡±


    ¡°Correct.¡±


    Wen Meiling was stunned for a long while; she was actually defeated by an impostor.


    The funniest part is Ye Rushui, who actually got into a grudge with an impostor and was even driven out. If she knew the truth, would she be furious to death?


    ¡°From now on, you are not allowed to have any contact with her!¡± Vice Factory Director Yan said sternly. ¡°Also, all that I just told you, do not let it leak!¡±


    When Jiang Mengyu returned home, Gu Dongxing was looking at her with a cold gaze: ¡°Impressive huh, encountering such false accusations and still fighting alone, didn¡¯t you know to ask someone to call the factory?¡±


    ¡°Also, even if you let yourself be searched, why did you allow all the family members to be searched thoroughly? Are you usually this weak?¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s the use of having a brain?¡±


    Jiang Mengyu couldn¡¯t hold it back anymore: ¡°It¡¯s all your fault!¡±


    ¡°My fault?¡± Gu Dongxing was puzzled: ¡°What does this have to do with me?¡±

 Chapter 47 - 47 47 Who Got the Antique Vase

    ?Chapter 47: Chapter 47 Who Got the Antique Vase Chapter 47: Chapter 47 Who Got the Antique Vase Chapter 47 Who Ended Up with the Antique Vase


    Mengyu angrily said, ¡°If it weren¡¯t for you, why would Ye Rushui hate me? If Ye Rushui didn¡¯t hate me, how could she have passed her hatred to Wen Meiling?¡±


    ¡°If Wen Meiling hadn¡¯t been so determined to drive me out of the courtyard on behalf of Ye Rushui, how could she have followed the swindler¡¯s wishes, so intent on pinning the theft on me?¡±


    ¡°I originally wanted to call the police and expose the swindler¡¯s true nature in front of them, but Wen Meiling helped the swindler bully us and prevented me from calling the police.


    Otherwise, why would I have allowed them to search my belongings to prove my innocence?¡±


    ¡°They searched my bundle and basket and found nothing, then pointed at Zhang Qiaoqiao and the others, accusing them of being my accomplices. Before I could even speak, Wen Meiling had them search Zhang Qiaoqiao and the others.¡±


    ¡°So, all of this is because of Wen Meiling, and Wen Meiling is because of Ye Rushui, and Ye Rushui is because of you. Tell me, isn¡¯t this ultimately all because of you?¡±


    Mengyu added, ¡°Hmph, I even suspected at that time that it was all a trap set by Wen Meiling in cahoots with that goat beard.¡±


    Gu Dongxing, feeling helpless, responded, ¡°Yes, yes, blame me, it¡¯s all my fault. But I can¡¯t control what other people think.¡±


    Mengyu snorted, ¡°You must feel quite pleased watching women fight over you out of jealousy, don¡¯t you? Don¡¯t talk about not being able to control other people¡¯s thoughts; if you really wanted to stop her ideas, you should have firmly rejected her from the beginning. If it weren¡¯t for your attitude giving her ideas, why would she wait endlessly for a man she could never have?


    It¡¯s precisely your attitude of not accepting, not rejecting, and not being proactive that harmed her!¡±


    Gu Dongxing, genuinely afraid, admitted, ¡°You¡¯re right, I shouldn¡¯t have always expressed myself so subtly for her sake. Next time we meet, I will definitely reject her decisively, leaving no room for any thoughts like that. Will that work? Future wife?¡±


    But Mengyu suddenly blushed and stomped hard on Gu Dongxing¡¯s foot: ¡°Who¡¯s your future wife?¡±


    Gu Dongxing sighed, saying, ¡°That goat beard indeed set a trap, but it was not against you, it was aimed at the person selling the vase.¡±


    It turned out that after the goat beard was arrested and brought to the police station, during the interrogation to clear himself of the defamation charge, he confessed everything he did regarding that vase.


    He also mentioned that he had mistaken Jiang Mengyu for the buyer. Only after finding nothing in Jiang Mengyu¡¯s bundle did he realize his mistake.


    The police contacted Boss Zheng, who then finally understood that all his misfortunes were not related to the vase but were due to the ¡°teacher¡± scheming to acquire the vase, which infuriated him.


    But since he was eager to dispatch the vase at the time, he had not taken a good look at the buyer, so he only remembered that the buyer was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl, not much else.


    Gu Dongxing looked at Mengyu: ¡°So, who actually bought his plastic flowers and ended up with the antique vase he gave away?¡±


    Mengyu felt secretly relieved, thankful that she had already stored the vase and the plastic flowers in the storage talisman. Otherwise, not only would she not have gotten the vase today, but she would also have been slandered as a thief, unable to clear her name.


    Hearing Gu Dongxing¡¯s question, she shook her head, ¡°How would I know?¡±


    She looked at Gu Dongxing, wondering if he suspected that she got the antique vase.

 Chapter 48 - 48 48 Birth Mother Comes Looking

    ?Chapter 48: Chapter 48: Birth Mother Comes Looking Chapter 48: Chapter 48: Birth Mother Comes Looking Chapter 48: The Estranged Mother Arrives


    Mengyu continued, ¡°However, the flower seller intended to pawn off the bad luck by giving away the vase. If someone else ended up with the vase, it¡¯s simply their destiny. You can only blame the seller for having no fate with the vase.


    Therefore, no matter who got the vase, there is no reason for them to bring it out and return it to him.¡±


    Gu Dongxing couldn¡¯t read anything from Mengyu¡¯s face, and thought to himself: Could it really be that she didn¡¯t get it?


    The matter of the antique vase was finally put to rest.


    Wen Meiling learned that Mengyu was only pretending to be Factory Director Gu¡¯s fiance?e, and stopped targeting her.


    She really wanted to tell Ye Rushui, but considering her husband¡¯s order to stop associating with Ye Rushui and not to reveal Mengyu¡¯s fake engagement with Gu Dongxing, she suppressed the thought.


    Following that, Mengyu had some peaceful days.


    She pondered how to get Gu Dongxing to accompany her back to the Jiang Family.


    Since she had bought rice, flour, vegetables, and meat, Mengyu now cooked every day.


    In her past life, she began cooking at a very young age. When she was a shared wife for the Zhou Brothers in Tiger Valley, she continued cooking even after giving birth to children.


    Father Jiang was picky about food. He somehow found a cookbook for her, and if the dishes were not tasty, Mengyu would be beaten.


    As a result, she was forced to excel in cooking. Even with simple vegetables, she could make delicious meals.


    After Gu Dongxing ate her cooking, he no longer wanted to eat cafeteria food.


    He hadn¡¯t been on missions lately, so he ate her cooking every day.


    Eating the delicious meals, Gu Dongxing¡¯s mind stirred again; he thought he must settle things with this servant-girl soon!


    However, this little one seemed not to be ¡°understanding¡± just yet. Every time he insinuated that topic, she would pretend not to understand, leaving him rather helpless.


    During this time, Mengyu was diligently practicing the Witch Body Cultivation Method, cultivating day and night.


    Ten days passed, and Mengyu already reached the peak of Postnatal First Layer. With the right opportunity, she could break through to the next layer and become a Second-level Martial Artist.


    She thought it might be time for her estranged mother to show up. Should she find a moment to talk with Gu Dongxing about going back to the Jiang Family?


    The Jiang Family owed her, and she still had to reclaim what was hers.


    That day, Mengyu was cooking in the house.


    She swiftly chopped potatoes, her knife falling on the cutting board rhythmically and densely, a sign of her adept knife skills. Beside her were neatly sliced wood ear mushrooms and a bowl of cooked vegetables.


    After slicing the potatoes, she took a dried red chili pepper and sliced it similarly. She then began stir-frying the spicy potato strips. Soon, the aroma of food wafted through the house.


    She heard a noise at the door and thinking it was Gu Dongxing returning, called out, ¡°You¡¯re back? Go wash your hands, dinner will be ready soon.¡±


    But why was there no response? And she suddenly remembered, Gu Dongxing always had a distinct rhythm to his steps when he arrived. Just now, she had not heard footsteps.


    Feeling puzzled, she went over to open the door.


    As soon as she opened the door, she saw a woman standing at the threshold, her eyes brimming with tears, carrying a look of nervousness, excitement, and unease, staring intently at her as if afraid the person before her would vanish the next moment.


    Mengyu was shocked: This was her estranged mother. Why had she come?


    She had not seen her mother in her previous life, but after she died and became Ah Piao, she had seen her several times following Jiang Huaiyu.

 Chapter 49 - 49 49 The Protective Instinct of Men

    ?Chapter 49: Chapter 49 The Protective Instinct of Men Chapter 49: Chapter 49 The Protective Instinct of Men Chapter 49: The Man¡¯s Protective Instinct


    At that time, as Ah Piao, Mengyu watched her biological mother treat her enemy, Jiang Huaiyu, as her own daughter, bestowing all her love upon her.


    This alone would have been fine, but her love was also very humble, fearing that Jiang Huaiyu might be slightly unhappy.


    Her mother from the past life, as Jiang Huaiyu had said, was very wealthy. She offered her property, bit by bit, with both hands, to Jiang Huaiyu.


    Even the man who was originally betrothed to herself was given to Jiang Huaiyu!


    In the end, she was even killed by Jiang Huaiyu!


    But in this lifetime, she had actually found herself. Moreover, she didn¡¯t go to the Jiang Family, but to this military family compound where she was temporarily residing.


    This was different from the previous life!


    Mengyu thought again, many things in this life had already changed, hadn¡¯t they? It made sense for everything to be different from her last life after she, like a butterfly, had flapped her wings.


    She wanted to say something, but her mother in front of her recognized her, yet her mother didn¡¯t recognize her.


    Therefore, she forced herself to suppress her excitement and looked at the woman in front of her: ¡°Auntie, do you need something?¡±


    Her mother looked at Jiang Mengyu, her eyes constantly shifting, but she was unable to utter a single word.


    After a long while, she finally managed to squeeze out a sentence: ¡°Um, Miss, I¡¯m thirsty. May I have a drink of water from you?¡±


    But what was the meaning behind her intense gaze?


    Jiang Mengyu looked at her own mother, somewhat confused. Could it be that she wasn¡¯t looking for her specifically, but had stumbled upon her by chance and was a little excited because of their blood connection?


    Wrong, this is a military family compound. How did she get in?


    Mengyu thought for a moment and then asked, ¡°Who are you? I recognize all the Jun¡¯s Wives here, how come I¡¯ve never seen you?¡±


    Suspicion surfaced timely in her eyes.


    Her mother looked at her, seemingly unable to respond.


    Seeing her mother¡¯s expression, Mengyu felt odd. Could it really be that she had not recognized her?


    Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly felt a pain at the back of her neck and cursed inwardly. Everything went black, and she fell into darkness.


    Gu Donglai came back and saw Jiang Mengyu slumped over the dining table, asleep.


    He checked the kitchen and found that all the food had been cooked. Clearly, Mengyu had prepared the meal and was waiting for him.


    He felt a sweetness in his heart; life with this Servant girl was truly wonderful.


    He arranged the food and went to wake up Mengyu.


    ¡°Mengyu, wake up, it¡¯s time to eat. Should you sleep any more? Otherwise, you might be too hungry to sleep later tonight.¡±


    Mengyu woke up and when she opened her eyes to see Gu Dongxing, she was suddenly startled and jumped up: ¡°Where is she?¡±


    Gu Donglai found it strange: ¡°Who?¡±


    ¡°I¡ª¡±


    She suddenly stopped.


    At this moment, she was supposed to be unaware of her own mother, so she said, ¡°I just saw a woman in her thirties or forties, she ran in asking for water to drink, I asked who she was, and then she turned around and left¡ªprobably just a dream.¡±


    But she was clear that it was not a dream; her own mother had come to her.


    ¡°Brother Gu, could you accompany me back to visit the Jiang Family?¡±


    ¡°You want to go back to the Jiang Family?¡± In the past few days, Gu Dongxing had already investigated and knew of Mengyu¡¯s background. That Jiang Family, according to his thoughts, might as well not be revisited.


    ¡°Aren¡¯t you afraid your parents might sell you out again?¡±


    Mengyu lowered her head: ¡°I¡¯m afraid, but I can¡¯t keep running away. Besides, you are here with me, right? You¡¯ll go back with me, won¡¯t you?¡±


    Mengyu¡¯s eyes showed vulnerability and a form of dependency, even a bit of shamelessness, as if to say, if you don¡¯t accompany me, I¡¯ll cry for you to see!


    Being looked at with such dependent eyes by a girl, Gu Dongxing¡¯s protective instinct erupted: ¡°Fine, I¡¯ll go with you. With me there, they won¡¯t dare to do anything to you!¡±


    Mengyu¡¯s heart leapt with joy: she had finally convinced Gu Dongxing to accompany her back.


    Little did she know, in Gu Dongxing¡¯s heart, he was also secretly sighing: finally, this girl has made a request of me.

 Chapter 50 - 50 50 Pity Her

    ?Chapter 50: Chapter 50: Pity Her Chapter 50: Chapter 50: Pity Her Chapter 50: Heartache for Her


    Gu Dongxing scooped a bowl of rice and handed it to Mengyu: ¡°Stop worrying, just eat.¡±


    Mengyu took a few bites, then suddenly looked up at Gu Dongxing: ¡°Actually, I am not the biological child of Father Jiang and Madam Jiang.¡±


    Gu Dongxing had suspected it for a while, wondering which biological parents would treat their child like that.


    Mengyu looked towards the gate, but her eyes were unfocused: ¡°I am someone who was trafficked twice. The first time was right after I was born, trafficked by human traffickers to my now adopted mother.¡±


    Gu Dongxing felt a pang of pain in his heart: How unlucky does one have to be to be trafficked twice?


    Mengyu told Gu Dongxing how her adopted mother, unable to have her own children, and upon the advice of the Divine Woman to adopt a child to bring her own children, brought her home. Subsequently, her adopted mother did conceive and gave birth to a daughter and a son.


    ¡°After my sister was born, my sufferings began.¡±


    She remembered the days before she went to university in her past life, her tears uncontrollably started to fall.


    ¡°Normally, people who have adopted children who brought them their own kids would feel grateful, after all, according to tradition, having children depended entirely on the adopted daughter.


    But for me, it was the opposite. They treated me like an enemy.¡±


    Mengyu recounted her childhood filled with beatings, scant warm clothing, insufficient food, heavy labor, and no opportunities for schooling.


    It was only the intervention of the team leader and her own promise to finance her education without using the family money, by picking up junk to make money, that she was able to attend school.


    ¡°I couldn¡¯t understand why Mom and Dad treated me so badly. It was not until one day, when I overheard them speaking, that I realized I was bought.¡±


    In reality, Mengyu learned about her non-biological relationship with Father Jiang and Madam Jiang from Jiang Huaiyu in her previous life.


    Originally, she had mentioned a ¡°past life dream¡± to Gu Dongxing, but she did not tell him that the person who killed her by car in that ¡°dream¡± was her sister, Jiang Huaiyu.


    Nor did she tell him about the truth Jiang Huaiyu revealed before she died¡ªshe wasn¡¯t their biological child.


    Thus, she could only use the eavesdropping excuse to reveal it.


    ¡°After knowing I wasn¡¯t their biological child, I just wanted to change my fate.


    Yet, at the beginning of this year, I accidentally heard my adopted mother¡¯s plan to marry me off after I finished high school.


    So, I took the university entrance exam early. By attending university, I could avoid being forced into marriage by her.


    Eventually, I was admitted to Beijing University. But my mom told me to give up my university spot for my sister, Jiang Huaiyu.


    I struggled so hard to get into university to escape this family. How could I possibly want to give my hard-earned spot to Jiang Huaiyu?


    That¡¯s why they drugged my food and sold me off... and you know the rest.¡±


    ¡°So, the reason you¡¯ve been trying so hard to stay with me is that you¡¯re afraid to go home? Are you afraid they might sell you again?¡± Gu Dongxing asked.


    Mengyu felt awkward, knowing she had schemed to stay? But then, she had even declared that she¡¯d ¡°repay his life-saving deed with her life,¡± desperate to stay.


    Yet, she muttered: ¡°You yourself suspected I was a spy, that¡¯s why you let me stay.¡±


    Gu Dongxing gave her a disdainful look: ¡°Ungrateful creature, if I hadn¡¯t said that, what reason would I have had to let you stay?¡±


    Yet, he still felt heartbroken for her.


    Using the money from selling an adopted daughter for travel expenses, letting a biological daughter impersonate the adopted one to attend university¡ªFather Jiang and Madam Jiang are too shameless, aren¡¯t they?

 Chapter 51 - 51 51 Settling Accounts (Part 1)

    ?Chapter 51: Chapter 51: Settling Accounts (Part 1) Chapter 51: Chapter 51: Settling Accounts (Part 1) Chapter 51 Accounting (Part 1)


    ¡°It¡¯s been over a month now, your sister must have already assumed your identity and attended the university you were admitted to, right? Are you planning to go back and reclaim the university spot you earned?¡±


    Mengyu nodded: ¡°Yes, I must take back that spot.¡±


    Gu Dongxing was puzzled: ¡°If you want to reclaim your university spot, shouldn¡¯t you be going to the university? Is returning there helpful in this case?¡±


    Mengyu wanted to go back because her biological mother had come.


    In her past life, when her biological mother came knocking, her adoptive parents deceived her by substituting Jiang Huaiyu as their daughter.


    This time, she absolutely wouldn¡¯t allow Jiang Huaiyu to impersonate her and let her biological mother play her mother!


    ¡°I definitely need to go to the university, but I also have to return to the Jiang Family. Without understanding the specifics and a certification from the village chief, if I just go to the university claiming I am Jiang Mengyu, who would believe me? And¡ª¡±


    She decided to mention the incident of her mother¡¯s visit.


    ¡°Also, the woman I saw earlier, who ran in asking for water, and when I asked who she was, she just turned and left¡ªthe woman in her thirties or forties, I suspect that it wasn¡¯t a dream, that woman¡ªis actually my biological mother!¡±


    ¡°What?¡±


    Gu Dongxing was shocked: ¡°Are you sure?¡±


    This place was the Gu Family Factory compound, governed with military-level security. How could an ordinary person get in?


    ¡°When I looked her in the eyes, I could feel the love, that kind of affection only present between blood relatives. But then I fainted.¡±


    Gu Dongxing¡¯s mind raced. If Mengyu¡¯s mother really did come, why didn¡¯t she recognize her?


    And even knocked her out, making her think it was all a dream.


    Perhaps, the manner in which she came in was unspeakable, so she didn¡¯t dare to recognize her?


    No wonder the little one proposed returning to the Jiang Family¡ªshe must have guessed that her biological mother had come back, and the most likely place she¡¯d go was the Jiang Family to claim her daughter.


    Gu Dongxing sighed: ¡°Alright, I¡¯ll accompany you back to the Jiang Family first thing tomorrow morning!¡±


    The next day, Gu Dongxing got a car and took Mengyu towards the Jiang Family.


    After driving for over an hour, they arrived on a street not far from the Jiang Family.


    The Jiang Family originally lived in the countryside, but because Father Jiang worked at the county agricultural machinery factory, they got a small apartment in the town.


    Normally, they lived in the countryside, until two years ago when both Mengyu and Huaiyu were admitted to the county high school, and the whole family moved to town.


    Mengyu started schooling at age ten, but Huaiyu started at six, and with the educational system practicing five years in elementary and two years in middle school at the time, Mengyu, by skipping grades, managed to reach sophomore year in high school at the same time as Huaiyu.


    Coincidentally, starting from 1980, the education system was reformed from two years to three years for high school.


    Mengyu patted Gu Dongxing¡¯s hand: ¡°Let¡¯s park the car on this street, and walk quietly to see if my biological mother has come.¡±


    For some reason, she felt certain that her biological mother would come to the Jiang Family today.


    She remembered that yesterday evening her biological mother did indeed come to the family compound, and it wasn¡¯t a dream.


    Sure enough, as they approached the Jiang Family, they heard a woman¡¯s voice coming from inside: ¡°Do I really need to explain what happened back then?


    Although it was my husband who sold my daughter behind my back, don¡¯t you realize how cruel it is for a mother to be separated from her daughter?


    Yet, without my consent, you went ahead and bought my daughter from my husband¡¯s hands.


    Now, is it wrong for me to come back and reclaim my daughter?¡±


    Hearing the voice, Mengyu¡¯s mind was blasted: ¡°It¡¯s really my biological mother who has come.¡±


    Gu Dongxing patted her hand, signaling her to stay calm: ¡°Let¡¯s listen from outside for now, and wait for the right moment to go in.¡±


    Mengyu could only follow Gu Dongxing to a concealed spot and listened to the voices inside.


    Inside, another voice responded: ¡°You say it so lightly¡ªas if I haven¡¯t raised a daughter for sixteen years. You want her back just on your say-so? For sixteen years, we¡¯ve provided her food, clothing, and education, spending so much hard-earned money. And you think you can just take her back with a single sentence? Is that reasonable?¡±


    Hearing this, Mengyu felt her blood simmer with emotion.

 Chapter 52 - 52 52 Settling Accounts (Part 2)

    ?Chapter 52: Chapter 52: Settling Accounts (Part 2) Chapter 52: Chapter 52: Settling Accounts (Part 2) Chapter 52 Settling Accounts (Part 2)


    This voice, Mengyu had heard for over a decade in her past life. Every time she heard it, she was either beaten or scolded, or even punished by being starved. Therefore, upon hearing this voice, Mengyu felt a fear emanating from the depths of her heart.


    Although a lifetime had passed, hearing this same voice again, Mengyu still felt a sense of fear in her heart.


    Previously, she had always wanted to ask her face to face ¨C even if she wasn¡¯t her biological mother, she was someone she had lived with for over a decade.


    She had always tried hard to please her, to make herself more ¡°capable¡±, hoping she would love her as she loved Huaiyu.


    It was fine if she didn¡¯t love her, but why destroy her?


    But now, such words, she couldn¡¯t ask anymore. Because she felt that there was no need to ask anymore.


    Seeing Mengyu¡¯s trembling body, Gu Dongxing pitied her even more: What kind of abuse had she undergone that merely hearing a voice would trigger such a conditioned reflex?


    He quickly extended his warm, large hand and grabbed Mengyu¡¯s small hand.


    The warmth transmitted from Gu Dongxing¡¯s hand gradually stabilized Mengyu¡¯s emotions.


    Everything from her past life had passed. This lifetime, Li Chunhua could no longer hurt her!


    On the contrary, this lifetime, she wanted her to repay the debts she owed!


    Inside, Mengyu¡¯s biological mother Leng Xiangyu raised an eyebrow: ¡°Be reasonable? If I wasn¡¯t being reasonable, would I even come to find you? My daughter was sold by someone, I could have just taken this to court.¡±


    Li Chunhua choked, what, to court?


    She cowered, if this really went to court, she was undoubtedly trafficking humans.


    Jiang Haidong rolled his eyes and hurriedly said: ¡°We are common folk, why talk of court? Let¡¯s discuss this nicely, you want your daughter back, it¡¯s not impossible, but¡ª¡±


    Li Chunhua quickly added: ¡°But, I¡¯ve raised your daughter for sixteen years, you should give us some compensation.¡±


    Everyone was stunned, what did she mean by this? Asking for money?


    ¡°You¡¯ve separated mother and daughter for sixteen years, and you still want money?¡±


    ¡°Well, it takes two to tango, you can¡¯t just blame us. If your husband hadn¡¯t sold her, we couldn¡¯t have bought your daughter, right?¡± said Jiang Haidong.


    ¡°You, how much compensation do you want?¡± Leng Xiangyu asked through gritted teeth.


    ¡°Uh, two¡ª¡± Jiang Haidong intended to say two thousand, because the best scenario for keeping Mengyu was receiving a dowry, and typically the dowry for marrying off a daughter then would be two hundred at most; he was asking for ten times the dowry amount, which also seemed fair.


    But Li Chunhua interjected: ¡°Twenty thousand yuan!¡±


    A collective gasp of shock was heard: ¡°Gasp¡ª¡±


    Twenty thousand yuan!


    This was the year 1980 after all, an era where millionaires were rare, and she was asking for two millionaires right off the bat!


    Listening to Li Chunhua¡¯s outrageous demand, Mengyu really wanted to burst in and say she started working at three years old, took on the household chores by five, and even her schooling was funded by money she earned from collecting and selling scraps.


    But her hand was held by Gu Dongxing, knowing that now was not the time for her to go in.


    Leng Xiangyu said coldly: ¡°Haha, twenty thousand yuan? You¡¯re actually asking for twenty thousand yuan?


    Then come calculate for me, how my daughter has been eating, dressing, using things, studying over the years, come calculate, how did you come up with this twenty thousand yuan?¡±


    In her heart, Li Chunhua was furious, how dare she imply her daughter wasn¡¯t worth the money!


    But to calculate the cost of twenty thousand yuan, how could she possibly calculate that?


    She looked towards Jiang Haidong.


    After his wife shouted twenty thousand, Jiang Haidong also frowned. His brother¡¯s wife had said this woman seemed very wealthy, could it be, all show and no substance?


    Would a wealthy person be this stingy?

 Chapter 53 - 53 53 Settling Accounts (Part 3)

    ?Chapter 53: Chapter 53: Settling Accounts (Part 3) Chapter 53: Chapter 53: Settling Accounts (Part 3) Chapter 53: Settling Accounts (Part Three)


    ¡°How about I help you do the math? If you¡¯re not a farming household, your cost of grain would be about 1.5 yuan for rice. Including oil, salt, and vegetables, the monthly food expenses wouldn¡¯t exceed 40 yuan, right? If you are a farming household, then you definitely have farmland in the village, so you wouldn¡¯t need to buy grain and would spend even less.¡±


    Li Chunhua snorted: ¡°How could you calculate like this? You underestimate us; our food expenses are much higher than that.¡±


    ¡°Your family only has your husband working, right? His wages are about 40 yuan, aren¡¯t they? For a family of four, you surely don¡¯t spend all the wages on food, do you?¡±


    Li Chunhua begrudged with a snort.


    In fact, Jiang Mengyu barely had enough to eat every day, and was often punished by not being allowed to eat meals for various reasons. In essence, Mengyu¡¯s monthly food cost didn¡¯t even amount to two yuan.


    Another voice chimed in like a spirit bird: ¡°Actually, no need to calculate it that way. Your man earns forty yuan a month, which makes 480 yuan a year. For a family of five, that¡¯s an average of 96 yuan per person per year. Over sixteen years that totals 1,536 yuan.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m speaking of averages, but in reality, whether Mengyu could use that much while in your home is questionable. The total amount spent to raise Jiang Mengyu for sixteen years is just 1,536 yuan; it¡¯s wrong of you to ask for twenty thousand yuan.¡±


    Jiang Haidong and Li Chunhua were suddenly unable to retort.


    Because, in fact, the money they spent on Mengyu was nowhere near that amount. The money for their daughter¡¯s school expenses came from her own efforts scavenging and selling recyclables.


    But to let her go for just over 1,000 yuan was something they couldn¡¯t stomach¡ªthis was even less than the 2,000 yuan Jiang Haidong had in mind earlier.


    Li Chunhua said, ¡°But we¡¯ve poured our heart and soul into raising your daughter Mengyu. She¡¯s only sixteen this year and already took the college entrance exam. She¡¯s now a university student at Beijing Normal University. Isn¡¯t a university-educated daughter worth twenty thousand yuan?¡±


    Nurtured with heart and soul? Mengyu sneered inwardly; it would be more accurate to say she was raised with beatings and abuse.


    Hearing the mention of university, Leng Xiangyu seemed somewhat more accommodating: ¡°I¡¯m not unwilling to give you twenty thousand yuan. However, I have my conditions.¡±


    Li Chunhua¡¯s heart leapt: ¡°What are your conditions? As long as we can do it, we will try our best. But you can¡¯t ask for the impossible.¡±


    Leng Xiangyu glanced coldly at Li Chunhua: ¡°Rest assured, you can meet my conditions.


    Firstly, I want my daughter to cut off all ties with you completely. From now on, you cannot contact my daughter under any circumstances, nor can you ask her for money or possessions for any reason.¡±


    Li Chunhua and Jiang Haidong exchanged a glance.


    ¡°This is a bit much, isn¡¯t it?¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s so much about it? Mengyu is my daughter and has no blood relation to you. Since I¡¯m offering compensation, you have no claim over her. This tie must absolutely be severed!¡±


    ¡°But¡ª¡±


    ¡°There are no ¡®buts.¡¯ This condition is set in stone and non-negotiable! Otherwise, forget about any compensation!¡±


    The two exchanged glances again and nodded in agreement: ¡°Okay!¡±


    The onlookers were astonished: They agreed too easily; something was off!


    What they didn¡¯t know was that Jiang Haidong and Li Chunhua were sneering on the inside.


    After all, Leng Xiangyu¡¯s biological daughter had already been sold by them into the deep mountains to be a shared wife, and wouldn¡¯t be able to leave in this lifetime.


    Their plan was to push their own biological daughter, Jiang Huaiyu, onto this rich woman. In the future, their own daughter could enjoy the wealth and luxury that came with this rich woman.


    Whether their daughter wanted to contact them or not, would she still be able to control that when the time came?


    ¡°State your second condition,¡± said Jiang Haidong.


    Leng Xiangyu glanced at him and said, ¡°The second condition is that the agreement must clearly state that you adopted my daughter because you made a secret deal with my daughter¡¯s father, Lin Hai, behind my back.¡±


    Upon hearing this, Mengyu was greatly shocked!

 Chapter 54 - 54 54 Settling Accounts (Part 4)

    ?Chapter 54: Chapter 54: Settling Accounts (Part 4) Chapter 54: Chapter 54: Settling Accounts (Part 4) Chapter 54: Settling Accounts (Part 4)


    Mengyu had always thought that she was adopted by Li Chunhua because she didn¡¯t have children after three years of marriage and brought her home to ¡°raise¡± a younger sibling.


    Because she had once heard them telling others that she was a child abandoned by her parents, and they had saved and brought her home. In rural areas, there is a saying that some couples who cannot have children of their own, but if they adopt a child, and this child has siblings, they would bring them along.


    Therefore, childless couples often have their own children after adopting a child.


    However, Mengyu had never imagined that Li Chunhua had not picked her up, but instead obtained her custody through a transaction with her biological father.


    In her previous life, after acknowledging her biological mother, she learned her biological father¡¯s name was Lin Hai.


    Was she actually sold by her biological father?


    Oh my God, how unlucky she must be, not only disfavored by her adoptive parents but also disliked by her biological father!


    ¡°No!¡± Jiang Haidong firmly refused.


    With such terms, wasn¡¯t he handing over the handle of the knife to this woman while holding the blade himself, bleeding the moment she moved?


    But Leng Xiangyu¡¯s tone was non-negotiable: ¡°This condition is also firm, if you don¡¯t agree, I¡¯ll go directly to court. Oh, I forgot to tell you, the sales agreement you wrote back then is now in my hands. Here, this one. If it goes to court, I won¡¯t spend a cent to take my daughter away, and you, hmph, just wait to land yourselves in jail!¡±


    ¡°Criminal Law Article 241 stipulates: Trafficking in women and children will be punished with imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years and a fine, and those who buy trafficked women or children will be sentenced up to three years of imprisonment. So, buying or trafficking, both are crimes and the penalty is imprisonment!¡±


    Hearing that buying a child could lead to imprisonment, Li Chunhua suddenly panicked.


    Because buying Leng Xiangyu¡¯s child had been her idea.


    Jiang Haidong realized this was to avoid them bothering her daughter in the future, hence she decisively wanted to leverage this power.


    Knowing that he was being handed the blade to hold, how could he sign it?


    But if he didn¡¯t sign, she would immediately file a lawsuit. Most importantly, the agreement they had originally demanded to ensure security, had now become the evidence of their trafficking.


    He sighed and waved his hand in resignation: ¡°Just sign it.¡±


    Leng Xiangyu took out the agreement she had prepared in advance, and both Jiang Haidong and Li Chunhua signed it, even pressing their bright red fingerprints.


    Li Chunhua couldn¡¯t wait to speak: ¡°We¡¯ve signed the agreement, now can you give us the twenty thousand yuan compensation?¡±


    Twenty thousand, she had long heard about the grandeur of being a millionaire, and now she was about to become one.


    Leng Xiangyu looked at Li Chunhua as if she were an idiot: ¡°When you transacted with my husband back then, it must have been cash on delivery, right? Now, I haven¡¯t even seen my daughter, and you want me to pay the compensation?¡±


    Li Chunhua was not happy.


    ¡°But my daughter, ah no, your daughter Jiang Mengyu has been admitted to the Beijing normal university, and is currently studying there. How can she come back now?¡±


    Outside, Mengyu secretly thought as expected, they planned to give their daughter Jiang Huaiyu to their biological mother just like in her previous life.


    You need to know, the current person studying in Beijing university under her name, Jiang Mengyu, is actually Jiang Huaiyu!


    Leng Xiangyu stared at Li Chunhua: ¡°Is my daughter really studying at the normal university in Beijing?¡±


    Leng Xiangyu was puzzled, had her daughter really been admitted to university? Just yesterday, she had seen her daughter, clearly in the military compound.


    There must be something strange here.


    What she didn¡¯t know was that her daughter had indeed been admitted to university, but the spot was occupied by this woman¡¯s daughter, Jiang Huaiyu, who was now still planning to push Jiang Huaiyu onto her, aiming to let her own daughter enjoy wealth and prestige!

 Chapter 55 - 55 55 How Did You Escape

    ?Chapter 55: Chapter 55 How Did You Escape? Chapter 55: Chapter 55 How Did You Escape? Chapter 55 How Did She Escape


    Li Chunhua¡¯s gaze flickered for a moment, this daughter of Leng Xiangyu, had already been sold by her to the Zhou Brothers of Tiger Valley as a Shared Wife half a month ago.


    Now, she should be getting ravaged by the Zhou Brothers or perhaps, crying in a dark room, right?


    Thinking of Mengyu being violated, a wave of satisfaction surged in her heart: You tried to pressure me, no matter how powerful you are, your daughter still ended up being sold by me.


    She immediately shouted loudly: ¡°Of course, I treated your daughter as if she were my own, I helped you raise a university-educated daughter, yet you only compensate me with twenty thousand yuan, that¡¯s really a bit too little.¡±


    Leng Xiangyu sneered in her heart, the person studying at the university definitely could not be her daughter. She said indifferently: ¡°Then call her back! Anyway, I must see her in person before I pay the compensation. Otherwise, I will not pay the money.¡±


    ¡°You truly do not consider your child¡¯s interests. She is studying in Beijing, and you actually say you want her to come back? Do you know how much this will delay her studies?¡±


    Leng Xiangyu curled her lips: ¡°Who knows if what you¡¯re saying is true? If the university student you¡¯re talking about isn¡¯t my daughter, what then? When you were dealing with human trafficking, you knew it was cash on delivery, paying only when the person is received. I haven¡¯t even seen my daughter and you want the money, do you take me for a fool?¡±


    Jiang Haidong and Li Chunhua¡¯s hearts sank as they exchanged glances. Could it be that she knew they had never intended to hand over her real daughter to her?


    But the reasoning Leng Xiangyu gave was something they truly could not refute. It indeed didn¡¯t make sense for somebody to pay the compensation without first seeing the person.


    But why did she sign the agreement with them without even seeing the person?


    ¡°You don¡¯t have to argue anymore, I¡¯ve come back.¡± Along with the voice, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl walked in.


    Li Chunhua pointed at the girl in front of Jiang: ¡°You, you, you, how are you here?¡±


    Without a doubt, the person who came in was Mengyu.


    Seeing Li Chunhua trying to push Jiang Huaiyu onto her real mother again, she couldn¡¯t hold back any longer. In her past life, her real mother had been conned by Li Chunhua into recognizing her daughter at the university. In this life, was she going to repeat the same old trick? Regardless of Gu Dongxing¡¯s objections, she walked straight in.


    After all, Li Chunhua had already fully exposed her conspiracy: to have Jiang Huaiyu impersonate her.


    She wanted to expose Li Chunhua¡¯s conspiracy; she didn¡¯t want her real mother to mistakenly recognize someone else as her daughter again.


    Upon seeing Jiang Mengyu, how could Li Chunhua not be shocked? She had clearly sold her off into the deep mountains to be a Shared Wife for the Zhou Brothers, how could she possibly be here?


    And, what a coincidence that her biological mother comes looking for her and she returns at this very moment?


    Could it be that she had long known her own background and had been watching for her real mother¡¯s arrival, making her appearance so timely?


    But how did she escape from the deep mountains? Hadn¡¯t Lao Liu assured her that he would definitely send the girl to Tiger Valley to become a Shared Wife and guaranteed that she would not be able to come out?


    Lao Liu mentioned the seller¡¯s name, for which, he even had her sign a contract.


    Yet now, the person who was guaranteed not to escape, appeared here to challenge her!


    It was over, with Mengyu here, the fact that she let her daughter impersonate Jiang Mengyu to attend university and sold Jiang Mengyu to be a Shared Wife could no longer be suppressed.


    Not to mention, with Mengyu¡¯s appearance, Li Chunhua¡¯s own plot to push her biological daughter onto Leng Xiangyu, the rich woman, for a comfortable life was also doomed.


    Mengyu directly pierced through Li Chunhua¡¯s plot of selling her to human traffickers and giving her hard-earned university spot to her own biological daughter, Jiang Huaiyu.

 Chapter 56 - 56 56 Are You Worthy of My Filial Piety

    ?Chapter 56: Chapter 56 Are You Worthy of My Filial Piety? Chapter 56: Chapter 56 Are You Worthy of My Filial Piety? Chapter 56 Do You Deserve My Filial Piety?


    Mengyu said to Leng Xiangyu, ¡°The person Li Chunhua mentioned who has already gone to university is called Jiang Huaiyu, the daughter she gave birth to in the second year after she bought me.


    Because they had their own child, they never treated me as a daughter, no, they never treated me as a human!¡±


    Because of Mengyu¡¯s appearance, and with the contract bearing Li Chunhua¡¯s bright red handprint, Li Chunhua and Jiang Haidong couldn¡¯t escape the three crimes they committed:


    First, letting their biological daughter Jiang Huaiyu fake the identity of their adopted daughter Jiang Mengyu to attend university;


    Second, selling the adopted daughter Jiang Mengyu to the deep mountains to become a shared wife for someone;


    Third, intending to let their biological daughter Jiang Huaiyu falsely recognize Jiang Mengyu¡¯s biological mother Leng Xiangyu as her own.


    Gu Dongxing called the police, who came to take Jiang Haidong and Li Chunhua away.


    Li Chun screamed: ¡°You can¡¯t do this, Jiang Mengyu, no matter what, we raised you. Sending us to jail, you will be struck by lightning!¡±


    ¡°Struck by lightning? Even if I am to be struck by lightning, it should strike you first, a vile woman who trafficked babies, separated me from my family, treated me as a servant girl, and sold me to the mountains to become someone¡¯s shared wife!


    Let me tell you clearly, not only will I have you thrown into jail, but I will also go to the university to expose your daughter¡¯s true identity, and bring her down from the pedestal of a top student!


    Your daughter had the qualifications to take the exam next year, and the chance to be admitted to a university, but because of her identity theft this year, she has already broken the law and she will never be able to attend university!¡±


    Hearing that Mengyu wanted to expose her daughter¡¯s identity, Li Chunhua¡¯s face twisted even more malevolently.


    ¡°You dare, if you harm my daughter, I will never let you go!¡±


    ¡°The university admission was mine, what¡¯s there for me not to dare? When you had her fake my name to attend the university I earned a spot at, and sold me to the mountain to cover her university fees, you should have anticipated that the truth would come out one day. After all, you can¡¯t hide the truth forever!


    Even more so, because of you becoming convicts, it¡¯s going to affect your son Jiang Huaiqing¡¯s future too!¡±


    Jiang Haidong and Li Chunhua collapsed, filled with regret.


    Li Chunhua begged softly, ¡°Please, spare Huaiyu, spare Huaiqing!


    You¡¯re only sixteen, you haven¡¯t finished high school and yet you took the university exam, you can try again next year. With your grades, getting into a good university is hardly a challenge.¡±


    Mengyu shook her head: ¡°Impossible, your daughter used my identity to study, and because my identity has been used by her, I will become an undocumented person. Therefore, I must take back my identity, otherwise, in the future¡ª¡±


    In the future, she would have no ID card, be unable to open a bank account, or take out loans.


    Mengyu is no fool; throughout the years she spent as Ah Piao, she had heard from newspapers and television about instances where someone had been admitted to university only to have their identity stolen by another.


    Those students whose identities had been stolen faced numerous obstacles even after being admitted through the university entrance exam again. They couldn¡¯t graduate, couldn¡¯t even get an ID card, and were refused when applying for bank cards.


    Hence, she was absolutely determined to reclaim her own identity.


    Seeing that no amount of pleading would make Mengyu spare her daughter, Li Chunhua lashed out to scold: ¡°You, you¡¯re unfilial¡ª¡±


    Mengyu sneered: ¡°Filial? Filial piety is for my real family. Are you my family?


    You bought me, causing me and my mother to be separated from an early age, treated me as a servant girl, let your daughter take the university place I earned, and sold me into the mountains to become a shared wife. Does a person like you deserve my filial piety?¡±

 Chapter 57 - 57 57 Im Waiting for You to Grow Up

    ?Chapter 57: Chapter 57 I¡¯m Waiting for You to Grow Up Chapter 57: Chapter 57 I¡¯m Waiting for You to Grow Up Chapter 57 I¡¯m Waiting for You to Grow Up


    ¡°No matter what, we raised you and even allowed you to study until high school,¡± Jiang Haidong said.


    ¡°Raised me? Are you sure it was you who raised me? I started doing housework at three, and by five, I was handling all the chores at home.


    If you hired a nanny, wouldn¡¯t you need to provide food and accommodation, and also pay them? I¡¯ve been your nanny for so many years, have you ever paid me a cent?


    You have the nerve to say you raised me?


    As for the expenses of my education, every single cent was earned by me picking and selling scrap. Have you ever paid a penny for my tuition? Have you ever bought me a notebook, a pen, or a book?


    No, right? You still have the audacity to claim you raised me and paid for my high school education?¡±


    Both were speechless because everything Mengyu said was true!


    No matter how much Jiang Haidong and Li Chunhua argued, they were eventually taken away by the police.


    With the ¡°care¡± from Gu Dongxing, severe legal punishments awaited them.


    Mengyu finally recognized her birth mother, and the two cried their hearts out.


    Mengyu was crying over her tragic past life, while Leng Xiangyu cried over her newborn daughter being sold by her husband, and raising the son born by the mistress as her own (for more details, see the story ¡°Glory of a Military Family in the Rebirth Space¡±).


    Talking about it brought tears.


    Leng Xiangyu grabbed Jiang Mengyu: ¡°My dear girl, come with mom.¡±


    Mengyu didn¡¯t experience maternal love in her past life, how could she not seize it now: ¡°Alright, Mom, I¡¯ll go with you.¡±


    She turned her head to Gu Dongxing: ¡°Brother Gu, I am going with my mom now. Thank you for your care during this time.¡±


    Looking at the little thing¡¯s eyes, without the previous attachment to him, Gu Dongxing felt a bit amused: ¡°What, now that you¡¯ve used me, you¡¯re ready to throw me away?¡±


    Mengyu smiled sycophantically: ¡°How could that be, Brother Gu will always be the good brother in my heart.¡±


    Gu Dongxing felt uncomfortable. Who was it who publicly claimed to be his fiance?e before? When leaving the compound, who said it felt like a couple visiting the wife¡¯s family? How did it suddenly change to ¡®always the good brother¡¯ now?


    Gu Dongxing patted Mengyu¡¯s hair: ¡°Go back with your mom first.¡±


    He looked around, and while nobody was paying attention, he quickly whispered in Mengyu¡¯s ear: ¡°Don¡¯t forget, you¡¯re my fiance?e, you can¡¯t escape!¡±


    Mengyu¡¯s heart suddenly started pounding.


    She had used him before to get rid of the Zhou Brothers, had flirted with him and thought about stealing him from Huaiyu, and even today, she used his influence to confront the Jiang family.


    But now, without her own mom intervening, there was no possibility with Gu Dongxing. Did she still need to steal him?


    Forget it, let things take their natural course.


    She sheepishly smiled: ¡°Hehe, that was just a joke, you didn¡¯t take it seriously, did you?¡±


    Gu Dongxing suddenly felt a chill: This little thing, really thinking about ditching him after use, finding her mom and wanting to leave with her. However, it was she who first declared he was her fiance?; the beginning was hers, but the conclusion couldn¡¯t be left to her!


    He suddenly leaned closer to her: ¡°What if I am serious?¡±


    Mengyu felt as if a dangerous animal was targeting her.


    Gu Dongxing suddenly smiled: ¡°Little thing, you can¡¯t get rid of me that easily. You go to the normal university to expose Jiang Huaiyu and reclaim your identity, you might still need me. Do you think you can just leave and get back your identity?¡±


    Mengyu was a bit confused: Is reclaiming her identity that difficult?


    Seeing Mengyu¡¯s naive look, Gu Dongxing felt itchy to tease, and finally stretched out his hand and rubbed her head: ¡°Remember, I¡¯m only temporarily giving you freedom. Little thing, always remember, everyone in the compound knows you¡¯re my fiance?e now, you can¡¯t cause trouble outside!¡±


    Mengyu widened her eyes: Their fiance? status was clearly fake!

 Chapter 58 - 58 58 Do You Know That You Are Selling Your

    ?Chapter 58: Chapter 58 Do You Know That You Are Selling Your Daughter Chapter 58: Chapter 58 Do You Know That You Are Selling Your Daughter Chapter 58 You Are Selling Your Daughter, Do You Know That?


    Gu Dongxing didn¡¯t even wait for Jiang Mengyu to reply; he turned around and left¡ªafraid of being rejected.


    Jiang Mengyu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered the vase that had been taken away by Jiang Huaiyu.


    That was an antique vase worth hundreds of millions in the future, she had to get it back!


    She quickly rushed into the Jiang Family home.


    Both Father Jiang and Madam Jiang had been taken away by the police, Jiang Huaiqing was still young, no one could stop her, she went straight into the room she shared with Jiang Huaiyu, but she searched the entire room and couldn¡¯t find that vase.


    She guessed that the antique vase must have been taken to school by Jiang Huaiyu.


    Afterwards, Jiang Mengyu followed her biological mother back to the Lin Family, and watched as her mother divorced Lin Hai and left the Lin Family.


    Jiang Mengyu had no fondness for Father Lin. A man who, in order to bring home a child born from a mistress to replace the child born from his wife, sold his own daughter, was too despicable, such a person did not deserve to be her father.


    Moreover, she did not feel that blood connection.


    She thought, maybe it was because she despised this despicable father so much that her emotions affected her, causing her not to feel that connection?


    She was ashamed to carry the blood of this man. She changed her surname to her mother¡¯s, now she was Leng Jiang Mengyu.


    She didn¡¯t know, this Father Lin was really not her biological father!


    Before Leng Xiangyu and her daughter left the Lin Family, Gu Dongxing came to see Jiang Mengyu off.


    Seeing Gu Dongxing¡¯s intimate attitude towards Jiang Mengyu, Leng Xiangyu quietly asked Jiang Mengyu: ¡°What is your relationship with him?¡±


    Jiang Mengyu didn¡¯t know how to answer.


    Could she say, just because she said, ¡°I can only repay your life-saving grace with my own body,¡± she got entangled by this scheming big bad wolf?


    She could only answer: ¡°He is my lifesaver.¡±


    ¡°You¡¯ve said that before.¡± Leng Xiangyu was not satisfied with Jiang Mengyu¡¯s answer.


    ¡°Aunt Leng, you might as well ask me about the relationship between Jiang Mengyu and me.¡± Gu Dongxing seriously told Leng Xiangyu: ¡°I saved Jiang Mengyu, and she told me: ¡®I can only repay your life-saving grace with my own body¡¯, and I agreed!¡± He looked at Jiang Mengyu: ¡°I will wait for you to grow up.¡±


    Jiang Mengyu glared at Gu Dongxing angrily: ¡°You clearly didn¡¯t agree at the time.¡±


    Gu Dongxing kept a straight face: ¡°I was considering it at the time, but I agreed afterwards.¡±


    Jiang Mengyu was furious, this was not the truth!


    But for Leng Xiangyu, the conversation between the two confirmed Gu Dongxing¡¯s words, the daughter had spoken of repaying with her body after being saved, and Gu Dongxing seriously considered it and agreed!


    Gu Dongxing looked at Leng Xiangyu very seriously and said: ¡°My promise weighs more than Taishan, so, auntie, please allow me to wait for her to grow up!¡±


    Leng Xiangyu was a bit depressed: She had just found her daughter, and now her daughter was being claimed by a werewolf?!


    However, although Gu Dongxing was a bit old, his face bore righteousness, and it was obvious he was a responsible and committed man.


    Plus, he had good looks and a good figure, becoming a factory director of a large company at such a young age, hmm, very good.


    Her daughter¡¯s choice was also very good.


    Leng Xiangyu was now the mother-in-law inspecting the son-in-law, and the more she saw, the more satisfied she became.


    She nodded: ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll leave my daughter in your care.¡±


    Jiang Mengyu widened her eyes: Mom, do you realize you are selling your daughter?


    Leng Xiangyu: It¡¯s clearly you who attracted this person.


    Gu Dongxing¡¯s lips curled up: ¡°Auntie, rest assured, I will definitely take good care of Jiang Mengyu.¡±


    Just like that, their ¡°relationship¡± became clear.


    Jiang Mengyu pulled Gu Dongxing aside: ¡°Hey, let me tell you, I won¡¯t admit you are my fiance?, I¡¯m still young.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s why I said, I¡¯m waiting for you to grow up,¡± said Gu Dongxing.

 Chapter 59 - 59 59 Concerned About Him

    ?Chapter 59: Chapter 59 Concerned About Him Chapter 59: Chapter 59 Concerned About Him Chapter 59 Caring for Him


    ¡°You¡ªhmph, let¡¯s wait until I grow up then.¡± Jiang Mengyu snorted: Anyway, I didn¡¯t agree.


    Gu Dongxing handed her a stack of documents: ¡°Here, for you!¡±


    ¡°What is this?¡± Jiang Mengyu was puzzled.


    Gu Dongxing replied, ¡°Aren¡¯t you planning to go to university to expose Jiang Huaiyu¡¯s true identity? Do you think people will believe you just like that?¡±


    Jiang Mengyu opened the documents and saw that they were materials detailing the crimes of her adoptive parents who wanted their biological daughter to impersonate her to attend university. They sold the adopted daughter into the deep mountains and intended for their biological daughter to assume the identity of the adopted daughter and recognize the adopted daughter¡¯s mother as her own.


    With these materials, it would be much easier for her to expose Jiang Huaiyu¡¯s identity at the normal university.


    ¡°And there¡¯s this!¡± Gu Dongxing gave Jiang Mengyu another proof of identity.


    It was her identity certificate, and moreover, it was issued by the Gu Family¡¯s factory.


    Jiang Mengyu was a bit annoyed when she saw it; it actually listed her, Jiang Mengyu, as his, Gu Dongxing¡¯s, fiance?e!


    Jiang Mengyu didn¡¯t want to take this certificate, but Gu Dongxing said, ¡°Take it. A certificate from the Gu Family is more useful than an introduction letter you would get from the community committee.¡±


    Jiang Mengyu didn¡¯t want to take it, but Gu Dongxing helped her put it inside the documents, and handed them all to her together.


    In the end, he took out a bank book: ¡°This is the money exchanged from that gold bar, you can withdraw it from different locations.¡±


    Jiang Mengyu was moved as she opened the bank book, which contained fifty thousand yuan.


    ¡°So much?¡± She was excited: I¡¯m rich now, too.


    The excitement made her hand a small leather bag to Gu Dongxing¡¯s hands: ¡°This is for you.¡± Then she turned and ran off.


    Gu Dongxing opened it to find some Healing Medicine, with instructions on usage and dosage.


    He often had to go on dangerous missions, and these medicines were exactly what he needed the most now!


    But what excited him the most was that one of the pill bottles contained two Pills, labeled ¡°Yuan Nourishing Pill¡±.


    It was actually the Yuan Nourishing Pill!


    He had long felt she had a secret, but he didn¡¯t expect that she could bring out a Yuan Nourishing Pill!


    Perfect, he¡¯d been stuck as a Level Six Martial Artist for a long time, and with these two Yuan Nourishing Pills, he could break through to become a Seventh-level Martial Artist.


    A big smile finally spread across his face: This little thing, verbally refusing to acknowledge their relationship, yet even willing to give him something as precious as the Yuan Nourishing Pill!


    He took her care as reason enough to carefully store away the medicines and kept the small leather bag close to his body.


    Only when he used these medicines to save a dying comrade during a mission did he realize how good the medicine Jiang Mengyu gave him was.


    Jiang Mengyu followed her mom to City B and moved into her biological mother Tang Ailian¡¯s headquarters in City B¡ªLian Garden.


    Walking into Lian Garden, Jiang Mengyu was shocked. Although Mom did not tell her about Tang Ailian¡¯s specifics, just seeing the garden covering over ten acres, she knew this person was not simple.


    The mother and daughter were arranged to live in Qingliu Courtyard within the garden.


    The garden was twice the size of the main courtyard, and many small courtyards were built within the large garden.


    Jiang Mengyu was somewhat puzzled why her mom would acknowledge someone as her master and live under someone else¡¯s roof. She remembered that in her previous life, her mom had started her own big company.


    Huaiyu even bragged in front of her about Mom buying her luxury cars, villas, and even giving her a company worth over a billion as a dowry.


    Why was her mother acknowledging someone else as her master in this life?


    Could it be because of her rebirth, which caused the plot to change?


    It wasn¡¯t that Jiang Mengyu wanted her mother¡¯s treasures because she had obtained a storage talisman full of treasures. Now, she was already a hidden tycoon.


    She planned to buy a house in City B and move out with her Mom, not wanting to live under someone else¡¯s roof anymore.


    But would her mom agree?

 Chapter 60 - 60 60 Moms Fortune

    ?Chapter 60: Chapter 60 Mom¡¯s Fortune Chapter 60: Chapter 60 Mom¡¯s Fortune Chapter 60: Mom¡¯s Fortune


    At night, Mengyu slept in the same bed as her mom, discussing the past decade¡¯s events, which made her mom weep with sorrow once again. But when it came to leaving her master, she refused to agree under any circumstances.


    That night, she woke up suddenly in the middle of her sleep. Feeling around, she noticed her mom wasn¡¯t there.


    Mengyu hastily got dressed and walked out of the courtyard, only to hear voices coming from the pavilion.


    Tonight was the sixteenth day of the old lunar calendar.


    It was often said that the moon was rounder on the sixteenth than on the fifteenth; moonlight poured down like water, shrouding the earth and veiling everything with a thin layer of gauze.


    Mengyu tiptoed over and discovered that the people speaking in the pavilion were her mom, Leng Xiangyu, and her master, Tang Ailian.


    Mengyu didn¡¯t dare get too close and could only catch snippets of conversation from the pavilion:


    Mengyu heard the two of them mentioning her, and something about a treasury, and also the three words ¡°storage talisman¡±.


    Storage talisman?


    Mengyu suddenly recalled the storage talisman she had obtained. Could it be that they were talking about the treasure inside the jade beads she got?


    A cold sweat broke out on her back: Did they know she had acquired treasures from a storage talisman? And moreover, did they want her to hand them over?


    ¡°Alright, I¡¯ll take these treasures you¡¯ve given me, but since Mengyu was able to acquire that trove, it means it¡¯s her destiny. That trove will be hers, consider it compensation for her years of suffering,¡± Tang Ailian suddenly said clearly.


    Mengyu grew even more frightened. Could it be that the jade beads she obtained really belonged to this Tang Ailian?


    Was this Tang Ailian truly the reincarnation of the Witch God mentioned when she got the storage talisman?


    If that was the case, then she really had to return the treasures to their rightful owner.


    Mengyu felt dejected; it was tough to hand over such a treasure once it was in her grasp. Wouldn¡¯t anyone feel reluctant?


    What made her even more downcast was that Tang Ailian had already decided to give her the treasure, yet her mom opposed it: ¡°No, that treasure belongs to our Lord and cannot be given to Mengyu! She is not blessed enough to handle it!¡±


    They continued talking, but Mengyu couldn¡¯t hear anymore.


    All she knew was that her mom wanted to hand over her treasure!


    It was Mengyu¡¯s discovery, why should she have to give it up just because someone said so?


    Even if the information attached to the treasure stated that it should be given to the reincarnation of the Witch God, who decreed that it must be surrendered?


    In her previous life, this Tang Ailian hadn¡¯t appeared, so why was there a Tang Ailian in this life?


    She was quite generous, bestowing upon her a storage talisman filled with treasures so graciously. But why did Mengyu feel that, in reality, all the treasures should belong to her mom?


    What made her most uncomfortable was that her mom actually referred to her as her Lord!


    Mengyu wanted to leave and go to the normal university, to confront Jiang Huaiyu, to drive her out of the university.


    But just as she was about to leave, she was shocked again: What did she see?


    She saw her mom handing over nineteen jade beads, identical to the one she had, to her master.


    She had only one treasure trove, but she knew the wealth inside was immense.


    Yet her mom actually produced nineteen jade beads, nineteen treasure troves!


    Subsequently, she watched as her master performed a ritual for her mom, allowing her mom to go directly from a Second-level Martial Artist to an Innate one, and thereafter, helped her establish her foundation.


    Watching this scene, Mengyu was deeply shocked. She felt her mom undergo a profound transformation, even emanating a faint suppression, inducing a sense of awe in her.


    Finally, Mengyu understood that her mom had experienced a tremendous fortune.

 Chapter 61 - 61 61 Space Opens

    ?Chapter 61: Chapter 61: Space Opens Chapter 61: Chapter 61: Space Opens Chapter 61: The Opening of the Space


    Mengyu was extremely envious.


    But more than that, she was happy for her mother.


    At the same time, she was also astonished by Tang Ailian¡¯s abilities¡ªjust in one night, she had created an expert.


    She was afraid to disturb the two people in the pavilion, so she dared not watch any longer and quietly returned to her room to lie down.


    In her past life, her mother had easily recognized someone else as her daughter, and in this life, she devoted herself wholeheartedly to serving her master.


    To her own daughter, she simply did not care as much as she did for her master!


    Moreover, she even made her return the hard-won treasure trove to her master.


    She took her own belongings out of the storage talisman.


    Most of the treasures in the storage talisman weren¡¯t hers, but there were two items that were truly hers: one was the antique vase that she knew could sell for hundreds of millions in later centuries;


    The other was the two Purple Leaf Ganoderma she had picked on the cliff. At that time, in order to convince the Zhou Brothers that she was just a medicine collector, she had shown them some of the medicinal herbs she picked, but she didn¡¯t show them the truly precious ones. Among those, the most valuable were the two Purple Leaf Ganoderma, now those were treasures.


    Thinking that the only relative in this world did not hold her in their heart as the most important, she felt heartbroken.


    Suddenly, a soft and tender voice sounded in Mengyu¡¯s mind: ¡°Master, don¡¯t be sad, please.¡±


    ¡°Who¡¯s there?¡± Mengyu was startled.


    This voice, it seemed familiar to her.


    Right, in the cave on the cliff, her blood had been taken in large quantities by that ring. She muttered to herself: What kind of ghost is this, to take so much of my blood?


    A voice then rang out in her mind: ¡°I am not a ghost! I took your blood to acknowledge a master.¡±


    Could it be that ghost had come out again?


    ¡°Master, I am not a ghost!¡± the soft and tender voice spoke again.


    ¡°If you¡¯re not a ghost, why do I only hear your voice and not see you? Come out!¡± demanded Mengyu, her gaze roaming around her. However, with her current level of power, which wasn¡¯t very impressive, she wasn¡¯t able to detect anything.


    ¡°Master, I am on your ring finger,¡± the voice said again.


    ¡°Ring finger?¡± Mengyu looked down and saw the green ring that neither looked like wood nor jade.


    This was the ring Zhou Erleng stealthily took from the Divine Woman and gave to her in her past life; it had been left behind in the cave in her past life, and was surprisingly found in the cave this life, having drunk quite a bit of her blood.


    The one that just spoke, was it this ring?


    ¡°Are you human or ghost? Come out!¡± she demanded, staring at the ring.


    ¡°Master, I am neither human nor ghost, I am a spirit. You can call me Xiao Tao. I can¡¯t get out right now, so please come in, master.¡±


    ¡°What? I should go in?¡± Mengyu was puzzled, how could she enter a ring?


    Surely the ring couldn¡¯t even fit one of her fingers, right?


    The voice spoke again: ¡°Master, focus your attention onto the ring and mentally chant to enter, and you¡¯ll be able to come in.¡±


    Mengyu did as the voice instructed, concentrated her attention on the ring, and silently thought ¡°enter.¡±


    The next moment, she appeared in an unfamiliar space.


    Mengyu¡¯s eyes immediately widened; all around her was a white fog, shrouding a surreal half-mountain, with a waterfall flowing down from it, leading into a section of a river, but it was not fully visible, resembling more of a pond, yet with incoming and outgoing water, it was clear that it was actually a river.


    In front of the river was a stretch of sandy beach, and further ahead was a plot of land, about an acre in size.


    There was a peach tree planted on that land, bearing over a dozen red and white peaches.


    Under the peach tree was a thatched cottage.


    Actually, only a third of the peach tree was visible, the majority was shrouded in dense fog.

 Chapter 62 - 62 62 Pills Cant Be Taken for Free

    ?Chapter 62: Chapter 62 Pills Can¡¯t Be Taken for Free Chapter 62: Chapter 62 Pills Can¡¯t Be Taken for Free Chapter 62 Pills Can¡¯t Be Taken for Free


    Mengyu was standing under the peach tree, utterly astonished: What place is this?


    ¡°Master, you¡¯ve arrived,¡± a sweet, soft voice sounded.


    Mengyu looked towards the source of the voice¡ªthe gigantic peach tree.


    Mengyu suddenly realized: ¡°So, you¡¯re a peach tree spirit.¡±


    ¡°Master, I was an immortal peach that fell to the Lower Realm during the commotion of Sun Wukong¡¯s disturbance at Queen Mother¡¯s Peach Banquet. Afterwards, someone moved me to this space. By the way, Master, this space is called Taohua Garden.¡±


    ¡°Ah, Taohua Garden?¡± Mengyu was greatly surprised. Was this the legendary Taohua Garden?


    Didn¡¯t Taohua Garden have many inhabitants? Afterward, people intruded, and a work called the Taoyuan Record narrates this story. How come this place¡ª


    The peach blossom spirit seemed to perceive Mengyu¡¯s confusion and said, ¡°In the past, during times of war, the master put the space inside a mountain, allowing people to enter and escape the chaos of war. However, after peace was restored, they were sent out.¡±


    ¡°So that¡¯s how it is.¡±


    ¡°Master, inside the thatched house are Cultivation Techniques, please go in and take a look.¡±


    Mengyu couldn¡¯t wait and headed straight for the thatched house.


    Pushing the door to the thatched house open, Mengyu¡¯s mouth formed an ¡®O¡¯¡ªthe house seemed to be a simple thatched house from the outside, yet it was another world inside.


    As it turned out, this thatched house was actually a Space House, quite large, with a hall, a Cultivation Room, an Alchemy Room, a storeroom, and even a pet room.


    In the middle was separated by a courtyard of more than three hundred square feet.


    The hall was the largest, with over a hundred square feet, inside was a Divine Bi, a throne, and chairs below. These thrones, chairs, and even the pillars were all made of jade.


    On the wall, there are shelves displaying various art pieces.


    There were two Cultivation Rooms, each with over fifty square feet, containing more than thirty meditation cushions, and a table with three Jade Slips on it.


    Mengyu picked up the middle Jade Slip and immediately heard Xiao Tao¡¯s voice: ¡°Attach it to your forehead. Concentrate and sense it.¡±


    Mengyu did as instructed, and a wealth of information entered her mind.


    ¡°Is this the Wood Immortal Skill?¡±


    The other two slips: one was the Plant Communication Skill, and the other was various Wood Element Magic.


    At the culmination of the Wood Immortal Skill, one will be the king of all plants in the world!


    Mengyu suppressed her pounding heartbeat. She didn¡¯t rush into Cultivation but continued to check the other rooms of the thatched house.


    There were three Alchemy Rooms, each with over thirty square feet, containing Alchemy Furnaces and shelving. On the shelves were various pill bottles.


    Mengyu¡¯s heart surged with excitement. She wondered, Are there still any Pills left in these bottles?


    Mengyu took down a Pill bottle labeled Yuan Nourishing Pill closest to her, sealed with a Sealing Charm.


    She tore off the Sealing Charm, opened the lid, and the Pills inside exuded a fragrant smell.


    A thought came to her mind: These Pills are still useful!


    She counted, and there were thirty Yuan Nourishing Pills in one bottle.


    And on this row of shelves, there were over a hundred bottles of Yuan Nourishing Pills like these.


    She then took down another pair of pill bottles from the first layer, one labeled Detoxification Pill, the other labeled Healing Elixir.


    No need to say, these two kinds of Pills were for detoxification and healing. She wondered, How does the potency of the Healing Elixir compare with the ones she took from the storage talisman?


    There were just these three kinds of Pills on the first layer, and there were quite a number of each.


    Wondering what the Pills on the second layer might be, she reached out for a pill bottle on the second shelf but found that she couldn¡¯t take it down.


    The voice of Xiao Tao sounded once more: ¡°Master, you must not lightly use these Pills.¡±

 Chapter 63 - 63 63 Learning Value Essence Value Merit Points

    ?Chapter 63: Chapter 63 Learning Value, Essence Value, Merit Points Chapter 63: Chapter 63 Learning Value, Essence Value, Merit Points Chapter 63 Learning Value, Essence Value, Merit Points


    Mengyu wondered, ¡°How can they be used then?¡±


    ¡°Some require Learning Value, some require Sun and Moon Essence Value, and still others, can only be obtained with Reputation Value and Merit Points.¡±


    Mengyu, frustrated, asked, ¡°How does one acquire these various values?¡±


    ¡°To gain Learning Value, naturally, one must study. Look at the desk beside the Alchemy Furnace; there are a few Jade Slips. One is a medicine encyclopedia, another is Medical Classics, there¡¯s also a Pill Manual, and one more, the Appraisal Manual.


    Master can gain one hundred Learning Value by finishing the study of the medicine encyclopedia and Medical Classics. By completing the study of the Appraisal Manual and Pill Manual, you can each get one five hundred Learning Value.¡±


    Xiao Tao then said, ¡°Actually, the Pills that Master just took from that one layer, each bottle cost one hundred Learning Value. The first bottle of Yuan Nourishing Pill was a gift from Xiao Tao to Master, therefore, you could take it.¡±


    Mengyu eagerly said, ¡°So you¡¯re saying, with two hundred Learning Value, one can take the Pills from the second layer¡¯s rack, with three hundred Learning Value one can have the Pills from the third layer¡¯s rack, and so on, right?¡±


    However, there are only ten levels on this Pill Rack, and even if she finishes studying all these classics, she would only earn five hundred Learning Value.


    ¡°Master, the second-level Pill Rack is indeed two hundred Learning Value per bottle, but the third-level Pill Rack is four hundred Learning Value per bottle, the fourth-level Pill Rack...¡±


    Mengyu became frustrated again, as she wouldn¡¯t be able to get the Pills on the third-level Pill Rack even after completing the study of all the classics.


    ¡°So the fourth-level is eight hundred Learning Value per bottle, and fifth-level is one thousand six hundred Learning Value per bottle, right? Where am I going to get so many Learning Value from?¡±


    She was certain that the Pills on the Rack would get better the higher up she went.


    ¡°Master, Learning Value can be acquired not only by studying the medicine encyclopedia, Medical Classics, and Pill Manual but also through Alchemy. Producing a furnace of First-grade Pills can earn you one thousand Learning Value, a furnace of Second-grade Pill amasses ten thousand Learning Value, a furnace of Third-grade Pills accumulates one hundred thousand Learning Value, and a furnace of Fourth-grade Pill garners one million Learning Value, and so on.¡±


    Mengyu heaved a sigh of relief, ¡°That¡¯s more like it.¡±


    Who knew Xiao Tao would add, ¡°However, Master, to obtain the Pills from above the fourth level of the Pill Rack, you¡¯ll need Sun and Moon Essence Value.¡±


    ¡°What in the world is Sun and Moon Essence Value?¡±


    ¡°All things in the world that have survived through the ages can absorb the Sun and Moon Essence. Master just needs to find some ancient objects, place them in the space, and this space will be able to obtain the Sun and Moon Essence. Essence Value and Learning Value can also be exchanged; every one hundred Learning Value can be traded for one Essence Value.


    The Appraisal Manual teaches the Master how to identify antiques so they can be purchased to supply the space.¡±


    ¡°For instance, that antique vase that belongs to Master has two hundred Sun and Moon Essence Value points on it. But I have already used it to activate the space for the Master. Otherwise, this space could not have been opened.¡±


    Antique vase?


    Mengyu remembered the antique flower vase she had obtained when she went to the market with Jun¡¯s Wife. Previously, she placed it in the storage talisman; later, when she had to hand over the storage talisman, she took out the antique vase but didn¡¯t know when Xiao Tao had absorbed it into space.


    ¡°Where¡¯s the antique flower vase now?¡±


    She was still planning to exchange the antique vase for wealth.


    Xiao Tao: ¡°It¡¯s with me. But I¡¯ve already absorbed most of the Sun and Moon Essence from it.¡±


    ¡°What will happen to the antique after its Sun and Moon Essence is absorbed?¡±


    ¡°An antique can be preserved for a long time by the power of the Sun and Moon Essence. The Sun and Moon Essence is its spirit, and when the spirit is exhausted, the form naturally decays!¡± Xiao Tao explained.


    Mengyu, surprised, thought: So, after being absorbed by the space, the antique would disappear?

 Chapter 64 - 64 64 The Heaven-Defying Space House

    ?Chapter 64: Chapter 64: The Heaven-Defying Space House Chapter 64: Chapter 64: The Heaven-Defying Space House Chapter 64: The Heaven-defying Space House


    ¡°You mustn¡¯t absorb all of its Sun and Moon Essence; make sure to leave some behind to keep it intact. I still need to sell it for money,¡± Mengyu pondered and then added, ¡°From now on, every antique that comes in must retain some Sun and Moon Essence to preserve its form.¡±


    Xiao Tao took a while before simply replying, ¡°Okay.¡±


    Clearly, it had planned to absorb everything. But since the owner had commanded, it couldn¡¯t just ignore the order.


    ¡°What the heck is this Merit Points?¡± Mengyu asked.


    ¡°To unlock the restrictions on Pills above the Seventh Layer, you need Merit Points. Every one hundred Essence Value can be exchanged for one Merit Point.¡±


    Xiao Tao spoke and straightforwardly sent the entire package of information regarding the Learning Value, Essence Value, Merit Points required to open each layer of the Pill Rack, to Mengyu¡¯s Sea of Consciousness.


    Mengyu asked again, ¡°Acquiring knowledge grants Learning Value and finding antiques gives Sun and Moon Essence Value. But how do you get Merit Points?¡±


    ¡°Master is so silly, didn¡¯t you learn the Medical Classics? Don¡¯t you need to put what you¡¯ve learned into practice? When you treat and save patients, and people are grateful to you, you¡¯ll gain Merit Points,¡± Xiao Tao chided.


    Mengyu was dumbfounded being called a silly master. Did she have to practice medicine in the future?


    How would she then attend the normal university she got into in her previous life?


    Behind the alchemy room, there was a back door.


    Following it, Mengyu was surprised to find a Medicinal Garden stretching over thirty acres, filled with various Spiritual Medicines!


    What excited Mengyu the most was that there were some fruit trees planted around the spiritual medicine garden. Needless to say, those must be Spirit Fruits, right?


    Moreover, the air here was filled with Spiritual Energy, just one whiff made her feel her cultivation wall trembling!


    She tried to contain her excitement: She¡¯d struck it rich, incredibly rich.


    However, when she tried to enter the spiritual medicine garden, she found she simply couldn¡¯t.


    Just in time, Xiao Tao¡¯s voice rang out again: ¡°Master, you also need Learning Value, Essence Value, and Merit Points to enter the Medicinal Garden.¡±


    Mengyu was a bit frustrated, but soon cheered up again: as long as she stepped up her studies, she could get her hands on the Spiritual Medicines and Spirit Fruits here!


    Next, she moved on to the pet room.


    The pet room also had three sections, totaling more than a hundred square meters, but it was empty inside.


    After leaving the pet room, she went to the Artifact Pavilion.


    The same kind of racks were there, displaying various weapons.


    Mengyu asked Xiao Tao, ¡°Do the weapons here also require Learning Value, Spiritual Value, and Merit Points?¡±


    Xiao Tao seemed a bit guilty, ¡°Yes. But that short sword within the master¡¯s reach does not require Learning Value, Essence Value, or Merit Points.¡±


    Mengyu picked up the short sword in front of her, and as soon as she drew it, a chill rushed towards her face. She broke off two strands of her hair, blew them onto the short sword, and they snapped instantly.


    This was a treasured sword!


    If this short sword that doesn¡¯t require Learning Value, Essence Value, or Merit Points is a treasured sword, then aren¡¯t the other weapons on the racks even better?


    Delighted, Mengyu exited the thatched house wielding the treasured sword.


    Xiao Tao¡¯s voice chimed in again: ¡°Master, this thatched house is a Space House; it has its own defensive capabilities. Moreover, time flows differently inside. One day outside equates to ten days in the house. When Master wants to study or cultivate, you can enter the thatched house. And, Master can even take the thatched house to use in the outside world.¡±


    Mengyu was initially thrilled¡ªtime acceleration meant no more worries about not having enough time to study nor concerns about lacking a place to live.


    But she quickly felt depressed: ¡°Even if I¡¯m not that demanding, isn¡¯t it a bit too shabby to take a thatched house like this out for use?¡±

 Chapter 65 - 65 65 Departure

    ?Chapter 65: Chapter 65: Departure Chapter 65: Chapter 65: Departure Chapter 65 Leaving


    Xiao Tao giggled and said, ¡°Master just needs to make the thatched house recognize you as the owner, then it can transform into any form.¡±


    ¡°Ah, the thatched house can change forms?¡±


    ¡°Of course, it can. However, no matter how its appearance changes, the inside remains more or less the same.¡±


    ¡°How do I make it recognize me as the master?¡±


    ¡°The master can directly use a drop of blood for recognition.¡±


    Mengyu was immediately overjoyed. After the recognition, she thought of the house from her favorite fairy tale world, and indeed, the thatched house transformed into a small castle.


    Then she thought about a European villa, and sure enough, it turned into a European villa, although the Pill room trailed by a Medicinal Garden seemed a bit out of place.


    But in the end, she made it transform into a Chinese-style Siheyuan, turning the Medicinal Garden into a backyard garden.


    Xiao Tao added, ¡°The Medicinal Garden can be separated. However, the time acceleration was originally set up because of the Medicinal Garden, and if you separate it, the Space House will lose its time acceleration function.¡±


    Mengyu got excited again: ¡°You should have said that earlier.¡±


    She immediately separated the two, as the house was very necessary to take out, but the Medicinal Garden could not be taken out.


    Thus, from now on, she could take the house with her wherever she went.


    Moreover, she could live in a castle if she wanted to, a villa if she preferred, or a Siheyuan if she so wished¡ªit was really too good.


    Next, Mengyu sat in the thatched house and tried inducing energy into her body.


    Since Mengyu had a single wood spiritual root and the space itself possessed wood attributes, she induced energy into her body quite easily.


    Three days later, she woke up from meditation, feeling light and refreshed, her body brimming with power.


    She excitedly shouted, ¡°Xiao Tao, Xiao Tao, I did it, I induced energy into my body.¡±


    For the first time, Xiao Tao¡¯s voice carried a hint of disdain: ¡°Master, you should take a bath before talking.¡±


    Only then did Mengyu realize that the surroundings smelled bad, and she herself was the source of the stench.


    Looking down, her hands and feet were all grimy. She screamed ¡°Ah¡± loudly and ran out, jumping into the river¡ªher first energy induction carried the effect of Bone Marrow Cleansing and Cutting Veins.


    Only after washing for half an hour did she come up to the shore.


    This cleanse revealed that her skin had become as lustrous and translucent as fine white porcelain. She also realized that her point of perspective had changed¡ªshe had grown five centimeters taller!


    Stepping out of the Space House, Mengyu was stunned for a long time.


    Mom had received a great benefit from Tang Ailian¡¯s hands and certainly wouldn¡¯t leave with her.


    She also didn¡¯t want to watch her mom treat her master better than her own daughter, nor could she possibly follow her mom and serve someone else.


    Therefore, she left a letter for her mom, placed the storage talisman on top of it, and quietly left.


    The next morning as it grew light, Leng Xiangyu entered the room to check on Mengyu, but found Mengyu gone. On the table, there was a letter with the stone bead, which carried the millennium-old storage talisman, pressed on it.


    Leng Xiangyu¡¯s heart thumped, a bad premonition assaulting her heart, causing it to ache faintly.


    Actually, some items inside the storage talisman were missing.


    Mainly, some medicinal materials were missing, especially those potent internal and external Healing Medicines¡ªsince there were many in the storage talisman, she took quite a few, gave some to Gu Dongxing, and kept some, storing them in her space.


    Although she had Healing Elixirs in her space, she hadn¡¯t tried them and wasn¡¯t sure of their effectiveness.


    Additionally, she also took the pot that was stored in the cave holding the storage talisman¡ªshe didn¡¯t regard it as part of the storage talisman¡¯s property.


    If she wasn¡¯t mistaken, the pot had at least several thousand years of history, and it should also contain some Sun and Moon Essence. Thus, she casually put it into her space.


    As for other gold and silver treasures, she didn¡¯t take anything else.


    However, she did take the ten thousand yuan that Leng Xiangyu gave her.

 Chapter 66 - 66 66 Drive Jiang Huaiyu Out of the University

    ?Chapter 66: Chapter 66: Drive Jiang Huaiyu Out of the University Campus (Part One) Chapter 66: Chapter 66: Drive Jiang Huaiyu Out of the University Campus (Part One) Chapter 66: Chasing Jiang Huaiyu Out of the University Campus (Part 1)


    After reading the letter left by her daughter, Leng Xiangyu¡¯s heart ached deeply: they had just recognized each other as mother and daughter, yet her daughter had left her so suddenly! Didn¡¯t she know that she was her only blood relative?


    Beside her, Tang Ailian also sighed, feeling as though she had stolen someone else¡¯s mother.


    All she could do was comfort Xiangyu, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I believe she is someone with great fortune. Moreover, I noticed that the joyful expression on her face is like that of one who has encountered serendipity.¡±


    If she wasn¡¯t mistaken, the ring on Mengyu¡¯s left hand¡¯s ring finger, must be a personal space.


    ¡°Really?¡±


    ¡°Of course it¡¯s true, would I lie to you? Also, I will have someone keep an eye on her, and ensure she¡¯s not in any danger.¡±


    Only then did Leng Xiangyu feel relieved.


    Meanwhile, Mengyu, unaware that she had been figured out, was sitting on the subway heading to the normal university.


    ¡°Xiao Tao, do you think I¡¯m being unfilial by doing this?¡± Mengyu seemed a little listless.


    In her previous life, she wasn¡¯t able to receive her mother¡¯s love, and in this life, she had chosen to leave her mother.


    Mengyu had no choice.


    Her mother¡¯s master was the Witch God, and one careless move could expose her.


    Mengyu now also held a big secret: not only had she been reborn, but she also acquired an incredible Taohua Garden space, containing mountains, water, land, houses, and a Medicinal Garden.


    If her mother¡¯s master discovered her secret, she didn¡¯t know whether it would bring her danger.


    Thus, as long as her mother was following Tang Ailian, she absolutely could not live with her mother.


    ¡°It¡¯s not unfilial.¡±


    Xiao Tao comforted Mengyu, ¡°Your mom doesn¡¯t need you by her side right now, and she is someone else¡¯s follower; you can¡¯t be someone else¡¯s follower as well.


    Being successful and fortunate in the future would be the greatest filial piety to her.¡±


    How could her owner, Xiao Tao, be someone else¡¯s follower?


    Mengyu thought about it and it made sense.


    She gather her spirits, ¡°I must become strong. One day, I will surpass Tang Ailian and make my mother a free person.¡±


    Unfortunately, she didn¡¯t realize that her mother, Leng Xiangyu, actually took pride in following the Witch God. How could she want to be a free person?


    ¡°Master, we¡¯ve arrived at the normal university,¡± Xiao Tao reminded Mengyu.


    Mengyu looked up, indeed, they had reached the station for the normal university. She quickly got off the subway.


    Standing at the gate of the normal university, Mengyu was flooded with emotions.


    In her previous life, under her teacher¡¯s encouragement, she had applied to study at the normal university.


    But now, she couldn¡¯t pursue studies at the normal university.


    It wasn¡¯t that Mengyu looked down on the teaching profession, but having been trapped by Jiang Huaiyu as Ah Piao for over a decade, she yearned for freedom.


    And being a teacher, meant no freedom.


    Of course, her teacher had also considered her situation; her family couldn¡¯t afford to support her university studies, and although there were no tuition fees, travel and living expenses were still significant costs, whereas the normal university offered subsidies.


    After rebirth, she acquired Witch Body Technique, the space, and also obtained the Wood Immortal Skill, medicine encyclopedia, Medical Classics, and Pill Manual from space.


    These were all things she needed to study.


    Besides continually studying to accumulate Learning Value, she also needed to find antiques to accumulate Sun and Moon Essence Value and practice medicine to gather Merit Points.


    And these were not things she could do as a teacher.


    However, even if she didn¡¯t attend the normal university she had been accepted to, she wouldn¡¯t allow Jiang Huaiyu, her arch-enemy from her previous life, to continue studying at the university quota under her name.


    Her purpose today was to chase Jiang Huaiyu out of this university campus!

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    After being reborn, Mengyu had yet to meet that dear sister who had run her over with a car in her previous life.


    She could never forget how, after Jiang Huaiyu hit her and inflicted severe injuries in her previous life, she stood over her with a haughty expression.


    Just the thought of meeting Jiang Huaiyu soon made Mengyu¡¯s heart pound wildly; Jiang Huaiyu¡¯s arrogant voice from her previous life echoed in her ears:


    ¡°You being good to me is what you ought to do. My parents raised you, so you should serve me like a servant. But why do you have to be prettier than me, attracting the gaze of all the male students? You hardly spent any time studying, yet why are your academic results better than mine, earning the admiration from all classmates and making teachers like and care for you?¡±


    ¡°How could I not be jealous?¡±


    Mengyu wanted to cover her ears, but Jiang Huaiyu¡¯s arrogant voice continued pouring into them:


    ¡°My mom really had foresight, selling you not only brought in money but also gained the university admission you worked hard for.¡± ¡°The bigger surprise is, your identity even brought me greater benefits!¡±


    ¡°Did you know? Your real mom is a rich woman! Being her daughter could bring me unimaginable huge advantages!¡±


    ¡°Originally, if you just obediently stayed in the deep mountains and became a shared wife for those two brothers, I might have spared your life. But you, you had to run out again.¡±


    ¡°Tell me, would I risk letting your real mom discover her recognized daughter is a fake and let you go out wandering around?¡±


    ¡°Tell me, isn¡¯t running away practically seeking death?¡±


    How could the previous-life Mengyu have known that her sister, only a year younger, Jiang Huaiyu, could have such a malicious heart?


    She not only took away everything from her but even wanted to destroy her, even daring to kill her!


    Since Mengyu was reborn, how could she let her dear sister have a good life?


    At this moment, Jiang Huaiyu had just finished her classes.


    ¡°Mengyu, are we going out for stir-fry like yesterday for lunch today?¡± A petite female student invited Jiang Huaiyu.


    Another girl with big eyes also said, ¡°The canteen food is too awful, how about like yesterday, the three of us pitch in and stir fry a couple of dishes? It would cost just about the same as eating at the canteen, but it¡¯s so much tastier.¡±


    Naturally, Jiang Mengyu would not refuse: ¡°Let¡¯s go, how could we not, let¡¯s hurry.¡±


    Having started university nearly a month and a half ago, Jiang Huaiyu still couldn¡¯t believe she was truly a university student now, envied by countless peers!


    At that time, being a university student was like too many warriors trying to cross a narrow bridge; only the top students could make it across.


    There were over two hundred high school students in their town¡¯s cohort, and only two got into university, another to a junior college. Only she, Jiang Huaiyu¡ªno, now she was Jiang Mengyu.


    Only she, Jiang Mengyu, was a university student at the capital¡¯s normal university!


    Because it was an opportunity seized, Jiang Huaiyu always felt like she was dreaming, keeping her on constant high alert.


    Afraid that the slightest inattention would expose her as an impostor, sending her crashing back to reality.


    It was only after one month had passed that she gradually started to relax: Jiang Mengyu had been sold by mom into the deep mountains to be a shared wife to a pair of brothers.


    Mom had said they would keep a close watch on Jiang Mengyu, making it impossible for her to ever leave the mountains in this lifetime.


    So, the real Jiang Mengyu would be imprisoned in the mountains, and now she was Jiang Mengyu.


    Moreover, she had also heard from mom that Jiang Mengyu¡¯s biological mother was looking for Jiang Mengyu.


    Mom mentioned that Jiang Mengyu¡¯s real mom was very wealthy, and in time, she could impersonate Jiang Mengyu to claim this rich woman as her own mother, ensuring she wouldn¡¯t have to worry about money for the rest of her life.

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    ¡°Jiang Mengyu, why aren¡¯t you leaving??¡± A classmate nudged Jiang Huaiyu, who was almost at the campus gate, with an elbow.


    ¡°Yeah, Jiang Mengyu, why aren¡¯t you leaving? Hurry up, or you¡¯ll have to queue up if it gets too late.¡± Another classmate urged her to go.


    But Jiang Huaiyu just stared at Mengyu, who was heading towards the school gate, her face suddenly turning deathly pale.


    ¡°Jiang Mengyu!¡±


    Was that Jiang Mengyu?


    Was it?


    It?


    She actually had the nerve to show up.


    How could she have shown up?


    Hadn¡¯t she drunk the spiked sweet wine and been sold by her mom into the deep mountains to become the Zhou Brothers¡¯ Shared Wife?


    Why was she able to appear here?


    Had she escaped? Weren¡¯t those from Tiger Valley supposed to be skilled practitioners? How could they have let her escape?


    The classmate standing next to Jiang Huaiyu was puzzled: ¡°Jiang Mengyu, what¡¯s the matter with you? Why do you look so awful?¡±


    Another was even more baffled: ¡°What did you just say? Jiang Mengyu? Aren¡¯t you Jiang Mengyu?¡±


    Jiang Mengyu!


    Right, now I am Jiang Mengyu!


    So what if that wench has come?


    Who can prove she¡¯s Jiang Mengyu?


    She took a deep breath and said to the two classmates, ¡°Sorry, Xiao Lan, Yingzi, I just remembered something very important, I can¡¯t go out to have a stir-fry meal with you guys today.¡±


    Xiao Lan and Yingzi: ¡°You should have said so earlier.¡±


    It was most cost-effective for the three of them to order two dishes; it gets a bit expensive for two to order the same. So both were slightly dissatisfied.


    ¡°I¡¯m really sorry, I do have something important. Tell you what, I¡¯ll treat whatever you eat for lunch today.¡± Saying this, she took out two yuan and gave it to them.


    Although prices have risen a lot compared to a few years ago, after all, it was still the eighties, the increase was limited.


    Usually, the three classmates would just order a fifty-cent meat dish and a fifteen-cent vegetable dish, plus rice for a little over one yuan which was enough.


    ¡°Alright, alright, you go do your thing, we will bring back lunch to the dorm for you,¡± said Xiao Lan understandingly.


    After the two classmates left, Jiang Huaiyu went straight to the gatehouse.


    She pointed at Jiang Mengyu, who had reached the gate and not moved any further, and said to the gatekeeper: ¡°Uncle Yu, I know that woman; she¡¯s a thief. Don¡¯t let her in by any means.¡±


    Uncle Yu looked through the window glass at Mengyu outside, then turned back to look at Huaiyu: ¡°Are you sure she¡¯s a thief?¡±


    The girl at the gate didn¡¯t look like a thief at all.


    ¡°She really is a thief; we are from the same town and went to school together. She once stole my necklace.


    And, don¡¯t be fooled by her nice clothes, it¡¯s very possible that the outfit she¡¯s wearing is also stolen. Uncle Yu, please, don¡¯t let her in.¡±


    Huaiyu relentlessly slandered Mengyu.


    Uncle Yu looked at Huaiyu, his eyes probing: ¡°She isn¡¯t a student of our university; she shouldn¡¯t be here in the first place.¡±


    Huaiyu was stunned, that¡¯s right, non-university staff or students without the school emblem on their chest should not be able to enter the campus.


    She was truly worried to the point of confusion.


    ¡°Cough cough, I was just worried that you might not have seen clearly and accidentally let her in.¡±


    Huaiyu¡¯s eyes flickered; she had to find a way to pin the thief¡¯s label on her for sure.


    It would be best to get her thrown into jail, and then see to it that she could never get out.


    At this moment, Mengyu was also pondering over how to get into the campus.


    Seeing that everyone coming in and out was wearing a school emblem, she understood that a university campus at this time was a true ivory tower, which outsiders could not easily enter.


    Or maybe, she could sneak in amidst the crowd?


    But could she really get in that way?

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    At that moment, a person without a school badge followed the crowd, trying to sneak into the normal university, but was stopped by the gatekeeper: ¡°Student, where is your school badge?¡±


    ¡°I, I forgot to wear it. My school badge is in the dormitory,¡± the young man hastily offered a cigarette to Uncle Yu.


    Uncle Yu took his cigarette but pointed at the telephone, saying, ¡°There¡¯s a telephone here. You can call and ask your roommate to bring it out for you.¡±


    That young man wasn¡¯t actually a student of the campus but merely longed to explore and experience the university environment, so how could he possibly have classmates inside?


    In the end, he had to make up an excuse: ¡°I, I just remembered, I still have some unfinished errands to run, I¡¯ll go take care of them first and come back later.¡±


    In reality, he fled in awkwardness.


    Mengyu witnessed this scene and understood that her plan to blend in amidst the crowd had failed.


    How could she gain access to the campus?


    As Jiang Mengyu pondered how to enter the campus, Jiang Huaiyu¡¯s mind was racing at full speed: How could she frame Mengyu as a thief and get her thrown into jail?


    A voice interrupted Jiang Huaiyu¡¯s thoughts:


    ¡°Hey, isn¡¯t that Student Jiang? Where are you heading?¡±


    Huaiyu looked up to see Wang Yixin, a male upperclassman who had been pursuing her since she entered the university.


    Her mind raced, and a look of grievance appeared on her face: ¡°I want to go out to eat.¡±


    Seeing the girl who usually ignored him now showing such an expression, Wang Yixin was delighted: ¡°That¡¯s easy, I¡¯d be honored to take you out for a meal.¡±


    ¡°But, but I¡¯m afraid¡ª¡±


    ¡°Afraid of what?¡±


    ¡°Of my step-sister.¡±


    ¡°Your step-sister? What do you mean?¡±


    ¡°Yes, actually, I¡¯m not biologically born to my parents but was adopted by my foster parents after they had been married for three years without children of their own. However, my foster parents adopted me and then got pregnant that year, giving birth to a daughter a year later. They named her Jiang Huaiyu. Since then, my life became difficult.¡±


    Jiang Huaiyu narrated the life Jiang Mengyu had experienced in the Jiang Family, recounting every detail. However, she portrayed herself as the bullied Jiang Mengyu!


    Jiang Huaiyu sighed, ¡°This sister of mine has enjoyed bullying me since childhood. This time, I got into university, but she failed the entrance exams. My foster mother asked me to let her take my place at university, which I refused. Then, I secretly ran away to study using an admission letter.¡±


    ¡°What? Is that true?¡±


    Wang Yixin exclaimed indignantly, ¡°How could she do that, failing herself, yet wanting to steal your university opportunity. Luckily, you didn¡¯t agree to give your place to her!¡±


    Jiang Huaiyu sighed, ¡°But now, she has followed me here, right at the campus entrance.¡±


    Wang Yixin said, ¡°Is that why you¡¯re afraid to go out?¡±


    ¡°Yes, if I go out, and she sees me, she¡¯ll definitely try every means to make me give up my study opportunity to her. She might even turn black into white, claiming I am Jiang Huaiyu and she is Jiang Mengyu.¡±


    Protective instincts flaring, Wang Yixin reassured, ¡°Don¡¯t be afraid. What¡¯s true can¡¯t be faked, and what¡¯s fake can¡¯t be made true. I¡¯ll take you out, let¡¯s see what she dares to do to you.¡±


    ¡°But, you can help me once, but you can¡¯t always be by my side, can you? Right now, she¡¯s just waiting outside the campus entrance, but what if she gets in?¡±


    Wang Yixin wanted to say that he would protect her all the time. But she had just started warming up to him, and he didn¡¯t want to overstep.


    Moreover, considering the crowd, it really was possible for that person to sneak in.


    Frowning, he suggested, ¡°How about we find a way to make her leave our school?¡±

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    Jiang Huaiyu sighed, ¡°What can I do? Even when she was at home, she frequently stole my things; any nice things I had were stolen by her. Even the Jade Pendant I¡¯ve worn since I was young, which is very likely to prove my identity, was stolen by her.¡±


    In fact, when Mengyu was sold, she actually had such a Jade Pendant on her. Since it was close to her body, even Lin Hai didn¡¯t notice it when he sold her. It wasn¡¯t until Li Chunhua helped Little Mengyu change her clothes that it was discovered.


    However, the Jade Pendant was of high quality, and when she was very young, Li Chunhua took the Jade Pendant away from her.


    Later on, she gave the Jade Pendant to Jiang Huaiyu.


    Therefore, even Mengyu herself didn¡¯t know that she once had a Jade Pendant of such good quality.


    In her previous life, Leng Xiangyu was able to recognize Jiang Huaiyu so quickly, and this Jade Pendant played a significant role, as it was the one Leng Xiangyu was hanging on her biological daughter.


    ¡°Stolen?¡± Wang Yixin¡¯s eyes lit up, ¡°Since she¡¯s a thief, we can catch her under the pretext of theft and send her to the law enforcement authorities!¡±


    Jiang Huaiyu shook her head, ¡°It won¡¯t work, if she comes out like this, she definitely won¡¯t be carrying my Jade Pendant.¡±


    Yet Wang Yixin believed that since ¡°Jiang Huaiyu¡± liked the Jade Pendant so much, she would definitely carry it on her person.


    ¡°Just bump into her later and then claim the Jade Pendant is missing, accusing her of being a thief, which would allow for a search. As long as the Jade Pendant is found, she won¡¯t be able to clear her name, even if she had mouths all over her body.


    Your Jade Pendant must be quite valuable, right? By then, we can send her to jail.¡±


    In truth, Wang Yixin didn¡¯t think a country girl could possess a very valuable Jade Pendant. He planned that later on, when he interacted with her, he would slip his own wristwatch onto her, and even if the Jade Pendant couldn¡¯t be found, finding the wristwatch would be enough to convict ¡°Jiang Huaiyu¡± of theft.


    His Swiss wristwatch brand was Audemars Piguet, a coming-of-age present from his uncle in Y.


    Although his uncle did not mention the specific price of this watch, his father¡¯s attitude at the time was a bit off, seeming to find it too precious and not wanting him to accept it.


    But he liked it too much at the time and beseeched his father to let him wear it for a few days. His father reluctantly agreed.


    At the same time, his father also told him: he could only play with it for ten days, and after ten days, he had to hand over the watch to him so he could return it to his uncle when he went on a business trip.


    Wang Yixin, through persuasion and insistence, managed to get his father to agree to let him keep it for a month.


    He planned to use this watch to frame Jiang Huaiyu, which he considered a privilege for her¡ªthe value of this watch would definitely be enough to sentence the person to over ten years in prison.


    Wang Yixin didn¡¯t feel cruel about ruining a girl¡¯s life with a watch.


    Because, after all, she was a thief who had stolen Mengyu¡¯s Jade Pendant, and he was merely confirming her status as a thief.


    Jiang Huaiyu looked at Wang Yixin with a sweet smile, ¡°Thank you, Student Wang, you are so good to me. Let¡¯s do as you suggest.¡±


    In fact, she had also made her calculations: when she bumped into Mengyu later, she would plant the Jade Pendant into Mengyu¡¯s pocket.


    Thus, before Mengyu could think of a way to enter the university, Huaiyu had already left the school gate with a male classmate.


    Since it was noon, many students unsatisfied with the school¡¯s food ran to a street by the school gate to eat stir-fries. Therefore, at this time there were many students coming in and out.


    Mengyu understood that it would be difficult to blend in and was getting ready to find a place to call the phone number that Gu Dongxing gave her, to ask for help from his friend.


    Although using a favor from Gu Dongxing made her feel a little depressed, she already owed him so many that another wouldn¡¯t make much difference¡ªas the saying goes, with too much debt, one stops worrying. If there¡¯s an opportunity not to use her own resources, why not?


    However, she didn¡¯t expect that before she could enter the university to find Huaiyu, Huaiyu was already impatiently coming to find her. And what¡¯s more, she had set up the identity of a thief for her.

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    ?Chapter 71: Chapter 71: Expelling Jiang Huaiyu from the University Campus (Part 6) Chapter 71: Chapter 71: Expelling Jiang Huaiyu from the University Campus (Part 6) Chapter 71: Driving Jiang Huaiyu Out of the University Campus (Part 6)


    Just as Jiang Mengyu was about to turn around to make a phone call, someone bumped into her from behind, causing her to stagger on either side. She hurried a few steps before she could steady herself.


    But those two people rushed ahead of her before stopping.


    Immediately afterward, one of them cried out in surprise, as if something had gone wrong.


    Mengyu looked up and her heart skipped a beat: she actually saw her target, Jiang Huaiyu!


    Only, this Jiang Huaiyu was holding her ankle, her face contorted in pain.


    The young man beside her immediately started shouting at Mengyu: ¡°What¡¯s wrong with you? Bumping into people like that, did you do it on purpose?¡±


    However, as he got a clearer look at Mengyu, his heart skipped a beat¡ªMengyu¡¯s sister was truly beautiful. He thought Student Jiang was already quite pretty, but Student Jiang¡¯s sister was even more so.


    It was just unfortunate that the aggressiveness she exuded ruined her beauty.


    Mengyu was unaware that at this moment, her entire body was radiating a devouring aggressiveness.


    Mengyu looked at Jiang Huaiyu coldly. It was clear that just now, it was her and this young man who had bumped her from both sides, yet they tried to turn it around and accuse her of bumping into them like Zhu Bajie making a countercharge.


    Moreover, she had stood at the door for a while before just turning around to leave, whereas these two had come out from the university campus. She didn¡¯t believe that Jiang Huaiyu hadn¡¯t seen her.


    Jiang Huaiyu stole her college entrance examination results, so seeing her, the first reaction should have been to avoid her. She was attending university by impersonating Jiang Mengyu; she was just a thief.


    Shouldn¡¯t a thief avoid the victim at all costs?


    But not only did she not avoid her, she even bumped into her. To say there were no sinister schemes at play, only a fool would believe that.


    Mengyu instantly reached into her pocket.


    Sure enough, there were new items in her pockets; the left pocket felt like it contained a Jade Pendant, while the right pocket had a wristwatch.


    She felt a sinking feeling in her heart: were they trying to frame her and plant dirty evidence? Not just one item, but two?


    Without question, the Jade Pendant belonged to Jiang Huaiyu.


    In her previous life, she had seen a very beautiful jade pendant hanging around Huaiyu¡¯s neck.


    Could it be that the beautiful jade pendant that Huaiyu had worn since childhood was the one placed in her pocket?


    Mengyu quickly guessed Jiang Huaiyu¡¯s intention.


    She was scared of her revealing her identity, hence she took preemptive action to stamp her with the identity of a thief so her words would be dismissed and then to chase her away?


    Mengyu immediately felt that something was off¡ªit was more than just trying to label her as a thief and send her packing!


    This Jade Pendant was of considerable value, and Jiang Huaiyu treasured it deeply.


    Once, when she merely touched the pendant, Huaiyu made a huge fuss and cried until Li Chunhua punished her harshly, so much so that she couldn¡¯t get out of bed for three days. And she was strictly forbidden from ever touching her sister¡¯s Jade Pendant again.


    Such a treasured Jade Pendant put into her pocket, and a watch in the other pocket¡ªthis was definitely not just to label her as a mere thief.


    If the value of the ¡°stolen¡± items was high enough, it would mean decades in prison.


    The Jade Pendant was very valuable, and perhaps the watch in the other pocket was worth even more!


    She scoffed coldly in her mind; without the special space, she might actually have been framed as a thief today.


    Unfortunately for them, they could not have imagined that she had a miraculous space at her disposal. With this space, no matter how much they tried to frame her, it would only end up like giving her money.

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    Chapter 72: Chapter 72: Driving Jiang Huaiyu Out of the University Campus (Part 7)


    Chapter 72: Expelling Jiang Huaiyu from the University Campus (Part 7)


    Mengyu¡¯s mind flickered, and in the next moment, she put the Jade Pendant into her space.


    However, while the Jade Pendant in her left pocket was easy to put into space, the watch on her other wrist was too big. How could she transfer it to the ring space on her left hand without being noticed?


    With a flash of thought in her mind, Mengyu suddenly cried out ¡°Aiyo¡± as though she had run a few steps and not yet steadied herself, then she squatted down as her legs went soft.


    As she squatted, her right hand quickly reached for her left hand, and the watch in her palm was swiftly placed into the ring space on her left hand.


    Having stored the watch and the Jade Pendant in her space, she calmed down considerably.


    She guessed that next, they would probably try to accuse her of stealing and then search her body, right?


    She decided to strike first, raising her hand and pointing at Jiang Huaiyu and the boy: ¡°Clearly, you two bumped into me from behind. Yet you accuse me of bumping into you, what are you trying to imply?¡±


    Jiang Huaiyu did not expect that Jiang Mengyu, who had always been bullied by her without ever talking back, would now dare to talk back.


    She pretended to recognize Mengyu with a surprised and joyous expression: ¡°Sister, so it¡¯s you! Did you come to see me?¡±


    Then her expression quickly became aggrieved: ¡°Sister, are you still mad at me?


    I know, I didn¡¯t listen to our foster mother, I gave you the university quota I earned, so you¡¯re very angry.


    But, sister, you should know, our foster parents never liked me. From childhood, you never had to do chores, while I had to take care of all the household duties and still often went hungry and cold.


    I studied hard to escape that family, just to get into university and leave that home.


    Sister, our foster parents really like you, and it wouldn¡¯t matter if you stayed at home. But if I stayed, our foster mother would definitely marry me off to someone in the mountains.


    I struggled so hard and barely got into the university, this is my only chance to change my fate. I really can¡¯t give up the university opportunity to you!¡±


    Mengyu thought the other party was just trying to frame her and get her imprisoned, but she didn¡¯t expect her to counterattack like this, claiming Mengyu wanted to steal the university admission she earned.


    This move of hers was indeed formidable.


    She was certain that her purpose in coming to the normal university was to expose her impersonating Mengyu¡¯s identity.


    Had she mentioned this first as a preemptive measure? Making her appear as if she, claiming to be Jiang Mengyu, only wanted the university admission opportunity, hence the impersonation, so no one would believe her?


    Sure enough, the people at the door, hearing the implications in Jiang Huaiyu¡¯s words, started to look at Mengyu differently.


    ¡°This sister actually wants her elder sister to give up her hard-earned university admission for her?¡±


    ¡°Is there such a domineering sister in the world?¡±


    ¡°The sister just said that this elder sister isn¡¯t her real sister, but adopted by her parents.¡±


    ¡°She must have bullied her sister at home.¡±


    ¡°That must be the case, even wanting to steal the university admission, what else wouldn¡¯t she take?¡±


    ¡°With her mom as her support, she can easily bully her elder sister.¡±


    ¡°Maybe at home, she treats her elder sister like a servant.¡±


    ¡°Exactly, such a malicious sister, and she even wants to be our classmate.¡±


    ¡°Drive her out, don¡¯t let her tarnish our pure university campus.¡±


    ¡°Yes, drive her out!¡±


    ¡°Expel her!¡±


    ¡°Drive her out!¡±


    ...

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    Chapter 73: Chapter 73: Expelling Jiang Huaiyu from the University Campus (Part 8)


    Chapter 73: Kicking Jiang Huaiyu Out of the University Campus (Part 8)


    Jiang Huaiyu quickly spoke up for her ¡°sister¡±: ¡°Don¡¯t talk like that, everyone. My sister didn¡¯t do it on purpose. She was just too eager to attend university. That¡¯s why she was competing with me for this university spot.¡±


    ¡°Jiang Mengyu, you¡¯re just too kind-hearted, which is why your non-blood-related sister is bullying you.¡±


    ¡°Yes, get rid of her as soon as possible. Call security over!¡±


    Jiang Huaiyu grew anxious when she saw someone was really about to call security to kick someone out.


    Jiang Huaiyu¡¯s goal was not only to drive Mengyu away but to have her thrown in jail, so she would never be able to turn her life around!


    She hurriedly intervened again: ¡°Don¡¯t call security. No matter what, she¡¯s still my sister, my adoptive mother¡¯s daughter. No matter how poorly my adoptive mother treated me, she did bring me up, I can¡¯t, I just can¡¯t¡ª¡±


    Hearing Jiang Huaiyu speak like this, everyone hesitated to take action. After all, if the victim herself wasn¡¯t seeking justice, how could they, mere bystanders, interfere?


    At this moment, Wang Yixin spoke up:


    ¡°You¡¯re so kind-hearted, but who knows what your sister was planning to do when she bumped into you? Maybe, she¡¯s taken a fancy to something of yours and came to steal it.¡±


    ¡°My sister wouldn¡¯t be that kind of person.¡±


    Jiang Huaiyu shook her head: ¡°If my sister really took a fancy to something of mine, she wouldn¡¯t need to steal it, she¡¯d just take it herself.¡±


    Realizing she might have misspoken, she quickly corrected herself: ¡°That¡¯s not what I mean. I meant to say, if my sister wanted something of mine, I would give it to her myself. She wouldn¡¯t need to snatch it.


    Of course, except for a Jade Pendant I had on me when I was kidnapped by human traffickers, that¡¯s the token for recognizing my relatives in the future, I absolutely cannot give that to her!¡±


    Mengyu was shocked when she heard this, grabbing Jiang Huaiyu¡¯s collar: ¡°What are you saying? That Jade Pendant, it was on me when I was sold?¡±


    No wonder she always felt that something was off, as Li Chunhua seemed particularly averse to her touching that jade pendant.


    It turned out that the jade pendant truly belonged to Mengyu.


    In her past life, was it through this jade pendant that Jiang Huaiyu managed to identify her biological mother?


    She had always blamed her biological mother for foolishly recognizing the wrong daughter. It turns out, it was because Li Chun had long calculated this, allowing Jiang Huaiyu to take her place and enjoy the wealth that belonged to Mengyu, and from the very beginning, her identity token was taken away from her.


    ¡°Sister, you¡ªyou don¡¯t do this, that Jade Pendant, it¡¯s been with me since I was trafficked, it¡¯s my proof of identity, it¡¯s not yours, so I can¡¯t give it to you¡ªah, my Jade Pendant is gone!¡± She cried out in alarm.


    Jiang Huaiyu¡¯s expression turned to one of panic: ¡°What should I do, my Jade Pendant is gone, it¡¯s my proof for recognizing my biological parents, without the jade pendant, how am I going to identify my real parents in the future? What should I do, what should I do?¡±


    Wang Yixin seemed to remember something, pointing at Mengyu: ¡°It must have been her who stole it, she took the Jade Pendant when she pushed you!¡±


    As soon as Wang Yixin spoke, others chimed in:


    ¡°That¡¯s right, it must have been your sister who stole your identity pendant.¡±


    ¡°She even steals her sister¡¯s token of identity, what a vicious sister.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s too cruel, right? She doesn¡¯t want her sister to find her real parents, and instead wants her to remain her servant forever.¡±


    ¡°She¡¯s grown up so pretty, but she¡¯s really a femme fatale.¡±


    Jiang Huaiyu quickly spoke up for her sister again: ¡°Everyone, don¡¯t misunderstand my sister, we can¡¯t say she stole it without evidence.¡±


    ¡°Evidence? Just search her, and we¡¯ll have it.¡± Wang Yixin looked at Mengyu with disdain.

 Chapter 74: 74: Expelling Jiang Huaiyu from the University Campus (Part 9)

    Chapter 74: Chapter 74: Expelling Jiang Huaiyu from the University Campus (Part 9)


    Chapter 74: Expelling Jiang Huaiyu from University (Part Nine)


    At first, Wang Yixin thought this girl looked so beautiful and had such clear eyes, wondering if he might have made a mistake.


    Destroying a beautiful girl, he felt some reluctance in his heart.


    But when he heard about the ¡°oppression¡± Jiang Huaiyu spoke of, his heart filled with anger, gradually finding her despicable, like the proverbial beautiful but deadly viper.


    He didn¡¯t feel he was wrong at all. Ruining her was not only to please his beloved, but also, he reasoned, to uphold justice. Thus, he began to steer everyone¡¯s thoughts towards a body search.


    ¡°Yes, search her body!¡±


    ¡°Search her body!¡±


    At first, only one or two people shouted, but in the end, all the onlooking students joined in:


    ¡°Search her!¡±


    ¡°Search her!¡±


    ¡°Search her!¡±


    ¡°Search her!¡±


    ...


    Mengyu, observing the commotion, finally spoke up:


    ¡°Did any of you see me steal her things?¡±


    Her voice wasn¡¯t loud, but still pleasant, easily cutting through everyone else¡¯s clamoring, silencing the chanting crowd calling for a search.


    All the students closed their mouths, looking at each other: Yes, this younger sister of Student Jiang made a good point; none of them saw her steal Jiang¡¯s belongings. Moreover, some had seen that it was indeed Jiang Huaiyu who bumped into her from behind.


    Eventually, everyone¡¯s gaze turned to Wang Yixin. It was he who first accused this girl of stealing Jiang¡¯s Jade Pendant.


    Wang Yixin said, ¡°You just bumped into us; you are the prime suspect.¡±


    Mengyu looked at the young man being used as a pawn, ¡°You claim I bumped into you, but that¡¯s just your word. In reality, I was walking ahead of you, and you were behind me. How could I bump into you? It¡¯s clear that you saw me and then you bumped into me from behind.


    And even if I did bump into you, no one saw me stealing anything, so you can only say I¡¯m a suspect. Even if I am a suspect, who among you has the right to search me?


    Article 37 of the Constitution of the People¡¯s Republic of China states: The personal freedom of citizens of the People¡¯s Republic of China is inviolable. No citizen may be arrested except by approval or decision of the people¡¯s procuratorates or by decision of the people¡¯s courts, and arrests must be made by public security organs. Unlawful detention and deprivation or restriction of citizens¡¯ freedom by other unlawful means are prohibited; as is the unlawful search of citizens¡¯ persons.


    Are any of you prepared to knowingly break the law?¡±


    Indeed, even if they discovered their belongings in her pocket, she had a way to prove they were planted on her.


    Because these two were too hasty in framing her, and moreover, both of them together made it too obvious, making it easy to slip up.


    Didn¡¯t she know, without being prepared, without confidence, how could she dare come to the university alone?


    The crowd exchanged glances again, realizing that according to the constitution, none of them had the right to search her.


    Mengyu calmly stated, ¡°Only the police have the right to search me, so, call the police! When the police arrive, I will agree to be searched.¡±


    Everyone had a strange feeling, why did none of the accusers suggest calling the police, but the suspect accused of theft was the one asking for it? Could it be, she wasn¡¯t afraid of the police?


    Hearing about calling the police, Jiang Huaiyu felt a sense of panic for some reason.


    She had a feeling that once the police were involved, things would start to turn against her.


    ¡°No police!¡± she exclaimed.


    Seeing the crowd looking at her in surprise, she quickly added, ¡°She¡¯s my sister. As I said before, she was raised by my parents, and I can¡¯t send my own sister to jail. Otherwise, I would feel guilty for betraying the kindness my adoptive parents have shown me.¡±


    This was the image of a caring older sister who, even after being wronged by her sister, could not bear to punish her!


    The way people looked at Jiang Huaiyu began to change; Student Jiang seemed to be too kind to her sister.


    When they looked at Jiang Mengyu, though, undisguised disgust emerged.

 Chapter 75: 75: Driving Jiang Huaiyu Out of the University Campus (Part 10)

    Chapter 75: Chapter 75: Driving Jiang Huaiyu Out of the University Campus (Part 10)


    Chapter 75: Expelling Jiang Huaiyu from the University Campus (Part 10)


    ¡°Look how well your sister treats you, yet you treat her like this. She still wishes you well. Aren¡¯t you ashamed?¡±


    ¡°Yes, even if you stole your sister¡¯s things, she still doesn¡¯t want you to go to jail. Just admit that you stole her things.¡±


    ¡°Yes, bring it out quickly. Your sister isn¡¯t holding it against you.¡±


    ¡°Also, stop coveting the university spot your sister earned.¡±


    ¡°The university will not allow someone else to study in place of the registered student.¡±


    ¡°Yes, even if you study in her place, once discovered, your enrollment will be canceled.¡±


    ...


    However, Mengyu looked coldly at the crowd, still repeating the same words: ¡°Call the police!¡± After thinking for a bit, she added: ¡°I am innocent, so I¡¯m not afraid of the police! Because I believe the police will bring me justice.¡±


    Upon hearing this, and seeing Mengyu¡¯s confident gaze, some people started to calculate: If she is really like what Student Jiang said, then why isn¡¯t she afraid of the police?


    Meanwhile, Wang Yixin was looking at Jiang Huaiyu very strangely: This wasn¡¯t the strategy they had discussed before. They had clearly planned to send her sister to jail.


    To this end, he even placed his beloved Swiss Audemars Piguet watch in the other party¡¯s pocket.


    But now, Jiang Huaiyu was clearly not interested in calling the police.


    If she didn¡¯t want to send her sister to jail, what about his watch?


    This Jiang Huaiyu seemed to understand the law; she wouldn¡¯t allow them to search her.


    Moreover, after she cited Article 37 of the Constitution, no one dared to search her again, otherwise, that would be knowingly violating the law.


    That is to say, if they don¡¯t call the police, they can¡¯t search her, but if they don¡¯t perform the search, how would he get his watch back?


    That was a valuable watch his uncle gave him; he had begged for a long time, and his father had only allowed him to play with it for a month. If he couldn¡¯t get it back, how would he return the watch to his uncle?


    He looked puzzledly at Jiang Huaiyu: ¡°Mengyu, what¡¯s wrong with you?¡±


    He had another question that he didn¡¯t ask: Why did you change your original intention?


    Jiang Huaiyu was also troubled. She thought it would be easy to search Mengyu in front of everyone, find the items, and ascertain her guilt, then deliver her to the authorities.


    But now, Jiang Mengyu had suggested calling the police and had used a phrase to stop everyone from searching her!


    Could it be that they really had to call the police?


    If it had been before, she would have called the police without hesitation, as her actions were meant to have the authorities verify her sister¡¯s substantial theft.


    But seeing Mengyu¡¯s calm demeanor and how she suggested calling the police herself, she subconsciously felt that calling the police would be highly disadvantageous for her!


    Not to mention anything else, her false identity alone could be exposed at the police station.


    Thus, she turned cowardly.


    She could only pretend to be a caring sister: ¡°Yixin, I really can¡¯t call the police, she is my sister¡ª¡±


    But Wang Yixin was also in a difficult position, his watch was still in that girl¡¯s pocket.


    ¡°You consider her your sister, but does she consider you her sister?¡± Wang Yixin was somewhat angry, his watch was still in the opponent¡¯s pocket.


    ¡°Even if she is unkind to me, I can¡¯t be unjust to her.¡± Jiang Huaiyu continued to act like a caring sister.


    Wang Yixin looked at Jiang Huaiyu, admiring her kindness.


    Looking at Jiang Mengyu with disgust: unfortunately, she is nothing but a heartless, venomous soul.


    At this moment, Jiang Mengyu didn¡¯t want to continue acting, she proposed again: ¡°Call the police, can one of the students please help report this?¡±


    A female student who always disliked Jiang Huaiyu, thinking she was very fake, seeing Mengyu¡¯s expression, suddenly had a thought: Jiang Mengyu is afraid of the police.


    Since she is afraid, that means she is the one with a guilty conscience!


    She immediately ran to the guard¡¯s room: ¡°Uncle Yu, I need to make a call.¡±

 Chapter 76: 76: Driving Jiang Huaiyu Out of the University Campus (Part 11)

    Chapter 76: Chapter 76: Driving Jiang Huaiyu Out of the University Campus (Part 11)


    Chapter 76: Kicking Jiang Huaiyu Out of the University Campus (Part Eleven)


    Uncle Yu had been watching the drama unfold, and he glanced at the female student: ¡°Go ahead and make the call.¡±


    Then, his gaze shifted back to Jiang Huaiyu: This female student sure can act, isn¡¯t she afraid of overplaying her hand?


    Yes, with fifty years of life experience, Uncle Yu had already seen through the act of the female student.


    The girl who was cornered by her seemed composed and calm, unlike a thief.


    Uncle Yu also noticed the look Jiang Huaiyu gave her classmates. Although it appeared indifferent, with his keen eye, he could see the deep-rooted hatred thinly veiled behind those seemingly placid eyes!


    As someone who always bullies others, one should exude disdain, scorn, or contempt toward their victims, not a deep-rooted hatred.


    That is to say, it¡¯s very likely that she was the one being bullied, and bullied so badly, that it accumulated such intense hatred.


    Therefore, when he heard her mention calling the police, he wanted to make the call himself, just that he wanted to observe a little longer before deciding.


    Now, seeing this female student getting ready to make the call, he knew she had seen through Jiang Huaiyu¡¯s scheme and was going to call the police.


    ¡°When you report to the police, make it clear that the incident at the university gate is very serious. If they don¡¯t come quickly to intervene, it might lead to a violent confrontation.¡±


    The female student looked at Uncle Yu in surprise but still reported to the police following his instructions.


    Outside the university gate, Jiang Huaiyu continued her act: ¡°Sister, please return my Jade Pendant to me, it¡¯s the keepsake of my biological parents. I need to use it to recognize them.


    As long as you return the Jade Pendant to me, I won¡¯t hold it against you for stealing it. Even if you use my Jade Pendant to blackmail me, I won¡¯t give up my hard-earned university place to you.¡±


    Upon hearing Jiang Huaiyu¡¯s words, the crowd suddenly ¡°came to an understanding¡±:


    ¡°So, this younger sister stole her older sister¡¯s Jade Pendant to force the older sister to give up her university spot to her.¡±


    ¡°How could there be such a malicious younger sister.¡±


    ¡°Strange things happen every day, today is the most bizarre.¡±


    ¡°With a sister like that, how can one even live peacefully.¡±


    ¡°Right, no wonder Jiang Mengyu took the university entrance exam while she¡¯s only in her second year of high school.¡±


    ¡°If I had such a sister, I would beat her to death.¡±


    ¡°The younger sister has their mother backing her, does the older sister even dare to hit her?¡±


    ¡°Exactly, this adoptive mother is even worse than a stepmother.¡±


    ¡°The younger sister is the hateful one, chasing all the way to the university.¡±


    ¡°Doesn¡¯t she know that without her family¡¯s support, she has no backing?¡±


    ¡°The century¡¯s most wicked younger sister...¡±


    ...


    Listening to the crowd¡¯s discussion, Jiang Huaiyu watched Mengyu with satisfaction: Even without mom and dad to back me up, I have classmates to help out, you¡¯re no match for me alone.


    With today¡¯s incident, even if Jiang Mengyu wants to expose my identity in the future, no one will believe her. From now on, I am Jiang Mengyu!


    However, Jiang Mengyu just looked at Jiang Huaiyu coldly: ¡°You might as well save your breath for now. Let¡¯s hope you have this much energy when the truth comes out and the police arrive!¡±


    At that moment, the sound of a distant police siren could be heard.


    Moreover, it seemed the siren was heading towards the normal university.


    Jiang Huaiyu¡¯s face turned ashen: ¡°Who called the police?¡±


    A female student immediately raised her hand: ¡°I did.¡±


    She looked at Jiang Huaiyu with a barely concealed smile: ¡°Since you¡¯ve determined this comrade here is a thief, and she herself insists on calling the police, then naturally we should let the police handle it.¡±

 Chapter 77: 77: Expelling Jiang Huaiyu from the University Campus (Part 12)

    Chapter 77: Chapter 77: Expelling Jiang Huaiyu from the University Campus (Part 12)


    Chapter 77: Kicking Jiang Huaiyu Out of the University Campus (Part 12)


    Jiang Huaiyu yelled in agitation, ¡°Cheng Yingli, did you do this on purpose?¡±


    The crowd was puzzled. You caught a thief, a classmate helped to call the police, why are you yelling so loudly?


    And saying someone did it on purpose? Could it be that there are accidental calls to the police instead of deliberate ones?


    Jiang Huaiyu suddenly realized that all the classmates were looking at her strangely, even Wang Yixin was looking at her with a peculiar expression. She then realized that she had just lost her composure: This was not the attitude she was supposed to have now!


    She immediately softened her tone, ¡°Classmate Cheng Yingli, as I said before, she is my sister, this is a family dispute, how can we call the police to handle it? Could she really be against me¡ª¡±


    ¡°She is unkind to you, so you can¡¯t be unjust, right?¡±


    Cheng Yingli smiled: ¡°But I just can¡¯t stand thieves, so when I discovered one, I called the police. I didn¡¯t do anything wrong, did I? And¡ª¡±


    She pointed at Jiang Mengyu: ¡°This person, who you¡¯re calling a thief, has boldly said she wants to report to the police. Maybe, you have misunderstood her? Maybe she has been falsely accused and can¡¯t prove her innocence, so she wants the help of the police officers, right?


    So, I went ahead and called the police. I didn¡¯t report the wrong thing, did I?¡±


    Could Jiang Huaiyu even say the police were called in error?


    Jiang Mengyu looked at Cheng Yingli in surprise. She realized that Cheng Yingli was helping her!


    The tension on her face eased. She smiled at Cheng Yingli: ¡°Thank you, classmate. You¡¯re absolutely right; indeed, I¡¯ve been wronged.¡±


    She pointed at herself: ¡°Just look at me. Do I look like a younger sister?¡±


    Then, pointing at Jiang Huaiyu: ¡°And look at her, does she look like an older sister to you?¡±


    Only then did the classmates start to notice the appearance of the two women. Upon closer inspection, something seemed off.


    The person who had been continuously referred to as the younger sister by Jiang Huaiyu looked taller than Jiang Huaiyu (actually, before her growth, Mengyu was about the same height as Huaiyu, but she grew a lot taller after absorbing Essence of Heaven and Earth and undergoing the Bone Marrow Cleansing in the cave), and her face appeared more mature than Jiang Huaiyu¡¯s, which didn¡¯t resemble a younger sister¡¯s at all.


    Looking at Jiang Huaiyu, she was quite shorter than Jiang Mengyu, and since she was a year younger than Mengyu, she looked much more youthful.


    It wasn¡¯t obvious until Mengyu pointed it out, but with a comparison, everyone could immediately see that Jiang Huaiyu looked more like the younger sister.


    Moreover, what was strange was that this person, who was accused of being a thief, kept insisting on calling the police with full transparency.


    Thieves fear the police; this is an unbreakable rule throughout the ages. Yet, this person labeled a thief was asking to call the police, while the one who caught the thief seemed distressed by the call.


    So, who is the real thief?


    Jiang Huaiyu, hearing Mengyu discussing their physical appearances, became anxious: ¡°That¡¯s because I¡¯ve been malnourished since I was young, so I didn¡¯t grow much, while my sister was Mom¡¯s favorite, receiving the best food, clothes, and care since young, which is why she grew to be tall and strong¡ª¡±


    Hearing Jiang Huaiyu say this, the classmates felt it wasn¡¯t without reason. Looking at Mengyu¡¯s physique, she indeed did not look like she had been mistreated.


    However, they were unaware that Mengyu had previously been skinny and pale, but then she started cultivating, absorbing Essence of Heaven and Earth for Body Refinement, which dramatically changed her whole aura and appearance.


    Secondly, she had been cooking for herself in the cave on the cliffside, as her storage talisman contained plentiful supplies of rice, flour, meat. She had been there for a month, indulging in food, and even ate some supplements, like ginseng, to aid her cultivation.


    One month was enough time for her to make up for her past deficiencies.


    Now, she indeed didn¡¯t look like a girl who had been mistreated by an adopted daughter.


    But the maturity on her face, even with a touch of vicissitudes, was indeed real, something everyone could not deny. And the youthful innocence on Student Jiang¡¯s face was also clearly evident to all.

 Chapter 78: 78: Expelling Jiang Huaiyu from the University Campus (Part 13)

    Chapter 78: Chapter 78: Expelling Jiang Huaiyu from the University Campus (Part 13)


    Chapter 78: Expelling Jiang Huaiyu from the University Campus (Part XIII)


    Mengyu sneered coldly, raising her hands: ¡°Fellow students, look once again, do these hands look like they belong to someone pampered and privileged?¡±


    The students looked at her hands, surprise evident in their eyes.


    Mengyu¡¯s hands were larger than those of an average girl, and each joint was pronounced. Her skin was slightly rough and covered with faint scars.


    These scars only faded after she practiced energy induction, and her skin had softened significantly. Before that, her hands were even uglier, filled with dense scars and because of deep wrinkles, they were rough and dark, never looking clean no matter how much she washed them!


    In local parlance, it was said to be something not even a dog would eat!


    Despite all this, these significantly improved hands were evidently those of someone who had been laboring since childhood! Such large joints could not develop without early labor.


    A student positioned close-by counted the scars on her hands, exclaiming, ¡°She actually has twenty-six scars on her hands!¡±


    The students¡¯ expressions changed: Could a girl favored by her Mom and raised in comfort have such swollen hands developed from childhood labor?


    Mengyu stared at Huaiyu: ¡°Do you dare to stretch out your hands?¡±


    Jiang Huaiyu, hearing this, hurriedly hid her hands in her pockets.


    Her hands were slender, delicate, and very attractive; usually, she would love to show them off.


    But now, she dared not expose them, because hands so delicate could not be the product of labor since childhood.


    Mengyu glared at Jiang Huaiyu: ¡°You don¡¯t dare, right? Because you have delicate, beautifully cared-for hands that only come from a life of luxury!¡±


    Meanwhile, Student Wang Yixin was confused when Mengyu raised her hands.


    Could a person who never labors have such hands?


    Is this person really the evil younger sister who Jiang claims to be pampered at home?


    Wang Yixin had seen Jiang Mengyu¡¯s hands before: long, delicate, pure, and silky.


    He admired her, as well as her hands.


    Indeed, previously Jiang Mengyu had told him that from a young age, she worked at home like a servant, often going hungry and cold, and even had to pick up scraps to pay for her education.


    How could he have not considered that a person who labored from childhood could maintain such beautiful hands?


    Could it be that Student Jiang is actually the younger sister?


    And the girl they framed and accused is actually the elder sister Jiang Mengyu who was forced by her foster parents to attend university?


    That is to say, his classmate is actually Jiang Huaiyu, not Jiang Mengyu?


    Did she seize her sister¡¯s university admission opportunity?


    Sweat appeared on Wang Yixin¡¯s forehead: If what he suspected was true, didn¡¯t that mean he was aiding a tyrant?


    ¡°It¡¯s not true; I¡¯ve always just taken care of my hands since I was young,¡± Jiang Huaiyu still tried to defend herself.


    Mengyu coldly smiled: ¡°We are all university students, and we should understand a truth: organs develop with use and atrophy without. However, bones have a growth period, and once this period is over, changes are difficult.


    If a girl does not begin laboring from a young age, it¡¯s hard for her to develop such distinctly jointed hands. And hands that begin laboring from a young age, no matter how well maintained, will have enlarged joints and cannot become delicate.¡±


    She pointed towards Jiang Huaiyu: ¡°The fact is, she is lying because she is actually the pampered Jiang Huaiyu; I am the elder sister Jiang Mengyu, who grew up being bullied by her!¡±


    Jiang Huaiyu countered: ¡°You¡¯re talking nonsense; she¡¯s making things up, I am the elder sister, you are clearly Jiang Huaiyu, the younger sister who always bullied me.¡±


    However, by this time, few were listening to her, as the hands Jiang Mengyu still held out, formed by labor since childhood, had already said it all.

 Chapter 79: 79: Expelling Jiang Huaiyu from the University Campus (Part 14)

    Chapter 79: Chapter 79: Expelling Jiang Huaiyu from the University Campus (Part 14)


    Chapter 79: Expelling Jiang Huaiyu from the University Campus (Part 14)


    Mengyu turned to the crowd, ¡°I was adopted at a young age. Since I was three, I started doing chores, and by the age of five, I was already handling all the household tasks.


    My adoptive parents forbade me from going to school and didn¡¯t provide me with tuition fees. In order to go to school, I not only took care of all the household chores but also picked up recyclables to sell during my free time to fund my own education.


    Being young and unaware of how to protect myself, I ended up with these twenty-eight scars scattered on my hands, and my hands became defined by prominent bone joints and muscles!¡±


    She glanced at Jiang Huaiyu, ¡°In order to save on school expenses, I had to find a way to skip grades. I started school at the age of ten, graduated from elementary school at thirteen, middle school at fifteen, and began high school. I am sixteen this year.¡±


    The crowd listened to her experience in amazement: starting school at ten and taking the college entrance exam at sixteen, which meant she completed elementary, middle, and high school in just six years!


    ¡°This year, I should have been in my second year of high school, but I overheard my adoptive mother talking about selling me to a debauchee to get a dowry after my high school graduation. In order to escape that household, I asked my teacher to let me take the college entrance exam early, and luckily, I was admitted to university. But¡ª¡±


    Mengyu paused, drawing all eyes to her, before continuing, ¡°The day I received the university admission notice, my family bought meat to celebrate, and my sweet little sister offered me a cup of homemade sweet wine as a toast. After I drank it, I passed out.¡±


    The crowd was astonished.


    A classmate asked, ¡°Did your mom lock you up after you fainted, and then let her own biological daughter take your admission notice and impersonate your identity to attend university?¡±


    This classmate voiced what everyone was thinking.


    Jiang Mengyu, however, shook her head.


    The crowd was puzzled, wasn¡¯t it so?


    Jiang Mengyu said loudly, ¡°When I woke up, I was in a sealed truck, bound hand and foot, and it was moving. Hearing the men in the front cabin talking, I realized that I had been sold by my adoptive parents.¡±


    ¡°Wow¡ª¡±


    The classmates were shocked: this girl had actually been sold.


    But it wasn¡¯t right, the sweet wine was given by her sister; does it mean her sister sold her?


    To gain the university spot that her sister had earned, she sold her sister to a human trafficker?


    ¡°Yes, after being drugged by the toast given by my ¡®sweet¡¯ little sister, I was sold by my adoptive parents to a human trafficker for five hundred yuan, and they gave that money to my little sister for university tuition and living expenses.


    Furthermore, they made a deal with the human trafficker to sell me to a deep mountain village called Tiger Valley to become a Shared Wife to several men and to never allow me to leave the mountains.¡±


    Listening to Mengyu¡¯s words, everyone became furious.


    Ten years of hard study, only to earn a spot in university and become one of the top students.


    Yet this achievement was hijacked, which was infuriating.


    Even though there was no blood relation, they still called each other dad, mom, and sister, and lived together for sixteen years¡ªwasn¡¯t there supposed to be some affection? Yet they sold someone who had just been admitted to university and was about to become a top student, to human traffickers!


    That was the second outrage.


    And if selling her was not enough, they even sold her off to be a Shared Wife for several men in a secluded mountain, essentially ruining her life.


    That was another peak of fury.


    The crowd felt ashamed for initially following along and despising Jiang Mengyu, being deceived, and their gazes towards Jiang Huaiyu turned fiery: it was this wicked woman who had misled them, causing them to misunderstand a genuinely oppressed and kind-hearted student.

 Chapter 80: 80: Expelling Jiang Huaiyu from the University Campus (Part 15)

    Chapter 80: Chapter 80: Expelling Jiang Huaiyu from the University Campus (Part 15)


    Chapter 80: Expelling Jiang Huaiyu from the University Campus (15)


    Students clenched their fists one by one, glaring angrily at Jiang Huaiyu, wishing they could step forward and beat her to death.


    ¡°What a vicious sister!¡±


    ¡°She was just confusing everyone, impersonating her sister.¡±


    ¡°She wanted us to help her expel her sister so that she could continue to impersonate and attend university.¡±


    ¡°We can¡¯t let such a person taint our campus.¡±


    ¡°Right, drive her out of our university campus!¡±


    ¡°Drive her out!¡±


    ¡°Vicious sister, get out!¡±


    ¡°Get out!¡±


    ¡°Get out!¡±


    ¡°Get out!¡±


    ¡°Get out!¡±


    Although the cries were not very uniform, and some people still did not believe Jiang Huaiyu had been attending university under someone else¡¯s identity, Jiang Huaiyu herself was completely panicked.


    Someone asked Jiang Mengyu, ¡°Then how did you escape?¡±


    Tang Ailian knew that the previous defense of Jiang Huaiyu by the students was actually a matter of standpoint.


    They had been classmates with Jiang Huaiyu for nearly two months, and Jiang Huaiyu had long become ¡°one of them.¡±


    Whereas Jiang Mengyu had only arrived today and hadn¡¯t even entered the school gates; in everyone¡¯s eyes, she was an ¡°outsider.¡±


    Regardless of who it is, when ¡°one of their own¡± has a conflict with an ¡°outsider,¡± they will subconsciously choose to support ¡°one of their own.¡±


    Therefore, she found it easy to understand though not willing to accept, the students¡¯ earlier stance in support of Jiang Huaiyu.


    She didn¡¯t blame them.


    Listening to the question by this classmate, she answered seriously, ¡°I vowed not to be sold deep into the mountains. After the human traffickers transported me to the foot of the mountains and untied me, I climbed up the mountain, and when I reached a cliff, I jumped off. As a result, I was hung on a pine tree that jutted out from the middle of the cliff, not dying. I was then rescued by a comrade from the liberation army.


    ¡°After recovering from my injuries, I rushed here immediately. Because I didn¡¯t have a school badge, I dared not enter and was thinking of leaving to look for help when¡ª¡±


    She glanced at Wang Yixin: ¡°This classmate and my sister bumped into me from behind, and everyone saw what happened after that.¡±


    The students all turned to look at Wang Yixin.


    Wang Yixin admired Jiang Mengyu, who had managed to turn the situation around with just a pair of working hands, and felt guilty at the same time.


    He stepped forward and bowed deeply to Mengyu, ¡°I am sorry, I apologize to you. My name is Wang Yixin, I admitted my failure in judging people, having been deceived.¡±


    Pointing at Jiang Huaiyu, he said: ¡°She told me¡ª¡±


    He recounted everything Jiang Huaiyu had told him and even mentioned how he had plotted to frame Mengyu with his Swiss watch.


    ¡°That¡¯s how we bumped into you from behind, and then¡ªeveryone saw what followed.¡± He apologized to Mengyu again: ¡°I¡¯m sorry!¡±


    Wang Yixin¡¯s face was full of regret.


    ¡°That watch was a coming-of-age gift from my uncle, but my father did not allow me to accept such a valuable gift and asked me to return it to my uncle. So, please forgive my mistake and return the watch that I planted in your pocket.¡±


    Mengyu saw that this classmate, Wang Yixin, sincerely apologized and straightforwardly disclosed the plot to frame her with Jiang Huaiyu.


    She chose to forgive.


    Taking out the watch from her pocket (actually from her spatial storage), she said, ¡°In the future, be more discerning, and don¡¯t be fooled by others again.¡±


    Wang Yixin was very grateful: ¡°Thank you, Student Jiang.¡±


    He took the watch and couldn¡¯t help but remind her: ¡°She must have also framed you.¡±


    Mengyu smiled: ¡°She did frame me, but I still have to thank her for this frame-up actually.¡±


    Everyone was puzzled¡ªthanking someone for framing them?