funbook-pk Chapter 322: Village in the Mountains
Chapter 322: Village in the Mountains
Hearing the sound of the key unlocking the door, Yin Miaomiao trotted over happily.
When she saw Li Liang, she threw herself into his arms.
Li Liang subconsciously opened his arms and embraced her. Yin Miaomiao looked up, her eyes full of tenderness and love: "Didn't you go to the Taoist temple with your aunt? Why are you back so soon?"
Li Liang didn't say anything, his expression was extremely complicated.
Yin Miaomiao frowned slightly, got out of his arms, and asked worriedly, "What's wrong with you? Why do you look like that?"
Li Liang took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it with trembling hands.
Yin Miaomiao frowned even deeper. Ever since she expressed that she didn't like the smell of smoke in the house, Li Liang had never smoked in this house.
Even when I feel like smoking, I always go to the corridor.
Li Liang took a deep breath, stared at Yin Miaomiao and asked, "Are you hiding something from me?"
Yin Miaomiao was stunned for a moment: "What's wrong with you? Or did something happen?"
"I'm asking you if you are hiding something from me!" Li Liang's lips twitched as he repeated it word by word.
Yin Miaomiao seemed to have thought of something, her face turned pale in an instant, her eyes were a little evasive, and she said hesitantly: "I...what can I hide from you?"
Li Liang suddenly put out the cigarette in his hand into the ashtray and raised his voice: "You still don't tell the truth? Yin Miaomiao, what do you think of me?"
Yin Miaomiao's tears welled up in her eyes, and she cried, "Li Liang, don't be so mean to me. I really don't know what you are talking about."
Li Liang laughed in anger: "Don't know? Well, then I'll tell you! I went to the Taoist temple today and the master said that you are already married. Is this true?"
Yin Miaomiao was struck by lightning. She froze in place, her lips trembling and she couldn't speak.
Li Liang's eyes were red, and he tightly grasped Yin Miaomiao's shoulders: "Speak up! Tell me this isn't true. As long as you say it, I'll believe it!"
Yin Miaomiao slowly lowered her head, tears rolling down her cheeks: "Li Liang, I'm sorry... I... I am indeed married."
Li Liang suddenly let go of her hand, staggered back a few steps, and looked at her in disbelief: "Why? Why did you lie to me?"
Yin Miaomiao collapsed on the ground, crying: "I didn't mean to lie to you, I...my feelings for you are real..."
Li Liang closed his eyes in pain, slapping himself in the face with his hands, cursing at himself: "I'm just an idiot, a big idiot!"
Seeing this, Yin Miaomiao quickly stood up and rushed over to grab Li Liang's hand, crying, "Don't do this, Li Liang, don't hurt yourself like this!"
Li Liang shook her hand away and yelled, "Don't touch me!"
Yin Miaomiao cried until she was hoarse: "Li Liang, he and I have no feelings for each other at all. I have been trying to find a way to divorce. I really want to be with you!"
Li Liang sneered: "Thinking of a way to get a divorce? Why didn't you tell me earlier? I was kept in the dark like a fool!"
Yin Miaomiao shook her head in despair: "I didn't expect that I would fall in love with you. When I realized it, I didn't dare to tell you..."
"I'm afraid, I'm afraid you will dislike me. I'm afraid you will distance yourself from me..."
Seeing Yin Miaomiao crying, Li Liang forced himself to calm down.
He looked at Yin Miaomiao with a gloomy face, waiting for the other party to continue.
Yin Miaomiao sobbed and said, "Our village is very remote. Two years ago, when I was twenty years old..."
"My parents forced me to marry the village chief's son, who was fifteen years older than me, for the three hundred thousand yuan dowry."
"My parents were very son-in-law, and they sold me so that my brother could find a wife. No matter how much I cried, it was useless. In return, my father beat me severely."
"I have been afraid of pain since I was a child. My father beat me, which hurts even more."
"I thought about running away, but my family was watching me, so I didn't have any chance."
"I was forced to marry the man who was fifteen years older than me."
"He knew I was not willing to do it, and he took good care of me at first. He also respected me. But it was impossible for him and I to develop any feelings."
"Within a month of marriage, I ran away twice."
"My idea is very simple. As long as I can get out, I will never go back."
"My parents don't want me, so I don't want them either."
“As a result, they caught me both times.”
"Gradually, he lost his patience with me. In order to prevent me from escaping, he asked someone to make a pair of 20-jin iron shackles for me."
At this point, Yin Miaomiao paused, and her expression became extremely painful. It seemed that she didn't want to mention that memory at all...
She paused for a long time before continuing, "The chain rubbed my ankles, and every step I took felt like torture."
"His temper was getting worse and worse, and he would abuse me when he was in a bad mood."
"I was scared by his beatings, so I could only obey him more and more."
"I lived like this for more than half a year. It didn't end until I got pregnant."
"But I never dared to run away again, because I knew that if I was caught again, I might never be able to escape."
"Our village is in the mountains. There is only one mountain road, and it is very steep. It takes at least two hours to get out completely."
"The people in the village are very barbaric and have little sense of law. Even if I call the police, they don't really care about our village."
“And no one supported me, including my parents.”
"I started to behave better and better, and occasionally I would take the initiative to care about him. I even suppressed my disgust, bought a lot of gifts to visit my parents, and thanked them."
"It was these changes in me that made all of them let down their guard against me."
"When the child was born, I became a good wife and mother."
"But I am not worthy of being a mother at all, and I hate this child."
"The only way I can think of to escape is to use the child."
"That man drinks with his friends at home almost every night and is rarely sober."
"I would use all kinds of means to torment my child, not letting him sleep, making him get angry, and giving him a cold."
"I look forward to it every day, hoping that my child will get seriously ill."
"That way, I can use the excuse that my child needs to go to the hospital to get out of the mountains."
"I am unfamiliar with the outside world, and neither are they. This virtually increases my chances of escaping."
"That man was very careless, and my method was very covert. So he didn't notice anything."
"Then one day, the child had a fever. I felt happy and guilty..."
"Haha..." Yin Miaomiao laughed at herself bitterly: "Can you understand that feeling?"
"I really hate this kid, but he's just a piece of my flesh."
"I also knew the child was innocent, but I still did it."
"I concealed the fact that my child had a fever and even used cold water to stimulate him."
"It wasn't until the evening when the man came back that I pretended to be worried and told him that the child had a fever..."
After hearing Yin Miaomiao's story, Li Liang's eyes were filled with astonishment.