Deep in the forest at the entrance of Qingshan Village, Qi Zhiwu bent over to set the woman on the ground. He looked left and right nervously, whispering to the two men beside him, “She’s still alive. Hurry up, take her away and sell her.”
One of the men stared intently at the unconscious woman on the ground. He crouched down and reached for her face with a lewd expression. “Xiao Wu, is your third brother dead? It’s a pity for such a beautiful woman to hang herself on her wedding night!”
“No! It’s strange, really. There are no wounds, but he’s just unconscious. The doctors in the prefectural city all say he won’t make it. Otherwise, my grandmother wouldn’t have looked for this woman for a marriage for good luck. But he won’t live much longer anyway.”
After saying this, he looked left and right again, urging them nervously, “Hurry up and take her away! My grandma told me to throw her into the deep mountains to feed the wolves. This woman has a tough life—she still has a breath left in her. I can’t let anyone know I sold her.”
The other man also crouched down and reached out toward the woman’s chest, saying with a lascivious grin, “What are you afraid of? Who would come here at this time? Xiao Wu, I think she’s just lacking a man’s nourishment, that’s why she’s unconscious. Why don’t we have some fun first? Maybe she’ll wake up! With her looks, selling her to a brothel after she wakes up will definitely fetch more than ten taels. When the time comes, forget about paying off gambling debts—we’ll even have silver to start over!” As he spoke, he reached out to tear the woman’s clothes.
Her ears were filled with vulgar words, and someone actually dared to touch her. Yan Shu snapped her eyes open, a fierce aura rising within them. She raised her hand to grip the wrist on her chest. As she sat up, she applied force with a crack, breaking the man’s hand.
The air was suddenly filled with a scream like a slaughtered pig: “Ah! It hurts like hell!”
Yan Shu didn’t even spare him a glance; her eyes locked onto the man next to her face.
That man froze. Before he could even pull his hand back, he felt a piercing pain. In the next moment, another pain flared in his lower abdomen. He curled up in agony, with only one thought in his mind: he was ruined!
Yan Shu slowly stood up, facing the last man on the scene.
Seeing the killing intent in her eyes, Qi Zhiwu turned as pale as ash. Stepping back, he stammered, “Sister… sister-in-law…”
What Yan Shu loathed most were brutes who bullied women. She didn’t care to hear him speak. She took a step forward, gripped the acupoints on his arm, and threw the man onto the ground with a shoulder throw. Her foot stomped down hard on an acupoint in the man’s groin.
Then she turned and walked toward the man with the broken hand.
That man’s face was full of malice as he cursed, “You stinking bitch, how dare you hurt me! Just wait until I—”
Yan Shu didn’t wait for him to finish. She suddenly burst into a run toward him, using the momentum to kick the man away.
The man went flying, his head hitting a large rock, and blood immediately gushed out.
The man touched it, and seeing the blood on his hand, he said in a panic, “I’m bleeding! I’m going to die! Ah!” With that, he fainted.
Yan Shu stomped hard on his groin, mocking him, “What a coward, and you still dared to bully me!”
The man woke up again from the pain. Yan Shu withdrew her foot in disgust, glanced at the three of them, and said, “Get lost, now!”
She was currently weak all over. She would ruin their manhood first, and later she would gather the surveillance from around here… Wait!
Why was she in a forest?
And these three lewd period-drama enthusiasts—the clothes on their bodies were way too ragged, even having patches!
Wait, why was she also wearing a set of worn-out ancient robes?
Yan Shu frowned, looking at her small, rough-skinned hands. Suddenly, strange yet familiar images appeared in her mind.
After a long while, she realized with a sense of tragedy that she, the successor of a family of ancient medicine practitioners, had somehow transmigrated here just by taking a nap after work.
The original host shared the same name as her. In name, she was the adoptive daughter of Liu Erzhu, but she was actually the child bride for Liu Erzhu’s son, Liu Zheshu. Liu Zheshu liked the original host’s looks and planned to marry Yan Shu after he became a xiucai.
However, the Liu family felt that Yan Shu, a wild girl of unknown origin, was not worthy of their tongsheng son. So, taking advantage of Liu Zheshu going to the prefectural city for his exams, they took money from the Qi family and forced Yan Shu to marry into the Qi family for a marriage for good luck.
When Yan Shu arrived at the Qi family and saw the man she was supposed to bring luck to lying unconscious on the heated brick bed, she felt even more sorry for Liu Zheshu. She kept crying and was beaten and mocked by Old Madame Qi. In the end, she took advantage of a moment when no one was watching to commit suicide by hanging.
Having not eaten for a day and a night, and having died once, Yan Shu didn’t even have the strength to be angry. She only felt that the original host was pitifully foolish—committing suicide just because of a few insults.
However, this Old Madame Qi was truly wicked, actually throwing a person onto the mountain to feed the wolves!
And those three men she had just incapacitated—if she hadn’t woken up in time, there was no telling what would have happened!
Once she regained her strength, she would definitely torment them to death!
Yan Shu slumped weakly onto the ground, hungry and thirsty. She planned to rest for a while and find something to eat and drink after recovering her strength.
But to her surprise, just as she closed her eyes, she saw spots of emerald green entering her mind, glowing like fireflies. She could even feel light constantly surging into her limbs and bones, and her limp, weak body slowly regained its strength.
What was going on?
Could this be the golden finger of the transmigration army?
This golden finger was quite good and very practical!
Just as Yan Shu finished recovering and stood up, an old woman walked over, glanced at her, and said, “Eh, aren’t you the Qi family’s new bride? Why are you here?
Hurry back! Your house is in total chaos. Your grandmother wants to split the family from your branch, and your mother-in-law is crying at home!” With that, she grabbed Yan Shu and led her toward the village!
Her grip was strong, and Yan Shu didn’t even have the strength to struggle. She heard her talking as they walked: “You just married in yesterday, so you probably don’t know the situation at home yet, right? That grandmother of yours is a step-grandmother; she usually gives your mother-in-law’s branch a hard time.
Now that your man is lying on the bed, your brothers-in-law and sister-in-law are still small, and your mother-in-law has a weak personality. Since you are the eldest sister-in-law, you have to stand up. Don’t refuse the family split, but make sure to get a larger share of the assets so life will be easier in the future.”
After saying this, she suddenly remembered her purpose for leaving the village. She let go of Yan Shu and said, “Hurry back, I have things to do, I’m leaving now!” Then she turned and left.
Yan Shu watched her hurried departure, feeling somewhat helpless. Thinking about how her current body was both weak and useless, and that traveling in ancient times required a travel permit, she decided to return to the Qi family first.
Old Madame Qi was quite sharp with her insults last night. She wanted to see how the family would be split today.
Humph, even if she didn’t strip a layer of skin off that old woman, she would definitely make her bleed some wealth!
The courtyard of the Qi family was empty, but bursts of sobbing came from the kitchen. Yan Shu frowned and went straight into the room from her memories.
She drank three cups of water in one go before finally feeling a bit refreshed.
The room was simple and clear at a glance: a heated brick bed with a chest at the head. Yan Shu shifted her gaze to the man the original host had married for good luck. In her memory, the male lead’s face seemed to have been injured.
When she saw the man’s appearance, Yan Shu was stunned!