I heard Han Jingjing's wailing, and then I also heard the sound of a whip coming from inside. I felt something was wrong, and it seemed like Han Jingjing had encountered some trouble. So I carefully pushed open the courtyard door and quietly crept to the front of Han Jingjing's room.

  Because Han Jing's door was ajar, I could see the situation inside through the gap.

  I vaguely saw that in Han Jingjing's house, she seemed to be tied to a wooden pillar. At this moment, because she was naked, those blood-red whip marks were clearly visible, and for an instant, I felt a bit unsteady. Unable to hold back, I prepared to rush in and see what was going on. But just at that moment, I heard someone speaking inside.

  "The blood curse planted in your blood is for you to control the man who pleases you, now that this man has run away, call him back for me! Are you calling or not?"

  The voice speaking is very familiar, this isn't someone else's voice, it's the voice of Han Jingjing's mother.

  I heard the voice of Jingjing's mother inside, so I carefully pushed the slightly ajar door to make the gap bigger. After the gap became bigger, I saw that standing in front of Jingjing was her mother. At this moment, Jingjing's mother was not naked, but wearing a green long dress with a forked hem. In her hand, she held a leather whip, and on the whip, there were still some faint bloodstains. It seemed that the lash marks on Jingjing's body were caused by her!

  In the room, apart from Han Jingjing's mother, I also saw that black-robed old man with a cane. And at the feet of the black-robed old man was the man who had been carrying her earlier, prostrating himself on the ground. The man was motionless on the ground, as quiet as a turtle with its head withdrawn...

  After Han Jing's mother finished asking her that, I saw Han Jing lift up her head and shout with a stubborn and desperate face: "He is a good man, he is not the kind of bad guy you are talking about! You have all been deceiving me! From childhood to adulthood, you have all been instilling wrong ideas in me! I don't want to believe you! I can't bear to lay hands on him! I don't wish anything bad would happen to him! So... even if you beat me to death, I won't call him back!"

  As soon as Han Jing finished speaking, she saw her mother's face suddenly become even more solemn. Then, she raised the leather whip in her hand and was about to start whipping Han Jing again.

  Seeing her about to hit Han Jingjing, at this time, if I still hide and dodge, then I'm too girly! Moreover, from Han Jingjing's words, I can easily hear that the "he" in Han Jingjing's mouth, the good person she mentioned, is actually me. It's very likely that I didn't suffer like Du Jie because of the blood curse, it's all because of Han Jingjing.

  So I directly pushed the door and entered, then immediately came to Han Jingjing's side and protected her. Following that, I scolded Han Jingjing's mother: "Are you still a mother? Even tigers don't eat their own cubs, do you need to hit her like this? Damn it!"

  My sudden appearance made the woman standing in front of me stunned, and after she was stunned for about three seconds, she suddenly burst out laughing. Her laughter looked very strange and evil to me...

  "Haha, you silly kid didn't leave? This is quite interesting. Why didn't you say so earlier?! You've caused my daughter to suffer this physical pain, it hurts me so much!"

  After finishing speaking, Han Jingjing's mother threw away the whip and walked closer to Han Jingjing, touching her wounds with a painful expression: "Oh! Daughter, it's mom's fault that you got hurt. I'll get you some medicine to heal your wounds soon. You must recover quickly and make your skin white and flawless again. You know...the village is going to welcome new men soon, and if you're favored by them, you'll be the village's meritorious citizen!"

  After saying these words, Han Jingjing's mother suddenly burst out laughing the next moment, and that laughter sounded particularly devilish. This change of face was faster than flipping a book. Just now it was still a sad and painful look, but now it was full of excitement.

  Seeing her mother like this, I found that Han Jingjing was full of hatred, and followed her to say to Han Jingjing: "You crazy woman! How could I have a mother like you?"

  After saying this to her mother, Han Jingjing turned around and shouted at me with a crying tone: "Are you stupid? Since they can't find you, why don't you leave the village? Do you know what it means for you to stay here? You idiot!"

  As I watched Jinjin cry, my heart really ached. Unconsciously, I used my hand to gently wipe away the tears on her face. Then I immediately realized that she was still tied up to the pillar, so I quickly went to untie Jinjin.

  Just as I was about to untie Han Jingjing's bonds, the black-robed old man who had been standing silently on one side finally spoke up.

  "Haha! What a touching scene! Watching my wife, I couldn't help but shed tears!"

  As I heard her speak, I couldn't help but turn my head to take a look at her. At this moment, the black-robed old man with a crutch didn't wear any veil, revealing his face.

  This is an old lady who looks at least 70 or 80 years old, with a face full of wrinkles. When she smiled at me, I felt a kind and warm smile, not at all like a bad person, but rather it gave me a sense of closeness. However, because of this, I feel that the old lady is actually scary.

  After glancing at her, I ignored her and continued to help Jingjing untie the knot. Just as I hadn't yet untied the rope, that old woman spoke to me again.

  "May I let her go now?"

  Hearing her say this, I got so angry that I yelled at her.

  "Who the hell are you? Mind your own business!"

  As soon as I turned around and scolded her, the next second, that old woman didn't know if she was angry or what, she used the cane in her hand to heavily hit the ground twice, then violently coughed twice.

  Just as she finished these movements, the man who was lying under her suddenly jumped up, and with my eyes fluttering, this man somehow quickly appeared in front of me, staring at me like that.

  I saw that the man had a face full of scars and looked quite frightening. However, his eyes were motionless, with a vacant and dull expression.

  After staring at me for a few seconds, taking advantage of my daze, the man suddenly stretched out one hand and directly pinched my neck, lifting me off the ground!

  To know that a hand was pinching my neck and lifting me up, what kind of strength is this? To be honest, I have never seen such an awesome person in real life. I wanted to resist, wanted to break free, but my neck was pinched tightly, and I couldn't exert even half of my strength, could only use both hands helplessly grasping at his big hand that was pinching my neck, panting desperately.

  At the same time, as I was being lifted up by this man's pinch, I saw the black-robed old woman behind him suddenly lower her head, close her eyes, and mutter something in her mouth. She seemed to be praying, or chanting a spell...

  A little bit louder, her voice got bigger and bigger, hearing her muttering sound, I found myself starting to feel unwell!

  "What's going on?"

  I feel like my brain is getting more and more muddled...

  Then I found my body getting heavier and heavier...

  My eyelids are getting heavier and heavier!

  ......

  My mind is clear, but I don't know why I want to sleep now!

  Yes! I want to sleep! I just want to sleep through it all, just sleep through it all... Don't think about anything anymore...

  In a daze, I suddenly found that my brother Du Jie was standing in front of me with a smile!

  "Du Jie?"

  "Du Jie!"

  "Not true!"

  But suddenly I realized that the person pinning me down was not some hooligan, but rather my best brother Du Jie!

  A little bit, I'm having trouble catching my breath. I suddenly feel like I'm going to die! Yes, that's how I died, at the hands of my best brother.

  I don't know why, but I feel like I have nothing to hold on to, and just dying like this is probably my best choice...