At this moment, I feel so helpless. My closest brother has stretched out his demonic claws to me, and such a blow is too sudden, too shattering.

  Just as I was about to give up struggling and choose to sink down like this, die like this, a strong sense of unwillingness suddenly arose in the depths of my heart! This unwillingness is more like a kind of grievance, a kind of disbelief!

  When this discontent with life emerged, I suddenly realized that something seemed wrong somewhere.

  Yes! It's really very wrong!

  To know, Du Jie is actually very close to me emotionally. Usually when he has something good, he will definitely think of me, and whenever there's a good opportunity, he will definitely share it with me. We have never had any conflicts before, so how could he suddenly want to strangle me to death today?

  And! Why did he appear at Jingjing's home? Didn't he have something going on with his girlfriend?

  "Not true!"

  "No way!!!"

  "He is not Du Jie!"

  Looking at the ferocious and bloodshot-eyed Du Jie in front of me, I suddenly realized that everything before my eyes was not real. The person in front of me was not Du Jie, but an imposter who wanted to put me to death! I suddenly became aware that this person was the same man who had choked me at the beginning, only now my eyes were blurry and I couldn't tell what was real or fake!

  Just as I thought of this, a call also echoed in my ear.

  "Gu Yidage, wake up quickly! Can't sleep! Mustn't be bewildered! Can't fall asleep!"

  This voice is from Han Jingjing!

  As soon as I heard Jingjing's voice, I suddenly came to my senses and started struggling violently. I grabbed the hands that were choking me on my neck, resisting with all my might, not letting him use more force, not letting him try to strangle me to death!

  I won't let him do this! I won't allow myself to die in such a unclear and uncertain way!

  "Ah! Get out of here! You fake guy! Scram!!!"

  I charged at the "fake Du Jie" in front of me with a hysterical shout, and I found that at this moment, my unyielding determination filled my body with strength! A sense of illusion made me feel like "if I add a bit more force, if I add a bit more force, I can pry open those hands of his that are going to kill me!"

  Perhaps it was the last bit of strength in my body, or perhaps it was my unyielding anger that ignited the potential within me. At this critical moment, just as I was being choked and couldn't catch my breath, I suddenly felt an endless surge of energy.

  At this moment, I suddenly have confidence that I can get rid of these "Dujie" powerful hands and break free from his restraints!

  "Get out of here!"

  I let out a loud roar at the sky!

  "Hmm——"

  As I let out this deafening roar, I clearly felt a strange, bubble-like cracking sound coming from beside my ears. Then, I suddenly widened my eyes and found that everything in front of me had completely changed, I almost killed myself!

  At this moment, there is no one in front of me, not even the man who first pinched me, let alone Du Jie. There is not a single person in front of me...

  And indeed, there were hands tightly grasping my neck!

  But those aren't someone else's hands!

  But it was my own right hand... tightly grasping my own neck!

  If it wasn't for me using my left hand to desperately hold on! If I hadn't suddenly gained an endless supply of strength, I'm afraid that by now, I would have already killed myself! I almost committed suicide...

  I hastily loosened my right hand, which was tightly grasping my neck, and sat down on the ground with a loud gasp. At this moment, I felt that all my strength had been sucked out of me. I was scared, I was terrified, I didn't know what was going on, how could I be strangling myself?!

  Just as I was panting heavily, Han Jingjing, who was tied to the wooden pillar behind me, shouted with a crying tone: "Great, Brother Gu Yi, you're awake, you're fine, you scared me to death, I thought you'd strangle yourself!"

  As I listened to Han Jingjing speaking like this, I turned my head and smiled at her, then turned back to glare fiercely at the black-robed old woman in front of me who was sneering at me.

  I found that at this time, the man who was originally pinching me had already fallen to the feet of the black-robed old woman. And on her right side, it was Han Jingjing's mother standing. At this moment, I saw a look of astonishment in Han Jingjing's mother's eyes.

  Just as I was watching them, the old woman in black spoke up.

  "Haha, young man, you have some willpower, and you actually broke free from my dream realm. You're the first one to break free from my dream realm!"

  "A dream?"

  When I heard her say such a fresh word, I felt a bit puzzled.

  It seems that she noticed my confusion, and Han Jingjing behind me replied: "Gu Yi brother, she is the witch of our village, who knows many spells. We all call her Witch Grandma. Witch Grandma is very powerful, just now she cast a dream spell on you."

  "Black magic? Don't be ridiculous, it's probably just some hypnosis trick. I don't believe in any of that witchcraft nonsense! Wait a minute, I remember now! The one who was pinching me at the beginning was her husband, and when I saw his eyes weren't moving, I got curious and looked a few more times. It must have been then, through his empty gaze, combined with her strange incantations, that she hypnotized me!"

  As soon as I said that, I suddenly found that the black-robed old woman seemed to be hurt by my words, and her body shook suddenly. Then she continued to say with a gloomy face: "You are very clever, I like you very much, as long as you are well-raised, you will become an excellent cauldron slave! Hahaha!"

  After saying this to me, the old lady whispered to the elderly woman beside me, who was Han Jingjing's mother: "I'll take your daughter away, and I'll leave this kid with you. Just do as I say."

  After saying this to Han Jingjing's mother, the old woman in black slowly walked over to me.

  As I was sitting at that moment, the old woman in black robe leaned forward with her crutches and approached me.

  Seeing her like this, I'm afraid she'll play some trick on me or cast a spell, so I tense up and watch her guardedly.

  Seeing me like this, the black-robed old woman smiled and said to me: "Hehe, young man, don't be afraid, I'm not thinking of hurting you now. Since you can escape from the dream I created, that's also a blessing for you. I came up to you because I want to tell you something."

  Then, the old woman in black robe started whispering softly into my ear...

  After she muttered some words, I was so angry that my lungs were about to burst.

  "You're a dead old woman, I won't do that damn thing you said! And I won't let you take away Jianjing either. If you want to take her away, you'll have to step over my corpse first! Your mother...!" I cursed at her loudly, using all sorts of foul language.

  Seeing me like this, the old woman in black didn't rush or get angry, her face had no expression, and her eyes were also calm and unsurprised. She turned her head and simply tapped the ground twice with the cane in her hand, then coughed twice.

  It was as if the sound of the crutch and the cough were controlling the man who was crouching on the ground. After the old woman in black did these things, the man suddenly got up and rushed to my side like a bulldozer, then directly picked me up from the ground and held me high above his head, and before I could react, he slammed me heavily onto the ground.

  All I heard was a loud crash, and that really hurt! It felt like my butt was almost split in two. Plus, I got dizzy from the fall, and it took me a while to come back to my senses.

  After he was done with me, that guy actually used his bare hands to pry open the ropes binding Han Jingjing. The explosive force was frightening. To think that a rope as thick as a little finger could be pried open by hand, is this still human?

  After stretching the rope, the man directly put Han Jingjing on his shoulder. No matter how hard Han Jingjing struggled, it was all in vain.

  After doing all this, the old woman in black brought out the man carrying Han Jingjing and disappeared before my eyes...

  As they walked out, I originally intended to stand up and stop them, but I found that my waist was numb from being thrown around at this moment, and for a while, I couldn't even get up.

  It took me a good half day to finally stand up from the ground, propping myself up on my waist. After I stood up, I planned to go out and find that black-robed old woman. Just as I was about to walk out the door, Han Jingjing's mother called out to me.

  "It's no use, don't waste your energy, you won't be able to find them. If you really want to save Han Jingjing, then listen to the old witch's words."

  "Get out of my face! Listen to her? You think I'd do that with you? Don't even dream about it! I'm not going to do that with you, anyway! With someone like you, you deserve to be single and just use a cucumber to take care of yourself!" I shouted at her.

  When I scolded her like this, she didn't get angry, but instead a wry smile appeared on her face.

  "No way, you don't want me to think! It's not because I'm thinking of men, but because I want to save my daughter. You're worth it, we mother and daughter are all yours, you've enjoyed the blessings of heaven!"

  After finishing speaking to me, Han Jingjing's mother took off her clothes in front of me and rushed towards me naked.