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When Xiaowan woke up, she discovered that she had been tied up by all sorts of flowers and wore red bridal clothing. The bridal veil fell to the side and her mouth was tightly stuffed with cloth, only able to emit a weak moan.

Two streams of clear tears rolled down her face. Mu Xiaowan never thought that she would be tied up and married off one day.

Half a month ago, the matchmaker came to their door and said that in terms of Baisha Town, they were missing an inn's boss, but she didn't pick anything. As long as they didn't lose an arm or a leg, the matchmaker said that the Mu Family had made it in time.

Xiaowan was seventeen years old this year, and was born with a pretty and delicate appearance, a famous little beauty in Qingling Village. Unfortunately, when she was born, her mother died in childbirth, and her older sister and grandmother were gone as well.

Her stepmother, Madam Xu, had wanted to send her out long time ago, so she accepted the betrothal gift without a second thought. A hundred silver coins was enough for Xiaowan's father to earn money from overseer work for three years.

Getting married to the owner of the inn might seem like a beautiful thing, but everyone in the village knew that Ling Xiao Inn was a black shop that sold human meat buns.

Upon hearing about this marriage, the townspeople came over to congratulate Yue Yang while scaring the hell out of Xiaowan.

The women would often burst into laughter and continue their nonsense.

At first, Xiaowan just refused on the surface, but the more she heard, the more uneasy she became. She was determined that they couldn't marry into the Xiaowan, so she packed up her things and went to find her father to decide on their marriage.

However, the wedding day was approaching, if she were to leave, not only would she lose the hundred silver taels, she might even be charged with the crime of annulling the marriage. How could the Madam Xu agree to that?

This morning, when her stepmother loosened the rope in her hand in order to dress her up, Xiaowan desperately scratched her face, refusing to marry no matter what. Her family was in a mess, and when she got married, she even got beaten up.

At the moment, Xiaowan's heart was thumping, the house was very quiet, there seemed to be no one outside, and no one could hear the laughter of the families, only the faint sound of sharpening blades, as though a long blade was scraping against a grindstone, one after another …

Suddenly, the door was pushed open, the Xiaowan closed her eyes in fear, and in that instant, she saw a tall and big man. The man walked to the side of the bed and paused for a moment. His large hands gently touched his body a few times, and then took out the piece of cloth from her mouth. Xiaowan felt that the binding on her body had disappeared, and her hands and feet were placed down naturally.

The man seemed to want to do something, but there was a thunderous noise outside, and not long later, Xiaowan heard the door close, and she timidly opened her eyes, only to see that there was no one inside.

The stepmother was afraid that she would not be able to hold back and would not give her water or food to eat before the wedding. Xiaowan's mouth had already dried up and his eyes were blurry from hunger, he could not care less and threw himself onto the table, drank a cup of tea, grabbed another piece of biscuit and hid under the bed to eat.

Just as he was about to grab another biscuit, he suddenly heard ghosts wailing and wolves howling outside. A man begged in pain, "Manager Ling, please spare me, Manager Ling, let me go, let me go …"