CH 1.2

Chapter 1.2 – Abducted

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In her previous lifetime, she told Zhang Xing’s mother and son that she was allergic to celery but they didn’t believe her and forced her to eat it to the point that the hives acted up.

At that time, Zhang Xing suspected she had an infectious venereal disease and wanted to sell her to someone else. How could she bear the agony of being sold again? So, she knelt to plead repeatedly and assured the mother and son that these symptoms would disappear within two days.

The mother and son kept her locked up for two days until the red swellings on her body subsided before letting her out.

In this lifetime, she can take advantage of her allergy to escape the immediate calamity since she was still undefiled. As for where she will be sold to next, she will make other plans then.

In short, buy time for herself first.

She was only one meter away from the vegetable patch.

Li Yunzhen squatted down to look at her face.

The girl’s face was swollen, thus her original appearance could not be seen. After so many days without a bath, the body also stank and smelled no different than the pigsty.

Su Qin appeared extremely terrified and mentally deranged.

She persistently cowered towards the direction of the vegetable patch while her mouth nervously chanted, “Don’t hit me, don’t hit me, I will give birth to babies, give birth to babies, don’t hit me .…”

With tears streaming down the girl’s face and looking abnormal, she seemed to have gone mad after being subjected to the beatings.

Looking at her, she was just a little girl who had not fully developed yet. If she had not been bedded by that Zhang Feng family’s Er’wa, how would she be able to say such words? The more Li Yunzhen thought about it, the angrier she became and was beside herself with rage over the additional 3,000 yuan that she had given!

She, however, didn’t think it matters if the girl is clean or not as long as she can give her grandson. She intends to bring her son, Zhang Xing, to make trouble in Zhang Feng’s house and get back that additional 3,000 yuan.

She doesn’t want this kind of a white-eyed wolf relative!

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While Li Yunzhen was not paying attention, Su Qin retreated towards the vegetable patch. Hiding her face, she kept a handful of celery in her mouth and even swallowed the stinky soil into her belly.

At this moment, Zhang Xing came back from outside and called out, “Mom”.

As soon as the man stepped into the yard and saw a trembling girl cowering in the vegetable patch with a bloody nose and swollen face, the tips of his eyebrows unfurled with pleasant surprise.

He walked over and enjoyed the sight of Su Qin like a plaything before turning his head to ask Li Yunzhen, “Did Zhang Feng send this to you? How much did you pay?”

The tone was like asking how much it cost to buy a pig.

The man has been doing farm work all year round, hence he is sturdy and tall with dark glossy skin, robust features and bushy eyebrows. He was wearing a white-washed dark plaid shirt that was wrinkled with two patches sewn.

Zhang Xing completed elementary schooling, who in the eyes of the villagers, is an intellectual and constituted as the most educated among the men in the village. He is 30 years old and returned after working a few years in the city, hence he is considered insightful that the villagers recommended him to be the village chief.

Li Yunzhen gave an account of what happened to Zhang Xing then timidly asked her son, “Do you want to break her legs? Lest she run away.”

Although Su Qin was badly battered and it was impossible to see what she looks like, she somehow is still a woman.

“F*cking hell, this Zhang Feng, dare to even swindle this Laozi’[1]s money? I’ll look for her later!” Glancing at Su Qin, Zhang Xing pulled his pants and said, “She is already a money-losing commodity, how uneconomical if she is lame too? Even if a pair of wings is added on her, she can’t run out either. Mother, I’m hungry, make me a bowl of noodles.”

Li Yunzhen, “Okay. What about her?”

Having spent several years in the city, Zhang Xing felt a sweet sense of superiority over the people in the village. He wants to stand out from the masses and be special to the point of being exceptional from those ignorant villagers.

He glanced at Su Qin and said, “Toss her inside my room. I will f*ck her after I have eaten.”

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Su Qin was cast inside Zhang Xing’s room which was next to the main room. She could hear perfectly clear the conversation between both mother and son who were in the main room.

Sitting in the main room, Zhang Xing was eating noodles and Li Yunzhen was trying to engage in small talk with him, “Xing’wa, why did the Liujia village’s chief call you over ah?”

Zhang Xing said, “Oh, it’s the Tongluo Township’s mayor who called for a meeting with several of our villages’ chiefs. Saying that a Shuòshì (硕士 ) (master’s degree holder) surnamed Li is coming to teach at Tongluo Township and asked all the children in these villages to attend classes. Not knowing where this master’s degree graduate heard from after arriving at Tongluo Township saying that our village has nice scenery and insisted on coming to our village to collect .. collect cultural materials? You also know the condition of our village, how can outsiders be allowed in?”

Li Yunzhen asked him, “Suǒ shí (锁石 ) (locked stone)? What’s that? And what’s that about collecting cultural materials?”

Zhang Xing glanced at his ignorant mother with disdain, “It’s a master’s degree! A highly intellectual. Collecting cultural materials means visiting our village.”

Li Yunzhen made a ‘oh’ sound, “Highly intellectual? Then … possibly more educated than you ah?”

Zhang Xing slurped a mouthful of noodles, “People are university graduates, what do you think?”

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Listening to the voices next door, Su Qin was full of rising excitement.

A master’s degree graduate surnamed Li? Is it Li Chuan? Could it be Professor Li?

Even after 5 years of marriage to Li Chuan, she still liked calling him ‘Professor Li’ and it was difficult to address him differently.

But … the timeline was not right ah.

She remembered that in her previous lifetime, it was 5 years later that Li Chuan came to teach and he was already an associate professor.

Li Chuan completed his postgraduate studies at the age of 21, he became an associate professor at 26 then a full-time professor at 28. His family was well off but he gave up inheriting the family business, choosing to impart knowledge and educate people, and engaged in research.

As it’s spring now, Su Qin soon has an allergic reaction. Her body started to itch and dense pink swellings spread all over her body.

Her neck, face and the backs of her hands were densely covered with bumps that made the onlooker’s flesh creep.

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When Zhang Xiang and Li Yunzhen came in, they saw Su Qin cowering in pain on the bed before catching sight of the swellings on her body which caused their scalps numbed.

Even if a man can devour a hideous woman, how can he bring himself to take a woman with such dense swellings who looks like a monster?

Li Yunzhen pulled her son and said anxiously, “This Zhang Feng really deserves a thousand slashes, giving us such a sickly crazy woman. Xing’wa, we don’t want this girl. Let’s return it! This kind of morbid crazy woman cannot give birth to any good male child. Go, let’s go ask for our money back!”

Su Qin was already frightful looking with her face beaten and swollen, in addition to the dense swellings on her arms, neck and face, which made Zhang Xing shuddered. He doesn’t mind an ugly baby-bearing tool but he is afraid that this ‘tool’ might have infectious diseases.

He felt that this symptom was extremely similar to that … AIDS in the city?

The more Zhang Xing thought about it, the more dreadful he felt. Searching for a weapon, he went with his mother to give Zhang Feng trouble.

Allegedly, Zhang Xing was said to have killed people in the city before. Zhang Feng is not afraid of Li Yunzhen but she is fearful of Zhang Xing.

Zhang Feng agreed to refund them the 4,000 yuan and said, “Second Aunt, Xing’wa, it’s not really easy to abduct a girl in the city now as enforcement has tightened. You just make do with her as long as she can give birth to a baby. Isn’t it all the same bedding her with your eyes closed?”

Recalling Su Qin’s body that was full of red bumps, Zhang Xing insisted on not wanting her, “No. You give Laozi the money back. Laozi doesn’t want that b*tch!”

Seeing his insistence, Zhang Feng then gave them an idea, “Second Aunt, Xing’wa, it was a long way to fetch her back which was not easy at all. I can’t do an unprofitable business, right? Why not sell this girl to the Fool at the rear of the village. Before his father died, he left him a sum of money to buy a wife. How can their family’s Fool tell if the girl is sick or not? What do you think?”

Li Yunzhen thought that it was feasible and said, “Then you go discuss with the Fool’s mother. Sell them for 2,000 yuan.”

Thumping her hand on the palm, a smile spread on Zhang Feng’s face, “Okay, I’m on my way!

[1] 老子 (Lǎozi) – in this context it’s self-proclaimed for I, used arrogantly or jocularly.