Journey to the West: Upon seeing the Yellow-Eyebrowed Demon, why not pay homage?

Sunset West Mountain.

It was late at night.

Bai Susu carried a gray bundle on her back, quietly walked out of the dilapidated house, and hurried towards the village entrance.

Just as she was about to pass the last thatched hut, the hut's door suddenly opened, and two figures, one fat and one thin, holding torches and sickles, stood indifferently in the middle of the dirt road.

Bai Susu's heart trembled violently, and she spoke in a dry voice, "Big Tiger Brother, Little Tiger Brother."

"Susu, go back. Don't make things difficult for us," Fatty Tiger said in a muffled voice.

Bai Susu's thoughts raced, and she suddenly knelt down on the ground: "Big Tiger Brother, Little Tiger Brother, please let me go."

Fatty Tiger shook his head: "Susu, your home isn't here, but our home is, so..."

Bai Susu: "..."

Skinny Tiger silently raised his sickle: "Go back!"

Bai Susu felt cold all over, knowing that if she didn't obey, they would herd her back like sheep.

"Okay, I'll go back..."

By the light of the torch, watching the seemingly frail yet angelically beautiful girl turn and head back to the village, Skinny Tiger couldn't help but say, "What a pity."

Fatty Tiger slapped him on the forehead: "Don't be so foul-mouthed, or your tongue will come out!"

Half an incense stick later.

A dilapidated wooden house.

Bai Susu smashed the pottery jar, hid a sharp shard in her hand, and curled up in a corner of the bed with her hair disheveled.

Ever since Aunt Bai Rihong left, she had a bad feeling, which was the main reason she wanted to escape.

Moreover, as night fell, the premonition grew stronger, as if a monster might jump out at any moment and tear his body apart.

"Bang!"

In the darkness, a light suddenly appeared at the door. The next moment, the thin, drafty wooden door was kicked open, and a gaunt old man with a goatee came in carrying a lantern, his gaze fixed on the girl in the corner of the bed:

"I heard from Chu Hong that you don't agree to marry me?"

Despite trembling with fear, Bai Susu remained calm and composed, saying, "Grandpa Village Chief, please have mercy and let me go. My family has a business in Gushe City. If you let me go back, I can give you lots and lots of money."

"Oh."

The village chief sneered: "Susu, I've crossed more bridges than you've walked roads. I won't be easily fooled by you."

Accept your fate; this is your destiny. Serving me is better than becoming a plaything for all the men in the village, isn't it?

Why can't you understand? It was me who protected you!

Bai Susu: "..."

The village chief, carrying a lantern, approached the bed step by step and continued, "Your parents died at the hands of bandits. Don't you feel any resentment or hatred? If you submit to me, perhaps I can help you avenge them. Submit, submit..."

As he spoke, he began to climb onto the bed.

Bai Susu suddenly thrust out a sharp shard and pressed it against the village chief's neck: "Don't move."

Looking at the beautiful young woman with a face full of determination and panic in the firelight, the village chief smiled instead of being surprised: "I'll say it again, it was I who protected you. If anything had happened to me, your fate would be..."

Bai Susu's mind raced. She quickly retrieved the shards and held them against her chin: "Leave, or I'll kill myself here."

"You should kill yourself."

The village chief waved his hand and said, "After you die, I will dig up your parents' corpses and feed them to the dogs, and throw their bones on the ground for the villagers to trample on every day, so that they will become wandering ghosts and never be reincarnated."

Oh, and your corpse too. Don't worry, I won't waste it. I'll sell you to someone who needs a ghost marriage, so you won't find peace even in death.

Upon hearing this, Bai Susu was utterly devastated. Fear and despair seemed to turn into two giant hands, tightly gripping her throat and making it increasingly difficult for her to breathe.

The village chief finally came to her side, raised his hand and took the porcelain shard from her delicate hand: "Come on, help me take off my clothes first."

Bai Susu closed her eyes, her hatred growing wildly like weeds in her heart.

The village chief's face darkened, and he slapped the other person across the face.

But at that moment, he found a hand gripping his wrist, like an iron clamp or a stone lock, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move it an inch.

"Who are you?"

After giving up the struggle, the village chief suddenly turned around, only to be greeted by a handsome and fair-skinned face.

"Who am I? Perhaps this is your retribution!" Huang Mei grabbed the village chief's wrist and, taking advantage of the height difference between them, lifted him up like a chick and threw him against the wall like trash.

With a loud thud, the village chief's head hit the wall, his eyes rolled back, and he immediately fainted.

Bai Susu slowly opened her eyes and saw a slender, handsome man with a fair complexion standing quietly in front of the bed in the lantern light. The village chief, who had been so arrogant just moments before, was now unconscious in the corner.

"Thank you so much for saving my life, young master..."

Huang Mei waved his hand and said, "No need to thank me, it was nothing."

Bai Susu hurriedly got off the bed, knelt on the dirty floor, and raised her beautiful face: "Please, young master, take me out."

Yellow Eyebrows neither confirmed nor denied, only saying, "You don't look like a local."

Bai Susu's expression faltered slightly, and two lines of clear tears rolled down her cheeks: "Young master's eyes are sharp; I am indeed not a local."

She paused, then explained in more detail:

"My name is Bai Susu. I live in Gushe City. Because of my beauty, I attracted the covetousness of the city lord's son. In order to protect my chastity, I moved with my parents and prepared to return to the countryside to settle down."

Unexpectedly, when I passed through Tiger Gorge, I was stopped by a group of masked bandits. They killed my entire family and knocked me unconscious. When I woke up, I found myself in this village.

The village chief told me that he had led people to rescue me, and that he had also collected the remains of my parents and relatives. He assured me that I could live peacefully in the village from now on, and that he would take care of me...

Who would have thought they would take such good care of me?

Huang Mei paused slightly: "This village is probably related to that gang of bandits."

Bai Susu smiled wryly and said, "I know, but I dare not say it."

Huang Mei turned to the village chief: "Just ask him."

Having said that, he walked straight up to the other man, aimed at his crotch, and stomped on it.

"Aww..."

A scream suddenly rang out in the quiet night, startling many villagers.

The village chief did indeed wake up, clutching his groin, his face covered in cold sweat from the pain, screaming incessantly.

Huang Mei coldly asked, "What is your relationship with the bandits who slaughtered the entire Bai family?"

The village chief only cried out in pain and did not answer.

Seeing this, Huang Mei summoned the chime mallet, which transformed into a spiked club: "If you don't confess honestly, the next thing to break is this thing around your neck."

The village chief shivered and suddenly said, "No, it's alright..."

"Fine, since you refuse to confess, then go see the King of Hell. Will you still be so stubborn after you see the underworld?" Huang Mei sneered and suddenly raised his spiked club.

Seeing the menacing spikes of the club under the firelight, the village chief's courage waned as a chill rose within him, and he hurriedly began, "I'll talk, I'll talk..."