A delicate beauty takes a place in a marriage, while a cold, rough man seduces her every night.

In the pitch-black room, Xiao Jingye squatted down.

He gripped Chen Xiaomeng's chin tightly, with a cruel force that almost crushed her bones.

His eyes were devoid of warmth, his lips were pressed tightly together, and the murderous aura emanating from him sent chills down one's spine.

Chen Xiaomeng trembled slightly: "You...what do you want to do?"

Xiao Jingye sneered, "Do you think I can kill you right now?"

Chen Xiuying, standing to the side, turned pale with fright and hurriedly tried to stop him, saying, "Xiao Jingye, don't do anything reckless! Breaking the law will land you in jail!"

Suddenly, Xiao Jingye's hands, as sharp as knives and pincers, tightened around Chen Xiaomeng's neck.

He was choking them tightly; at that moment, he really wanted to kill them.

I can't even imagine what the consequences would have been if he hadn't come back to pick up Qingyan last night.

Such a scourge is a waste of air to be alive.

Once these two malignant tumors are removed, no one will dare to scheme against his wife again.

The thought of killing them... surged wildly through my mind.

At that moment, all he wanted to do was kill them.

Like killing a wild boar, a pheasant, or any other wild animal in the mountains.

Very simple.

He has hunted so many animals and stained so much blood, how could he not kill two people?

Xiao Jingye gritted his teeth, his grip tightening, his eyes burning with a violent, crimson rage.

He only slowly released the restraints when the mother and daughter were struggling to breathe, their faces were ashen, and their eyes were so swollen and painful they seemed about to bulge out of their sockets.

"Killing you would be too dirty for me."

As soon as he finished speaking, he flicked his wrist and slammed the two men hard onto the cold, muddy ground.

The two men's heads slammed hard against the ground, and they collapsed, gasping for breath.

Zhang Laizi, who was huddled in the corner, was already terrified. Now he finally realized that the man in front of him was Qiao Qingyan's husband.

He saw Xiao Jingye's tall and strong body slowly walking towards him. With each step closer, he was so frightened that he shrank back a little more into the corner.

The next instant, the five guards outside the door clearly heard Zhang Laizi's shrill screams erupt from the small dark room.

Wu Zi frowned; the blow was quite forceful.

Xiao Jingye has been ruthless in fights since he was a child. He has great strength and no one can get the slightest advantage when he gets into a conflict with someone.

Inside the house, the man kicked Zhang Laizi repeatedly with great force, showing no mercy.

"No, stop hitting me..." Zhang Laizi wailed and begged for mercy.

He was then kicked hard and fell over, the crisp sound of bones breaking clearly rang out, and he rolled to the feet of Chen Xiuying and Chen Xiaomeng.

The mother and daughter standing nearby trembled uncontrollably, never expecting that Xiao Jingye would dare to take action against the police in the middle of the security brigade.

Wu Zi hurriedly pushed open the door and rushed in, only to see Zhang Laizi lying on the ground, his face covered in blood, unable to move, like a rag doll pressed down on the two women.

He reached out and grabbed Xiao Jingye, pulling him outside: "That's enough, don't kill him."

-

Not long after, the loudspeakers in Shidianzi Village broadcast the three men's misdeeds on a loop, and the entire village was notified of their wrongdoing.

On the day of the parade, the three men, bruised and swollen, staggered along, each holding a wooden sign. They set off from the village committee and walked along the main road of the village, displaying themselves in front of each household.

The wooden board bearing Chen Xiuying's name reads: "Mutilating her stepdaughter, vicious-hearted, Chen Xiuying."

Chen Xiaomeng wrote: Intentionally harming people, morally corrupt, Chen Xiaomeng.

The sign next to Zhang Laizi reads: "Trespassing, corrupting the village's morals, Zhang Laizi."

It was the off-season for winter, and the villagers stood at their doorsteps, watching the group and pointing at them.

An elderly man, with his hands behind his back, said, "What a tragedy! Chen Xiuying and Chen Xiaomeng are vicious to the core, devising such a scheme to harm people. Now they deserve what has happened to them!"

The women huddled together, whispering, "How could they even think of such a thing? Trying to ruin Qingyan's reputation for life! Now they've embarrassed themselves and the whole village!"

The woman pulling her child along warned her child, "Watch out, don't learn from them and try to scheme against people. You'll get your comeuppance sooner or later for doing bad things."

The three men, heads bowed and clutching the plank, walked forward step by step, drawing only contemptuous and disdainful glances from all directions.

It's almost the same as public execution.

It's equivalent to social death in the surrounding villages.

-

The Chiang family.

Jiang Decheng and his wife returned home, where their son, daughter, and son-in-law were all there.

He sat in the main seat of the hall, angrily slapping his face with a loud thud.

Jiang Chunhua rushed forward to stop him: "Dad, what are you doing?"

Jiang Decheng looked at his son and sighed:

"I've already told my superiors that I'm resigning from my position as village chief. I'm getting old and it's time for me to retire. How you young people live your lives from now on is your business."

Jiang Runsheng knelt down with a thud: "Father, it's all my fault, I've made you lose face."

Jiang Chunhua quickly pulled her younger brother away, while Wei Yongqiu stood aside wiping away tears.

"Runsheng, you wanted to divorce her before, why didn't you?"

Seeing her elderly parents' hair turn white from worrying about her younger brother, Jiang Chunhua couldn't help but scold them.

"I heard my parents say before that they would divorce her as soon as she got out of prison. Look what she's done to our family! All the good reputation Dad built up as village chief for so many years has been ruined in the end!"

Jiang Runsheng's eyes filled with tears: "Dad, Mom, Sister, it's all my fault. It's my fault..."

He choked up several times before saying, "I...I can't have sex with my husband. She keeps using this to blackmail me, saying that if we get a divorce, she'll tell the whole world and let everyone gossip about me."

The moment those words were spoken, the main room fell into a deathly silence.

The three close relatives' eyes instantly welled up with tears. As a mother, Wei Yongqiu's first thought was heartache for her son.

She dared not imagine how much fear, torment, and anxiety her child had endured over the past year.

Village chief Jiang Decheng, feeling distressed, scolded, "Are you out of your mind! Why are you only telling us now?"

The Jiang family courtyard was filled with weeping.

A few days later, Jiang Decheng stepped down as village chief.

Before resigning, he used his connections to arrange a major event for his son.

Based on the certificate issued by the village committee, which confirmed Chen Xiaomeng's two serious misdeeds and the breakdown of the marital relationship, Jiang Runsheng successfully obtained a divorce through connections in the commune.

Originally, Jiang Runsheng wanted to get a divorce, which required a lot of procedures. Usually, the village would mediate first, and if that failed, he would file a lawsuit, which would take a long time.

Unwilling for his son to suffer any longer, he contacted an acquaintance in the commune and directly helped his son complete the divorce proceedings.

Jiang Chunhua comforted her younger brother: "Don't overthink things and put pressure on yourself. It's just a physical problem, it doesn't mean you're a bad person. There's no need to feel ashamed. Don't take other people's gossip to heart."

After revealing this secret, Jiang Runsheng felt much more relaxed.

The moment he received the divorce certificate, he felt the air itself was sweet.

On the other side, after being released from the security team, Chen Xiaomeng rushed back to the Jiang family home. Upon seeing the divorce certificate on the table, she almost went mad.

Out of consideration for their remaining relationship, Jiang Decheng instructed Runsheng to give her a breakup settlement of five hundred yuan.

Chen Xiaomeng held onto the five hundred yuan, insisting it was too little. Jiang Chunhua said, "If you keep making a fuss, you won't get a single penny!"

She then reluctantly shut her mouth.

After being kicked out by her in-laws, Chen Xiaomeng had nowhere to go.

The Qiao family was no longer a place to return to, so Chen Xiuying moved back to her parents' home with Qiao Yi.

Besides, Qiao Nianshan hates her to the core, and if she were to run into Xiao Jingye, it would be even more dangerous.

In the dark room, Xiao Jingye was really ruthless. Every kick almost broke her bones. When he grabbed her neck, Chen Xiaomeng felt that if he used a little more force, he would break her neck.

She was genuinely scared. Before, she only felt hatred towards them, but now she felt both hatred and fear.

Chen Xiaomeng didn't know where to go. She had contracted a disease, and although she wouldn't die immediately, she felt that her life seemed hopeless.

She went straight to the restaurant in the village, ordered a table full of signature meat dishes, ate until her mouth was glistening with oil, and then went to the teahouse in town, found a table to sit down and play cards.

With the five hundred yuan given by the Jiang family, plus some of her own savings, Chen Xiaomeng now has nearly six hundred yuan left.

Jia Er, sitting in the corner, kept his eyes glued to her the whole time.

She was having a run of bad luck, losing several hands, but she wasn't anxious or angry. She even bought melon seeds and peanuts to share with the other players at the table, showing her generosity.

Jia Er gave a meaningful snort, "Pretty rich, huh."