Tangjia Village.
It was a quarter to one in the afternoon.
Old Mrs. Tang and her son were beating their daughter-in-law, who was seven months pregnant!
"Beat this slut to death! How dare she have an affair!"
"Maybe the bastard in her belly belongs to that adulterer!"
"Bind her and the adulterer together and drown them in the pig cage in the river!"
Ning Yuwang lay on the ground, protecting her bulging belly with both hands and crying helplessly, "I didn't. I didn't have an affair!"
Someone grabbed her scalp tightly. Old Mrs. Tang shouted ferociously, "Slut! I'll drown you and your lover today."
How could this happen?
Ning Yuwang was a bit dazed. She had just taken a nap after lunch. When she woke up, a strange man was lying beside her.
And then, her mother-in-law and husband came to catch them in the act, and the "adulterer" even admitted it.
Why?
Ning Yuwang knew she had been framed, but why!
Why did someone go to so much trouble to harm her?
"You bitch! I was kind enough to take you in when you ran away from home. I've been feeding you well all this time, and yet you've been having an affair behind my back!"
Tang Sanjin grabbed Ning Yuwang's chin and even kicked her belly out of anger.
"It hurts!"
Ning Yuwang's face turned deathly pale instantly. Cold sweat broke out on her forehead, and there seemed to be something wet flowing out from between her legs.
She grabbed the man's trouser leg with one hand. "Don't... hurt our child..."
Tang Sanjin spat at her and kicked her hard again. "The bastard. I don't want to raise someone else's child. It's better for it to die!"
"No, this is our child!"
Ning Yuwang's dress gradually got wet. Although she had tilted her body when Tang Sanjin kicked her, her belly still twitched painfully, as if something heavy was desperately falling down!
"My child, my child!"
"Don't!"
In three more months, her child would be born normally. The old Chinese doctor in the village had told her in advance that it was a boy.
Now, Tang Sanjin clearly wanted to kill the child.
Even though Ning Yuwang was protecting her belly with both hands, something large suddenly fell out from between her legs. Her fingers twitched involuntarily. She knew it was her child.
Ning Yuwang fainted from the pain, and her skirt was soaked in thick blood.
When she woke up again, she was still lying in the same place.
The corpse of the fully formed baby boy was lying at her feet, still connected by the umbilical cord, and his body was blue with blood.
Old Mrs. Tang and Tang Sanjin were not in the room.
"An'er!"
Ning Yuwang crawled towards the baby boy crying. Her belly and back were hurting badly, but no pain could compare to the pain in her heart.
Yesterday, she was still thinking about naming the child "Ping An", which meant a peaceful and smooth life.
Today, her "Ping An" was dead.
Ning Yuwang's fingers trembled as she hugged "Ping An" and cried hoarsely. "Who on earth wants to harm us?"
"Sister?"
Ning Yuwang looked at the door in a daze. A noble lady in gorgeous clothes walked in, supported by a maid.
"Yuqin, save my child!"
Ning Yuwang crawled over and reached out to grab her dress. "He's only seven months old. He shouldn't have died!"
"Of course he shouldn't have died. It should be you who die!"
Ning Yuqin frowned at the hem of her skirt. This was her favorite embroidered Sichuan brocade dress, but unfortunately it had been soiled by Ning Yuwang.
The false kindness on her face gradually cracked. She kicked Ning Yuwang away. "Don't be sad. You'll soon go down to accompany that bastard."
"Yuqin?"
Ning Yuwang stared blankly at Ning Yuqin, not understanding why her once gentle and kind younger sister was now full of malice.
Ning Yuqin liked her being so ignorant. Even after being secretly harmed by her several times, she still foolishly thought everyone was a good person.
How stupid!
Soon, she solved all of Ning Yuwang's doubts.
"Ning Yuwang, look at yourself now. You're so shabby and downcast that you're not even as good as a beggar. You've completely disgraced the Yongning Marquis Mansion!"
Ning Yuqin looked down in disgust. "Well, you were abducted and sold to the countryside when you were a child. You've been vulgar and rough all your life. While I've been carefully raised by our parents and am proficient in all kinds of arts. Clearly, I'm the recognized eldest young lady of the Yongning Marquis Mansion."
"Just because you were found and brought back, our parents only dote on you and even want to give you the marriage I've set my eyes on! Fortunately, you're so stupid. You were scared into running away from the wedding after just a few words from me. And on the way, you were even defiled by a hooligan."
Ning Yuqin covered her mouth and sneered. "Hahaha, stupid. You were sold and you didn't even know it!"
No wonder, after she was brought back home for only a month, Ning Yuqin had been reminding her in various ways that the man she was going to marry was cruel and vengeful. Her timid nature, which had been developed in the countryside, became even more afraid.
Ning Yuqin suggested that she run away from the wedding. She said that when their parents weren't angry anymore, she could go back and apologize, and she would help her. But she never thought that on the day of the wedding, Ning Yuqin had taken her place in the sedan chair.
It was also on that day when she ran away that she met her current husband, who had forced himself on her.
Ning Yuwang's fingers were icy cold. The delicate face of the fifteen-year-old girl in front of her suddenly became dangerous and terrifying. "Ning Yuqin, I never wanted to fight with you!"
Ning Yuqin sneered and clamped her chin tightly with two fingers. "But as long as you're alive, you'll remind everyone that I'm just an adopted daughter, and everything I have should be yours! The boudoir, the jewelry, and the marriage contract, none of them belong to me!"
"Why! Why do you get everything I want so easily!"
"I've been spoiled since I was a child. Once you came back, our parents would definitely abandon me! I don't want to live the life of a lowly person. Naturally, I have to plan for myself! You were just a lowly person raised in the wild. You'll just go back to your old life!"
Ning Yuwang shook her head. Salty and wet tears mixed into her mouth. "Then why can't you just let me go?"
Ning Yuqin threw her chin away and wiped the bloodstains on her face with a handkerchief. "Why? It's because our parents miss you. Even though your reputation is completely ruined, they still miss you and worry about you too much. They even told me to find a chance to help you."
"How could I let you appear in front of our parents again! So, Ning Yuwang, you have to die. Only when you're dead will our parents stop thinking about you."
"Ning Yuqin, you're not human!"
Ning Yuwang tried her best to pounce on her and wanted to scratch her face. But the maid behind Ning Yuqin kicked her hard. She groaned and spat out a mouthful of blood. "You'll surely go to hell!"
Ning Yuqin threw the dirty handkerchief on her face. "It's a pity that it's you who's going to be drowned in the pig cage now! And it's you who's going to hell!"
The maid quickly pushed her out of the door. Old Mrs. Tang, who had been waiting for a long time, put a pig cage on Ning Yuwang.
Ning Yuqin also walked out and casually handed a stack of silver notes to Old Mrs. Tang. "Put a few more stones on the pig cage. Make sure you watch until she's dead!"
"Understood, miss. Why don't you get in the carriage first? Don't soil your eyes."
Ning Yuwang was pushed into the river. The water quickly rose to her nose and then entered her mouth. She couldn't shout out the hatred in her heart. She could only hate Ning Yuqin's back with all her might.
Ning Yuqin, I hate you!
I hate you for stealing my parents! I hate you for hurting my child! I hate you for taking my life!
The sky was filled with a vengeful aura, which quickly woke up the sleeping dragon shadow at the bottom of the river. The dragon's eyes were like torches, penetrating through the human being whose breath was weak.
"If there really is a dragon in this world!"
"Please help me!"
"I'm willing to have my soul imprisoned for eternity as long as these villains are cut into a thousand pieces and die a horrible death!"