CHAPTER 78: CHAPTER 77: MARRYING YOU DIRECTLY INTO MY HOME

Gao Huifang desperately hit Liu Tiejun, trying hard to scratch his face, but couldn’t reach. She cursed him sharply.

"Liu Tiejun! Let me go! You bastard! Scoundrel!"

"Let me go!"

However, at the end of the day, she was just a woman. Even though Liu Tiejun was much thinner now, she still couldn’t push him away no matter how hard she tried.

Until she felt a chill on her body, with the cold wind cutting through, and her arms and legs were scratched everywhere by the stones and twigs on the ground. Gao Huifang suddenly felt as if her world had completely collapsed.

She was shivering with cold, unable to retain her earlier agitation. Yet, Liu Tiejun still remained vigilant, holding Gao Huifang tightly with his hand.

With her face smothered in foul-smelling saliva, Liu Tiejun finally sat down next to her, satisfied.

"Hahaha, it’s great, I can finally get a wife, such a pretty one too."

"I didn’t expect you to be a first-timer, huh? Gao Zhiqing? I thought you... hahaha."

"Had I known, I would’ve been gentler from the start."

Liu Tiejun laughed in a revolting manner, even trying to move closer to kiss her. Seeing Gao Huifang dodge, he found it funnier.

"Dodge? You’re mine now, where are you dodging to? I dare you to dodge!"

With a loud "slap", a blow landed on her face. Gao Huifang cried out in pain but still refused to speak, angering Liu Tiejun.

"Gao Zhiqing, why aren’t you talking? Hmm? Keep cursing me!"

Liu Tiejun stared at Gao Huifang with malice, smirking filthy and smugly.

Gao Huifang was in utter despair.

Staring at the sky, the scene before her eyes seemed to sway.

She deeply regretted not listening to He Chen earlier. Perhaps if she had, she might have gone down the mountain with him. Even if nothing happened between them, it would certainly be better than being bullied like this.

In this desolate wilderness, with no one passing by, even if she shouted until her throat was hoarse, Liu Tiejun still wouldn’t let her go. His actions only grew more and more brazen.

He was utterly disgusting. Not only was he ill-looking, but his rapid weight loss had left his skin loose and saggy.

Sometimes, when she couldn’t help but scratch him, it felt like she was clawing at an old man’s wrinkly arm, feeling nauseated and repulsed.

She had cried until her tears dried up, yet Liu Tiejun remained oblivious, continually pestering her.

"How about it? Am I still good?"

"Though I’m younger than you by a few years, it doesn’t matter. I don’t mind. Bringing you home means having kids. You’re good-looking, the kids we have will surely be good-looking too."

"My mom will definitely be thrilled, and our family can finally have descendants soon."

"Right, don’t bother going back, just move to my place. We can quickly have a son."

Liu Tiejun was extremely pleased, longing for Gao Huifang to conceive a son right then and there.

If that happened, he would surely outdo his cousin. He Chen had been married for months, and his wife’s belly had shown no movement. Liu Tiejun was confident he could surpass his cousin in this aspect.

Gao Huifang felt utterly disgusted, yet she had no way out. She could only close her eyes and desperately imagine the person before her was He Chen, rather than this revolting man, Liu Tiejun.

But how could someone as tall and strong as He Chen be someone like this?

The stench of saliva filled Gao Huifang’s nostrils, making her unable to even imagine it. Liu Tiejun couldn’t begin to compare with He Chen in the slightest.

Finally, Liu Tiejun, in an act of "kindness," put his coat around her.

"Hehe, come on, Gao Zhiqing, follow me home, I’ll tell my mom and have you marry me right away."

His strength wasn’t much, but it was still enough to make it difficult for a woman to break free. Gao Huifang could only be dragged passively down the mountain, her hair a tangled mess, eyes swollen, walking awkwardly. Anyone seeing would know what had happened.

She pleaded with Liu Tiejun to let her tidy up her appearance before returning, but Liu Tiejun refused.

He was eager to see the villagers’ reactions when they saw him with such a pretty female Zhiqing. He could brag about this for years. Why would he let Gao Huifang hide and not show her off?

Thus, as they appeared in the village, the villagers immediately started gossiping.

Of course, the news also reached the ears of He Chen and Ye Manman.

Ye Manman was sitting in the courtyard watching He Chen weave a bamboo basket, with a lollipop in her mouth, when someone passed by the front yard loudly discussing how Liu Tiejun bullied a female Zhiqing on the mountain and shamelessly proclaimed he was going to marry her.

She was utterly perplexed.

"What female Zhiqing? Why would a female Zhiqing go up the mountain? There’s nothing to hunt there in this weather."

In the depths of winter, animals had all hidden away. It’s rare to catch wildlife in the traps, so nobody bothers going up the mountain. Only occasionally, when someone needed something, like He Chen who needed bamboo, would they trek up to cut some and bring it back.

But didn’t those female Zhiqing never go up the mountain?

In fact, women from the entire village rarely ventured up the mountain alone. It was too dangerous.

Since she first arrived here, Ye Manman hadn’t understood the dangers of the mountains. After following the kids to eat peaches and encountering a wild boar, she never went up the mountain alone again.

Even she, who was new here, knew to be afraid. Those female Zhiqing had been in the village for many years. How did they dare go?

Talking about female Zhiqing and the mountains, He Chen suddenly connected it with the woman inexplicably found in a trap.

"I saw a female comrade fall into a trap when I was cutting bamboo up the mountain just now. I put a bamboo pole down for her to climb out. I don’t know if the Zhiqing they’re talking about is that woman."

"But I didn’t encounter Liu Tiejun on my way down. I took a shortcut instead of the common path."

At this point, He Chen felt a bit of fear.

He recalled the scene where Liu Tiejun had once sneaked into the house and grabbed Ye Manman’s foot.

He never expected Liu Tiejun would bully a female comrade in broad daylight. What if he had come back late that day...

Indeed, they needed to move out as soon as possible.

He started weaving the bamboo basket faster.

Ye Manman noticed a blind spot, staring at his face skeptically.

"You saved someone along the way? A woman? How come you never mentioned it?"

She slightly frowned, seemingly a bit displeased.

"You didn’t happen to get too close to that female Zhiqing, did you? Like pulling her up, or holding her or anything?"

What female Zhiqing? Going up the mountain alone and getting saved by He Chen, who just happened to be there. He put the bamboo down for her to climb up. Why did it sound so suspicious?

"No, absolutely not!"

He Chen had deliberately not mentioned it because he feared she’d be upset. After all, he hadn’t touched her at all, not even a little, and he really disliked that person.

But now, he had to explain it.

"Manman, believe me. I was just cutting bamboo when I suddenly heard someone shout for help. I thought it was a ghost in the mountains and was ready to leave quickly. I didn’t expect someone had fallen into a trap."

"I was puzzled why a female comrade would go up such a remote mountain alone and worried there might be a problem, so I just left a bamboo pole for her to climb up herself."

He scratched the back of his head, somewhat anxious, feeling he couldn’t explain himself clearly.

"I’m sorry, Manman. She actually wanted me to jump down and carry her out, but I felt she wanted to trap me. The pit was full of sharp bamboo; jumping down would definitely hurt me. Plus, her clothes were already torn, and she wanted a stranger to carry her. I found it so improper, so I left."

"I really didn’t touch her at all! I didn’t even look at her much."

"Please believe me, okay?"