The younger sister went to be a bridesmaid for her best friend, but was insulted by eight groomsmen that night.
When my younger sister said she was going to a mountainous area to attend the wedding of her classmate and best friend, I firmly disagreed.
The wedding disturbances in that mountain village were severe, and I was afraid she would be in danger.
My younger sister pleaded desperately, saying that she and her best friend had been friends for many years and she couldn’t not go.
She also said that her best friend had promised that there would be no wedding disturbances.
I agreed, but I asked to go with her just in case.
On the wedding day, everything was normal, and the groomsmen were well – behaved.
But in the middle of the night, a sudden scream came from the next room.
I rushed into the room immediately, only to see my younger sister naked, with tears all over her face, being bullied by several men!
My eyes were about to burst with anger. I picked up a solid wooden stool and rushed over to smash it, rescuing my younger sister.
But soon, they called more people and surrounded us.
My younger sister’s best friend also came and said righteously:
“According to the rules of our village, the bridesmaid is to be used to reward the groomsmen!”
Then she looked at my younger sister with a sneer:
“So what if you’re slept with? You won’t lose a piece of meat. You were so arrogant before, but now let’s see how proud you can be.”
It turned out that for the so – called excitement, this village would invite bar girls to be bridesmaids for the groomsmen to have fun during weddings.
This so – called best friend deliberately tricked my younger sister here, just to ruin her!
I was furious. For our safety, I immediately wanted to take my younger sister away.
But my younger sister’s best friend sneered and said:
“Do you think I’m stupid enough to let you go out and call the police?”
Then, my younger sister’s best friend directly revealed the truth and threatened those groomsmen, who then beat me to death!
After I died, my soul floated out.
I saw my younger sister being imprisoned by that best friend in an abandoned coal mine on the back mountain.
Every day, three or five groomsmen would go in and insult her, and she was tortured to death.
When I opened my eyes again, I was reborn on the night after the wedding.
Outside, eight groomsmen were eyeing us menacingly.
1
“Brother, I’m going over there first.”
My innocent younger sister had no sense of precaution at all. After greeting me, she wanted to leave with her best friend.
I stopped her: “Sister, wait a minute. It’s a happy day. You haven’t toasted Sister Ruyan to celebrate yet. Are you going to sleep so early?”
My younger sister giggled.
“But I don’t know how to drink.”
“It doesn’t matter. It’s okay if you don’t drink. Xiaoru came all the way here to be my bridesmaid. I’m already extremely grateful.”
“Let’s go, Xiaoru.”
Liu Ruyan said with a hidden dagger in her smile, and took my younger sister’s arm, ready to leave.
I smiled, took out a bottle of wine from my bag, and shook it in the air.
My younger sister exclaimed “Ah” and quickly took it.
She said to Liu Ruyan:
“Ruyan, look at my memory. This is the nu’erhong (a kind of wine) that my dad buried for me more than 20 years ago. I specially brought a bottle for you. I originally wanted to open it at the wedding banquet for you to taste, but I forgot!”
My younger sister was simple – minded and kind.
In contrast, this best friend of hers.
I didn’t see any sense of guilt in her eyes.
“Wow, Xiaoru, you’re really nice to me!”
Liu Ruyan smiled and hugged my younger sister.
The surprise and excitement she showed were extremely exaggerated and hypocritical.
“But the banquet is over. Let’s take it out when I have a baby and hold a full – moon banquet.”
My younger sister was easy to deceive. Seeing that she was about to agree, I quickly interrupted.
“It’s not auspicious. Such an old nu’erhong should be drunk at the wedding banquet to show its value. I’ll go get the glasses!”
Without giving her a chance to decline again, I took the opportunity and ran out.
Today, if I don’t get her drunk, I’ll change my surname.
2
Rural banquets are usually set up by the roadside.
A simple shed is built, and guests drink and chat merrily in the shed.
It’s a harmonious and festive scene, but it becomes disgusting because of the village’s bad customs.
I went to the shed to take a look.
The groomsmen were playing finger – guessing games with the groom, all with flushed faces and slurred speech.
When they saw me enter, the groomsmen looked at each other and smiled.
They wanted to invite me to sit down and drink.
I declined politely.
I took an unopened bottle of baijiu from the side.
Smiling, I filled their glasses one by one.
At this time, the groom could hardly keep his eyes open and was lying on the table, drowsy.
When I was pouring the wine for the last groomsman.
That groomsman looked at me with a cold smile.
“Brother, that bridesmaid is your sister, right?”
“Yes, what’s wrong?”
“Nothing. She’s quite pretty.”
3
Among the groomsmen, I had the deepest impression of this person.
His name was Zhang Quan.
In my previous life, it was he who first insulted my sister and also dealt the fatal blow to me!
Zhang Quan stared at me, raised his glass, and drank it all in one gulp.
He was extremely arrogant.
I kept smiling throughout.
He was also within my plan. How could I let him go.
Without staying too long, after finishing the toasts, I took the glasses and returned.
But I found that my sister and her best friend were gone.
My heart skipped a beat, and I quickly ran to the next room.
My sister had indeed been taken to the crime scene of my previous life.
She was being pulled by her best friend to look at the wedding photos of her and the groom.
“Brother, come and see. These photos are really well – taken.”
How could I have the mood to look at the photos of the devil.
I directly handed the glass over.
“The banquet outside isn’t over yet. It’s a beautiful night. Sister, let’s toast the bride together.”
My younger sister’s best friend was a bit resistant.
She said she didn’t know how to drink.
She didn’t seem to be pretending.
But the less she could drink, the more it met my expectations.
I smiled and persuaded her.
“A big happy event doesn’t happen every day. If you miss tonight, you won’t be able to taste the same flavor in the future. Come on, have a taste. This wine isn’t strong.”
My younger sister’s best friend reluctantly took the glass.
Seeing that both my sister and I had drunk, she couldn’t decline any longer and drank it all in one go.
She was choked and coughed continuously.
My younger sister looked at her best friend in surprise.
“Honey, why did you drink so fast? We’re all sipping it little by little.”
Her best friend was stunned.
“I saw people drinking like this on TV.”
My younger sister laughed.
So did I.
This wine was aged, and it had a strong after – effect.
Drinking it so fast saved me the trouble of persuading her to drink more.
Just wait for the effect to kick in.
4
After dealing with this, I pretended to go to the toilet.
In fact, I cut the wires in the next room.
It’s more exciting to do evil in the dark.
So that they can’t tell who the woman is.
The banquet in the shed outside was still going on.
Inside, my younger sister’s best friend started shaking her head and staggering.
She kept pounding her forehead with her hands.
My younger sister was struggling to support her.
I went in and whispered to my younger sister.
“She’s drunk. Let her rest first.”
“Okay, brother, help me. Take her to the bridal chamber.”
I raised my hand to interrupt.
“No, I’ve heard that there’s a custom in this village. The bride can only enter the bridal chamber after the groom does.
“The groom is still drinking. Let her rest in the next room for a while.”
My younger sister nodded, and we two took her there.
She almost fell asleep as soon as she touched the bed.
Looking at her in the red wedding dress, a cold smile curled up at the corner of my mouth.
I casually put the kitchen knife I had taken on the edge of the bed.
5
The things inside were almost done. I took my sister and wanted to escape from the back door.
Before escaping, I damaged all the lighting facilities in the house.
“Brother, what are you doing? Where are we going?”
“From now on, don’t ask anything and don’t say anything. Just follow me.”
My sister saw that I was serious and didn’t ask any more questions. She just nodded slightly.
But just as we were about to open the back door, a voice came from behind.
“Who is it? Turning off all the lights. What time is it?”
It was Zhang Quan.
Now the room was pitch – black, and he couldn’t see me.
But if I opened the door, he would definitely hear the sound.
“Brother, the light bulb should be broken. I’m checking it.”
“Who are you?”
“The bridesmaid’s brother. We just met.”
“Oh oh oh, it’s you. Why aren’t you asleep yet? What time is it?”
Zhang Quan said as he approached me.
He couldn’t wait for me to go to sleep early.
So that he could go and bully my sister.
In this situation, if he found my sister, all my plans would be in vain.
I quickly said: “I’m checking the circuit. Brother, you’ve been drinking. Don’t come over. Be careful of getting electrocuted!”
“Ah, it’s okay. I’ve been an electrician for ten years. I can tell if there’s electricity just by touching it. I’ll help you fix it quickly so you can go to rest too.”
“By the way, buddy, has our sister… gone to the next room?”
I gritted my teeth, suppressing the urge to kill: “Yes, she’s already asleep.”
“Hehe. She went to bed early. I’ll go take a look.”
Zhang Quan laughed lewdly, groped in the dark, and walked towards the next room.
My nerves were on edge. I quickly pulled my sister and was about to open the door and escape.
Unexpectedly, he just stood at the door and took a look, then came back.
“She’s really asleep. Burp~ Come on, I’ll help you.”
It was a good thing that Zhang Quan didn’t find out that the person lying there was the bride.
He was hiccupping and getting closer to me.
In a critical moment, I pulled my sister behind me and told her to squat down and hide in the dark.
I quickly stepped forward to meet him.
I took him to the room that Liu Ruyan had arranged for me.
I pretended to check around but couldn’t find any problems.
Then I said.
“It’s hard to find the problem in the dark. Forget it. Let’s talk about it tomorrow. I’m really a bit sleepy.”
Hearing that, Zhang Quan was pleased and said with a chuckle, “Hehe, okay, then buddy, you go to bed early. Remember to go to bed early.”
I sneered in my heart, sent him out, and watched him return to the shed where the banquet was held.
Relieved, I quickly pulled my sister and escaped from the back door.
My sister wasn’t stupid. She had already noticed something was wrong. Seeing me look serious just now, she didn’t dare to say anything. As soon as we got out of the back door, she asked me nervously: “Brother, what happened?”
I told her everything I knew.
My sister was immediately scared out of her wits: “How could she do this!”
“People’s hearts are unpredictable. Hurry up and come with me.”
Now wasn’t the time to talk about human nature. We had to leave immediately.
When we got to the car, I asked my sister to give me the keys in her bag.
I usually don’t like to carry a bag. The pockets of the clothes I wore today were too shallow, and I was afraid of losing the keys, so I had put them in my sister’s handbag before.
My sister rummaged through her bag, and her face became even more panicked:
“Brother, she said it was inconvenient for me to carry the bag as a bridesmaid and asked me to put it with her… Now only the car keys are missing from the bag! She must have taken them!”
My head buzzed.
There was no need to ask. Maybe from the moment we entered the village, that woman didn’t plan to let us leave.
Now, whether to go back to get the keys or not became a problem.
If we went back, we might not get the keys and might be discovered instead.
But if we didn’t go back, it was a desolate mountain area. This wild village in the mountains was very far from the main road.
Without a car, we couldn’t run far at night, and it would be difficult to escape.
“Brother, I’ll go get them.”
“No, you wait here. I’ll go.”
I couldn’t let my sister take risks. I decided to go back myself.
Before leaving, I found a brick on the ground that was suitable for self – defense and held it tightly in my hand.
They were all drunk. If it came to a fight, we’d all die together.
In this life, I’ll take a few of them with me even if I die.
6
The night in the mountain village was quiet.
Only the occasional laughter from the shed could be heard.
I also heard a group of groomsmen joking.
“So exciting. That little girl looks so delicate. I can have a great time tonight! Hahaha!”
“Her brother has already gone to sleep. Now let’s discuss who will go first?”
“Me. I’m the oldest. I’ll go first!”
“Go to hell. Are you being polite about this? Stop dawdling. Let’s play finger – guessing games. The winner goes first!”
A group of groomsmen were making fun of this matter without restraint, shouting and playing finger – guessing games loudly, with continuous laughter.
They regarded my sister as a bet, a plaything.
I couldn’t help but be angry.
But I had to get the car keys as soon as possible. No matter how I would take revenge in the future, the top priority was to save our lives.
I sneaked in through the back door again.
First, I touched the bride’s room.
The groom was lying fully – dressed on the wedding bed, sleeping soundly.
Smelling the strong smell of alcohol in the room, he must have drunk a lot.
I tiptoed and found the bag that my sister had described as Liu Ruyan’s.
I retreated to the door and rummaged through it by the moonlight.
My heart sank.
No.
The car keys weren’t in the bag!
For a moment, I was a bit flustered.
Could it be that Liu Ruyan had thrown them away?
No.
My mind was racing.
Liu Ruyan never intended to let us leave. To destroy the evidence, she would also find a way to deal with the car.
The car keys definitely wouldn’t be lost.
My sister had been with her all the time, and she probably didn’t have the chance to put the keys elsewhere.
If it wasn’t in her bag, then it must be –
Put into the slightly bulging pocket of her toast dress!
Thinking of this, I quickly turned around and wanted to go to the side room.
But the door creaked, and eight groomsmen staggered in.
No exaggeration, they came in a line.
The one in front must be the winner of the finger – guessing game they mentioned.
I quickly dodged and hid.
My heart was heavy.
I hadn’t had the chance to get the keys yet.
The eight people directly entered the side room where Liu Ruyan was.
After a while, soft sounds came from the room.
There were also the laughter of the onlookers.
7
This situation lasted for about twenty minutes. Suddenly, someone in the room screamed.
It was Liu Ruyan’s voice.
The scream was miserable and angry.
“Ah – Bastards, what are you doing! Get out, get out!”
Immediately following was the sound of things being thrown.
Several groomsmen ran out in panic.
All of them were disheveled, and their white buttocks were exposed in the moonlight.
“What’s going on? Why is it the bride? How did the bride get into this room?”
“Go and check the next room. See if there’s anyone there?”
Several people rushed into the side room that Liu Ruyan had arranged for me.
Naturally, there was no result.
Just as they were panicking and undecided, the groom staggered out of the bridal chamber.
He must have been woken up by the sound.
He followed the sound to the side room and immediately erupted.
“Fuck, you damned bastards!”
The groom started fighting with the groomsmen and rushed out of the room directly.
Drunk people have bad tempers.
Even if they made a mistake, the groomsmen didn’t let themselves be beaten passively.
Alcohol and lust combined, and soon several people were fighting in a group.
Eight groomsmen were beating the groom alone.
What brotherly friendship? After getting drunk, they became enemies immediately.
The groom was beaten badly.
He rolled and crawled back into the room.
Inside, Liu Ruyan started screaming. It turned out she was being beaten by the groom.
“You slut, did you come to this room on purpose to seduce people? Tell me, did you!”
Hearing the bride being beaten, I thought the groomsmen wouldn’t care.
Unexpectedly, several groomsmen rushed in.
The sound of scuffling came from inside again.
Was this “a day of marriage brings a hundred days of kindness”?
But just a few minutes later, the fighting stopped.
I only heard someone say tremblingly.
“It’s over. This has gotten out of hand. Who chopped him?”
My heart skipped a beat.
I thought of the knife I had placed by the bedside.
I quietly moved to the side, stuck my head out, and through the window, saw the situation inside.
The groom was lying on the ground, his neck crooked, and there was a dark pool of water on the ground – that was blood.
8
“Hurry up and call an ambulance, quick!”
“Call what ambulance? It’s a neck wound. By the time the ambulance comes, the person will be dead!”
“Honey, honey!
“You bastards, I’m going to call the police and arrest you all. Give me back my husband!”
Liu Ruyan started going crazy, pounding on the eight people continuously.
Zhang Quan suddenly grabbed her neck and squeezed it hard.
“You were the one who came to this room to seduce us. Now you’re blaming us!
“Guys, if she calls the police, we’ll all end up in jail. What do you say we do?”
Several groomsmen looked at the corpse at their feet.
“Otherwise… kill her too?”
Zhang Quan sneered.
“No, such a beautiful woman. It would be a pity to kill her. Throw her into the abandoned coal kiln. We can go and have fun with her whenever we want. It’s a waste – not – to – use situation. Wouldn’t that be great?
“We’re all in the same boat now. None of us can escape if something goes wrong!
“If you believe me, listen to my command from now on!
“First, get rid of the body and clean this place up. Just say that the newly – wedded couple has gone on their honeymoon!
“And that bridesmaid and her brother disappeared at night. They must have known something and run away. We have to catch them. We can’t let them leave the mountains! If the matter is revealed later, we’ll shift the blame onto the bridesmaid’s brother, saying that they killed someone and fled to avoid punishment!”
9
After Zhang Quan gave his orders, the groomsmen got busy.
Two people found a cloth bag and dragged the body out.
Two people dragged away Liu Ruyan, who was tied up like a dumpling. They should have taken her to that coal kiln.
The rest rushed out, all to catch us.
I had been hiding in the dark, my heart pounding.
I had immediately sent a message to my sister, telling her to hide.
After everyone left, I quickly slipped into the side room.
When Liu Ruyan was dragged away just now, she was almost naked.
Her toast dress was still here!
I rushed in, picked up the toast dress on the ground and felt around. Sure enough, I found my car keys.
But before I could be happy.
There was a noise behind me. I turned around.
Two groomsmen came in with mops in their hands, and we stared at each other.
“You…”
One of the groomsmen pointed at me in horror. Before he could say anything, I leaped forward and smashed the brick in my hand hard on their heads.
Then, without thinking, I fled.
I was running and calling my sister at the same time.
Meet at the car.
The night was the most natural hiding screen.
My sister had been hiding not far away. When she received my call, she came out quickly.
She was extremely frightened.
“Brother, was the groom really killed? And my best friend…”
“She’s not a best friend. She’s an enemy! Stop talking nonsense. We have to get out of here now!”
I stuffed my sister into the passenger seat.
Started the car, turned on the lights, all in one go.
As the lights shone forward, I found that a new crisis was coming again.
The groomsmen led by Zhang Quan had run over.
Each of them had a weapon in their hand.
Zhang Quan showed a sinister smile and pulled out a dagger from his waist.
It was either him or me now.
I gripped the steering wheel tightly, ready.
If they blocked the way, I would ram them directly!
But unexpectedly, the roar of an engine followed.
One of the groomsmen actually drove an agricultural tractor and blocked the road ahead, crashing towards me!
My small car couldn’t withstand it.
I quickly shifted gears and reversed: “Sister, help me find a way out!”
My sister quickly replied: “Brother, turn left. There’s an alley on your left. The car can pass through, but the tractor can’t!”
I jerked the steering wheel, stepped on the gas pedal, and reversed directly into the alley. I kept reversing until I reached a spacious place, then quickly turned around.
But I knew the crisis wasn’t over.
They were more familiar with this village than I was.
At most, I could only delay some time now.
If we were blocked in a dead – end alley, it would all be over.
“Brother, what should we do?”
“Did you call the police?”
“Yes, I called as soon as you sent me the message. I listened to you and didn’t call the local police. I called the county police directly. But this place is too remote. It will probably take about an hour for them to arrive!”
There were very few police in this village, and in my previous life…
The people here were all related by clan. I didn’t trust them. I was afraid they would collude with each other.
But about an hour.
By then, we might already be cold corpses.
No, we had to save ourselves!
My brain was spinning fast. I turned whenever I saw a road.
The tractor behind was left far behind.
At this time, I found a wider alley ahead.
I made a sharp turn and reversed into it, then quickly turned off the lights.
The rumbling sound of the tractor was getting closer.
My heart was in my throat.
Although the road where we were was wide, from the rear – view mirror, I could tell it was a dead – end alley.
If we were blocked here today, there would surely be a fierce battle.
But if the people on the tractor didn’t notice us in time and drove past.
I could take the opportunity to drive out from behind it.
Take a gamble!
10
The lights of the tractor appeared.
Unfortunately, I clearly felt that it was slowing down.
Did they find out that we were hiding here?
My sister was so scared that she kept sobbing. I comforted her that it was okay, but in fact, my hand had already grabbed the wrench in the back seat.
If I had to die, I would take a few of them with me!
“They must be in one of the alleys. Slow down!”
Zhang Quan was still giving orders.
I held the steering wheel tightly, and the gear was already in low gear.
The moment the tractor appeared, I stepped on the gas pedal hard!
When it had just passed half a car length, I squeezed in.
The car window shattered, the door was damaged, and the chassis scraped against a big rock as I rushed out.
The groomsmen were startled by the sudden scene.
They quickly turned around to chase me.
But I, who had escaped, had accelerated the car to its limit.
I was speeding on the narrow road.
I didn’t care about the car scratching, small trees being knocked down, etc.
Because when I broke through just now, I was worried that the oil pan had been scraped and the car would break down.
All I could do now was to make the most of the car and drive as far as possible.
What I had to do now was to delay time.
11
But I underestimated the determination of these beasts who had become desperate criminals to kill us.
Relying on their familiarity with the village, they actually drove a car out from a small path.
They almost blocked my way right in front.
Fortunately, my speed was faster, and I stepped on the gas pedal and overtook them in advance.
The car behind started chasing me frantically.
I didn’t even dare to look at the rear – view mirror because the mountain road was narrow and the speed was high. One carelessness could send us off the cliff.
“Sister, help me with the navigation, quick!”
My sister took out her phone in a hurry.
But then, I stopped her.
“Don’t turn on the navigation. Send another message to 12110, saying that we’re being chased and asking the police for help. Then switch to power – saving mode!”
“Brother, what’s wrong?!”
“The oil warning light is on. The oil pan must have been scraped just now, and the car will stop soon.”
“Brother, what should we do?”
“Don’t be afraid. With brother here, I’ll definitely get you out of the mountains.”
“Brother, wuwuwu, I shouldn’t have come.”
It was too late to say this.
The node of my rebirth had problems. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have let my sister come.
But it was better than being irreparable.
At least God gave me a chance.
The current speed of the car was about 60 mph, and it was slowly decreasing as I could feel.
I couldn’t wait until the car completely stopped. Otherwise, the people behind would catch up.
I decided to take a risk and fight again.
12
I unlocked the car door in advance and told my sister to get ready to get out of the car.
My sister nodded vigorously.
At a narrow turning, I made an emergency stop, and the car just blocked the road horizontally.
Then I took my sister and started running desperately.
Behind us, because they couldn’t stop in time, the groomsmen’s car crashed heavily into mine.
Not only that, due to inertia, their car almost rushed off the cliff.
Half of the car body was hanging on the edge of the cliff.
It would be great if they all fell and died.
“Ah -“
A scream came from the silent night.
My sister and I looked back and found that someone really fell off when getting out of the car.
I didn’t know who it was.
I hoped it was Zhang Quan.
13
There wasn’t much time to catch our breath and rest.
My sister and I were running for our lives.
The groomsmen behind had gone crazy. They didn’t even care about the one who fell off the cliff.
They had already embarked on a path of no return.
“Run. Let’s see where you two can run to! The end of this road is a dangerous bridge! The bridge collapsed three days ago! Let’s see where you can run!”
It was Zhang Quan’s voice.
This guy really had a tough life!
The dangerous bridge had collapsed?
Just when I felt a glimmer of hope of escaping, it was like a blow to the head.
My sister was running and crying, blaming herself.
She said she should have found the navigation as soon as she got in the car.
I couldn’t blame her for this.
It was others who were trying to harm us. Why should the victims be blamed?
But I still scolded her.
“Stop talking, stop crying! Save your energy for running!”
We were not familiar with this place. In such an urgent situation just now, we naturally ran whenever we saw a road.
My sister nodded and let out an “um”.
After that, we two hardly talked. We just ran, kept running.
I don’t know how long we ran. Not only my sister, but even I was exhausted.
I looked back. Three groomsmen were still chasing us.
Their situation wasn’t optimistic either.
“Brother… I can’t run anymore.”
My sister was sweating profusely, and her speed was getting slower and slower. I felt like I was almost dragging a heavy weight forward.
“Hold on a little longer…”
Boom –
As soon as I finished speaking, the sound of a motorcycle came.
My heart, which was already hanging, tensed up again.
I had a bad premonition immediately.
I turned my head and saw that it was one of the groomsmen coming to support.
Is this the end of me!
“Hahaha, run. Keep running. Let’s see if your legs are faster or the motorcycle is faster!
“Surrender obediently, and I might give you two a quick death!”
Zhang Quan shouted arrogantly.
I realized that I couldn’t run anymore.
If we kept running like this, neither of us could escape.
My sister also stopped and looked at me in horror.
“Brother…”
“You keep running forward. Don’t stop. Run to the collapsed bridge. Maybe there are maintenance workers there spending the night. If there are, ask them for help. If not, find a place to hide. One of us has to survive to seek justice. Do you understand?”
With the reputation of China as the “infrastructure maniac”, there might be someone repairing there.
This place was remote and difficult to reach. It was impossible to come and go every day. If there were workers, some of them would surely choose to stay overnight.
My sister gritted her teeth, and her eyes were red again.
“Brother!”
“Don’t talk nonsense. You can’t help if you stay. Instead, you’ll be my weakness. Run quickly! Otherwise, neither of us can escape!”
My sister didn’t hesitate anymore and turned to run.
“Brother, wait for me!”
I then picked up the wrench and hid it in my waist.
Not far behind me, Zhang Quan was holding his knees with both hands, panting heavily. He looked up at me and sneered.
“Ha, do you think you can stop us single – handedly? Your sister is such a delicate girl. Even if I let you go, I won’t let her go.
“Locking her up with that woman in the coal kiln for a threesome would be so exciting, haha!
“Guys, go! Kill this bastard and catch that woman!”
Now these people had gone crazy to a certain extent.
They had completely lost their humanity.
Maybe because they had killed someone, all I could see in their eyes was desire and killing.
Facing this, my adrenaline started to surge.
For the sake of my sister, this belief seemed to give me extra strength.
I could die, but I couldn’t let my sister be hurt!
14
Zhang Quan was resting and watching the show on the spot. The other two groomsmen were eager to fight and walked towards me unsteadily.
Their bodies had also reached their limits.
And not far away, the motorcycle that came to support was approaching along the winding mountain road.
I knew that the person on the motorcycle was full of energy. When he caught up, it would be like suicide for me to fight against four of them.
So, I hid the wrench and took the initiative to approach them.
The two groomsmen looked at each other and smiled. Zhang Quan also laughed loudly.
“He’s really courting death. You two speed up. Don’t delay catching that woman.”
They didn’t need to speed up.
When the distance between us was about ten – odd meters, I started running.
This move even startled them.
They were caught off – guard.
But the two in front didn’t know that my target wasn’t them, but Zhang Quan.
Zhang Quan was the leader of this group of groomsmen. If I could catch him and beat him to death, maybe I could scare the others away.
This was my only hope.
15
The two raised their fists and smashed them towards me.
I swung the wrench and swept it over directly.
The two were hit hard by me and immediately grimaced in pain.
I rushed through them and ran towards Zhang Quan with all my might.
Zhang Quan was startled by the scene in front of him and got up in a hurry.
I knew he had a dagger in his hand.
I had to find a way to knock the dagger out.
“You bastard, you’re quite tough!”
Zhang Quan cursed, took out the dagger, and kept waving it at me.
When I was about five meters away from him, I stopped, picked up a stone by the roadside, and threw it at him.
Zhang Quan tried his best to dodge, and the insults kept coming out of his mouth.
At the same time, he kept approaching me.
The dagger and the wrench had different levels of harm. I couldn’t let him get close to me now.
So, I stepped back while continuing to throw stones.
When I found there were no stones around me, I made a feint. While he was dodging, I swung the wrench and smashed it.
The wrench hit his head firmly. Zhang Quan was in pain, but the dagger he was waving still scratched my arm.
I didn’t dare to stop. Enduring the pain, I kept hitting him with the wrench.
Until Zhang Quan fell in a pool of blood.
I snatched his dagger. At this moment, I was also covered in blood.
Some was mine, and some was Zhang Quan’s.
My body had almost reached its limit, and I could no longer hold on. I sat down on the ground.
The two groomsmen whose arms I had injured and the one on the motorcycle who came to support arrived.
Looking at Zhang Quan in the pool of blood, I gritted my teeth in hatred.
“Fuck you, bastard!”
16
The three of them wanted to rush up at the same time.
I sat on the ground, tightly holding the dagger, and let out a hysterical roar.
“Come on!”
The three were frightened by my voice and stopped in their tracks, looking at each other.
“Come one, and I’ll kill one. If you have the guts, come up. I’ll take you with me even if I die!”
At that time, my brain was almost numb.
My first thought was to use the dagger to finish off Zhang Quan completely and give them a strong deterrence.
But I didn’t have the chance. One of the groomsmen said.
“Go after that girl first!”
The groomsman on the motorcycle quickly nodded and got on the bike In a hurry, as he passed by me, I used my last bit of strength to reach out and grab the motorcycle’s footrest. The motorcycle tilted due to uneven force. Immediately, I raised the knife and stabbed the groomsman’s thigh on the bike. Without caring about the screaming groomsman, I then stabbed the tire of the motorcycle fiercely until the tire deflated.
Hehehe, hahaha! Without the psychological burden, I let out a sigh of relief and laughed heartily. These groomsmen, all wounded, retreated two meters away and stared at me viciously. I knew they were scared.
“Take your people and get out.” I pressed on, using words to goad them. Unexpectedly, at this moment, Zhang Quan woke up. He mumbled in his mouth, “Kill him, hurry up and kill him! If he doesn’t die, we won’t be able to live either. Hurry!” Damn it, this bastard really has a lot of blood. The others looked at each other again, eager to act but also a bit hesitant. Zhang Quan continued to urge, “You guys don’t forget what we did last night. If he doesn’t die, do you want to spend the rest of your lives in prison?”
“Ah——” Before Zhang Quan could finish speaking, I pounced on him and stabbed him in the thigh with the knife. But the three groomsmen beside him seemed to be stimulated and rushed at me all at once. Dragging my exhausted body, I kept waving the dagger in my hand. As I stood up, I was slowly forced to retreat by them. The three of them seemed to have made up their minds and started to pick up stones from the ground, just like I did before. They were determined to kill me.
Ha—— I sneered, and the blood on my arm kept dripping. I stared at them with my eyes. It seemed that I had to make a life – or – death choice. I didn’t know if my sister could find help over there. I had to take them all down to ensure my sister’s safety. Of course, I wasn’t sure if I could do it. I could only do my best.
18
“What are you waiting for? Do it!” One of the groomsmen said, “Brother, he looks a bit scary. Otherwise… otherwise, forget it!” I didn’t expect him to back down at the last moment. Zhang Quan was furious when he heard this. “What did you say? Forget it?!”
“Yes, forget it.” The not – very – tall groomsman threw away the stone and said straightforwardly, “I didn’t touch the bride last night, and I didn’t kill the groom either. At most, I just stood by and did nothing! But if I do it now, I’ll be no different from you. If we’re caught, it’s death. What do I get from this? I’m not doing it!”
Zhang Quan stared wide – eyed. “You son of a bitch, you want to turn traitor?”
“I didn’t do anything. I didn’t even get a share of the action. How can it be called turning traitor?”
“Fuck!” Zhang Quan stood up with a disheveled and embarrassed look and said to the other two groomsmen, “Did you hear that? He’s going to sell us out!”
“He really didn’t do anything. He’ll probably get away with it, but neither of you two can escape! Listen to me, kill him together!”
The two groomsmen hesitated. This was a good chance! I didn’t give them time to think. I took a deep breath and rushed towards them with the knife raised.
“Be careful!” Zhang Quan shouted. The two groomsmen quickly dodged, but one of them was still stabbed in the shoulder by me, and the other punched me in the head. I suddenly felt dizzy. But instinctively, I still stabbed out with force. Unfortunately, I missed. The man took the opportunity to wrap his arm around my neck and dragged me to the edge of the cliff.
“Die!” I was thrown out. At the critical moment, the groomsman who stopped at the last moment managed to grab my arm just in time and pulled me back from the edge of the cliff. He said to the others, “You can’t kill him. Otherwise, I can’t explain it. I don’t want to go to jail!”
“You fucking bastard!” Zhang Quan was so angry that he almost jumped up. He staggered forward, trying to join the fight, as if he wouldn’t stop until he killed us. How could I give him the chance? On the contrary, after experiencing so many life – and – death situations, I was almost filled with the urge to kill. I just wanted to kill this son of a bitch!
“Brother!” Just at this moment, my sister’s voice suddenly came.
19
I turned my head and saw my sister leading seven or eight workers wearing safety helmets appear not far away. The dangerous bridge was indeed under construction! Great! It was also because of the sudden appearance of these helpers that I gave up the idea of killing.
“It’s over, it’s all over. Run!” When Zhang Quan and the others saw the helpers, they panicked and tried to escape. But he was seriously injured, and the other two didn’t care about him and left him behind. And I, as if suddenly full of energy, caught up with a few steps, grabbed Zhang Quan by the back of his neck, and punched him in the back of the head. Zhang Quan fell face – first. I straddled him and kept punching.
“I’ll fucking kill you, you beast!!!” I vented all the hatred from my previous life and this life. It was the workers who stopped me that he managed to escape from my fists.
20
At the same time, the sound of police sirens came. The police had also arrived, following the location of my sister’s phone. The tightly – wound string in my head suddenly loosened, and I let out a breath. I immediately collapsed to the ground. My sister explained the situation to the police. Two police officers escorted us, and the rest went to arrest the people. We went back to that village with the police. I was injured and needed to be bandaged and disinfected nearby. At the entrance of the village, we saw other police cars and the two groomsmen who had escaped back. They had been caught. But the rest of the people, the police searched the village for a long time but couldn’t find them. I suddenly remembered the abandoned coal kiln on the back mountain.
To be honest, I didn’t want to take the police there. Because taking them there was like saving Liu Ruyan in a way. I hated her. But if I didn’t bring the remaining groomsmen to justice, I wouldn’t be reconciled either. After a short mental struggle, I covered my arm and still took the police there. As a result, the situation in the coal kiln was comparable to the crime scene in a legal – popularization TV drama. The last three groomsmen were indeed there. Two of them were holding down Liu Ruyan, and the other one was… in the act. Liu Ruyan was covered in wounds. A large piece of her hair was pulled out, and her eye was bloody, as if it had been poked blind. The screams she made were more miserable than those of someone being tortured by lingchi. When they saw the police coming, the three groomsmen were so scared that they fled in all directions. But like turtles in a jar, where could they escape? They were caught easily in a short while. A policewoman walked up to Liu Ruyan, took off her coat to cover her, and comforted her in a low voice. I was standing not far away. I witnessed with my own eyes how this vicious best friend turned from a normal person to a madwoman. Liu Ruyan was really crazy. She kept giggling and mumbling something.
“Li Qianqian, aren’t you proud? I found several men to gang – rape you, hehe. I want you to fall into the mud for the rest of your life. Why do you live better than me… Why…” Looking at the person who was once considered her best friend, my sister couldn’t stop her tears from flowing.
“What, are you still feeling sorry for her?” My sister shook her head. “She deserved it. She had evil intentions, and this is her retribution. I just felt a pang in my heart. If it weren’t for you, brother, to save me, I might have ended up worse than her…” I nodded in satisfaction. As long as she wasn’t a naive person.
“Okay, everyone has made some bad friends. She has received the punishment she deserved.”
21
Of the eight groomsmen, one fell off the cliff and died, and the rest were all arrested. The police officers were very responsible. After learning about the bad customs of this village, they spent several days investigating all the men in the village. As a result, several more people involved in the case were caught. Because I knew the whole process of the incident best, after resting at home for a day, I was called to the police station to make a statement. I told the truth and confessed everything I knew. The police officer who was taking the statement put down his pen, looked up, and asked me, “Did you injure Zhang Quan? He has a moderate concussion, and his leg injury is serious. He may be disabled.”
I replied without hesitation, “Yes, I did. I had to survive. Only when I’m alive can my sister be safe.” The police officer nodded and secretly gave me a thumbs – up. “In such a harsh environment, not only were you able to escape, but you also fought against four people. I really admire you. But having said that, the specific situation still has to be determined by the judge.”
I was released and was ready to accept investigation and interrogation at any time. Later, the deeds of that village became well – known. The bad customs were spurned and cursed by the whole network. Naturally, I also became the focus of public attention. A lawyer who claimed to be Zhang San offered to defend me on his own initiative. In court, his set of arguments was fluent. Easily, I was judged to be acting in self – defense. As the mastermind, Zhang Quan was convicted of intentional homicide, attempted homicide, rape, intentional injury, illegal detention, and a series of other crimes, and was sentenced to death immediately. The other groomsmen were also sentenced to imprisonment ranging from fifteen to twenty – five years. Except for the groomsman who stopped in time, his crime was relatively minor, and because he had the act of repenting and saving people in time, he was only sentenced to three years.
In this life, finally, I won. And I won quite thoroughly. As long as we can live. Our future will only get better.
– The End –
