To have him as my mate

6

When Yun Xi returned to the village, she didn't even want Qi Yuan to drop her off at her front door. However, Qi Yuan had insisted on completing his mission, so she had no choice but to oblige.

Yang Village was the poorest village in Muyang. A few years before, a wealthy business had emerged from the village and returned home in a great fanfare to help build a road connecting the village to the town. He had also built a primary school.

This was still an inspirational story that the villagers happily chattered about after dinner. The villagers had great respect for those with an education.

So when Qi Yuan's off-road vehicle entered the village, many villagers took notice of it.

Until the car stopped in front of the Liangs' house, all the villagers who had followed it the entire way squished outside the Liangs'. They all wanted to see what kind of relative the Liangs were receiving support from.

Qi Yuan eyed the villagers surrounding them and was a bit shocked. "What on Earth is going on? They..."

"A wealthy business emerged from the village a long time ago, so they must think a high-ranking person must have sent someone down here when they saw your car. They are here to welcome you!"

This was also the first time she had witnessed such lively fanfare.

This was perfect since she had returned-the more the merrier, the more exciting the drama!

Pushing the door open, Yun Xi waved at Qi Yuan. "Thank you for bringing me home. You can go back now!"

As soon as Yun Xi got out of the car, Liang Danyi heard the outside noise and ran out of the house.

The moment she saw the person coming out of the car, she ran back into the house with a frightened look and screamed, "Mom! Mom, hurry up and come outside! I saw a ghost! I saw a ghost!"

"Why are you screaming so early in the morning?!"

Chen Lixue had just finished preparing breakfast when she had overheard her youngest daughter's shouting, so she quickly rushed out of the house.

As soon as she walked outside, she saw the group of villagers surrounding their house. Chen Lixue was so frightened that she immediately retreated!

Liang Danyi grabbed her arm as she pointed to the figure emerging from the crowd. "Mom! It's Yun Xi, that wretched girl!"

D*mn it! That wretched girl somehow didn't fall to her death!

Chen Lixue froze for a second when she saw Yun Xi emerge from the crowd. Her eyelids began to twitch the moment this little b*tch had returned unscathed!

The cliff was so high; how could this little b*tch have survived falling off it?!

Chen Lixue instinctively glanced toward the house. Her husband, Liang Weimin, had come home the prior night and had asked about where his oldest daughter and Yun Xi went.

Chen Lixue had painstakingly found the perfect excuse and told him that the Yuns from Jingdu had sent someone to bring Yun Xi back.

Their oldest daughter, Liang Xinyi, had been worried about Yun Xi's safety, so she had also followed Yun Xi to Jingdu.

As for when she would return, Chen Lixue could absolutely have said that the Yuns in Jingdu had noticed that their daughter was clever and sensible, so they had decided to let her stay with the Yun family to help care for Yun Xi and attend school together.

The education in Jingdu was a hundred times better than what could be offered in Muyang, so, as a father, Liang Weimin had certainly hoped for a bright future for his daughter. He wouldn't have raised a fuss about making his daughter come home.

Chen Lixue had precisely figured out his intentions before daring to take advantage of Yun Xi.

Yun Xi had been sent to the rural village when she had been three years old. No one from the Yun family had shown up in over a decade, and they only had sent a living allowance every month.

No one had ever seen the grown-up Yun Xi, and Chen Lixue's oldest daughter had happened to be the same age as Yun Xi.

As long as Yun Xi, the little b*tch, died, then her daughter could replace her and go to Jungdu to enjoy a life of luxury!

Once Xinyi would have established herself within the Yun family, Chen Lixue could then have found an excuse to send her youngest daughter over there, too. The Yuns had a great fortune, so they wouldn't have minded adding a few extra bowls at the dining table.

Once both her daughters would have secured their futures, their own family could then have escaped from this desolate rural area and enjoyed life in the big city of Jingdu!

Chen Lixue had suffered her entire life and even had to raise Yun Xi for over ten years! Why couldn't she reap some benefits from the Yuns?!

All these things had originally belonged to her in the first place!

Many years ago, Chen Lixue and the little b*tch's mother, Liang Xiuqin, had both fallen in love with Yun Yuanfeng. He had been sent to train in Muyang.

Yun Yuanfeng had still been a squad leader back then but had been very handsome and had had a powerful family background.

Liang Xiuqin had been a shameless b*tch, who had not only robbed Chen Lixue's chance to serve the rich business but had also seduced Yun Yuanfeng as well!

Chen Lixue's dream of marrying into a wealthy family had been shattered, while Liang Xiuqin had become the first woman from the village to marry into the Jindgu!

Apparently, she was now the wife of a wealthy family!

As for Chen Lixue? She had ended up marrying Liang Xiuqin's loser of an older brother and had huddled up in a desolate, rural area for half her life.

Even though she had become a lady of the village, she still fell terribly short when compared to Liang Xiuqin!

She hadn't expected fate to favor her. Liang Xiuqin's firstborn had been a girl, and as soon as she'd been born, the fortune teller had claimed that this daughter would bring bad luck to the entire family and was a star of death.

Apparently, this daughter had cursed Liang Xiuqin so that she wouldn't be able to carry her second-born son to term!

Liang Xiuqin deserved the rotten luck. She wouldn't have been facing all this trouble if she hadn't stolen from Chen Lixue all those years ago!

But she had never expected Liang Xiuqin the b*tch to actually deliver that star of death to their own home!

Not only had this daughter cursed the Yuns, but now, she was here to bring bad luck to their own family! How could Chen Lixue swallow this injustice?!

She'd endured it all these years. If it hadn't been for Liang Xiuqin, she would have been the wife of the Deputy right now. Her daughters would all have been rich heiresses!

Now, she was merely taking back the things that belonged to her!

Chen Lixue had calculated all this perfectly, but she had never expected that human will couldn't win against fate!

Not only had Yun Xi survived, but she was also returning at a time like this!

Not only had she returned, but now the entire village was at her door!

Chen Lixue was feeling a bit guilty in front of all these villagers, so she quickly shut the door with the back of her hand. She was terrified that her own husband would be drawn outside by the noise.

Yun Xi instantly noticed her sly trick and quickly understood what was happening. Raising her voice, she shouted at the house, "Uncle, I'm back!"

Chen Lixue was shocked. She rushed over to grab Yun Xi and slapped her hard on the back.

"What are you shouting for? Your uncle returned home very late last night. Can't you let him rest properly?!"

When Chen Lixue's palm had hit Yun Xi's back, it had increased the pain on her back where it had already been bruised from the fall.

She hadn't dodged since she had already noticed her uncle standing behind the door and preparing to open it.

Her uncle had always treated her well, and if she didn't give an authentic performance, it would truly disappoint the huge audience who had come all this way to see the show.

Yun Xi had been too weak in her previous life and had always endured things when she had been living under someone else's roof.

This lifetime, she would stab anyone who dared to step on her!

Liang Weimin had already prepared to step outside when he'd heard the commotion outside. When he heard his niece's voice, he quickly opened the door and stepped out.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw his wife lay her hand on Yun Xi once again. His expression darkened as he quickly ran over to pull her away.

"What are you doing?! How many times have I told you that you are not allowed to lay your hand on Little Xi?! Are you ignoring my words now?!"

Liang Weimin was the Principal of Yang Village. It was also because he had become Principal and gained a bit of prestige that there had been an increasing number of villagers knocking on his door to ask for help. Chen Lixue had reaped many benefits behind his back from this.

The couple had fought about this matter every day, and Chen Lixue had always vented her frustrations on Yun Xi after these quarrels

Liang Weimin had wanted to be a righteous person while also protecting his niece, but unfortunately, Chen Lixue had brought him nothing but trouble!

After being pulled aside by her uncle, Yun Xi hid behind Weimin and raised her hand to wipe her tears at the perfect opportunity.

She had already removed the gauze wrapped around her arms on the way here, so the frightening wounds on her arms were apparent as soon as she raised her arms.

"Yun Xi, you..."

Liang Weimin hadn't even begun to ask her what had happened when he turned around to see her heavily injured arms. His expression instantly fell.

"What happened to your arms? What on Earth happened to you? Didn't you return to Jingdu?"

Liang Weimin finally noticed her tattered appearance; all her clothes had been ripped.

"Uncle..." In both lifetimes, she considered her uncle to be even closer to her than her father.

In her previous life, her biological father, Yun Yuanfeng, had pushed her to rich businessmen over and over again. In order to secure a smooth path for a bright future, he had even drugged her and sent her to those men's beds.

In her memories, her uncle had been the only person to have truly loved her.

After having been reborn again, she looked at the uncle who had raised her into adulthood. Her grievances and unwillingness from both lifetimes surged up, and she could no longer hold herself back from crying out loud.