When She Stops Being Dramatic

Chapter 301: Chapter 115: The Green Tea Female Supporting Character in a Period Novel (2)

In her dream, she had indeed been subjected to a mix of threats and promises from Jiang Zishi. Unwilling and resentful, she went to the village chief’s house time and again to apologize and beg for forgiveness. She’d even spent all her money and ration coupons, which only solidified her reputation as a would-be murderer.

Everywhere she went, people pointed fingers and whispered.

Meanwhile, the man she loved was feverishly preparing to marry someone else. He was also likely to be recommended for a spot at the university in the provincial capital, a position that would allow him to bring his wife. His paths to both marriage and a bright future were wide open.

And she, in turn, was to be resentfully and miserably abandoned in the village.

Chi Yun’er, at that time, refused to accept it. Furious and exasperated, she began to denounce Jiang Zishi for mooching off a woman. She threatened to have her own father see to it that Father Jiang was stripped of his position entirely. She also declared that she would report him for indecent conduct during his vetting process for the Industrial and Agricultural University.

She said the most vicious things she could think of. Every sentence was a fatal blow, striking right at Jiang Zishi’s Achilles’ heel.

She was determined that if she couldn’t be happy, she would drag everyone else down with her. It was a move that would hurt the enemy by a thousand but cost her eight hundred. And yet, she still foolishly hoped the scumbag would yield and come back to let her take care of him.

As a result, while only pretending to go to town to mail a letter, she was dragged into a cornfield and defiled.

Then she was dragged home by that hooligan and tied up. Without her consent, a marriage certificate was inexplicably obtained, and all his crimes became justified as "a bit of fun between a young couple!"

Her in-laws watched her like a hawk, and she was forced to bear one child after another. It didn’t matter that her parents, worried sick, had even brought comrades from the public security bureau to find her.

Amidst the man’s daily threats with a club and the heart-wrenching screams of her children, Chi Yun’er’s spirit was broken, and she became helplessly timid. Heavily pregnant, she would force a smile, not wanting to drag her parents down with her. She could only bite the bullet and acknowledge the marriage, losing her one and only chance to escape with her life.

Meanwhile, Jiang Zishi and Bian Yumin’s loving relationship was the envy of all. After finishing their studies, they returned to the Capital City. One became an attending physician at Kyoto General Hospital, while the other opened a clothing store. Their life was prosperous and happy.

This was in no small part due to the care and support of the Chi Family. After all, it was because of their daughter that Jiang Zishi had been "forced" to marry a girl from the countryside...

When people asked about Chi Yun’er, Jiang Zishi would say vaguely and with a hint of regret that it was all her choice. He’d claim she was just too wild when she fell for someone, never caring about their circumstances.

What was even more detestable was that even though the two of them were living perfectly happy lives, every time they returned to the village, they would put on a show of false concern just to torment her. The moment they left, the hooligan would drag her away for another round of abuse.

By the time her short, miserable life came to an end, she was blind in one eye and one of her legs had been broken. A chunk of flesh was missing from her chest, her hair was patchy and hideous, and not a single spot on her body was free of scars. Dazed and half-mad, she stumbled, fell into the water, and drowned...

’If I believed Jiang Zishi and the Bian family had no hand in all this, I’d have to be stupid beyond belief!’

’In the end, it was my own fault for being blind and not knowing how to navigate social situations. I was the one who let myself fall into such a helpless and isolated state.’

’If only I had listened to my parents instead of willfully following a man to the countryside, why would I have had to suffer like that?’

Taking a deep breath, Chi Yun’er let out a soft chuckle. In her usual sweet, innocent tone, tinged with a hint of imperiousness, she said, "The facts are the facts. It’s not as if a lie can become the truth just because your eyes have been deceived."

"Jiang Zishi, I’ll give you a choice. If you want to smoothly go through the Bian family to attend university in the provincial capital and pass the vetting process with ease, then you will help me fix this mess and clear my name."

"After all, Zishu," she pouted, "I followed you all the way out to the countryside. It wouldn’t be right for you to marry someone else and just leave me to be wrongly accused, would it?"

She put on a wronged expression, her watery eyes gazing at him, filled with heartbreak and a lingering attachment.

Jiang Zishi’s scalp tingled. Whenever this woman wanted to make someone do her bidding, she’d start acting coy and spoiled. It was a skill few could resist.

’But how does she know my plans?’

"Are you sure you won’t cause any more trouble?"

He stared at her intently, not quite trusting that she would be this agreeable.

The Jiang Family’s circumstances weren’t bad, really. His father was a chief physician and his mother was a head nurse. They had three children: his older brother, himself, and a younger sister.

However, the elders of the family had been in poor health for the past few years, their lives sustained by expensive, year-round medication. Father Jiang and Mrs. Jiang had depleted their savings, and they had to put in more than half their monthly salaries just to cover the costs. What little remained was barely enough for the family’s daily expenses.

Therefore, it was impossible for Father Jiang and Mrs. Jiang to retire and pass their positions on to their children just yet. That was why he and his brother had to answer the call to go to the countryside and aid in its development.