Chapter 2 — Pregnancy in a Locked Village

On the third day, Bui Xuyen became more and more outrageous. Seemingly afraid that if I was full I would have the strength to run away, he began to control my diet. Each meal only gives me half a bowl of thin porridge. The reason sounds very dignified: "If you're a little hungry, the baby will be strong and not difficult to give birth to."

“Women in the village used to give birth like that, everyone gave birth normally.”

I'm so hungry I'm dizzy, but I know I have to stay awake. I began to pretend to be even weaker, staggering every two steps, and even intentionally fainted once in the yard. Bui Xuyen was very satisfied, thinking that I had been tamed, and his vigilance was further lowered.

“Let's take you outside to get some air, otherwise you'll say I'm mistreating you.”

I know he just wants to show off. He wanted the villagers to see how successful he was in the city, and even the city's young ladies were obediently treated by him. I wore a thin maternity dress and an old cotton shirt that Thuy Phan no longer needed. Walking on the dirt road in the village, the villagers pointed and talked.

“Look, that's Bui Xuyen's city wife.”

“Looks like a fox, you know you can't do the job.”

Bui Xuyen heard those words, his back became even straighter, as if he had received the glory of his ancestors. About to reach the grocery store in the village, I suddenly stopped.

“Bui Xuyen, my shoelace is off.”

I pointed down at the sneakers on my feet. He angrily smacked his lips: "It's so troublesome."

“Tie yourself, quickly.”

I bent down with difficulty, took advantage of that hidden moment, and quickly touched my earlobe. On my left ear I have a custom-made earring with a tiny GPS positioning chip inside. It was Tuesday that I specifically asked someone to do it after fearing that something would happen to me again. I never had a chance to use it before, because the signal was blocked here too strongly, and Bui Xuyen always followed closely. Now, I have observed for a long time, this is the only location in the village that has signal from the signal station. I pretended to tie my shoelaces, but my hand quickly pressed the earring into the ground. Having finished everything, I calmly stood up.

“It's done.”

Just walked two steps, Thuy Phan appeared from nowhere. Her eyes were very sharp, immediately seeing my ear.

"Eh? Why is one side missing from your diamond piercing?"

Bui Xuyen immediately turned his head and stared at my ear.

“Where is it?” he shouted.

"Maybe I fell down when I bent down just now, I don't know."

I pretended to be heartbroken.

"You trash! That's tens of thousands of yuan!"

Bui Xuyen looked around the ground but couldn't find it, so he raised his hand to hit me. The surrounding villagers gathered around. He glared at me fiercely.

“Go home and settle the matter with me.”

Coming home, Bui Xuyen still couldn't calm down. He pushed me into the room, his eyes dark.

“To Man, I think you're not being honest.”

“Drop something? I see you want to leave a mark.”

My heart jumped, he was more sensitive than I thought.

"I don't have it, I really lost it."

“Are you still arguing?”

Bui Xuyen lit a cigarette, inhaled deeply, the tip flickering brightly and darkly.

“I hate being tricked the most.”

He gradually approached, holding the burning red tip of the cigarette in front of me.

“If you hit the face, it's easy to leave a mark. If you take it out later, you'll lose face.”

“But on me…”

He suddenly grabbed my arm, pressing the hot tip of the cigarette hard against the inside of the wing hand.

“Xeo—”

The smell of burning flesh immediately spread.

“Ah!!!”

Bui Xuyen looked at my painfully distorted face, his eyes flashing with sick pleasure.

“In this village, if you're a dragon, you have to roll, if you're a tiger, you have to lie down.”

“Don't expect anyone to save you.”

“Even if the police come, this is still a family matter, honest officials still have trouble with housework, understand?”

Bui Xuyen, just wait. No, I can't sit around waiting to die. The locator signal takes time to be locked on, and the rescue team also takes time to arrive. I have to buy time.

“Thud” sound.

I knelt down directly in front of Bui Xuyen and Thuy Phan. The two of them were startled.

“Husband… sister… I was wrong…”

I cried like rain, banging my head repeatedly on the ground.

"I don't want to die... I really don't want to die..."

“I know what you two want, isn't it money?”

“Bui Xuyen, if you kill me, I can really get the inheritance, but the procedure is very complicated, your parents will definitely sue me.”

“By then, after several years of litigation, you won't be able to get a penny back.”

Bui Xuyen's face changed. He knew I was telling the truth.

“So what do you want?”