CHAPTER 51: CHAPTER 24: DOMESTIC ABUSER

The netizens who were enthusiastically discussing just a moment ago were startled by this sudden scene.

Even Mu Yunchu frowned when she saw her appearance, her expression somewhat serious.

This woman... why is she enveloped in a sense of death?

She closed her eyes immediately, and after a moment, a look of understanding appeared in her eyes.

So that’s how it is.

If it wasn’t clear that ghosts don’t appear during the day, they would surely think this netizen named ’Rong Rong’ had some other identity.

It’s not entirely their fault for having this reaction, as the first visual impact brought by the third individual with fate was too overwhelming.

The woman’s emaciated face was caused by years of malnutrition, leading her cheekbones to protrude, her lower eyelids not only sunken but deeply black, and her originally white eyeballs were bloodshot.

Anyone who saw this would be startled.

Along with what she said, it was beyond horrifying!

But after realizing she was asking for help, they all began to inquire about what had happened.

[Don’t worry, what’s wrong?]

[Yes, yes, don’t cry first...]

As soon as Rong Rong finished speaking, tears started falling. She tried to speak, but her parched voice could only make some strange sounds.

[What are you saying, speak a little louder.]

Rong Rong shook her head.

She didn’t dare to speak loudly at all.

Probably because there was too much she wanted to say and she was overly excited, she tried several times to speak full sentences but failed.

This made some impatient people in the chat room unable to hold back.

[Sis, speak properly, we can’t hear anything this way.]

"Don’t worry." Mu Yunchu’s voice was cool yet gentle, "You can speak slowly."

Her every word drilled into Rong Rong’s ears with a soothing power.

Gradually, Rong Rong calmed down.

Although her expression was still very agitated, at least she could finally speak full sentences.

"I really don’t know what to do, please save me..."

The netizens couldn’t help but speculate about what might have happened in her life that drove her to seek help from them.

"I am being held against my will by them!"

[??? What???]

[Isn’t this illegal? Why not call the police, person with fate?]

Upon seeing this comment, Rong Rong’s eyes suddenly became panicked, her body movements became unnatural, her hands clasping together and rubbing her own skin incessantly.

[Wait a minute... I studied psychology, and this action by the person with fate doesn’t seem good; it seems like she’s plunged into some terrifying memory.]

"I..." Rong Rong bit her lip in pain, "I can’t call the police."

"They will kill me!"

[?]

Even so, Rong Rong didn’t forget to send gifts to Mu Yunchu.

"This is the money I saved secretly over a year."

[??? What? You saved a thousand yuan over a year?]

[Is this person’s household so difficult?]

[Honestly, with this money, I couldn’t survive for a month.]

...

"No." Rong Rong shook her head in denial, "I don’t work, this thousand... is pocket money from that man."

She paused for a moment, unwilling to speak the man’s proper title.

In reality, he wouldn’t give her any pocket money.

Rong Rong had secretly saved it using various methods.

For example, when buying snacks online, she would use various coupons, saving two to three cents each time.

That’s how she managed to save over time.

[That man?]

[Let me guess, wouldn’t the person with fate be talking about her husband?]

[Surely it’s him, it can’t be her father.]

[So... from the little I gathered from the person with fate’s words, she’s being held at home and also suffers domestic violence?]

[Please correct the terminology, that’s called intentional harm!]

Rong Rong glanced at the tightly closed door and then began to recount everything.

"I was originally a college student."

[A college student? Then how old are you now?]

Rong Rong replied, "24."

[Only 24??? You’re two years younger than me?]

[We’re really sorry for being presumptuous, but when you first joined the call...] They actually thought she was nearly forty.

Rong Rong lowered her head, instinctively touching her cheek, feeling the rough and scratchy texture.

"Actually, I know."

She could feel the significant change she had undergone in just two years.

Now, every time she passes a mirror, she doesn’t dare to look directly at the person inside.

Rong Rong grew up in a poor family, and both her parents died in a car accident when she was very young.

But she managed to make it to college through her own efforts.

"Just when I was focused on my studies and preparing for further study before finding a job, the man who changed my life appeared."

[Ah, I see. She must have fallen in love.]

Rong Rong tacitly agreed.

This was also her biggest regret.

If it weren’t for her husband, she surely would have become a useful member of society by now.

Instead of being stuck at home, living like a ghost.

[So you met your husband at school?]

"No."

"He was from outside the school."

"When we first met, he deceived me."

Not having much social experience or understanding of human nature, she believed him when he said he was from a neighboring school.

Only after they were intimately involved did she find out, her husband hadn’t even completed high school before dropping out.

It wasn’t that she looked down on people with lower education levels, but if he could lie about his education, she really wasn’t sure what else was true from his mouth.

[Oh my god, what kind of person is this!]

[Wasn’t the person with fate a bit too naive to fall for it all, leading to this situation?]

[There we go, instead of cursing the cheater, you’re blaming the victim for being deceived.]

Rong Rong also knew she was too naive.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have foolishly believed him when he said he would take care of her so she could enjoy life without worries at home.

[...Sister, you believed such a line from a man?]

[Things change after marriage. Before marriage, you’re the sweetheart they pamper, and they promise you’ll enjoy life without doing anything while they provide. After marriage, it turns into accusations of doing nothing and being lazy at home.]

[Exactly!]

Rong Rong wore a bitter smile.

If she had been as clear-headed as these people back then, she maybe wouldn’t have ended up like this.

She had originally planned to pursue further studies, but after the man proposed, she reconsidered and chose to give up on her plans.

[This situation teaches us, never believe a man’s sweet talk. It’s always important to improve yourself.]

[Well, that’s a harsh statement. At least, as of now, she doesn’t work. Our men work so hard outside, is there a problem letting you stay at home and do some housework?]

[What are you saying? Women can’t make money? If the person with fate didn’t get married, she’d be a graduate student by now, earning much more than her husband. Because of that man, her life was ruined!]

[Who knows... Many college graduates end up working jobs paying 2700. As long as the couple’s happy, isn’t that what matters?]

Rong Rong almost shouted in excitement: "But you don’t know, he changed shortly after we got married."

"He got drunk every day, and would hit me whenever something displeased him."