CHAPTER 52: CHAPTER 25: YOUR NEIGHBOR TOLD YOUR HUSBAND ABOUT IT THE NEXT DAY

Just as those netizens said, no matter how good the promises before marriage, everything changed right after.

On the night of their wedding, she merely cautioned him about drinking too much for fear of his health. Her husband slapped her several times in front of their relatives.

And this was the signal that marked her entry into Hell.

Since that day, she nearly lost all autonomy as a person.

Initially, she couldn’t leave the house for more than half an hour. Wherever she went, she needed to report in advance. Even when buying groceries at the neighborhood gate, she had to carry a locator.

But it escalated. Gradually, she was not allowed to step outside at all, confined to a sixty square meter apartment.

[? Are you kidding? Not stepping out of the house, that’s surely going to suffocate a person.]

[This reminds me of something; many girls think that a man’s control equals love, delighting in it at first, only to have their wings clipped eventually.]

[How is this any different from house arrest?]

[Can’t something like this be reported to the police?]

[But didn’t someone just mention that after she called the police, she was beaten even worse?]

Because whether it’s domestic abuse or house arrest, at the root, they are family matters, limiting police intervention.

After taking her away, there’s a warning and mediation, but every time Rong Rong returned, she faced doubled retaliation.

Can they lock up her husband forever?

Once, she was nearly beaten to death.

She lay in bed for an entire week before she could barely stand.

"Then they gave me the final warning, saying that unless I gave the Han Family a son, I would never be allowed to leave the house for the rest of my life."

[That might be you, but if it were me, I would kill him. I’d see the judge while he meets the medical examiner.]

[Talk big, do you even realize how vast the power difference is between men and women? Don’t end up getting killed yourself instead.]

[What about it? Is he forever on guard, even when sleeping? Is it impossible to catch him off guard when he’s defenseless?]

But these are just the netizens’ idyllic fantasies. If Rong Rong really had that kind of temperament, she wouldn’t be pushed to this corner.

[I don’t understand, why don’t you just run away?]

[Yes, like now, when your house is empty, just run far away.]

They recalled that someone mentioned her husband was out at work at this time.

"I can’t." Rong Rong glanced back at the door behind her, as if someone might burst in at any moment.

"Whenever he leaves the house, he double-locks the door... and his father watches over me to prevent my escape."

She had tried not long ago.

But then her father-in-law immediately called her husband back home.

In less than twenty minutes, he rushed home.

[That terrifies me!]

[But it also makes sense, having such a father given how the son behaves isn’t surprising.]

Running was not an option, nor was fighting back. If she had any other way, she wouldn’t have sought distant help from Mu Yunchu.

Rong Rong reached out to Mu Yunchu partly because she had just seen her stream, thinking she seemed capable of predicting everything. Additionally, with so many viewers, perhaps there really was someone who could help her.

Covering her mouth, Rong Rong whispered tremulously, "If this continues, I really will die here."

She had completely lost faith in her husband.

And she didn’t trust the promise that "once you have the child, you will have your freedom."

She only knew that if she had a child, escaping this Hell would be utterly impossible.

If in the end there was truly no way... then she could only...

Rong Rong’s gaze turned fierce, with a hint of desperation.

Mu Yunchu gently shook her head, cutting in at the right moment: "Abandon your current thoughts."

Rong Rong: !

She finally understood why she sensed a deathly aura around this person from the start.

Turns out... she was prepared to go down together with him.

[What does that mean? What thoughts? What the host said doesn’t make sense to me.]

Their eyes met across the distance, and Rong Rong found herself feeling transparent, as if everything was exposed under that gaze.

"Actually, I’ve already prepared rat poison."

"I planned to add it to their food when they let their guard down."

[!!! But doing that would make you a criminal too; it’s really not worth it for such scum.]

"That’s why this is my last step."

She now lived a life worse than death. Sometimes, she even felt death might be a release.

"But clearly your last step is not a wise choice."

Rong Rong bit her lip hard, unable to muster a rebuttal.

It wasn’t until she heard Mu Yunchu’s next words that she lifted her head in shock.

"That rat poison is fake."

"Not only did it fail to poison them when you used it, but it also resulted in you facing doubled retaliation from your husband."

"Eventually, you would be beaten to death by him."

[How absurd! Even rat poison is fake these days?]

[Wait, are you saying that if this person hadn’t met the host today, she would have been beaten to death by that man?]

Rong Rong: !!!

Reflexively she protested, "How could this be..."

"Are you going to say you got the rat poison from your neighbor’s shop selling sundries?"

Rong Rong was completely floored by Mu Yunchu, only able to nod dazedly like a soulless puppet.

"That family has a habit of substituting real items with inferior merchandise."

She could see that the family was unscrupulous.

The poison given to Rong Rong was unknown material, incapable of killing a mouse.

On humans, it had no effect whatsoever.

[Oh my god, selling fake rat poison, how can people be so utterly lacking in conscience?]

[Wait a second, if it didn’t work, how did her husband find out she tried to poison them? Was she seen during the process?]

[I feel like the host’s expression isn’t right, she seems to know the reason.]

Everyone turned their eyes to Mu Yunchu.

She asked, "How did you buy the rat poison?"

Rong Rong recalled, "I said there were a few mice at home."

Mu Yunchu subtly shook her head, "Your neighbor is a big mouth, turning around and telling your husband about it the next day."

[!!!]

It wasn’t hard to guess how her husband knew Rong Rong wanted to poison them.

There were no mice at home, and seeing her sneaking out, he had long figured out her intentions.

[Terrifying!!!]

[After today I’m even more afraid of marriage.]

[Please, this type of man is an individual case; as a man myself, I can’t tolerate hearing this.]

She originally kneeled on the bed, now utterly devoid of strength from the fright.

[This person is truly pitiful, is there really no other way?]

[I think even the host might not have a solution for this!]

Just when Rong Rong’s heart was hanging on by a thread, Mu Yunchu’s words gave her a final glimmer of hope.

"No, I do have a way."

"But you must act quickly because your husband is already on his way home."

[!!!]