Your friend won't come to save you

Fengming used the back of his fingers to wipe the tears from Mei Xin's face. "I am sorry for the last night. I was in not in my senses," he asserted. 

"Men are never in their senses. Let me go of this house," Mei Xin asked. 

"If I do that, you'll definitely die painfully. I will make sure no one harms you," Fengming assured her. But Mei Xin wasn't ready to hear him. 

"I don't trust any of you," Mei Xin proclaimed openly, her words laced with accusation. "You all want to kill me."

Her accusatory stare pierced through Fengming, leaving him feeling despondent and disheartened. If his sister's in-laws had treated her in the same fashion, he would have ensured severe punishment for them. Regardless of the circumstances, he couldn't bear to see his wife suffer. Mei Xin had married him to avoid marrying Jin Liang, indicating her unwillingness in that marriage as well.