Chapter 2

The old doctor saw my wound, carefully wiping it while cursing furiously.

"A bunch of beasts, to lay such a heavy hand on a young girl!"

Hearing the old doctor's words made my tears flow again.

Locked in the pigsty, I couldn't understand why the villagers, who often sought my help for medical treatment, would treat me like this?

It was only now that I realized they did it because they took money from Lu Ling.

Remembering the scene, I couldn't help but tremble all over.

Some of them used a red-hot iron rod to "disinfect" me.

Someone forcibly broke my legs to make me pose in more difficult positions.

Someone else tore my pants and burnt my genitals with a branding iron.

The torn flesh mixed with blood and pus, sticking together.

Even my thighs were burned by the iron rod, leaving no trace of their original appearance.

At the peak of the pain, I considered suicide, but thinking of Lu Ling, I couldn't bear to die.

Looking back, it would have been better to die back then!

At least this way, I wouldn't endure this dual torture of the body and soul.

Seeing me cry, Lu Ling reached out to wipe away my tears, promising with bloodshot eyes.

"Xiao Li, don't worry. I will never let those who hurt you get away! All the suffering you've endured, I will make them repay a thousandfold!"

After saying this, he stormed out of the ward.

The old doctor said nothing, just pushed my hospital bed to another window.

From this position, you could clearly see the courtyard outside, while outsiders couldn't see in.

After Lu Ling walked out into the courtyard, Li Gang, whom I had once saved, walked towards him with an uneasy expression.

"President Lu, with Doctor Jiang already in such a miserable state, are you sure you still want to fabricate evidence of her killing patients and spread it around?"

There was a flicker of reluctance in Lu Ling's eyes, but just when I thought he might show mercy, he clenched his teeth and spoke.

"Spread it! I want to ensure that both Jiang Li's body and reputation are destroyed! Only then will she have no chance of turning things around, and Lin Shuang will not be threatened..."

"Jiang Li only lost the use of one hand, and her reputation is damaged! I don't mind, I'm willing to marry her, so she should be grateful! After all, she ruined Lin Shuang's dream!"

Hearing these words, my tears once again fell uncontrollably.

I recalled the first time I met Lu Ling, how dashing he looked in his impeccable suit, so courteous and elegant.

And during our courtship, his kindness and tenderness.

I felt ridiculous and pitiful!

If I had known his love would become the sharpest blade to hurt me.

I would rather never have liked him!

Seeing the tattered, frayed bedsheet soaked with my tears.

The old doctor let out a barely audible sigh and stepped out the door.

After crying myself exhausted, I drifted off into sleep.

When I opened my eyes again, it was still raining, and a hunched old man pushed the door open.

It was village chief Wang Zhishan, who, contrary to his usual kind demeanor, looked at me with deep anguish.

"Doctor Jiang, our villagers treated you well. How could you treat your life like a joke?"

"I thought you were kind-hearted, willing to come to our poor place to treat us, but it turns out you came because you killed someone in the big city and had to practice here!"

"We may be poor, but we lead honest lives, never doing anything unconscionable. If it weren't for the claim that you killed Gouwa, they wouldn't have been so angry as to lay hands on you."

"From this old man's perspective, those young fellows did the right thing. Someone as vicious as you deserves to die..."

Hearing the heart-wrenching words from the village chief, tears instantly flooded from my eyes.

When I first arrived in the village, the chief and all the villagers welcomed me at the village entrance.

The villagers were exuberant in welcoming my arrival.

They offered me the cleanest water, the finest meals.

The chief asked after me several times a day, always with a kind and benevolent smile on his face.

But now, he says I deserve to die...