During the day, the man would often curse and beat her to vent his dissatisfaction and resentment. At night, he would torment Jiang Yun on their bed, leaving her in such agony that she felt as though she were better off dead.
Although the hunter recognized that Jiang Yun was the same trader he had dealt with previously, times had changed. Jiang Yun was no longer a business partner; she was merely a tool for producing children that he had purchased. He no longer showed her the courtesy or obsequiousness he had once displayed. Furthermore, the man realized that Jiang Yun’s health was terrible. She was unable to even get out of bed or walk around, relegated to lying there in a sickly state every day. This only made the man feel that his money had been wasted.
When the members of the Lanshan Production Brigade finally found Jiang Yun, they saw that her face was covered in black and blue bruises, with lumps and disgusting, weeping sores. Her half-exposed body was not left with a single patch of unblemished skin. Recalling how young, pretty, and vibrant Jiang Yun had looked when she first arrived at the brigade as a scorekeeper, and seeing the hopeless, hollow woman lying on the bed now, most of the brigade members felt a surge of pity. Jiang Hongwei, who had come along, was trembling with rage. His eyes turned bloodshot, and he lunged at the man, raining punches and kicks upon him, determined to beat him to death. It was only when the man began to wail incessantly and the brigad…
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