Chapter 764

Chapter 764

"Why keep her? To continue causing trouble in our village?"

"Our village is being developed, surely because it's a jinx! A disaster

brought upon us!"

These village women were all crazy about Winter. Ever since she came

to their village, their husbands have been following her like they were

under a spell, constantly going home and praising Winter for being so

beautiful.

Whichever of them listened, they all felt very uncomfortable.

This time they finally got Winter's red-handed.

The morning sun shone on the surface of the water, creating sparkling

ripples.

Early in the morning, the village was not calm.

Winter was put into a cage.

“Let's go, carry it away.”

None of the men in their family dared to speak up, although they felt a

little guilty watching Winter's embarrassed appearance.

But... not a single person spoke up.

Several scratch marks were on Winter's beautiful face, and her cheap

maternity clothes were torn and tattered, revealing her fair skin, making

her look especially alluring.

She always protected her belly, fearing that the unborn child would be

harmed.

These women ended up hitting her anyway, but none of them hit her

stomach.

She held her belly, sitting in the cage and looking at these villagers with

an expressionless face.

She felt a little anxious as she didn't want to die.

What if the child was drowned in this river? That was her only tie with

Clark in this world.

Her eyes turned red with sadness, "I really didn't have an affair with

Devyn. Why don't you listen to my explanation?"

"At this point, you still won't admit it?!" Phoebe became angry and

pinched her face. Her grip was strong, as she did farm work every day

and had a lot of strength.

“You bitch! Our village kindly took you in, and yet you still seduced my

man!" Phoebe slapped her across the face once again and exclaimed,

"We should never have taken you in to begin with."

“That's it. No more talking. Just drown her in the water," another

woman said before carrying the cage.

Winter panicked and struggled to push open the door of the cage. "Let

me out! This is murder, it's illegal!"

"You ignorant village women," she yelled.

As the cage got closer and closer to the river, suddenly a figure came

running towards them. "Winter! Winter!" It was Rey.

"Winter, save me!" She screamed as if she had seen a life-saving

straw.

"Rey, don't blame us for not warning you. She's just a slut who seduced

my man last night," Phoebe blocked Rey's way and shouted loudly.

“It's impossible. Winter isn't that kind of woman, especially since she's

about to give birth!" Rey didn't believe Phoebe at all.

“I know you want her as your wife, but she is a bitch who will only

deceive you." Phoebe continued to slander Winter's reputation. "If she

were really a good woman, would she be living here alone with such a

big belly? I think she must be one of those mistresses carrying an

illegitimate child.”

"Don't talk about her like that!" Rey became angry and pushed Phoebe

away before rushing towards Winter.

"What do you mean by this? Pushing my woman?" Devyn rushed over

to grab hold of Rey. "She seduced me last night insisting on talking with

me while claiming that couldn't sleep.”

Rey was stunned; he looked at Devyn in shock. "Is it true?"

"Can I lie to you?" Devyn said stubbornly; he couldn't admit his own

dirty behavior when things had come this far.

Winter was shaking with anger. "He's lying about everything; he's

framing me!" But no one believed her anymore.

She could only put her last hope on Rey. "Rey, I didn't do anything

wrong; please believe me."

"Rey, we're buddies,” Devyn said painfully."We've known each other for

half our lives so why wouldn't you trust what I say? Last night I made

mistakes because I drank too much but once we got back up there..."

Winter closed her eyes tightly; at this point there was nothing left for her

to say.

There had been great pity in Rey's eyes when looking at Winter but

now he didn't know whom or what should be trusted anymore.

He wanted to believe in Winter but what Devyn and Phoebe said

seemed so convincing after all.

Could it really be true that Winter wasn't faithful? Maybe Phoebe wasn't

wrong either. If she were really such an honorable woman, why would

someone like herself end up pregnant living alone in their village

anyway?

After a while, he angrily said to Winter, "I can't believe how much I liked

you and helped you all the time. Winter, you've disappointed me so

much.”

Winter opened her mouth but felt a huge sense of powerlessness

welling up inside her. She felt as small and insignificant as an ant.

She sat in the pigsty with a heart as dead as ashes, feeling the river

water slowly creeping up past her knees towards her neck.

She should have known that people in this village were incredibly

ignorant.

The only person who would always protect her, love her and believe in

her was Clark.

A tear slid down from the corner of Winter's eye and fell into the icy cold

river water. The current was strong and eventually passed over her

head.

She slowly closed both eyes.

"Stop!"

Suddenly, a clear familiar voice rang out.

Winter suddenly opened both eyes under the water; she wondered if it

was just an illusion before death that she heard Sylvia's voice?

How could that be?

She smiled bitterly; ice-cold river water kept pouring into her mouth

making it almost impossible for breathing. She swallowed several times

with difficulty almost choking herself to death but she didn't want to die

- not yet! She wanted to give birth to this child even if after giving birth

she would die... she just wanted this baby born alive!

Tears continued falling mixed with river water but she felt trapped like

an animal here unable to escape no matter what!

"How can there still be such behavior like soaking someone in a cage?

You are murdering people collectively."

The woman's voice wasn't loud but extremely powerful nonetheless.

Everyone couldn't help looking at them; they saw an unbelievably

beautiful woman standing behind them - tall figure with delicate

features better than any celebrity's face! Her pair of eyes looked like

stars shining brightly on high making people shudder involuntarily!

Standing beside this outstanding woman was also an equally

impressive man - tall and handsome wearing black casual clothes

exuding great aura around him too!

This kind of outstanding man-woman pairing made people almost

unable to look away from them...

Rey had always thought that Winter was very pretty but compared with

this woman, she paled by comparison...

Sylvia frowned at these villagers who were simple-minded yet ignorant

at the same time.

As soon as they got off the car, Franklin noticed that almost everyone in

the village was gone. He asked an old lady and found out that they had

all run out to immerse a woman in a cage.

It sounded ridiculous.

Franklin waved his hand, and Jasper behind him immediately led

several men towards the riverbank.

“You can't pull it up. There's not only a woman in the cage but also

some stones tied underneath,” an old man said. "They're probably all

drowned by now."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a splash sound, and

several men had already jumped into the water.

After waiting for a while, the rope tied to the cage began to shake.

Jasper immediately joined two other men who stayed behind and pulled

hard outside.

Someone below untied the stones attached to the cage so it became

easier to pull up. But it was still difficult because of resistance from

water.

When they finally pulled up the cage after about ten minutes, none of

those villagers dared move because these people looked tough enough

not to mess with them.

They were not fools either; they heard that someone wanted to buy

their village but rarely saw anyone coming here. Now this group of

strangers suddenly appeared; who knew if they were big bosses or

something?

At this moment, their village chief ran over with his head nodding and

bowing: "Mr. Maskelyne, Miss Andrews! What brings you here?"

"We've never seen anyone immersed in a cage before so we came

over for a look," Sylvia said coldly as she walked towards them by

riverbank.

"The key." Jasper swept these villagers coldly without any response

from any one of them after waiting for some time impatiently: "Don't

force me."

Phoebe reluctantly took out her keys then Sylvia saw clearly through

distance that there was pregnant woman inside with her belly bulging

indicating she would give birth soon!

These crazy villagers were too cruel even trying drowning pregnant

women!

She quickened her pace until she saw Jasper's team carrying Winter

out of that cage when she recognized Winter's face at once despite

being beaten black-and-blue on her face!

"Winter?"

Jasper heard Sylvia's voice then looked at Winter's face immediately

where he could still recognize who she was despite bruises on her

face. "What is Winter doing here?"

Sylvia shook her head. "Saving people comes first."

The most important thing when rescuing someone drowning is making

sure he/she spits out water first which means there might be hope

since breathing remained weak but present!

A person who has been drowning must first expel the water; that's the

most critical step.

Sylvia knelt beside Winter, checking her breathing. Though it was faint,

there was still hope.

She began chest compressions, pressing for a while. "Cough..."

Winter's head tilted, and she coughed violently, expelling several

mouthfuls of river water.

After she had coughed up enough to soak the area by the river, she

slowly opened her eyes.

“I'm still alive?" Winter looked around, her head spinning, as she gazed

at the blue sky above.