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By the moonlight,I watched as David had hallucinations because of the powder from the hallucinogenic mushrooms.
I sneered and kept punching him in the waist with my fists.
The next day,David got out of bed,complaining of a sore waist and went out while holding his waist.
And I pretended to walk out unsteadily on my feet to prepare breakfast.
When Amanda saw this,her face was filled with joy.
"Hahaha,I'm going to have a grandson soon.There will be new blood in our Zhou family."
My best friend gave me an OK gesture.
It meant that she had also successfully used the hallucinogenic mushroom powder to escape a difficult situation.However,Michael didn't show as obvious a reaction as David.
But there was a hint of embarrassment in his eyes when he looked at my best friend.
However,this was just a temporary measure and couldn't be used for a long time.
Every night,my best friend and I,taking advantage of the two brothers' unclear consciousness,kicked them hard in the kidneys.To avoid leaving marks,we didn't dare to use too much force.
But we really wanted to take revenge for all the resentment we had in our previous life bit by bit.
Perhaps because the two of them got some illusory satisfaction,they treated my best friend and me a bit better.
To prevent being eavesdropped on,my best friend and I planned everything using sign language.
My best friend:What should we do next?
I gave her a look and gestured with my fingers:Let's start with David first.Isn't he with the supermale syndrome?We can use this to make him suffer.
Although I didn't get beaten up by David to the point of not being able to stand up like my best friend did in the previous life.
But the slap marks on my face from him were clearly visible every day.
After staying in the Zhou family for a few months and worked hard every day.I could move around freely in the village.
One day,my best friend was cooking at home,and I took the whole family's clothes to the riverside.
I was stopped by Tom on the way.
"Well,is this David's wife?Look the slap marks on your face.I guess that violent man treats you badly,right?"
I lowered my head,covered the slapped part of my face with my hand,and said in a scared voice,"I won't allow you to say that about my husband.He's much better than you.He's a good man who knows how to be considerate.Go away.I don't like a man like you who doesn't know his place."
Tom hated it the most when others said that David was better than him.
He spat out the grass in his mouth,reached out and knocked the carrying pole off my shoulder,and all the family's clothes fell to the ground.
"You say David is better than me?A man who can't even work in the fields dares to compare with me."
"He also found a beautiful girl who is infatuated with him.Why?"
Tom had been compared with David before,so he always liked to compare himself with David.
"As long as you l David and come with me now,I'll give you whatever you want."
I stood there like a frightened little rabbit,at a loss,with fear in my eyes.
But this kind of vulnerable persona was exactly the type that Tom liked the most.
If I remembered correctly,Tom had bought a woman before,but she was too strong-willed.
Despite Tom's attempts to discipline her,the woman bit off his ear with one bite and even beat Tom up.
She chose suicide over Tom touch her,which made Tom want a timid woman.
Wasn't I playing perfectly into his trap?
But as they say,forbidden fruit tastes sweetest.
Flushing,I retorted,"You're nothing compared to David.I’d never go with you."
I left these words and fled home in a pretended panic.
Passing a village house, I heard the clank of iron chains within.Out of the corner of my eye,I saw a disheveled woman lying on the wall looking at me.
But I just ignored her and trotted home.In our previous life,it was this woman who reported that my best friend and I were trying to escape.
That's why the villagers caught up with us in the first place.
And because of her report,she got rid of the iron chain around her neck and could move freely,becoming a real villager in the village.
When David found out that I was harassed by Tom,he was so angry that he picked up a hoe and was about to go out for an explanation.
But Amanda kicked me in the waist and cursed,"Did you,you vixen,go out and seduce him?You're always doing such improper things.I'll break your legs."
I hid behind David,grabbed the flesh on his waist tightly with both hands,and begged,"Mom,Mom,I really just went out to wash the clothes.But when he heard me say that David is better than him,he got angry and wanted to hit me.I was so scared that I ran home."
When David heard that I had praised him so hard outside,his male chauvinism flared up.
He snatched the wooden stick from Amanda's hand and pushed her down.
"Did I allow you to bully my wife?How dare you hit her!She's my woman now.Hitting her is like slapping me in the face,you old hag.Are your bones itching?"
When David got angry,he even hit his own mother.
My best friend and I were then more or less protected by the two brothers,and Amanda's tricks didn't work anymore.
The more David thought about it,the more he couldn't stand that Tom had flirted with me.He went out to pick a fight with Tom.Worried about David,Amanda followed.Michael went up the mountain to dig sweet potatoes,and suddenly there were only my best friend and I left at home.
I looked at my best friend and said,"It's been so long.Why hasn't Amanda shown any reaction?Could it be that the things you put in her food were replaced?"
My best friend said,"Impossible.It should be soon.I put the things you gave me into Amanda's meals little by little and watched her eat them."
As college-educated people,we knew that there were some things in the mountains that shouldn't be eaten.
Parasites and bacteria could all endanger a person's health.
Amanda had an extremely strong taste in food.She left the good meat for David and ate some frogs caught in the fields herself.Although they cooked the food thoroughly,eating too much of it was bound to cause problems.
In the previous life,I vaguely remembered that Amanda often complained of headaches and stomachaches.I even saw the parasites in her diarrhea.
That's why I wanted to make Amanda get sick in advance.Every time,I mixed some rotten meat and ingredients prone to parasite infestation into her food.
Just as my best friend and I were planning the next step,we heard Amanda crying at the door.
"Son,what are we going to do?What will you do in the future?"
Then,another woman's shrill voice shouted,"Amanda,your son stabbed my Tom.If anything happens to my son,I won't let your family off!"
Amanda didn't back down either."Your Tom pierced my son's genitals.If he can't have children,I won't let your family off either!"
My best friend and I were surprised and a little delighted when we heard this.
But my best friend worriedly said,"Coco,this all happened because of you.If this blows up,you won't be able to get away either.You might be sacrificed,right?"
I gave my best friend a reassuring look."I've already thought of this outcome.I have a way to deal with it.Otherwise,I wouldn't have deliberately let Tom run into me."
I whispered to my best friend,"Just focus on manipulating Michael.Make him feel isolated.That will simplify everything."
David's father fell off a cliff and died when David became an adult.Only Amanda was left to raise the two sons.We didn't believe they would be so easily deceived.So my best friend and I had planned in advance,with plans A,B,and C.
At the same time,we communicated through coded signs and hushed tones, carefully limiting intimate exchanges..
Blood soaked David's pants.Amanda was scared and tried to stop the bleeding with a cloth.My best friend and I quickly went up to help.
I was glared at by Amanda.Since she couldn't hit me with her hands full,she just cursed at me.
"You really are a vixen.You made my son get hurt.You’ll pay for this."
Fawning over David, I cooed with false concern, 'Darling, I never imagined... Had I known you'd confront Tom and get hurt, I'd have endured his advances to spare you!"
David said,"Bullshit!You're my woman.If that bastard had touched you,he wouldn't have just gotten a few cuts."
I lowered my head and sobbed,"But I don't want you to be in danger.Otherwise,what will happen to me and the baby in my belly?"
I touched my belly.When Amanda heard this,she looked at me strangely and asked,"You're pregnant?"
I nodded."I haven't had my period for two months.Recently,I always feel nauseous,dizzy,and craving sour food."
After hearing my words,Amanda changed her attitude and shouted towards the door,"That Tom deserved what he got.How dare he have his eyes on my Zhou family's daughter-in-law?He should be beaten and stabbed.Son,you did the right thing.If he had defiled you,the luck of the baby in your belly would be gone,just like what happened to your brother,bringing bad luck to the family."
When Michael came back from the mountain with sweet potatoes and heard Amanda's words,his face froze for only a few seconds and then returned to normal.He silently came over to help,keeping his head down the whole time.But only I knew that he must be extremely angry inside.
After the village doctor bandaged David's wound,he shook his head and said,"It's tough.He won't be able to have sex in the future."
