The 10th Book by Jiangwei Daji

Sold to the Shen family at sixteen to bring good fortune to a sick groom, Su Ruanyue spent three years worked like an ox and a horse, tormented by her in-laws until she was barely recognizable. Just as she was being forced to grind tofu in the middle of the night and was about to be sold off a second time to a butcher, the Third Uncle who had been on the run for five years, the “Living Yama” feared by everyone in the village, came back!

He kicked down the Shen family’s gate and, in front of the whole family, put their only white-flour bun in her hand. He laid a trap to make her bloodsucking in-laws and social-climbing husband repay her suffering a hundredfold! The whole village called her shameless and indecent, but only Su Ruanyue knew how this man had sheltered her from the storm through countless dark nights.

Late at night, he pinned her against the door, his scorching breath brushing her ear. “Little sister-in-law, that bite mark on your neck is my seal.” Su Ruanyue trembled with fear, but could only cling to the man who had torn open the darkness for her and let him have his way.