Chapter 764
"Why keep her? To continue causing trouble in our vige?"
"Our vige is being developed, surely because it''s a jinx! A disaster brought upon us!"
These vige women were all crazy about Winter. Ever since she came to their vige, 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 ufortable.
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 vige 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 vigers 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 rk 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
exnation?"
"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 vige kindly took you in, and yet you still seduced my man!" Phoebe pped her
across the face once again and eximed, "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 vige 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 me us for not warning you. She''s just a slut who seduced my manst 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
nder 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 mest night insisting on talking with me while iming 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
Winter was shaking with anger. "He''s lying about everything; he''s framing me!" But no one believed her
anymore.
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She could only put herst 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 vige
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 vige were incredibly ignorant.
The only person who would always protect her, love her and believe in her was rk.
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 nheless.
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 ck 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 butpared with this woman, she paled by
Sylvia frowned at these vigers 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 vige was gone. He
asked an olddy 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 ssh 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 vigers 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 vige but rarely saw anyone
something?
At this moment, their vige 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 vigers 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 vigers 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 ck-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 peoplees 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 chestpressions, 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.