Chapter 500 Are You Jealous


    Emily patiently exined to him that Donny was not a bad person, but Jacob was not convinced. Afraid


    of being misunderstood, she decided not to talk about it anymore as she didn''t want to argue with her


    lover.


    However, Emily didn''t know that the reason why Jacob stopped her from visiting Donny was because


    he was jealous of Donny. Before they had reunited after a long separation, Emily stayed alone with


    Donny and in the viger''s eyes, she was Donny''s wife...


    The mere thought of that made him burn with jealousy, and Donny became a thorn in his side.


    How could Donny even think about stealing his wife from him!


    Donny must have been a fool who knew nothing about how high the sky was or how thick the earth


    was!


    It was a fine sunny day. Jacob had nned to go out and pick the herbal medicine Mr. Barefoot had


    prescribed to him. He needed to collect them and decoct the medicinal herbs for Emily to speed up the


    healing process.


    Since Emily had nothing better to do, she asked Jacob to take her with him.


    The thought of how lovely the day was and how Emily had been cooped up in the bungalow for several


    days, gave Jacob the idea to take her out for some fresh air. He went over to the next house and


    borrowed a cow, which he had carefully cleaned with a brush all by himself.


    Jacob put his arms around Emily''s waist to slowly pick her up and put her on the back of the cow. He


    even tied a rope round the horns of the cow so that she could hold onto something to steady her body.


    Having been born and raised in the city, Emily was a city-girl at heart who had never sat on the back of


    an animal, such as a cow, before. The task seemed daunting at first, but once she managed to sit on


    the cow''s back and find her bnce, she was good to go.


    "Do you think the cow''s feeling unhappy because of me? Maybe it doesn''t like it when people sit on its


    back?" Emily asked curiously.


    "No." Jacob took a nce at the meek, old cow that had its head lowered to eat grass, and curled his


    lips into a soft smile as he said, "It must be happy to carry you. Come on. Sit properly. Don''t be afraid."


    With that, he took the ropes of the cow and said, "Let''s go."


    "Slow down." Emily sat on the back of the cow, swaying a little, and asked, "Would we be drawing too


    much attention to ourselves?"


    "This is the only way we can show the vigers that you are my wife! We should draw the attention of


    every viger so that no one dares to dream of taking you away from me," Jacob exined in a loud,


    stern voice.


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    "You...You are like a little boy." Emily covered her mouth with her hand to keep herself fromughing.


    Although she thought the man''s behavior was childish, there was a gush of sweetness in her heart, that


    made her cheeks blush red.


    Jacob led the cow and walked along the winding trail in the vige, which undoubtedly drew the


    attention of the vigers.


    Some vigers began to talk about the couple. Most of them were women, and their vitriolic words


    showed their fiery envy.


    "Is that the woman he took away from Mrs. Yang? I don''t think she''s as beautiful as some say she is. I


    think she looks weak and sickly, just like the girls from, ''A Dream in Red Mansions''."


    "But to be honest, I think she''s a parasite. She used to live in the vige head''s house before and she


    got away without doing any farm work. Now she lives in Mr. Barefoot''s house while idly sitting and


    enjoying the fruits of others''bour. Look at her. She is wearing a coat made of fox fur. It must be very


    expensive!"


    "Humph! She''s just azy, good-for-nothing woman. I wonder how long her man will spoil her before he


    leaves her. A year? A month? Or a week? I think the day wille soon when she will be abandoned


    by her man. Aren''t women supposed to do farm work and give birth to children? She''s a useless


    woman because she can do nothing at all!"


    "See, you must be jealous of her, right?"


    "Nonsense! She is just a foxtrel and I will never envy her. Now, get away from me. I don''t want to talk to


    you anymore."


    ......


    Although on the surface all the women in the vige were calumniating Emily, they would be lying to


    themselves if they had denied the fact that they were deeply envious of Emily. Why wouldn''t they be


    envious? After all, she had Jacob, a man who had loved and cared for her from the bottom of his heart.


    They were all women, same as Emily. Why did they have to wake up early and do all the heavy farm


    work, while Emily did nothing but still enjoyed a leisurely life?


    Apart from being beautiful, they had heard from the vige head that she was educated at a reputable


    university as well. Maybe she was from a rich family. She was looking for someone when she lost her


    way and was taken to their vige.


    The thought of Emily''s misery gave them some sce.


    Although she hade from a rich family and had gone to university, now she was in the same


    situation as they were. She was trapped in this poor vige, married to a rural man. Before long she


    would be a lowly vige woman just like the rest of them.


    All the while, Emily had heard their remarks but didn''t take them to heart. Jacob also followed suit and


    turned a deaf ear to their jealous words.


    Meanwhile, something else was upying Emily''s thoughts. She thought of the other female tourists,


    who just like her, got lost in the mountains, only to be abducted and brought to this vige, so they


    could be forced to marry the rural men. Most of them bore children, lived miserable lives and were


    trapped here against their wishes. They would be trapped here forever, unless someone helped them.


    Most of them would probably never get out of here or see their loved ones ever again. This remote


    vige was their cage, and this was where they would die.


    A sense of sympathy came into her heart. Suddenly, Jacob stopped when he heard voicesing from


    ahead.


    "I bought you for my son and I prayed so that you would give birth to my grandson. You don''t do any


    work. All you ever do is eat and sleep all day. It''s been a year already! My hens have given me lots of


    eggs, but you are still not pregnant!"


    A mean-looking thin-faced old woman was beating a young girl, who seemed to be her daughter-inw.


    The girl kept evading, but the old woman hit her so hard that she could not help but retaliate. The


    wicked mother-inw shouted, "Gosh! How dare you hit me! You''re brave enough to hit me, just


    because I''m a poor, olddy! You think I''m too weak to do anything to you, right?"


    "No, I didn''t mean to do that. It''s you..." The girl helplessly tried to exin as more and more vigers


    started to gather around them. But before she could finish her words, a fierce p fell on her face,


    which sent her reeling backwards.


    It was her husband and the old woman''s son. He came out of their house and pped the girl across


    the face without saying a word. He shoved her to the ground and kicked her mercilessly in the


    stomach.


    "Are you crazy? How dare you to hit my mother! You bitch! I have kept you under my roof for one year


    but you didn''t bear me a son. Now I want to kill you, bitch!"


    The vigers and onlookers whispered to each other, but none of them came forward to stop the man


    from hitting that girl. From the looks of it, that was just how things were around here.


    ording to most vigers, the women they bought from outside were different from the women who


    grew up in the vige. The boughten women could be one of local vigers only when they bore


    their husband sons.


    Furthermore, most of the vigers did the same thing to their wives. That was why they didn''t intervene


    in the dispute.


    "Look at this! If a woman doesn''t listen to her husband or her mother-inw, she will suffer the same


    fate."


    "Yes. Pregnancy is a natural part of womanhood. She''s been married to her husband for almost one


    year but she still didn''t get pregnant. Is she infertile? Oh my god! If that''s true, then what purpose does


    she have to carry on living? Perhaps she should just kill herself."


    "Did she want to loaf on the job? How ridiculous! Serves her right! She deserves to be punished."


    The vigers mocked and ridiculed the helpless woman. While they were spewing horrible words from


    their mouth, they cast a nce at Emily, giving her a hint that they were also mocking her.


    Emily didn''t care much about these harsh remarks. She got close and watched as the girl got brutally


    abused by her own husband. She could feel every hit as if they hadnded on her own body.


    "Jacob, this girl looks so helpless..." she muttered.


    Jacob wasn''t a kind-hearted man either, before or after his amnesia, but he cared for Emily so much


    that he understood her meaning as soon as he heard her words.


    He reached out and took Emily off the back of the cow. After asking her to stand a little farther away, he


    strode towards the man who was still beating that girl.


    The man kicked the girl in the stomach. Each one harder than before. When he saw more and more


    vigers gather around, a sense of pride rose in his heart. For some reason, he thought that beating up


    a poor, helpless girl would earn him respect amongst the other vigers.