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When the people from the Li family returned the tortured and barely breathing Lin Siyu to the Lin family, the entire village was stirred.

This Lin Siyu was the golden phoenix that had flown out of Lin Hollow, so why had she returned like this after such a short time?

How? Carried back in a pig cage!

Lin Jiazhong received the news, ran home carrying his hoe, and just as he arrived at the doorstep, he heard Lady Ma’s heart-wrenching wails. His heart instantly turned cold. Had his only daughter met with misfortune too?

Indeed, misfortune had struck!

Upon seeing Lin Siyu, bloodied and locked in a pig cage, Lin Jiazhong’s legs went weak.

"What, what happened? Siyu, Siyu!" Lin Jiazhong dropped his hoe with a clang and rushed to his daughter’s side, calling her name several times, but he couldn’t wake her up.

Lin Siyu, who was barely conscious and in a haze, involuntarily quivered her parched lips. Due to the small size of the pig cage, her legs, feet, and arms were twisted into a bizarre position, coiled up so she couldn’t move.

Lady Ma knelt down, frantically trying to pry open the cage to rescue her daughter. Naturally, the people from the Li family would not let her succeed and dragged her to one side.

Only then did Lin Jiazhong come back to his senses, lifted his bloodshot eyes to Mother Li who had delivered the news, and demanded in a deep voice, "Mother Li, Siyu was received into the Li Mansion under your watch. How did she end up like this?"

"Heh."

Mother Li let out a cold laugh, deeply regretting why she had listened to Li Feng’e back then, allowing this jinx, Lin Siyu, into the mansion. If it had been Lin Yuan, she certainly wouldn’t be doing such an ominous chore now.

"Lin Jiazhong, didn’t you see where your daughter was locked up?

A pig cage! What kind of person gets locked in a pig cage, surely you know?

" Mother Li pointed at Lin Siyu on the ground and said coldly, "Huh, to tell you the truth, your daughter stole a man!

The master and madam thought she disgraced the Li Mansion, so they sent me to carry her back. "

Stole a man?!

Mother Li’s words weren’t avoided by anyone. Most of the onlookers had guessed why Lin Siyu had ended up like this; hearing it confirmed by Mother Li’s own mouth blew the situation wide open.

"She was married to Master Magistrate and still dared to steal a man? Didn’t Master Magistrate behead her?"

"Are you dumb? The Master Magistrate rules heaven and earth. He wouldn’t behead someone just because a little concubine stole a man. What a joke!"

"Oh dear, anyway, no matter how you look at it, this Lin Siyu brought this on herself! She deserves to be soaked in the pig cage! I heard that a few years ago, in the town, a household caught their little concubine in the act, and the madam beat her to death right on the spot! It’s really pitiful!"

"What’s there to pity! A woman who steals deserves to be beaten to death! Do you think everyone is like Li Feng’e who has such a powerful maternal family backing her? Humph, if Lin Jiaxiao wasn’t already involved with another woman, he would surely have drowned Li Feng’e in a pig cage too!"

"Hey, I recall last year when the Lin family caught adulterers at Lin Yuan’s house. Didn’t Lin Jiazhong say that if his daughter stole a man, he would soak her in a pig cage? He did say that, didn’t he? I didn’t remember it wrong, did I?"

"You didn’t remember wrong; I recall that too! Who could have thought it would come true? Oh dear, Lin Jiazhong is also pitiable indeed!"

The villagers’ animated discussions reached Lin Jiazhong’s ears, and he suddenly recalled last year’s incident. He couldn’t believe that after his attempt to catch an adulterer had failed, he was now confronted with his own daughter stealing a man! It was truly karma!

His daughter stealing, he, as a father, truly couldn’t face anyone anymore!

Observing the changing expressions on Lin Jiazhong’s face, Mother Li smirked contemptuously and asked sarcastically, "Lin Jiazhong, surely you’re anxious?

Maternal Aunt Lin signed an indenture contract when she entered our Li Mansion.

Actually, her life has belonged to the Li Mansion for a long time.

It’s only that our madam is kind-hearted; knowing you haven’t seen each other for over a year, she let me bring Maternal Aunt Lin back for you two to have a final farewell.

Now that you’ve seen each other, you should forget about questioning what we’ll do next. "

After speaking, Mother Li waved at the young servants who were carrying the pig cage, "Let’s go!"

Seeing her daughter being carried away, Lady Ma felt an agonizing pain, as if her heart was bleeding.

She broke free from the restrain and lunged forward, wailing, "Siyu, Siyu, my daughter, oh, your mother has wronged you, your mother has failed you!

Open your eyes and take a look at your mother, speak to your mother, Siyu, Siyu?

No, let my daughter out! Please, let her go! I beg you!"