<h4>Chapter 144: Chapter 144: Sister Mei’s Encounter</h4>


    Seeing Su Mei’s copsed state, Chen Ziyang felt extremely sympathetic.


    He squatted down and embraced Su Mei.


    "Sister Mei, what exactly happened? With me here, you don’t need to be afraid."


    It took Su Mei a long time to adjust her emotions before she finally told Chen Ziyang everything that had happened after she had left Lower River Vige.


    When Su Mei left Lower River Vige, she was only twenty, naive and curious about everything around her.


    At first, Su Mei found a job as a waitress in a restaurant.


    Because she was too attractive, even her waitress uniform couldn’t hide her natural beauty.


    Soon, she caught the attention of some people.


    The restaurant owner had proposed more than once that he wanted to keep her as his mistress.


    But Su Mei strongly refused every time.


    Finally, one time when the owner was drunk, he couldn’t restrain himself, and after the restaurant was closed, he kept her behind alone.


    And just when Su Mei was being pressed on the dining table by the owner, with most of her clothes already torn, Li Jiang appeared.


    Li Jiang was the restaurant’s chef, five years older than Su Mei. He had always been warm and attentive to her.


    That day, he had happened to leave his phone at the restaurant and saw this scene when he came back to retrieve it.


    The owner was beaten up by the tall and muscr Li Jiang, who also reported the incident to the police.


    Because of this incident, Li Jiang was even detained for seven days.


    After quitting her job, Su Mei thanked Li Jiang once he was released.


    After that, they kept in touch more frequently. Over time, they developed feelings for each other and eventually decided to spend their lives together.


    Chen Ziyang already knew most of the story after the marriage, as Su Mei had health issues that prevented them from consummating their union.


    Gradually, Li Jiang showed his true colors. He wasn’t as gentle and attentive as he seemed before. On the contrary, Su Mei’s special constitution made him more and more irritable.


    If it had only been like this, Su Mei wouldn’t have left him.


    However, half a year after they were married, she found out that Li Jiang was a gambler!


    And he had already umted a huge debt of fifty thousand yuan before they were married!


    Out of guilt, Su Mei worked and used her sry to help pay off Li Jiang’s debts.


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    Far from grateful, Li Jiang often insulted Su Mei with degrading words and even physically abused her several times.


    This was something Su Mei could no longer tolerate.


    Thest straw was when Li Jiang lost money one day and came back with a request for Su Mei.


    He asked her to apany others for drinks.


    Su Mei couldn’t believe her ears.


    But Li Jiang didn’t care at all.


    "After all, since your body is like a stone and no one can have you, apanying others for drinks is not like making me a cuckold!"


    Hearing these words, Su Mei was disheartened.


    She left all her money at that home and fled alone from Li Jiang.


    "So, you and that Li Jiang... haven’t processed the divorce yet?"


    Chen Ziyang understood.


    "Ziyang, Sister doesn’t want to deceive you! But I also know that we will not be registering for marriage, so... I really don’t think it’s important!"


    With lips bitten, Su Mei nodded guiltily, "And, I know Li Jiang. If I propose a divorce to him, not only will he disagree, but he will also watch me around the clock, beat me, scold me! I won’t be able to run away when the timees!"


    "Damn it! Beast!"


    Before Chen Ziyang could speak, Lin Youyou, who was standing by, was so enraged that her pretty face turned red: "Not only does he beat his wife, but he also wants his wife to sell herself to pay off his gambling debts! This son of a bitch doesn’t even count as human!"


    As a woman, Lin Youyou felt the pain even more acutely.


    Chen Ziyang had already stood up and was walking towards the door.


    "Ziyang, where... where are you going?"


    "Sister Mei."


    Chen Ziyang softly said to Su Mei, "Do you remember back in Lower River Vige, when I followed you around and told you that when I grew up, I would protect you?"


    Su Mei was stunned; her eyes filled with emotion.


    Chen Ziyang smiled and said, "Back then, you called me a little brat. You said you’d have your own man one day, and he would protect you, so you didn’t need me."


    As he spoke, his expression gradually darkened.


    "Now, I’m your man!"