Chapter 500 Are You Jealous

Emily patiently explained 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 villager'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 planned 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 balance, 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 glance 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 villagers that you are my wife! We should draw the attention of
every villager so that no one dares to dream of taking you away from me," Jacob explained in a loud,
stern voice.

"You...You are like a little boy." Emily covered her mouth with her hand to keep herself from laughing.
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 village, which undoubtedly drew the
attention of the villagers.

Some villagers 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 village 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' labour. Look at her. She is wearing a coat made of fox fur. It must be very
expensive!"

"Humph! She's just a lazy, 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 will come 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 village 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 village 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 village.

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



Although she had come 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 village, married to a rural man. Before long she
would become a lowly village 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 occupying 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 village, 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
village was their cage, and this was where they would die.

A sense of sympathy came into her heart. Suddenly, Jacob stopped when he heard voices coming 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-in-law.

The girl kept evading, but the old woman hit her so hard that she could not help but retaliate. The
wicked mother-in-law shouted, "Gosh! How dare you hit me! You're brave enough to hit me, just
because I'm a poor, old lady! 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 explain as more and more villagers
started to gather around them. But before she could finish her words, a fierce slap 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 slapped 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 villagers 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.

According to most villagers, the women they bought from outside were different from the women who
grew up in the village. The boughten women could become one of local villagers only when they bore
their husband sons.

Furthermore, most of the villagers 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-in-law, 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 villagers mocked and ridiculed the helpless woman. While they were spewing horrible words from
their mouth, they cast a glance 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 had landed 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
villagers 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 villagers.


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