PFC Chapter 354 I came here on my own
Chapter 354 I came here on my own
Chapter 354 He Came On His Own
She hung her bag on her workstation, looked at Ye Xiaotong, and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Lin Yuyao should pretend she doesn't know the inside story. She had already spoken with Ye Lian and told her not to tell anyone that she had told Ye Xiaotong about it.
Lin Yuyao had already decided that if Ye Xiaotong really came looking for her, she didn't intend to tell anyone back home about Ye Xiaotong being with her.
So she didn't know that Ye Xiaotong had disappeared; she only thought that Ye Xiaotong had come to seek refuge with her.
If things don't escalate into a dispute in the future, fine; but if they do, she's not afraid.
“I ran away from home. I don’t know where I should go. I’ve thought about it all, and it seems like coming to you is the only place I can see any hope. Yuyao…”
As she spoke, she broke down in tears.
Lin Yuyao quickly comforted her, saying, "Don't cry. Now that you've found us, just settle down here."
In fact, when she had the idea of escaping that family in her previous life, she came to find Lin Yuyao immediately.
But at that time, Lin Yuyao herself was deeply involved with the Lu family. When Ye Xiaotong asked her what to do, she could only tell her to run, to run as far away as possible.
They chose Guangcheng because many people from their hometown go there to work.
Without a specific goal, the two of them discussed it and ultimately decided to go with the flow to Guangcheng.
Things have changed in this life. Now that she wants to come and seek refuge with him, she naturally comes to Nancheng.
Ye Xiaotong wiped away her tears and recounted her experiences, which were even more tragic than her previous life.
She lost her child in her past life, and once she felt a little better, she came to discuss with me about running away earlier.
No one consulted her about this in her life. She stayed at her husband's house for a longer period of time and suffered several more beatings for no reason.
She was beaten black and blue in the end, and when she lifted her clothes to show them, there were still horrible bruises on her face.
The bruises haven't healed after so long, which shows how hard the blow was applied.
"They're absolutely despicable!" Song Qin said indignantly. "This is a society governed by law. Don't the people there understand the law?"
Lin Yuyao thought to herself that it was no wonder the people there didn't understand the law. In their eyes, a wife was just their property, and even if they beat her to death, it was none of anyone else's business.
In some rural areas, it's hard to say how many wives voluntarily jumped into rivers or drank poison to die.
If that family hadn't been so unpopular and the neighbors hadn't wanted to mess with them, even if Ye Xiaotong had really been poisoned to death by pesticide, they would probably have said that she drank it herself.
Her family doesn't care about her; they only care about her brothers. If her in-laws give her some money later, the matter will be over.
Ye Xiaotong shook her head and said, "They don't care about these things. They feel that these are family members and it's none of the outsiders' business."
"This shows a lack of legal knowledge. Did you even call the police?"
“When I was in the hospital, I begged the doctor to call the police for me, but…” she shook her head, wiping away her tears, “it was no use. They came and gave them a lecture, and they admitted their mistake and were very cooperative, so the matter was over. They did change a lot for a while, but as soon as I got better, they suddenly remembered this incident and started again.”
Song Qin said angrily, "How can these people be so evil? What's the point of locking them up for a few days if they're not arrested?"
"Sigh!" Lin Yuyao sighed helplessly.
Lin Yuyao knew a bit about her husband's family.
"I'm afraid that even if they're locked up for a few days, it won't do them any good. They'll remember the grudge and beat you even harder when they get out."
Song Qin nodded again, "Such a bad person, really. Girl, you're pitiful too. It's good that you ran away now, otherwise, if you had stayed, you wouldn't even know if someone beat you to death one day."
Ye Xiaotong nodded.
Fortunately, she still had the will and courage to save herself; otherwise, she really wouldn't even know how she died.
"By the way, now that you've run away, won't your husband's family be looking for you?"
"No, I took unlicensed taxis all the way here, and sometimes I walked..."
She told them about the hardships she had endured along the way.
I've ridden in oxcarts, in other people's cargo carts, and on foot; the longest I've ever walked was a whole day and night.
She had only one thought: to escape, to escape as far as she could, and never look back.
Driven by a strong will to survive, she traveled from her hometown to Nancheng for more than a week.
Song Qin sighed, "You really have some skills; not everyone can do that."
Ye Xiaotong said, "Fortunately, the weather is good now. If it were winter, I would freeze to death sleeping on the street."
"That's true. You're quite lucky. A young girl traveling alone hasn't encountered any danger."
She was bold, lucky, and had a glimmer of hope left by fate, which allowed her to successfully escape here.
Lin Yuyao comforted her, saying, "It's good that you're here. The hardships are over, and things will only get better from now on."
Ye Xiaotong nodded, sobbing.
Song Qin asked again, "You ran away like this, you're probably not divorced yet, right? What if they come looking for you... tsk, that's going to be a problem."
Ye Xiaotong said, "We didn't get a marriage certificate, so I don't know how to get a divorce."
"Oh? You haven't registered your marriage? This will make things complicated if you get a divorce."
Actually, this is a potential problem, because at that time, common-law marriage was recognized. If it had been a few years later, it would have been better; a few more years later, common-law marriage would no longer be recognized.
Ye Xiaotong said, "I don't know either. In short, I can't go back, and I won't go back again. If... if they really come looking for me, then we'll see."
"Alright, let's settle down first, and we'll deal with the rest later. It's better than staying there and getting beaten up."
"Yes."
She had actually learned a little about this, and decided to separate for two or three years first.
Who knows what will happen in the future?
"By the way, what will your family say if you don't go back?"
Ye Xiaotong gave a bitter laugh, and tears streamed down her face again.
“I don’t have a family home. From the day they stopped me from going to school and kicked me out of the house after taking the bride price, I have no family home.”
Lin Yuyao felt deep sympathy for her plight.
She actually has very good grades; she studies very hard and her grades are even better than mine.
Back then, her family treated her badly, so they always encouraged her, telling her to endure it for a few more years.
Once she gets into university, she'll fly far away and never have to put up with their bullying again.
She knew very well that studying was her chance to change her destiny.
However, when she was in her third year of junior high school, her brother was getting married and the family had no money, so she was arrested and sent back home before she could even take the high school entrance exam.
If she had taken the high school entrance exam back then, she might not have been able to get into a vocational school, but she would definitely have been able to get into a decent high school. What a pity...
After listening to her description, Song Qin sighed, "Some families are poor, and they really can't blame anyone else."
Yes, the whole family is in deep trouble. When you try your best to climb out, instead of helping you up, your family is afraid that you will live a good life, so they desperately grab your ankles and pull you back.
This era is a golden age, the kind where even a pig can be blown away if it stands in the right place at the right time.