"B*tch! All you do is sleep. Get over here!"

With a roar and a fierce kick, the pale-faced Chu Mian was kicked out of bed by the man.

She laid powerlessly on the ground. Her clothes were tattered, and her hair was disheveled. Her petite face, which used to be delicate and full of life, now looked wearied.

Liu Qinghua looked at her with disdain. He lowered his head and spat on her. "Ugly b*tch! How could I be so blind to marry you?"

After that, he stomped on Chu Mian's weak calf and crushed it.

As for Chu Mian, she didn't even bat an eye.

Her legs had long been broken by Liu Qinghua, so she could not feel anything.

She was the young lady of the Duke's Manor, but she ended up in this situation because she married the wrong person. The man who abused and insulted her was her husband, Liu Qinghua.

He had been abusing and humiliating her every day ever since they got married.

He was the one who broke her legs.

"Do you know what day is today?"

Liu Qinghua was not done venting his anger. He lifted Chu Mian by her collar and slapped her. "This day is the wedding day of your sister and the Fourth Prince! I happily went over to congratulate them, but I was kicked out in front of everyone! It's all your fault, you b*tch. You embarrassed me. Go to hell!"

As Liu Qinghua spoke, he slapped Chu Mian hard in the face.

Soon after, Chu Mian's cheeks became swollen.

However, Liu Qinghua was still angry. He lifted his fist again and punched her!

"Mmph..." Chu Mian let out a muffled groan. Her vision turned black, and she tasted a hint of blood on the tip of her tongue.

She had long gotten used to Liu Qinghua's beating. Her struggling would only excite him more.

She could only endure it. When Liu Qinghua was done venting his anger, the nightmare would be over.

"D*mn it! I thought I got lucky and married the young lady of the Duke's Manor. I didn't expect to marry someone useless like you! Even the servants of the Duke's Manor are more valuable than you! I went to ask for money, but I was driven out! What's the use of marrying a good-for-nothing like you?"

Chu Mian lay on the ground helplessly as the man kicked her repeatedly.

She curled up her upper body and protected her head with her arms.

Duke's Manor...

Those two words were like a sharp knife that stabbed deeply into her heart.

She was the real young lady of the Duke's Manor, but for some reason, she was schemed against. She was sent to the countryside and stayed there for 14 years. Fortunately, she was eventually found and brought back to the Duke's Manor.

However, Chu Xing, who had taken over her identity for 14 years, was still in the Duke's Manor. Not only did she intend to steal her identity, but she also planned on ruining her life!

Ever since she returned to the Duke's Manor, Chu Xing had been scheming against her. Ultimately, she was ruined and no one dared to marry her.

The Chu family ended up marrying her to a scholar who had just come to Capital City!

After she married him, what she got was not his respect and love, but endless humiliation and abuse.

She would never forget that on the night before the wedding, Chu Xing showed up in her room with an arrogant look on her face.

"Chu Mian, this is just the beginning. Your appearance has ruined everything that I originally had. I will make your life a living hell! I want those who only recognize you as the legitimate daughter to regret their choice! Just you wait!"

After that, her life was the same as what Chu Xing had said it was going to be. It was a living hell.

"B*tch! Did you think I wanted to marry you? If Chu Xing hadn't promised that all your dowry would belong to me, do you think I would marry a notorious woman like you?"

Liu Qinghua cursed and kicked Chu Mian again. "When your mother was kept in the dark, I could still ask for some money. Now that she's about to kick the bucket, how will I survive in the future? You're such a good-for-nothing. Even brothels wouldn't accept you! You're bad luck!"

Chu Mian's entire body trembled. She suddenly propped up her upper body and looked up at him. "What did you say?"

Her voice was rough, like that of an old woman in her 70s.

Liu Qinghua sneered. "Your mother has offended everyone in the Duke's Manor because of you. She is ill now and has no one to take care of her. I don't think she will live much longer. I guess that's good. I'll send the both of you to hell together so that you can accompany each other!"

Chu Mian stiffened and felt a chill down her spine.

It turned out that her mother did not give up on her.

It turned out that her mother had been secretly helping her and thinking about her.

It was Chu Xing! She was the one who tricked her into thinking that her mother was heartless and disappointed in her. When she thought of everything that had happened before her marriage and how her mother had advised and scolded her, Chu Mian felt a pain in her chest.

How stupid was she to not hear the pain in her mother's words?

"Haha..."

Chu Mian collapsed to the ground with a bitter smile. She let out a shrill laugh as tears flowed down her cheeks.

Before she got married, her mother was the most glorious lady in the Duke's Manor.

But now, it was because of her that she and her mother ended up like this.

She hated it!

She hated herself for being weak and incompetent. She hated Chu Xing's scheming mind.

If she had another chance at life, she would never let herself live such a miserable life...

Seeing that Chu Mian look like she was about to die, Liu Qinghua was furious and kicked her hard in the chest. "D*mn it, who are you putting up an act for?"

Chu Mian groaned and spat out a mouthful of blood.

It hurts...

But she had never felt so relieved.

Great. She was finally free...

......

"I'll sell you this girl for only 10 taels of silver. Don't worry, this girl's appearance is absolutely worth the price!"

Hearing a woman's faint voice, Chu Mian groaned and slowly opened her eyes.

She saw a messy woodshed. The air was thick with the smell of decay, and there were mice scurrying around her feet. Chu Mian jerked away in shock and immediately wanted to get up, but she realized that she was tied to a pillar.

Looking down at her perfectly intact legs, Chu Mian was stunned for a while. She had no idea what had happened.

"Where is that girl?"

"She's in the woodshed. I've drugged her. Don't worry."

Hearing the familiar voice coming from outside the door, Chu Mian shivered.

She recognized the voice. It was the voice of her aunt from when she lived in the countryside!

Distant memories instantly flooded her mind. Chu Mian's entire body stiffened. She was... alive? She wasn't dead?!

God was kind enough that she was reborn to the day before returning to the Duke's Manor!

She had been given a fresh start!

In her previous life, her adoptive parents died when she was very young. Since then, she lived with an aunt.

The aunt's family thought that she was a burden. They had ordered her to do the dirtiest and most tiring work since she was a child, but fed and provided lavishly for their own children.

It wasn't easy for her to grow up, but her aunt wanted to sell her for 10 taels of silver.

She tried her best to resist and attempted to end her life. It took her a lot of effort to regain her innocence.

If she remembered correctly, the night she was sold was the night before the Duke's Manor came to pick her up!

This meant that the people of Duke's Manor would arrive the next day!

Chu Mian took a deep breath and quickly thought of a solution. In this life, she was determined to not repeat her mistakes in her previous life!