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I endured the strange looks from my colleagues and was pointed at and gossiped about by them.Some even sent me text messages to harass me. When I refused, they called me a bitch.
I asked her why she did it, and she said it was an accidental slip of her hand.
I knew it was deliberate.
It was only after I died that I realized she had hated me to the core for a long time.She regarded me as her imaginary enemy. Only when I was having a hard time did she feel that her own life was happy.
Learning Rachel’s brother needed a wife,she told Rachel I loved”tough,temperamental”men.
Rachel targeted me,drugging me at Lily’s birthday party.
I woke in Rachel and her brother Tom’s rural hometown.
Tom,hyper-aggressive,beat me daily.
I tried to find a chance to escape, but after climbing one mountain after another, there was no road except for the mountains.
When Tom found me, there was a bloodthirsty violence in his eyes, and he almost beat me to death. To prevent me from running away again, he picked up a hammer and broke my legs. I was tied up in a stinking pigsty and lived a life worse than that of a pig or a dog.Three months later, I got pregnant. This child shouldn’t have been born.In despair, I bit through the tendons in my wrist and committed suicide.
At afternoon break,I offered to buy colleagues milk tea.
Just like in my previous life, Rachel liked to take advantage. She said she had coupons and could help me buy it, but I needed to transfer the money to her.
I agreed,amused—she’d profit off my treat.
Sipping tea,she asked,”Where’s Lily?She’s been out.”
I hesitated.”Not sure if I should say…”
“Spill it—I might help!”
I showed her Lily’s online videos.”They went viral.Her boyfriend dumped her.She’s depressed now.”
I added,”A woman whose body has been seen by men is no longer valuable. Xu Li can only consider herself unlucky.”
Lily’s words had stabbed me;now they’d pierce her.
Rachel nodded.”No man wants a’tainted’woman.”
Her eyes shifted.”I could set her up with someone.He’s rough but decent.”
I lit up.”Lily loves strong,fiery guys—gruff’s masculine!”
Lily’s pitch for Tom,reused.
Rachel’s gaze hardened with resolve.
Tom had beaten his wife to death two years ago. To avoid the police’s pursuit, he had moved to the deep mountains and forests.
Lily would taste his”charm.”
Lily returned to work,her spark gone,face etched with fear.
Rachel spread Lily’s nudes to the company chat.
Lily faced the stares and whispers I’d endured.
The videos crushed her.
She botched work,made basic errors.
During the meeting, the boss publicly pointed out that Lily had a negative attitude towards work recently.He told her to either do the job well or pack up and leave.
Taking the opportunity, Rachel took the initiative to comforted her, handling her tasks, earning her trust.
