The wooden board was lifted, and the dim yellow light from above illuminated the cellar.
A group of women, led by Ning Wei, looked up instinctively. It was the village chief's wife.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The village chief's wife handed over a piece of paper. Ning Wei glanced at it, then smiled and thanked her.
After these two tasks, the village chief's wife left. The wooden board remained open, and the women looked at each other, unsure what to do.
Ning Wei was the first to climb out, then pulled Yuan Yuan and Zhu Yilian up with her.
The remaining women, afraid of being left behind, also stretched out their hands to climb.
Once everyone was out, Ning Wei said again, "Don't worry about anything, just go to the village entrance and wait for me."
Ning Wei left after speaking, leaving the women unsure whether to go or not.
Zhu Yilian, being the boldest, told everyone to stay put and went out to check the situation.
The sudden silence here must be strange.
As soon as Zhu Yilian went out, she bumped into Wang Shunli, who was holding his head. Blood was everywhere on his hands, and his eyes were fierce. He lunged at her.
Zhu Yilian screamed and ran.
Even in this situation, she remembered not to expose the others.
When she reached the courtyard, she saw many people lying on the ground, and Ning Wei was smashing a man's wrist with a firewood stick as thick as a wrist.
"Ning Wei!" Zhu Yilian quickly called for help.
Seeing Wang Shunli behind Zhu Yilian, Ning Wei remained calm. She walked over and swung the stick at Wang Shunli, who immediately fell to the ground, unconscious.
Knocking him out wasn't enough. Ning Wei struck his wrists and ankles again, feeling it was only slightly less severe than severing his tendons.
Zhu Yilian was stunned, thinking Ning Wei was avenging her. She quickly grabbed Ning Wei, "Enough, enough, any more and someone will die."
Ning Wei wiped away sweat and asked her with a frown, "Didn't I tell you to leave? Why did you come out? There's another door at the back. You should take the others through there."
"What about you?" Zhu Yilian grabbed Ning Wei. This commanding girl had completely won her over.
Ning Wei smiled mischievously, "Of course, I have important business to attend to!"
Recalling Ning Wei's actions, Zhu Yilian knew her "important business" was likely not good.
Before leaving, Zhu Yilian told Ning Wei, "Hurry up! We'll wait for you at the village entrance."
Ning Wei nodded and pushed Zhu Yilian inside.
Zhu Yilian encountered the village chief's wife again when she went inside. She was a little stunned, but the woman acted as if she hadn't seen her.
Her heart raced faster here. To live a few more minutes, Zhu Yilian quickly returned to the room above the cellar and led the women in the dark to the village entrance.
The entire way was quiet, though occasionally the sound of chopping or hitting could be heard.
Yuan Yuan was curious, "What are they doing?"
Zhu Yilian covered her mouth, "Don't speak, don't ask!"
Yuan Yuan nodded blankly.
At the village entrance, the men were already waiting.
Fu Chengwei, not seeing Ning Wei, hurried to ask Yuan Yuan, but Yuan Yuan didn't know.
At this moment, Zhu Yilian stepped forward and said, "Ning Wei said she had some important business to attend to and told us to wait for her at the village entrance."
Everyone knew Ning Wei was a vengeful person.
This group of people had tried to sell her; they definitely wouldn't get away with it.
Meanwhile, Ning Wei, along with the village chief's wife and the pregnant woman, had already broken the hands and legs of all the men in the courtyard.
The intense pain woke the village chief and his two sons from their unconsciousness.
Before they could react, they saw the three women looking down at them like they were mice on the ground. This annoyed them greatly.
Just as they were about to stand up and beat these audacious women, they felt a sharp pain in their limbs.
Since the village chief's wife couldn't speak, the pregnant woman spoke. Her voice was hoarse, a result of constantly begging and yelling while being beaten by Wang Jianye earlier.
"You finally woke up."
Wang Jianye spoke first, "Yanzi, what are you doing!"
This woman named Yanzi was a woman of few words but ruthless actions. She directly used a kitchen knife to hack at Wang Jianye's thigh. Blood spurted out, and Wang Jianye immediately screamed before using all his strength to push Yanzi to the ground.
Ning Wei stood behind and reached out to support Yanzi, reminding her, "Be careful of your belly."
Unexpectedly, Yanzi didn't care about the unborn child. Instead, she laughed, "It's good if it falls out! It's just a bastard after all!"
This child was the most anticipated existence in the Wang family. Wang Jianye had had several wives before, but because he was often away, he was quite promiscuous, and several wives had died from his abuse.
It was for this reason that he was driven out by the village chief. If not for the need for help during this sacrifice, the village chief would not have let him back.
He unexpectedly brought back a pregnant woman this time. Upon inquiry, it turned out she was five months pregnant, and an ultrasound at a black market clinic showed a healthy baby boy.
This made the village chief happy for an entire night. He just didn't expect that even with his daughter-in-law pregnant, his unreliable eldest son hadn't let her go.
Yanzi had been deceived by Wang Jianye. When she arrived here, she realized she was also a victim of human trafficking.
Remembering every painful night, her heart was filled with hatred and anger!
All of this transformed into the cleaver in her hand. Yanzi stepped forward again and slapped Wang Jianye repeatedly. When his face was red and swollen, she used the cleaver to chop at Wang Jianye as if cutting vegetables.
Wang Jianye soon stopped breathing, leaving the remaining father and son Wang family members stunned.
When Yanzi was tired of chopping, she handed the cleaver to the village chief's wife and sat down on the ground to rest.
She looked at Wang Jianye, covered in blood, with even his fingers chopped off, her eyes wide with madness. She looked expectantly at the remaining two Wang men.
The village chief finally felt fear. He tried to manipulate his wife with their marital relationship.
He mumbled, "Shu Yun, we've been husband and wife for decades. Are you really going to be so ruthless?"
Yanzi heard this and burst into laughter, "Old man Wang, your Shu Yun had her tongue pulled out and her ears cut off by your own hands. Do you still expect any marital affection between you two?"
Shu Yun's expression was neither sad nor happy. Blood dripped from the cleaver in her hand onto the ground. Seeing her own son hacked to death before her eyes, she showed no sign of wavering.
Wang Shunli also began to beg for mercy.