After marrying a cool military officer, the family compound went haywire_Cai Cai
The musty air of the thatched hut clung to her, a suffocating shroud. A coarse voice, reeking of stale breath, grated in her ears: "She's not really dead, is she?" A yellow-toothed man reached out, his calloused fingers searching for a pulse that wasn't there. "Not breathing." A woman's sharp accusation cut through the gloom: "When will you change your habit of using heavy hands? I told you this one was for you to marry!"
Jiang Yingying’s consciousness flickered, pain a dull throb behind her eyes. She moved her fingers, a subtle twitch unnoticed by the two figures plotting her fate. Later, she felt herself slung over a shoulder, the man's hurried footsteps jarring her. The faint murmur of a river reached her ears – the Jinsha River. Fear, cold and sharp, pierced through her. She wouldn't die, not here, not now. Not after traveling through time and space.
