"Don't waste your effort. This door can only be opened from the outside," I told her.

"Besides, even if you can get out, there's no guarantee that your sister won't have murderous intentions towards you. After all, it should have been you who should have died, right? Moreover, your sister-in-law has already been exhausted due to the suppression of the jade lock. By now, she should have already perished,"

My words seemed to be a sharp blade piercing into Yu Meng's heart. Listening to the silence outside the door, without any movement, she finally fell into despair, collapsing weakly against the wall.

"Do you know why I brought you here?" I didn't look at Yu Meng anymore; instead, I turned my head towards the depths of the basement, bringing back painful memories.

"My first sister-in-law was actually my lover."

Back then, I just thought this girl looked beautiful when she smiled and wanted to marry her.

She always smiled shyly, and sometimes when our eyes met, her large eyes seemed to be filled with infinite moonlight, quickly lowering her gaze.

I remembered the night I confessed my feelings to her, the moon was also full and there was no fog, illuminating her beautiful face. I held a bracelet I had saved up for a long time and earnestly told her that I would marry her in the future.

Unfortunately, I broke my promise.

She was raised by Uncle Li from the east side of the village. Her mother died early, and Uncle Li only had her as a daughter. He raised her well, gentle and polite, incompatible with our impoverished and barbaric village.

It was precisely because of this that when my brother came home drunk and collapsed in the field, she helped him up, changing the course of her life.

Many times later, I often wondered if she had been more indifferent back then, would the outcome have been different.

My brother wanted to marry her, and naturally, she refused. But how could that beast give up? In order to force her to agree, on a dark night, he violated her and even threatened Uncle Li's life.