She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

Overjoyed, Chen Xianghong turned to look at Grandma Xia without paying attention to the road and accidentally bumped into someone.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." Chen Xianghong apologized, her expression becoming strange.

After the other party said it was okay, they left immediately. As if she had bumped into something unclean, Grandma Xia was still a little angry.

But Chen Xianghong grabbed her wrist and walked even faster than before.

Chen Xiangnan: What are you trying to do by walking so fast?

As Grandma Xia was being pulled away, she muttered, "That person looks even more haggard than you. Such a thin person, and she's got a bad heart. She was the one who bumped into you, but she treated us like plagues and avoided us. Luckily you're leaving, otherwise I would definitely have scolded her."

After leaving the village, Chen Xianghong's smile was awkward, but she walked faster and faster.

Chen Xiangnan said with dissatisfaction, "Little sister, why are you in such a hurry? Do you want to work us to death?"

Chen Xianghong then noticed that her second brother was panting heavily, her mother's breathing was also unsteady, and her face was somewhat pale.

"I'm sorry, I... I was too flustered." She apologized with her head down, then touched the thing in her hand.

She dared not say it now, but everyone who first entered Lijia Village passed through this road, for fear that someone with ulterior motives might discover something, and Chen Xianghong dared not imagine the consequences.

Back at the guesthouse as if fleeing for her life, Chen Xianghong clutched her chest and frantically pulled out the note she had been holding in her hand.

"What is this?" Grandma Xia asked, puzzled.

"She gave it to me."

"Who?"

Chen Xianghong held Xia's hand, "The educated youth who bumped into me, she gave it to me."

Grandma Xia: "Was the person who hit you an educated youth?"

Upon opening the note, one could clearly see the home address and family members' names, along with a plea for help.

Grandma Xia became serious. "What's wrong with her?"

Chen Xianghong didn't know her very well. When she went to the countryside, that educated youth had already gotten married, but she was having a bad time after marriage. If she asked the brigade leader or others for help, she would be beaten even more severely.

Even in their compound, divorce was a taboo subject, let alone in this remote rural area. Despite their sympathy, no one would allow them to divorce; most even told her to endure it and not to be too strong-willed.

There are plenty of men here who beat women, but she's in a worse situation because she has no family to seek justice for her.

She must have tried to send a letter countless times, only to be blocked each time. Finally, she was watched even more closely and, with nowhere else to turn, sent a distress signal to her.

Chen Xianghong was thinking about her own affairs.

If her mother hadn't traveled a long way to see her, her fate might not have been much better. People in the village said that Li Zhuang's family was even worse off than hers.

"How could she have married into that family?" Old Mrs. Xia wondered. The address on the note was in Hai City. The conditions in Hai City should be better than theirs. Even if they weren't, they probably wouldn't look down on people from the village, right?

Is it because working in the fields is too hard that she wants to find a man to help her? Or is she being threatened, like Xiang Hong in her family?

"Mom, should we help?" Chen Xianghong was also hesitant.

Chen Xiangnan was reluctant. If he missed Chen Xianghong's sales interview, he would really lose his mother's job. Although his mother was not willing to give him the job now, what if she was in the future?

Grandma Xia was also conflicted, but if she didn't help, the girl didn't seem to be able to hold on for much longer. After thinking for a moment, Grandma Xia remembered Chen Xianghong from her previous life, who was tortured to the point of dying.

She cried for half a month at that time, but in the end she didn't go to see it with her own eyes and threw herself back into taking care of the whole family.

Was she just as desperate as this girl, dying in the cold winter with nowhere to turn for help?

"Let's go today, let's not waste any more time," Grandma Xia made up her mind.

"Mom!" Chen Xiangnan shouted, "What does other people's business have to do with us? You'd be better off going back to the compound and helping me find some connections. I don't even have a proper job yet."