Her mind went completely blank. Did she get possessed by a ghost?
Liu Hongjuan never suspected Julie. That fool was only good for being tricked and still thanking her for it.
While she was still trying to figure out who had attacked her, a husband came running toward her, crying loudly. He ran so fast that one of his shoes flew off and hit Liu Hongjuan's injured thigh. It hurt so badly that she cursed out loud, "Did your damn shoe grow wings? How can it fly like that?" Her eyes turned red from the pain. It hurt so much she couldn't take it.
The husband was startled by her yelling. He hadn't meant it — he was just panicking. He was about to burst into tears but remembered he had something important to say. Holding back his tears, he said, "Wife Master, something terrible happened! I just went to the kitchen to make food and found that all our grain, meat, eggs, and even the vegetables in the garden were stolen! We've been robbed! Even one of our roosters is missing. I'll go find the village head and ask for justice. This thief is way too bold!"
This thief must not even know the difference between male and female chickens — he took a rooster but left the hens that lay eggs every day?
Liu Hongjuan was still stunned, not reacting yet.
Then, another husband rushed in, also in a panic. He was running so fast that one of his shoes also flew off. Liu Hongjuan instinctively tried to dodge, but her thigh was still injured. She moved carefully, feeling relieved that the shoe didn't hit her leg. But the next second — smack! — it hit her face instead. The sound was so loud that everyone clearly heard it.
Liu Hongjuan almost cried from the pain. She felt like she couldn't go on living anymore. Were these damn men trying to rebel against her just because she was hurt?
Before she could start cursing again, another husband came in crying and said, "Wife Master, all the money is gone! Even the cash you hid by the dog hole in the kitchen is missing. This thief is too much!" He even stole the money hidden inside his socks under the bed. That was his secret stash, hidden to keep it from his wife master — but now it was all gone. How could this thief not even die from the stink?
Already badly injured, Liu Hongjuan was so overwhelmed by all these disasters that she fainted from shock and anger.
The husbands around her started crying like she had died. But none of them thought about finding a doctor or calling the village head immediately.
While crying loudly on the surface, each one of them was secretly thinking about their own future plans. How could they get the most benefit from this situation?
Would Wife Master's leg even heal?
Was there any money left hidden somewhere in the house?
They all had different thoughts in their hearts, but on their faces, they looked equally worried and cried loudly.
The noise got so loud that it attracted the attention of the villagers nearby. Many people rushed over to see what was happening. Although Liu Hongjuan's reputation in the village wasn't as bad as Julie's, it was only a little better.
When the villagers saw Liu Hongjuan's badly injured leg and her fainted body, some kind-hearted people quickly ran to the village head's house to ask him to come and help. Others went to find a doctor.
Very quickly, Liu Hongjuan's house became extremely crowded and noisy.
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Meanwhile, Julie, who was the real cause of all this, had no idea — and even if she knew, she wouldn't care.
Julie cleaned the house inside and out three times, changing out several buckets of black, dirty water before she finally felt it was clean enough.
Luckily, the kitchen, main hall, and the husbands' rooms were relatively clean.
It seemed like the three men kept those areas tidy every day.
As for her own room — it wasn't that they didn't want to clean it. It was because the original owner had forbidden them from entering. She had believed her so-called "good friends" who told her it would bring good luck and wealth.
If what they said was really true, why were their own houses filthy like dog kennels?
The original owner was just too simple-minded and trusted those fake friends too much.
Those people had better not show up in front of her. If they did, she wouldn't hesitate to rob them and maybe even chop off their limbs like she did to Liu Hongjuan.
Seeing that it was still early, Julie decided to go into the mountains to look around. The mountains were full of treasures. Although she had a lot of valuable items stored in her space, she didn't have much food, and especially not much meat. She wanted to gather as much as possible.
The more, the better.
Even though Julie now had three husbands, she didn't feel any sense of connection with them.
She would fulfill her duties toward them, but she couldn't force herself to feel anything more.
She simply couldn't fall in love with any man — let alone three.
Back in the apocalypse, she had more than one man, but her heart had turned completely cold.
Those men would whisper love into her ear, but behind her back, they plotted to kill her in her sleep.
The men in this world were mostly gentle and shy.
But the three men at her home were not like that at all.
She just wanted to live a good life and didn't want to be exhausted emotionally and physically anymore.
After searching for a while, Julie found a burlap sack in her room. She slung it over her back and prepared to head into the mountains.
Haven was cleaning the yard. Seeing Julie about to leave, he asked curiously, "Wife Master, where are you going? Should I come with you?"
Julie glanced at him coldly. "No. I'm going to the mountain. Don't wait for me."
I'm not dead yet — are you disappointed?
Haven had already been treated coldly by her for two days. Even though he didn't show it, he felt a little sad inside. He hated the old Julie deeply.
But the current Julie... she seemed different.
It was like she had brought light to save them.
Julie didn't care what Haven was thinking. She simply strode out.
Lorrie also saw her leaving. He originally wanted to call her back.
But when she walked past him without even sparing him a glance, his temper flared up.
He huffed and went to the kitchen to help his older brother with cooking.
Bailee, seeing Lorrie angrily washing vegetables in the kitchen, asked, "What's wrong?" Did Wife Master bully him again?
Lorrie grumbled, "It's nothing. That woman went out, probably to the mountain. Let's eat. Don't wait for her. She won't be back anytime soon."
Bailee's hand paused while chopping vegetables. "Wife Master went out? Call Second Brother in here."
When Haven heard that his older brother was calling him, he stopped his work and went into the kitchen. "Big Brother, you called me?"
"Wife Master went to the mountain? By herself?"
"Yeah, Wife Master said we don't need to wait for her and should eat on our own."
Since she woke up, she had been treating them extremely coldly. If they didn't start a conversation, she could ignore them for an entire day.
And forget about sleeping together.
Before, she hated and tortured them. Now, she just seemed indifferent — as if she was tired of them.
Otherwise, why wouldn't she even touch them anymore?
Before, she was obsessed with them. But now... she wouldn't even give them a proper look.
Was it because they no longer attracted her attention?
Julie, of course, had no idea what those men were thinking about her.
And even if she did, she wouldn't care.