My Mysterious Husband

"I know what will happens to these girls who are trafficked to the mountains. Some of them will never escape the mountains. If they are caught, they’ll be punished badly. You are lucky to have escaped." The woman said. Then she saw the little child on her back, she asked, "Is this child yours?"

"Yes, I can't let him stay here." Venus said.

The woman nodded. “It's too hard for children to stay in the mountains. My child has to walk a long way to school every day, and it's always dark when he comes back."

Venus observed the woman’s home quietly for a while. There were no men's shoes or clothes in the room, so she asked, "Isn't your husband home?"

"He went out to work. He can't make much money a year in the mountains and the kid will have to go to college, so we have to save money."

Venus had run a long way, and now she could take a rest. She now realized that her pants were soaked through with mud all over them. Her legs were hurt.

Pulling up her pant, she noticed that her leg had a bloody gash on it that looked horrible.

"You've been scratched by the vines. I'll get some water for you." The woman said enthusiastically.

"Thank you," Venus suddenly remembered something important and called out to her, "Do you have a cell phone? I want to call home."

"There's a cell phone, but the signal here is bad. I always have to go halfway up the mountain to make a call.” the woman brought her an old cell phone from her bedside table, “There’s no signal at all. I'm just using it as a watch."

Venus looked at the phone and saw that there was indeed no signal at all.

The woman knew her feeling, patted her on the shoulder, and went out to fetch water.

By the time Venus finished washing her wounds and changed her clothes, it was already after eleven o'clock at night. Since there was no extra bed in the woman's house, she shared a bed with the woman and her son. Although the conditions were very not good, she was happy and fell asleep quickly.

Then she did not sleep well. Her dreams were filled with scenes of her being chased by Gavin's men. In her dream, she was running, but she couldn't get away from him.

Suddenly there was a loud rapping on the door, and Venus woke up almost immediately. She looked nervously at the door. She knew the people who could come knocking at this hour were probably Gavin's men.

The woman also woke up and listened carefully to the door.

"Open the door!" A man was shouting.

Venus held the baby tightly with worry in her eyes, "They're coming after me."

quickly got dressed. "Don't worry. I'll

up from the bed. She shouldered her shoulder bag, picked up the baby, and followed the

Outside the house, the knocking

door to a room and whispered to her, "This is

her foot up and in, but she was unsteady. The child's head almost hit the rim of the urn, but the woman held her up, "Be careful.

round board and placed it on her head, putting two bags of rice on it.

Venus's head hurt a little from the pressure, but she had

"Open the door! If you don't open it we'll crash in." The people outside shouted.

room door, turned on the light, and

for someone, open the

house and said loudly, "You come back tomorrow in the daytime to find the person. It's the middle of the night, and I don't know whether you are good or bad."

door, I'm going to break it down."

to the courtyard, "Who are you looking for? There are only my son and I in

said to his men, "You two break down the

they were going to break down the door, she hurried out and stood in the yard. "Wait a minute, please don't break down my door, I'll open it." She said.

The man said in an angry voice.

room again and then opened

stared at her with a grim stare, "Have you ever seen a woman with a

"My God, they sure

It's so remote. People won't want to come here." The woman lied. She pretends to be calm.

at her for a few seconds. She was a very plain peasant woman, dark skinned, tall and thin, with fear in her eyes.

"You guys go in and search." He

"What right do you have to search my house?" The woman shouted.

by noises in his bed, rubbing his eyes. When he saw a room full of men with fierce faces, he woke up and cried out in fear. "Mom, who are they? Why do they come to our house?"

son, when Heng suddenly asked the boy, "Did a woman come to your house just now

confused and shook his head straight, "No, I didn't see a woman."

he still had the three rooms searched but

Heng saw a small door in the corner and asked in a

where my family keeps food." said the woman, a

order, and someone went up and kicked open the door.

door and said nervously, "Please don't break anything in my

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