章 17: Chapter 17: The Diligent Man

Such a ghastly creature, no wonder her two aunts would still frequently get scared by her.

It's truly pitiful, oh. A girl in her late teens, tormented into such a state, and the fact that she managed to survive until six months ago before dying is pretty impressive.

Just moments ago, she had been cursing Jin Zijin for half a day over the fact that both her chaste reputation from her past and present lives had been ruined, and that her sickness had made her an easy prey for the wild boar. Now, she couldn't help but feel a bit of sympathy for Jin Zijin.

How starving must that wild boar have been to so indiscriminately set his sights on a freak like her?

Soon after, clinking and clanging noises came from the house, along with the crackling sound of fire. It seemed that Jin Zijin had gone inside to cook.

He was so poor that he had only a thatched hut with a bed on the left, a bamboo partition in the middle to divide the space, and a small stove on the right!