The drunkard was almost sober now, and glared at Shen Tingnuo fiercely: "Bitch, how dare you hit me!"

After saying that, he stretched out his dirty hand.

Seeing that the drunk was about to grab her again, Shen Tingnuo hit the drunk's forehead several times with the high-heeled shoes in her hand, and blood splattered, and a lot of it spilled on the old wall.

"what--"

The drunk screamed in pain, protecting his head with his arms. He no longer had the arrogance he had just had, and begged for mercy in a cowardly voice.

"I know I was wrong, beautiful lady, stop hitting me, stop hitting me, or I'll die!"

After hitting the drunk several times and making sure he didn't have the strength to catch her, Shen Tingnuo dropped her bloody high heels, turned around and ran madly towards the small light source opposite.

As she ran, she couldn't help crying out loud, her tears blurred her vision and she wiped them away messily.

The sound of dripping water beside her ears disappeared, and what greeted her was the various atmospheres of life, including pedestrians talking, street vendors hawking their wares, and motorcycles and tricycles honking their horns passing by.

It was the first time that Shen Tingnuo saw such a noisy scene. He was standing barefoot on a strange street like a lunatic, looking around with wide eyes.

If she hadn't understood the conversations between the pedestrians, she would have suspected that she had been kidnapped and taken to a strange country.

After standing until her feet were sore, she walked to the corner and squatted silently, burying her head tiredly into her knees.

The imperial capital is prosperous and also a very tolerant city.

The city center is a wealthy area, a place of decadence and extravagance, and everyone tries their best to squeeze in.

On the edge of the city are large urban villages, where a group of low-class people live who are trying hard to move into the city center.

She was probably in a village in the city, in the poorest western district.

The Shen family's old house was sold, she and Fu Xiuyan divorced again, and she was kicked out of the house. Lu Jiu might still be looking for her, so she absolutely could not go back to the city center.

She didn't even want to look for Shen Zhili. From the moment he mortgaged her to Lu Jiu, the relationship between them as siblings was completely severed.

As for friends, she didn't have any. After three years of marriage, her heart was completely devoted to Fu Xiuyan, and she had no contact with her old friends.

Even if we get in touch with her, who would dare to take her in given her current condition?

In just three years, relying on the resources of the Shen family, Fu Xiuyan had already made a fortune and became a wealthy and powerful local tyrant in the capital. No one dared to help her and risk offending him.

After thinking it over, Shen Tingnuo realized sadly that in this big world, there was no place that was her home.

"Mom, why is that sister barefoot? Is she a beggar? She's so pitiful~"

The child's words were clearly audible to Shen Tingnuo. He raised his head in dismay, only to see the young woman covering her daughter's mouth and smiling apologetically.

Shen Tingnuo lowered her eyes and stared at her dirty feet. It was no wonder that the children thought she was a beggar.

She took off the bag hanging around her neck and searched through it. She only found two thousand yuan in cash. As for the credit cards and savings cards she had used before, she didn't bring them with her. Even if she had these cards, with Fu Xiuyan's personality, he would definitely not leave her a penny.

She only had these two thousand yuan left on her, and Shen Tingnuo found the thought ironic.

She had not saved a penny during these years. She was confident that she and Fu Xiuyan could grow old together and she had no reservations towards Fu Xiuyan.

In the end, what did that cold-hearted man give her!

There was a wail of pain in his heart, Shen Tingnuo's eyes were dry, and he couldn't even cry a single tear.

Not daring to think about that heartless man anymore, Shen Tingnuo walked in the busy streets in a daze.

I spent 20 yuan to buy a pair of cloth shoes at a street stall, and another 400 yuan to buy a down jacket, a base layer, pants, a hat, a scarf, etc., and changed all my clothes.

Firstly, it was to prevent Lu Jiu from finding her, and secondly, the weather was really cold. For her, who had been wearing thin sweaters and staying in an air-conditioned room all year round, she really couldn't stand the cold wind in late autumn.

With nowhere to go, she had to survive, so she rented a small room in a village in the west district for 400 yuan and spent another 200 yuan to buy a mobile phone for the elderly.

New number, new phone, she didn't contact anyone.

Two thousand yuan could not be spent easily, and a quarter of it was gone in the blink of an eye.

With the introduction of the kind-hearted old lady living downstairs, she found a job in the catering industry near her rented house.

On her first day at work, she was so tired that she felt dizzy.

The next day at work, she was so tired that she could hardly get up.

On the third day at work, she felt a little overwhelmed, but thinking of her dwindling wallet, she gritted her teeth and persevered.

It took her nearly half a month to finally get used to a life where she worked from 8 am to 11 pm, basically running back and forth between the snack bar and the rented house all day long.

He didn't earn much in a month, only 2,300 with commission, which was pitifully little, but Shen Tingnuo still worked in the snack bar for a long time.

Occasionally, she also wanted to go back to the city center to find a decent and less tiring job, but when she thought of Fu Xiuyan and Lu Jiu, she backed off.

Jumping off the air conditioner to escape was something she had only experienced once, and she couldn't guarantee that she would be so lucky next time.

The days passed by one by one in busyness, and in the blink of an eye it was the end of the year.

After receiving the last salary at the end of the year, a smile appeared on Shen Tingnuo's thin face.

"It's the end of the year, so I'll give you an extra 500 yuan for the New Year. You don't have to come tomorrow. You can come back to work on the sixth day of the New Year. I'm going back to my hometown to spend the New Year with my wife and daughter."

The owner of the snack bar is a middle-aged man with a simple appearance and a mild temper. He is popular in this area. The beautiful Shen Tingnuo has never been harassed while working here, all thanks to the protection of the boss.

The boss is also a poor man. He has a daughter who is about the same age as Shen Tingnuo. She suffers from a congenital heart disease and has grown up in a ward since childhood, using money to keep her life going.

Now that the boss could give him an extra 500 yuan, Shen Tingnuo knew that the other party must have saved this money by gritting his teeth.

After saying some words of thanks and wishing the boss a happy new year in advance, Shen Tingnuo saw off the last customer, cleaned up the store, took the customer's leftover food and left the snack bar, heading towards the rented house.

The Chinese New Year is approaching, and people from other places basically go back to their hometowns in advance. The once bustling streets are now sparsely populated with pedestrians, and even the street lights have become dimmer than usual due to the decrease in popularity.

He didn’t think anything of the noise before, but now it’s quiet. Shen Tingnuo feels that the journey back to the rented house is long and cold.

She tightened her not-so-warm scarf to block the cold wind that was trying to penetrate her neck, and walked into the narrow and damp alley familiarly.

The alley seems to have no end, and the darkness is like a whirlpool that swallows people.

Shen Tingnuo used the dim light from the moon to carefully cross the small puddle. The soles of her cloth shoes were broken from wearing so her socks would get wet if they touched water, so she had to be careful.

As she was walking intently, a pair of rough hands reached out from the darkness and covered her mouth.

"Well!"

Shen Tingnuo widened his eyes in horror and resisted fiercely, but was eventually dragged by those hands into an even narrower and darker alley.

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