A lonely, unlucky military officer with a stubborn fate insisted on marrying me.

Lin Yinyin squatted down and gave Lin Xiulan two more hard blows.

The captain's wife and Lin Zhaodi, who were standing nearby, were so frightened that their legs went weak, and they kept muttering, "They've gone mad! They've gone mad!"

Lin Yinyin has truly gone mad!

Lin Yinyin didn't care about them; she just felt refreshed and her frustration had dissipated considerably.

Now she still needs to go to the brigade headquarters to do some work.

He rushed to the entrance of the brigade headquarters, raised his arm, and pounded on the door with all his might.

"Captain! I have something to tell you!"

The captain's face darkened instantly upon seeing the newcomer: "Lin Yinyin! What are you doing here?"

"What's going on?" Lin Yinyin's expression immediately changed, and tears began to fall.

"Waaaaah—Captain! You have to stand up for me!"

I'm starving! My heartless grandparents won't give me a single bite to eat. As soon as I entered their yard, they started hitting me with a fire poker and yelling that they'd sever all ties with me. I haven't even had a sip of cold water!

She cried as she looked at the village officials, and then sat down on the ground.

"Captain, I was thinking of seeking your judgment, so I went to your house to try my luck, but I didn't expect my stepmother Lin Xiulan to be there too!"

Didn't she climb into Wang Dashan's bed? How come she's on your kang (heated brick bed)?

The captain's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

"Of course!" Lin Yinyin continued, "Of course, that's not the key point. The key point is that she saw me raise my hand and then hit me, raised my leg and then kicked me!"

Waaah~ My little body can't take it, I can only fight back helplessly, I don't want to be beaten to death by them again!

"Waaah~ My life is so miserable, I'm so poor! What am I going to do!"

I'm not going to be the first person in our brigade to starve to death or be driven to suicide!

My deceased father, my deceased uncles, my deceased aunts and uncles, my deceased great-aunts and great-great-aunts!

My ancestors of the Lin family, my ancestors of Linjia Village! Come back and see this poor little thing!

I......."

"Stop!" The captain couldn't take it anymore.

He knew Lin Yinyin had begun to bravely resist, but he never expected a little girl to turn into such a shameless old woman, even sitting on the ground wailing.

"Tell me, what do you want?" the captain asked directly.

"I have no money, I'm hungry, I have nothing to eat."

I went to the cowshed; the people there were in even worse shape than me. I had no other choice but to come and beg you!

"Could you kindly give me some money or a meal so I can stay at your house for a couple of days?"

The village secretary, caught in his gaze, immediately backed away. He didn't want a menacing figure in his house. "Captain, I still have pigs to feed, I have to go!"

Another accountant chimed in, "My mother is sick, I'm going back to see her!"

A moment later, the brigade leader looked at the empty room, his face as black as the bottom of a pot.

"Stop pretending! Just tell me, what do you really want?"

Lin Yinyin wiped her face, her eyes clear.

"I need to go to the commune hospital to see my stepfather! None of them will take care of me, so I have no choice but to go to him! Please give me a letter of referral; I need to stay for a couple more days!"

She knew that every letter of introduction was a good thing, as it would come in handy in the future.

The brigade leader stared at her for a long time, seeing the determination in her eyes, he knew that if he didn't agree today, it wouldn't end there. "Fine! I'll give you three days' worth! Take it and get out of here, don't cause trouble in the village!"

"I need more money, five yuan. I need food and lodging! If I don't have money, I can only go to..."

"I'll give you one!" the captain said through gritted teeth.

His valuables were stolen, but luckily his secret stash of money was hidden at the brigade headquarters.

"One dollar is too little!"

Lin Yinyin immediately started bargaining. Her face had completely lost any trace of the pitiful crying she had shown earlier. She counted on her fingers, "The round-trip fare to the commune is two mao, and the guesthouse is five mao a night. Add in dinner, breakfast, and lunch, and this money won't even fill a tooth gap."

"Two yuan is already a lot!" the captain retorted. "A meat bun at a state-run restaurant costs only five cents; one yuan can buy twenty! You can sleep in the hospital corridor for one night. Why stay in a guesthouse?"

"Oh?"

Lin Yinyin's voice suddenly turned gloomy, and her eyes became sharp.

"Captain, if I have nowhere to sleep, I'll become mentally unstable, and if I become mentally unstable, I'll go crazy."

When they go crazy, they don't care where they are.

For example, the local police station, the people's commune, and the county people's committee saw that I was a young girl who wasn't eating well and was dressed in rags. When they asked me what happened, I said that my family lived in Chaoyang Brigade, my stepmother sold me to a mentally challenged man, my stepbrother raped a widow, and my stepmother was suspected of having an affair with the brigade leader...

"Stop! Three yuan is the maximum!"

The captain was terrified!

People's Commune and County People's Committee! How does this girl know so much?

Lin Yinyin knew she couldn't push the captain too far, so she reluctantly said, "Alright, three yuan it is, but I have one more request, you have to promise me."

"What are your requirements?" The captain stared at her warily.

"No one can touch my household registration!"

Lin Yinyin took a step forward, her eyes sharp as knives, "If anyone dares to mess with my household registration while I'm away from the village, or tries to sell me or force me to marry someone else, I'll report it to the police!"

I think the police are still willing to handle cases of trafficking military dependents.

"Military dependents?" The battalion commander's heart skipped a beat.

"Yes, my sister's name is Lin Huizhi, and her boyfriend is a battalion commander in the Hebei Provincial Military Region!"

The captain's expression changed instantly upon hearing this.

Lin Huizhi?

That girl's boyfriend got promoted to battalion commander?

He looked at Lin Yinyin again. How did she know?

"You want to ask me how I know, right? You don't need to worry about that. Just know that my brother-in-law has already invited me to the military region."

Whether he genuinely cares about me or is trying to get me to the military region to curry favor and fetch a good price, their positions are undeniable. If something happens to me, they won't abandon me.

The captain felt a chill run down his spine after hearing this.

Connecting all the events that had happened before—marrying off her stepmother, sending her stepbrother to a widow's bed, emptying her house, burning down Old Man Lin's house, and even implicating his family—if she was responsible for all of these things, it would be terrifying!

She acted decisively and ruthlessly, and most importantly, she did it flawlessly. As long as she didn't admit it, no one could produce any evidence to suspect her.

Thinking of the few marriage applications in his drawer, the captain's Adam's apple bobbed violently, and his attitude softened.

"Alright! Let's not beat around the bush. If you forgive and forget about what happened and don't cause any more trouble, I guarantee no one will dare touch your household registration."

"Very good." Lin Yinyin nodded in satisfaction; this was the result she wanted.

"Captain, you keep your word, and I certainly won't go back on mine. Let bygones be bygones."

The captain immediately issued a letter of introduction and extended the deadline by 10 days.

Lin Yinyin took the money and the letter of introduction, checked them word by word, and then put them in her pocket.

"Captain, see you later!"

The brigade leader knew that Lin Yinyin was leaving, leaving the village to go find Lin Huizhi.

That's good; with the evil star gone, their village can be more peaceful.

However, Lin Dayong might be in for a rough time. Lin Yinyin won't let him off the hook this time she goes to see him.

Oh well! It's good that this didn't happen in their village.