In the fall, I took my boyfriend home.

However, the lady next door brought her crippled son in his thirties to my place, claiming that I was already married to her son and accusing me of unfaithfully bringing another man home.

I thought they were deliberately causing trouble.

But just as I was about to call the police, she unexpectedly produced the marriage certificate, as well as romantic wedding photos of me and her son, and even the video of our wedding.

She even showed a record of the 300,000 dollars they transferred to my account as an engagement gift for my family.

I was instantly dumbfounded.

I remembered clearly that I had never done these things, nor had I received any money from them, but how could they have such stuff?

"Young man, I suspect their whole family is scheming to trick you out of a fortune by declaring that she'll marry you," the lady next door said, trying to persuade my boyfriend.

"You bitch, how dare you do such a shameless and outrageous thing? Come back home with me," her disabled son cursed and took me away to their village in their hometown overnight.

In their village, I suffered all kinds of abuse and was forced to give birth to children non-stop.

Finally, after a failed escape, I was beaten to death by the mother and son.

When I opened my eyes again, I was back to the day when my boyfriend was getting ready to come home with me.

Looking into the mirror, I found myself still intact. I couldn't help but pinch my smooth face.

I felt real pain on my face, which proved that this was not a dream. I could no longer hold back my emotions and burst into tears.

"Alicia, your boyfriend is coming soon. Why are you crying suddenly?"

My mother hurriedly ran over after hearing the crying and asked with concern.

"Mom!"

I threw myself into my mother's arms. Feeling the familiar warmth, I couldn't stop my tears from streaming down at all.

I couldn't remember how many years it had been since I last leaned on this warm embrace.

In my previous life, my boyfriend came to my home from a neighboring city a hundred miles away to visit my parents for the first time.

While we were happily chatting, my neighbor Mrs. Chase suddenly came with her 30-something crippled son.

She claimed that I was already married to her son and took out our marriage certificate, wedding photos, wedding video, and the transfer record of 300,000 dollars to prove it.

Mrs. Chase moved to our community half a year ago.

Since she lived with her disabled son and had a strange temperament, few people were willing to talk to them.

But considering they were our neighbors, we would always care about them and share our delicious food with them.

When I went home on weekends, I felt sorry to see how lonely they were and helped them clean their house a few times.

Until one day, she took my hand and said, "Alicia, what a kind girl you are. How about you become my daughter-in-law? I promise I'll treat you well."

Her son was a lazy cripple in his thirties and was idle at home.

But I was a young girl in my twenties who graduated from a prestigious university. How could she have the nerve to say such words?

It disgusted me so much that I never dared to go to her place again.

I thought the matter was over.

Unexpectedly, when I brought my boyfriend home for the first time, Mrs. Chase came to my house with her son, slandered me that I was married to her son, and produced some evidence.

I didn't know how she got the marriage certificate, wedding photos, and the wedding video, nor did I know when she gave me the 300,000 dollars as an engagement gift.

But I was sure that these were all fake.

I had never been married to anyone, let alone taken wedding photos or held a wedding.

Once there was a transfer to my bank account, I would be notified by a text message. I had never received any transfer notification.

However, she didn't give me any chance to defend myself. Without further ado, she forcibly took me back to their hometown, locked me in a dark room, and treated me as a tool for bearing children.

During those desperate days, I did think about committing suicide, but when I thought of my parents at home and my boyfriend, I chose to endure such a miserable life.

Finally, I gradually gained their trust and got some freedom.

It was not until this time that I realized that I was not the only one who suffered like this in their village. Most of the men there were disabled, and their wives were all forcibly brought back in this way.

On a dark and windy night, I escaped with a few girls who were abused in the same way, but we were soon caught.

The mother and son beat me until I was on the verge of death. My serious injuries were infected, causing me to have a high fever.

I suffered from agony in that dark room for half a month before I breathed my last.

When I recalled this, I trembled all over.

I would never allow such a nightmare of my previous life to happen again. I decided to bring this vicious mother and son to justice.

My mother didn't know what happened, but she still comforted me for a while. When she saw that I gradually calmed down, she went out to clean up the room.

Right at this moment, Horton made a video call to me.

I answered it.

The familiar face in the video appeared in my dreams countless times in my previous life.

The tears that I had just held back flowed down again.

"Ali, why are you crying?" Horton asked nervously.

I wiped my tears and said, "I'm fine. Horton, don't come over today, please."

"Why? Is it that your parents disagreed?"

Horton's smile froze on his lips. He was silent for a long while before he continued in a slightly hoarse voice, "Ali, I can go next time, but don't worry, no matter what your parents ask for, I'll try my best to do it."

"No, it isn't."

I quickly shook my head and said, "My parents like you very much. There is something else going on. But please believe me, I'll explain everything to you after I solve it. I love you."

"Ali, I love you too. No matter what happens to you, remember, I'll always stand by you."

The call ended.

I lay prone on the table and cried for a long time again before I pulled myself together.

In my previous life, the wicked mother and son next door came because my boyfriend was here.

If my boyfriend wasn't here in this life, she wouldn't come over, would she?

I quickly shook my head and denied this idea. She had been planning this for so long, so I believed she would not give up just because my boyfriend didn't come.

I had to find some proof before she came and be prepared for what she would do.

I first checked my bank account and confirmed that I had never received any transfers to my card.

As for the wedding photos and videos, they could be deepfakes.

Now that the initiative was in the hands of the other party, I had no idea what precautions to take.

I could only start with the marriage certificate.

It was simple to prove that I was not married. I just needed to go to the Office of Vital Records to get an unmarried certificate.

I decided to get this unmarried certificate first.

When I just went downstairs, I happened to meet my neighbor, Mrs. Catherine Chase, who was about to go upstairs.

At the sight of her, the lingering fear from my previous life invaded my mind, draining all the color from my face.

"Hey, Alicia, why do you look so pale? Haha, you can't be so excited just because your boyfriend is coming, can you?" Catherine greeted me with a smile, her face full of concern.

If I hadn't suffered so much abuse from her in my previous life, how could I have known that this elder who seemed to care about me so much was the nastiest devil in the world?

"I, I'm fine. My boyfriend has something urgent to do and can't come," I hurriedly replied.

"He's not coming?"

Catherine was stunned for a moment with a flicker of surprise in her eyes. She muttered to herself, "He's not coming? Well, the day of the ceremony in our village is coming soon. Never mind. Anyway, it's not important whether he comes or not."

If I had heard her say such weird words in my previous life, I probably wouldn't have taken it to heart.

After all, she was mysterious and liked to say vague words all the time.

But in this life, when I heard what she just said, I only felt cold all over.

I understood that her words were directed at me.

I didn't know what exactly the ceremony held in her village was.

However, I knew they brought most of those pathetic women back to the village before this ceremony.

I remember being forced to participate in the ceremony like a puppet a week after I was taken to the village in my previous life.

I finally realized that no matter whether my boyfriend came or not, she wouldn't let me go.

"Haha, Alicia, since your boyfriend is not coming, I happen to need your help with something. Can you come to my place tomorrow?" said Catherine.

"No!"

I instinctively refused at once.

"Huh?"

I could tell from Catherine's strange look that she didn't expect me to react this way.

I was also aware of my unnatural attitude, so I quickly explained, "Sorry, Mrs. Chase, my boyfriend is not coming today, but he'll come tomorrow, so I don't have time."

"I see."

Catherine said considerately, "Alright. If that's the case, then forget it. Alicia, you are so kind. I believe you'll marry a man of your dreams."

As she spoke, Catherine eyed me with satisfaction.

But her gaze only gave me a creepy feeling.

I hurriedly left after leaving a few words.

It wasn't until I walked out of the community that the horrifying feeling gradually disappeared.

I soon arrived at the Office of Vital Records and got an unmarried certificate.

But I knew this was not enough.

The unmarried certificate could only prove that my marriage to her son, which she declared in my previous life, was totally fabricated.

It couldn't stop her from taking me away by force.

To be on the safe side, I came to my cousin Kelvin, who was a policeman, after a moment of hesitation.

When Kelvin saw me, he asked in amazement, "Alicia, isn't your boyfriend going to your home today? Why are you here?"

"Kelvin, would you do me a favor?" I asked hesitantly.

My rebirth was something too unbelievable.

Kelvin had always been good to me since I was a child, but he never believed in the existence of the paranormal, let alone rebirth.

I took a deep breath, concealed the fact that I was reborn, and made up a reason.

"I heard from people in our community that my neighbor had been spreading rumors that her son and I were married, and she even faked evidence of our marriage, waiting to sabotage my boyfriend's meeting with my family.

"Kelvin, can you pretend to be my boyfriend tomorrow? I'd like to see what tricks they will play."

"What?"

Kelvin said angrily, "Don't worry, I'll be there tomorrow. I want to see who dares to hurt you like this."

"Thank you, Kelvin," I said with gratitude.

When I got home, I told my parents about the situation with the same explanation.

"How can they do this?"

My mother raged, "We treat them with kindness, yet she is spreading rumors about our daughter like this. How can she be so mean?"

"Let me go and ask her what on earth she wants to do!" my father said with a furious face.

I dissuaded the two of them, saying that we had no evidence yet and telling them to wait and see whether our neighbors would come tomorrow.

After my constant persuasion, my parents finally calmed down.

The next day, Kelvin pretended to be my boyfriend and came to my place with gifts.

When he arrived at the door, I could feel an eye staring at us coldly through the peephole in the door of Catherine's house.

Sure enough, less than half an hour after we returned home, there was a knock on the door.

We looked at each other.

Here they came!

I took a deep breath and opened the door.

The instant the door opened, Catherine barged in with her lame son.

Her son rushed over and slapped me in the face.

I fell to the ground because of his vigorous slap, covering my face in pain.

"What do you want to do?" My parents and Kelvin stepped forward to stop them.

"How do you still have the nerve to ask me what I want to do? It's supposed to be me to ask this!"

Catherine roared, "Alicia, you have already gotten the marriage certificate and held a wedding with my son. How dare you still bring another man home? Do you intend to trick this young man out of a fortune by declaring that you'll marry him?"

"You bitch, are you so eager for a beating from me?"

Her crippled son growled and intended to hit me again, but he was stopped by a punch from Kelvin.

"He punched my son! He punched my son! This bitch seduced another man and let him hit her husband. Have they no shame?"

Catherine screamed, attracting many neighbors around.

Seeing people coming over, Catherine took out a marriage license and a photo album from her bag.

"Look, everyone. Here is the license of her marriage to my son and their wedding photos.

"I still have the video of their wedding on my phone. Her family also received 300,000 dollars as an engagement gift from us.

"Now this bitch has an affair with another man and even brought him home. Neighbors, please help me do justice to this matter!"

The neighbors seemed to be enjoying such a farce and kept flipping through the photo album.

My parents were shivering all over with rage.

I took a deep breath. In my previous life, I hadn't taken any precautions, so I was helpless against slander and fabricated evidence from them.

But in this life, I had already prepared the evidence to prove my innocence.

"Mrs. Chase, look at your son. He is not only a thirty-something man but also a lazy and gluttonous cripple. Even if I were blind, I wouldn't marry such a man, would I?"

I raised my phone and continued, "Didn't you say you transferred 300,000 dollars to us as an engagement gift? There must be a record of the transfer, right?"

I turned on my phone and clicked on the transfer records.

However, the next moment, my face changed drastically. I mumbled in disbelief, "It's, it's impossible. Why did this transfer record suddenly appear?"

I had checked in advance and confirmed that I had not received any transfer.

But at this moment, I saw a transaction showing that the transfer was made four months ago!

The date of the transaction could never be wrong. It couldn't be that they had just transferred the money to me.

"Humph, you've seen the transfer record with your own eyes, haven't you? Do you have any other excuses to justify yourself?" Catherine sneered.

"Alicia's name and face are indeed on the marriage license and wedding photos. There is also a transfer record, so it seems to be true that they're married."

"Their two families are usually on close terms, but I didn't expect that they are already related to each other by marriage. Though Mrs. Chase's son is not young, this girl is already married to him. It's a bit too much for her to have an affair with another man."

"Is there some misunderstanding?"

The neighbors around us kept gossiping about us.

"I don't know how you forged this transfer record, but I have already gotten an unmarried certificate. You could forge the transfer record, but can you fake this certificate?"

I took out the unmarried certificate from my bag.

When I saw its contents, however, I only felt a chill through me.

Yesterday, what I obtained was an unmarried certificate, but by this time, it had turned into a marriage certificate.

It was stated that Alicia Adams and Shane Chase registered their marriage on July 19, 2024.

"It's clearly stated in the marriage certificate that you and my son are married. Can you still deny it now?" said Catherine smugly.

Her son with a limp grabbed me and attempted to drag me away forcibly. I struggled frantically, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't break free from his grip.

My parents and Kelvin hurriedly strode forward to stop him but were blocked by the neighbors watching the fun.