If this is a nightmare, when will I wake up?

Once again in a dream, she dreamt of her childhood, playing carefree in the fields with her friends. If she hadn’t stepped into the Yun Family, if she hadn’t fallen in love with Yun Shen... wouldn’t she be spared from this torment and suffering?

She regretted it, the regret ran so deep...

But time cannot be reversed, and she can only endure in the relentless pain day and night. This term, it will last forever.

Yun Ya clenched her fist and walked towards the next room.

This room was very spacious, with nothing in it except a 50-inch screen in the middle, playing a scene.

The Northern Ancient Town was hosting a temple fair, teeming with people coming and going, jostling each other.

A folk acrobat troupe was surrounded by layers of people, performing tightrope walking, chest-crushing stones, and face-changing, showcasing such brilliance that the onlookers were riveted, their cheers echoing endlessly.

Amidst the lively atmosphere, everyone was focused on the spectacular acrobatic show, no one noticed the large jar being balanced on a strongman’s feet, with two small holes on it. The holes weren’t obvious, not easy to spot from high above, yet Yun Ya noticed them at a glance.

Inside the pitch-black holes, there was a pair of eyes.

It felt like being splashed with cold water in the scorching summer, Yun Ya’s heart skipped a beat twice, her cheeks turning deathly pale.

Those eyes... she would never forget them till her death.

Gloomy as if gazing from hell, yet trapped in a jar, never to see the light of day, observing the world’s bustle, yet appearing so cruel, for those festivities only amplified her despair and pain...

Yun Shu... she was Yun Shu...

She was made into a human pig, stuffed into a jar, traveling south and north with the acrobat troupe, witnessing many people and many events, yet those events were unrelated to her, from start to end, she was merely a plaything in the hands of the troupe.

Her ultimate fate was to be trapped in that small jar, watching the world, yet only watching.

Yun Shu was an incredibly proud woman, she was not afraid of death, but she feared living in humiliation.

Such punishment for Yun Shu was a nightmare she could never wake from.

She would rather be a dog or a chicken than live so undignifiedly.

This was a thousand times more cruel than killing her with one stroke.

The one who thought of this method, how vicious must their heart be?

Yun Ya was not a merciful person, these people ruined her past life, instead of saying she hated them, it was more accurate to say she hated herself, hated her own incompetence, her foolishness, no matter how twisted she was, she couldn’t think of such a torturous method.

The devil always outmatches the path, she was still too naive.

"Hehe." Yun Ya chuckled softly twice, her laughter filled with helplessness and desolation.

On the screen, the strongman stomped his feet, the jar was hurled into the air, he spun and steadily caught the falling jar, drawing cheers from the crowd. Holding the jar, the strongman smiled and said: "Our brothers are visiting here for the first time, I hope those who have money can support with money, and those who don’t with applause, so we won’t have performed in vain." 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

This acrobat troupe was not a scam, all were genuine skilled performances, incredibly splendid, leaving the audience in awe, prompting them to eagerly reach for their pockets and present their tickets.

"Thank you, thank you for your support, we will bring you an even more spectacular show next," the strongman said.

The strongman casually tossed the jar to the side, rolling it into a corner, when someone pointed at the jar and exclaimed: "How is there blood?"

People looked towards the sound, and sure enough, blood was slowly seeping through the cracks at the bottom of the jar, trickling eerily.

The strongman glanced at it, smirking with a sinister smile as he waved his arm, revealing a gruesome scar, "Probably my wound burst open during the performance, accidentally staining it with blood."

With an explanation at hand, everyone thought no more of it, as no one would ever imagine a life was inside that jar.

The performance resumed passionately.

Yun Ya watched the scene on the screen, the jar being tossed back and forth as a tool, unable to imagine the scene inside the jar, goosebumps covered her arms.

The performance ended, the strongman and his group packed up and went to a nearby restaurant to eat, then found a hotel nearby to rest. The strongman carried the jar into the room, immediately after closing the door, opened the sealed lid of the jar, an unbearable stench filled the air, the strongman spat fiercely and cursed: "Damn it, why is it so smelly?"