Chapter 10: Six Days and Seven Nights: The Third Night (1)

Lin Huiyin blurted out a string of questions without a second thought: "On what grounds are you burning me to death? Just because my innocence was taken from me for no reason? Do you people have any sense of logic at all? What does my loss of innocence have to do with you? Does it affect you in any way?"

In her world, how many women had slept with men before reaching adulthood without any consequences? She had come to this world and had her innocence forcibly stolen; she was already pitiful enough, and now she was expected to bear the stigma of being a loose woman and face death by fire?

Immediately, Lin Huiyin spoke up in even more indignant rebuttal: "Furthermore, why do you demand premarital chastity from women? Have you men maintained premarital chastity yourselves? You can't control your own lower halves, yet you demand that women remain pure. This is nothing but unreasonable nonsense!"

Since ancient times, they had always been indoctrinated with this ideology—that women should follow the Three Obediences and Four Virtues, and that they should maintain their purity. This woman had done something wrong, yet she actually had the audacity to argue so forcefully?

The expressions of everyone in the room turned exceptionally ugly, looking at Lin Huiyin as if she were a monster.

City Lord Zhou was so enraged that his entire body trembled. Pointing at Lin Huiyin, he shouted in a fit of fury, "Nonsense! Absolute nonsense! Someone, take her away and throw her into the dungeon! Burn her to death in the outskirts of the city tonight and announce it to the entire city as a warning!"

Following City Lord Zhou's command, two middle-aged men quickly stepped forward, pinning Lin Huiyin on her left and right.

With nowhere to run, a sense of stifled frustration welled up in Lin Huiyin's heart. She looked toward Zhou Luochen, only to see him turn his head with a cold expression, ignoring her existence entirely. Without saying a word, he turned and walked away.

Watching Zhou Luochen leave, Murong Yue curled her lips in a triumphant smirk toward Lin Huiyin, then followed after him with a jaunty, satisfied stride.

【The Third Night of Six Days and Seven Nights】

Night.

The outskirts of the city, which should have been pitch-black and silent, were now filled with clamor. Countless torches were held high, turning the dark night into day.

A massive crowd had gathered there, all of them there to watch the spectacle.

To watch the spectacle of Lin Huiyin being burned to death.

People formed a circle around the area, and some even climbed up trees.

In the very center of the crowd was a pile of firewood. Atop the pile was Lin Huiyin, her hands and feet bound and her mouth gagged.

City Lord Zhou stood before Lin Huiyin, holding a torch, and addressed the clamorous crowd: "Everyone, please be quiet."

With just those five simple words, the murmurs of the crowd quickly died down.

The entire outskirts of the city fell silent, save for the crackling of the torches.

Only then did City Lord Zhou speak in a loud, clear voice: "According to our city's rules, an unmarried woman who loses her chastity before marriage must be burned clean by raging flames. This woman has violated the city's regulations. I hope all the unmarried young women in this city will take this as a warning, strictly follow the city's rules, and maintain their purity!"

City Lord Zhou's words drew cheers from countless people!

Some even shouted, "Burn her! Burn her!"

As one person started, countless others joined in the jeering: "Burn her! Burn her!"

Even the women who had come to watch were shouting along.

It was as if the crime of losing premarital chastity deserved death a thousand times over!

Lin Huiyin struggled left and right atop the woodpile. Listening to those rising and falling shouts, she desperately wanted to open her mouth and curse them out, but since her mouth was gagged, she could only mock them silently in her heart. This world was truly pathetic; even the women thought that losing...