A Vengeful Ex-Wife

Chapter 173 Rescue At The Village Entrance

Later, Maria decided not to go back to Ann's house. She gave Candice's children some money. As long as they spent it wisely, they wouldn't have to worry about money again.

She wanted Candice to take care of Arthur in heaven. At the same time, she would help Candice's children here. She felt better doing that.

By the time she drove out of the village, the sun was setting, and it was growing dark. Maria didn't want to stay here overnight-she wanted to keep driving till she hit H City.

As she drove on the only road, a tractor pulling a wooden open-air two-wheeled cart was heading into the village.

The road was narrow, and the tractor had no intention of making way. Maria had to move to the side of the road to get around the tractor.

A man in his forties was driving the tractor, and another guy sitting in back of the two-wheeled cart. The cart itself was full of hay. Maria saw something unusual in the haystack. A girl's head poked out of the hay.

Most others would be shocked by this, but not Maria. The girl was still alive, so there was no reason to be worried.

As she drew closer, she realized something was wrong. The girl's mouth was taped. When Maria's gaze met the girl's, the latter's eyes went wide in surprise.

Maria drove slowly past the car, and desperate tears rolled down the girl's face. It looked as if she were drowning in hopelessness.

Looking at the girl in the haystack, Maria was confused. What was going on there?

And that pair of eyes looked achingly familiar.

Maria slowed down to get a better look. The man in the cart looked in the direction Maria was looking. ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

He found the girl had managed to pop her head out of the haystack.

He looked at Maria again in panic. Maria had already looked away, and the man sighed in relief. The man pressed the girl's head back down, submerging her in the hay. "Stop moving around!" he whispered to her.

But Maria's car made a U-turn, and started following the cart under the man's confused gaze.

"Dallas! Dallas! Speed up!" He had a guilty conscience.

Dallas also felt guilty. As his buddy demanded, he sped up the tractor. But no matter how much he sped up, he couldn't outpace the BMW. The car raced past them.

Maria was not the best driver, and the road was narrow. She was having a hard time overtaking them, so she stopped the car, and ran after the cart as fast as she could.

She was gaining on the cart now. The man sitting in the back yelled, "What are you doing? Dallas, speed up!"

When the tractor sped up, Maria grabbed the jacket of the man sitting in the cart.

There were only two low planks on either side of the cart, so he went flying out, flung to the ground by Maria.

The man hit the ground hard. "Ow! Damn bitch!"

Maria moved forward and began tearing apart the haystack, grabbing fistfuls of straw and flinging them aside.

Hearing the noise behind him, Dallas braked the tractor. When he saw Maria, he screamed, "What are you doing? Bitch!"

Maria ignored him and soon saw the girl at the bottom of the haystack.

The girl wore expensive designer clothing and urban fashion pants. Her hair was messy, her face stained. Errant strands of straw clung to her hair and clothes. She was tied up with a thick rope, and her mouth was tightly sealed. When she saw Maria, she burst into tears.

She sobbed and babbled, but Maria couldn't understand a word because her mouth was sealed.

But she could tell the girl wanted to be rescued.

Of course Maria would save her. And she knew she could.

It didn't matter whether she knew her or not. It was the right thing to do.

This was Sandra Shen, who embarrassed Alina once.

It was Kent's birthday. When they were partying at the Jiang family villa, Sandra was horsing around with her bestie and accidentally knocked Alina into the swimming pool.

Sandra was also in the pics Maria had sent to James. That was by accident. Sandra wasn’t who she wanted to capture in the frame.

But Maria wondered why a girl from a rich family would end up here.

Before Maria could figure it out, Dallas rushed over. "Who are you? What are you doing? Come down! Ouch!"

Before Dallas could get close to the cart, Maria knocked the wind out of him with a kick to the solar plexus.

The man that she threw from the cart had recovered and caught up to them. He reached for Maria, and she gave him another kick. He fell to the ground again.

Dallas took out his phone and made a call. "We're at the entrance to the village. We're under attack. I need more men, stat!"

Maria tried loosening Sandra's bonds, but to no avail. They made their knots tight! They really didn't want her to escape.

Maria jumped out of the cart and tried to drag Sandra out of it, but Dallas ran over immediately after hanging up the phone, a stick in his hand.

He swung the stick at Maria, who dodged it handily. The stick hit the cart instead.

The impact made Dallas's hands go numb.

Dallas had already called people over, so Maria had no time to waste. She had to be quick.

She had to give up the idea of dragging Sandra out of the cart. She jumped up and kicked Dallas in the chest.

Maria knocked Dallas to the ground, twisted and brought his arm behind his back. It made a sickening crunch as she broke it mercilessly.

"Ahhh!" The man's scream echoed through the countryside.

The other man was more cautious. He and Maria circled around the cart.

Maria was annoyed by this. She jumped into the cart and kicked the man.

She jumped down again, and broke one of his arms too. Then, she went to pull Sandra down.

But Sandra was too heavy for her. She couldn't pull the girl out of the cart. And Sandra couldn't help her. They heard the sound of engines rumbling nearby. Maria looked around and saw several motorbikes coming towards them.

Then she looked back at her car, dozens of meters away. She decisively let go of Sandra and said, "Wait a minute."

Sandra nodded with tears in her eyes.

Maria ran back to the car as fast as she could, grabbed a dagger from the glove compartment, and ran over to Sandra again.

The motorbikes were bearing down on them.

Maria hastily cut the rope with the dagger, and then began to tear off the tape wrapped around her mouth.

Seven motorbikes stopped, and more than a dozen villagers dismounted and rushed towards them.

The tape on Sandra's mouth wasn't completely off yet. Maria stood with her back to the villagers. Sandra patted her on the arm anxiously.

Maria smiled and continued to carefully remove the tape from her mouth. "Don't move. Your skin is too tender and soft. If you move, it'll rip your skin off," she said half-jokingly. The young woman was fair and tender. Maria wondered how those two man could be so hard-hearted toward her.

Sandra was deeply moved by Maria's actions. Recalling the rumors in town, she wondered why they called Maria a murderer. This woman was lovely and gentle. She seemed almost above it all, and she was an amazing fighter. How could she be a murderer?