Chapter 3Rebirth: My Father Is a Cross-Dressing Master

I opened my eyes again.

Emery pulled me to the river again.

This time, I quickly turned around and hugged her thigh. Crying loudly, I said, "Emery, I dare not make you angry anymore. Please don't let me die, Emery..."

"I am afraid..."

I cried loudly.

Hearing my crying, the villagers who were farming in the field quickly turned their heads towards me.

A trace of astonishment flashed in Emery's eyes. She immediately grabbed my ear and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? You little brat..."

"When did I tell you to go die?"

I endured the pain in my ears and tearfully begged Eileen Hawk, who was watching the show beside me, for help.

"Eileen, please save me. Emery wants to throw me into the water and kill me!"

"Ouch, I don't want to die..."

Eileen was well-known in the village for being a big gossip. For anything she saw, everyone in the whole village would know it within a day.

In my previous life, Emery used my death as an excuse to gain a good reputation. Eileen's spreading words were indispensable for that.

"Don't cry, Siena. With me here, your grandmother won't harm you."

"Ouch, thank you. Eileen, you're so kind."

My crying look made Eileen sympathize with me. She shouted at my grandmother, "Emery Lee, Siena is still just a child. You, an old woman, are insane. How dare you try to drown your granddaughter?"

"Everyone, come and see. There's going to be a tragedy!"

More and more people gathered around. Emery was furious. She said, "Don't be fooled by this brat's nonsense. She's my granddaughter. I love her. How could I harm her?"

"Yes, you love me so much that you like to see me suffer."

"In my previous life, whenever you were in a bad mood, you would mercilessly beat me with a stick full of thorns, causing my skin to split open and leaving me in excruciating pain."

"Afterwards, you would grab my ear. You would threaten me that if I dared tell my mother about you hitting me, you would let my father divorce her and kick both of us out of your house!"

"For a married woman, it is always a disgraceful matter to be driven away by her husband's family."

In my previous life, I endured it to not burden Natalya...

This time, I proactively lifted my leg, which was covered in bruises from Emery's beatings. I said, "Eileen, I don't want to go home with Emery. She will kill me. It hurts..."