The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man Novel

When the impoverished Xiao family depleted their entire fortune to marry off their son to a disfigured, dark-skinned, mute bride—the mountainous region's most ridiculed woman—she endured years of mockery and destitution. Driven to desperation by relentless hardship, she fled the oppressive household only to be murdered by ruthless criminals who found her alone in the wilderness.