A Call That Changed Her Entire Life novel Chapter 500

Emily patiently explained to him that Donny was not a bad person, but Jacob was not convinced. Afraid of being misunderstood, she decided not to talk about it anymore as she didn't want to argue with her lover.

However, Emily didn't know that the reason why Jacob stopped her from visiting Donny was because he was jealous of Donny. Before they had reunited after a long separation, Emily stayed alone with Donny and in the villager's eyes, she was Donny's wife...

The mere thought of that made him burn with jealousy, and Donny became a thorn in his side.

How could Donny even think about stealing his wife from him!

Donny must have been a fool who knew nothing about how high the sky was or how thick the earth was!

It was a fine sunny day. Jacob had planned to go out and pick the herbal medicine Mr. Barefoot had prescribed to him. He needed to collect them and decoct the medicinal herbs for Emily to speed up the healing process.

Since Emily had nothing better to do, she asked Jacob to take her with him.

The thought of how lovely the day was and how Emily had been cooped up in the bungalow for several days, gave Jacob the idea to take her out for some fresh air. He went over to the next house and borrowed a cow, which he had carefully cleaned with a brush all by himself.

Jacob put his arms around Emily's waist to slowly pick her up and put her on the back of the cow. He even tied a rope round the horns of the cow so that she could hold onto something to steady her body.

Having been born and raised in the city, Emily was a city-girl at heart who had never sat on the back of an animal, such as a cow, before. The task seemed daunting at first, but once she managed to sit on the cow's back and find her balance, she was good to go.

"Do you think the cow's feeling unhappy because of me? Maybe it doesn't like it when people sit on its back?" Emily asked curiously.

"No." Jacob took a glance at the meek, old cow that had its head lowered to eat grass, and curled his lips into a soft smile as he said, "It must be happy to carry you. Come on. Sit properly. Don't be afraid."

With that, he took the ropes of the cow and said, "Let's go."

"Slow down." Emily sat on the back of the cow, swaying a little, and asked, "Would we be drawing too much attention to ourselves?"

"This is the only way we can show the villagers that you are my wife! We should draw the attention of every villager so that no one dares to dream of taking you away from me," Jacob explained in a loud, stern voice.

"You...You are like a little boy." Emily covered her mouth with her hand to keep herself from laughing. Although she thought the man's behavior was childish, there was a gush of sweetness in her heart, that made her cheeks blush red.

Jacob led the cow and walked along the winding trail in the village, which undoubtedly drew the attention of the villagers.

Some villagers began to talk about the couple. Most of them were women, and their vitriolic words showed their fiery envy.

"Is that the woman he took away from Mrs. Yang? I don't think she's as beautiful as some say she is. I think she looks weak and sickly, just like the girls from, 'A Dream in Red Mansions'."

"But to be honest, I think she's a parasite. She used to live in the village head's house before and she got away without doing any farm work. Now she lives in Mr. Barefoot's house while idly sitting and enjoying the fruits of others' labour. Look at her. She is wearing a coat made of fox fur. It must be very expensive!"

"Humph! She's just a lazy, good-for-nothing woman. I wonder how long her man will spoil her before he leaves her. A year? A month? Or a week? I think the day will come soon when she will be abandoned by her man. Aren't women supposed to do farm work and give birth to children? She's a useless woman because she can do nothing at all!"

"See, you must be jealous of her, right?"

"Nonsense! She is just a foxtrel and I will never envy her. Now, get away from me. I don't want to talk to you anymore."

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Although on the surface all the women in the village were calumniating Emily, they would be lying to themselves if they had denied the fact that they were deeply envious of Emily. Why wouldn't they be envious? After all, she had Jacob, a man who had loved and cared for her from the bottom of his heart.