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Since then, the girl no longer perceived warmth and happiness. Pain, struggles, and despair were all she knew.
With the child as leverage, the man forced her to steal the Li family’s secrets, destroy the Li family’s business, take the Li family’s assets, and harm her family.
She could not catch a break. He was like a knife hanging over her son’s head. If she so much as showed compassion or signs of stopping, the animal would throw her son into abysmal, hurt him ruthlessly, and kill him without mercy.
The animal locked her son in the dark, damp, and savagely cold basement since the day he was born, as if Yanchen the Fifth was not his son but his enemy. Perhaps to the man, Yanchen the Fifth was only a defenseless creature to let off steam on.
If she was obedient to complete all his tasks, the man would show grace and let her see and spend time with her son.
‘The slightest display of resistance and uncooperativeness on her part would prompt the animal to experiment with various torture devices on her son in front of her. Yanchen the Fifth barely survived his injuries.
The animal had a cage made to keep her son in. It was where Yanchen the Fifth ate and slept like a dog. By the age of three, her son still could not speak or walk as all he knew was to bark and crawl like a dog.
Her son was so young, At that point in time, she was tempted to end his life since it was better than living in insult and without dignity.
Still, her son was so little and well-behaved. Despite the pain, he would nuzzle against her palm and smile at her presence.
He had been living in a tiny, dark, and damp basement since his birth. Her son had never seen the sun or the beautiful side of the world. She could not bear to let him leave the world.
The Li family was aware of the filth’s doing. All of them knew about it, yet they played dumb and watched by the sidelines. They watched a child being pushed into Hell.
The girl had once contacted the Li family members who were defiant and wanted to retaliate against the animal. She planned to rescue her son from his grasp and bring to light his evil deeds so he could pay for his sins.
Nevertheless, these people betrayed her. Everyone let her son down. They were accomplices and deserved to die!
Following the uncovering of her plans, the animal’s oppression only intensified. While he left her alone, he would lay his hand on her son while she had to stand by and watch. With her sanity and pieces of heart eaten away, she drowned in a bottomless abyss of pain, anger, and despair.
She did not know if there was an end to the terror or how long more she could hang on. All she ever wanted was to save her son from the animal. She did not want her son to live without dignity or basic rights as a human being.
The girl wanted to take her son to see the world. She wanted to tell him that there was not just darkness, pain, and cruelty in the world. There was also light and beauty.
Later, her older brother found out about it from somewhere. Behind her back, he put up a meticulous plan to rescue her and her son, but he was ultimately discovered by the animal.
With her own eyes, she witnessed as the animal took a smile, so wickedly, and stabbed her brother in the chest. Her brother lay in a pool of blood in front of her.
While many Li family members watched, no one came forth to stop the animal. They looked at her and her deceased brother in glee as if taunting their futile attempt.
She did not and could not die. The animal did not kill her. She knew he would not touch her until she was rendered useless by him.
The girl needed to live for the sake of her son and the Li family. She could not die. She had to live and see the animal get what he deserved.
However, there was nothing she could do.
After killing her brother, the animal took her and her son to the funeral at the Li family’s residence. In front of her brother’s shrine, the animal killed her parents with poisoned wine.
The animal looked at her with such a cynical, smug, and scornful smile. He was telling her that those who defied and attempted to, had died in his hands.
The Li family had relatively few direct descendants. With her brother and parents dead, the girl became the only heiress to the Li family. Now that the animal had acquired the Li family, he no longer needed her. It was finally her time to die.
That day, he dragged her into the dark room where her son was locked up.
In front of her son, the animal pulled a gun to her head, grinning at her son and then her. The crazy smile was on the face she longed to tear apart.
She said nothing, nor did she beg. Her pleading would only excite the animal. There was no way she would give him the satisfaction.
The girl gazed at her son, having so much on her mind to share with him.
Bruised and battered with old and new wounds, her son lay in the cage – the world he had only ever known.
There was blood all over the cage and floor. Some were new while others had dried. It was all his blood.
Sometimes, she wondered how much blood a child could give. Why was the room covered in his blood?
She wanted to hold him, kill him, and let him know that she was there for him.
Yet, she failed in her duty as a mother. She could not keep him safe from the torture and pain.
Her son was looking back at him in a daze, contemplating the thing that was held against her head. He pondered why she did not draw near to him.
At one point, she caught the fleeting hatred and chills of hell in her son’s hazy and confused eyes.
Her son looked at the animal with the deepest resentment. Able to read all his emotions, she knew and wanted to warn him from going against the animal before learning to protect himself.
Alas, she no longer had the chance to watch him grow up. She could not comfort him and hug him in his most painful moment.
‘That fateful day was a day before his fifth birthday. She was left without the opportunity to celebrate his birthday. With the devil pulling the trigger, her world tumed gray at the sound of a bang. Her life came to a screeching halt on that very day.
