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.
