In her previous life, she was pushed into a river and forced to marry a man who was cruel and heartless. After the marriage, the scumbag husband leveraged her father’s influence to return to the city. The two endured a twenty-year marriage devoid of intimacy because she couldn’t bear for him to touch her. Deep in her heart, she harbored a love she couldn’t confess—a “cinnabar mole.”
Later, her father passed away due to illness, followed by her mother. Left at the mercy of her abusive husband, she was tormented to the point of losing herself. It was then she discovered that her father hadn’t died of illness but had been poisoned slowly with a chronic toxin by her husband.
She died in Zhang Shiye’s arms, gently touching his face as she said, “If only it had been you who saved me back then.” Zhang Shiye was overcome with grief, unable to stop crying, and could only repeat to her over and over again…
