I accompanied Xie Rui for ten years, and it wasn't until later that I discovered his ruthlessness.

In addition to basic necessities, I taught him principles and the greater good.

Unable to see the aurora due to poor conditions, I brought him to the rooftop to gaze at the reachable constellations.

Several times, he reached out into the night, but his fingertips couldn't touch anything. Those tiny dots of light always maintained an unreachable distance from his fingertips.

"Why are you so good to me?"

I smiled gently and said, "I came for you."

"Remember, the current hardships are only temporary. I will accompany you as you slowly grow stronger."

Xie Rui's gaze burned like two flickering fire sparks.

He said that year he had regained family and love.

Afterward, Xie Rui became even more obedient and finally let go of his guard, even learning to confide and act spoiled with me.

I keenly and joyfully sensed his changes, but all of this turned into a joke once Shen Jiaojiao returned to the country.

Xie Rui's emotions began to go awry, especially when he saw Shen Jiaojiao's true appearance. I saw a slight redness in his enraged eyes and a fanatical and cruel expression reminiscent of his youth, when he dissected birds and animals.

He used to raise a little bird, which was quite adorable.

Xie Rui treated it like a treasure, until the bird was attracted by a little girl who had just learned to walk. It flew around her a few times and chirped, rubbing against the girl's palm.

The next day, I found a vivid bird specimen under his bed.

That was the first time, after raising him for ten years, that I caught a glimpse of his terrifying and obsessive possessiveness.

I was too naive; I never imagined I would be next.

It wasn't until I was tied up and thrown into a corner by Shen Jiaojiao, with her inexplicable self-assurance and arrogance, that she put the earpiece to my ear.

"As long as you're happy."

"It's just an eye. Leave her alive."

——Just to please the female lead, Xie Rui willingly became her prey, causing Shen Jiaojiao to relax her guard.

Xie Rui used my right eye as a wager.

And the next time, it was my life.