[Gu Run's Narration]

I pursued Zhiyue for 6 years, but she never responded to me.

I knew she liked me too, but she always used the excuse that her life was a dead end and she didn't want to hold me back.

When I was about to lose confidence, she told me that she wanted to go back to her hometown to settle some family matters and then be with me.

I had never been so happy, thinking all night about how to confess my love to her again.

But that night, after she went back, she disappeared.

Her phone was off the whole time.

Fortunately, I had gotten her into the habit of reporting her location for safety.

That night, I drove for over three hours, rushing to Lijia Village.

When I was about to arrive, I almost crashed into a motorcycle carrying a big sack coming from the other way.

If I had been a little sharper that day, perhaps everything would be different.

I couldn't reach Zhiyue on the phone, so I went directly to their house and knocked on the door.

Her father told me Zhiyue's phone was broken and she was staying with relatives for the night.

I didn't suspect anything, thinking she was just staying with relatives because of a family dispute.

Two days later, I still couldn't get in touch with Zhiyue.

I went to Lijia Village again, but was once again turned away with the same excuse.

Back then, I had a faint sense that something was wrong, but I didn't dwell on it.

By the sixth day, I still couldn't contact Zhiyue, and I was completely panicked.

I went to her house again, only to be met by her mother, who drove me away, telling me that Zhiyue was married and not to harass their family.

I didn't believe it. I told them to bring Zhiyue out, and I would ask her in person.

They refused, so I threatened to call the police.

Zhiyue's mother then rushed to grab my legs and threatened that if I dared to call the police, she would have Zhiyue's husband beat her to death, and they would come to my doorstep shouting every day.

Not intimidated, they said to me, "Go ahead and call. This is a family matter, and calling the police wouldn't help anyway. You've called before, haven't you?"

I tried to leave but they blocked me and demanded money, asking for two hundred thousand, and if I gave the money, they would hand Zhiyue back to me; otherwise, I shouldn't expect to see her for the rest of my life even if I reported the situation to the police.

I knew I would get nowhere by calling the police, so I went back to think of a plan all night.

I finally asked a few famous local gangsters to help me get Zhiyue back.

Indeed, it worked, as they took me directly to Zhang Mazh's house, saying they had taken a dowry of one hundred thousand and married Zhiyue to Zhang Mazh.

When I saw that motorcycle in the yard of Zhang Mazh, I almost fainted.

Can you understand the feeling of seeing your loved one stripped naked and chained with a chain? I want to kill Zhang Mazh! I want to kill him!

It was Zhiyue who hugged me and said, "Let's go, let's go back first."

I went crazy, but Zhiyue didn't.

She is the best psychologist, able to hold back her emotions even after such treatment, and she was more stable than I was.

I tried more than once to report Zhang Mazh for illegal detention, but Zhiyue refused, saying she didn't want to become the protagonist of a criminal case and hoped I would help her keep the secret.

After that, everything seemed normal with Zhiyue, but only I knew she had lost the will to live.

That day, she stopped me just to keep me safe.

It took me a lot of effort to make her forget, believe that there would be a future with me, and that I would protect her.

So she kept her promise and agreed to be with me.

I took her to meet my parents and announced to all my friends that we were together.

It wasn't her fault that such things happened. She was also a victim.

I thought I could make her happy, make up for the hardships of her early life.

However, after her family got twenty thousand in cash from me, they kept pressuring Zhiyue for money!

During that time, Zhiyue's demeanor with me became increasingly abnormal, often distracted.

One night, I secretly looked at her phone, and that's when I found out that this time they were asking for 2 million!

Li Fuyou sent her a message: [If you don't give it, I'll post all your photos online. You didn't know that I've printed them out, and Dad even praised your figure.]

When I saw this message, I was so angry I felt blood rush to my head, and I wanted to take a knife and kill them.

It was then that I finally understood what Zhiyue had meant when she said, "Her life was a dead end."

So I began to plan that this family must be eliminated, because as long as they were alive, Zhiyue would never be able to live a peaceful life.