After Three Years as a Slave, the Scapegoat Physician Cuts Ties and Her Whole Clan Falls to Its Knees

Three years ago, her own family crippled her, forced medicine down her throat, and threw her into a military camp to be used as a prostitute. Only by attaching herself to the Prince of Zhenbei could she find a moment to breathe. Now her fiancé brings her back to the estate, his repeated claims of “repentance” cutting her to the quick with every word. “Niannian, you were the one who did wrong back then.”

Inside the Su family’s grand manor, her elder brother presses her harshly: “Hand over the Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate. They belong to the Su family!” Her adoptive mother coughs up blood and falls unconscious, while the real heiress pretends to wipe away tears. “Sister, hurry and use your needles to save Mother...” Lin Nian gives a cold laugh. Her silver needles fly swiftly, and she glances at the “dear little sister” spying on her. “Can you even see the technique clearly?”

In the chilly ancestral hall, the real heiress sneers, “You’re worth less than a dog now, Sister.” Lin Nian looks up, her gaze sharp as a blade. “There are countless wronged souls in the City of the Wrongfully Dead. Miss Su, have you ever heard them come calling for your life in the dead of night?”

When the Su family imprisons her again and forces her into a substitute marriage, Lin Nian snaps her hairpin and presses it to her throat. “I’d rather die than enter a cage.” Thunder crashes on a rainy night. Blood stains her sleeve, and her smile is resolute. “I’ve repaid the debt of the fifteen years you raised me. From now on, my surname is Lin, not Su!”