If love has two roads, one leading to heaven and the other descending into hell, he and she have each walked them both.
At fourteen, He Xiaoheng, the grandson of a servant in the Ye family, lives in hell. Seven-year-old Ye Yiqing is a wealthy heiress, yet becomes his only light. A car accident caused by their fathers leaves the two families bound by blood feud. He is forced into the underworld and becomes a feared crime boss in Hong Kong.
Ten years later, they meet again. He is a business magnate; she is a destitute orphan. He closes in with force, while she struggles between hatred and old feelings. Just as she finally lets down her guard, a misunderstanding and a frame-up drive her to disappear with their child, vanishing from the world entirely.
[Volume One: The Road to Heaven, Rekindled Love]
He searches the world for her like a madman. Three years later, he finally finds her and their sweet little daughter. With their adorable child playing matchmaker, he does everything he can to win her back. He cleans up his business empire and makes amends with every ounce of tenderness he has. At last, the family of three finds happiness, and he spoils her and their daughter endlessly. It turns out love can redeem anything, and even hatred can be dissolved by love.
[Volume Two: The Road to Hell, Atonement in a Cage]
The one he finds is a woman driven mad by abuse in a Southeast Asian brothel. She is emaciated and incoherent, and their child has long since been cruelly taken from her. He brings her back to Hong Kong and locks her in a carefully constructed cage, beginning a long atonement. She has forgotten the world and depends on him alone. He spends the rest of his life guarding her shattered soul, offering an endless confession through his obsessive love.
One beginning, two paths to redemption at opposite extremes. Will they choose forgiveness and walk together beneath clear skies? Or sink into sin and cling to each other for warmth in the darkness?
A story of childhood sweethearts and an unattainable first love, a family feud, a man groveling to win his wife back, and a woman fleeing with their child. It hurts so much it turns sweet.
