Shen Qingyue, the legitimate heir of the Zhao family, was born to a life of hardship. At just three years old, she was abandoned by her birth parents. Fortunately, the Shen couple took pity on the lonely child, adopted her, and raised her, giving her a little warmth in this world. She thought she could live out her days in peace under her adoptive parents’ protection, but disaster struck from within the family. Her half-sister, Zhao Yaxi, jealous of her status as the legitimate daughter and the Shen family’s modest fortune, joined forces with the scoundrel Wu Jianglin to plot the murder of her adoptive parents and leave her with no way out.
With both parents dead, Shen Qingyue was left helpless. Zhao and Wu threatened her with her adoptive parents’ bodies and forced her to hand over the Shen family’s estate. When she could resist no longer, she became their prisoner. They drugged her every day until her mind grew hazy and her body wasted away. Once a pampered daughter of a great family, she was now trapped in a cage, barely surviving amid drugs and humiliation, her heart consumed by grief and indignation, until she died in prison with hatred in her heart.
