The year the Qin family fell, Qin Xiangyi was thirteen years old.
Her mother took her brother away and her father became paralyzed. Her grandmother held her hand and moved from the old house into a rental house. In twelve years, she learned to cook, raise dogs, treat animals, and learn to lock her tears and account books in a drawer late at night.
She thought that as long as she worked hard enough, she could live a stable life.
But the Qin family refused to let her go.