In the eyes of outsiders, Lu Zhi is the perfect husband and father that everyone envies: he is gentle and considerate to his wife, and gives his daughter the best education. He has become a "life model" in the eyes of others.
But no one knew that he had used ten years of ubiquitous surveillance and secret mental control to trap Su Yinghuai in the invisible cage of "marriage", leaving her with no possibility of escaping.
His need for control was never an inherent evil, but a poisonous seed planted in his childhood: the unfulfilled father's attention, his mother's blind obedience, and the deep fear of seeing his family lose control - these all made him paranoid that only by controlling everything would he not be abandoned.
This article provides an in-depth analysis of the psychological labyrinth of the complex villain male protagonist Lu Zhi, giving you insight into how intergenerational trauma can twist a former victim into the current perpetrator.
Purpose: Transmission of intergenerational trauma and self-redemption