The Trap of Pride

When Shao Li first started college, she was the picture-perfect rich kid, spending her days messing around with her no-good friends.

She used her spare money to fund a female student's education, but behind closed doors, she bullied the girl mercilessly.

Shao Li easily took control of every part of the girl's life and accepted her confession. They became lovers, but Shao Li never gave her the treatment she deserved.

When talking about her to others, Shao Li called her nothing more than a "very close friend."

Eventually, Shao Li grew tired of their secretive relationship and pushed her away without a second thought.

The girl begged her to stay, but Shao Li simply wired her 500,000 yuan to put an end to the matter.

On Shao Li's twenty-second birthday, her family went bankrupt, leaving her deep in debt and at the lowest point of her life.

Time passed. At twenty-seven, Shao Li was robbed of everything she owned in a foreign country and lost her job as well.

Desperate, Shao Li stood on a bridge, only for someone to yank her back.

The woman said, "Don't kill yourself. I can help you."

In a daze, Shao Li let the woman take her away, thinking she'd found someone powerful to lean on.

The woman found Shao Li a new job and a place to live. In return, Shao Li had to put up with the woman's bizarre demands:

"I've taken such good care of you. Call me 'Master.'"

"You're not sleeping tonight. Just sit here and watch me."

"From now on, hold my hand whenever we go out. You aren't allowed to let go without my permission."

Shao Li could hardly tell this was a trap set for her.

Jiang Hanyue had never been a docile lamb, nor was she a poor student who needed Shao Li's financial support.

She had humbled herself to stay by Shao Li's side, asking only that Shao Li look her way a little more often.

But Shao Li was a thoroughly wicked person.

Jiang Hanyue resented Shao Li's heartlessness, so when Shao Li was down and out, she locked her in a cage.

She would make Shao Li her lover, her... pet.

Shao Li's wings had already been clipped, and now she was a caged bird at someone else's mercy.

Her self-respect was being stripped away bit by bit, just as Jiang Hanyue's had been when she was by Shao Li's side.

The only difference was that Jiang Hanyue had truly loved her.

Theme: Perseverance is a way of honoring the efforts we made in the past