My sister regretted sending me to the correctional facility.

Only in the darkness do I find my last remaining sense of security.

Because here, there are no stun guns, no beatings, and no dirty steamed buns.

After each time he suffered torture in the correctional facility.

I could only curl up in a corner and secretly sleep.

Because only in dreams can I temporarily isolate myself from reality and find my paradise in my dreams.

This time, I went back to the past in my dream.

We went back to the time when we first met Gu Yao.

At that time, she was a naive little girl.

I had just entered high school.

With increasingly heavy academic workload, students are finding it hard to breathe.

But when Gu Yao came to my home, it was as if she brought a warm and hopeful light into my life.

I don't know why, but Gu Yao has this kind of magic.

No matter how tired I am from studying, seeing her makes everything feel better.

As time went by, Gu Yao grew bigger and taller.

She became more and more beautiful, more and more perfect, and more and more outstanding.

When I noticed Gu Yao talking to other boys.

I felt inexplicably annoyed.

Later I learned that this is called being jealous.

I felt panicked and couldn't believe that I had developed such secret feelings for Gu Yao.

I buried these restless feelings deep inside, and outwardly tried my best to restrain myself.

I was afraid that Gu Yao and Aunt Gu would notice my unusual behavior.

I'm scared.

I was afraid that they would find out about my special feelings for Gu Yao.

They will hate me and stay away from me.

Aunt Gu's cooking is so delicious, I haven't had enough yet.

I started to control myself and reduced the number of times I went to chat with Gu Yao.

Because I was afraid that Gu Yao would find out that I secretly had a crush on her.

I started to pretend in front of Aunt Gu.

Tell her that I secretly like a girl in my class.

But in reality, this person never existed.

Aunt Gu didn't blame me; instead, she encouraged me.

"Lu Yi, it's normal for young people to have girls they like, but you must be careful not to let it interfere with your studies."

I obediently agreed to Aunt Gu's advice.

But in reality, I was just trying to distract Aunt Gu so she would never find out that I secretly had a crush on her daughter.

Days passed by like this.

Suddenly one day.

When I got home from school, I saw Aunt Gu crying her eyes out.

Gu Yao, who was standing to the side, also had red eyes.

When she saw me come back, perhaps because she was extremely heartbroken, she hugged me for the first time.

I could feel Gu Yao's trembling body; her already developed physique was undoubtedly a huge temptation for a young man full of vigor.

But I'm afraid, afraid that my physical reaction will frighten Gu Yao.

I quickly pushed away what I had been reluctant to part with, what I had longed for for so many years...

Gu Yao's hug.

Perhaps it was because of my action of pushing it away.

Gu Yao looked at me with some surprise.

She doesn't understand.

Why did I push her away at that moment?

I took a cold shower.

After coming out.

Aunt Gu told me in a trembling voice.

My father passed away unexpectedly.

The cause of his death was that he was supervising the construction at the company's construction site.

A drunk tow truck driver, not realizing what was happening, ran over the father and killed him.

Hearing this, I felt like I'd been struck by lightning.

At that moment, my world collapsed.

I can still recall the pain I felt back then.

For a whole month after my father passed away, I was unable to emerge from the shadow of his death.

I lost my appetite and stopped going to school.

She would sit in his room all day, quietly looking at the things he left behind.

Finally one day.

Aunt Gu finally couldn't bear the torment in her heart any longer.

She knelt down in front of me, crying.

This was the first time an elder had knelt down and kowtowed to me, but my soul was numb, and I had forgotten to help her up.

Aunt Gu told me that the tow truck driver who killed my father was Aunt Gu's ex-husband, who was also Gu Yao's biological father.

I never imagined that the person who killed my father would be Gu Yao's biological father!

Upon hearing this news, I felt utterly hopeless.

I trembled, terrified, unable to accept it.

The woman I had a crush on, her father, turned out to be the real culprit who killed my father!

Aunt Gu felt uneasy because she saw me getting thinner and thinner.

She couldn't help but tell me the truth.

After hearing the truth, I sighed helplessly.

Aunt Gu told me the truth, and she felt relieved, but what should I do?

This matter is like a heavy shackle on my head.

Later, I learned that Gu Yao's father had accumulated a large debt due to gambling when he was young.

In addition, Gu Yao had just been sold at that time.

So he hatched a wicked plan to secretly sell Gu Yao to pay off his gambling debts.

Because of this incident, Aunt Gu and her husband completely broke off their relationship.

They divorced very decisively, as if they had never been in love at all.

Later, Aunt Gu took Gu Yao and left their hometown.

Due to a series of unforeseen circumstances, I eventually met my father, who was also a single father with a child.

So they started a new family.

In Aunt Gu's mind, she had already suffered too much in her life, so God should let her enjoy some happiness in her later years.

But she never expected that the rope would break at its thinnest point, and that misfortune would specifically target those who are unfortunate.

Gu Yao's father has been gambling all these years, and the stakes have been increasing over the years.

When he learned that Aunt Gu had married a rich man...

He then harbored evil intentions and planned to use Aunt Gu's connections to extort a large sum of money from my father.

So he came to my dad's company's construction site and became a tow truck driver.

Aunt Gu burst into tears and apologized to me profusely.

She blamed her previous failed marriage, saying it had ruined my father's life.

My heart is breaking because I know Aunt Gu is a kind person, having lived with her for so many years.

The real culprit was not her, but her ex-husband, that utterly despicable old gambler!

I gently supported Aunt Gu's shoulders and comforted her.

I told her that the fault wasn't hers, but that man's.

Aunt Gu asked me, "Lu Yi, have you really forgiven me?"

I nodded: "I forgive you."

Aunt Gu's eyes filled with tears, and she hugged me tightly.

At that moment, I felt a strong sense of maternal love.

This is the first time in my life I have ever felt a mother's love.

I silently made a vow in my heart.

In this lifetime, I will do everything in my power to protect Aunt Gu and Gu Yao.

Anyone who dares to harm them, mother and child.

Even if it costs me my life, I, Lu Yi, will avenge them!