"She was completely covered in bruises when she came over that day. Her face was swollen, her lip was split, and her elbows were frail and covered in blood.
"I was terrified at that moment. I consoled her for a very long time before she eventually told me the bits and pieces of what all had happened to her during the years she'd been married to Lin Mo…
"It took me 10 years to realize that what I had believed was completely false. Lin Mo had been a beast toward her and treated her like subhuman. He beat her up any and every time he was in a bad mood."
Zhang Lin had become extremely angry by now, and she was tightly clenching her teeth, whereas Qin Jiayan's throat was raw and parched, but he couldn't force himself to swallow, which left him feeling choked and unable to breathe.