As a result, he started drinking and gambling regularly. Every time he lost money, he would drink until he was inebriated, and when he saw Hua Jin, it was like seeing that heartless mother of his son. Whenever he recalled how she had run away with another man while he was in prison, he would beat the boy with his leather belt to vent out his utter humiliation.
The young boy did not understand why his father would hit him every time he got drunk.
What was worse was that his father's meager pay could no longer sustain his gambling habit. Hence, in Hua Jin's memory, they were always moving from city to city to avoid being caught.
In the end, their creditor managed to track them, and his father heartlessly sold him off.
His father had deliberated about it for a while before eventually selling him off to a sugar daddy.
This person was rather influential and held some shares in an entertainment company. The artists in this company were top-class.