Ji Yan clutched her face, looking at Mr. Ji in disbelief.
Flashes of memory, one after another, played through her mind—all of them scenes of how her parents had doted on her since she was a child.
And now, with the family in trouble, was she really to become a pawn, used to secure a way out for them?
"Father, how could you do this to me!"
Ji Yan's voice was sharp and desperate, laced with tears. "All my life, you've spoiled me and loved me. I thought I was the most precious treasure in this family, but what about now? The moment the family is in trouble, you push me out to be a lowly concubine, to suffer all that humiliation!"
Her shoulders trembled violently, and tears streamed uncontrollably from between her fingers.
"What did I do wrong? I just don't want to marry a man who doesn't respect me or value our family! Why don't you understand? Why are you forcing me?"
