In the hospital ward where Joshua had been admitted, he had been in a deep sleep for hours. Suddenly, his eyes opened and the first person he saw was his father. He found the old man's head bowed low, lost in deep thought. Joshua wanted to get up and move closer to his father to ask what had put him in such a mood when he noticed something odd. He noticed he could not move his legs, his arms, his back, or his neck. They were twisted and broken, leaving almost his entire body completely motionless. Out of shock, Joshua instantly screamed at the top of his voice in sorrow. He had not remembered what had happened to him until that moment. He had no idea that the fate that had befallen him was as terrible as this. The last thing he had witnessed and could remember was Jason flashing toward him and snapping his spine in an instant. He had let out a scream after that and immediately passed out. He did not know that the beast had not stopped there but had gone on to break o

Two days later, Bianca and her parents were in their sitting room that night. She was checking her parents' wounds in amazement. She couldn't believe how quickly the wounds had healed; traces of them were hardly visible. "Mom, Dad, aren't you surprised by how quickly your wounds healed? I never expected the ointment Jason gave you to be so effective," Bianca said to them in bewilderment. After Chloe and her husband returned from the hospital on the day of the kidnapping incident, Chloe was frustrated by how badly her skin had been damaged. Even though she was already a middle-aged woman, she was still very concerned about her appearance. Then Jason gave her and Joel an ointment to apply to their wounds and assured them that within a few days, the marks would become almost invisible. Chloe and her husband found such a claim unbelievable. How on earth could such wounds heal so quickly and without leaving a scar? Even though it was hard for them to believe, they still took

Bianca couldn't believe her eyes as she reread the first clause over and over. It turned out that she hadn't read it wrong in the first place. She had thought she was having an eye problem earlier and that was why her eyes were telling her the opposite of what was on the contract, or maybe she had lost the ability to read and comprehend. However, after reading the clause over and over, she finally concluded that there was nothing wrong with her eyes and she had read the clause correctly. Now, the question on her mind was how the company that would be doing all the work could keep only 8 percent of the profit, while the other party would take the remaining 92 percent just because they funded the project. Bianca wondered that didn't her grandfather hadn't mentioned that he couldn't stand to watch her suffer? If that was the case, wasn't this contract of his the worst suffering that could ever happen to her? Joel was surprised that his daughter remained frozen, staring at the s

The next day, Bianca woke up very early and made every possible effort to secure investors, despite the promise Jason had made. She saw Jason's promise more as motivation to work harder to find considerate investors and avoid giving in to her grandfather's exploitative contract, rather than believing he really had any trick to secure the funding for her project. Whatever the case, she was determined not to embarrass herself or her husband if they failed to secure the funding on their own and had to return to his ruthless family to beg for their help. Because of this, she could not relent and put all the pressure on herself to secure the funding. Unfortunately, despite Bianca's intense efforts, the result remained the same. None of the investors she approached gave her a second glance, let alone read her project proposal. It had been two days of intense searching for investors, but all her approaches were met with cold rejections. This not only made Bianca sad, but it als

Joel and his daughter felt their hearts fall to the ground and shatter into pieces at that moment. They could not believe Trent had actually changed the contract and wanted to take advantage of their desperation. How much more heartless could this old man be? Neither Joel nor his daughter could understand it at all. "Are you going to sign it or not? I have other things to do with my time," Trent snapped at the father and daughter. He knew he had the chance to do whatever he wanted to them now, and he would use it to his full advantage. Joel managed to stomach the pain in his mind and tried to reason with his father, asking him to reconsider and give them the contract that offered a 10 percent profit. They could still manage that. After all, he knew they were the ones who had wasted the opportunity they should have seized when Trent had come to them himself. With zero emotion in his voice, Trent answered, "There is no going back on the decision. You either take the 5