She should not mind her own business.

Finally, she curled her lips, laughed at herself and walked out.

“Where are you going?” Gloria’s father, who had a gloomy face and remained silent, stopped her.

Gloria took a deep breath and said the decision she had made a long time ago, “I want to sever ties with the Huerta Family and move out.”

Everyone's expression changed again.

“Don't even think about it. Even if I beat you to death today, I won't let you embarrass the Huerta Family in public. Come on, bring the whip!”

The servant quickly brought up a whip.

Gloria was pressed to the ground and the whip was whipped hard, leaving a bloody whip mark on her back.

But the pain was nothing compared to the humiliation she was suffering at that moment.

And no one tried to stop that outrageous and absurd scene and everyone just watched coldly.

In the end, Gloria's entire back was torn apart and she fainted from the pain.

After unknown amount of time, she was awakened by a chill.

Gloria opened her eyes and saw Manuel sitting beside the bed and applying medicine to her.

Under the light, the man's eyebrows and eyes were as gentle as water, but Gloria avoided his touch.

Manuel raised his eyes to look at her, “Does it hurt?”

Gloria ignored him.

Manuel reached out and pushed aside Gloria's hair that was blocking her ears before he said, “Gloria, everything has to have a limit. If you go too far, you will be the only one who will be embarrassed, right?”

Gloria remained silent.

She used to argue and make a fuss because she still had expectations for those people, but at that moment she did not want to even look at them again.

Manuel originally wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with Gloria. He felt that if Gloria continued like that, she would only become more and more extreme and unreasonable.

So, he wanted to tell her that he would not despise her even if she was disfigured and he just hoped that she could return to being the lively and kind person she was three years ago.

He also wanted to tell her that although Slyvia liked him and suffered from depression because she did not get his response, he always treated Slyvia as his sister and he would definitely marry her when Slyvia recovered from her illness.

However, Gloria remained unmoved.

Manuel's voice became deeper as he continued, “Gloria!”

Just when his patience was about to run out, Slyvia came in from outside and interrupted, “Manuel, let me persuade my sister. The conflict between you and my sister is mainly because of me. If we talk it out, everything will be much easier to solve.”

Manuel thought about it and felt that what Slyvia said made sense, but he was afraid that Gloria would hurt someone again.

“It's okay. My sister has been beaten like this now,” Slyvia said distressedly, “how can she still have the energy to hit me?”

After Manuel left, Slyvia wiped away her crocodile tears and looked at Gloria with a cruel smile, “I didn't expect that you could eavesdrop on what I said to my father. You never thought that your biological father would want to kill you, right?

“At that time, I was worrying about how to replace you and Manuel came to me. Now, for my sake, he has abandoned you many times.

“Your mother is even more bizarre. She loves her mistress's daughter more than her own daughter.” 

Then, she touched Gloria's burned face and sighed, “I feel sorry for you, so I'll help you get rid of it!”

Gloria's heart suddenly started to ring with alarm bells. “What are you doing?”

“I heard that you have blood clots in your brain. You can't get hit, otherwise you will become a vegetable again,” Slyvia said as he dragged her to the stairs outside.

Gloria realized something, but there was no way to stop it. She could only watch Slyvia forcibly drag her down the stairs.

There was an earth-shattering noise at the staircase.

Gloria's head hit the floor hard and for a few minutes, she did seem to have returned to her unconscious vegetative state.

Slowly, a sharp pain exploded from the back of her head. Gloria immediately curled up in pain and uttered a weak, “Save me.”

But in the blurred vision, everyone ran anxiously towards Slyvia who fell on the other side.

She watched Manuel pick up Slyvia and rushed to the hospital with her parents.

Just like last time, she was abandoned where she was and no one cared about her.

The pain in her body became more and more intense. Gloria's eyes went dark. 

Gathering her last bit of strength, she crawled a few meters, picked up the phone that had fallen to the ground and called the emergency number for herself.

Gloria woke up after a narrow escape, she unexpectedly found Manuel and her parents there. However, Gloria did not receive a word of concern, only harsh rebukes.

“Sylvia's leg and wrist were broken. Did you know that she was a dancer? What are you going to use to compensate her now?

“If I had known you were such a nuisance, I would never have let you be born. I no longer have a daughter like you!”

Gloria knew that Slyvia must be throwing all the dirty water on her again.

She closed her eyes, then looked at her parents who were shouting at her at the top of their lungs and Manuel who was silent and had unpredictable emotions beside her and exhaled a breath of hot air.

‘I don't want relatives like you either,’ she muttered in her mind.

If possible, Gloria really wanted to shout out that sentence, but she was wearing an oxygen mask and was so weak that she could not utter a single word.

In the end, it was Manuel who persuaded Gloria’s father and mother to leave, while he himself stayed.

When their eyes met, he reached out and touched Gloria's pale face. Suddenly, he changed his usual indifference and spoke in a gentle voice, “Sylvia said that you wanted to take her down with you. I know this is not your intention.”

Gloria was surprised. Could it be that Manuel finally saw through Slyvia's true face?

But the next second, the man said, “I just consulted a psychiatrist. When a vegetative patient wakes up, his personality may change drastically due to brain damage. I'm sorry, I never thought of this possibility.”

Manuel's eyes flashed with pity and annoyance, “My Gloria used to be generous, kind and lovely. You are so different from her, but I only realized it now.”

“Fortunately, it's not too late now,” Manuel took a deep breath, “I will help you contact the best mental hospital. Don't worry, Gloria, I will cure you.”

He leaned over and kissed Gloria's forehead, “I hope that by then, you can return to your old self.”

The young lady of the Norton Family must be generous and steady. He could not marry a crazy person who was extreme and hurtful to others.

Manuel's words were gentle, but Gloria felt creepy. She tried her best to refuse, but her voice was too low and only a layer of white mist appeared on her oxygen mask.

Manuel did not ask for her opinion. After that, he told Gloria's parents about his plan.

Wealthy families were very averse to having any direct descendant with a mental illness, as they would be laughed at if it got out.

But that time Gloria had hurt people repeatedly, even to the point of wanting to kill people. If she continued like that, she would become a complete demon. 

Gloria’s mother hesitated for a moment, but then nodded and agreed.

Gloria’s father and Slyvia, who had ulterior motives, of course fully agreed.

Slyvia suggested softly, “I know a sanatorium with good confidentiality and treatment results. It will definitely cure my sister.”

Then, from an angle where no one could see, she met Gloria's fearful and rejecting gaze, smiled faintly and said silently, “Fall into my hands, I'll see how you can escape this time.”

Heart-wrenching screams rang out in the electric shock room and the person tied to the treatment bed kept twitching, convulsing and twisting all over.

Finally, the long torture ended and Gloria fell to the ground in a mess.

Then someone roughly pulled her hair, dragged her into the ward like a dead dog and threw her away.

It was not until the sun was setting that Gloria finally gathered enough strength to get up and curled up in the corner.

As she first came here, she tried to resist, escape and even commit suicide, but at that time there was only fear in her heart.

A laugh suddenly sounded in the ward. Gloria shuddered all over and met Slyvia's smiling gaze.

“Tsk, tsk, how pitiful.” Slyvia reached out and stroked Gloria's pale cheek, “I had said it would be great if you could just stay as a vegetable, right? But unfortunately, you had to wake up and fight with me for Manuel.”

As she said that, she fiercely thrust the needle in her hand into Gloria's arm.

Gloria suddenly let out a scream.

Slyvia curled her lips in pleasure. Just as she was about to continue, someone outside came to report, “Mr. Norton is here.”

Slyvia paused, then stood up and said, “Then help my sister get dressed up.”

Apart from the electric shock injuries on Gloria's body, the things she used to torture people would not leave obvious marks.

Slyvia was not afraid at all that Manuel would discover anything.

But when she saw Manuel, Gloria no longer cared about anything else and held his hand tightly as if trying to grab the last straw.

“Manuel, I was wrong, take me away from here. I will listen to you from now on,” Gloria cried, begging, “Please.”

If she stayed there any longer, she would really be driven crazy.

Seeing Gloria's tears of despair and her cheeks that had become thinner in just half a month, Manuel felt a pain in his heart. 

Just as he was about to speak, Slyvia spoke first, “The early stage of treatment is somewhat painful. After all, I have experienced it myself. 

“But my sister's treatment has reached a critical moment. If we give up at this time, all the previous efforts will be wasted.

“Besides, Manuel, you see, my sister is much more obedient and docile now and she won't hurt people at every turn. The treatment and correction is effective.”

Manuel lowered his eyes and looked at Gloria, feeling that it was true.

So, he just could say his promise, “Gloria, I'll pick you up before the wedding, be good.”

Then he pulled his hand away and turned away.

Gloria shouted loudly from behind, “Manuel!”

Manuel paused, but did not look back.

Hatred suddenly burst out in Gloria's eyes.

She had always been disappointed with that person and until that moment, the disappointment turned into deep hatred.

Slyvia also hated Manuel for loving and protecting her but refusing to marry her.

She really wanted to take this opportunity to kill Gloria, but it was she who suggested sending her there. If she died there, Manuel would definitely vent his anger on her.

But if Gloria died outside, it would have nothing to do with her.

Slyvia smiled, with a calculating gleam in her eyes.

Someone quietly opened the door at night. Gloria, who was curled up in the corner, immediately raised her head and stared at the door vigilantly.

But after waiting for a long time, no one came in. Only the half-open door seemed to become a ray of hope attracting her.

Gloria could not help but stand up. Even though she knew that there might be a trap set by Slyvia outside, she could not help but go outside.

It was quiet outside.

The next moment, she rushed into the night without a care in the world.

The security system sounded a shrill alarm and then the lights in the compound came on, followed by the security guard's stern shout.

Gloria did not stop, but chose a direction and rushed forward.

Slyvia sat in front of the surveillance camera, leisurely enjoying the cat-and-mouse chase game, but soon she frowned.

Gloria did not run out of the main gate of the sanatorium as she expected, but escaped out of the back door and went up the mountain.

Would her plan of arranging for someone to hit Gloria to death on the road be ruined?

Slyvia cursed inwardly and went to catch the man himself.

But human potential was unlimited when faced with danger.

Gloria had been on the run and no one caught her for a while.

Until the two sides came to the edge of a cliff, Slyvia laughed with gritted teeth, “Sister, there is an undeveloped primitive jungle below and all kinds of wild animals roam in it. If you run in, you will die.”

However, Gloria jumped without hesitation.