I couldn't be bothered to look at her. I hadn't come today to argue about tutoring fees.

I walked straight toward that trash. He instinctively backed away.

I forced him into a corner, trapping him against the wall.

He shrank, pretending to be an innocent little kitten.

"Auntie, what are you doing?"

Looking at this beast, all I could think about was my daughter crying out in pain.

I pulled out the fruit knife and stabbed straight at him.

Maya screamed, and Liam reacted quickly. Just as my knife was about to plunge into that animal's stomach, Liam pulled me away.

"Monica, what are you doing? Are you crazy?"

Yes, I was crazy!

Completely insane!

I swung the knife wildly at Liam.

"Liam, your daughter was bullied, and you really didn't know anything about it?"

His eyes flashed with anger.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Are you trying to ruin Alex's future?"

"Your daughter's life has been ruined by him, and you don't care? Is she even your daughter?"

For a brief moment, guilt flickered in Liam's eyes—but only for a moment.

Maya stood protectively in front of that beast, while the creature peered out from behind the two of them, taunting me.

"Uncle, save me! I really didn't do anything."

Liam snatched the fruit knife from me and slapped me hard across the face.

"Monica, enough."

But I could never give up. I grabbed at him relentlessly, scratching and clawing at him.

He viciously kicked me in the stomach.

I was knocked down and couldn't get up, that beast stood over me, looking down with disdain.

"Auntie, but I really do like Nina, please just let me have her."

Despite the sharp pain, I grabbed his ankle, causing him to lose his balance and fall heavily to the ground.

Liam, like a protective hen, quickly cushioned his fall, then turned.

Immediately, he started punching and kicking me again.

"Get out! Just go! Stop embarrassing yourself here!"

I wanted to call the police, but Nina is so sensitive.

If I reported it, others would find out, and she wouldn't be able to handle it.

So I endured it, waiting for the right moment to take that beast down.

But before I could act, he did something even worse.

I saw a video online of my daughter being bullied.

In my own house, in my daughter's bedroom.

She was screaming in pain.

Her face was clearly visible.

Her face was full of tears.

And that beast? His face was blurred out, completely unrecognizable.

With bloodshot eyes, I stormed into Liam's training center.

I grabbed his collar.

"Liam, did you see that? This is the person you brought into Nina's life!"

His face turned ashen.

"What's wrong with you now?"

I threw my phone at him, thinking he'd be just as furious as me.

But after just one glance, he turned to question me instead.

"How do you even raise your daughter, to let something like this happen?"

I grabbed a nearby chair and smashed it against him.

"Liam, is Nina not your daughter? Don't you care about her at all?"

"Just because he's Maya's son, and you like Maya, you're willing to give our daughter to that beast?"

He slapped me.

"Stop talking nonsense."

"Nonsense? Liam, can't you see? Can't you see our daughter being abused?"

"Can't you see what that beast has done?"

Finally, Liam looked at the video again, showing a hint of emotion.

The office door opened, and Maya walked in with that beast, as if she owned the place.

"Liam, I brought Alex. Come quickly and..."

She saw the angry me, and of course I saw that vicious beast.

I lunged at him, landing a kick that nearly knocked him down.

The beast clutched his stomach.

"Uncle, Auntie's gone crazy again! She's trying to hit me!"

Maya rushed to help him, while Liam grabbed me and slapped me hard on both sides of my face.

"Monica, how could you be so cruel? How could you even hit a child?"

I spat in Liam's face.

"A child? Liam, is Nina not a child? Tell me, is she not your child?"

He remained silent and closed his mouth.

But Maya began shouting at me.

"Monica, what gives you the right to hit my son?"

What right? She dared to ask me that?

I shoved the video in Maya's face.

"What right? You tell me, what gives me the right?"

Maya glanced at my phone, then at that beast.

Finally, she flinched, offering a half-hearted apology.

"Alex, apologize to Aunt."

The beast mumbled reluctantly.

"Auntie, I really do like Nina, but I wasn't the one who posted that video."

If I believed him, I'd be worse than trash. No one else was in my daughter's room that day but him.

Only him!

I picked up another chair from the office, but before I could smash it down, Liam snatched it away.

"Enough, Monica! Enough already. Why are you making such a big deal out of something between kids?"

I slapped him across the face.

"Let me ask you, who's really your child? Nina or this beast?"

"I told you to stop saying nonsense! Blowing this up like this—what good will it do for Nina? You're only going to ruin both kids."

"That's right, Monica. They're just kids. They make mistakes sometimes, but they can be forgiven."

"Exactly, don't hold onto this one mistake forever. They're about the same age—why not let them just get married?"

"That won't do. Who knows if she's even good enough for my son?"

What the hell!

Unbelievable! Liam really was trash.

At a time like this, all he could think about was marrying Nina off to that monster.

As if anyone would want to be tied to that criminal.

I grabbed the ashtray and smashed it onto the beast's head.

Blood started pouring down from his forehead.

Maya and Liam quickly grabbed him and rushed him to the hospital.

I looked at these people—they were all insane, all monsters, completely devoid of humanity.

I thought, once I punished that beast, I'd take my daughter far away from all this filth and start fresh.