"Marry me and bear me a son," Bryan said.

Angeline was shocked to hear Bryan's words. She couldn't believe how a man who appeared significantly older than her could casually say something like that. The anger she had suppressed was now resurfacing. It was as if she finally understood why he had prevented her from leaving earlier when she had wanted to.

"You're insane," Angeline muttered, and without another word, she stormed away.

"No matter how much, I'll pay you. I'll even give you a house, a car, or a store after our contract ends," Bryan said.

Angeline momentarily stopped, but she refused to be seen as cheap, and she continued walking away. In fact, she was so emotional that she slammed the door quite hard.

"Hah... what did I just say?" Bryan mumbled as he rubbed his face. It was as if he hadn't realized he had said something outrageous. However, there was no regret in his expression. He looked serious again and walked to his room to rest.

As the day grew late, Angeline, who was walking to find public transportation, felt a mixture of frustration and sadness. She couldn't believe she had encountered a man who, despite appearing much older, had made such strange and inappropriate remarks.

Despite her desperate need for money, Angeline was not a woman who would sell herself just to make a living. Slowly, tears welled up in her eyes as she began to lament her unlucky fate and how she had been treated so poorly.

Suddenly, her phone rang, and Angeline answered it immediately.

"Hello, is this Angeline?"

"Yes, that's correct. Who is this?"

"We're from the police. Are you Michael Bastian's sister?"

"The police? Yes, I'm Michael's sister. What's happened to my brother?"

Angeline was startled by the explanation from the police officer who called her. With tears streaming down her face, she hung up the phone and hailed a passing taxi.

"Please take me to the police station," Angeline requested, struggling to hold back her tears. Her head was beginning to ache, and the weight of the situation felt overwhelming.

The problems just seemed to keep coming. Angeline's only sibling, who was still in the 11th grade of high school, was now at the police station. Angeline couldn't believe it and never expected her brother to be involved in a drug-related network.

The police informed her that her brother had tested positive for using illegal drugs and would be detained. Angeline had just arrived at the police station and immediately sought out her brother, who was already in custody.

"Sis Angeline! Please help me, sis. Get me out of here, sis. I didn't know it was illegal drugs; they set me up, sis! Please, I don't want to go to jail," Michael pleaded with tears in his eyes.

Angeline looked at him, holding back her own tears. She knew her brother was not lying. He had been working hard to collect recyclables after school to make some money. So, how could he have ended up in this situation?

"Officer, I know my brother is at fault, but you heard him yourself—he was framed. He didn't know what he was drinking was illegal drugs. I beg you, please release my brother," Angeline pleaded desperately.

"I'm sorry, but we have to proceed according to the law. Your brother was caught with drug dealers and drug users."

"Isn't there any other way, officer?"

In that moment of desperation, a man in a suit arrived and immediately approached one of the plainclothes police officers who were there. They whispered to each other, and the man in the suit handed over a briefcase measuring 30*30. After the officer opened it, he immediately smiled broadly.

Not long after, the man who had been apprehended with Michael was released without any punishment. Angeline and Michael, who witnessed this, were bewildered.

"Alex, release me too! You didn't say it was illegal drugs!" Michael shouted desperately, trying to hold onto Alex's arm. However, Alex rejected him and even kicked Michael before leaving the cell.

"How could you release the man who framed my brother? While my brother is still detained?" Angeline challenged the police officer who had received the briefcase full of money.

"If you want your brother to be released without charges, bring us fifty million. Oh, no... it's been more than three hours now, and it's a new day, so make it a hundred million. If it goes on for another day, add fifty million more. You can do the math until the prosecutor takes him to court, can't you?"

The police officer who said this just walked away. Angeline tried to restrain him and was pushed until she stumbled. She attempted to seek help from other police officers there, but they all seemed indifferent, as if Angeline was invisible.

Michael sobbed in sadness, begging to be set free. Angeline once again lamented her fate, feeling utterly helpless.

In the morning, Angeline had already been searching for another job to raise the money needed to free her brother. She spent the entire day looking for work and collecting all her earnings, but it was still far from enough to secure her brother's release.

Three days had passed, and Angeline had only managed to collect five million by working tirelessly without rest. She was on the side of the road, eating a piece of bread and sipping from a bottle of mineral water.

"If this is all I can make in a day, when will I be able to gather enough? How many hundreds of millions will it be by tomorrow? What should I do?" Angeline wondered aloud.

By chance, Angeline spotted a car that looked similar to Bryan's. She stared at it curiously, wondering if the person inside was the same man she had met before. The car stopped in front of a luxurious restaurant, and a man got out.

Unfortunately, the man was not Bryan, leaving Angeline somewhat disappointed. However, a moment later, she shook her head, determined not to be tempted by Bryan's offers from that day.

"I need to work even harder; I know I can do it," Angeline said to herself as she checked her phone again for job opportunities.

Then, a call came in, and it was from the hospital where her mother was. Angeline answered the call in surprise and immediately hailed a taxi to rush to the hospital.

Upon arriving at the hospital, Angeline hurriedly sought out the doctor who was attending to her mother.

"Doctor, what happened to my mother?" Angeline asked, her face pale, and her breath uneven.

“Your mother suddenly vomited blood. We have checked, and your mother's condition is very unstable. "His kidneys are very serious and must be operated on as quickly as possible," explained the doctor.

Angeline was shocked and confused. While he was having trouble finding money to free his younger brother, at that very moment his mother had to undergo surgery which required a huge amount of money. Problems kept happening in his life.

Angeline had run out of thoughts, as if she had reached a dead end. His thoughts were out of control. He really wanted to scream and blame people. However, he knew that it wouldn't change anything.

Angeline was on the overpass, below there were many large vehicles going quite fast because the road was empty. Angeline's eyes were empty, she looked very frustrated and depressed. The burden of his life has never diminished in the slightest. This made him want to give up and think about ending his life.

Angeline looked down more than ten meters away. He no longer has the will to live.

“Will death end everything? Can I be at peace by dying?"