Nan Tian's gaze flickered slightly, seeming a bit distracted.
An Yiqing glanced at Nan Tian and continued, "Because Grandma Zhang was too strict, the child's rebelliousness grew increasingly abnormal. Whatever Grandma Zhang said or did, he would have to oppose it. Day after day, year after year, Grandma Zhang worried herself to exhaustion over this child. The neighborhood gossip and the pressures of life, coupled with her husband's dying words, placed an enormous burden on her. Over those years, her mental state deteriorated increasingly, and her methods became more forceful. There were several instances where the neighbors saw Grandma Zhang nearly beat her son to death; if not for their timely intervention, the child would not have survived into adulthood."
