A cage in the name of love

The female protagonist Shen Xingxing's mother passed away when she was young, and she has lacked communication with her father, so she doesn't like to talk and has few friends. She likes to draw by herself. Additionally, her father Shen Moyan is the CEO of a company and is busy with his career. The two rarely communicate. The stepmother Jia Shanxin appears gentle on the surface, but in fact, she is worried that the child will inherit her future husband's property, so she secretly physically and mentally abuses Shen Xingxing. Since the child likes to draw, she makes all sorts of excuses to prevent the child from doing so. She feeds the child spoiled food, locks the child in the bathroom, secretly gives the child sleeping pills, and so on. Every time the child wants to confide in her father, the stepmother always manages to stop her skillfully. Later, the child's grandmother comes to visit. The grandmother is mute and discovers the stepmother's evil deeds. On the way to tell Shen Moyan, she is killed by the stepmother and her lover. Finally, Shen Xingxing bravely asks her father for help. The father discovers the truth, engages in a fierce confrontation with the stepmother, collects evidence, exposes the stepmother's evil deeds, Shen Xingxing and her father reconcile, and they go to pay respects to the grandmother together.

Synopsis from DramaGo.