She had been taken hostage a month ago by Zhen until they were able to repay him their father's debt.
His stepfather was a drug addict and a gambler who died a month ago when he got into a serious fight with someone in this particular bar. Though some people believed that he was murdered by Zhen's underlings for being unable to repay their money.
Wu Chan really hated that useless father of theirs. He had subjected them to many kind of problems in their lives. He denied them schooling, solely using his money on alcohol, drugs, women and gambling.
Their mother was the sole breadwinner in the family. In case she denied him her money, the husband would subject her to a lot of beatings.
The only thing Wu Chan couldn't change was the fact that he brought them up and he was Wu Qiao's biological father and their mother's legally married husband.