The girl, who was still a little girl, asked suspiciously, she remembered that in the tight home where life had always passed, she could only eat such a hearty meal on her birthday or New Year's Day every year.

"It's okay, let's eat, mom is happy today!" a strange smile appeared on the woman's face, and the girl tilted her head, vaguely seeing that her mother's eyes were red and swollen.

I didn't get off last night, she thought.

Either way, just like there is no need to go to school, it is always good for the little ones to have good food, and even the family dog wags its tail in excitement.

"Don't steal it first!"

"Remember, you have to wake him up and watch him eat before you can eat!"

The mother came over, slapped her hand that was about to steal food, pointed to the man who was falling asleep next to her, and admonished.

"Uh-huh!" the girl nodded, she was very well-behaved, and she would definitely listen to her mother's advice.

"Then you promised Mom!" the mother squatted down, first pulled a hook with the girl, and then hugged her tightly, watching her for a long time without speaking.

"You're good, mom is leaving. Mother stood up and whispered to her.

"Ahh

Rather than leave her alone with that man at home, she would rather go hungry!

"Mom doesn't go far, you'll be able to see Mom again soon!"

"Listen to Mommy! Go, wake him up, get him up and eat!"

The mother touched her head, gave her one last deep look, a smile on her face, and then turned away.

For some reason, despite the smile on her mother's face, she felt that she was crying.

The mother went out, and the girl looked at the man who was crooked in the chair, and although she did not want to have contact with him, she promised her that she must do what she did.

"Hey, wake up, eat!" she walked over and kicked the man's stool angrily, she still remembered last night, and she hated the man in front of her.

"Hmm...... Didn't make a fuss...... I have no money...... I won't bet on it......" the man said in a daze.

"Get up, eat!" cried the girl again.

But after working hard for a long time, the man just couldn't scream.

She was already grumbling with hunger, and she was even more hungry when she smelled the tempting smell of the food.

"I'll take a bite!"

Saying this to herself, the girl came to the table, looked at the table full of sumptuous meals, and for a moment did not know where to start.

The dog at the table looked up and stared at her hand, drooling and wagging its tail wildly, as if to tell her to give me a bite too.

Just as she picked up a piece of chicken and was about to put it in her mouth, she vaguely heard a fluttering and watery sound.

For some reason, at that moment, she seemed to have some sense, and involuntarily threw the chicken back on the plate, and walked towards the sound a little dazed and confused.

The direction of the sound was a pond not far from the house, which was blocked by the kitchen and large trees.

Before she could get halfway there, the strange sound disappeared, but she was still fascinated and walked that way.

When she came to the big tree and looked at the pond below, she saw a sight that she will never forget!!

In the middle of the pond, the mother was lying on her back in the water, wet, her hair scattered and tangled around her face and neck.

Only a pair of distracted eyes were revealed, and the corners of his mouth seemed to have a smile on his lips, looking at the gloomy sky silently.

In an instant, the maiden, who was stunned by the sight, knew that she was dead.

And it's suicide.

The pond was not deep at this time, and the deepest part was no more than the mother's waist.

But she drowned herself anyway.

The girl still can't imagine how painful it would be for her mother to drown herself in such a situation!

Only the true bottomless despair can drive people to this point!

After a few minutes of sluggishness, the girl burst out crying, which startled the birds around her, and woke up the sleeping man in a daze.

"What's the matter! Crying early in the morning!" the man staggered out, crying out in dissatisfaction.

But when he came to the pond, he was dumbfounded, staring blankly at the corpses in the pond, stunned by what he saw.

When I recalled this, many things after that became extremely vague in the girl's memory.

The loss of her mother was so painful for the young girl that she forgot many things, such as not knowing how she spent her first time.

But the only thing she remembers is two things.

One was that after the man stood there for a moment, she heard him muttering, "This woman...... I haven't paid off the debt I owed last night......"

The other thing was that she heard the terrible whining of her own dog from inside the house.

Later, when I got home and saw the mess at the dinner table and the dog corpse foaming at the mouth, I realized that all the food was poisoned by my mother.

If it weren't for the dog's gluttony, he stole the food on the table while there was no one at home, and they would be the ones lying on the ground.

Maybe last night, she had already made up her mind to leave this world.

The only thing in this world that worries the mother is her own daughter, so the mother wants to take her away with her, because the mother knows that no one can take care of her after she is gone.

As for the man, she was full of anger and hatred towards him, so she kept telling her daughter to watch the man eat first.

But in the end, the woman couldn't bear to see her daughter fall in front of her, so she left first.

"This mother-in-law! what a cruel heart!" these were the words of the man after learning that the woman had poisoned all the food.

His face at that time was extremely ugly, and his head was covered with cold sweat.

"Mom, if only I had eaten and left with you. These are the words that the girl has been repeating in her heart for a long time.

Because there was ample evidence of suicide, the police came over and just went through the motions, and the matter passed quickly.

The mother was hastily buried by the man, next to the big tree by the pond, and the funeral was not held, because she was too poor to open the pot.

My mother died, and because of this man, I left this world in despair and pain.

She is powerless to change her tragic fate, because all the tragedies have long been doomed from the time she made that compromise choice!

So she can only use death and her own life to put a decisive end to all this.

But life is extremely ironic, after a woman dies, a man's spring actually comes!

And the daughter she was most worried about also ushered in a new round of nightmares!

(End of chapter)