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Mark was still reckless enough to shout at me,"Nonsense!Emily is so young.How could she want a child?"I replied perfunctorily,"Well,maybe she's willing to follow you without a name for the rest of her life.""Rubbish,ahhh."Before Mark could finish,Emily started attacking him.She grabbed Mark's hair and hit his head hard with her high-heeled shoe.Blood spattered everywhere.
"Do I only deserve to be your mistress?After seven years,I still don't have a proper status."The more Emily spoke,the more broken-down she became,and finally,she burst into tears.Mark impatiently shook off Emily and calmly straightened his clothes."What are you freaking out for?I have a wife and a child.How can I marry you?We've always been spiritual partners.Don't you understand?"
Before Emily could say anything more,I chased them out,annoyed by their quarrel.Outside the door,the two of them fought."What are you going crazy for?Have you forgotten that I pay for all your food and clothes?""What do you mean?Didn't you say you would take care of me for the rest of my life?"I just quietly watched them like a bystander,not getting involved in their squabble.Soon,the two of them parted ways unhappily.Before leaving,Mark threatened me again.I ignored him and looked at my phone.My mother-in-law said she was coming.
My mother-in-law came at around six in the evening,bringing me food.As soon as she entered,she urged me to eat,not even glancing at my daughter.I knew my mother-in-law was patriarchal,which was why she didn't like my daughter.If I hadn't promised to give her a grandson,she wouldn't have been willing to provide the medicine when my daughter got sick.I asked my mother-in-law when she would give me the prescription for my daughter's medicine.Instead of answering,she took out a bowl of dark,messy medicine from behind.
"Amanda,drink this.It will ensure you have a son."I saw a centipede and two dead cockroaches sticking out of the bowl,and I almost vomited.I didn't know where my mother-in-law had found this folk remedy.
Over the past few years,in order to have a grandson,my mother-in-law had been constantly looking for folk remedies.She believed that taking these remedies would definitely ensure the birth of a grandson.Every time,the ingredients of the remedies were disgusting.I had seen things like toads and insects.Every time I refused to take them,my mother-in-law would threaten me with my daughter.I still remember once when I refused to take a folk remedy made from slugs,my mother-in-law stopped giving my daughter her medicine.
My daughter had an attack at night.Since I couldn't drive,I begged Mark to take us to the hospital.But Mark said it was the fifth anniversary of his relationship with Emily, and told me to figure it out on my own.I begged my mother-in-law,but she slapped me instead."You deserve it for not drinking."I promised my mother-in-law that I would drink the slug-made folk remedy immediately,just to save my daughter.My mother-in-law stuffed a handful of slugs into my mouth,and I still remember that sticky texture.
I closed my eyes and drank the soup with the centipede in it.Only then did my mother - in - law feel satisfied and give me the prescription."This is half of it.You'll get the other half when you give me a grandson."But I didn't want to let my mother-in-law off so easily.I told her that Mark was still clinging to Emily as before.My mother-in-law's expression immediately changed."That vixen is still seducing my son?I'll skin her alive!"
As expected of a mother and son,whenever something went wrong,they always blamed others.When Emily's uterus was removed,my mother-in-law was the first to oppose their relationship.She said it was because Emily couldn't give her a grandson.Mark was spineless and chose to break up with Emily and marry me instead.After marriage,Mark blamed me for breaking up their"love"and targeted me everywhere.In the end,he was just a complete scumbag.
My mother-in-law wanted to go and teach Emily a lesson,but I thought it wasn't enough.How could it be enough?In my past life,it was Mark who personally dissected my daughter and me.As Mark was my mother-in-law's son,she definitely wouldn't do anything to him.So I would do it myself.
A few days later,when Emily came,I was telling my daughter a story.My daughter woke up in the past few days and was slowly recovering.Emily asked me angrily if I was behind what had happened.I just smiled and didn't answer.Emily came to question me because my mother-in-law had managed to obtain the video of the car accident that day.The video clearly showed that at first,Emily's father had hit my daughter,and then half an hour later,the car came back.The vehicle ran over a doll,mistaking it for us, repeatedly.The intention of attempted murder was obvious.And the person in the car wasn't Emily's father,but Emily herself.
