Chapter 2 — Tieu Man Returns

Her sister's hand immediately retracted. Tong Xuan Mai suddenly bent down and picked up both me and the small blanket. "My little brother is sleepy, auntie will take him back to the bedroom. After drinking water, I'll go watch cartoons." I tried my best to struggle. She carried me into the bedroom and then turned and closed the door. I cried until my voice was hoarse, my fingers clutching her collar. She lowered her head to look at me, her voice was very soft. "Just cry. Wait until your mother also feels that you are difficult to raise, and no one will stay up all night to watch you." She put me in the crib and closed the door. Two walls away, I heard her coaxing her to drink water. One sip. Two sips. I used my feet to continuously step on the mattress, until my chest hurt and I couldn't breathe. Outside the living room, there was suddenly the sound of a cup falling to the ground. Immediately after that came the sound of the door locking. As soon as the door lock rang, Dad's angry shout and Tong Xuan Mai's scream simultaneously came from the living room. Mom followed the crying sound and ran in, picked me up and returned to the living room. I finally saw my sister. She lay on the ground convulsing, her grandmother's medicine box was thrown next to her hand. Tong Xuan Mai hugged her, cried and shouted: "I just went to the bathroom for a moment, why did she take the old lady's medicine?" I tried my best to reach out to her. She followed my gaze then lowered her head, her expression immediately changed. The blue lid of the cartoon cup was peeking out of her apron pocket. In the next second, she used her hand to squeeze the bag. 4The sister was taken to the emergency room. The doctor confirmed that she had acute drug poisoning, with a state of consciousness disorder and unusual seizures. Luckily, the amount of drug absorbed was not much, and it was taken to the hospital in time so it did not cause permanent damage. Hearing the words "does not cause permanent damage", my mother leaned against the wall and cried until she could not stand. In my previous life, I waited twenty-two years and still couldn't wait for this sentence. Lying in my mother's arms, for the first time I felt that being alive again had truly changed something. After waking up, the first thing my sister said was to find me. "My little brother is always crying, I don't want to drink." "Aunt Tong said if I don't drink, she will tell dad that I taught you badly." Mom squatted next to the hospital bed, held her hand and kept apologizing. But she shook her head. "It's not my fault, you didn't listen to your brother." Dad stood at the end of the bed, his face gradually becoming heavy. A child cannot clearly say what is in a glass of water, but can clearly say who brought the glass of water and who forced him to drink. Tong Xuan Mai sat on the bench in the hallway, her face pale. "It's all because I didn't take care of your medicine." "An An said she was thirsty, so I went to pour water for her. As soon as I turned around, she fell down." Grandma immediately stood up. "My medicine has always been upstairs, how did she get it?" "Didn't you bring the medicine box downstairs this morning?" It was you who took it away!”Tong Xuan Mai covered her mouth, tears kept falling. “You can't push all the responsibility onto me because you don't remember clearly.” Dad didn't advise grandma to let it go like in her previous life. He stared at Tong Xuan Mai's apron. "Where is the cartoon cup?" Tong Xuan Mai's crying stopped for a moment. "What cup?" "The cup An An usually uses to drink water." "Maybe still at home." Dad turned the phone screen towards her. Before running to the hospital, Dad checked the entry and exit history at the door of the house. In the recorded image, before Tong Xuan Mai carried her sister to the ambulance, she returned to the house alone for more than forty seconds. She said she came to get her health insurance card. But insurance card

always in dad's wallet. Dad called the police right in front of her. Tong Xuan Mai immediately cried and grabbed her mother. "Lam Tinh, I took care of you during your confinement. Even if I don't have any merit, it's still hard. You can't make me bear the blame because something happened to the child." Mother slowly withdrew her hand. "That cup of medicine, why did you throw it away?" "Tieu Man's milk, why did you say you gave it to the child?" "My mother's medicine, Why did it fall into your hands?” This was the first time my mother connected all the unusual things together. Tong Xuan Mai didn't cry anymore. "After giving birth, your emotions had problems. Misremembering things is very normal." She turned to her father. "Mr. Hua, I've been meaning to remind you for a long time. Lately, Lam Tinh has been suspicious and easily agitated. It's best to quickly take her for a psychological evaluation." Dad didn't answer. Police found an insurance plan in her bag. The insurance buyer is my father. The insured are five people in our family. In the person in charge section, the name Tong Hao is written. Tong Xuan Mai explained that it was her son, currently working as an insurance consultant, and that his father had proactively asked for advice before. This document by itself cannot prove that she abandoned the drug. I also couldn't find the cartoon cup in the house.