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Mom finally understood. Her face filled with terror as she clutched the bus door, refusing to let go.
“What is this? How did this happen?”
The producer smiled at her. “Ms. Liu, we’re filming a special episode today specifically designed to reform selfish housewives who destroy their families.”
“Your daughter told us about your behavior, and you perfectly fit our participant profile.”
“Filming lasts three months. During this time, you’ll be Farmer Sam’s wife, taking care of his family of sixteen. Hopefully, this difficult lifestyle will help you appreciate the happy family you once had.”
Mom froze momentarily.
Then she lunged at me, trying to claw my face. “Riley, you ungrateful bitch! You’ll pay for this! How dare you do this to your own mother?!”
From my seat on the bus, I waved goodbye with a sad expression. “Mom, please don’t blame me. I’m only doing what’s best for you and our family! Enjoy your reform program–Dad and I will be waiting for you when you get back!”
Mom’s new “husband” Sam eventually had to drag her inside. She clawed at the ground, leaving trails of blood from her fingernails.
Sitting on the bus, I felt a moment of sympathy.
But I quickly banished the feeling.
If our positions were reversed and I was the one being dragged away, Mom would never have felt sorry for me.
She would have celebrated my misfortune and told the bus driver to drive faster.
My mom was finally released from the mountains.
During those three months…
She had to get up at 4 AM every day to feed the chickens.
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She catered to the entire family’s every need.
Any time she showed the slightest dissatisfaction with that household…
The man’s iron–like fists would come crashing down on her body.
He beat her until there wasn’t a single patch of unbruised skin left on her.
She begged the production crew for help, wanting to call the police and end filming early.
But the crew insisted this was the whole point of their show.
Only when the conditions in the mountains were harsh enough and the hardships severe enough…
Would city housewives realize how comfortable and easy their previous lives had been.
Only then would they truly appreciate their lives, making for an exceptionally successful show.
After three months of this “baptism“…
My mom’s once pampered hands were covered in calluses and wounds.
Her previously fair skin had turned dark from the sun,
And all the clothes, shoes, and what little cash she’d brought to the mountains had been divided up
by that mountain family.
The production team only took responsibility for putting her on the train home.
After getting off, with no money to her name, she had to walk the entire distance from the station to
our home.
For over ten kilometers, my mom walked until her feet bled.
The moment she stepped through the door…
she caught her husband rolling around in bed with her former best friend, Monica.
My mom completely lost it, grabbing them both, ready for a murder–suicide.
But how could my mom, already physically exhausted, possibly overpower two fit middle–aged
idults?
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Within moments…
My mom was pinned to the floor with my dad’s foot on her head.
Her friend Monica, wearing only a nightgown with her chest partially exposed, laughed wickedly.
“Grace, who are you to make demands? Don’t forget, this is what you owe me.”
My dad looked down at her, lifting her chin with his toe: “Grace, I’ve been more than decent to you these twenty years. I might as well tell you–I never stopped seeing Monica. If she hadn’t had fertility issues, do you think I would have chosen you and that useless daughter of yours?”
At this point, there was no way the two could continue living together.
My dad filed for divorce.
Surprisingly, my mom didn’t fight much over the assets.
She only took a few thousand dollars in cash.
This was because the production crew had brainwashed her, claiming the show’s effect was the best
they’d seen in years.
So my mom firmly believed that once the show aired, she’d become an overnight sensation.
The reason she rushed through the divorce agreement with my dad was because she feared that
once the show aired and she became famous,
All that income would be considered marital property, requiring her to split it with my dad.
So she divorced him as quickly as possible and waited for the good news.
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