Chapter 2My Life Was Given by My Mother, But I’ve Returned It

The ambulance arrived, and so did the police.

“Officer, look, these are the mother and daughter from that scam video online!”

“Yeah, it’s them! I saw the video from the Japanese restaurant last time, too.”

“Right? They even went viral on local Twitter, and they still have the nerve to pull this stunt?”

“That poor kid, stuck with a mom like that. What awful luck.”

Turns out, someone had recorded my mom and me during our last scam at the Japanese restaurant and posted it online.

My mom just didn’t know it and had walked right into a trap.

Reborn, how could I possibly jump back into that death trap?

I fell to my knees, clutching my mom’s leg, pleading desperately:

“Mom, please, let’s not go, okay? If we go this time, I’ll really die…”

I cried, feeling hopeless, wishing she’d show a shred of pity.

But my mom impatiently kicked me away. My head slammed into the corner of the table, instantly forming a huge bump.

She loomed over me, then *slapped* across my face, swelling it even more.

Her eyes held no tenderness, only disgust and contempt.

“Worthless thing! What are you crying for?! I raised you all these years, and now you won’t even do this one thing I ask!”

Clutching my swollen face, I sobbed, slurring my words:

“Mom, we’ve done this so many times. Maybe… maybe people have already posted videos of us online.”

*Slap!* Another blow landed.

“You’re talking nonsense! Are you cursing me?”

It was the sound of her own deep-seated guilt.

My heart grew colder, inch by inch.

Seeing my vacant eyes and lack of response, she finally ripped off her disguise, losing patience.

“Last chance, are you going or not?”

Her voice was icy.