Chapter 3

Yes, I had been put in the washing machine drum.

Because my mom told Grandma to starve me, but I would crawl away looking for food whenever she wasn't paying attention. Grandma got fed up with me and simply threw me into the washing machine drum.

Out of sight, out of mind.

"Karen, how could you put the child in there?" My mom was shocked when she saw me. She was so stunned that she didn't immediately start scolding my dad, but turned to Grandma instead.

"Mom, why did you put her in there?"

"Didn't you say to make her lose weight? Shaking around in the washing machine, isn't that weight loss?" Grandma justified her actions matter-of-factly.

My usually quiet and reserved dad couldn't take it anymore and contradicted her for the first time.

"Mom, the washing machine is for tumbling clothes. What if something had happened to the child?"

"What could happen? I've eaten more salt than you've eaten rice. Don't you think I know whether something would happen or not?"

"How dare you talk back!"

Seeing that my dad dared to contradict her, Grandma's face turned red and blue. She exploded, yelling at him.

But this time, my dad was truly angry too. He didn't back down no matter how much she scolded him. In the end, my mom couldn't stand it anymore and stepped in to stop them.

"Jack, my mom is your elder. Why are you arguing with her?"

"The child is fine, isn't she? What's there to make such a fuss about?"

My dad had been poor when he was young. It was my mom who didn't look down on him and stayed with him while he built his business to where they were today. So my dad was always very accommodating towards my mom.

Now, as soon as my mom spoke, my dad's anger, no matter how great, subsided. He only muttered resentfully, "It would be too late if something had happened," before carrying me to his study.

I tried to make him understand I was hungry, so I gnawed on his hand for a while. He finally understood what I meant and carried me to find my mom to breastfeed me.

But my mom coldly chased my dad out.

"She's already three ounces heavier than her sister. What more does she need to eat?"