Twatched all this coldly. My sister, who was so arrogant in front of me, was now cowering like a beaten dog before Derek.
And she claimed to love him to death. Is this what she saw as love?
I expressionlessly closed the surveillance, shutting off this live demonstration of “beating is love, scolding is affection.”
I took out my ice cream and stuffed several large spoonfuls into my mouth.
This feeling was truly satisfying.
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Over the next few days, the heat wave became increasingly fierce.
In the past, the sun would set in the evening, but now it hung brightly in the sky all night long.
People began to realize that this phenomenon was not normal.
This time, absolutely no one dared to go out.
The news on TV reported death after death.
As soon as you turned on the TV, all channels were reporting on this unprecedented and rare heat wave.
Three consecutive days passed without any improvement.
There wasn’t a patch of unbruised skin left on my sister’s body.
Derek had been drinking heavily these past two days, the stark contrast with the food he had been eating made him take out his frustrations on my sister.
He kicked my sister out of the house, telling her to go buy good food for him to eat.
My sister, scorched by the heat, clawed at the door, howling and screaming for him to open it.
“Honey, it’s so hot, I’m going to die from the heat. There’s no one selling food outside anymore.“”
“There are so many dead people, they’re starting to smell.”
When she was about to faint from screaming, Derek opened the door and kicked her into the kitchen.
“Damn woman, cook for me. I’m starving.”
After drinking for two days straight, Derek finally realized the unusual nature of the weather outside.
Now, having anything to eat was considered good.
But every day it was either plain noodle soup or sour vegetable instant noodles, which made him furious.
Whenever he was unhappy, he would grab my sister and beat her to vent his frustrations.
“You damn woman, told you to be less lazy and stock up on food. You deserve to be beaten to death.”
After saying this, he slapped her face twice more.
The surveillance was filled with the man’s brutality and the woman’s screams at all times.
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Finally, one day, my sister couldn’t take it anymore and called me.
I was leisurely enjoying hot pot, the tripe barely in my mouth before I could swallow it.
She cried on the other end with a familiar tone: “Emma, where are you? Derek is worse than a beast. Can sister come find you?”
I deliberately made my voice weak and feeble as I replied: “Sis, I might be dying soon. The weather outside is too hot, I couldn’t find a place to stay.”
“You don’t know how hot it is under the bridge. I see two suns hanging brightly in the sky. Am I hallucinating?”
“I heard people hallucinate before they die. Sis… come find me… find me, okay? I’m your… only sister, you can’t abandon me, sis…”
“Hello… hello… sis…
Before I could finish, she immediately hung up the r
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Before I could finish, she immediately hung up the phone, wasting the long string of pitiful lines I had prepared.
But it further confirmed that all of this was her own doing.
If she had even a shred of conscience and thought of me, I would have been willing to take her in.
But she cut off the call herself.
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I took a sip of ice–cold cola to suppress the feelings of pity that were surfacing.
Remember to respect others‘ fates, lest you bring trouble upon yourself. My previous life was the best example.
