LOGINShare
Chapter 6
Latest chapter
Don't Open the Red Jar Chapter 9
The guy was unexpectedly young. He had a righteous, upright look about him, but there was a sinister smirk playing on his lips."People are simply greedy. They're never satisfied. I told them time and again not to touch it until the time was right. But what happened? They didn't listen, just like the ones before them."His voice was casual, like he was commenting on the weather.My voice was terrifyingly calm. "You're the guy?"He clicked his tongue at me. "You're an interesting one, a lot better than your parents.""If you hadn't shown up in the first place, none of this would be happening."The icy sensation on my back grew stronger. Aunt Marlene… She seemed to be trying to merge with me as she was burrowing into my body with everything she had."It was a mutually beneficial deal. They could make money, so why wouldn't they do it? If they'd just done what they were told, they would've been set for life. But you know what they say, curiosity killed the cat."The man shrugged.
Don't Open the Red Jar Chapter 8
I wasn't sure what had just happened to me. It was like I had suddenly slipped into someone else's shoes and was drifting between reality and illusion.I saw Mom back when she was younger. And then I saw the other woman, the one who looked just like her. She looked so innocent, maybe a little naive. That must be Marlene.Just like Mom said, Marlene had better and smoother skin. Even though they looked the same, Marlene just looked more delicate.The scenes came in fragments. I saw Dad meeting Mom, and I saw how his eyes lit up when he saw Aunt Marlene. Then, I saw how he slowly made subtle, suggestive moves toward Aunt Marlene, all of it going on right under Mom's nose.He looked so pleased with himself at the time, and that look on his face made me feel sick to the stomach. While he acted caring and attentive toward Mom, he was grooming Aunt Marlene and forcing himself on her.What scum!Suddenly, the scene shifted. I recognized the place. It was Mom's old home.In the vision,
Don't Open the Red Jar Chapter 7
Mom, who had been in agony just a moment ago, was suddenly shaking with rage. "Who in their right mind says no to money? I did my best to take care of her while she was alive."Now that she's dead and can no longer feel anything, she might as well help me out as a way of repaying me."Do you have any idea how much I suffered to raise her, just for her to be toyed with and dumped outside naked? Do you know how embarrassed I was back then? She shouldn't have been born with the same face as me!"I was dumbfounded. Aunt Marlene's mind was that of a seven-year-old. She was basically just a child. It was at that moment that I finally understood that one could truly love someone and truly hate them at the same time.Mom believed that she had sacrificed way too much for Aunt Marlene to just die so disgracefully and humiliate her like this.So when she found out her dead sister could bring them fortune, she agreed immediately, even if it meant investing decades.Dad stood off to the side,
Don't Open the Red Jar Chapter 6
Dad continued, "Only then did we believe that man was telling the truth. Business was booming. That tiny bottle of rendered fat could coat 50 pounds of fresh meat."From a single pig, we could make at least 100 pounds of aromatic pork after picking the best cuts. Do you have any idea how much money that is? That's 96 thousand dollars for one pig!"However, we could only harvest the rendered fat once every three months, and we had to split it 50-50 with the man."Dad's face turned beet red as he spoke.I was stunned. Wasn't 48 thousand dollars every three months already more than enough? That was almost 200 thousand dollars a year.It had been about two years since they started, so they probably had close to 400 thousand dollars in savings by now, right?That absurd amount of money just didn't feel real to me.I had always thought we just sold pork, and our business was just a little better than the others'. But a meat stall making close to 200 thousand dollars a year? That was u
Don't Open the Red Jar Chapter 5
"You saw it? You saw the face clearly?" Mom screamed at me like a madwoman."I-I saw it in my dream just now."I backed up a few steps, pressing my back tight against the door."No, that's not possible. It's not time yet. I need to find him. Yes, I'll go find him."My usually carefree mother was now acting neurotic while she clutched her own hair. She glanced at me a few more times, muttering unintelligibly under her breath."Honey, calm down! It's the middle of the night. We're not going to find him!"Dad grabbed Mom, patting her back as if he were soothing a child.Mom looked like she had lost her soul, her eyes empty. "What do we do? We still had a few years left, didn't we? Was I too greedy? What am I supposed to do?""Mom, Dad, I'm an adult. What are you so afraid of? If it involves me, I have a right to know, don't I? Why are you two being so secretive? What is actually going on?"My chest felt tight. Why did my family have to exclude me? I wasn't a little kid anymore. I
Don't Open the Red Jar Chapter 4
I saw it. I saw a human face! My heart pounded like a drum as my mind went blank. Cold sweat had already soaked my back.Frozen in suffocating horror, I watched as Dad hooked up the "person" inside the jar again. Then, with practiced ease, he used his boning knife to slice off a chunk of meat and dropped it into the bowl.Once that was done, Mom and Dad let out a sigh of relief. Then, acting as if nothing had happened, they went back the way they came.I stared blankly at the jar. Unable to remain still any longer, I took small, quiet gasps of air."Sis, it hurts so much!"The sharp voice rang in my ear out of the blue.I instinctively covered my mouth, stopping the scream that almost slipped out. There it was again, that voice."That's all in my head. It's not real," I repeated mechanically, trying to hypnotize myself into believing it.The good news was that I managed to fall asleep. But the bad news was that I had a dream again.In the dream, there was still that gray, gloo
You may also like
Mom Put a Doll on My Pillow
SourceK811 viewsThe Kindergarten Teacher Who Doesn’t Exist
Perfect Timing3.0K viewsWho Ordered Death to Unit 502?
Patrick Star's Slippers335 viewsA Ridiculous Cat Bill and a Missing Friend
Seashell5 viewsThe Impostor Wearing My Husband's Body
Meow Meow4 viewsThe Girl No One Could See
Mister Rhapsody4 views
