Sub Zero

"Jennie, you sickly hag, I've already had enough of you! Get out!"

I was yanked awake from my sleep, and the very first thing I saw upon opening my eyes was my husband Charles' vicious gaze. I couldn't help but tremble, but I didn't know what in the world was going on.

As my husband babbled, I finally got a hold of the situation. It seemed that after I fell asleep and woke up, Charles had suddenly gained the ability to foresee the future.

In the future he foresaw, a high-temperature apocalypse would arrive in one week, yet the very first thing he did was kick me out of the house.

I looked to my mother-in-law, Kate, in hopes that she'd put in a good word for me, but she only rolled her eyes. "If it were up to me, Charles would have divorced you ages ago! What kind of lazy daughter-in-law would still be in bed at five in the morning instead of making breakfast for us?"

My father-in-law, Arthur, grumbled, "You haven't even given my son a child after so long, so what are you even good for? Now that Charles has awakened such a strong ability, he'd be able to get any woman he wanted!"

I almost laughed at their shamelessness. Back then, the two of them moved in under the excuse of “taking care of us,” yet they never cooked a single meal or did any housework. Instead, I was the one who woke early and worked late to take care of them.

Last year, Kate became paralyzed, and Charles begged me to quit my job to take care of her. I obliged, taking care of her, waste and all, with all my heart. Every night, she'd torment me: hungry one moment, thirsty the next, and needing the toilet again and again. Last night, she kept me up until 3 a.m. before I could even go to bed.

I only slept a meager two hours because of her, and now she was blaming me because of it!

Looking at this heartless family, I felt a disappointed chill run through my heart.

Seeing that I didn't react, Charles kicked me hard. "If you want to die, don't do it here! Now get out, Iris is going to be jealous if she sees you later!"

Iris... as in his first girlfriend? Since when did they get together again?

I wanted to question Charles, but a bunch of comments flooded my field of vision.

[Poor MC, not only is she getting kicked out, but that piece of human trash is going to take her life-saving money to buy goods!]

[Man, is she really going to die like this? She doesn't have the money to perform surgery, and that heatwave is coming up too!]

[Actually... the MC's not really sick. The one who's got breast cancer is her mother-in-law! The hospital got the records mixed up.]

[Whoa, really? Becoming paralyzed and getting cancer seems about right for her, but how did someone like the ML get that cheat ability? Does he even deserve it?]

[Yeah! If he can see the future, doesn't that mean he can predict the winning lottery number, too? He's going to become rich!]

[His ability can only predict the weather after one week, so no dice. Besides, it's going to get taken away from him after a week anyway.]

[Oh? So he won't have any idea about the ice age that's coming after that short heatwave?]

I was completely stunned, unable to understand why I could see these words floating in front of my eyes. But undeniably, I did get diagnosed with breast cancer a week ago! Now, these comments were telling me that Kate was the one who had cancer, and not me?

Suppressing my shock, I kept a calm expression plastered on my face.

Charles' voice was filled with glee. "I'll stockpile all the goods I can! Let's go buy ice, ice cream, cold drinks, and cold beer! I'm going to build the ultimate ice house, and sit inside and watch everyone else die from the heat while popping a cold one, haha!"

I silently curled my lips into a faint smile. An ultimate ice house, huh?

When the ice age arrived, that ice house wouldn't be their shelter. It'd only make them die faster.