Later, the neighbor upstairs gave up on stealing electricity from my home because the property management was going to inspect the electric meter.

But my parents firmly believed that their method had worked.

So my parents seemed to have opened the door to a new world, constantly sacrificing me to gain favor from outsiders.

My mom asked me to buy vegetables, and the lady selling vegetables, seeing me young, snatched the plastic bag from my hand, saying, "Hey, you don't know which vegetables are good, let Auntie pick for you."

Without much thought, I thought she was being kind, but she ended up giving me a bag of bad vegetables, deliberately hiding them at the bottom.

When I got home, my mom saw that the vegetables at the bottom were wilted and yellow, full of holes bitten by bugs.

My mom's face immediately turned ugly, she shouted, "Can't even buy vegetables properly? You're so stupid it's unbelievable."

She grabbed the vegetables, dragged me along, and went to the market to find that lady.

I thought my mom was going to argue with the lady, after all, it was the lady's fault.

But to my surprise, my mom slapped me on the back of my head.

My mom smiled and said to the lady, "This stupid girl has no eyes, always buying bad vegetables. Look, you should refund us."

The lady refused to refund, so my mom stood in front of her stall scolding me, her voice so loud that the whole market could hear without needing a megaphone.

My mom kept scolding and scolding until the lady agreed to refund her the money.

Family gatherings were the thing I hated the most back then.

An adult next to a child, I sat between my parents.

My dad took care of the child on the right, and my mom took care of the child on the left.

Those children already had their own parents to look after them, but my parents insisted on interfering.

They spun the lazy Susan so fast, not caring if I could reach the dishes or even eat.

I was forced to stand up, just about to grab a shrimp that was about to be taken away, but my mom pulled me back to my seat.

My mom scolded me, "Why are you so clueless? Are you a glutton? You're so eager to eat this bite!"

Then she turned around and happily served a shrimp to my cousin's child.

The few oil-braised prawns were distributed to each child and the elders, but my plate remained empty.

At that moment, I suddenly realized that perhaps I had always been the outsider.

Just when I thought my life couldn't get any worse, Uncle and his family moved in next door.

It was then that I suddenly realized that the old me was just standing on the edge of the abyss, only peeking from afar.

Now, it felt like I had truly stepped into the abyss.