"Tong Tong, are you going to the back mountain?"

Just a few days ago, I was about to go find my mom when Xu Shuo caught up with me on his bike. Zhang Xin was riding on the back seat.

Zhang Xin was holding books; they had just finished their tutoring class.

Zhang Xin teased, "Tong Tong, you call her so affectionately..." Zhang Xin jumped off the back seat and hugged my arm, "Finally, the damn tutoring class is over. Feng Tong, the summer vacation is almost over, come play with us."

Because I ran into them, I got delayed and only reached the back mountain to find my mom when it was dark.

Then I saw the female ghost in the reeds.

If I had known I'd see a ghost, I would never have agreed to go.

But at that time, I didn't think much of it.

I didn't have many friends; few people invited me out, especially after my dad died.

The day was still early, so we first went to Zhang Xin's house.

I didn't leave Zhang Xin's house until his parents came home from work, then I went to find my mom.

It was already eight in the evening.

Xu Shuo specially rode me on his bike.

He even touched my face, "Tong Tong, don’t tell Auntie about today. I don’t want anyone to know about us."

I nodded.

And then I swore.

Only then did he let me go.

I went to find my mom, but she wasn't in the fields.

I don't know where she was at that time or if she saw Xu Shuo sending me off.

I thought even if she saw us, she would have been too scared by the female ghost to remember.

The sorceress said after a virgin girl dies, her eyes change color and she turns into a vengeful ghost that must be dealt with quickly.

But the sorceress wasn’t powerful enough. Before she could deal with me, she was split in half and stuffed into a jar herself.

Police sirens blared.

Xu Shuo had called the police.

He seemed to have known I was dead and reported it before coming.

Zhang Xin collapsed to the ground, crying and vomiting everywhere.

My mom was pinned to the ground, and my body was wrapped in a body bag. My mom struggled and shouted, "Virgin ghost, virgin ghost, the sorceress said this is a vengeful ghost. Don't touch her, she will kill you all!"

The police didn't believe in the sorceress.

They took my body away, and soon the news hit the media.

"Believing a sorceress' remedy, woman dismembers her own daughter into mince!"

My death was classified as a heinous murder case with ethical implications, quickly causing an uproar. Society awaited the truth, and my body underwent further autopsy.

My mom was taken away.

As for my brother, with no family at home, he was settled in a local welfare organization by the police. He was a witness, and the police wanted to find something out from him, but he refused to speak.

According to my mom's statement, my brother had been drinking powder made from my ground-up body.

So the report said my brother was severely traumatized and needed time for emotional healing.

My mom was locked up in prison. After some time and education, she was still ranting about the sorceress, causing several violent incidents.

Society cursed her, and the prison inmates did too.

Even a tiger wouldn't harm its cub; she must be mad to dismember her own daughter.

My mom seemed indeed crazy, always shouting about the sorceress.

Before long, she was sent to a mental hospital for treatment.

My mom clung to the ground, shouting that the virgin ghost would turn into a vengeful spirit and eat people.

The virgin ghost was me.

The police, unsure if my mom could read, read the autopsy report to her.

"A virgin is a virgin, right? Look at this result: hymen broken, other bruises on the body, your daughter was violated before her death."

"She is no longer a virgin and cannot become a vengeful ghost."