The Unknown Secret

My mother was brought by human traffickers to this remote mountain village.

When I was eleven, I accidentally discovered signs that she was secretly preparing to escape.

After my father found out, he angrily gathered a group of villagers and dragged her back home.

They beat her until she was covered in bruises and wounds.

That night, to reward me for "doing a good job," my father gave me a chicken leg.

Not long afterward, my mother died, and I gradually became the village's informant.

The villagers often said that little girls wouldn't make those women suspicious, and could more easily draw out their discontent.