When maternal love becomes the most dangerous curse, how does a woman make the ultimate choice between humanity and the abyss?
1965, Winter. Qin Huairu dragged her three children with her and endured a miserable life with no end in sight. Until the day when she was going crazy with hunger, she discovered that she could "see" other people's emotions - jealousy was sour, fear was ice, and despair was bitter. For the first time, she "tasted" the second uncle's panic and felt fuller than ever before.
From then on, the silent daughter-in-law by the stove became a lurking hunter. The mother-in-law's spite is food, and the neighbor's fear is wine. But she soon discovered that the courtyard itself was a living thing - "Wei Xi", a hungry living corpse formed by centuries of resentment. It whispered, granting her power and demanding a price.
When the gray tears fell, when the son's eyes became unfamiliar, when the footsteps of the investigation team approached... Qin Huairu stood on the edge of the abyss, holding the power to swallow everything, but guarding a tiny light called mother. Will she feed her child, or the abyss inside her?
Reader comments
Super pretty. Dark series
A different courtyard house, but scary and beautiful
Super pretty. Dark series
A different courtyard house, but scary and beautiful