The Mother Who Said Die

My mom has bipolar disorder, but ever since my dad committed suicide because of her, her moods have actually gotten better.

What I didn't expect was that she'd have an episode on my wedding day.

When my husband offered her a toast, she pulled out a dagger and plunged it straight into his heart.

Before we could even react, she killed my in-laws too.

When I demanded to know why, all she said was, "You should die too."

With those words, she pushed me off the edge.

When I opened my eyes again, I was back at the wedding.

This time I grabbed my husband and in-laws and got them away from her as quickly as possible.

Just when I thought being reborn had changed everything, my mom came looking for us.

The same words again: "You all deserve to die."

We died by her hand once more.

And I was reborn for the third time.

This time I was back at the wedding scene again, and I finally understood why my mom wanted to kill us all.

"Mom, don't..."

I opened my eyes and screamed at my mom, then grabbed my husband and rushed off the stage.

My husband looked at me in confusion, but I kept my eyes locked on my mom.

Meeting her furious gaze, I confirmed this was my third rebirth.

"Let's go, we're leaving. We don't need this wedding. Let's go right now."

I'd escaped once before. I was sure I could do it again this time.

But we'd barely taken two steps when I saw my mom smile in the direction of my in-laws' seats.

Before I could react, I heard screaming from the crowd. "Ahhh..."

The next instant, the ceiling light came crashing down.

By sheer coincidence, it landed right on top of my in-laws.

My husband froze, standing there in shock for what felt like forever.

The sudden turn of events left me stunned too.

This was different from the previous two times, but I was certain it still had something to do with my mom.

Because right then, instead of running out scared like everyone else, she was heading toward my in-laws.

Seeing how furious she looked, I could easily imagine that if they weren't dead, she would kill them herself.

At that thought, I rushed over to my in-laws in long strides, while shouting at my husband, "What are you standing there for? Call 911! Get them to the hospital!"

As I spoke, I looked at my mom. "Mom, can't you just leave us alone?"

"What nonsense are you talking?" My mom shot me an indignant look, then turned to my husband. "Nathan, call the police quickly."

"Yes, yes."

My husband finally snapped back to his senses.

While he made the call, I kept staring at my mom.

She seemed perfectly normal, but the moment I turned my head, I saw her watching us with a sinister expression.

"Mom, why?"

"Why what?"

My mom looked at me with hurt in her eyes, tears about to fall. "I raised you all these years just so you could interrogate me on such an important day?"

The moment our eyes met, I hesitated too.

My mom was still my mom, but I'd died three timescould it really all be just hallucinations?

Before I could say anything, my husband pulled at me in displeasure. "Of all times, why are you interrogating Mom? This was an accident. What does it have to do with her?"

"Go calm down the guests. I'll wait here for the ambulance."

Knowing my husband was there, I felt a bit more at ease.

So I turned to see off the guests.

Halfway through, I looked back and saw my husband wasn't by my in-laws' sideonly my mom was there.

She had a knife in her hand, pointed at my father-in-law's chest.

I was dumbstruck. "No, don't..."

I rushed over to my mom with quick reflexes, pushing her to the ground without a second thought.

"Ahh..." My mom hit the ground hard. I didn't even look at her, just immediately checked on my in-laws. Only after confirming they were okay did I breathe a sigh of relief.

But when I looked up, I met my husband's grief-stricken expression. "Mia, what the hell are you doing?"

Nathan shook his head at me in disappointment, then helped my mom up. "Mom, are you alright?"

My mom shook her head pitifully. "No, I'm fine."

When I looked at my mom again, there was no knife in her handjust a belt.

"Mia, I just saw your mother-in-law bleeding and wanted to help stop it. What on earth are you doing?" This time my mom actually cried. "From earlier until now, you've been acting paranoid. What exactly are you guarding against?"

"I raised you all these years just for you to treat me like this?"

"Do you think I'm trying to hurt you?"

Meeting my mom's devastated eyes, I truly didn't know what to say.

The knifewhere did it go?

Why was it gone?

My mom was wearing a formal dress. If she really had a knife, there'd be nowhere to hide it.

Was it just my panicked reaction?

Just as I thought this, the ambulance arrived.

Nathan quickly got my in-laws onto the ambulance, then looked at me and my mom. "Mia, take Mom home."

"Okay."

I came back to my senses and nodded at Nathan, then watched them leave.

After things were settled at the hotel, I finally remembered about my mom.

But I couldn't find her anywhere.

Though I kept dying at my mom's hands, she had raised me all these years. Not being able to find her, I was still somewhat worried.

So I called my mom's phone, but it showed she was on another call.

With no other choice, I kept searching.

When I got to the waiting room door, I happened to hear my mom's voice.

I was about to push the door open when I heard my mom say, "Don't worry. Even if they don't die, they'll be disabled. I'll make my move when I visit them."

"No need. I'll do it myself."

"Mia is already suspicious of me. We might as well get rid of her first."

At those words, a chill ran down my spine.

Yes, yes, that was right.

This was the mom from my past life.

She was still the person determined to kill us all.

I quickly turned and ran.

As I passed where my in-laws had been earlier, I finally saw the knife.

No wonder I couldn't find itmy mom had hidden it under the table.

I barely made it to the car before I could breathe again.

I pulled out my phone to tell my husband to take good care of my in-laws, but the car door opened.

It was my mom.

She smiled coldly. "Planning to leave on your own?"

"No, no! I was just about to call you!"

My panic made me stumble over my words.

My mom calmly settled into the passenger seat. "Drive."

Compared to my panic, my mom was much more composed.

I didn't know when she would strike, so I was extremely nervous.

Yet my mom kept scolding me for ruining our wedding.

"Actually, if you didn't want to marry Nathan, you could have told me. There was no need to make such a mess of things."

My mom's questioning gaze bore into me.

I instantly felt guilty.

Of course I wanted to marry Nathan.

Though we hadn't been dating long, I truly loved him deeply.

So when my mom had asked me, "Do you really need to get married so soon?" I had nodded very firmly.

My mom had frowned. "Alright, if you've thought it through, I won't stand in your way."

But then the accident happened at the wedding.

Those bloody scenes still haunted me.

I'd even died three times and still hadn't found the reason.

So I asked my mom back, "Mom, do you not want me to marry Nathan?"

"It's not about wanting or not wanting. Since you like him, then go ahead and get married." My mom's bland response gave me no insight into her true feelings.

Finally, I got my mom home safely.

After she got out, she asked me, "Stay here tonight?"

"No, I need to go to the hospital to check on them."

"Alright. I'll bring you lunch tomorrow."

"No need, Mom. You've worked hard these past few days. We can manage. I'll call you if we need anything!"

After speaking, I looked at my mom nervously.

Only when she nodded did I relax.

I quickly drove to the hospital.

By then, my in-laws were already out of surgery.

The doctor said they weren't in life-threatening danger, but needed to stay for observation.

Their injuries were serious thoughat least a month in the hospital.

My in-laws had already taken their medication and were asleep.

When my husband saw me, he pulled me directly into the hospital corridor. "Mia, don't you have anything to say?"

"Say what?"

I didn't know what Nathan was asking about.

But he got angry. "A perfectly good wedding ruined like this, my parents injureddon't you think you owe an explanation?"

"I..."

Seeing Nathan so angry, I hesitated for a long time.

Finally, I looked up at Nathan seriously. "Do you trust me?"

"Of course. As long as you tell me the truth, I'll trust you."

"Okay. My mom wants to kill us..."

I didn't mention being reborn. I just said I'd had a dream that was exactly like what happened today.

And at the end of the dream, my mom wanted to kill us all.

After hearing my words, Nathan froze completely, unable to react for a long time.

I knew this sounded absurd, but I felt I had to say it.

After what felt like forever, Nathan nodded at me. "Alright, then we'll..."

"Mia, you're not making all this up because you want to back out of the marriage, are you?"

I couldn't believe it. Of all times, that's what he was thinking about.

I quickly raised my hand and swore.

Nathan reluctantly believed me.

From that day on, we tried to avoid contact with my mom as much as possible.

My strategy was simple: until we figured out how to break this cycle of my mom wanting to kill us, we shouldn't provoke her.

If she could kill us three times, she could certainly kill us a fourth.

Just to be safe, Nathan and I agreed to take turns watching over my in-laws at the hospital.

We weren't counting on my mom's help.

Several times my mom wanted to visit the hospital, but I turned her down.

Half a month passed like this, and both Nathan and I were exhausted.

Running between home and the hospital every day, unable to focus on workfinally, when I went home to cook that day, Nathan couldn't take it anymore.

But he didn't contact me. Instead, he answered a call from my mom.

When I arrived at the hospital with food, my in-laws weren't in the room.

An ominous premonition washed over me.

I quickly called Nathan. "Where did you take Mom and Dad?"

"I'm at the office. Mom and Dad aren't in the room?"

"You're at the office? Nathan, have you lost your mind? I told you someone had to be in the room at all times..."

I lost it.

Nathan's words became jumbled too. "Your mom went over there."

"My mom?"

My voice got even louder.

Nathan went silent, but I could hear his breathing getting heavier.

"Nathan, you're absolutely insane..."

He'd said he believed me. I'd actually thought he believed me.

I didn't say anything more and quickly hung up.

Then I frantically tried to contact my mom, but she wouldn't answer my calls.

From the hospital security footage, I saw that ten minutes ago, my mom had walked out of the hospital with them.

I quickly drove home, but they weren't there.

With no choice, I called the police.

When the police and I found my mom, she was shopping for groceries at the market.

Meanwhile, the hospital called to say my in-laws were back in their room.

Seeing me arrive with the police, my mom was devastated. "Mia, you..."

My mom fainted from anger.

We all ended up at the hospital together.

Nathan came too.

According to my in-laws, my mom had just taken them home for a bath.

The reason she hadn't answered her phone was that the battery had died.

After learning I'd called the police, Nathan thought I was sick. He even said, "You know, I almost believed you..."

I couldn't miss the blame in his tone. And after my in-laws learned I suspected my mom of wanting to kill them, they looked at me strangely.

In that instant, I felt like I'd become some kind of heinous criminal.

I didn't even know what to say to defend myself.

Nathan told me to calm down, so I left first.

Early the next morning, I went to my mom's room first. She wasn't there.

Right after, I heard Nathan's heart-wrenching screams.

I rushed over to see my father-in-law was already dead.

My mother-in-law was lying on him, crying.

My heart sank. Was it my mom?

The police came that day but determined my father-in-law had simply died of a heart attack.

And my mom hadn't been to their room at all that day.

After the police left, my mom shook her head at me in disappointment. "You still suspect I killed your father-in-law? Mia, I don't have a daughter like you anymore."

Nathan was tired too. "Mia, I don't know what's wrong with you, but I need to handle my dad's funeral. I really don't have time for this."

With no choice, I stopped saying anything.

For the next few days, Nathan handled his father's funeral while I stayed at the hospital to watch over my mother-in-law.

During this time, my mom was discharged.

We completely stopped talking.

I thought this time would be different.

But on the third day, when Nathan came to the room, I had fallen asleep, and my mother-in-law had stopped breathing.

"Mia, tell me what's going on."

"How did my mom die?"

I was completely dazed.

I'd been watching the room these past few days. I was sure no one had come in.

And I'd only been asleep for five minutes at most.

The nurse testified that no one had entered.

But my mother-in-law was dead.

My mom came too.

Seeing my mother-in-law dead, she was visibly relieved.

I instantly caught the meaning in her eyes and rushed over to confront her. "It was you, wasn't it? Why are you doing this? Why did you kill them? How did you do it?"

Faced with my interrogation, my mom just shook her head helplessly.

And Nathan looked at me like I was crazy.

I desperately tried to expose my mom's crimes, so I grabbed her sleeve and started pulling her outside.

But because I used too much force, I tore my mom's clothes.

Instantly, I saw a scar on my mom's arm.

In that moment, countless images flooded my mind.

Tears fell as well.

Seeing me like this, my mom smiled.

She smiled and then cried. "You remember?"

And in that moment, I finally understood why my mom wanted to kill us.