My sister-in-law has terrible eyesight. Before she and my brother were married, she saw us walking together and, assuming I was his mistress, punched me in the face. My eyeball ruptured. I lost sight in one eye. But she just stuck out her tongue and giggled. "Oops, my vision's blurry. I made a mistake! We're about to be family, so you won't hold it against me, right?" My mother and brother agreed. I shouldn't make a big deal out of it and jeopardize my brother’s happiness. After the wedding, I was in the shower at home when she burst in with a kettle of boiling water and poured it over me. My body was covered in severe burns. She just cried and threw herself into my brother's arms. "I just love you so much! I can't stand the thought of any other woman being near you!" He was touched. He forgave her. My family left me in the hospital to fend for myself. I died from a systemic infection. When I opened my eyes again, I was back in the moments before my brother and I were about to leave the house. 1 "Lilian's birthday is coming up. I need to get her a gift. Sis, come help me pick something out." My brother, Mark, gave me a shove. The motion jolted me awake. The searing pain of boiling water felt so real it was as if it hadn't faded. I immediately pushed up my sleeves, but my arms were smooth and unmarred. "What are you doing? Let's go," Mark said, his voice louder when I didn't respond. I ignored him, glancing at my phone. The date confirmed it. I was reborn. "I can't," I said quickly, clutching my stomach and grimacing. "My stomach's been killing me for days. I can't go out." "Always something with you," my mother grumbled, emerging from the kitchen. "Don't think I don't know you're faking it. Get up and go help your brother." She grabbed my arm and yanked. Caught off guard, I fell to the floor. The fake pain became real. But this wasn't the time to argue. I had to stay home. I had to protect my eyes. "Mom, why don't you go with Mark? You have better taste than I do. If Lilian knew you picked out her gift, she'd be thrilled." My mother rolled her eyes. "I'm busy. No time." I knew what this was really about. Mark wanted me to come along so I'd be the one to pay. My mother knew it too, which is why she refused to go. I pulled out my phone and transferred him some money. "Here, this is from me. The seasons are changing; buy yourself some new clothes too." The money improved her mood instantly. Mark, seeing he had his funding, no longer cared who went with him. "Fine. Mom, go change. Let's get going." As my mother headed to her bedroom, I followed. "Mom, wear this one," I said, pulling a brightly colored dress from her closet. "It's beautiful. Makes you look young and vibrant." She put it on without a second thought. I watched them leave, breathing a sigh of relief. But a moment later, I slipped out of the house and followed them. They went straight to the mall, heading for the luxury boutiques on the ground floor. Mark clearly already knew what he wanted to buy. I watched from a distance, careful not to get too close. Soon, a familiar figure appeared. Mark's girlfriend, Lilian, was walking arm-in-arm with her best friend, heading towards the same boutique. Her friend spotted him first. "Lilian, look! Isn't that your boyfriend?" Lilian squinted. There was Mark, arm-in-arm with another woman, laughing and smiling. Because the woman's hair was down, she couldn't see her face clearly. Not that it mattered. It was a woman. That was all the proof she needed. "That bastard! He told me he was picking out a gift for me, but he's fooling around with this slut! I'll teach her a lesson!" Lilian rolled up her sleeves and stormed towards them. "MARK!" she screamed at their backs. My mother and Mark spun around at the sound of her voice. The next second, a fist slammed into my mother's eye socket. "AGH!" my mother shrieked, stumbling back and clutching her face. "You're disgusting!" Lilian spat. "You'll stoop this low? An old hag? If you wanted to break up, you should've just said so!" Mark was stunned for a second, then rushed to help our mother. Seeing this, Lilian grew even more furious. "I'll kill you, you old witch! You shameless crone!" "Are you insane?! This is my MOTHER!" Mark yelled. Lilian's hand froze mid-air. "Wh-what?" My mother, cupping her eye, howled in pain. "My eye! It hurts so much! I can't see! Son, my eye!" "Oh god, ma'am, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to! I thought you were—" Lilian reached for my mother, but after being punched, my mom was in no mood for apologies. She ignored Lilian completely, grabbing Mark's arm. "Take me to the hospital! Son, Mom can't see!" They rushed off to find a cab, not saying a single word to Lilian. But this time, Lilian knew she was in the wrong. And since she didn't want to break up with him, she scrambled to follow them. I watched the whole chaotic scene, and I couldn't help but laugh out loud. 2 In my past life, when I went to the mall with Mark to buy a gift for Lilian, we were just walking side-by-side. No physical contact at all. But when Lilian saw us, she charged over and punched me. Even after Mark explained we were siblings, she didn't believe him. She beat me, kicked me, and refused to let me go to the hospital. By the time I finally got treatment, it was too late. My left eyeball had to be removed. I became a one-eyed woman. When I demanded she be held accountable, she was brazen. "I have bad eyesight! And you two were walking so close. Even if you're siblings, you should know better." She’d turned on me. "You only lost one eye. Are you going to ruin your brother's entire life over it? What a cruel sister you are." I was so furious I could have spit blood. I pulled out my phone to call the police, but my mother snatched it away and slapped me across the face. "You troublemaker! You only lost one eye, not both! Do you have to see your brother miserable to be happy?!" Losing an eye made me disabled. I lost a promotion at work. My boss, under the guise of "accommodating" me, moved me to a dead-end position where I did nothing but fetch coffee all day. Then, one day, Lilian came home from work and found only Mark there. She heard the sound of a shower running. She immediately assumed he'd brought a mistress home. She stormed into the kitchen, boiled a kettle of water, kicked open the bathroom door, and threw it at the figure inside without even looking. My skin peeled away from my body. She just cackled. "That's what you get, you slut! Burn! Burn!" When the steam cleared and she saw it was me, she feigned shock. "What—it's you, sis? Why are you showering in the middle of the day? Are you trying to seduce my husband?!" Pain was everywhere. I didn't even care that I was naked. I ran out of the bathroom and called for an ambulance. I had third-degree burns all over my body and needed skin grafts. But Mark and my mother took all my savings and told the doctors, "We're refusing treatment. Just let her die." As I lay dying from a systemic infection, Lilian stood over my bed, looking down at me with contempt. "In your next life, stay away from other people's husbands. Or you won't even know how you died." I died in agony. And even then, that despicable pair didn't stop. At my funeral, they slandered my name, claiming I'd tried to seduce my own brother and that my death was divine retribution. My life was pain. My death brought no peace. Thank god for this second chance. This house was full of monsters, and this time, I wouldn't spare a single one. 3 Mark called me on the way to the hospital, telling me to meet them there. When I arrived, the doctor was examining my mother. Lilian looked me up and down. "And you are?" In this life, I'd deliberately kept my distance from this toxic pair, giving her no reason to attack me. I smiled. "You must be Lilian. I'm Mark's sister, Sarah. You two make a perfect couple." My friendly tone disarmed her, and she said nothing more. Back at the mall, she had put her entire strength into that punch, as if trying to kill my mother. My mother's eyeball had ruptured on impact, blood streaming from the corner of her eye. The doctor sighed. "The eyeball has to be removed. As soon as possible." My mother gasped at the news, her one good eye rolling back in her head as she started to faint. I quickly stepped forward to support her. "Oh, my poor mother! Who did this to you? How will you live as a one-eyed woman?!" My wailing reminded my mother that she hadn't yet dealt with the culprit. She lunged at Lilian, grabbing her hair and shaking her back and forth, slapping her repeatedly with her free hand. "You bitch! Give me back my eye! Give it back!" Lilian was a bully who only picked on the weak. A sneak attack was one thing, but in a real fight, she was no match for my mother. She was getting pummeled, screaming for Mark to save her. Mark didn't know who to help, so he just tried to pull them apart. "Son, you have to break up with this little tramp! We can't have this kind of woman in our family!" Lilian, her face tear-streaked, clung to Mark's arm. "Honey, I know I was wrong! I only lost my mind because I love you so much!" She then looked at my mother. "Ma'am, I've decided to marry into your family to atone for what I've done. I'll be your daughter-in-law. I'll take care of you. I'll be your eyes." A flicker of satisfaction crossed Mark's face. He was clearly pleased with this outcome. My mother, however, was not. "A shrew like you? Our family wouldn't dare! Get out! I don't want to see you!" she shrieked at Lilian. Then she turned to Mark. "If you stay with this woman, you can forget you have a mother!" Seeing them at a stalemate, I stepped in to mediate, ushering the couple outside the room. "Look," I sighed, "Mom's furious right now. She won't listen to anything. You two wait out here for a bit. I'll try to talk to her." Lilian, still smarting from the beating, plopped down on a chair without a word. Mark immediately went to comfort her. Once they were gone, I went back into the room. Lilian had to marry into our family. The suffering I endured in my past life… this whole family needed a taste of it. I sat down beside my mother. "Mom, calm down. Don't let this ruin your health. We can't change what's happened, so let's think about the future." Still fuming, she glared at me. "What are you getting at?" A little while later, I called the two of them back in. "I agree to let you marry my son," my mother said to Lilian.
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