The Price of Love

Evelyn, the top student of a prestigious middle school, seemed to be the perfect daughter in everyone's eyes - obedient, quiet, and never argumentative. Her mother was her homeroom teacher and always used her to demonstrate her authority in public.​ She got an A in math, and her mother slapped her in the face until her cheek swelled up; she ate the snacks left by her classmates secretly, and her mother pricked her mouth with a needle until it bled; when a girl from another class was caught having a crush on her, her mother forcibly stripped her naked and displayed her in the corridor.​ Evelyn hid a small notebook in her sleeve. Every time her mother hurt her, she deducted one point from her mother in her heart.​ After 99 deductions, her classmate Joanna falsely accused her of being in a relationship, and her mother tore her clothes in public. This was the 100th time.​ Evelyn jumped out of the window on the sixth floor corridor.​ Her mother rushed downstairs like crazy, found her in a pool of blood, and rescued her. After the rescue, Evelyn became a vegetative state. Her mother searched through her belongings and found that small notebook - every page was filled with "-1", recording every injury.​ She knelt in front of her daughter's bed, spent the rest of her life repenting, but she could never regain a single glance from her daughter.