Madam Lu is dead, killed by her own daughter, dying with eyes wide open.
Wufu entered the woodshed and saw Zhou Xiuer curled up in a corner, her eyes vacant as she gazed at Madam Lu's corpse. Madam Lu no longer resembled her once plump self.
She lay on a pile of disorderly firewood, her hair disheveled like a bird's nest. She had become significantly thinner, with prominent cheekbones and sunken eyes. Her mouth wide open, a silvery thread of saliva hanging from its corners.
"Miss, she suffocated to death," Chi Wu came forward to inspect and reported, "There are strangulation marks on her neck."
Zhou Xiuer finally lifted her head. Her face was deathly pale, with fresh scratch marks on her cheeks. When her eyes met Wufu's, they immediately shrank back.
"You killed your mother," Wufu said coldly, looking down at her from above.
