Chapter 401: Wearing the Clothes of the Dead

As high school approached, Layne feared that her outstanding granddaughter would attract unwanted attention. So, she encouraged Malaya to continue pretending to be a bully.

The smile vanished from Malaya’s face.

Did Cheyenne find out?

The clothes were scavenged from a second-hand market by the household staff, who said they were taken from deceased patients in nearby hospitals.

Most of these people had contagious diseases and no one to claim their bodies. They were hastily cremated to dispose of them.

When she sent the staff to buy the clothes, she had been discreet about it. She was afraid that if the matter got out, it would tarnish the “kind-hearted” image she had carefully built for herself. But how did Cheyenne find out?

One day, after wearing a black cotton coat, she felt completely uncomfortable. She walked down the street feeling dizzy and lightheaded. Accidentally, someone bumped into her.

His scissors tore through her coat, causing dirty, bloody clumps of cotton to fall out, emitting a nauseating smell.

People around her looked at her with disgust and disdain, covering their noses as they walked away from her.

From that day on, rumors spread through the campus about Cheyenne’s unkempt appearance. Everyone assumed she had accidentally stained her clothes during her menstrual cycle, even dying the cotton inside the coat red.

For young girls just starting junior high, many were naïve about such matters. Cheyenne was shocked when she first discovered bloodied cotton inside her coat.

skipped class and went

blue checkered pattern. The old lady opened the bag with a smile, revealing a

with a disgusted expression, handed her two bills,

few days later, Malaya handed her two “new clothes,” one of which was from the

Cheyenne followed her all the way to the

a

waste, bloodied needles, empty bottles, and a heap of abandoned

trash, picking up clothes to wash and sell in the

Cheyenne opened a black plastic

brain matter. Some resembled bodies that were six or seven

her for being startled. After all, these were all discarded waste

of the pregnant students were underage and dared not tell their families, so they hurriedly had abortions. Since they couldn’t afford a cemetery plot, the

the toilet using medication-induced abortion. For pregnancies further along, they had to undergo surgical procedures, during which the doctors used forceps to forcibly

be sent to the crematorium. So, they were packed in black plastic

boasted that she had sold

to sell those clothes in the second-hand market, she would

and Nora to wear

Nora nearly had a breakdown. She couldn’t bear the thought of wearing clothes laden with bacteria and viruses. She had always been delicate, and how could she wear clothes of the

those clothes and knew exactly where they came from. Tearfully, she begged George to help her. She couldn’t wear them. What if

Iker said with a hint of hostility, thinking about his three stepmothers, his voice tinged with anger.

then, even young Cheyenne wore those clothes. Now it was their

she grew older, Cheyenne burned most of those clothes, leaving only two sets

quickly took the clothes

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