Spoiled by Eight Uncles

Blake sat on the sofa, Lilly squatting in front of him to inspect his foot.

All that could be seen was the purple-green handprint on his ankle had only deepened, as if it was rotting.

Lilly took out the paper amulet and set it on fire. She then filled up half a bucket of water, scattering the ashes into the water and stirring everything together with the wooden sword.

She picked up Blake’s foot, submerging it into the bucket as she washed it with the amulet water. “O’ stinky foot, O’ Daddy’s stinky foot, it’s so stinky and stinks everywhere..”

Blake chuckled lightly.

His feet did not stink!

As the water splashed onto the purple-green handprint, Blake felt a slight stinging pain on his foot as the handprint on his ankle began to fade.

Within no time, the bucket of water had turned black.

“Whoa, this is a big one!” Lilly exclaimed. “You didn’t get pulled down, Dad! You’re awesome!”

Blake was speechless.

He did not know if his darling girl was praising him, or the demon that had tried to harm him.

Lilly headed for the bathroom with the bucket, pouring the water down the toilet. After flushing it down, she filled another half-bucket of water.

After repeating this twice, Blake’s foot finally went back to normal. Lilly took off the robe she was wearing, and tied it to his feet.

Blake took in the sight of his busy little bee. The kid meant serious business, diligent in washing his feet and wiping them dry with the robe.

A strange emotion rose in his chest— he was touched. He had never thought that he would have such a caring, kind daughter one day.

“All done!” Lilly clapped her hands. “You can’t take the robe off all night, Dad.”

Blake nodded, reaching out and hoisting Lilly into his lap. “Thank you, Lilly. That looked hard.”

Lilly hugged Blake’s neck, planting a slobbery kiss on his cheek. “Don’t worry about it!”

soft, her eyes big and black

bouncing up and down the bead before landing on her back and

Daddy! Let’s lie

chuckled to himself, getting up and lying next

them into the air and catching her feet

while, Blake turned

tapping

girls drowning in the river had become a hot topic online overnight, especially the middle-aged lady’s line, “I

in the river. Man jumps into the river to save them. The girl’s mom responded, “I didn’t ask

and body cannot be found, mother curses rescuer,

drowned at the same time, one of them missing. Mother screams

onlookers. They all seemed to be angered by the situation, leaving a slew of angry comments cursing out

the incident’s popularity and putting it on

worrying about how to gain popularity, saw this as a

on the matter, criticizing the mother for her skewed values.

talking about this. He

to other videos, but they never passed a thousand. The playback only reached twenty to

He hadn’t done more.

idea came to him. “I can

comment in support of the mother against all the others

other two, but why didn’t you save the remaining one? You

be the hero if you’re incompetent! Honestly, the only way to make this fair would be

was definitely controversial enough, and

“What a scumbag!

your mind? People sh*t out of their butts, but you seem to

words. How do people like this exist?

was… overjoyed at the amount

blind to whether the comments were positive

got, the better

realized that the facts

drowned last night, but only two of them were

to have vanished into thin air, unable to

the river and livestreaming their attempts to find the