Mother-in-law “pretends to be sick” all year round to fool her son and daughter-in-law. Husband goes away for a whole month and only comes home once a month, only listens to what his mother says and beats his wife.

Since we got married, I have never known peace. My husband is always away on construction work, coming home once a month, and my mother-in-law pretends to be sick all year round, acting like I am the sinner in this house.

Every day, as soon as she finished cooking, she would lie down and cough and groan. When I did the laundry, she would pretend to faint. When I went to the market for a while, she would call her husband and cry:

“My child, I can’t breathe, but she still puts on makeup and goes out.”

When my husband came home, he was sullen and even hit me in front of her. I was upset, but I had no proof. She acted too well. The doctor couldn’t find anything wrong, but she was always “close to death” whenever her son was around.

I endured it for a long time. Until one day, after a slap from my husband that made my eyes sparkle when I got home, I decided  to put an end to this drama.

That night, when she was fast asleep, I gently placed a  tiny tape recorder  under her pillow. It was a new recording, activated only by sound.

The next morning, I got up early to cook rice. Just as she started to “cough, groan, and complain”, I took out my phone and played the recording on the speaker.

Her voice was clear, every word was scheming:

“I just need to moan a few times and T will come home. Does that girl think she got a good husband? I haven’t let her out of the house yet, so she’s very lucky. If you dare to fight back, I’ll cry a little and the whole family will believe I was beaten.”

The husband had just come downstairs when he heard that sentence, his face  turned pale . Before she could understand what was going on,  a fight  broke out right at the dinner table.

– Mom… what are you talking about? – He stuttered, trembling.

– No… not mom, someone must be impersonating…

I sighed, handing my phone to my husband to see the full recording of the time, date, voice, and even her forced cough.

Unable to argue, she  threw a tantrum :
– I did everything just to keep my son, to keep this house… he is not worthy to be a daughter-in-law…

My husband knelt down,  his hands trembling as he held my hand :
– I was wrong… please forgive me this time…

As for her, she also  had to kneel  on the ground, choking:
– I was wrong, I’m sorry… don’t tell relatives, neighbors…

I stood up,  gently put away the recorder , and smiled faintly:
– I didn’t intend to say it yet… but if there’s another time, then you yourself will be famous throughout this neighborhood, no need to pretend to be sick to be on TV.

From that day on, she was surprisingly healthy, watering the plants in the morning, cleaning the kitchen in the afternoon, and snoring like thunder at night. Her husband came home every week to visit… not forgetting to buy flowers to apologize.