Although the wages were not high, there was still some income to barely keep the three of them fed. However, the god of fate was not kind to Locke's family. Locke's mother, in order to support the family, worked day and night, and her body was long deprived of nutrition. When Locke was thirteen, his mother fell ill with scurvy.
Even more unfortunate, shortly after his mother fell ill, Locke's younger sister also contracted the same illness. At that time, Locke was just a child and was completely powerless to take his mother and sister for medical treatment. In this way, Locke's mother passed away from illness.
Locke's mother's body remained in the rented room where they temporarily resided for a full three days. It wasn't until her boss at the restaurant where she worked noticed she hadn't shown up and couldn't reach her that he came to the door.
Locke's mother worked at a Chinese restaurant, and the boss who came to the door was the former head chef of Yuelai Building, Hu Song.
