My 10-year-old daughter always rushed to the bathroom as soon as she came home from school. When I asked, “Why do you always take a bath right away?” she smiled and said, “I just like to be clean.” However, one day while cleaning the drain, I found something. The moment I saw it, my whole body started trembling, and I immediately…

my own bathroom.

I knelt by the tub and removed the metal drain cover.

There was the usual mess at first—soap scum, hair, the kind of unpleasant household debris you expect and recoil from. I grabbed the plastic drain tool from under the sink, took a breath, and slid it down into the pipe.

It caught almost immediately.

I frowned and gave it a careful tug.continue reading …