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A secretly taped meeting and a set of forged financial documents are leaked to the entire company inbox. The power dynamic shifts violently when the hidden truth is exposed in YOU WANT MY RING GET ON YOUR KNEES, forcing the arrogant heir to grovel in front of the flashing cameras.
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00:00:02Ever's the day we were trapped in the snow-covered mountains, Mom has called me a liar.
00:00:08Not because I actually lied, but because of this thing on my wrist, the Thermal May Monitoring Bracelet.
00:00:17My mother Grace is obsessed with technology.
00:00:20The one belief she holds above all else is that data never lies.
00:00:31In an environment like this, every single calorie must be used where it matters most.
00:00:37Anyone showing a red light gets no food for the day.
00:00:43Mine is green.
00:00:47Your bracelet is red! You're recklessly consuming the last remaining calories in this house!
00:00:52Mom, I only had a cup of water this morning. I really don't know why it's red!
00:00:57Shut up!
00:00:59Your body has excess heat. You don't deserve any rations today.
00:01:05Mom, I'm really cold and hungry.
00:01:08The machine doesn't lie, Chloe.
00:01:12From that day on, those words became the most unquestionable truth in that cabin.
00:01:16The red light on my bracelet became like a curse.
00:01:19It declared me over-consuming heat every single day.
00:01:23At noon that day, Mom distributed the food.
00:01:25Anna got a larger portion because her bracelet was green.
00:01:28She needs to replenish energy.
00:01:30Mine was pitifully small because my bracelet was flashing red.
00:01:34Mom, I haven't eaten anything. I'm really hungry.
00:01:38Chloe, machines don't lie.
00:01:40Just to get an extra bite, you're actually trying to deceive me.
00:01:42Look at your sister, Anna. Her bracelet is always green.
00:01:45She'd rather stay hungry than steal even a strip of food.
00:01:47And you, you're a thief!
00:01:49I didn't take any food. I really didn't.
00:01:52If you didn't steal anything, then why did I find the last piece of missing from the storage room this
00:01:58morning?
00:01:58I didn't take it!
00:02:11I ate it.
00:02:14She ate it! It's totally Anna! She just told me!
00:02:18Mom, I didn't!
00:02:19Sister, why are you accusing me?
00:02:22Mom, my bracelet is green. How could I have stolen the chocolate?
00:02:31Not only are you selfish enough to steal food, you even viciously frame your own sister!
00:02:39How did I end up with such a cruel daughter?
00:02:47Mom, I didn't lie. It really wasn't me.
00:02:56Please, just believe me this once. Just once.
00:03:01No.
00:03:02Even just a fraction of the tenderness she showed when she looked at Anna.
00:03:08Mom, I really didn't lie to you. Please believe me this time. I'm your daughter.
00:03:14Look at her.
00:03:15Look at it yourself. Red. Chloe, it's red. It shows excess calories. If you didn't steal food, then who did?
00:03:22Your sister's bracelet is green. She can barely even stand. How could she possibly steal anything?
00:03:27I have to punish a lying child like you.
00:03:38I was wrong. I won't lie again. Mom, please.
00:04:01Mom, will my sister freeze lying there?
00:04:04Her? She won't freeze. Her bracelet is red. She's got excess heat.
00:04:09Anna, don't be like her. Be an honest child.
00:04:14My heart felt like it was being clenched by an icy hand. The pain so intense I could barely breathe.
00:04:22I didn't even have the strength to struggle anymore. My forehead began to burn with heat. Even my breath carried
00:04:29an abnormal warmth.
00:04:30Grace, Chloe doesn't look well. Her face is too red. Could she have a fever? Maybe we should give her
00:04:36some hot water?
00:04:38David, her bracelet is red. This isn't a fever. She secretly ate chocolate and her body temperature rose because of
00:04:45excess calories.
00:04:47She fooled you.
00:04:51You're still lying. Pretending to be sick to gain my sympathy? Looks like you need a real lesson.
00:04:57You're going to the attic right now to reflect on your mistakes.
00:05:10Mom, I really didn't steal the chocolate. I didn't lie.
00:05:25Mom, don't lock me in here. I'll die.
00:05:30When you figure it out, when you admit you stole the chocolate and your bracelet turns green, I'll let you
00:05:36out. Otherwise, you can stay here forever and reflect.
00:05:55Chloe, I'm sorry. I was wrong. I was wrong. I shouldn't have doubted you.
00:06:03Back then, she loved me too, didn't she?
00:06:14Grace, maybe we should let Chloe out. She hasn't eaten anything today.
00:06:18I had Anna bring her some bread.
00:06:20I wanted to say no one had brought me anything, but the words got stuck in my throat because I
00:06:26knew he wouldn't believe me.
00:06:40Big sister, are you cold? Are you hungry? Don't you really want some hot water and a biscuit?
00:06:47Anna, I'm so cold and hungry. Please give me the water and the biscuit.
00:06:52Give it to you?
00:06:57Oh, right. I almost forgot to tell you. That chocolate? I was the one who ate it. So sweet. So
00:07:03delicious.
00:07:03Too bad you didn't get any. But what can you do? Your core shack is red.
00:07:07Mom only believes me, not you. Want a drink? Then beg me. Say you're a liar that you stole the
00:07:13chocolate.
00:07:14Say it, and I'll let you drink. Oops. My hand slipped. Sorry, big sister.
00:07:22I looked at the board beneath me as it frozen solid. Suddenly, I couldn't feel my feet anymore.
00:07:27The dizziness from the fever grew stronger and stronger. My vision blurred.
00:07:30I could clearly feel it. My body heat slipping away little by little. My life draining out of me.
00:07:33But I still couldn't accept it. I still hadn't lived to see the day Mom believed me.
00:07:39Mom, I'm so cold. I'm so hungry. I really didn't lie. Please believe me. Just once. Please.
00:07:46Dad, save me. I'm going to die. Dad!
00:07:51Music started playing downstairs. It was the deafening Symphony No. 5.
00:07:55The intense, surging music instantly drowned out my faint cries for help.
00:07:59The sound of me pounding on the floor completely swallowed them.
00:08:02She knew I was calling for help. She heard me. She just didn't want to listen.
00:08:07With that thunderous music, she blocked her own ears and completely cut off my last path to survival.
00:08:13My hands stopped pounding. In that moment, all my strength, all my hope, all my unwillingness vanished.
00:08:20I was so hungry. So cold. But Mom would never believe me. She would only believe the bracelet.
00:08:29The machine doesn't lie. What a ridiculous sentence.
00:08:33I don't know how much time passed. My body stopped trembling.
00:08:37Instead, a strange warmth began to spread across my skin. A false burning sensation, as if I were no longer
00:08:43cold.
00:08:44I raised my hand and looked at my little finger, frozen to a purplish blue.
00:08:47Without a single ripple in my heart, I bent it forcely. Crack. A faint snapping sound.
00:08:51My little finger broke. But I felt no pain at all. So this is what it's like when a person
00:08:55is freezing to death.
00:08:56You really feel nothing.
00:08:58Mom. I thought again of when I was very young.
00:09:00Then stir. Her embrace was so her warm. Her smile was so gentle.
00:09:04I want to go back to that time. I want Mom to hug me just once more.
00:09:08February 14th. 7th day of the blizzard. Mom found the chocolate missing. She said I stole it. It wasn't me,
00:09:14Anna ate it. My bracelet turned red. Mom hit me, shocked me with the bracelet, took my blanket and gave
00:09:18it to Anna. I'm so cold.
00:09:24Chloe, come here. Let Mom hug you.
00:09:32I felt weightless. I looked down. I was floating. And there below me I saw myself lying on that frozen
00:09:37pile of cardboard. My right hand was missing a little finger. The dead girl's wrist was still flashing red.
00:09:42Oh. Oh. I'm dead.
00:09:45I looked down. My body was still curled up on the freezing wooden floor. The thermal monitoring bracelet was still
00:09:51tightly fastened around my lifeless, purplish wrist. The red light continued flashing tirelessly, reflecting on my pale, expressionless face. Eerie
00:09:59and ironic.
00:10:00I was dead. I died at the age of 10 in a blizzard in the Alps, locked in a freezing
00:10:04attic by my mom I loved most, frozen to death. I hovered there, looking at my own corpse. I didn't
00:10:09cry. I wasn't afraid.
00:10:10There was only a vast, lifeless calm inside me, like a nightmare that had lasted 10 years, finally ending.
00:10:15My soul passed through the attic door like a gust of wind, without the slightest resistance. I drifted down the
00:10:22stairs, into the living room. Mom, Dad, and Anna were gathered around the table by the fire, smiles on their
00:10:28faces. Smiles I hadn't seen in a long time. The satellite phone on the table was lit.
00:10:34I heard it. Just moments ago, Mom had gotten through to the rescue team. They said the blizzard had weakened.
00:10:41In two days, they would be able to fly up in a helicopter and take us down the mountain. We
00:10:45were saved, except me. I died three days before the rescue arrived. I died just as the storm was about
00:10:53to end.
00:10:53That's great! We can finally leave this awful place! Mom, I want cake! Don't we still have that emergency cream
00:11:00cake in storage? I want to eat it now!
00:11:02Alright.
00:11:08That cake Dad had bought it for me before we came to the mountains. I couldn't bear to eat it,
00:11:13so I hid it deep in the storage room. I wanted to wait until the blizzard ended, then take it
00:11:18out and share it with Mom, Dad, and my sister. I had even drawn a picture of our family on
00:11:23the box and written the words,
00:11:24I love Mom. Eat slowly. No one's going to take it from you.
00:11:31Hmm.
00:11:32When we get down the mountain, I'll buy you a bigger, even better cake.
00:11:37I floated in front of them, watching this warm, joyful scene. And somewhere where my heart should have been, there
00:11:44was pain.
00:11:45Oh, right. Chloe is still locked in the attic. Since rescue is coming soon, maybe we should let her out.
00:11:52Let her have something to eat. She's been locked up for two days.
00:11:57She's been locked up for two days! She should have learned her lesson!
00:12:10My breath stopped instantly. Was she going to the attic? Was she going to see me? Was she finally going
00:12:18to discover that I was dead?
00:12:22Chloe.
00:12:26Chloe, come out and eat!
00:12:28No response.
00:12:30I'm inside! I can't answer you! I'm already dead! If you open the door, you'll see my body! I'm already
00:12:38dead!
00:12:39I looked at Mom with sorrow. If she found out I was dead, would she be sad? Would she regret
00:12:45it?
00:12:45Still sulking? You're already ten, not five. Trying to get my attention this way? Then don't come out.
00:12:51Mom! I'm not sulking! I'm dead! I'm already dead! Look at me! I froze to death! Right there in the
00:12:57attic!
00:12:57I'm not lying! The bracelet is broken! Anna ate it! Look at me!
00:13:02Why did it suddenly get so cold? Is the fireplace not burning strong enough? David, go add some more wood!
00:13:08Mom couldn't hear my voice. She couldn't feel my presence. I was a ghost. A ghost who died at her
00:13:15hands, ignored and forgotten.
00:13:17Don't sound the colder money. See us, babe!
00:13:20Shouldn't we turn on the heating? The rescue team will be here soon, anyway?
00:13:24You're right. Let them see that even in this kind of environment, we can still maintain a scientific standard of
00:13:29living.
00:13:30She went downstairs and turned on the central heating and the floor heating throughout the house.
00:13:37The temperature in the attic rose as well. My body began to decompose faster.
00:13:45The water spread outward, soaking through the cardboard, seeping into the floor.
00:13:50I watched my body grow colder and stiffer, little by little, until signs of decay began to appear.
00:13:57That was my smell. The smell of death.
00:14:01They were going to leave after being rescued. They were going to leave this cabin that had trapped me.
00:14:06They were going to leave my body here, forever in this cold attic.
00:14:11I'll take something to Chloe. She's been in the attic for two days. She hasn't even had a sip of
00:14:15water.
00:14:16Take what? Her red light is on like that. She's got more than enough energy. She won't starve.
00:14:25Dad! Open the door! Hurry! Open it!
00:14:29If you just turn the handle, you'll see that I'm not moving anymore. You'll see my darkened face.
00:14:39Hello? Rescue team? Yes, this is David.
00:14:42What? You can come up the mountain in two days? That's great!
00:14:46The rescue team said the blizzard will completely stop. In two days they'll be able to come up.
00:14:53It was that close, just that tiny bit, just one second. I could have been found.
00:14:58Maybe then, I wouldn't have to keep decaying.
00:15:12Mom was the first to notice.
00:15:16What is that smell? It's disgusting!
00:15:19Oh my god! It stinks! It's coming from the attic!
00:15:22Did my sister go on the floor? Did she do it on purpose? Is she trying to stink us to
00:15:27death?
00:15:32Chloe! What are you doing in there? It stinks!
00:15:51Chloe, didn't you want to disgust us? Fine. Then stay in there with your stink. Don't even think about coming
00:15:57out to pollute our air.
00:16:00The last trace of my attachment to her snapped completely, just like that strip of tape.
00:16:05She would rather seal the cracks of the door with tape and endure the increasingly unbearable stench than push the
00:16:11door open and look at her own daughter.
00:16:13I'm right here.
00:16:16Can't you see me?
00:16:22The tape in the end couldn't block the overwhelming stench of a rotting body. Another day passed. It was the
00:16:28day the rescue team had promised to come up the mountain.
00:16:45Chloe! I've had enough of you, you disgusting little brat! What exactly are you trying to do? Making the whole
00:16:52house stink on purpose? Are you trying to torment us?
00:16:54I'm gonna teach you a lesson today!
00:17:11Chloe?
00:17:13Chloe?
00:17:24I'm talking to you, Chloe!
00:17:48Chloe?
00:17:52No. No, that's impossible. Chloe?
00:17:55You're pretending, aren't you, Chloe? You're lying to Mom again, aren't you?
00:18:00Get up! Mom's not angry anymore! I won't scold you again! Get up! Don't scare me! Please!
00:18:07Her hand trembled as she reached beneath my nose. No breath. Then she reached for my neck, feeling for a
00:18:13pulse. Nothing. Only coldness. Only silence. I was truly dead.
00:18:18Dead in the attic she had locked with her own hands. Dead in the cold and hunger she had caused.
00:18:24Dead under the gaze. She never once chose to believe.
00:18:27Impossible. The machine doesn't know. What is it?
00:18:41They had followed the sound of the screams. The team leader pushed open the attic door and froze the moment
00:18:46he saw what was inside. The body of a ten-year-old girl lay curled up on the cold floor.
00:18:51A bracelet flashing red on her wrist. A woman sat collapsed on the ground. Screaming like a mad woman. Her
00:18:58eyes unfocused completely deranged.
00:19:00David and Anna, who had followed behind, turned deathly pale the moment he saw my body. David's legs gave out,
00:19:07and he collapsed at the doorway, his whole body trembling violently.
00:19:11How did this happen? How did this happen? How did this happen? How did this happen?
00:19:15How did this happen? How did this happen?
00:19:16He finally understood, behind the door he had almost opened that day, lay his daughter's cold corpse.
00:19:22He finally understood that his repeated hesitation and retreat had ultimately pushed me to my death.
00:19:29Anna hid behind David, staring at my bluish, swollen face, and fear finally showed on her face.
00:19:35She burst into tears, clinging tightly to David's arm, her body shaking like a leaf in the autumn wind, barely
00:19:42able to stand.
00:19:44She was finally afraid.
00:19:45She finally understood that her prank, her lies, her framing, had cost a life.
00:19:51Had killed her own sister.
00:19:56Quick! Call a doctor! Seal off the scene!
00:20:00The rescue team leader quickly snapped out of it and shouted sharply at the others.
00:20:05Unable to suppress the anger in his voice, the team set up a cordon.
00:20:09A doctor pushed through the crowd and entered the attic, crouching beside my body for a long time.
00:20:15Examining carefully, his movements gentle, as if afraid of damaging my already fragile skin.
00:20:20Severe hypothermia. Organ failure.
00:20:24This child was starved for at least a month, and in temperatures well below freezing, she froze to death.
00:20:31Time of death was two to three days ago.
00:20:33It's not my fault! She was lying! She stole food! Look! The bracelet is red! The red light! It says
00:20:42she has excess calories! I follow the data! Machines don't lie!
00:20:47The doctor frowned, crouched down, and carefully tried to remove the bracelet from my wrist, but the strap had fused
00:20:54tightly with my frozen purplish skin, almost as if it had grown into the flesh.
00:20:59Gritting his teeth, the doctor took out specialized tools and carefully pried the bracelet off.
00:21:04Little by little, I floated in mid-air, watching the bracelet that had been on me for ten whole days
00:21:10finally leave my wrist.
00:21:11This cold shackle that had trapped me for ten days, that had caused my death, finally fell away.
00:21:17The doctor held the bracelet, turning it over and over, then opened the casing on the back.
00:21:23After just one glance, he let out a cold laugh, looking up at mom.
00:21:28Ma'am, your so-called infuelable machine has been broken for a long time.
00:21:33The temperature sensor and calorie monitoring module have completely failed.
00:21:37The circuit shorted out, which is why the red light stays on.
00:21:41From the very first day it was worn, it was already broken.
00:21:44It couldn't measure anything at all. It could only keep flashing red.
00:21:47The truth, she had trusted above all else.
00:21:51The things she relied on to judge my life and death, had been a joke from the very beginning.
00:21:59You are lying.
00:22:05I hadn't lied. Not once.
00:22:10The bracelet was broken. She was wrong.
00:22:14No, no, that's impossible.
00:22:22Machines don't lie.
00:22:27Look! Anna's bracelet is still green!
00:22:29This proves the system works. This is scientific.
00:22:33At that moment, a female rescue worker walked over to Anna, bent down, and took something out of the pocket.
00:22:39It had been hidden there for days, crumpled beyond recognition, still smeared with traces of chocolate, holding the wrapper.
00:22:47The rescue worker walked up to Mom and said coldly,
00:22:51Ma'am, is this the chocolate you said was stolen?
00:22:55We found it in your younger daughter's pocket.
00:22:58All eyes turned instantly toward Anna.
00:23:01Anna's face went pale in an instant.
00:23:09It wasn't me! My sister told me to hide it!
00:23:13She ate it, not me!
00:23:17But this time, no one believed her anymore.
00:23:23Little girl, take off your bracelet and show it to me.
00:23:27Anna froze instantly.
00:23:32No! Mom gave it to me! I won't take it off!
00:23:35But the doctor gave her no chance to argue.
00:23:38He pulled out a screwdriver and pried the bracelet open on the spot.
00:23:42What was inside made everyone gasp.
00:23:44No sensors. No chip. No heat.
00:23:47Monitoring module.
00:23:49Nothing at all.
00:23:50Only two cheap green LED lights and a button battery.
00:23:53The circuit was hardwired, once powered.
00:23:56It is just a two yuan toy.
00:23:58He doctor slammed the shattered bracelet onto the ground in front of Mom.
00:24:02His voice trembled with barely contained rage.
00:24:05This bracelet of your younger daughter was designed to always show green from the very beginning.
00:24:10No matter what she said, what she did, or how much she lied, it would always stay green.
00:24:14Ma'am, your so-called scientific survival system, your so-called infuelable data, from beginning to end, was nothing but
00:24:21a complete joke.
00:24:22A sick, biased joke.
00:24:23You personally froze your honest daughter to death in that attic, while treating a compulsive liar like treasure.
00:24:29Mom looked at the shattered plastic pieces on the ground, at the toy still glowing green, and suddenly, she laughed.
00:24:38She laughed loudly, so loudly that tears came out of her eyes.
00:24:43She doubled over, collapsing onto the floor, her whole body curling up with laughter.
00:24:52Fake.
00:24:53It's all fake.
00:24:55Mom suddenly screamed, and then she did something insane.
00:24:59No way!
00:25:00The bracelet can't be wrong.
00:25:02I didn't eat anything today.
00:25:03My calories couldn't possibly be over.
00:25:06It'll turn green.
00:25:07She grabbed the bracelet, still stained with my blood and fragments of skin, and snapped it onto her own wrist.
00:25:13She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself.
00:25:16She raised her wrist, her eyes wild.
00:25:19Look, it'll turn green.
00:25:21The red light flared, bright violent.
00:25:24Mom's confident expression shattered instantly.
00:25:26She slapped at the bracelet, like it was a broken television, panic rising in her voice.
00:25:31What?
00:25:32No!
00:25:33My calories can't be over!
00:25:35I didn't exceed anything!
00:25:36Why is it red?
00:25:38I didn't lie!
00:25:39She started speaking, faster and faster.
00:25:42It's broken!
00:25:43The doctor broke it!
00:25:44I'll try again!
00:25:45I've never abused her!
00:25:46I was doing it for her good!
00:25:48I love...
00:25:49Why is it red?
00:25:50I'm telling the truth!
00:25:52Turn green, you piece of junk!
00:25:54You're framing me!
00:25:55Suddenly, she remembered me.
00:25:57Ten-year-old me.
00:25:58Punished so severely.
00:25:59Curled up on the floor.
00:26:00Biting my lip to stop myself from screaming.
00:26:03But the red light kept flashing, as if it was speaking to her, again and again.
00:26:08You are a liar.
00:26:09You are a liar.
00:26:10No!
00:26:12Mom suddenly screamed, clawing frantically at the bracelet, trying to rip it off her wrist.
00:26:18Take it off!
00:26:19It's red!
00:26:20I'm not a liar!
00:26:21I'm not!
00:26:22I'm not!
00:26:22But the clasp had locked due to her violent struggle, like a shackle, tightly bound to
00:26:27her wrist, just as it had once been tightly bound to mine.
00:26:31A doctor picked up the diary from the floor.
00:26:35He flipped through it, page by page, his expression growing darker and darker.
00:26:42February 14th, day 7 of the blizzard.
00:26:44Mom found the chocolate missing.
00:26:46She said I stole it.
00:26:47I didn't.
00:26:48It was Anna who ate it.
00:26:49My bracelet turned red.
00:26:50Mom hit me, shocked me with the bracelet.
00:26:52Mom locked me in the acnic.
00:26:54Dad took my bring me food.
00:26:55But Anna stopped him.
00:26:56Anna poured hot water onto my cardboard bed.
00:26:58I hit the floor and called for mom.
00:27:00But she turned up the music so loud she couldn't hear me.
00:27:04When I was 9, Anna broke mom's most precious tech robot and cried saying I did it.
00:27:10Without even asking, mom locked me in the storage room for a full day and night with no food
00:27:14or water.
00:27:15I banged on the door, crying that it wasn't me, but she wouldn't listen.
00:27:20And Anna, she was curled up in mom's arms, eating sweet strawberries, watching me be locked
00:27:26away with a happy smile.
00:27:28Countless days and nights, Anna stole my toys, tore my drawings, ruined my homework, and then
00:27:34cried to mom, saying I did it.
00:27:36Every single time, mom believed Anna without question.
00:27:39Then scolded me, punished me, and made me stand in a cold corner without food.
00:27:46Machines don't lie.
00:27:48Anna's wristband is green.
00:27:50You're just a liar.
00:27:52Mom, I really didn't lie.
00:27:54I've never lied to you.
00:27:55I know you don't like me, but I still love you.
00:27:58If I die, will you regret it?
00:28:01Will you miss me even a little?
00:28:03If there's a next life, can you believe me once?
00:28:07Can you please stop calling me a liar?
00:28:10Every word struck like a heavy hammer, crashing down on on my mom's heart.
00:28:15She covered her face and let out a heart-wrenching cry, like a wounded beast.
00:28:20She remembered the fourth day of the blizzard, the slap she gave me across the face, and the
00:28:26electric shock that coursed through my entire body.
00:28:30She remembered pulling the only blanket off me and wrapping it around Anna instead, and
00:28:36the despair in my eyes.
00:28:39She remembered me banging on the floor, screaming for her help, while she deliberately turned
00:28:45up Symphony of Fate to the maximum volume to block out her own ears.
00:28:49She remembered sealing the cracks of the attic door with tape, and the disgust and impatience
00:28:54she felt at the time.
00:28:58She had personally, little by little, pushed her daughter toward death.
00:29:02She had personally killed the little girl who loved her most, and trusted her most.
00:29:10Mom let out a piercing scream, and suddenly raised her head, looking toward Anna curled up
00:29:16in the corner.
00:29:21She lunged forward like a madwoman, tightly gripping Anna's throat, screaming hysterically.
00:29:28You're the one who lied.
00:29:30You're the one who stole the chocolate.
00:29:31You tricked me.
00:29:33You killed Chloe.
00:29:35I'm going to kill you.
00:29:37You'll pay for my daughter's life.
00:29:42The rescue staff and doctors rushed in and pulled Mom away.
00:29:46Pinning her firmly down on the sofa.
00:29:51My dad watched everything.
00:29:53The crazed mother, the terrified Anna, and the bloodstained note in the evidence bag, and
00:29:58finally snapped.
00:30:03You monster!
00:30:06That was your daughter, our daughter!
00:30:09You froze her to death with your own hands!
00:30:11How dare you!
00:30:12How could you?
00:30:15It's not my fault.
00:30:17It was the wristband.
00:30:20It was Anna.
00:30:22It's not my fault.
00:30:24My body was placed into a black body bag.
00:30:27The zipper slowly closed, sealing away my short ten years of life filled with pain and despair.
00:30:33Don't take her away!
00:30:34Give her back to me!
00:30:36She ran across the snowfield, her bare feet stepping onto sharp ice shards, instantly cutting
00:30:41her skin.
00:30:42Blood trailed across the white snow, leaving a shocking red path behind her.
00:30:47Chloe, Mom will give you all the food rations.
00:30:50Please, open your eyes and look at me!
00:30:53She reached the landing gear area, desperately jumping upward, trying to grab hold of the
00:30:58edge of the body bag.
00:31:00But she only grasped empty, freezing air, and swirling snowflakes.
00:31:06This incident quickly spread across the world.
00:31:09The rescue team's camera had recorded everything.
00:31:12One of the crew members accidentally uploaded the footage online.
00:31:16And from there, it spread like an unstoppable avalanche.
00:31:28The entire internet exploded.
00:31:31Netizens were in full outrage.
00:31:41And that father too.
00:31:43He did nothing the entire time.
00:31:44Just watched his daughter being abused.
00:31:47He deserves to die as well.
00:31:48A flood of insults poured in like an avalanche, crashing down on my mom, my dad, and this shattered
00:31:54family.
00:31:55On the second day after the incident escalated, our villa at the foot of the mountain was
00:32:00completely surrounded by an enraged crowd.
00:32:02The front gate had been splashed with bright red paint.
00:32:06In thick black marker, the words murderers, get out of this city, and justice for Chloe,
00:32:12were written everywhere.
00:32:13The villa windows had been smashed with bricks, red paint, and abusive slogans covered the
00:32:19walls and floors.
00:32:21At the entrance, reporters and furious protesters packed tightly together.
00:32:26Behind them, the crowd held signs filled with insults, chanting loudly until the noise shook
00:32:31the air.
00:32:32Grace, the murderer, get out!
00:32:34You don't deserve to be a mother!
00:32:36Pay for Chloe's life!
00:32:38Evil family, get out of Switzerland!
00:32:41Neighbors had already moved out one after another.
00:32:43The property management even came with legal notices, demanding we leave immediately, saying
00:32:48our presence had severely damaged neighborhood safety and property values, and caused extreme
00:32:53disturbance to other residents.
00:32:55Inside the villa, everything was in chaos.
00:32:57The curtains were tightly drawn.
00:32:59The lights stayed off.
00:33:00Only the glow of the television illuminated the pale faces of my dad and my mom.
00:33:04The house phone had been completely overwhelmed.
00:33:06Every call that came through brought waves of insults and curses.
00:33:10Even the mobile phones couldn't be turned on.
00:33:12The moment they were switched on, countless abusive messages and non-stop harassing calls
00:33:16flooded in.
00:33:17It's not my fault.
00:33:19It's not my fault.
00:33:30It's all your fault!
00:33:32All of it!
00:33:33If it weren't for that damn bracelet of yours, if you hadn't trusted those useless data
00:33:36of readings, Chloe wouldn't be dead!
00:33:38We wouldn't have ended up like this!
00:33:40You're a madwoman!
00:33:41A murderer!
00:33:45What right do you have to blame me?
00:33:47You were there to save her!
00:33:48You're an accomplice!
00:33:49You deserve to die, too!
00:33:56You're a madwoman!
00:34:07You're a madwoman!
00:34:21Mom and dad had no choice but to sell the house, the car, and everything valuable in the home to
00:34:27cover legal fees and compensation.
00:34:42How dare you!
00:34:48Stop!
00:34:57Don't touch my thing! Those are mine! Give them back!
00:35:05These items have been seized and auctioned by the court. They no longer belong to you.
00:35:23If you fail to repay the debt, we will file for court enforcement and have you imprisoned it.
00:35:32Beep Beep Beep Beep?
00:35:47Skulley?
00:35:48Anna!
00:36:10It's not fair.
00:36:45Didn't you love lying?
00:36:47It wasn't me. I didn't kill my sister.
00:36:49Didn't you have that bracelet with the always green signal?
00:36:52Why doesn't anyone believe you now?
00:36:53You deserve it. This is what you get for what you did to your sister.
00:36:56Liar. Thief. Murderer.
00:36:58Why don't they bully anyone else? Just you.
00:37:01Maybe you should reflect on yourself.
00:37:04When you harmed your sister, when you harmed your...
00:37:06Did you ever think this day would come?
00:37:14Let me out. Please let me out.
00:37:16I didn't steal it. I really didn't.
00:37:51Sister. Mom. Thank you.
00:37:58This was her rightful punishment.
00:38:03As for mom, her fate was even more tragic than anyone else's.
00:38:08The defendant should undergo a forensic psychiatric evaluation.
00:38:14I'm not crazy.
00:38:16Everything I do is based on the data from the scientific wristband.
00:38:19I didn't do anything wrong.
00:38:30Can you explain the behavior at that time?
00:38:33I didn't do anything wrong.
00:38:35The bracelet is broken.
00:38:37Anna lied to me.
00:38:45Chloe, sorry.
00:38:47It's all my fault.
00:38:53Machines don't lie.
00:38:55Red light.
00:38:58Chloe, I'm sorry.
00:39:01She had lost the capacity for civil conduct and was unfit to serve a prison sentence.
00:39:07She would be forcibly committed to a psychiatric hospital for lifelong isolated treatment.
00:39:15I'm not crazy!
00:39:17You're the ones who are crazy!
00:39:19The bracelet was broken!
00:39:21It's not my fault!
00:39:22I'm not insane!
00:39:25I was right!
00:39:26The data doesn't lie!
00:39:28Chloe lied to me!
00:39:29Anna lied to me!
00:39:30I'm not crazy!
00:39:31Let me out!
00:39:33Just like no one had believed me back then,
00:39:37police officers and caretakers walked in carrying restraint straps.
00:39:41The moment mom saw them, she reacted like a startled beast.
00:39:45She kept retreating, then suddenly tried to run toward dad's direction, as if hoping he would save her.
00:39:52But dad had long since disappeared.
00:39:56In the courtroom, there was not a single person on her side.
00:40:02In that moment, she was truly alone.
00:40:05Just like I once was, trapped in the attic with no one to turn to.
00:40:12Before being sent to the psychiatric hospital, she did something insane.
00:40:16That was the day my body was sent to the funeral home.
00:40:19Hey!
00:40:23Hey!
00:40:27Chloe!
00:40:28Stay back!
00:40:33Chloe!
00:40:35Mom was wrong!
00:40:36Come back!
00:40:37I'm sorry!
00:40:39Chloe!
00:40:41Wait for me!
00:40:51Her feet suffered severe frostbite, and the tissue completely neckerated.
00:40:56The doctors had no choice but to perform an amputation, cutting everything below the knees.
00:41:03She became a woman without legs.
00:41:06Completely broken.
00:41:09And completely insane.
00:41:14In the psychiatric hospital, she became the strangest patient.
00:41:18No one knew where she got it from, but she found a red plastic ring and wore it around her
00:41:23neck like a collar.
00:41:24It was her self-made calorie monitoring bracelet.
00:41:28Don't touch my light!
00:41:30Chloe is watching!
00:41:31If you take it away, she'll get angry!
00:41:36Grace!
00:41:37Grace?
00:41:38Grace, it's time to eat.
00:41:39Red light!
00:41:40Don't touch me, Chloe!
00:41:42I'm sorry!
00:41:44She was reliving my final moments before death.
00:41:47She locked herself inside the same cold attic where I had once been trapped, reliving my personal hell over and
00:41:53over again.
00:41:54Chloe, I'm sorry.
00:41:56Mom was wrong.
00:41:57Please come back, okay?
00:41:58Mom will never trust the bracelet again.
00:42:00Mom will bake you cake, cover you with blankets.
00:42:02I confess.
00:42:03I confess.
00:42:06Red light!
00:42:07Red light!
00:42:08Chloe!
00:42:09Chloe!
00:42:10Mom was wrong!
00:42:11Mom shouldn't have trusted the red light!
00:42:22Chloe, are you there?
00:42:25Mom threw the bracelet away?
00:42:27Mom doesn't believe in it anymore.
00:42:29Please come back!
00:42:30Please come back!
00:42:31Mom will cook for you!
00:42:32Mom will buy you new dresses!
00:42:33There was no ripple in my heart, only a dead silence.
00:42:37Regret means nothing to the dead.
00:42:39It was too late.
00:42:41Mom, it's all too late.
00:42:44When I was locked in the attic and frozen to death, where was your remorse?
00:42:48When I used my last strength to write a blood-written plea, begging you to believe me just once, where
00:42:54was your remorse?
00:42:55Mom, I don't hate you anymore.
00:42:58But I don't love you anymore, either.
00:43:00In the next life, let's not meet again.
00:43:08I drifted through the snowstorm of the Alps.
00:43:11Snow fell onto my body, yet I felt no cold at all.
00:43:14I was finally free.
00:43:15No red lights, no hunger, no cold, no lies, no mom's hatred, no Anna's framing, no dad's inaction.
00:43:22Only boundless freedom.
00:43:23Just then, I heard a familiar bark, I looked down.
00:43:27A golden sled dog was sitting in the snow, wagging its tail, looking up at me with bright eyes.
00:43:32It was Buddy.
00:43:33Buddy was the dog I once raised.
00:43:35A gift from Dad on my eighth birthday.
00:43:38A gentle golden retriever sled dog.
00:43:41My only warmth in childhood.
00:43:43When my mom called me a liar and Anna bullied me.
00:43:47Only Buddy would run over, lie down by my feet, and rub its head against my hand, staying with me.
00:43:57But mom didn't like it.
00:43:59She said dogs carry germs and would affect her research.
00:44:02Before we came to the snowy mountains for vacation, she took advantage of a moment when I wasn't paying attention
00:44:08and abandoned Bunny in the mountains.
00:44:10Buddy!
00:44:12Buddy!
00:44:13Buddy!
00:44:15I cried for days and searched for days, but I never found him.
00:44:20It turns out he had always been here, waiting for me at the border.
00:44:30Let's go.
00:44:31Don't look back.
00:44:32I could feel his soft, warm fur, feel his body temperature, feel his heartbeat.
00:44:38This was the living, breathing connection I had longed for most when I was alive.
00:44:47In the distance, a door of light appeared.
00:44:50It was the entrance to the next cycle of reincarnation.
00:44:54I turned back and took one last look at this world that had tormented me for ten years.
00:44:59One look in the direction of the psychiatric hospital, and one look at the wooden cabin that had trapped me.
00:45:04Then I turned around, holding Buddy's paw, and walked step by step toward that door of light.
00:45:10Everything behind me became like a faded photograph, slowly blurring and dissolving.
00:45:16My mother's final tears, the bracelet's red glow, the blood-written message on the floor, the freezing attic.
00:45:23All of it vanished.
00:45:24I did not look back.
00:45:26The nightmare that had lasted Wood for ten years had finally come to a true end.
00:45:31Passing through that light, there was no spinning, no chaos, only endless warmth, as if I were sinking into a
00:45:37spring stream.
00:45:38Even the pain deep within my soul, those lingering aches and phantom pains, gradually faded away.
00:45:44Buddy's paw in my hand was warm and gentle.
00:45:47When I opened my eyes again, I was small, wrapped in a soft blanket.
00:45:52Someone was humming.
00:45:54It was a woman's voice.
00:45:56Gentle, slightly off-key, yet filled with love.
00:46:00Her fingers lightly brushed across my cheek, carrying the scent of gardenias.
00:46:05Not the cold, disinfectant smell from my mother in my previous life.
00:46:08Not that clinical, distant feeling.
00:46:12You're awake.
00:46:14Honey, come quickly.
00:46:15Our daughter just blinked.
00:46:17He was tall, with healthy, wheel-colored skin weathered features.
00:46:21But his eyes were exceptionally gentle.
00:46:24He was my father in this sweet life, Martin.
00:46:26He was the same rescue captain from my previous life.
00:46:31The first person to rush into the attic and find my body.
00:46:36Hey, Charlotte.
00:46:39I'm your dad.
00:46:40Charlotte.
00:46:41Not Chloe.
00:46:43No burden.
00:46:44No shackles.
00:46:45No lies.
00:46:46No label of liar.
00:46:48Just Charlotte.
00:46:49A name that meant warmth, being cherished, and being loved unconditionally.
00:46:54I grew up in a home filled with love.
00:46:56Our house wasn't big, but it was clean and warm.
00:46:59In the living room, there was a large fireplace that burned brightly every winter, filling everything
00:47:04with cozy heat.
00:47:05There were no heat-monitoring bracelets.
00:47:08No red or green lights.
00:47:09No strict food rationing.
00:47:11No cold attic.
00:47:13Only endless love and unconditional trust.
00:47:16When I was three years old, my mother made hot cocoa.
00:47:19The aroma drifted from the kitchen into the living room.
00:47:31Baby, I'm here.
00:47:35Charlotte, you're safe now.
00:47:38I'm here.
00:47:39Dad is here.
00:47:40No one will hurt you.
00:47:42My throat hurts.
00:47:44I don't want hot cocoa.
00:47:48Not like the hot water in that attic thermos that Anna once poured out, not something that
00:47:53had been held up to my mouth before being taken away.
00:47:56When I was four years old, the kindergarten organized a health checkup that included a
00:48:02blood test.
00:48:10Charlotte, it's just a tiny poke.
00:48:11It won't hurt.
00:48:12Look at the other children.
00:48:13They're all very brave.
00:48:14Don't punish me.
00:48:15It's okay, Charlotte.
00:48:15I didn't lie.
00:48:16Don't shock me.
00:48:17It's okay.
00:48:20Sorry, my child's experienced trauma.
00:48:22We're going to skip the physical exam for now.
00:48:23We'll take her to a child psychologist and we'll come back when she's ready.
00:48:31Charlotte, did someone hurt you before?
00:48:36Bracelet, red light, so cold.
00:48:39My baby, you must have suffered so much, didn't you?
00:48:42It's okay now.
00:48:44You're home.
00:48:46Mom and Dad are here.
00:48:47No one can hurt you anymore.
00:48:49From that day on, they regularly took me to see a child psychologist.
00:48:55The doctor said I had severe post-traumatic stress disorder.
00:49:00My parents never complained once.
00:49:03They never made me feel like a burden.
00:49:05They stayed with me, played games with me, did therapy exercises with me, slowly healing
00:49:11the wounds in my heart.
00:49:13They bought me many, many colorful, beautiful bracelets, but they never forced me to wear
00:49:20any of them.
00:49:23These are just accessories, Charlotte.
00:49:24Wear them if you like.
00:49:25If you don't, just take them off.
00:49:26No matter what, your dad and I will always love you.
00:49:28I looked at the sparkling bracelet on my wrist.
00:49:31There was no red light, no electric shock, no accusation, only my mother's gentle smile.
00:49:35It took me two lifetimes to finally hear those words.
00:49:38When I was five years old, I once had a fever.
00:49:42I started crying uncontrollably.
00:49:45I feel hot.
00:49:46It wasn't because I felt unwell.
00:49:48It was because what I said.
00:49:50Mom immediately took a thermometer and checked my temperature.
00:50:01Mom, if I say I feel hot, do you believe me?
00:50:07I believe you.
00:50:09If you say you're hot, then you're hot.
00:50:11The thermometer says you're hot too.
00:50:13Of course I believe you.
00:50:14What if the thermometer didn't say I was hot, but I said I was?
00:50:18Would you still believe me?
00:50:20I would.
00:50:21Your feelings are your own.
00:50:22They don't need any machine to prove them.
00:50:26I held on to those words in my heart for a long, long time.
00:50:30The afternoon I had a fever.
00:50:32It started snowing outside.
00:50:34Dad wrapped me in a blanket and held me by the window as we watched the snow.
00:50:39Mom loved snowy days the most when I was a child, building snowmen with my brother.
00:50:44Once I had placed the snowman's nose where its eyes should be.
00:50:51Why?
00:50:52It was so the snowman could look down at its own feet.
00:50:55Otherwise, it would never know what it was wearing.
00:50:59I was wrapped in that blanket simply because they wanted me to feel warm, so they wrapped me up in
00:51:04it.
00:51:04It was soft, thick, and warm.
00:51:06I buried my face in it and took a breath.
00:51:09It smelled like fabric softener.
00:51:11Clean, dry, and unmistakably the scent of home.
00:51:14When I was seven, I started elementary school.
00:51:17There was a girl in my class named Lena.
00:51:19She looked exactly like Anna from my previous life.
00:51:23The same eyes, the same face shape.
00:51:30Sister, you're so pitiful.
00:51:37I'm, my name is Lena.
00:51:40You, do you want to be my friend?
00:51:43Her tone was so cautious, so eager to please.
00:51:46Just like me in my previous life, almost instinctively, I glanced at her wrist.
00:51:51She was wearing a cheap green cartoon wristband.
00:51:54Later, I learned that Lena's mother was also extremely strict.
00:51:58She demanded absolute obedience and absolute honesty.
00:52:01If Lena made even the smallest mistake, she would be locked in her room and denied food.
00:52:07Lena, just like my past self, lived in endless fear and suppression.
00:52:10One day, Lena accidentally broke the teacher's glass cup.
00:52:18I looked at her, at the fear and despair in her eyes.
00:52:22In that instant, I was reminded of my past self.
00:52:25The little girl who lay on the cold floor, writing I am a liar over and over again,
00:52:30begging for forgiveness again and again.
00:52:34Lena, it's okay.
00:52:36Accidents happen.
00:52:37Let's go tell the teacher together, okay?
00:52:39The teacher won't be angry.
00:52:42But, mom said that children who lie are bad kids, and they will be punished.
00:52:47Being honest doesn't mean you never make mistakes.
00:52:50It means that when you do make a mistake, you're brave enough to admit it.
00:52:52And even if you tell the truth, you shouldn't be punished for it.
00:52:56I broke the cup.
00:52:58I'm sorry.
00:53:00The teacher didn't get angry.
00:53:02Instead, she smiled, patted both our heads, and said it was okay,
00:53:06just to be more careful next time.
00:53:08From that day on, we became best friends.
00:53:12I took Lena home to meet my parents.
00:53:15She looked at my mom and dad, so gentle, so patient, never shouting over small things,
00:53:20never punishing a child for making mistakes.
00:53:23Her eyes were filled with envy.
00:53:25Lena, you don't need to please everyone.
00:53:27You're allowed to have your own feelings.
00:53:29You can say no.
00:53:31You can be scared.
00:53:32You can make mistakes.
00:53:33None of that is shameful.
00:53:34One day, Lena's mother came to school to pick her up.
00:53:37When she saw us together, her face immediately darkened.
00:53:40She grabbed Lena's hand tightly and said sharply,
00:53:43Did you cause trouble again?
00:53:45Is Charlotte helping you lie?
00:53:49Auntie, Lena hasn't done anything wrong.
00:53:52She's a very, very good child.
00:53:54You shouldn't always assume the worst about her.
00:53:57She's afraid of you.
00:54:01That night, she called my mom.
00:54:03They talked for a long time, and in the end, she said thank you.
00:54:10Your daughter made me realize how terribly wrong I've been.
00:54:14Little by little, Lena's mother became gentler.
00:54:17She started learning to listen instead of shouting,
00:54:21to trust instead of blaming.
00:54:23And Lena, too, became more and more confident.
00:54:28More and more open.
00:54:29In my previous life, I was never saved.
00:54:32I endured all the pain alone in the darkness.
00:54:34But in this life, I can save others.
00:54:37When I was ten years old, Dad took us to the mountains.
00:54:41Not the Alps.
00:54:42Just ordinary mountains.
00:54:44Dad was the captain of a mountain rescue team.
00:54:46He knew every path in the area.
00:54:48Knew where the hidden ice was.
00:54:49Which slopes were dangerous.
00:54:51Where you could set up camp.
00:54:52And where rocklops might happen after rain.
00:54:54He led me along an easier trail.
00:54:56Mom walked behind us, camera in hand.
00:54:58Taking photos from time to time.
00:55:04Here.
00:55:08Dad, have you ever seen people trapped in snowy mountains?
00:55:11Yes.
00:55:13Many times.
00:55:15What happened to them in the end?
00:55:20Some were rescued.
00:55:22Some weren't.
00:55:23The ones who weren't rescued?
00:55:27Do you still remember them?
00:55:29I remember.
00:55:30Every single one.
00:55:32Do you know why I chose this job?
00:55:35No.
00:55:36Because I hope that after every snowstorm, no one is left alone in the mountains.
00:55:40For everyone who gets trapped, I hope someone can reach them in time.
00:55:44The wind blew down from the mountain, carrying the scent of pine trees and a faint coolness from the distant
00:55:49stream.
00:55:50But it wasn't the kind of cold that selt into your bones.
00:55:53It was breathable, refreshing, alive.
00:55:56A summer kind of cool.
00:55:58The coolness of being alive.
00:56:06I stared at that photo for a long time.
00:56:09That child was me.
00:56:10Clean.
00:56:11Looking outward.
00:56:12Alive.
00:56:13Not Chloe curled up in the corner of an attic in my previous life.
00:56:16That was Charlotte.
00:56:17Standing in the sunlight.
00:56:18Standing between dad and mom.
00:56:20At that moment, I remembered the lines in my drawing book.
00:56:23I remembered the hands that wrote them.
00:56:26I remembered the child, who use up her last bit of strength, just say,
00:56:30I love you so much.
00:56:32You don't need a wristband to prove that what you say is true.
00:56:35There are people here who believe you.
00:56:37Even without a wristband.
00:56:39Even without any device to verify it.
00:56:41Even if what you say sounds impossible.
00:56:43There will still be someone who will catch every word you say.
00:56:46There are people here who believe you.
00:56:48Hey.
00:56:50In autumn, one of dad's old rescue teammates came to visit.
00:56:54Bringing his wife and an elderly woman when with them.
00:56:58She was his mother.
00:56:59Even though time had carved deep marks into her face.
00:57:02Even though it shed the obsession and madness of my previous life.
00:57:05Even though the eyes that once belonged to a scientist no longer held that burning phoneticism.
00:57:10Only gentleness and the weight of years.
00:57:11I would never mistake her.
00:57:13This was grace.
00:57:22Charlotte.
00:57:24What's wrong, sweetheart?
00:57:25Are you feeling unwell?
00:57:27At that moment, the old woman's gaze also fell on me.
00:57:30Her originally gentle eyes froze the instant she saw me.
00:57:48I could clearly see the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.
00:57:54The white strands at her thames and the tears pooling in her eyes held back so tightly that they refused
00:58:03to fall.
00:58:04Charlotte.
00:58:06Such a beautiful name.
00:58:08My throat felt blocked, as if something was stuck there.
00:58:13I was no longer Chloe.
00:58:15I am Charlotte.
00:58:17The Charlotte who had grown up wrapped in love.
00:58:20Seeing that I remained silent, a trace of panic flashed in her eyes.
00:58:27How old are you?
00:58:31Ten.
00:58:33Ten?
00:58:34That's good.
00:58:36At lunchtime, she sat directly across from me.
00:58:39She carefully used serving chopsters to put food into my bowl.
00:58:44Auntie, you're spoiling Charlotte too much.
00:58:47You should eat too.
00:58:50It's fine.
00:58:52When I look at this child, I just feel an instant sense of closeness.
00:58:56I looked at the pile of food in my bowl, my emotions tangled and heavy.
00:59:01In my previous life, until the day I died, I had always hoped, just once, that she would serve me
00:59:08a bite of food, say something gentle to me, or believe me even once.
00:59:12But now, she had done it.
00:59:16Only, it was already too late.
00:59:19In the afternoon, I paint alone in the sunroom.
00:59:25Charlotte, can I sit here for a while?
00:59:28I won't disturb you while you draw.
00:59:31She carefully walked over and sat down on the wicker chair beside me.
00:59:36I know who you are.
00:59:38And I also know who I am.
00:59:40From the moment I was born, I carried all my memories.
00:59:45I remember everything I did to you.
00:59:49I'm sorry, Chloe.
00:59:52I'm sorry.
00:59:55Chloe, I'm sorry to you.
00:59:57I'm really sorry.
01:00:00Every day, I ask myself,
01:00:03Why didn't I trust you that day in the cabin?
01:00:07Why did I trust that broken wristband instead of my own daughter?
01:00:12I remember slapping you.
01:00:15I remember shocking you.
01:00:17The way you curled up on the floor, begging me to stop.
01:00:22I remember locking you in the attic.
01:00:25The way you clung to the doorframe, begging me not to lock it.
01:00:30I remember kicking open the attic door and finding your frozen body and the red light still flashing on your
01:00:41wrist.
01:00:41I saw your blood, written letter, every single word I carved into my heart and carried with me for the
01:00:50rest of my life.
01:00:51You asked if there could be another life.
01:00:55Could I please trust you once?
01:00:57Could I stop calling you a liar?
01:01:00But I didn't even give you that chance.
01:01:02I destroyed it with my own hands.
01:01:05I'm sorry.
01:01:07It was a diary with a sunflower on the cover.
01:01:10The flower I had loved most in my previous life.
01:01:14Chloe, no, Charlotte, I know that no matter how many apologies I say, it's useless now.
01:01:23I took your life.
01:01:25I can never repay what I owe you.
01:01:27Not in this life, not in the next.
01:01:30I don't dare to ask for your forgiveness.
01:01:33I just, I just wanted to tell you sorry in person.
01:01:37I just want you to know that I understand now.
01:01:40Love is not measured by machines nor judged by data.
01:01:43It is listening to you, believing what you say, holding you and telling you that your mother is here.
01:01:47But I understood all of that far too late.
01:01:50Too late.
01:01:51I'm so sorry, Charlotte.
01:01:53She was crying so hard that her whole body trembled.
01:01:57Her aged face was covered in tears and regret.
01:02:02I looked at her for a long time.
01:02:05In my previous life, lying on the cold floor of the attic,
01:02:09what I had wanted most before dying was a single apology from her.
01:02:13A single, I believe you.
01:02:15But now, she was truly standing in front of me, saying countless apologies,
01:02:20and yet I realized, they no longer mattered to me.
01:02:23I already had a new life.
01:02:24Parents who loved me, a warm home, and a bright future.
01:02:28Auntie, I don't hate you anymore.
01:02:31Her tears fell even harder.
01:02:32Her lips trembled, as if she wanted to say something, but no words came out.
01:02:36But I also won't call you mom again.
01:02:39The me I am now, what is Charlotte?
01:02:40I have my own parents.
01:02:42They love me very much.
01:02:43I've received your repentance.
01:02:46I don't hate you anymore, because I don't want to be trapped by the past.
01:02:50I don't want to spend my entire life living inside that snowy mountain nightmare.
01:02:54But I also won't forgive you.
01:02:56Not because of hatred, but because what happened does not deserve forgiveness.
01:03:00After hearing my words, her body swayed.
01:03:04She covered her face and let out a broken, desperate sob.
01:03:08She knew I was right.
01:03:11It was too late.
01:03:13Everything was too late.
01:03:15When she locked me in the attic and let me freeze to death, where was her remorse then?
01:03:19When I kept calling her mom, over and over, telling her I wasn't lying, where was her remorse then?
01:03:26When I used my last strength to write a blood letter, begging her to believe me just once, where was
01:03:33her remorse then?
01:03:35Now it was all too late.
01:03:38That afternoon, when Jason's family prepared to leave, the old woman walked at the very end.
01:03:44At the doorway, she turned back to look at me once more.
01:03:47Her eyes were full of tears, reluctance, and endless loneliness.
01:03:50Then, leaning on her cane, she walked away slowly, step by step.
01:03:53I stood at the door, watching her aged, hunched body disappear down the street, and in my heart, there was
01:03:58no ripple at all.
01:03:59Mom walked over and gently hugged me from behind.
01:04:03She didn't ask what had happened.
01:04:04She simply patted my head softly.
01:04:07No matter what happens, your dad and I are here for you.
01:04:12That night, I lay in bed with steady breathing, occasionally shifting as I chased something in my dreams.
01:04:18I stared at the ceiling, thinking of my previous life.
01:04:23Chloe! Chloe!
01:04:26They were real. The pain was real.
01:04:29That cold, abandoned time when no one came for me, that was real too.
01:04:34But I am no longer Chloe.
01:04:37I am Charlotte, and I no longer hate Grace.
01:04:41That winter, Dad's rescue team completed a high-difficulty mission.
01:04:45A family of three had been trapped near the 3,000-meter snow line, and they were all rescued safely.
01:04:53No one was injured.
01:04:55During the celebration, the entire team was eating in the cafeteria.
01:04:59Mom sat in a corner, smiling as she watched him.
01:05:02I sat beside Mom, eating and listening to their stories.
01:05:05They talked about the child from that stranded family, a boy, eight years old.
01:05:10When they found him, he was curled up in a hollow, facing away from the wind, his head wrapped tightly
01:05:17in his clothes.
01:05:18He knew how to preserve body heat.
01:05:20He lasted much longer than we expected.
01:05:23After being rescued, the first thing the boy asked was,
01:05:28Where is my mom?
01:05:30Mom is here.
01:05:31That boy's mother is here.
01:05:33My mother is here too.
01:05:36This is real.
01:05:37This is not the long winter from my past life.
01:05:40Not a wish written in blood.
01:05:42This is now.
01:05:43This is today.
01:05:45Mom's hand is still on my shoulder.
01:05:47She doesn't know what I'm thinking, but she just keeps it there.
01:05:52That's enough.
01:05:53This is already enough.
01:05:55All right, very nice.
01:05:56When I was 13, I graduated from elementary school and got into the best middle school in the city.
01:06:02Dad and Mom took me to the seaside to celebrate.
01:06:06I stood by the ocean.
01:06:08The sea wind brushed through my hair, carrying a salty taste.
01:06:13I spread my arms, feeling the wind, feeling freedom.
01:06:18For a moment, I seemed to see my past self.
01:06:26Charlotte, what are you thinking about?
01:06:30I'm just grateful to be alive and to be with you.
01:06:35Silly girl, we're the lucky ones.
01:06:37Having you as our daughter is the greatest happiness of our lives.
01:06:44The suffering of my past life taught me to cherish the happiness of this one.
01:06:50The pain that went deep into my bones taught me what true love is and what true trust really means.
01:06:56I no longer need to fear the red lights.
01:07:00I can laugh, I can cry, I can freely express my feelings.
01:07:04I can love bravely and be loved in return.
01:07:07I have parents who love me, the best friend, and a bright future.
01:07:10This is a life I never even dared to dream of in my past life.
01:07:14That night, on the hotel balcony, I took out my diary.
01:07:18Today I saw the ocean.
01:07:20It was vast, blue, and free.
01:07:23I thought of my past self, the little girl locked in the attic, longing to be loved and believed.
01:07:29She would never believe that I could live such a happy life now.
01:07:33My parents love me very much.
01:07:35They taught me what honesty and courage are.
01:07:40Lena is now my best friend.
01:07:42She is confident and bright, her smile like stars in her eyes.
01:07:47The old lady is in good health.
01:07:49She often calls me and sends me pastries she makes herself.
01:07:53Buddy is still that silly little guy, always pawing at my hand asking me to play with him.
01:07:58I no longer hate anyone.
01:08:00I am no longer attached to the past.
01:08:02Those painful memories are like footprints on the beach, washed away by the waves.
01:08:08But they taught me to cherish every step I take.
01:08:11I know that in my past life, my mother, sister, and father all received their due consequences.
01:08:17And I, at last, have broken free from the chains and found true freedom.
01:08:21I don't want to see them again.
01:08:24I don't want to relive that life again.
01:08:26I just want to be Charlotte, simple, happy, and loved.
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