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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 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.
00:00:36Anyone showing a red light gets no food for the day.
00:00:43Mine is green.
00:00:46Your 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.
00:01:22At noon that day, mom distributed the food.
00:01:24Anna got a larger portion because her bracelet was green.
00:01:27She needs to replenish energy.
00:01:29Mine was pitifully small because my bracelet was flashing red.
00:01:33Mom, 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!
00:02:10I ate it.
00:02:13She ate it! It's totally Anna! She just told me!
00:02:17Mom, I didn't! Sister, 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!
00:02:38How did I end up with such a cruel daughter?
00:02:52Mom, I didn't lie. It really wasn't me.
00:02:56Please, just believe me this once. Just once.
00:03:00No.
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.
00:03:15Look at it yourself. Red. Chloe, it's red. It shows excess calories. If you didn't steal food, then who did?
00:03:21Your sister's bracelet is green. She can barely even stand. How could she possibly steal anything?
00:03:26I have to punish a lying child like you.
00:03:37I 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.
00:04:08Anna, 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.
00:04:21I didn't even have the strength to struggle anymore. My forehead began to burn with heat. Even my breath carried
00:04:28an 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. You're going
00:04:57to 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.
00:06:02Back 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.
00:06:59That chocolate? I was the one who ate it. So sweet. So delicious.
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.
00:07:09Want a drink? Then beg me. Say you're a liar that you stole the chocolate.
00:07:14Say it and I'll let you drink.
00:07:16Oops, 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.
00:07:26The 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.
00:07:38Mom, 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!
00:07:50Music 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.
00:08:28The machine doesn't lie. What a ridiculous sentence.
00:08:33I don't know how much time passed. My body stopped trembling. Instead, a strange warmth began to spread across my
00:08:39skin.
00:08:40A false burning sensation, as if I were no longer cold.
00:08:43I 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 forcibly. 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. Mom. I thought again of when I was very young.
00:09:00Denster. 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.
00:09:12She said I stole it. It wasn't me. Anna ate it. My bracelet turned red.
00:09:16Mom hit me, shocked me with the bracelet, took my blanket and gave it to Anna. I'm so cold.
00:09:23Chloe, come here. Let Mom hug you.
00:09:31I felt weightless. I looked down. I was floating.
00:09:34And there, below me, I saw myself lying on that frozen pile of cardboard.
00:09:38My 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.
00:09:48The thermal monitoring bracelet was still tightly fastened around my lifeless, purplish wrist.
00:09:53The red light continued flashing tirelessly, reflecting on my pale, expressionless face.
00:09:58Eerie and ironic. I was dead.
00:10:00I died at the age of ten in a blizzard in the Alps, locked in a freezing attic by my
00:10:04mom I loved most, frozen to death.
00:10:06I hovered there, looking at my own corpse. I didn't cry. I wasn't afraid.
00:10:10There was only a vast, lifeless calm inside me, like a nightmare that had lasted ten years, finally ending.
00:10:15My soul passed through the attic door like a gust of wind, without the slightest resistance.
00:10:20I drifted down the stairs, into the living room. Mom, Dad, and Anna were gathered around the table by the
00:10:27fire.
00:10:27Smiles on their faces. Smiles I hadn't seen in a long time.
00:10:31The 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.
00:10:45We were saved, except me. I died three days before the rescue arrived. I died just as the storm was
00:10:53about to 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!
00:11:03Alright.
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.
00:11:15I wanted to wait until the blizzard ended, then take it out and share it with Mom, Dad, and my
00:11:20sister.
00:11:20I had even drawn a picture of our family on the box and written the words,
00:11:24I love Mom.
00:11:27Eat slowly. No one's gonna 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.
00:11:41And somewhere where my heart should have been, there was 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.
00:11:54She'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
00:12:17to discover that I was dead?
00:12:25Chloe. Chloe, 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!
00:12:38I looked at Mom with sorrow. If she found out I was dead, would she be sad? Would she regret
00:12:44it?
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!
00:12:58I'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.
00:13:19Shouldn'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.
00:13:36The temperature in the attic rose as well. My body began to decompose faster.
00:13:45Water 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.
00:14:03They 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.
00:14:15Take 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. Maybe then, I wouldn't
00:14:59have to keep decaying.
00:15:12Mom was the first to notice.
00:15:15What is that smell? It's disgusting!
00:15:19Oh my god! It stinks! It's coming from the attic! Did my sister go on the floor? Did she do
00:15:25it on purpose? Is she trying to stink us to death?
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, then push the
00:16:11door open and look at her own daughter.
00:16:13I'm right here.
00:16:17Can't you see me?
00:16:22The tape in the end, couldn't block the overwhelming stench of a rotting body. Another day passed.
00:16:27It was the day the rescue team had promised to come up the mountain.
00:16:45Chloe!
00:16:47I've had enough of you, you disgusting little brat! What exactly are you trying to do? Making the whole house
00:16:52stink on purpose? Are you trying to torment us?
00:16:54I'm going to teach you a lesson today!
00:17:11Chloe?
00:17:13Chloe?
00:17:24I'm talking to you, Chloe!
00:17:47Chloe?
00:17:50No.
00:17:52No, that's impossible.
00:17:54Chloe?
00:17:55You're pretending, aren't you, Chloe?
00:17:57You're lying to mum again, aren't you?
00:17:59Get up! Mum's not angry anymore!
00:18:02I won't scold you again!
00:18:04Get up! Don't scare me!
00:18:06Please!
00:18:07Her hand trembled as she reached beneath my nose. No breath.
00:18:11Then she reached for my neck, feeling for a pulse.
00:18:14Nothing. Only coldness. Only silence.
00:18:17I was truly dead.
00:18:18Dead in the attic she had locked with her own hands.
00:18:21Dead in the cold and hunger she had caused.
00:18:24Dead under the gays.
00:18:25She never once chose to believe.
00:18:27Impossible.
00:18:28A machine doesn't lie.
00:18:31Impossible.
00:18:41They had followed the sound of the screams.
00:18:43The team leader pushed open the attic door, and froze the moment he saw what was inside.
00:18:48The body of a ten-year-old girl lay curled up on the cold floor, a bracelet flashing red on
00:18:52her wrist.
00:18:53A woman sat collapsed on the ground, screaming like a mad woman, her eyes unfocused completely deranged.
00:19:00David and Anna, who had followed behind, turned deathly pale the moment he saw my body.
00:19:06David's legs gave out, and he collapsed at the doorway, his whole body trembling violently.
00:19:12How did this happen? How did this happen? How did this happen? How did this happen?
00:19:19That 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.
00:19:28Anna 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
00:19:41able to stand.
00:19:43She was finally afraid. She finally understood that her prank, her lies, her framing, had cost a life, had killed
00:19:52her own sister.
00:19:56Quick! Call a doctor! Seal off the scene!
00:19:59The rescue team leader quickly snapped out of it, and shouted sharply at the others.
00:20:04Unable to suppress the anger in his voice, the team set up a cordon. A doctor pushed through the crowd
00:20:10and entered the attic,
00:20:12crouching beside my body for a long time, examining carefully, his movements gentle, as if afraid of damaging my already
00:20:19fragile skin.
00:20:20Severe hypothermia. Organ failure. This child was starved for at least a month, and in temperatures well below freezing, she
00:20:29froze to death.
00:20:30Time 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
00:21:09finally leave my wrist. This cold shackle that had trapped me for ten days, that had caused my death, finally
00:21:16fell away.
00:21:17The doctor held the bracelet, turning it over and over, then opened the casing on the back. After just one
00:21:24glance, 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. The circuit shorted out, which is why the red light
00:21:40stays on. From 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.
00:21:48The truth, she had trusted above all else. The things she relied on to judge my life and death, had
00:21:55been a joke from the very beginning.
00:21:59You are lying!
00:22:06I hadn't lied. Not once. The bracelet was broken. She was wrong.
00:22:14No! No, that's impossible!
00:22:20No! Impossible! Machines don't lie!
00:22:26Look! Anna's bracelet is still green! This 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.
00:22:46The 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.
00:23:08It wasn't me! My sister told me to hide it! She 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. Monitoring module.
00:23:48Nothing at all. Only 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.
00:24:21A 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 toys 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. It's all fake.
00:24:55Mom suddenly screamed, and then she did something insane.
00:24:58No way! The bracelet can't be wrong. I didn't eat anything today. My 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. Mom'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? No! My calories can't be over! I didn't exceed anything! Why is it red? I didn't lie!
00:25:39She started speaking, faster and faster.
00:25:42It's broken. The doctor broke it. I'll try again. I've never abused her. I was doing it for her good.
00:25:47I love-
00:25:49Why is it red? I'm telling the truth! Turn green, you piece of junk! You're framing me!
00:25:55Suddenly, she remembered me, ten-year-old me, punished so severely, curled up on the floor, biting my lip to
00:26:01stop 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. You are a liar.
00:26:11Mom suddenly screamed, clawing frantically at the bracelet, trying to rip it off her wrist.
00:26:18Take it off! It's red! I'm not a liar! I'm not!
00:26:22But the clasp had locked due to her violent struggle, like a shackle, tightly bound to her wrist, just as
00:26:28it had once been tightly bound to mine.
00:26:31A doctor picked up the diary from the floor. He flipped through it, page by page, his expression growing darker
00:26:39and darker.
00:26:42February 14th. Day 7 of the blizzard. Mom found the chocolate missing. She said I stole it. I didn't. It
00:26:47was Anna who ate it.
00:26:49My bracelet turned red. Mom hit me, shocked me with the brazier. Mom locked me in the acnic. Dad took
00:26:54my bring me food-
00:26:55But Anna stopped him. Anna poured hot water onto my cardboard bed.
00:26:58I hit the floor and called for Mom. But 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, without even asking.
00:27:11Mom locked me in the storage room for a full day and night with no food or water.
00:27:15I banged on the door, crying that it wasn't me, but she wouldn't listen. And Anna, she was curled up
00:27:22in Mom's arms, eating sweet strawberries, watching me be locked away with a happy smile.
00:27:27Countless days and nights, Anna stole my toys, tore my drawings, ruined my homework, and then cried to Mom, saying
00:27:35I didn't.
00:27:36Every single time, Mom believed Anna without question, then scolded me, punished me, and made me stand in a cold
00:27:43corner without food.
00:27:46Machines don't lie. Anna's wristband is green. You're just a liar.
00:27:52Mom, I really didn't lie. I've never lied to you. I know you don't like me, but I still love
00:27:57you.
00:27:58If I die, will you regret it? Will you miss me even a little?
00:28:03If there's a next life, can you believe me once? Can 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 electric shock
00:28:27that coursed through my entire body.
00:28:30She remembered pulling the only blanket off me and wrapping it around Anna instead, and the despair in my eyes.
00:28:39She remembered me banging on the floor, screaming for her help, while she deliberately turned up Symphony of Fate to
00:28:46the 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 she felt at the
00:28:55time.
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 in the corner.
00:29:17It's you! It's all you!
00:29:21She lunged forward like a mad woman, tightly gripping Anna's throat, screaming hysterically.
00:29:27You're the one who lied. You're the one who stole the chocolate! You tricked me!
00:29:33You killed Chloe! I'm going to kill you! You'll pay for my daughter's life!
00:29:42The rescue staff and doctors rushed in and pulled Mom away, pinning her firmly down on the sofa.
00:29:50My dad watched everything, the crazed mother, the terrified Anna, and the blood-stained note in the evidence bag, and
00:29:58finally snapped.
00:30:03You monster!
00:30:06That was your daughter, our daughter! You froze her to death with your own hands! How dare you! How could
00:30:12you?!
00:30:15It's not my fault. It was the wristband. It was Anna. It's not my fault.
00:30:23My body was placed into a black body bag, the zipper slowly closed, sealing away my short ten years of
00:30:31life filled with pain and despair.
00:30:32Don't take her away! Give her never back to me!
00:30:35Chloe!
00:30:36She ran across the snowfield, her bare feet stepping onto sharp ice shards, instantly cutting her 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! Please open your eyes and look at me!
00:30:53She reached the landing gear area, desperately jumping upward, trying to grab hold of the edge 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. The 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. Netizens were in full outrage.
00:31:41And that father too. He did nothing the entire time. Just watched his daughter being abused. He deserves to die
00:31:48as well.
00:31:48A flood of insults poured in like an avalanche, crashing down on my mom, my dad, and this shattered family.
00:31:55On the second day after the incident escalated, our villa at the foot of the mountain was completely surrounded by
00:32:01an enraged crowd.
00:32:02The front gate had been splashed with bright red paint. In thick black marker, the words murderers, get out of
00:32:09this city, and justice for Chloe were written everywhere.
00:32:13The villa windows had been smashed with bricks. Red paint and abusive slogans covered the walls and floors. At the
00:32:21entrance, reporters and furious protestors packed tightly together.
00:32:26Behind them, the crowd held signs filled with insults, chanting loudly until the noise shook the air.
00:32:32Grace, the murderer, get out! You don't deserve to be a mother! Pay for Chloe's life!
00:32:37Evil family, get out of Switzerland!
00:32:41Neighbors had already moved out one after another. The property management even came with legal notices, demanding we leave immediately,
00:32:48saying our presence had severely damaged neighborhood safety and property values, and caused extreme disturbance to other residents.
00:32:55Inside the villa, everything was in chaos. The curtains were tightly drawn. The lights stayed off. Only the glow of
00:33:01the television illuminated the pale faces of my dad and my mom.
00:33:04The house phone had been completely overwhelmed. Every call that came through brought waves of insults and curses. Even the
00:33:10mobile phones couldn't be turned on.
00:33:12The moment they were switched on, countless abusive messages and non-stop harassing calls flooded in.
00:33:16It's not my fault. It's not my fault.
00:33:30It's all your fault! All of it! If it weren't for that damn bracelet of yours, if you hadn't trusted
00:33:35those useless data of readings, Chloe wouldn't be dead!
00:33:38We wouldn't have ended up like this! You're a mad woman! A murderer!
00:33:45What right do you have to blame me? You were there to save her! You're an accomplice! You deserve to
00:33:50die, too!
00:34:21Mom and Dad had no choice but to sell the house, the car, and everything valuable in the home to
00:34:26cover legal fees and compensation.
00:34:41How dare you!
00:34:47Stop!
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
00:35:46Anna
00:36:09it's not fair
00:36:45didn't you love lying it wasn't me I didn't kill my sister didn't you have that bracelet with the
00:36:50always green signal why doesn't anyone believe you now you deserve it this is what you get for
00:36:55what you did to your sister liar see murderer why don't they bully anyone else just you maybe you
00:37:01should reflect on yourself when you harmed your sister when you harmed your did you ever think
00:37:06this day would come let me out please let me out I didn't steal it I really did it
00:37:23so
00:37:50so
00:37:58this was her right for punishment
00:38:03as for mom her fate was even more tragic than anyone else's the defendant should undergo a forensic
00:38:10psychiatric evaluation I'm not crazy everything I do is based on the data
00:38:17from the scientific wristband I didn't do anything wrong
00:38:29can you explain the behavior at that time I didn't do anything wrong the bracelet is broken Anna lied to
00:38:38me
00:38:58she had lost the capacity for civil conduct and was unfit to
00:39:05serve a prison sentence she would be forcibly committed to a psychiatric hospital for life long isolated
00:39:12treatment I'm not crazy you're the ones who are crazy the bracelet was broken it's not my fault I'm not
00:39:22insane I was right the data doesn't lie Chloe lied to me Anna lied to me I'm not crazy let
00:39:31me out
00:39:33just like no one had believed me back then police officers and caretakers walked in carrying restraint straps the moment
00:39:42mom saw them she reacted like a startled beast she kept retreating then suddenly tried to run toward dad's direction
00:39:50as if hoping he would save her but dad had long since disappeared in the courtroom there was not a
00:39:57single person on her side
00:40:01in that moment she was truly alone just like I once was trapped in the attic with no one to
00:40:09turn to
00:40:12before being sent to the psychiatric hospital she did something insane that was the day my body was sent to
00:40:18the funeral home
00:40:19I was wrong come back I'm sorry Chloe wait for me
00:40:51her feet suffered severe frostbite and the tissue completely necrated the doctors had no choice but to perform an amputation
00:41:00cutting everything below the knees she became a woman without legs completely broken and completely insane
00:41:13in the psychiatric hospital she became the strangest patient no one knew where she got it from but she found
00:41:20a red
00:41:21plastic ring and wore it around her neck like a collar it was her self-made calorie monitoring bracelet
00:41:28don't touch my light Chloe is watching if you take it away she'll get angry
00:41:43she 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 mom was wrong please come back okay mom will never trust the bracket again mom will bake
00:42:00you cake cover you with blankets
00:42:02I confess I confess
00:42:06red light red light Chloe mom was wrong mom shouldn't have trusted the red light
00:42:23Chloe are you there mom threw the bracelet away mom doesn't believe in it anymore please come back please come
00:42:30back mom will cook for you mom will buy you new dresses
00:42:33there was no ripple in my heart only a dead silence regret means nothing to the dead
00:42:39it was too late mom it's all too late
00:42:44when I was locked in the attic and frozen to death where was your remorse when I used my last
00:42:49strength to write a blood written plea
00:42:51begging you to believe me just once where was your remorse
00:42:54mom I don't hate you anymore but I don't love you anymore either in the next life let snow meet
00:43:02again
00:43:07I drifted through the snow storm of the Alps snow fell onto my body yet I felt no cold at
00:43:13all
00:43:13I was finally free no red lights no hunger no cold no lies no mom's hatred no Anna's framing no
00:43:21dad's inaction
00:43:21only boundless freedom just then I heard a familiar bark I looked down
00:43:26a golden sled dog was sitting in the snow wagging its tail looking up at me with bright eyes
00:43:32it was buddy buddy was the dog I once raised a gift from dad on my eighth birthday
00:43:38a gentle golden retriever sled dog my only warmth in childhood when my mom called me a liar and Anna
00:43:45bullied me
00:43:47only buddy would run over lie down by my feet and rub its head against my hand
00:43:55staying with me but mom didn't like it
00:43:58she said dogs carry germs and would affect her research
00:44:02before we came to the snowy mountains for vacation
00:44:05she took advantage of a moment when I wasn't paying attention
00:44:07and abandoned bunny in the mountains
00:44:09bunny! bunny!
00:44:15I cried for days and searched for days but I never found him
00:44:19it turns out he had always been here waiting for me at the border
00:44:30let's go don't look back I 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 it 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 10 years
00:44:58one look in the direction of the psychiatric hospital
00:45:01and 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
00:45:14slowly blurring and dissolving
00:45:16my mother's final tears
00:45:17the bracelet's red glow
00:45:19the blood written message on the floor
00:45:21the freezing attic
00:45:22all of it vanished
00:45:24I did not look back
00:45:25the nightmare that had lasted wood for 10 years
00:45:29had finally come to a true end
00:45:31passing through that light there was no spinning
00:45:33no chaos
00:45:34only endless warmth as if I were sinking into a spring stream
00:45:38even the pain deep within my soul those lingering aches and phantom pains
00:45:42gradually faded away
00:45:44buddy's paw in my hand was warm and gentle
00:45:46when I opened my eyes again
00:45:48I was small
00:45:49wrapped in a soft blanket
00:45:51someone was humming
00:45:53it was a woman's voice
00:45:55gentle
00:45:57slightly off key
00:45:58yet filled with love
00:46:00her fingers lightly brushed across my cheek
00:46:03carrying the scent of gardenias
00:46:04not the cold disinfectant smell from my mother in my previous life
00:46:08not that clinical distant feeling
00:46:11you're awake
00:46:13honey
00:46:14come quickly
00:46:15our daughter just blinked
00:46:17he was tall
00:46:18with healthy wheel coloured skin weathered features
00:46:21but his eyes were exceptionally gentle
00:46:23he was my father in this sweet life Martin
00:46:26he was the same rescue captain from my previous life
00:46:30the 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
00:46:42no burden
00:46:43no shackles
00:46:45no lies
00:46:46no label of liar
00:46:47just Charlotte
00:46:49a name that meant warmth
00:46:51being cherished
00:46:52and being loved unconditionally
00:46:53I grew up in a home filled with love
00:46:56our house wasn't big
00:46:57but it was clean and warm
00:46:58in the living room
00:47:00there was a large fireplace that burned brightly every winter
00:47:03filling everything with cozy heat
00:47:05there were no heat monitoring bracelets
00:47:07no red or green lights
00:47:09no strict food rationing
00:47:11no cold attic
00:47:12only endless love
00:47:14and unconditional trust
00:47:15when I was three years old
00:47:17my mother made hot cocoa
00:47:19the aroma drifted from the kitchen into the living room
00:47:31baby
00:47:31I'm here
00:47:35Charlotte
00:47:36you're safe now
00:47:38I'm here
00:47:39dad is here
00:47:40no one will hurt you
00:47:42my throat's hurting
00:47:44don't want hot cocoa
00:47:48not like the hot water in the attic thermos that anna once poured out not something that had been
00:47:54held up to my mouth before being taken away when i was four years old the kindergarten organized a
00:48:00health checkup that included a blood test charlotte it's just a tiny poke it won't hurt look at the
00:48:12other children they're all very brave don't punish me i didn't lie don't shock me sorry my child's
00:48:20experienced trauma we're going to skip the physical exam for now we'll take her to a child psychologist
00:48:25and we'll come back when she's ready charlotte did someone hurt you before bracelet red light so cold
00:48:38my baby you must have suffered so much didn't you it's okay now you're home mom and dad are here
00:48:46no one can hurt you anymore from that day on they regularly took me to see a child psychologist
00:48:54the doctor said i had severe post-traumatic stress disorder my parents never complained once they
00:49:03never made me feel like a burden they stayed with me played games with me did therapy exercises with
00:49:09me slowly healing the wounds in my heart they bought me many many colorful beautiful bracelets
00:49:18but they never forced me to wear any of them these are just accessories charlotte wear them if you like
00:49:25if you don't just take them off no matter what your dad and i will always love you i looked
00:49:29at the
00:49:29sparkling bracelet on my wrist there was no red light no electric shock no accusation only my
00:49:34mother's gentle smile it took me two lifetimes to finally hear those words when i was five years old
00:49:39i once had a fever i started crying uncontrollably i feel hot it wasn't because i felt unwell it was
00:49:48because what i said mom 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 if you say you're hot then you're hot the thermometer says you're hot too of course i
00:50:14believe you what if the thermometer didn't say i was hot but i said i was would you still believe
00:50:19me
00:50:20i would your feelings are your own they don't need any machine to prove them
00:50:25i held on to those words in my heart for a long long time the afternoon i had a fever
00:50:31it started
00:50:32snowing outside dad wrapped me in a blanket and held me by the window as we watched the snow
00:50:38mom loved snowy days the most when i was a child building snowmen with my brother once i had placed
00:50:45the snowman's nose where its eyes should be
00:50:51why it was so the snowman could look down at its own feet otherwise it would never know what it
00:50:56was
00:50:56wearing i was wrapped in that blanket simply because they wanted me to feel warm so they wrapped me up
00:51:04in it it was soft thick and warm i buried my face in it and took a breath it smelled
00:51:09like fabric softener
00:51:10clean dry and unmistakably the scent of home when i was seven i started elementary school there was a
00:51:17girl in my class named lena she looked exactly like anna from my previous life the same eyes the same
00:51:24face
00:51:29sister you're so pitiful
00:51:37i'm my name is lena you do you want to be my friend her tone was so cautious so eager
00:51:45to please
00:51:45just like me in my previous life almost instinctively i glanced at her wrist she was wearing
00:51:51a cheap clean cartoon wristband later i learned that lena's mother was also extremely strict she
00:51:58demanded absolute obedience and absolute honesty if lena made even the smallest mistake she would be
00:52:04locked in her room and denied food lena just like my past self lived in endless fear and suppression one
00:52:10day lena accidentally broke the teacher's glass cup i looked at her at the fear and despair in her eyes
00:52:21in that instant i was reminded of my past self the little girl who lay on the cold floor writing
00:52:27i am
00:52:28a liar over and over again begging for forgiveness again and again lena it's okay accidents happen
00:52:37let's go tell the teacher together okay the teacher won't be angry but mom said that children
00:52:43who lie are bad kids and they will be punished being honest doesn't mean you never make mistakes
00:52:49it means that when you do make a mistake you're brave enough to admit it and even if you tell
00:52:53the
00:52:53truth you shouldn't be punished for it i i broke the cup i'm sorry the teacher didn't get angry
00:53:01instead she smiled patted both our heads and said it was okay just to be more careful next time from
00:53:08that day on we became best friends i took lena home to meet my parents she looked at my mom
00:53:16and dad so
00:53:16gentle so patient never shouting over small things never punishing a child for making mistakes
00:53:23her eyes were filled with envy lena you don't need to please everyone you're allowed to have your own
00:53:28feelings you can say no you can be scared you can make mistakes none of that is shameful one day
00:53:35lena's
00:53:35mother came to school to pick her up when she saw us together her face immediately darkened she grabbed
00:53:41lena's hand tightly and said sharply did you cause trouble again is charlotte helping you lie
00:53:49auntie lena hasn't done anything wrong she's a very very good child you shouldn't always assume
00:53:55the worst about her she's afraid of you that night she called my mom they talked for a long time
00:54:04and
00:54:05in the end she said thank you thank you your daughter made me realize how terribly wrong i've been
00:54:14little by little lena's mother became gentler she started learning to listen instead of shouting
00:54:21to trust instead of blaming and lena too became more and more confident more and more open in my
00:54:29previous life i was never saved i endured all the pain alone in the darkness but in this life i
00:54:35can save
00:54:35others when i was 10 years old dad took us to the mountains not the alps just ordinary mountains
00:54:44dad was the captain of a mountain rescue team he knew every path in the area knew where the hidden
00:54:48ice was
00:54:49which slopes were dangerous where you could set up camp and where rock clops might happen after rain
00:54:53he led me along an easier trail mom walked behind us camera in hand taking photos from time to time
00:55:04here thank you
00:55:07dad have you ever seen people trapped in snowy mountains
00:55:11yes many times what happened to them in the end
00:55:20some were rescued some weren't the ones who weren't rescued
00:55:27do you still remember them i remember every single one do you know why i chose this job
00:55:35no because i hope that after every snowstorm no one is left alone in the mountains for everyone
00:55:41who gets trapped i hope someone can reach them in time the wind blew down from the mountain carrying
00:55:46the scent of pine trees and a faint coolness from the distant stream but it wasn't the kind of cold
00:55:52that selt into your bones it was breathable refreshing alive a summer kind of cool the coolness of being alive
00:56:02look
00:56:06i stared at that photo for a long time that child was me clean looking outward alive not chloe curled
00:56:14up in the corner of an attic in my previous life that was charlotte standing in the sunlight standing
00:56:19between dad and mom at that moment i remembered the lines in my drawing book i remembered the hands
00:56:24that wrote them i remembered the child who use up her last bit of strength just say i love you
00:56:31so much
00:56:32you don't need a wristband to prove that what you say is true there are people here who believe you
00:56:37even without a wristband even without any device to verify it even if what you say sounds impossible
00:56:42there will still be someone who will catch every word you say there are people here who believe you
00:56:47hey in autumn one of dad's old rescue teammates came to visit bringing his wife and an elderly woman
00:56:57when with them she was his mother even though time had carved deep marks into her face even though it
00:57:02shed the obsession and madness of my previous life even though the eyes that once belonged to a scientist
00:57:07no longer held that burning phoneticism only gentleness and the weight of years i would never mistake her
00:57:12this was grace
00:57:23charlotte what's wrong sweetheart are you feeling unwell
00:57:27at that moment the old woman's gaze also fell on me her originally gentle eyes froze the instant she saw
00:57:33me
00:57:42this is
00:57:43this is your child
00:57:45yes this is our daughter
00:57:48charlotte
00:57:50i 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
00:58:05charlotte
00:58:06such a beautiful name
00:58:09my throat felt blocked as if something was stuck there
00:58:13i was no longer chloe
00:58:15i am charlotte the 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 that's good
00:58:35at 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 you should eat too
00:58:50it's fine when 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
00:59:08of food say something gentle to me or believe me even once but now she had done it
00:59:16only it was already too late in the afternoon i paint alone in the sunroom
00:59:25charlotte can i sit here for a while i won't disturb you while you draw
00:59:30she carefully walked over and sat down on the wicker chair beside me
00:59:35i know who you are and 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 i'm sorry chloe i'm sorry chloe i'm sorry to you i'm really sorry
00:59:59every 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
01:00:11i remember slapping you i remember shocking you the way you curled up on the floor begging me to stop
01:00:22i remember locking you in the attic the way you clung to the doorframe begging me not to lock it
01:00:31i remember kicking open the attic door and finding your frozen body
01:00:37and the red light still flashing on your wrist i saw your blood written letter every single word
01:00:47i carved into my heart and carried with me for the rest of my life you asked if there could
01:00:54be another
01:00:54life could i please trust you once could i stop calling you a liar but i didn't even give you
01:01:01that
01:01:01chance i destroyed it with my own hands i'm sorry it was a diary with a sunflower on the cover
01:01:09the flower
01:01:10i had loved most in my previous life chloe no charlotte
01:01:18i know that no matter how many apologies i say it's useless now i took your life i can never
01:01:25repay what
01:01:26i owe you not in this life not in the next i don't dare to ask for your forgiveness i
01:01:33just
01:01:35i just wanted to tell you sorry in person i just want you to know that i understand now love
01:01:40is not
01:01:41measured by machines nor judged by data it is listening to you believing what you say holding
01:01:45you and telling you that your mother is here but i understood all of that far too late too late
01:01:51i'm so sorry charlotte she was crying so hard that her whole body trembled her aged face was covered in
01:01:58tears and regret i looked at her for a long time in my previous life lying on the cold floor
01:02:08of the
01:02:08attic what i had wanted most before dying was a single apology from her a single i believe you but
01:02:16now she
01:02:16was truly standing in front of me saying countless apologies and yet i realized they no longer mattered
01:02:22to me i already had a new life parents who loved me a warm home and a bright future auntie
01:02:28i don't
01:02:29hate you anymore her tears fell even harder her lips trembled as if she wanted to say something but no
01:02:35words came out but i also won't call you mom again the me i am now what is charlotte i
01:02:40have my own
01:02:41parents they love me very much i've received your repentance i don't hate you anymore because i
01:02:47don't want to be trapped by the past i don't want to spend my entire life living inside that snowy
01:02:53mountain nightmare but i also won't forgive you not because of hatred but because what happened
01:02:58does not deserve forgiveness after hearing my words her body swayed she covered her face and let
01:03:05out a broken desperate sob she knew i was right it was too late everything was too late when she
01:03:15locked
01:03:15me in the attic and let me freeze to death where was her remorse then when i kept calling her
01:03:21mom over
01:03:22and over telling her i wasn't lying where was her remorse then when i used my last strength to write
01:03:29a
01:03:29blood letter begging her to believe me just once where was her remorse then now it was all too late
01:03:38that afternoon when jason's family prepared to leave the old woman walked at the very end at the
01:03:44doorway she turned back to look at me once more her eyes were full of tears reluctance and endless
01:03:49loneliness then leaning on her cane she walked away slowly step by step i stood at the door watching her
01:03:54aged hunched body disappear down the street and in my heart there was no ripple at all mom walked over
01:04:00and gently hugged me from behind she didn't ask what had happened she simply patted my head softly
01:04:06no 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
01:04:17dreams i stared at the ceiling thinking of my previous life chloe chloe they were real the pain was real
01:04:29that cold abandoned time when no one came for me that was real too but i am no longer chloe
01:04:36i am
01:04:38charlotte and i no longer hate grace that winter dad's rescue team completed a high difficulty mission
01:04:45a family of three had been trapped near the three thousand meter snow line and they were all rescued
01:04:52safely no one was injured during the celebration the entire team was eating in the cafeteria mom sat in
01:05:00a corner smiling as she watched him i sat beside mom eating and listening to their stories they talked
01:05:06about the child from that stranded family a boy eight years old when they found him he was curled up
01:05:13in a
01:05:13hollow facing away from the wind his head wrapped tightly in his clothes he knew how to preserve body
01:05:19heat he lasted much longer than we expected after being rescued the first thing the boy asked was
01:05:28where is my mom mom is here that boy's mother is here my mother is here too this is real
01:05:36this is not the
01:05:38long winter for my past life not a wish written in blood this is now this is today mom's hand
01:05:45is still
01:05:45on my shoulder she doesn't know what i'm thinking but she just keeps it there that's enough this is
01:05:54already enough all right very nice when i was 13 i graduated from elementary school and got into the
01:06:00the best middle school in the city dad and mom took me to the seaside to celebrate i stood by
01:06:07the ocean
01:06:07the sea wind brushed through my hair carrying a salty taste i spread my arms feeling the wind feeling
01:06:17freedom for a moment i seemed to see my past self
01:06:30i'm just grateful to be alive and to be with you silly girl we're the lucky ones having you as
01:06:37our
01:06:38daughter is the greatest happiness of our lives
01:06:44the suffering of my past life taught me to cherish the happiness of this one
01:06:49the pain that went deep into my bones taught me what true love is and what true trust really
01:06:55means i no longer need to fear the red lights i can laugh i can cry i can freely express
01:07:03my feelings
01:07:04i can love bravely and be loved in return i have parents who love me the best friend and a
01:07:09bright future
01:07:10this is a life i never even dared to dream of in my past life that night on the hotel
01:07:15balcony i took
01:07:16out my diary today i saw the ocean it was vast blue and free i thought of my past self
01:07:24the little girl
01:07:25locked in the attic longing to be loved and believed she would never believe that i could live such a
01:07:31happy
01:07:32life now my parents love me very much they taught me what honesty and courage are lena is now my
01:07:41best
01:07:41friend she is confident and bright her smile like stars in her eyes the old lady is in good health
01:07:48she often calls me and sends me pastries she makes herself buddy is still that silly little guy always
01:07:55pawing at my hand asking me to play with him i no longer hate anyone i am no longer attached
01:08:01to the past
01:08:02those painful memories are like footprints on the beach washed away by the waves but they taught me to
01:08:09cherish every step i take i know that in my past life my mother sister and father all received their
01:08:15due consequences and i at last have broken free from the chains and found true freedom i don't want to
01:08:22see them again i don't want to relive that life again i just want to be charlotte simple happy and
01:08:29loved
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