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00:00:01Ever'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.
00:00:36Anyone 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. She 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.
00:01:37Chloe, machines don't lie. Just 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 scrip of food. And you, you're a thief!
00:01:48I 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?
00:02:47Mom, I didn't lie. It really wasn't me. Please, just believe me this once. Just once.
00:03:01No. Even 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? Her? 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.
00:04:29Grace, 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. She 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.
00:05:09Mom, I really didn't steal the chocolate. I didn't lie.
00:05:24Mom, 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
00:05:35out. 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.
00:06:51Give 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
00:07:02delicious.
00:07:03Too bad you didn't get any. But what can you do? Your core shack is red. Mom only believes me,
00:07:08not you.
00:07:09Want a drink? Then beg me. Say you're a liar that you stole the chocolate. Say it and I'll let
00:07:15you 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.
00:07:29I 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.
00:08:32I 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. I raised my hand and looked at my little
00:08:45finger, frozen to a purplish blue.
00:08:47Without a single ripple in my heart, I bent it forcefully. 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.
00:08:57Mom. 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. She said I stole it. It wasn't me,
00:09:13Anna 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.
00:09:23Chloe, come here. Let Mom hug you.
00:09:31I 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.
00:09:44I looked down. My body was still curled up on the freezing wooden floor. The thermal monitoring bracelet was still
00:09:50tightly fastened around my lifeless, purplish wrist. The red light continued flashing tirelessly, reflecting on my pale, expressionless face. Eerie
00:09:59and ironic. I was dead.
00:10:00I died at the age of 10 in a blizzard in the Alps, locked in a freezing attic by my
00:10:04mom I loved most, frozen to death. I hovered there, looking at my own corpse. I didn't cry. I wasn't
00:10:09afraid. There 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
00:10:21stairs, 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,
00:11:12so I hid it deep in the storage room. I wanted to wait until the blizzard ended, then take it
00:11:17out and share it with Mom, Dad, and my sister. I had even drawn a picture of our family on
00:11:22the box and written the words, I 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. 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.
00:11:56She should have learned her lesson.
00:12:10My breath stopped instantly. Was she going to the attic? Was she going to see me?
00:12:15Was she finally going to discover that I was dead?
00:12:21Chloe.
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.
00:12:38I 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. I'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
00:13:28living.
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.
00:14:00They 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.
00:14:10I'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.
00:14:24Dad! 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. What? 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.
00:15:11Mom 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
00:15:24it on purpose? Is she trying to stink us to death?
00:15:27What?
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 of the attic.
00:15:57We're going out 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,
00:16:10then push the door 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.
00:16:27It was the day 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?
00:16:53I'm going to teach you a lesson today!
00:17:11Chloe?
00:17:12Chloe?
00:17:23I'm talking to you, Chloe!
00:17:47Chloe?
00:17:50No.
00:17:52No, that's impossible.
00:17:54Chloe?
00:17:54You're pretending, aren't you, Chloe?
00:17:56You're lying to Mom again, aren't you?
00:17:59Get up! Mom'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. I 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 gaze. She never once chose to believe.
00:18:27Impossible. The machine doesn't lie.
00:18:31Impossible.
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.
00:18:47The 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 they 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?
00:19:14He 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.
00:19:28Anna hid behind David, staring at my bluish, swollen face, and fear finally showed on her face.
00:19:34She 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.
00:19:55Quick! Call a doctor! Seal off the scene!
00:19:59The rescue team leader quickly snapped out of it and shouted sharply at the others, unable to suppress the anger
00:20:06in his voice.
00:20:07The team set up a cordon. A doctor pushed through the crowd and entered the attic, crouching beside my body
00:20:13for a long time,
00:20:14examining carefully, his movements gentle, as if afraid of damaging my already fragile 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!
00:20:43I follow the data! Machines don't lie!
00:20:47The doctor frowned, crouched down, and carefully tried to remove the bracelet from my wrist.
00:20:52But the strap had fused tightly 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.
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.
00:21:40From 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.
00:22:09The bracelet was broken. She was wrong.
00:22:13No. No, that's impossible.
00:22:19No! 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.
00:22:47The rescue worker walked up to Mom and said coldly,
00:22:50Ma'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!
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.
00:23:45No chip.
00:23:46No 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.
00:24:09No 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
00:24:20a 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 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. 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. She raised her wrist, her eyes wild.
00:25:18Look. 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.
00:26:07You are a liar. You are a liar.
00:26:10No! Mom 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.
00:26:41February 14th. Day seven of the blizzard. Mom found the chocolate missing. She said I stole it. I didn't. It
00:26:47was Anna who ate it.
00:26:48My bracelet turned red. Mom hit me, shocked me with the brazier. Mom locked me in the acne. Dad took
00:26:54my bring me food.
00:26:55But Anna stopped him. Anna poured hot water onto my cardboard bed. I hit the floor and called for mom.
00:26:59But she turned up the music so loud she couldn't hear me.
00:27:03When I was nine, Anna broke mom's most precious tech robot and cried saying I didn't. Without even asking, mom
00:27:11locked 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
00:27:21in 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.
00:27:35Every single time, mom believed Anna without question, then scolded me, punished me, and made me stand in a cold
00:27:43corner without food.
00:27:45Machines don't lie. Anna's wristband is green. You're just a liar.
00:27:51Mom, 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. If I die, will you regret it? Will you miss me even a little? If there's a next life,
00:28:04can you believe me once? Can you please stop calling me a liar?
00:28:10Every word struck like a heavy hammer, crashing down on my mom's heart. She covered her face and let out
00:28:17a 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. She had personally killed the little girl who loved
00:29:04her 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!
00:29:20She 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! You killed Chloe! I'm going
00:29:35to 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 bloodstained note in the evidence bag, and finally
00:29:59snapped.
00:30:03You monster! That was your daughter, our daughter! You froze her to death with your own hands! How dare you?
00:30:12How could you?
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
00:30:30life filled with pain and despair.
00:30:32Don't take her away! Give her ever back to me!
00:30:35She ran across the snowfield, her bare feet stepping onto sharp ice shards, instantly cutting her skin. Blood trailed across
00:30:43the white snow, leaving a shocking red path behind her.
00:30:46Chloe, Mom will give you all the food rations. Please, open your eyes and look at me!
00:30:52She 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.
00:31:11One of the crew members accidentally uploaded the footage online, and 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
00:31:47as well.
00:31:48A flood of insults poured in like an avalanche, crashing down on my mom, my dad, and this shattered family.
00:31:54On 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.
00:32:20At the entrance, 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!
00:32:40Neighbors 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
00:33:00the 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.
00:33:19It's not my fault.
00:33:21It's not my fault.
00:33:22It's not my fault.
00:33:27I'm gonna kill you!
00:33:30It's all your fault!
00:33:31All of it!
00:33:32If it weren't for that damn bracelet of yours, if you hadn't trusted those useless data readings, Chloe wouldn't be
00:33:37dead!
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.
00:34:42How dare you!
00:34:47Stop!
00:34:56Don't touch my things! 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.
00:35:33When you are not charged with our judge's property owner...
00:35:47Glace!
00:35:47Anna!
00:36:06Anna! Look at Anna. It's not fair.
00:36:38Anna!
00:36:45Didn't you love lying?
00:36:46It wasn't me. I didn't kill my sister.
00:36:49Didn't you have that bracelet with the always green signal? Why 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. Maybe you should reflect on yourself.
00:37:03When you harmed your sister, when you harmed your... Did you ever think this day would come?
00:37:14Let me out! Please let me out! I didn't steal it! I really didn't!
00:37:30I won't. Please let me out!
00:37:51Sister. Mom, help me.
00:37:58this was her rightful punishment
00:38:03as for mom her fate was even more tragic than anyone else's the defendant should undergo a
00:38:10forensic psychiatric evaluation i'm not crazy everything i do is based on the data from the
00:38:17scientific wristband i didn't do anything wrong can you explain the behavior at that time
00:38:33i didn't do anything wrong the bracelet is broken anna lied to me
00:38:44chloe sorry it's all my fault
00:38:52machines don't lie red light chloe i'm sorry she had lost the capacity for civil conduct
00:39:03and was unfit to serve a prison sentence she would be forcibly committed to a psychiatric
00:39:09hospital for lifelong isolated treatment
00:39:15i'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
00:39:39restraint straps the moment mom saw them she reacted like a startled beast she kept retreating
00:39:46then suddenly tried to run toward dad's direction as if hoping he would save her but dad had long
00:39:53since disappeared in the courtroom there was not a single 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
00:40:18sent to the funeral home
00:40:20hey
00:40:20hey
00:40:33chloe
00:40:34mom was wrong come back i'm sorry
00:40:39chloe
00:40:40wait for me
00:40:50her feet suffered severe frostbite and the tissue completely neckerated the doctors had no choice but to
00:40:58perform an amputation cutting everything below the knees she became a woman without legs
00:41:06completely broken and completely insane
00:41:13in 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
00:41:22neck like
00:41:23a 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
00:41:53over and over again chloe i'm sorry mom was wrong please come back okay mom will never trust the
00:41:59bracket again mom will bake you cake cover you with blankets i confess i confess
00:42:06you
00:42:07red light red light chloe mom was wrong mom shouldn't have trusted the red light
00:42:22chloe are you there mom threw the bracelet away mom doesn't believe in it anymore please come
00:42:29back please come back mom will cook for you mom will buy you new dresses there was no ripple in
00:42:35my
00:42:35heart only a dead silence regret means nothing to the dead it 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
00:42:50write a blood-written plea begging you to believe me just once where was your remorse mom i don't hate
00:42:56you anymore but i don't love you anymore either in the next life let's not meet again
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
00:43:20dad's
00:43:21inaction only boundless freedom just then i heard a familiar bark i looked down a golden sled dog was
00:43:28sitting in the snow wagging its tail looking up at me with bright eyes it was buddy buddy was the
00:43:34dog i
00:43:34once raised a gift from dad on my eighth birthday a gentle golden retriever sled dog my only warmth in
00:43:42childhood when my mom called me a liar and anna bullied me only buddy would run over lie down by
00:43:51my
00:43:51feet and rub its head against my hand staying with me but mom didn't like it she said dogs carry
00:44:00germs
00:44:00and would affect her research before we came to the snowy mountains for vacation she took advantage of
00:44:06a moment when i wasn't paying attention and abandoned bunny in the mountains
00:44:15i cried for days and searched for days but i never found him it turns out he had always been
00:44:21here waiting for me at the border let's go don't look back i could feel his soft warm fur feel
00:44:36his body
00:44:36temperature feel his heartbeat this was the living breathing connection i had longed for most when i
00:44:42was alive in 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 and one look at the wooden cabin that
00:45:03had trapped me then i turned around holding buddy's paw and walked step by step toward that door of
00:45:09light everything behind me became like a faded photograph slowly blurring and dissolving my
00:45:16mother's final tears the bracelet's red glow the blood written message on the floor the freezing attic
00:45:22all of it vanished i did not look back the nightmare that had lasted wood for 10 years had finally
00:45:29come
00:45:30to a true end passing through that light there was no spinning no chaos only endless warmth as if i
00:45:36were
00:45:36sinking into a spring stream even the pain deep within my soul those lingering aches and phantom pains
00:45:42gradually faded away buddy's paw in my hand was warm and gentle when i opened my eyes again i was
00:45:49small
00:45:50wrapped in a soft blanket someone was humming it was a woman's voice
00:45:55gentle slightly off key yet filled with love her fingers lightly brushed across my cheek carrying
00:46:03the scent of gardenias not the cold disinfectant smell from my mother in my previous life not that
00:46:09clinical distant feeling you're awake honey come quickly our daughter just blinked he was tall with
00:46:19healthy wheel colored skin weathered features but his eyes were exceptionally gentle he was my father
00:46:25in this sweet life martin he was the same rescue captain from my previous life the first person to rush
00:46:32into the attic and find my body hey charlotte i'm your dad charlotte not chloe no burden no shackles no
00:46:45lies
00:46:46no label of liar just charlotte a name that meant warmth being cherished and being loved unconditionally
00:46:53i grew up in a home filled with love our house wasn't big but it was clean and warm in
00:46:59the living room
00:46:59there was a large fireplace that burned brightly every winter filling everything with cozy heat
00:47:05there were no heat monitoring bracelets no red or green lights no strict food rationing no cold attic
00:47:12only endless love and unconditional trust when i was three years old my mother made hot cocoa
00:47:18the aroma drifted from the kitchen into the living room
00:47:31baby i'm here
00:47:36charlotte you're safe now i'm here dad is here no one will hurt you
00:47:42my throat hurts i don'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 held
00:47:54up
00:47:54to my mouth before being taken away when i was four years old the kindergarten organized a health checkup
00:48:01that included a blood test
00:48:09charlotte it's just a tiny poke it won't hurt look at the other children they're all very brave
00:48:13don't punish me i didn't lie don't shock me
00:48:19sorry my child's experienced trauma we'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
00:48:35bracelet red light so cold my baby you must have suffered so much didn't you
00:48:42it's okay now you're home
00:48:44mom and dad are here no one can hurt you anymore from that day on they regularly took me to
00:48:52see a
00:48:52child psychologist the doctor said i had severe post-traumatic stress disorder
00:48:59my parents never complained once they never made me feel like a burden they stayed with me played
00:49:06games with me did therapy exercises with me slowly healing the wounds in my heart
00:49:13they bought me many many colorful beautiful bracelets but they never forced me to wear any of them
00:49:22these are just accessories charlotte wear them if you like if you don't just take them off no matter
00:49:26what your dad and i will always love you i looked at the sparkling bracelet on my wrist there was
00:49:31no red
00:49:31light no electric shock no accusation only my mother's gentle smile it took me two lifetimes to
00:49:36finally hear those words when i was five years old i once had a fever i started crying uncontrollably
00:49:44i feel hot it wasn't because i felt unwell it was because what i said mom immediately took a thermometer
00:49:51and checked my temperature mom if i say i feel hot do you believe me i believe you if you
00:50:09say you're hot
00:50:10then you're hot the thermometer says you're hot too of course i believe you what if the thermometer didn't
00:50:16say i was hot but i said i was would you still believe me i would your feelings are your
00:50:22own they
00:50:22don't need any machine to prove them i held on to those words in my heart for a long long
00:50:28time
00:50:30the afternoon i had a fever it started snowing outside dad wrapped me in a blanket and held me
00:50:36by the window as we watched the snow mom loved snowy days the most when i was a child building
00:50:42snowmen
00:50:43with my brother once i had placed the 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
00:51:03in
00:51:04it it was soft thick and warm i buried my face in it and took a breath it smelled like
00:51:09fabric softener
00:51:10clean dry and unmistakably the scent of home when i was seven i started elementary school there
00:51:17was a girl in my class named lena she looked exactly like anna from my previous life the same eyes
00:51:23the
00:51:24same face shape sister you're so pitiful
00:51:36i'm my name is lena you do you want to be my friend her tone was so cautious so eager
00:51:44to please
00:51:45just like me in my previous life almost instinctively i glanced at her wrist she was wearing a cheap green
00:51:52cartoon wristband later i learned that lena's mother was also extremely strict she demanded absolute
00:51:59obedience and absolute honesty if lena made even the smallest mistake she would be locked in her room
00:52:05and denied food lena just like my past self lived in endless fear and suppression one day lena accidentally
00:52:11broke the teacher's glass cup
00:52:13i looked at her at the fear and despair in her eyes in that instant i was reminded of my
00:52:23past self the
00:52:25little girl who lay on the cold floor writing i am a liar over and over again begging for forgiveness
00:52:30again and again lena it's okay accidents happen let's go tell the teacher together okay the teacher
00:52:39won't be angry but mom said that children who lie are bad kids and they will be punished being honest
00:52:47doesn't mean you never make mistakes it means that when you do make a mistake you're brave enough to
00:52:52admit it and even if you tell the truth you shouldn't be punished for it i i broke the cup
00:52:57i'm sorry
00:52:59the teacher didn't get angry instead she smiled patted both our heads and said it was okay
00:53:05just to be more careful next time from that day on we became best friends i took lena home to
00:53:13meet my
00:53:13parents she looked at my mom and dad so gentle so patient never shouting over small things never
00:53:20punishing a child for making mistakes her eyes were filled with envy lena you don't need to please
00:53:26everyone you're allowed to have your own feelings you can say no you can be scared you can make mistakes
00:53:32none of that is shameful one day lena's mother came to school to pick her up when she saw us
00:53:38together
00:53:38her face immediately darkened she grabbed lena's hand tightly and said sharply did you cause trouble
00:53:44again is charlotte helping you lie auntie lena hasn't done anything wrong she's a very very good child
00:53:54you shouldn't always assume the worst about her she's afraid of you
00:54:01that night she called my mom they talked for a long time and in the end she said thank you
00:54:08thank 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
00:54:20to 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
00:54:34i can save others when i was 10 years old dad took us to the mountains not the alps just
00:54:42ordinary
00:54:42mountains dad was the captain of a mountain rescue team he knew every path in the area knew where the
00:54:48hidden ice was which slopes were dangerous where you could set up camp and where rocklops might happen
00:54:53after rain he led me along an easier trail mom walked behind us camera in hand taking photos from time
00:54:59to
00:55:03here thank you
00:55:07dad have you ever seen people trapped in snowy mountains
00:55:10yes 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
00:55:51that selt into your bones it was breathable refreshing alive a summer kind of cool the coolness of being alive
00:56:06i stared at that photo for a long time that child was me clean looking outward alive not chloe curled
00:56:13up in the corner of an attic in my previous life that was charlotte standing in the sunlight standing
00:56:18between dad and mom at that moment i remembered the lines in my drawing book i remembered the hands that
00:56:25wrote them i remembered the child who use up her last bit of strength just say i love you so
00:56:31much
00:56:32you don't need a wristband to prove that what you say is true there are people here who believe
00:56:36you even without a wristband even without any device to verify it even if what you say sounds
00:56:42impossible there will still be someone who will catch every word you say there are people here who
00:56:46believe you hey in autumn one of dad's old rescue teammates came to visit bringing his wife and an
00:56:56elderly woman when with them she was his mother even though time had carved deep marks into her face
00:57:01even though it shed the obsession and madness of my previous life even though the eyes that once
00:57:06belonged to a scientist no longer held that burning phoneticism only gentleness and the weight of years
00:57:11i would never mistake her this was grace
00:57:23charlotte what's wrong sweetheart are you feeling unwell at that moment the old woman's gaze also fell
00:57:29on me her originally gentle eyes froze the instant she saw me
00:57:42this is your child yes this is our daughter charlotte i could clearly see the wrinkles at the corners
00:57:53of her eyes the white strands at her thames and the tears pooling in her eyes held back so tightly
00:58:01that they refused to fall
00:58:05charlotte such a beautiful name my throat felt blocked as if something was stuck there
00:58:13i was no longer chloe i 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
00:58:26how old are you
00:58:32ten ten that's good at lunchtime she sat directly across from me she carefully used serving chopsters to
00:58:42put food into my bowl auntie 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
00:58:55i looked at the pile of food in my bowl my emotions tangled and heavy in my previous life until
00:59:03the day
00:59:03i died i had always hoped just once that she would serve me a bite of food say something gentle
00:59:10to me
00:59:10or believe me even once but now she had done it only it was already too late in the afternoon
00:59:19i 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 from the moment i was born i carried
00:59:43all 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 why didn't i trust you that day in the cabin
01:00:07why did i trust that broken wristband instead of my own daughter i remember slapping you i remember
01:00:15shocking you the way you curled up on the floor begging me to stop i remember locking you in the
01:00:23attic
01:00:25the way you clung to the door frame begging me not to lock it i remember kicking open the attic
01:00:33door
01:00:34and finding your frozen body and the red light still flashing on your wrist i saw your blood written
01:00:43letter every single word i carved into my heart and carried with me for the rest of my life
01:00:51you asked if there could be another life could i please trust you once could i stop calling you a
01:00:58liar
01:00:59but i didn't even give you that chance i destroyed it with my own hands i'm sorry
01:01:06it was a diary with a sunflower on the cover the flower i had loved most in my previous life
01:01:14chloe chloe no charlotte i know that no matter how many apologies i say it's useless now i took your
01:01:23life i can never repay what i owe you not in this life not in the next i don't dare
01:01:31to ask for your
01:01:32forgiveness i just i just wanted to tell you sorry in person i just want you to know that i
01:01:39understand
01:01:39now love is not measured by machines nor judged by data it is listening to you believing what you say
01:01:45holding you and telling you that your mother is here but i understood all of that far too late
01:01:49too late i'm so sorry charlotte she 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 in my previous life lying on the cold floor of the attic
01:02:08what i had
01:02:09wanted most before dying was a single apology from her a single i believe you but now she was truly
01:02:16standing in front of me saying countless apologies and yet i realized they no longer mattered to me i
01:02:22already had a new life parents who loved me a warm home and a bright future auntie i don't hate
01:02:29you anymore
01:02:30her tears fell even harder her 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 the me i am now what is charlotte i have my own
01:02:41parents they
01:02:41love me very much i've received your repentance i don't hate you anymore because i don't want to be
01:02:48trapped by the past i don't want to spend my entire life living inside that snowy mountain nightmare
01:02:54but i also won't forgive you not because of hatred but because what happened does not deserve
01:02:59forgiveness after hearing my words her body swayed she covered her face and let out a broken
01:03:06desperate sob she knew i was right it was too late everything was too late when she locked me in
01:03:16the attic and let me freeze to death where was her remorse then when i kept calling her mom over
01:03:21and
01:03:22over telling her i wasn't lying where was her remorse then when i used my last strength to write a
01:03:29blood
01:03:29letter begging her to believe me just once where was her remorse then now it was all too late that
01:03:38afternoon when jason's family prepared to leave the old woman walked at the very end at the doorway she
01:03:45turned back to look at me once more her eyes were full of tears reluctance and endless loneliness
01:03:49then leaning on her cane she walked away slowly step by step i stood at the door watching her aged
01:03:55hunched 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
01:04:17my dreams i stared at the ceiling thinking of my previous life chloe chloe they were real the pain
01:04:27was real that cold abandoned time when no one came for me that was real too but i am no
01:04:35longer chloe
01:04:37i am charlotte and i no longer hate grace that winter dad's rescue team completed a high difficulty
01:04:44mission a family of three had been trapped near the 3 000 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 hollow facing away from the wind his head wrapped tightly in his clothes he knew how to preserve
01:05:19body heat 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
01:05:37the long winter for my past life not a wish written in blood this is now this is today mom's
01:05:45hand is 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 already
01:05:54enough all right very nice when i was 13 i graduated from elementary school and got into the best middle
01:06:00school in the city dad and mom took me to the seaside to celebrate i stood by the ocean the
01:06:08sea wind
01:06:08brushed through my hair carrying a salty taste i spread my arms feeling the wind feeling freedom
01:06:18for a moment i seem to see my past self charlotte what are you thinking about
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
01:06:37daughter 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 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 i can love bravely and be loved in
01:07:06return
01:07:06i have parents who love me the best friend and a bright future this is a life i never even
01:07:12dared
01:07:12to dream of in my past life that night on the hotel balcony i took out my diary today i
01:07:18saw the ocean
01:07:20it was vast blue and free i thought of my past self the little girl locked in the attic longing
01:07:27to be
01:07:27loved and believed she would never believe that i could live such a happy life now my parents loved me
01:07:34very much they taught me what honesty and courage are lena is now my best friend she is confident
01:07:43and bright her smile like stars in her eyes the old lady is in good health she often calls me
01:07:49and
01:07:50sends me pastries she makes herself buddy is still that silly little guy always pawing at my hand asking
01:07:56me to play with him i no longer hate anyone i am no longer attached to the past those painful
01:08:03memories are like footprints on the beach washed away by the waves but they taught me to cherish every
01:08:09step i take i 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 i don't want to see them
01:08:22again
01:08:23i don't want to relive that life again i don't want to relive that life again i just want to
01:08:26be charlotte
01:08:27simple happy and loved
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