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The Red Light Curse ENGSUB Dark Secrets Unleashed
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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.
00:35:32If you fail to repay it!
00:35:33It's not theirs!
00:35:43Just take advantage of our new parents!
00:35:46I've got an ultrary opening door!
00:35:47I think the wrong allows us to render for a convenient way to make Kyle's without anyone!
00:35:47Nelson!
00:35:48Nelson!
00:35:52hallway
00:36:06Anna, look at Anna.
00:36:09It's not fair.
00:36:45Didn't you love lying?
00:36:46It wasn't me.
00:36:47I didn't kill my sister.
00:36:49Didn't you have that bracelet with the always green signal?
00:36:51Why doesn't anyone believe you now?
00:36:53You deserve it.
00:36:54This 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?
00:36:59Just you.
00:37:01Maybe you should reflect on yourself.
00:37:03When you harmed your sister, when you harmed your...
00:37:05Did you ever think this day would come?
00:37:14Let me out. Please let me out.
00:37:16I didn't steal it. I really didn't.
00:37:23Are you uns 123 times guy
00:37:25Making a bestparent?
00:37:38I worst COLLEGE
00:37:39Most tragedies
00:37:39There is brought to you right now.
00:37:41Tricky
00:37:41Not like
00:37:47Why?
00:37:48вып 그러니까
00:37:49Consciups
00:37:50Yo See
00:37:50Ladies Who rich
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.
00:38:08The defendant should undergo a forensic psychiatric evaluation.
00:38:13I'm not crazy.
00:38:15Everything I do is based on the data from the scientific wristband.
00:38:19I didn't do anything wrong.
00:38:22Mom!
00:38:29Can you explain the behavior at that time?
00:38:33I didn't do anything wrong.
00:38:35The bracelet is broken.
00:38:37Anna lied to me.
00:38:45Chloe, sorry.
00:38:47It's all my fault.
00:39:00She had lost the capacity for civil conduct and was unfit to serve a prison sentence.
00:39:06She would be forcibly committed to a psychiatric hospital for lifelong isolated treatment.
00:39:15I'm not crazy.
00:39:17You're the ones who are crazy.
00:39:19The bracelet was broken.
00:39:20It's not my fault.
00:39:22I'm not insane.
00:39:24I was right.
00:39:26The data doesn't lie.
00:39:27Chloe lied to me.
00:39:29Anna lied to me.
00:39:30I'm not crazy.
00:39:31Let me out.
00:39:33Just like no one had believed me back then,
00:39:37police officers and caretakers walked in carrying restraint straps.
00:39:40The moment Mom saw them, she reacted like a startled beast.
00:39:45She kept retreating, then suddenly tried to run toward Dad's direction, as if hoping he would save her.
00:39:52But Dad had long since disappeared.
00:39:55In 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.
00:40:16That was the day my body was sent to the funeral home.
00:40:19Hey!
00:40:27Police!
00:40:33Chloe!
00:40:34Mom was wrong!
00:40:36Come back!
00:40:37I'm sorry!
00:40:39Chloe!
00:40:41Wait for me!
00:40:50I'm sorry!
00:40:51Her feet suffered severe frostbite, and the tissue completely neckerated.
00:40:56The doctors had no choice but to perform an amputation, cutting everything below the knees.
00:41:02She became a woman without legs.
00:41:06Completely broken.
00:41:08And completely insane.
00:41:11Get out!
00:41:12Chloe!
00:41:13In the psychiatric hospital, she became the strangest patient.
00:41:18No one knew where she got it from,
00:41:19but she found a red plastic ring
00:41:21and wore it around her neck like a collar.
00:41:24It was her self-made calorie monitoring bracelet.
00:41:28Don't touch my light!
00:41:30Chloe is watching!
00:41:31If you take it away, she'll get angry!
00:41:35Grace!
00:41:36Grace?
00:41:37Grace, it's time to eat.
00:41:39Red light!
00:41:40Grace, don't punish me, Chloe!
00:41:42I'm sorry!
00:41:44She was reliving my final moments before death.
00:41:47She locked herself inside the same cold attic
00:41:50where I had once been trapped,
00:41:51reliving my personal hell over and over again.
00:41:54Chloe, I'm sorry.
00:41:55Mom was wrong.
00:41:56Please come back, okay?
00:41:58Mom will never trust the bracelet again.
00:42:00Mom will bake you cake,
00:42:01cover you with blankets.
00:42:02I confess.
00:42:03I confess.
00:42:06Red light!
00:42:07Red light!
00:42:08Chloe, Mom was wrong!
00:42:10Mom shouldn't have trusted the red light!
00:42:22Chloe, are you there?
00:42:25Mom threw the bracelet away.
00:42:27Mom doesn't believe in it anymore.
00:42:29Please come back!
00:42:30Please come back!
00:42:31Mom will cook for you!
00:42:32Mom will buy you new dresses!
00:42:34There was no ripple in my heart,
00:42:35only a dead silence.
00:42:37Regret means nothing to the dead.
00:42:38It was too late.
00:42:41Mom, it's all too late.
00:42:44When I was locked in the attic and frozen to death,
00:42:47where was your remorse?
00:42:48When I used my last strength to write a blood-written plea,
00:42:51begging you to believe me just once,
00:42:53where was your remorse?
00:42:55Mom, I don't hate you anymore,
00:42:57but I don't love you anymore either.
00:43:00In the next life, let's not meet again.
00:43:07I drifted through the snowstorm of the Alps.
00:43:10Snow fell onto my body,
00:43:12yet I felt no cold at all.
00:43:13I was finally free.
00:43:15No red lights,
00:43:16no hunger,
00:43:17no cold,
00:43:17no lies,
00:43:18no Mom's hatred,
00:43:19no Anna's framing,
00:43:20no Dad's inaction,
00:43:21only boundless freedom.
00:43:23Just then, I heard a familiar bark.
00:43:26I looked down.
00:43:27A golden sled dog was sitting in the snow,
00:43:29wagging its tail,
00:43:30looking up at me with bright eyes.
00:43:32It was Buddy.
00:43:33Buddy was the dog I once raised,
00:43:35a gift from Dad on my eighth birthday,
00:43:38a gentle golden retriever sled dog,
00:43:41my only warmth in childhood.
00:43:43When my mom called me a liar and Anna bullied me,
00:43:47only Buddy would run over,
00:43:49lie down by my feet,
00:43:51and rub its head against my hand,
00:43:55staying with me.
00:43:56But 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.
00:44:10Buddy!
00:44:11Buddy!
00:44:15I cried for days and searched for days,
00:44:18but I never found him.
00:44:20It turns out he had always been here,
00:44:22waiting for me at the border.
00:44:30Let's go.
00:44:31Don't look back.
00:44:32I could feel his soft, warm fur,
00:44:35feel his body temperature,
00:44:37feel his heartbeat.
00:44:38This was the living, breathing connection
00:44:41I had longed for most when I was alive.
00:44:47In the distance, a door of light appeared.
00:44:49It was the entrance to the next cycle of reincarnation.
00:44:54I turned back and took one last look at this world
00:44:56that had tormented me for ten 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,
00:45:07and 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,
00:45:18the 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 ten years
00:45:28had 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,
00:45:40those 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,
00:45:50wrapped in a soft blanket.
00:45:52Someone was humming.
00:45:54It was a woman's voice.
00:45:56Gentle,
00:45:57slightly off-key,
00:45:59yet 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, come quickly.
00:46:15Our daughter just blinked.
00:46:17He was tall,
00:46:18with healthy,
00:46:19wheel-colored skin weathered features.
00:46:21But his eyes were exceptionally gentle.
00:46:24He was my father in this sweet life, Martin.
00:46:26He was the same rescue captain from my previous life.
00:46:30The first person to rush into the attic and find my body.
00:46:36Hey, Charlotte.
00:46:38I'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.
00:46:54I grew up in a home filled with love.
00:46:56Our house wasn't big,
00:46:57but it was clean and warm.
00:46:59In the living room,
00:47:00there was a large fireplace
00:47:01that 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.
00:47:13Only endless love
00:47:14and unconditional trust.
00:47:16When I was three years old,
00:47:17my mother made hot cocoa.
00:47:19The aroma drifted from the kitchen
00:47:20into the living room.
00:47:30Baby,
00:47:32I'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 hurts.
00:47:44I don't want hot cocoa.
00:47:48Not like the hot water
00:47:49in that attic thermos
00:47:50that Anna once poured out.
00:47:52Not something that had been held up
00:47:54to my mouth
00:47:54before being taken away.
00:47:56When I was four years old,
00:47:58the kindergarten organized
00:47:59a health checkup
00:48:01that included a blood test.
00:48:09Charlotte,
00:48:10it's just a tiny poke.
00:48:11It won't hurt.
00:48:12Look at the other children.
00:48:12They're all very brave.
00:48:13Don't punish me.
00:48:14It's okay, Charlotte.
00:48:15I didn't lie.
00:48:16Don't shock me.
00:48:17It's okay.
00:48:19Sorry,
00:48:20my child's experienced trauma.
00:48:21We're going to skip
00:48:22the physical exam for now.
00:48:23We'll take her
00:48:24to a child psychologist
00:48:25and we'll come back
00:48:25when she's ready.
00:48:31Charlotte,
00:48:32did someone hurt you before?
00:48:35Bracelet,
00:48:36red light,
00:48:37so cold.
00:48:38My baby,
00:48:39you must have suffered
00:48:40so much,
00:48:41didn't you?
00:48:42It's okay now.
00:48:43You're home.
00:48:45Mom and Dad are here.
00:48:47No one can hurt you anymore.
00:48:48From that day on,
00:48:50they regularly took me
00:48:51to see a child psychologist.
00:48:54The doctor said
00:48:56I had severe
00:48:57post-traumatic stress disorder.
00:48:59My parents never complained once.
00:49:02They never made me feel
00:49:04like a burden.
00:49:05They stayed with me,
00:49:06played games with me,
00:49:08did therapy exercises with me,
00:49:10slowly healing the wounds
00:49:11in my heart.
00:49:13They bought me many,
00:49:15many colorful,
00:49:16beautiful bracelets.
00:49:18But they never forced me
00:49:19to wear any of them.
00:49:22These are just accessories,
00:49:24Charlotte.
00:49:24Wear them if you like.
00:49:25If you don't,
00:49:25just take them off.
00:49:26No matter what,
00:49:27your dad and I
00:49:27will always love you.
00:49:28I looked at the sparkling
00:49:29bracelet on my wrist.
00:49:30There was no red light,
00:49:31no electric shock,
00:49:32no accusation,
00:49:33only my mother's gentle smile.
00:49:35It took me two lifetimes
00:49:36to finally hear those words.
00:49:38When I was five years old,
00:49:39I once had a fever.
00:49:42I started crying uncontrollably.
00:49:44I feel hot.
00:49:45It wasn't because
00:49:46I felt unwell.
00:49:47It was because what I said.
00:49:49Mom immediately took a thermometer
00:49:51and checked my temperature.
00:50:00Mom,
00:50:01if I say I feel hot,
00:50:04do you believe me?
00:50:07I believe you.
00:50:08If you say you're hot,
00:50:10then you're hot.
00:50:11The thermometer says you're hot too.
00:50:13Of course I believe you.
00:50:14What if the thermometer didn't say I was hot,
00:50:17but I said I was?
00:50:18Would you still believe me?
00:50:20I would.
00:50:21Your feelings are your own.
00:50:22They don't need any machine to prove them.
00:50:25I held on to those words in my heart
00:50:27for a long,
00:50:28long time.
00:50:30The afternoon I had a fever.
00:50:32It started snowing outside.
00:50:34Dad wrapped me in a blanket
00:50:35and held me by the window
00:50:36as we watched the snow.
00:50:38Mom loved snowy days the most
00:50:40when I was a child,
00:50:42building snowmen with my brother.
00:50:43Once I had placed the snowman's nose
00:50:45where its eyes should be.
00:50:51It was so the snowman
00:50:53could look down at its own feet.
00:50:55Otherwise,
00:50:55it would never know
00:50:56what it was wearing.
00:50:58I was wrapped in that blanket
00:51:00simply because they wanted me
00:51:01to feel warm,
00:51:02so they wrapped me up in it.
00:51:04It was soft, thick, and warm.
00:51:06I buried my face in it
00:51:07and took a breath.
00:51:08It smelled like fabric softener.
00:51:11Clean, dry,
00:51:12and unmistakably the scent of home.
00:51:14When I was seven,
00:51:15I started elementary school.
00:51:17There was a girl in my class
00:51:18named Lena.
00:51:19She looked exactly like Anna
00:51:21from my previous life.
00:51:22The same eyes,
00:51:24the same face shape.
00:51:29Sister,
00:51:30you're so pitiful.
00:51:37I'm...
00:51:37My name is Lena.
00:51:39You...
00:51:40Do you want to be my friend?
00:51:42Her tone was so cautious,
00:51:44so eager to please.
00:51:45Just like me in my previous life,
00:51:47almost instinctively,
00:51:49I glanced at her wrist.
00:51:50She was wearing a cheap
00:51:52green cartoon wristband.
00:51:54Later,
00:51:55I learned that Lena's mother
00:51:56was also extremely strict.
00:51:58She demanded absolute obedience
00:51:59and absolute honesty.
00:52:01If Lena made even the smallest mistake,
00:52:03she would be locked in her room
00:52:05and denied food.
00:52:06Lena,
00:52:07just like my past self,
00:52:08lived in endless fear
00:52:09and suppression.
00:52:10One day,
00:52:10Lena accidentally broke
00:52:12the teacher's glass cup.
00:52:18I looked at her,
00:52:19at the fear and despair
00:52:20in her eyes.
00:52:21In that instant,
00:52:22I was reminded of my past self.
00:52:24The little girl
00:52:25who lay on the cold floor,
00:52:27writing,
00:52:27I am a liar,
00:52:28over and over again,
00:52:29begging for forgiveness
00:52:30again and again.
00:52:34Lena,
00:52:34it's okay.
00:52:35Accidents happen.
00:52:37Let's go tell the teacher
00:52:38together,
00:52:38okay?
00:52:39The teacher won't be angry.
00:52:41But,
00:52:42mom said that children
00:52:43who lie are bad kids
00:52:45and they will be punished.
00:52:47Being honest doesn't mean
00:52:48you never make mistakes.
00:52:49It means that when you do
00:52:50make a mistake,
00:52:51you're brave enough
00:52:51to admit it.
00:52:52And even if you tell the truth,
00:52:53you shouldn't be punished for it.
00:52:56I,
00:52:56I broke the cup.
00:52:58I'm sorry.
00:52:59Oh, honey.
00:52:59The teacher didn't get angry.
00:53:02Instead,
00:53:02she smiled,
00:53:03patted both our heads
00:53:04and said it was okay,
00:53:06just to be more careful
00:53:07next time.
00:53:08From that day on,
00:53:09we became best friends.
00:53:11I took Lena home
00:53:12to meet my parents.
00:53:14She looked at my mom and dad
00:53:16so gentle,
00:53:17so patient,
00:53:18never shouting over small things,
00:53:20never punishing a child
00:53:21for making mistakes.
00:53:23Her eyes were filled with envy.
00:53:25Lena,
00:53:25you don't need to please everyone.
00:53:27You're allowed to have
00:53:28your own feelings.
00:53:29You can say no,
00:53:30you can be scared,
00:53:31you can make mistakes.
00:53:33None of that is shameful.
00:53:34One day,
00:53:35Lena's mother came to school
00:53:36to pick her up.
00:53:37When she saw us together,
00:53:38her face immediately darkened.
00:53:40She grabbed Lena's hand tightly
00:53:42and said sharply,
00:53:43Did you cause trouble again?
00:53:45Is Charlotte helping you lie?
00:53:49Auntie,
00:53:50Lena hasn't done anything wrong.
00:53:52She's a very,
00:53:53very good child.
00:53:54You shouldn't always assume
00:53:55the worst about her.
00:53:56She's afraid of you.
00:54:01That night,
00:54:02she called my mom.
00:54:03They talked for a long time
00:54:04and in the end,
00:54:05she said thank you.
00:54:09Your daughter made me realize
00:54:11how terribly wrong I've been.
00:54:14Little by little,
00:54:15Lena's mother became gentler.
00:54:17She started learning to listen
00:54:19instead of shouting,
00:54:20to trust instead of blaming.
00:54:23And Lena,
00:54:24too,
00:54:25became more and more confident,
00:54:27more and more open.
00:54:29In my previous life,
00:54:30I was never saved.
00:54:31I endured all the pain alone
00:54:33in the darkness.
00:54:33But in this life,
00:54:35I can save others.
00:54:36When I was 10 years old,
00:54:38Dad took us to the mountains.
00:54:40Not the Alps,
00:54:41just ordinary mountains.
00:54:44Dad was the captain
00:54:45of a mountain rescue team.
00:54:46He knew every path in the area,
00:54:47knew where the hidden ice was,
00:54:49which slopes were dangerous,
00:54:50where you could set up camp,
00:54:51and where rock flops
00:54:52might happen after rain.
00:54:53He led me along an easier trail.
00:54:55Mum walked behind us,
00:54:56camera in hand,
00:54:57taking photos from time to time.
00:55:03Here.
00:55:07Dad,
00:55:08have you ever seen people
00:55:09trapped in snowy mountains?
00:55:11Yes.
00:55:12Many times.
00:55:14What happened to them in the end?
00:55:20Some were rescued,
00:55:21some weren't.
00:55:22The ones who weren't rescued?
00:55:27Do you still remember them?
00:55:29I remember.
00:55:30Every single one.
00:55:32Do you know why
00:55:32I chose this job?
00:55:35No.
00:55:36Because I hope that
00:55:37after every snowstorm,
00:55:38no one is left alone
00:55:39in the mountains.
00:55:40For everyone who gets trapped,
00:55:42I hope someone
00:55:43can reach them in time.
00:55:44The wind blew down
00:55:45from the mountain,
00:55:46carrying the scent of pine trees
00:55:47and a faint coolness
00:55:48from the distant stream.
00:55:50But it wasn't the kind of cold
00:55:51that selt into your bones.
00:55:53It was breathable,
00:55:54refreshing,
00:55:55alive.
00:55:56A summer kind of cool.
00:55:57The coolness of being alive.
00:56:06I stared at that photo
00:56:07for a long time.
00:56:08That child was me.
00:56:10Clean.
00:56:11Looking outward.
00:56:12Alive.
00:56:13Not Chloe curled up
00:56:14in the corner of an attic
00:56:15in my previous life.
00:56:16That was Charlotte.
00:56:17Standing in the sunlight,
00:56:18standing between dad and mom.
00:56:20At that moment,
00:56:20I remembered the lines
00:56:22in my drawing book.
00:56:23I remembered the hands
00:56:24that wrote them.
00:56:25I remembered the child
00:56:27who use up her last bit of strength
00:56:29just say,
00:56:30I love you so much.
00:56:32You don't need a wristband
00:56:33to prove that what you say is true.
00:56:35There are people here
00:56:36who believe you.
00:56:37Even without a wristband,
00:56:38even without any device
00:56:39to verify it,
00:56:40even if what you say
00:56:41sounds impossible,
00:56:42there will still be someone
00:56:43who will catch every word you say.
00:56:45There are people here
00:56:46who believe you.
00:56:47Hey.
00:56:50In autumn,
00:56:51one of dad's old rescue teammates
00:56:53came to visit,
00:56:54bringing his wife
00:56:55and an elderly woman
00:56:56when with them.
00:56:57She was his mother.
00:56:59Even though time
00:57:00had carved deep marks
00:57:01into her face,
00:57:02even though it shed
00:57:02the obsession and madness
00:57:03of my previous life,
00:57:05even though the eyes
00:57:06that once belonged
00:57:06to a scientist
00:57:07no longer held
00:57:08that burning phoneticism,
00:57:09only gentleness
00:57:10and the weight of years,
00:57:11I would never mistake her.
00:57:13This was grace.
00:57:22Charlotte?
00:57:23What's wrong, sweetheart?
00:57:25Are you feeling unwell?
00:57:27At that moment,
00:57:28the old woman's gaze
00:57:29also fell on me.
00:57:30Her originally gentle eyes
00:57:32froze the instant she saw me.
00:57:42This is...
00:57:43Your child?
00:57:46Yes, this is our daughter,
00:57:48Charlotte.
00:57:50I could clearly see
00:57:52the wrinkles
00:57:52at the corners of her eyes,
00:57:54the white strands
00:57:56at her thames
00:57:57and the tears
00:57:58pooling in her eyes,
00:58:00held back so tightly
00:58:01that they refused to fall.
00:58:04Charlotte.
00:58:06Such a beautiful name.
00:58:08My throat felt blocked
00:58:10as if something
00:58:11was stuck there.
00:58:13I was no longer
00:58:14Chloe.
00:58:15I am Charlotte,
00:58:17the Charlotte
00:58:18who had grown up
00:58:19wrapped in love.
00:58:20Seeing that I remained silent,
00:58:22a trace of panic
00:58:23flashed in her eyes.
00:58:26How old are you?
00:58:31Ten.
00:58:33Ten?
00:58:34That's good.
00:58:35At lunchtime,
00:58:36she sat directly
00:58:37across from me.
00:58:39She carefully
00:58:40used serving
00:58:41chopsters
00:58:41to put food
00:58:42into my bowl.
00:58:44Auntie,
00:58:45you're spoiling
00:58:46Charlotte too much.
00:58:47You should eat too.
00:58:50It's fine.
00:58:51When I look
00:58:52at this child,
00:58:53I just feel
00:58:54an instant sense
00:58:55of closeness.
00:58:56I looked at the pile
00:58:57of food in my bowl,
00:58:58my emotions
00:58:59tangled and heavy.
00:59:01In my previous life,
00:59:03until the day I died,
00:59:04I had always hoped,
00:59:06just once,
00:59:07that she would serve me
00:59:08a bite of food,
00:59:09say something gentle to me,
00:59:10or believe me
00:59:11even once.
00:59:12But now,
00:59:13she had done it.
00:59:15Only,
00:59:16it was already
00:59:17too late.
00:59:18In the afternoon,
00:59:20I paint alone
00:59:21in the sunroom.
00:59:24Charlotte,
00:59:25can I sit here
00:59:27for a while?
00:59:27I won't disturb you
00:59:29while you draw.
00:59:30She carefully
00:59:31walked over
00:59:32and sat down
00:59:33on the wicker chair
00:59:33beside me.
00:59:35I know who you are,
00:59:37and I also know
00:59:39who I am.
00:59:40From the moment
00:59:41I was born,
00:59:42I carried
00:59:43all my memories.
00:59:45I remember
00:59:46everything I did
00:59:47to you.
00:59:49I'm sorry,
00:59:50Chloe.
00:59:51I'm sorry.
00:59:54Chloe,
00:59:55I'm sorry to you.
00:59:57I'm really sorry.
00:59:59Every day,
01:00:00I ask myself,
01:00:03why didn't I trust you
01:00:04that day
01:00:05in the cabin?
01:00:07Why did I trust
01:00:08that broken wristband
01:00:10instead of
01:00:10my own daughter?
01:00:11I remember
01:00:13slapping you.
01:00:14I remember
01:00:15shocking you.
01:00:17The way you
01:00:18curled up on the floor
01:00:19begging me to stop.
01:00:21I remember
01:00:22locking you
01:00:23in the attic.
01:00:25The way you
01:00:26clung to the doorframe,
01:00:28begging me
01:00:29not to lock it.
01:00:30I remember
01:00:31kicking
01:00:32open the attic door
01:00:34and finding
01:00:35your frozen body.
01:00:37and the red
01:00:38light
01:00:38still flashing
01:00:40on your wrist.
01:00:41I saw
01:00:42your blood,
01:00:43written letter,
01:00:45every single word
01:00:46I carved
01:00:47into my heart
01:00:48and carried
01:00:49with me
01:00:49for the rest
01:00:50of my life.
01:00:51You asked
01:00:52if there could
01:00:53be another life.
01:00:55Could I please
01:00:55trust you once?
01:00:57Could I stop
01:00:57calling you a liar?
01:01:00But I didn't
01:01:01even give you
01:01:01that chance.
01:01:02I destroyed it
01:01:03with my own hands.
01:01:05I'm sorry.
01:01:06It was a diary
01:01:07with a sunflower
01:01:09on the cover.
01:01:10The flower
01:01:10I had loved
01:01:11most in my
01:01:12previous life.
01:01:14Chloe,
01:01:15no,
01:01:16Charlotte.
01:01:18I know
01:01:19that no matter
01:01:19how many apologies
01:01:20I say,
01:01:21it's useless now.
01:01:22I took your life.
01:01:24I can never
01:01:25repay what I owe you.
01:01:27Not in this life,
01:01:28not in the next.
01:01:30I don't dare
01:01:31to ask for
01:01:31your forgiveness.
01:01:33I just,
01:01:34I just wanted
01:01:35to tell you
01:01:36sorry in person.
01:01:37I just want you
01:01:38to know that
01:01:38I understand now.
01:01:40Love is not
01:01:40measured by machines
01:01:41nor judged by data.
01:01:43It is listening to you,
01:01:44believing what you say,
01:01:45holding you and telling you
01:01:46that your mother is here.
01:01:47But I understood
01:01:48all of that
01:01:48far too late.
01:01:49Too late.
01:01:50I'm so sorry,
01:01:52Charlotte.
01:01:52She was crying
01:01:53so hard
01:01:54that her whole body
01:01:55trembled.
01:01:56Her aged face
01:01:58was covered
01:01:58in tears
01:01:59and regret.
01:02:02I looked at her
01:02:03for a long time.
01:02:05In my previous life,
01:02:06lying on the cold
01:02:07floor of the attic,
01:02:09what I had wanted
01:02:09most before dying
01:02:10was a single apology
01:02:12from her.
01:02:13A single,
01:02:14I believe you.
01:02:15But now,
01:02:16she was truly standing
01:02:17in front of me
01:02:17saying countless apologies
01:02:19and yet I realized
01:02:20they no longer
01:02:21mattered to me.
01:02:22I already had a new life.
01:02:24Parents who loved me,
01:02:25a warm home,
01:02:26and a bright future.
01:02:28Auntie,
01:02:29I don't hate you anymore.
01:02:30Her tears fell
01:02:31even harder.
01:02:32Her lips trembled
01:02:33as if she wanted
01:02:34to say something
01:02:35but no words came out.
01:02:36But I also won't
01:02:37call you mom again.
01:02:38The me I am now
01:02:39what is Charlotte.
01:02:40I have my own parents.
01:02:41They love me very much.
01:02:43I've received
01:02:44your repentance.
01:02:45I don't hate you anymore
01:02:47because I don't want
01:02:48to be trapped
01:02:48by the past.
01:02:49I don't want to spend
01:02:50my entire life
01:02:51living inside
01:02:52that snowy mountain nightmare.
01:02:54But I also won't
01:02:55forgive you.
01:02:56Not because of hatred
01:02:57but because what happened
01:02:58does not deserve forgiveness.
01:03:00After hearing my words,
01:03:02her body swayed.
01:03:03She covered her face
01:03:05and let out
01:03:06a broken, desperate sob.
01:03:08She knew I was right.
01:03:11It was too late.
01:03:13Everything was too late.
01:03:14When she locked me
01:03:16in the attic
01:03:16and let me freeze to death,
01:03:17where was her remorse then?
01:03:19When I kept calling her mom
01:03:21over and over
01:03:22telling her I wasn't lying,
01:03:23where was her remorse then?
01:03:26When I used my last strength
01:03:28to write a blood letter,
01:03:29begging her to believe me
01:03:31just once,
01:03:32where was her remorse then?
01:03:35Now it was all too late.
01:03:37That afternoon,
01:03:39when Jason's family
01:03:40prepared to leave,
01:03:41the old woman
01:03:42walked at the very end.
01:03:43At the doorway,
01:03:45she turned back
01:03:45to look at me once more.
01:03:46Her eyes were full of tears,
01:03:48reluctance,
01:03:48and endless loneliness.
01:03:50Then, leaning on her cane,
01:03:51she walked away slowly,
01:03:52step by step.
01:03:53I stood at the door,
01:03:54watching her aged,
01:03:55hunched body
01:03:55disappear down the street,
01:03:56and in my heart,
01:03:57there was no ripple at all.
01:03:59Mom walked over
01:04:00and gently hugged me
01:04:01from behind.
01:04:02She didn't ask
01:04:03what had happened.
01:04:04She simply patted
01:04:05my head softly.
01:04:07No matter what happens,
01:04:08your dad and I
01:04:09are here for you.
01:04:12That night,
01:04:13I lay in bed
01:04:13with steady breathing,
01:04:15occasionally shifting
01:04:16as I chased something
01:04:17in my dreams.
01:04:18I stared at the ceiling,
01:04:20thinking of my previous life.
01:04:23Chloe!
01:04:24Chloe!
01:04:25They were real.
01:04:27The pain was real.
01:04:28That cold,
01:04:29abandoned time
01:04:30when no one came for me,
01:04:32that was real too.
01:04:34But I am no longer Chloe.
01:04:37I am Charlotte,
01:04:38and I no longer hate Grace.
01:04:41That winter,
01:04:42dad's rescue team
01:04:43completed a high-difficulty mission.
01:04:45A family of three
01:04:47had been trapped
01:04:48near the 3,000-meter snow line,
01:04:50and they were all rescued safely.
01:04:53No one was injured.
01:04:55During the celebration,
01:04:56the entire team
01:04:57was eating in the cafeteria.
01:04:59Mom sat in a corner,
01:05:00smiling as she watched him.
01:05:02I sat beside Mom,
01:05:03eating and listening
01:05:04to their stories.
01:05:05They talked about the child
01:05:06from that stranded family.
01:05:08A boy.
01:05:09Eight years old.
01:05:10When they found him,
01:05:12he was curled up in a hollow,
01:05:13facing away from the wind,
01:05:15his head wrapped tightly
01:05:17in his clothes.
01:05:18He knew how to preserve
01:05:19body heat.
01:05:20He lasted much longer
01:05:21than we expected.
01:05:23After being rescued,
01:05:24the first thing
01:05:25the boy asked was,
01:05:28Where is my mom?
01:05:30Mom is here.
01:05:31That boy's mother is here.
01:05:33My mother is here, too.
01:05:35This is real.
01:05:36This is not the long winter
01:05:38for my past life.
01:05:40Not a wish written in blood.
01:05:42This is now.
01:05:43This is today.
01:05:44Mom's hand is still
01:05:45on my shoulder.
01:05:47She doesn't know
01:05:48what I'm thinking,
01:05:49but she just keeps it there.
01:05:51That's enough.
01:05:53This is already enough.
01:05:55All right.
01:05:56Very nice.
01:05:56When I was 13,
01:05:57I graduated from elementary school
01:05:59and got into the best
01:06:00middle school in the city.
01:06:01Dad and mom took me
01:06:03to the seaside to celebrate.
01:06:05I stood by the ocean.
01:06:07The sea wind brushed
01:06:09through my hair,
01:06:10carrying a salty taste.
01:06:13I spread my arms,
01:06:15feeling the wind,
01:06:16feeling freedom.
01:06:18For a moment,
01:06:19I seemed to see
01:06:20my past self.
01:06:25Charlotte,
01:06:26what are you thinking about?
01:06:30I'm just grateful
01:06:31to be alive
01:06:32and to be with you.
01:06:34Silly girl,
01:06:35we're the lucky ones.
01:06:37Having you as our daughter
01:06:38is the greatest happiness
01:06:39of our lives.
01:06:44The suffering of my past life
01:06:46taught me to cherish
01:06:47the happiness of this one.
01:06:49The pain that went deep
01:06:51into my bones
01:06:52taught me what true love is
01:06:53and what true trust
01:06:55really means.
01:06:56I no longer need
01:06:57to fear the red lights.
01:07:00I can laugh,
01:07:01I can cry,
01:07:02I can freely express
01:07:03my feelings.
01:07:04I can love bravely
01:07:05and be loved in return.
01:07:07I have parents who love me
01:07:08the best friend
01:07:09and a bright future.
01:07:10This is a life
01:07:11I never even dared
01:07:12to dream of in my past life.
01:07:14That night,
01:07:14on the hotel balcony,
01:07:16I took out my diary.
01:07:18Today I saw the ocean.
01:07:20It was vast,
01:07:21blue,
01:07:22and free.
01:07:23I thought of my past self,
01:07:24the little girl
01:07:25locked in the attic,
01:07:26longing to be loved
01:07:28and believed.
01:07:29She would never believe
01:07:30that I could live
01:07:31such a happy life now.
01:07:32My parents loved me
01:07:34very much.
01:07:35They taught me
01:07:36what honesty
01:07:37and courage are.
01:07:39Lena is now
01:07:40my best friend.
01:07:42She is confident
01:07:43and bright,
01:07:44her smile like stars
01:07:45in her eyes.
01:07:46The old lady
01:07:47is in good health.
01:07:48She often calls me
01:07:49and sends me pastries
01:07:51she makes herself.
01:07:52Buddy is still
01:07:53that silly little guy,
01:07:55always pawing at my hand
01:07:56asking me to play with him.
01:07:57I no longer hate anyone.
01:07:59I am no longer
01:08:00attached to the past.
01:08:02Those painful memories
01:08:04are like footprints
01:08:04on the beach,
01:08:05washed away by the waves.
01:08:07But they taught me
01:08:08to cherish every step I take.
01:08:10I know that in my past life,
01:08:13my mother,
01:08:13sister,
01:08:14and father
01:08:14all received
01:08:15their due consequences.
01:08:17And I, at last,
01:08:18have broken free
01:08:19from the chains
01:08:20and found true freedom.
01:08:21I don't want to see them again.
01:08:23I don't want to relive
01:08:24that life again.
01:08:25I just want to be Charlotte,
01:08:27simple,
01:08:28happy,
01:08:28and loved.
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