La malédiction de la lumière rouge
▶ The Red Light Curse
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▶ The Red Light Curse
La malédiction de la lumière rouge. épisodes complets en français. #FilmComplet #DramaFrançais #SérieDrama
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00:00:00Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
00:00:30In 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!
00:00:58Your 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.
00:01:11From that day on, those words became the most unquestionable truth in that cabin. The red light on my bracelet
00:01:17became like a curse. It declared me over-consuming heat every single day. At noon that day, Mom distributed the
00:01:24food. Anna got a larger portion because her bracelet was green. She needs to replenish energy. Mine was pitifully small
00:01:31because 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. Look at your sister
00:01:43Anna. Her bracelet is always green. She'd rather stay hungry than steal even a script of food. And you? You're
00:01:48a 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 any food. I didn't take any food. I ate it. She ate it. It's totally Anna. She
00:02:16just told me.
00:02:17Mom, I didn't. Sister, why are you accusing me? Mom, my bracelet is green. How could I have stolen the
00:02:26chocolate?
00:02:31Not only are you selfish enough to steal food, you even viciously frame your own sister.
00:02:38How did I end up with such a cruel daughter?
00:02:52Mom, I didn't lie. It really wasn't me. Please, just believe me this once.
00:02:58Just once.
00:03:00No.
00:03:02Even just a fraction of the tenderness she showed when she looked at Anna.
00:03:08Mom, I really didn't lie to you. Please believe me this time. I'm your daughter.
00:03:15Look at it yourself. Red. Chloe, it's red. It shows excess calories.
00:03:19If you didn't steal food, then who did? Your sister's bracelet is green. She can barely even stand. How could
00:03:25she possibly steal anything?
00:03:26I have to punish a lying child like you.
00:03:38I was wrong. I won't lie again. Mom, please.
00:04:01Mom, will my sister freeze lying there?
00:04:03Her? She won't freeze. Her bracelet is red. She's got excess heat. Anna, don't be like her. Be an honest
00:04:11child.
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.
00:04:51You're still lying. Pretending to be sick to gain my sympathy? Looks like you need a real lesson.
00:04:56You'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.
00:05:36Otherwise, 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.
00:06:25Because I knew he wouldn't believe me.
00:06:40Big sister, are you cold? Are you hungry?
00:06:44Don't you really want some hot water and a biscuit?
00:06:47Anna, I'm so cold and hungry. Please give me the water and the biscuit.
00:06:52Give it to you?
00:06:56Oh, right. I almost forgot to tell you.
00:06:59That chocolate? I was the one who ate it.
00:07:01So sweet. So delicious.
00:07:03Too bad you didn't get any.
00:07:04But what can you do?
00:07:05Your core shack is red.
00:07:07Mom only believes me, not you.
00:07:09Want a drink? Then beg me.
00:07:11Say you're a liar that you stole the chocolate.
00:07:14Say it, and I'll let you drink.
00:07:16Oops! My hand slipped.
00:07:18Sorry, big sister.
00:07:22I looked at the board beneath me as it froze and solid.
00:07:24Suddenly, I couldn't feel my feet anymore.
00:07:26The dizziness from the fever grew stronger and stronger.
00:07:29My vision blurred.
00:07:29I could clearly feel it, my body heat slipping away little by little,
00:07:32my life draining out of me.
00:07:33But I still couldn't accept it.
00:07:35I still hadn't lived to see the day Mom believed me.
00:07:38Mom, I'm so cold.
00:07:40I'm so hungry.
00:07:41I really didn't lie.
00:07:42Please believe me.
00:07:43Just once.
00:07:44Please.
00:07:46Dad, save me.
00:07:47I'm going to die.
00:07:50Dad!
00:07:50Music started playing downstairs.
00:07:52It 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.
00:08:04She heard me.
00:08:05She just didn't want to listen.
00:08:07With that thunderous music, she blocked her own ears and completely cut off my last path
00:08:12to survival.
00:08:13My hands stopped pounding.
00:08:14In that moment, all my strength, all my hope, all my unwillingness vanished.
00:08:20I was so hungry.
00:08:22So cold.
00:08:23But Mom would never believe me.
00:08:25She would only believe the bracelet.
00:08:28The machine doesn't lie.
00:08:30What a ridiculous sentence.
00:08:32I don't know how much time passed.
00:08:34My body stopped trembling.
00:08:36Instead, a strange warmth began to spread across my skin.
00:08:40A false, burning sensation, as if I were no longer cold.
00:08:43I raised my hand and looked at my little finger, frozen to a purplish blue.
00:08:47Without a single ripple in my heart, I bent it forcily.
00:08:49Crack.
00:08:50A faint snapping sound.
00:08:51My little finger broke, but I felt no pain at all.
00:08:53So this is what it's like when a person is freezing to death.
00:08:56You really feel nothing.
00:08:57Mom.
00:08:58I thought again of when I was very young.
00:09:00Denster.
00:09:00Her embrace was so her warm.
00:09:02Her smile was so gentle.
00:09:04I want to go back to that time.
00:09:05I want Mom to hug me just once more.
00:09:08February 14th.
00:09:087th day of the blizzard.
00:09:10Mom found the chocolate missing.
00:09:11She said I stole it.
00:09:13It wasn't me.
00:09:13Anna ate it.
00:09:14My bracelet turned red.
00:09:15Mom hit me, shocked me with the bracelet, took my blanket, and gave it to Anna.
00:09:19I'm so cold.
00:09:23Chloe, come here.
00:09:25Let Mom hug you.
00:09:31I felt weightless.
00:09:33I looked down.
00:09:33I was floating.
00:09:34And there below me, I saw myself lying on that frozen pile of cardboard.
00:09:38My right hand was missing a little finger.
00:09:40The dead girl's wrist was still flashing red.
00:09:42Oh.
00:09:43Oh.
00:09:44I'm dead.
00:09:44I looked down.
00:09:45My body was still curled up on the freezing wooden floor.
00:09:48The thermal monitoring bracelet was still tightly fastened around my lifeless purplish wrist.
00:09:53The red light continued flashing tirelessly, reflecting on my pale, expressionless face.
00:09:58Eerie and ironic.
00:10:00I was dead.
00:10:00I died at the age of ten in a blizzard in the Alps, locked in a freezing attic by my
00:10:04mom I loved most, frozen to death.
00:10:06I hovered there, looking at my own corpse.
00:10:08I didn't cry.
00:10:09I wasn't afraid.
00:10:10There was only a vast, lifeless calm inside me, like a nightmare that had lasted ten years, finally ending.
00:10:14My soul passed through the attic door like a gust of wind, without the slightest resistance.
00:10:20I drifted down the stairs, into the living room.
00:10:23Mom, Dad, and Anna were gathered around the table by the fire, smiles on their faces.
00:10:29Smiles I hadn't seen in a long time.
00:10:31The satellite phone on the table was lit.
00:10:33I heard it.
00:10:35Just moments ago, Mom had gotten through to the rescue team.
00:10:38They said the blizzard had weakened.
00:10:40In two days, they would be able to fly up in a helicopter and take us down the mountain.
00:10:45We were saved, except me.
00:10:48I died three days before the rescue arrived.
00:10:51I died just as the storm was about to end.
00:10:53That's great!
00:10:54We can finally leave this awful place!
00:10:56Mom, I want cake!
00:10:58Don't we still have that emergency cream cake in storage?
00:11:01I want to eat it now!
00:11:02Alright.
00:11:08That cake Dad had bought it for me before we came to the mountains.
00:11:11I couldn't bear to eat it, so I hid it deep in the storage room.
00:11:14I wanted to wait until the blizzard ended, then take it out and share it with Mom, Dad, and my
00:11:19sister.
00:11:20I had even drawn a picture of our family on the box and written the words,
00:11:24I love Mom.
00:11:27Eat slowly.
00:11:28No one's going to take it from you.
00:11:31Hmm.
00:11:32When we get down the mountain, I'll buy you a bigger, even better cake.
00:11:37I floated in front of them, watching this warm, joyful scene.
00:11:41And somewhere where my heart should have been, there was pain.
00:11:45Oh, right.
00:11:46Chloe is still locked in the attic.
00:11:49Since rescue is coming soon, maybe we should let her out.
00:11:52Let her have something to eat.
00:11:54She's been locked up for two days.
00:11:56She's been locked up for two days!
00:11:58She should have learned her lesson!
00:12:10My breath stopped instantly.
00:12:12Was she going to the attic?
00:12:14Was she going to see me?
00:12:15Was she finally going to discover that I was dead?
00:12:22Chloe.
00:12:26Chloe.
00:12:27Chloe, come out and eat!
00:12:28No response.
00:12:30I'm inside.
00:12:31I can't answer you!
00:12:33I'm already dead!
00:12:35If you open the door, you'll see my body!
00:12:37I'm already dead!
00:12:38I looked at Mom with sorrow.
00:12:40If she found out I was dead, would she be sad?
00:12:43Would she regret it?
00:12:45Still sulking?
00:12:46You're already ten, not five.
00:12:48Trying to get my attention this way?
00:12:50Then don't come out.
00:12:51Mom, I'm not sulking!
00:12:53I'm dead!
00:12:53I'm already dead!
00:12:54Look at me!
00:12:55I froze to death!
00:12:56Right there in the attic!
00:12:57I'm not lying!
00:12:59The bracelet is broken!
00:13:00Anna ate it!
00:13:00Look at me!
00:13:02Why did it suddenly get so cold?
00:13:04Is the fireplace not burning strong enough?
00:13:06David, go add some more wood.
00:13:07Mom couldn't hear my voice.
00:13:09She couldn't feel my presence.
00:13:12I was a ghost.
00:13:13A ghost who died at her hands.
00:13:15Ignored and forgotten.
00:13:19Shouldn't we turn on the heating?
00:13:21The rescue team will be here soon anyway.
00:13:23You're right.
00:13:24Let them see that even in this kind of environment,
00:13:26we can still maintain a scientific standard of living.
00:13:30She went downstairs and turned on the central heating
00:13:33and the floor heating throughout the house.
00:13:36The temperature in the attic rose as well.
00:13:39My body began to decompose faster.
00:13:45Water spread outward, soaking through the cardboard,
00:13:48seeping into the floor.
00:13:50I watched my body grow colder and stiffer,
00:13:53little by little,
00:13:54until signs of decay began to appear.
00:13:57That was my smell.
00:13:59The 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,
00:14:08forever in this cold attic.
00:14:10I'll take something to Chloe.
00:14:12She's been in the attic for two days.
00:14:14She hasn't even had a sip of water.
00:14:15Take what?
00:14:16Her red light is on like that.
00:14:18She's got more than enough energy.
00:14:19She won't starve.
00:14:25Dad, open the door.
00:14:27Hurry, open it.
00:14:29If you just turn the handle,
00:14:30you'll see that I'm not moving anymore.
00:14:32You'll see my darkened face.
00:14:39Hello?
00:14:40Rescue team?
00:14:41Yes, this is David.
00:14:42What?
00:14:43You can come up the mountain in two days?
00:14:45That's great!
00:14:46The rescue team said the blizzard will completely stop.
00:14:48In two days, they'll be able to come up.
00:14:53It was that close, just that tiny bit.
00:14:55Just one second.
00:14:56I could have been found.
00:14:57Maybe then,
00:14:59I wouldn't have to keep decaying.
00:15:11Mom was the first to notice.
00:15:15What is that smell?
00:15:17It's disgusting.
00:15:18Oh my God!
00:15:19It stinks!
00:15:20It's coming from the attic.
00:15:22Did my sister go on the floor?
00:15:24Did she do it on purpose?
00:15:25Is she trying to stink us to death?
00:15:32Chloe!
00:15:32What are you doing in there?
00:15:35It stinks!
00:15:40Oh my God.
00:15:51Chloe, didn't you want to disgust us?
00:15:53Fine.
00:15:54Then stay in there with your stink.
00:15:56Don't even think about coming out to pollute our air.
00:16:00The last trace of my attachment to her snapped completely.
00:16:03Just like that strip of tape.
00:16:05She would rather seal the cracks of the door with tape
00:16:07and endure the increasingly unbearable stench
00:16:10then push the door open
00:16:11and look at her own daughter.
00:16:13I'm right here.
00:16:15Thank you.
00:16:16Can't you see me?
00:16:22The tape in the end
00:16:23couldn't block the overwhelming stench of a rotting body.
00:16:26Another day passed.
00:16:27It was the day the rescue team had promised to come up the mountain.
00:16:45Chloe!
00:16:46I've had enough of you, you disgusting little brat!
00:16:49What exactly are you trying to do?
00:16:51Making the whole house stink on purpose?
00:16:52Are you trying to torment us?
00:16:53I'm going to teach you a lesson today.
00:17:11Chloe?
00:17:12Chloe?
00:17:14Chloe?
00:17:17Chloe?
00:17:20Chloe?
00:17:20Chloe?
00:17:21Chloe?
00:17:21Chloe?
00:17:21Chloe?
00:17:22Chloe?
00:17:22Chloe?
00:17:32No.
00:17:51No, that's impossible.
00:17:54Chloé, vous êtes prétendant, n'est-ce pas, Chloé ?
00:17:56Vous êtes ligné à Maman encore, n'est-ce pas ?
00:18:00Maman n'est pas encore angry, je ne vais pas encore scolder vous.
00:18:03Maman, ne meurt pas, ne meurt pas, ne meurt pas, ne meurt pas.
00:18:07Elle s'est rendu comme elle s'est rendu à mon nez, pas de breath.
00:18:11Puis elle s'est rendu à mon nez, ne meurt pas pour un pulse.
00:18:14Pas de rien, uniquement de coldes, uniquement de silence.
00:18:17Je suis vraiment mort.
00:18:18En la main de l'attache, elle s'est fermée avec ses propres mains.
00:18:21Dead in the cold and hunger she had caused, dead under the gays,
00:18:25she never once chose to believe.
00:18:27Impossible.
00:18:28The machine doesn't lie.
00:18:31Impossible.
00:18:40They had followed the sound of the screams.
00:18:43The team leader pushed open the attic door
00:18:45and froze the moment he saw what was inside.
00:18:47The body of a ten-year-old girl lay curled up on the cold floor.
00:18:51A bracelet flashing red on her wrist.
00:18:53A woman sat collapsed on the ground,
00:18:55screaming like a madwoman,
00:18:57her eyes unfocused, completely deranged.
00:19:00David and Anna, who had followed behind,
00:19:02turned deathly pale the moment he saw my body.
00:19:06David's legs gave out,
00:19:07and he collapsed at the doorway,
00:19:09his whole body trembling violently.
00:19:11How did this happen?
00:19:12How did this happen?
00:19:13How did this happen?
00:19:15He finally understood,
00:19:17behind the door he had almost opened that day,
00:19:20lay his daughter's cold corpse.
00:19:22He finally understood that his repeated hesitation
00:19:24and retreat had ultimately pushed me to my death.
00:19:28Anna hid behind David,
00:19:30staring at my bluish, swollen face,
00:19:32and tear finally showed on her face.
00:19:34She burst into tears,
00:19:36clinging tightly to David's arm,
00:19:38her body shaking like a leaf in the autumn wind,
00:19:41barely able to stand.
00:19:43She was finally afraid.
00:19:45She finally understood that her prank,
00:19:47her lies,
00:19:49her framing,
00:19:49had cost a life,
00:19:51had killed her own sister.
00:19:58The rescue team leader quickly snapped out of it
00:20:02and shouted sharply at the others.
00:20:04Unable to suppress the anger in his voice,
00:20:07the team set up a cordon.
00:20:08The doctor pushed through the crowd
00:20:10and entered the attic,
00:20:11crouching beside my body for a long time,
00:20:14examining carefully,
00:20:15his movements gentle,
00:20:17as if afraid of damaging my already fragile skin.
00:20:20Severe hypothermia.
00:20:22Organ failure.
00:20:24This child was starved for at least a month
00:20:26and in temperatures well below freezing,
00:20:28she froze to death.
00:20:30Time of death was two to three days ago.
00:20:33It's not my fault!
00:20:35She was lying!
00:20:37She stole food!
00:20:38Look!
00:20:39The bracelet is red!
00:20:41The red light!
00:20:42It says she has excess calories!
00:20:44I follow the data!
00:20:45Machines don't lie!
00:20:47The doctor frowned,
00:20:48crouched down,
00:20:49and carefully tried to remove the bracelet from my wrist.
00:20:52But the strap had fused tightly with my frozen purplish skin,
00:20:56almost as if it had grown into the flesh.
00:20:59Gritting his teeth,
00:21:00the doctor took out specialized tools
00:21:02and carefully pried the bracelet off.
00:21:04Little by little,
00:21:05I floated in midair,
00:21:06watching 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,
00:21:14that had caused my death,
00:21:16finally fell away.
00:21:17The doctor held the bracelet,
00:21:19turning it over and over,
00:21:21then opened the casing on the back.
00:21:23After just one glance,
00:21:24he let out a cold laugh,
00:21:26looking up at mom.
00:21:28Ma'am,
00:21:28your so-called infuelable machine
00:21:30has been broken for a long time.
00:21:33The temperature sensor
00:21:34and calorie monitoring module
00:21:36have completely failed.
00:21:37The circuit shorted out,
00:21:38which is why the red light stays on.
00:21:40From the very first day it was worn,
00:21:42it was already broken.
00:21:44It couldn't measure anything at all.
00:21:46It could only keep flashing red.
00:21:47The truth,
00:21:48she had trusted above all else.
00:21:51The things she relied on
00:21:53to judge my life and death
00:21:54had been a joke from the very beginning.
00:21:59You are lying.
00:22:05I hadn't lied.
00:22:07Not once.
00:22:09The bracelet was broken.
00:22:12She was wrong.
00:22:14No.
00:22:15No, that's impossible.
00:22:19No!
00:22:20Impossible!
00:22:21Machines don't lie!
00:22:26Look!
00:22:27Anna's bracelet is still green!
00:22:29This proves the system works!
00:22:31This is scientific!
00:22:33At that moment,
00:22:34a female rescue worker
00:22:35walked over to Anna,
00:22:36bent down,
00:22:37and took something out of her pocket.
00:22:39It had been hidden there for days,
00:22:41crumpled beyond recognition,
00:22:43still smeared with traces of chocolate,
00:22:45holding the wrapper.
00:22:47The rescue worker walked up to mom
00:22:49and said coldly,
00:22:50Ma'am, is this the chocolate
00:22:52you 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!
00:23:10My sister told me to hide it!
00:23:13She ate it, not me!
00:23:17But this time,
00:23:18no one believed her anymore.
00:23:23little girl,
00:23:24take off your bracelet
00:23:24and show it to me.
00:23:27Anna froze instantly.
00:23:32No!
00:23:32Mom gave it to me!
00:23:34I won't take it off!
00:23:35But the doctor gave her no chance to argue.
00:23:37He pulled out a screwdriver
00:23:39and pried the bracelet
00:23:40open 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.
00:23:48Nothing at all.
00:23:50Only two cheap green LED lights
00:23:52and a button battery.
00:23:53The circuit was hardwired,
00:23:55once powered.
00:23:55It is just a two yuan toy.
00:23:58He doctor slammed the shattered bracelet
00:23:59onto the ground in front of mom.
00:24:02His voice trembled with barely contained rage.
00:24:05This bracelet of your younger daughter
00:24:06was designed to always show green
00:24:08from the very beginning.
00:24:09No matter what she said,
00:24:11what she did,
00:24:11or how much she lied,
00:24:12it would always stay green.
00:24:14Ma'am,
00:24:14your so-called scientific survival system,
00:24:17your so-called infuelable data,
00:24:19from beginning to end,
00:24:20was nothing but a complete joke,
00:24:21a sick, biased joke.
00:24:23You personally froze your honest daughter
00:24:25to death in that attic
00:24:26while treating a compulsive liar
00:24:28like treasure.
00:24:29Mom looked at the shattered plastic pieces
00:24:31on the ground,
00:24:32at the toy still glowing green,
00:24:34and suddenly,
00:24:35she laughed.
00:24:38She laughed loudly,
00:24:40so loudly that tears came out of her eyes.
00:24:43She doubled over,
00:24:45collapsing onto the floor,
00:24:46her whole body curling up with laughter.
00:24:52Fake.
00:24:53It's all fake.
00:24:55Mom suddenly screamed,
00:24:56and then she did something insane.
00:24:59No way!
00:25:00The bracelet can't be wrong.
00:25:01I didn't eat anything today.
00:25:03My calories couldn't possibly be over.
00:25:06It'll turn green.
00:25:07She grabbed the bracelet,
00:25:08still stained with my blood
00:25:10and fragments of skin,
00:25:11and snapped it onto her own wrist.
00:25:13She took a deep breath,
00:25:15trying to calm herself.
00:25:16She raised her wrist,
00:25:17her eyes wild.
00:25:19Look,
00:25:20it'll turn green.
00:25:21The red light flared,
00:25:22bright violent.
00:25:23Mom's confident expression shattered instantly.
00:25:26She slapped at the bracelet,
00:25:27like it was a broken television,
00:25:29panic rising in her voice.
00:25:31What?
00:25:31No!
00:25:32My calories can't be over!
00:25:34I didn't exceed anything!
00:25:36Why is it red?
00:25:37I didn't lie!
00:25:39She started speaking faster and faster.
00:25:42It's broken.
00:25:43The doctor broke it.
00:25:44I'll try again.
00:25:45I've never abused her.
00:25:46I was doing it for her good.
00:25:47I love...
00:25:49Why is it red?
00:25:50I'm telling the truth!
00:25:52Turn green,
00:25:53you piece of junk!
00:25:53You're framing me!
00:25:54Suddenly,
00:25:55she remembered me,
00:25:56ten-year-old me,
00:25:57punished so severely,
00:25:59curled up on the floor,
00:26:00biting my lip
00:26:01to stop myself from screaming.
00:26:03But the red light kept flashing,
00:26:05as if it was speaking to her,
00:26:06again and again.
00:26:08You are a liar.
00:26:09You are a liar.
00:26:10No!
00:26:11Mom suddenly screamed,
00:26:13clawing frantically at the bracelet,
00:26:15trying to rip it off her wrist.
00:26:18Take it off!
00:26:19It's red!
00:26:19I'm not a liar!
00:26:21I'm not!
00:26:21But the clasp had locked
00:26:23due to her violent struggle,
00:26:25like a shackle,
00:26:26tightly bound to her wrist,
00:26:27just as it had once been
00:26:28tightly bound to mine.
00:26:31A doctor picked up the diary
00:26:33from the floor.
00:26:35He flipped through it,
00:26:36page by page,
00:26:37his expression growing darker
00:26:39and darker.
00:26:41February 14th,
00:26:42day seven of the blizzard,
00:26:44Mom found the chocolate missing.
00:26:45She said I stole it.
00:26:47I didn't.
00:26:47It was Anna who ate it.
00:26:49My bracelet turned red.
00:26:50Mom hit me,
00:26:51shocked me with the bracelet.
00:26:52Mom locked me in the acnic.
00:26:53Dad took my bring me food.
00:26:55But Anna stopped him.
00:26:56Anna poured hot water
00:26:57onto my cardboard bed.
00:26:58I hit the floor
00:26:58and called for Mom.
00:26:59But she turned up the music
00:27:00so loud she couldn't hear me.
00:27:03When I was nine,
00:27:05Anna broke Mom's
00:27:06most precious tech robot
00:27:07and cried saying I did it.
00:27:09Without even asking,
00:27:11Mom locked me in the storage room
00:27:12for a full day and night
00:27:13with no food or water.
00:27:15I banged on the door,
00:27:16crying that it wasn't me,
00:27:18but she wouldn't listen.
00:27:20And Anna,
00:27:20she was curled up in Mom's arms,
00:27:23eating sweet strawberries,
00:27:24watching me be locked away
00:27:26with a happy smile.
00:27:27Countless days and nights,
00:27:29Anna stole my toys,
00:27:31tore my drawings,
00:27:32ruined my homework,
00:27:33and then cried to Mom,
00:27:34saying I didn't.
00:27:35Every single time,
00:27:37Mom believed Anna
00:27:38without question,
00:27:39then scolded me,
00:27:40punished me,
00:27:41and made me stand
00:27:42in a cold corner
00:27:43without food.
00:27:45Machines don't lie.
00:27:48Anna's wristband is green.
00:27:50You're just a liar.
00:27:51Mom, I really didn't lie.
00:27:53I've never lied to you.
00:27:55I know you don't like me,
00:27:56but I still love you.
00:27:58If I die,
00:27:59will you regret it?
00:28:00Will you miss me
00:28:01even a little?
00:28:03If there's a next life,
00:28:04can you believe me once?
00:28:07Can you please stop
00:28:08calling me a liar?
00:28:10Every word struck
00:28:11like a heavy hammer,
00:28:12crashing down on
00:28:14on my mom's heart.
00:28:15She covered her face
00:28:16and let out a heart-wrenching cry,
00:28:18like a wounded beast.
00:28:20She remembered
00:28:21the fourth day of the blizzard,
00:28:23the slap she gave me
00:28:24across the face,
00:28:25and the electric shock
00:28:26that coursed
00:28:27through my entire body.
00:28:30She remembered
00:28:31pulling the only blanket off me
00:28:33and wrapping it around Anna instead,
00:28:35and the despair in my eyes.
00:28:39She remembered me
00:28:40banging on the floor,
00:28:42screaming for her help,
00:28:43while she deliberately
00:28:44turned up Symphony of Fate
00:28:46to the maximum volume
00:28:47to block out her own ears.
00:28:49She remembered
00:28:50sealing the cracks
00:28:51of the attic door
00:28:52with tape,
00:28:52and the disgust
00:28:53and impatience
00:28:54she felt at the time.
00:28:58She had personally,
00:28:59little by little,
00:29:00pushed her daughter
00:29:01toward death.
00:29:02She had personally
00:29:03killed the little girl
00:29:04who loved her most,
00:29:05and trusted her most.
00:29:10Mom let out
00:29:11a piercing scream
00:29:12and suddenly
00:29:13raised her head,
00:29:14looking toward Anna
00:29:15curled up in the corner.
00:29:17It's you!
00:29:18It's all you!
00:29:20She lunged forward
00:29:22like a madwoman,
00:29:23tightly gripping
00:29:24Anna's throat,
00:29:25screaming hysterically,
00:29:27You're the one
00:29:28who lied.
00:29:29You're the one
00:29:30who stole the chocolate.
00:29:31You tricked me.
00:29:33You killed Chloe.
00:29:35I'm going to kill you.
00:29:37You'll pay
00:29:37for my daughter's life.
00:29:42The rescue staff
00:29:44and doctors
00:29:44rushed in
00:29:45and pulled Mom away,
00:29:46pinning her firmly
00:29:47down on the sofa.
00:29:50My dad watched everything,
00:29:52the crazed mother,
00:29:54the terrified Anna,
00:29:55and the blood-stained note
00:29:57in the evidence bag,
00:29:58and finally snapped.
00:30:02You monster!
00:30:06That was your daughter,
00:30:07our daughter!
00:30:08You froze her to death
00:30:09with your own hands!
00:30:11How dare you!
00:30:12How could you?
00:30:15It's not my fault.
00:30:17It was the wristband.
00:30:19It was Anna.
00:30:22It's not my fault.
00:30:24My body was placed
00:30:25into a black body bag.
00:30:27The zipper slowly closed,
00:30:28sealing away my short
00:30:30ten years of life
00:30:31filled with pain and despair.
00:30:32Don't take her away!
00:30:34Give her ever back to me!
00:30:35She ran across the snowfield.
00:30:37Her bare feet
00:30:38stepping onto sharp ice shards,
00:30:40instantly cutting her skin.
00:30:41Blood trailed across the white snow,
00:30:44leaving a shocking red path behind her.
00:30:46Chloe, Mom will give you
00:30:48all the food rations.
00:30:50Please, open your eyes
00:30:51and look at me!
00:30:52She reached the landing gear area,
00:30:55desperately jumping upward,
00:30:57trying to grab hold
00:30:58of the edge of the body bag.
00:30:59But she only grasped empty,
00:31:01freezing air,
00:31:02and swirling snowflakes.
00:31:05This incident quickly spread
00:31:07across the world.
00:31:09The rescue team's camera
00:31:10had recorded everything.
00:31:12One of the crew members
00:31:13accidentally uploaded
00:31:14the footage online.
00:31:16And from there,
00:31:17it spread like an unstoppable avalanche.
00:31:27The entire internet exploded.
00:31:30Netizens were in full outrage.
00:31:41And that father too,
00:31:42he did nothing the entire time.
00:31:44Just watched his daughter being abused.
00:31:46He deserves to die as well.
00:31:48A flood of insults poured in
00:31:50like an avalanche,
00:31:51crashing down on my mom,
00:31:52my dad,
00:31:53and this shattered family.
00:31:55On the second day
00:31:56after the incident escalated,
00:31:58our villa at the foot of the mountain
00:31:59was completely surrounded
00:32:01by an enraged crowd.
00:32:02The front gate had been splashed
00:32:04with bright red paint.
00:32:05In thick black marker,
00:32:07the words murderers,
00:32:08get out of this city,
00:32:10and justice for Chloe,
00:32:12were written everywhere.
00:32:13The villa windows
00:32:14had been smashed with bricks.
00:32:16Red paint and abusive slogans
00:32:18covered the walls and floors.
00:32:20At the entrance,
00:32:22reporters and furious protesters
00:32:23packed tightly together.
00:32:26Behind them,
00:32:27the crowd held signs
00:32:28filled with insults,
00:32:29chanting loudly
00:32:30until the noise shook the air.
00:32:32Grace, the murderer, get out!
00:32:34You don't deserve to be a mother!
00:32:35Pay for Chloe's life!
00:32:37Evil family,
00:32:39get out of Switzerland!
00:32:40Neighbors had already moved out
00:32:42one after another.
00:32:43The property management
00:32:44even came with legal notices,
00:32:46demanding we leave immediately,
00:32:48saying our presence
00:32:49had severely damaged
00:32:50neighborhood safety
00:32:51and property values
00:32:52and caused extreme disturbance
00:32:53to other residents.
00:32:55Inside the villa,
00:32:56everything was in chaos.
00:32:57the curtains were tightly drawn,
00:32:59the lights stayed off,
00:33:00only the glow of the television
00:33:01illuminated the pale faces
00:33:02of my dad and my mom.
00:33:04The house phone
00:33:05had been completely overwhelmed.
00:33:06Every call that came through
00:33:07brought waves of insults and curses.
00:33:09Even the mobile phones
00:33:10couldn't be turned on.
00:33:11The moment they were switched on,
00:33:13countless abusive messages
00:33:14and non-stop harassing calls
00:33:16flooded in.
00:33:17It's not my fault.
00:33:19It's not my fault.
00:33:27I'm going to kill you.
00:33:30It's all your fault!
00:33:31All of it!
00:33:32If it weren't for that
00:33:33damn bracelet of yours,
00:33:34if you hadn't trusted
00:33:35those useless data readings,
00:33:37Chloe wouldn't be dead.
00:33:38We wouldn't have ended up like this.
00:33:39You're a madwoman!
00:33:40A murderer!
00:33:45What right do you have to blame me?
00:33:47You were there to save her.
00:33:48You're an accomplice.
00:33:49You deserve to die too!
00:33:55You're a madwoman!
00:34:21Mom and dad had no choice
00:34:22but to sell the house,
00:34:24the car,
00:34:24and everything valuable
00:34:25in the home
00:34:26to cover legal fees
00:34:27and compensation.
00:34:42How dare you!
00:34:47Stop!
00:34:57Don't touch my things!
00:34:58Those are mine!
00:35:00Give them back!
00:35:05These items have been seized
00:35:06and auctioned by the court.
00:35:08They no longer belong to you.
00:35:23If you fail to repay the debt,
00:35:24we will file for court enforcement
00:35:25and have you imprisoned it.
00:35:31Nothing.
00:35:49It's all over.
00:43:47Only Buddy would run over, lie down by my feet, and rub its head against my hand, staying 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 and abandoned Bunny in the mountains.
00:44:11Bunny! Bunny!
00:44:15I cried for days and searched for days, but I never found him.
00:44:19It turns out he had always been here, waiting for me at the border.
00:44:30Let's go. Don't look back.
00:44:32I could feel his soft, warm fur, feel his body temperature, feel his heartbeat.
00:44:38This was the living, breathing connection I had longed for most when I was alive.
00:44:47In the distance, a door of light appeared.
00:44:49It was the entrance to the next cycle of reincarnation.
00:44:54I turned back and took one last look at this world that had tormented me for ten years.
00:44:58One look in the direction of the psychiatric hospital, and one look at the wooden cabin that had trapped me.
00:45:04Then I turned around, holding Buddy's paw, and walked step by step toward that door of light.
00:45:10Everything behind me became like a faded photograph, slowly blurring and dissolving.
00:45:16My mother's final tears, the bracelet's red glow, the blood-written message on the floor, the freezing attic.
00:45:23All of it vanished.
00:45:24I did not look back.
00:45:25The nightmare that had lasted wood for ten years had finally come to a true end.
00:45:31Passing through that light, there was no spinning, no chaos, only endless warmth as if I were sinking into a
00:45:37spring stream.
00:45:38Even the pain deep within my soul, those lingering aches and phantom pains, gradually faded away.
00:45:44Buddy's paw in my hand was warm and gentle.
00:45:46When I opened my eyes again, I was small, wrapped in a soft blanket.
00:45:52Someone was humming.
00:45:54It was a woman's voice.
00:45:56Gentle, slightly off-key, yet filled with love.
00:46:00Her fingers lightly brushed across my cheek, carrying the scent of gardenias.
00:46:04Not 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.
00:46:15Honey, our daughter just blinked.
00:46:17He was tall, with healthy, wheel-coloured skin weathered features.
00:46:21But his eyes were exceptionally gentle.
00:46:24He was my father in this sweet life, Martin.
00:46:27He 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, not Chloe.
00:46:42No burden, no shackles.
00:46:45No lies.
00:46:46No label of liar.
00:46:48Just Charlotte.
00:46:49A name that meant warmth, being cherished, and being loved unconditionally.
00:46:53I grew up in a home filled with love.
00:46:56Our house wasn't big, but it was clean and warm.
00:46:58In the living room, there was a large fireplace that burned brightly every winter, filling everything
00:47:04with cozy heat.
00:47:05There were no heat-monitoring bracelets.
00:47:07No red or green lights.
00:47:09No strict food rationing.
00:47:11No cold attic.
00:47:12Only endless love and unconditional trust.
00:47:15When I was three years old, my mother made hot cocoa.
00:47:19The aroma drifted from the kitchen into the living room.
00:47:30Baby, I'm here.
00:47:35Charlotte, you're safe now.
00:47:38I'm here.
00:47:39Dad is here.
00:47:40No one will hurt you.
00:47:42My throat turns.
00:47:44I don't want hot cocoa.
00:47:48Not like the hot water in the attic thermos that Anna once poured out.
00:47:52Not something that had been held up to my mouth before being taken away.
00:47:56When I was four years old, the kindergarten organized a health check-up that included a blood test.
00:48:09Charlotte, it's just a tiny poke.
00:48:11It won't hurt.
00:48:11Look 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.
00:48:15Don't shock me.
00:48:17It's okay.
00:48:19Sorry, my child's experienced trauma.
00:48:21We'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.
00:48:38My baby, you must have suffered so much, didn'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.
00:48:49From that day on, they regularly took me to see a child psychologist.
00:48:54The doctor said I had severe post-traumatic stress disorder.
00:49:00My parents never complained once.
00:49:02They never made me feel like a burden.
00:49:04They stayed with me, played games 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.
00:49:24Wear them if you like.
00:49:25If you don't, just take them off.
00:49:26No matter what, your dad and I will always love you.
00:49:28I looked at the sparkling bracelet on my wrist.
00:49:30There was no red light, no electric shock, no accusation.
00:49:33Only my mother's gentle smile.
00:49:35It took me two lifetimes to finally hear those words.
00:49:37When I was five years old, I once had a fever.
00:49:42I started crying uncontrollably.
00:49:44I feel hot.
00:49:45It wasn't because I felt unwell.
00:49:47It was because what I said.
00:49:49Mom immediately took a thermometer and checked my temperature.
00:50:00Mom, if I say I feel hot, do you believe me?
00:50:07I believe you.
00:50:09If you say you're hot, then you're hot.
00:50:11The thermometer says you're hot too.
00:50:13Of course I believe you.
00:50:14What if the thermometer didn't say I was hot, but I said I was?
00:50:18Would you still believe me?
00:50:20I would.
00:50:20Your 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 for a long, long time.
00:50:29The afternoon I had a fever.
00:50:32It started snowing outside.
00:50:33Dad wrapped me in a blanket and held me by the window as we watched the snow.
00:50:38Mom loved snowy days the most when I was a child, building snowmen with my brother.
00:50:43Once I had placed the snowman's nose where its eyes should be.
00:50:50Why?
00:50:51It was so the snowman could look down at its own feet.
00:50:55Otherwise, it would never know what it was wearing.
00:50:58I was wrapped in that blanket simply because they wanted me to feel warm, so they wrapped
00:51:03me up in it.
00:51:04It was soft, thick, and warm.
00:51:06I buried my face in it and took a breath.
00:51:08It smelled like fabric softener.
00:51:11Clean, dry, and unmistakably the scent of home.
00:51:14When I was seven, I started elementary school.
00:51:17There was a girl in my class named Lena.
00:51:19She looked exactly like Anna from my previous life.
00:51:22The same eyes, the same face shape.
00:51:29Sister, you're so pitiful.
00:51:36I'm, my name is Lena.
00:51:39You, do you want to be my friend?
00:51:42Her tone was so cautious, so eager to please.
00:51:45Just like me in my previous life, almost instinctively, I glanced at her wrist.
00:51:50She was wearing a cheap green cartoon wristband.
00:51:54Later, I learned that Lena's mother was also extremely strict.
00:51:58She demanded absolute obedience and absolute honesty.
00:52:01If Lena made even the smallest mistake, she would be locked in her room and denied food.
00:52:06Lena, just like my past self, lived in endless fear and suppression.
00:52:10One day, Lena accidentally broke the teacher's glass cup.
00:52:18I looked at her, at the fear and despair in her eyes.
00:52:21In that instant, I was reminded of my past self.
00:52:24The little girl who lay on the cold floor, writing I am a liar over and over again,
00:52:29begging for forgiveness again and again.
00:52:34Lena, it's okay. Accidents happen.
00:52:37Let's go tell the teacher together, okay?
00:52:39The teacher won't be angry.
00:52:41But, mom said that children who lie are bad kids and they will be punished.
00:52:47Being honest doesn't mean you never make mistakes.
00:52:49It means that when you do make a mistake, you're brave enough to admit it.
00:52:52And even if you tell the truth, you shouldn't be punished for it.
00:52:56I broke the cup. I'm sorry.
00:52:59The teacher didn't get angry.
00:53:01Instead, she smiled, patted both our heads, and said it was okay, just to be more careful next time.
00:53:08From that day on, we became best friends.
00:53:11I took Lena home to meet my parents.
00:53:14She looked at my mom and dad, so gentle, so patient, never shouting over small things, never punishing a child
00:53:21for making mistakes.
00:53:23Her eyes were filled with envy.
00:53:25Lena, you don't need to please everyone.
00:53:27You're allowed to have your own feelings.
00:53:29You can say no.
00:53:30You can be scared.
00:53:31You can make mistakes.
00:53:32None of that is shameful.
00:53:34One day, Lena's mother came to school to pick her up.
00:53:37When she saw us together, her face immediately darkened.
00:53:40She grabbed Lena's hand tightly and said sharply,
00:53:43Did you cause trouble again?
00:53:45Is Charlotte helping you lie?
00:53:49Auntie, Lena hasn't done anything wrong.
00:53:52She's a very, very good child.
00:53:54You shouldn't always assume the worst about her.
00:53:56She's afraid of you.
00:54:01That night, she called my mom.
00:54:03They talked for a long time, and in the end, she said thank you.
00:54:08Thank you.
00:54:09Your daughter made me realize how terribly wrong I've been.
00:54:14Little by little, Lena's mother became gentler.
00:54:17She started learning to listen instead of shouting.
00:54:20To trust instead of blaming.
00:54:23And Lena, too, became more and more confident.
00:54:27More and more open.
00:54:29In my previous life, I was never saved.
00:54:31I endured all the pain alone in the darkness.
00:54:34But in this life, I can save others.
00:54:36When I was ten years old, Dad took us to the mountains.
00:54:40Not the Alps.
00:54:41Just ordinary mountains.
00:54:44Dad was the captain of 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 clops might happen after rain.
00:54:53He led me along an easier trail.
00:54:55Mom walked behind us, camera in hand.
00:54:57Taking photos from time to time.
00:55:03Here.
00:55:04Thank you.
00:55:07Dad, have you ever seen people trapped in snowy mountains?
00:55:11Yes.
00:55:12Many times.
00:55:14What happened to them in the end?
00:55:19Some 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 I chose this job?
00:55:35No.
00:55:36Because I hope that after every snowstorm, no one is left alone in the mountains.
00:55:40For everyone who gets trapped, I hope someone can reach them in time.
00:55:44The wind blew down from the mountain, carrying the scent of pine trees and a faint coolness from the distant
00:55:49stream.
00:55:49But it wasn't the kind of cold that selt into your bones.
00:55:53It was breathable, refreshing, alive.
00:55:56A summer kind of cool.
00:55:57The coolness of being alive.
00:56:02Look.
00:56:06I stared at that photo for a long time.
00:56:08That child was me.
00:56:10Clean.
00:56:11Looking outward.
00:56:12Alive.
00:56:12Not Chloe curled up in the corner of an attic in my previous life.
00:56:16That was Charlotte.
00:56:17Standing in the sunlight.
00:56:18Standing between dad and mom.
00:56:19At that moment, I remembered the lines in my drawing book.
00:56:23I remembered the hands that wrote them.
00:56:25I remembered the child who use up her last bit of strength just say,
00:56:30I love you so much.
00:56:32You don't need a wristband to prove that what you say is true.
00:56:35There are people here who believe you.
00:56:37Even without a wristband.
00:56:38Even without any device to verify it.
00:56:40Even if what you say sounds impossible.
00:56:42There will still be someone who will catch every word you say.
00:56:45There are people here who believe you.
00:56:47Hey.
00:56:50In autumn, one of dad's old rescue teammates came to visit.
00:56:54Bringing his wife and an elderly woman when with them.
00:56:57She was his mother.
00:56:58Even though time had carved deep marks into her face.
00:57:01Even though it shed the obsession and madness of my previous life.
00:57:05Even though the eyes that once belonged to a scientist no longer held that burning phoneticism.
00:57:09Only gentleness and the weight of years.
00:57:11I would never mistake her.
00:57:13This was grace.
00:57:23Charlotte, what's wrong sweetheart?
00:57:25Are you feeling unwell?
00:57:27At that moment, the old woman's gaze also fell on me.
00:57:30Her originally gentle eyes froze the instant she saw me.
00:57:50I could clearly see the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.
00:57:54The white strands at her thames and the tears pooling in her eyes.
00:58:00Held back so tightly that they refused to fall.
00:58:04Charlotte.
00:58:06Such a beautiful name.
00:58:09My throat felt blocked, as if something was stuck there.
00:58:13I was no longer Chloe.
00:58:15I am Charlotte.
00:58:17The Charlotte who had grown up wrapped in love.
00:58:20Seeing that I remained silent, a trace of panic flashed in her eyes.
00:58:26How old are you?
00:58:31Ten.
00:58:33Ten?
00:58:34That's good.
00:58:35At lunchtime, she sat directly across from me.
00:58:39She carefully used serving chopsters to put food into my bowl.
00:58:44Auntie, you're spoiling Charlotte too much.
00:58:47You should eat too.
00:58:50It's fine.
00:58:51When I look at this child, I just feel an instant sense of closeness.
00:58:56I looked at the pile of food in my bowl, my emotions tangled and heavy.
00:59:01In my previous life, until the day I died, I had always hoped,
00:59:05just once that she would serve me a bite of food,
00:59:09say something gentle to me, or believe me even once.
00:59:12But now, she had done it.
00:59:15Only, it was already too late.
00:59:18In the afternoon, I paint alone in the sunroom.
00:59:25Charlotte, can I sit here for a while?
00:59:27I 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.
00:59:37And I also know who I am.
00:59:40From the moment I was born, I carried all my memories.
00:59:45I remember everything I did to you.
00:59:49I'm sorry, Chloe.
00:59:51I'm sorry.
00:59:55Chloe, I'm sorry to you.
00:59:57I'm really sorry.
00:59:59Every day, I ask myself,
01:00:03why didn't I trust you that day in the cabin?
01:00:07Why did I trust that broken wristband instead of my own daughter?
01:00:12I remember slapping you.
01:00:14I remember shocking you.
01:00:17The way you curled up on the floor, begging me to stop.
01:00:21I remember locking you in the attic.
01:00:25The way you clung to the doorframe.
01:00:27Begging me not to lock it.
01:00:30I remember kicking open the attic door and finding your frozen body.
01:00:37And the red light still flashing on your wrist.
01:00:41I saw your blood, written letter.
01:00:44Every 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.
01:00:54Could I please trust you once?
01:00:56Could I stop calling you a liar?
01:00:59But I didn't even give you that chance.
01:01:02I destroyed it with my own hands.
01:01:05I'm sorry.
01:01:06It was a diary with a sunflower on the cover.
01:01:09The flower I had loved most in my previous life.
01:01:14Chloe.
01:01:15No, Charlotte.
01:01:18I know that no matter how many apologies I say, it's useless now.
01:01:22I took your life.
01:01:24I can never repay what I owe you.
01:01:27Not in this life, not in the next.
01:01:30I don't dare to ask for your forgiveness.
01:01:33I just, I just wanted to tell you sorry in person.
01:01:37I just want you to know that I understand now.
01:01:40Love is not measured by machines nor judged by data.
01:01:43It is listening to you, believing what you say, holding you and telling you that your mother is here.
01:01:47But I understood all of that far too late.
01:01:49Too late.
01:01:50I'm so sorry, Charlotte.
01:01:52She was crying so hard that her whole body trembled.
01:01:56Her aged face was covered in tears and regret.
01:02:02I looked at her for a long time.
01:02:05In my previous life, lying on the cold floor of the attic,
01:02:09what I had wanted most before dying was a single apology from her.
01:02:13A single, I believe you.
01:02:15But now she was truly standing in front of me saying countless apologies,
01:02:19and yet I realized they no longer mattered to me.
01:02:22I already had a new life.
01:02:24Parents who loved me, a warm home, and a bright future.
01:02:27Auntie, I don't hate you anymore.
01:02:30Her tears fell even harder.
01:02:32Her lips trembled as if she wanted to say something, but no words came out.
01:02:36But I also won't call you mom again.
01:02:38The me I am now what is Charlotte.
01:02:40I have my own parents.
01:02:41They love me very much.
01:02:43I've received your repentance.
01:02:45I don't hate you anymore because I don't want to be trapped by the past.
01:02:49I don't want to spend my entire life living inside that snowy mountain nightmare.
01:02:53But I also won't forgive you.
01:02:56Not because of hatred, but because what happened does not deserve forgiveness.
01:03:00After hearing my words, her body swayed.
01:03:03She covered her face and let out a broken, desperate sob.
01:03:08She knew I was right.
01:03:11It was too late.
01:03:12Everything was too late.
01:03:14When she locked me in the attic and let me freeze to death, where was her remorse then?
01:03:19When I kept calling her mom over and over telling her I wasn't lying, where was her remorse then?
01:03:26When I used my last strength to write a blood letter, begging her to believe me just once, where was
01:03:33her remorse then?
01:03:35Now it was all too late.
01:03:37That afternoon, when Jason's family prepared to leave, the old woman walked at the very end.
01:03:43At the doorway, she turned back to look at me once more.
01:03:46Her eyes were full of tears, reluctance, and endless loneliness.
01:03:50Then, leaning on her cane, she walked away slowly, step by step.
01:03:53I stood at the door, watching her aged, hunched body disappear down the street, and in my heart, there was
01:03:58no ripple at all.
01:03:59Mom walked over and gently hugged me from behind.
01:04:02She didn't ask what had happened.
01:04:04She simply patted my head softly.
01:04:07No matter what happens, your dad and I are here for you.
01:04:12That night, I lay in bed with steady breathing, occasionally shifting as I chased something in my dreams.
01:04:18I stared at the ceiling, thinking of my previous life.
01:04:23Chloe! Chloe!
01:04:25They were real.
01:04:27The pain was real.
01:04:28That cold, abandoned time when no one came for me, that was real too.
01:04:34But I am no longer Chloe.
01:04:37I am Charlotte, and I no longer hate Grace.
01:04:40That winter, Dad's rescue team completed a high-difficulty mission.
01:04:45A family of three had been trapped near the 3,000-meter snow line, and they were all rescued safely.
01:04:53No one was injured.
01:04:54During the celebration, the entire team was eating in the cafeteria.
01:04:59Mom sat in a corner, smiling as she watched him.
01:05:01I sat beside Mom, eating and listening to their stories.
01:05:05They talked about the child from that stranded family.
01:05:08A boy.
01:05:09Eight years old.
01:05:10When they found him, he was curled up in a hollow, facing away from the wind.
01:05:15His head wrapped tightly in his clothes.
01:05:17He knew how to preserve body heat.
01:05:20He lasted much longer than we expected.
01:05:23After being rescued, the first thing the boy asked was,
01:05:28Where is my mom?
01:05:30Mom is here.
01:05:31That boy's mother is here.
01:05:33My mother is here too.
01:05:35This is real.
01:05:37This is not the long winter from my past life.
01:05:40Not a wish written in blood.
01:05:42This is now.
01:05:43This is today.
01:05:44Mom's hand is still on my shoulder.
01:05:46She doesn't know what I'm thinking, but she just keeps it there.
01:05:51That's enough.
01:05:53This is already enough.
01:05:55All right, very nice.
01:05:56When I was 13, I graduated from elementary school
01:05:59and got into the best middle school in the city.
01:06:01Dad and Mom took me to the seaside to celebrate.
01:06:05I stood by the ocean.
01:06:07The sea wind brushed through my hair, carrying a salty taste.
01:06:13I spread my arms, feeling the wind, feeling freedom.
01:06:18For a moment, I seemed to see my past self.
01:06:25Charlotte, what are you thinking about?
01:06:30I'm just grateful to be alive and to be with you.
01:06:34Silly girl, we're the lucky ones.
01:06:37Having you as our daughter is the greatest happiness of our lives.
01:06:43The 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 can laugh, I can cry, I can freely express my feelings.
01:07:04I can love bravely and be loved in return.
01:07:07I have parents who love me, the best friend, and a bright future.
01:07:10This is a life I never even dared to dream of in my past life.
01:07:13That night, on the hotel balcony, I took out my diary.
01:07:17Today, I saw the ocean.
01:07:20It was vast, blue, and free.
01:07:23I thought of my past self, the little girl locked in the attic, longing to be loved and believed.
01:07:29She would never believe that I could live such a happy life now.
01:07:32My parents loved me very much.
01:07:35They taught me what honesty and courage are.
01:07:39Lena is now my best friend.
01:07:42She is confident and bright, her smile like stars in her eyes.
01:07:46The old lady is in good health.
01:07:48She often calls me and sends me pastries she makes herself.
01:07:52Buddy is still that silly little guy, always pawing at my hand asking me to play with him.
01:07:57I no longer hate anyone.
01:07:59I am no longer attached to the past.
01:08:02Those painful memories are like footprints on the beach, washed away by the waves.
01:08:08But they taught me to cherish every step I take.
01:08:10I know that in my past life, my mother, sister, and father all received their due consequences.
01:08:17And I, at last, have broken free from the chains and found true freedom.
01:08:21I don't want to see them again.
01:08:23I don't want to relive that life again.
01:08:25I just want to be Charlotte, simple, happy, and loved.
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