🔥 A gripping and emotional short drama about maternal love, corporate corruption, and the ultimate sacrifice for justice. ⚖️ When a dedicated corporate mother discovers a dangerous, hidden truth that threatens the lives of thousands, she refuses to stay silent. 🏢 Facing ruthless executives who will stop at nothing to bury the scandal, she is ruthlessly stripped of her career—becoming the mother who fired for truth, risking everything to ignite an explosive battle for retribution and protect her family. 🗂️🛡️
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00:00:03Stella, let go, or you'll fall with me.
00:00:12I won't let go.
00:00:14I can't live without Mom.
00:00:22Look, Mom.
00:00:23I designed these super glasses.
00:00:26What are you making them for?
00:00:28Because you have nightlight likeness.
00:00:30If you wear these, you'll be able to see at night too.
00:00:34I love you, sweetie.
00:00:37This is the best birthday I've ever had.
00:00:40You're welcome, Mom.
00:00:43I've got the star, you've got the moon.
00:00:45The star and moon are never apart.
00:00:55Oh, no.
00:00:58Stella, put your seatbelt on.
00:01:00I can't see.
00:01:04Are you okay, Stella?
00:01:26I'm sorry, Stella, my baby.
00:01:28This is all my fault.
00:01:31Mommy's eyes are so bad.
00:01:33Dad, you are in this because of me.
00:01:37Don't cry, Mom.
00:01:39When I grow up, I'm going to turn those super glasses into reality.
00:01:44When you wear them, you'll be able to see no matter what.
00:01:52Let go, Stella.
00:01:53Stella, if you keep this up, you'll die too.
00:01:57I won't let go.
00:02:01We found them.
00:02:02They're over there.
00:02:03Get the mom first.
00:02:05Give me your hand.
00:02:11Please, save my daughter.
00:02:21No, Stella!
00:02:24No, Stella!
00:02:33Mom?
00:02:34No, Stella!
00:02:37Stella, it's been 15 years.
00:02:41Are you still out there alive?
00:02:59Done.
00:03:04This code was locked by a hacker.
00:03:07Harper, you actually cracked it?
00:03:08Three months, our CTO couldn't crack it?
00:03:10And you managed it in three minutes?
00:03:17Done showing off?
00:03:18If you're so smart, why don't you be the CTO?
00:03:23You're just a lowly janitor.
00:03:32Showing off again?
00:03:33Forget what your actual job is?
00:03:37My family raised you for 15 years.
00:03:40If my parents hadn't saved you back then,
00:03:42you'd be dead at the bottom of that cliff.
00:03:43Now get your ass to the break room and clean it up.
00:03:48Don't get so worked up.
00:03:50She's just a one-armed freak.
00:03:52Why bother with her?
00:04:06Everything before I was six is a blur.
00:04:10Making these super glasses is the only thing I remember.
00:04:29A cripple who lost her memory can make something like this?
00:04:34Great.
00:04:35It's mine now.
00:04:37Years ago, my daughter Stella fell off that cliff and disappeared.
00:04:42I will find her as long as there's a glimmer of hope, whatever the cost.
00:04:46Mrs. Lawrence, we've been searching for 15 years and found nothing.
00:04:50I'm afraid the chances are slim.
00:04:53Then try harder.
00:04:57Boss, we just received this patent application.
00:04:59You said any inventor named Stella should be brought to you immediately.
00:05:08This must be made by my daughter.
00:05:11My daughter is alive!
00:05:13Who submitted this patent?
00:05:15Where are they?
00:05:15It's a small tech company called Dream Tech.
00:05:18Get the car ready.
00:05:19Now!
00:05:20Now!
00:05:33I'm going in.
00:05:34Come find me later.
00:05:45Stella, my daughter.
00:05:46Could it be you?
00:05:55You okay, ma'am?
00:06:01You can't see well, can you?
00:06:08Try these.
00:06:18And this is...
00:06:23These glasses!
00:06:25You made them?
00:06:27These glasses!
00:06:29You made them?
00:06:30Yeah, I...
00:06:31Stay back!
00:06:32I...
00:06:32Don't you dare offend my guest!
00:06:36My name is Stella, CEO of Dream Tech, and the inventor of Super Glasses.
00:06:43You're Stella!
00:06:44That's me.
00:06:45Let's go upstairs.
00:06:47We can talk in the meeting room.
00:06:51Hey, my glasses!
00:06:55Fine.
00:06:56Seems that lady really needs them.
00:06:57I'll just make another pair.
00:07:01So, you invented these glasses?
00:07:03That's right.
00:07:07Stella!
00:07:08I've been looking for you for 15 years.
00:07:10Finally, I found you.
00:07:13What?
00:07:14You said when you were six that you would make a pair of Super Glasses so I could see clearly
00:07:20no matter what.
00:07:22You did it.
00:07:24Mommy is so proud of you.
00:07:26I heard the star group Jermyn has been looking for her long-lost child.
00:07:30Looks like she's mistaking me for her daughter.
00:07:32A billionaire mom falls into my lap?
00:07:35No way I'm passing that up.
00:07:38Mom?
00:07:39Oh my god, it's you!
00:07:42Finally, you've come to take me home!
00:07:44I thought I'd never see you again in my life!
00:07:46It's my fault for losing you.
00:07:49Seeing you all grown up.
00:07:50Mommy's so happy.
00:07:52Oh, and...
00:07:56This necklace you gave me.
00:07:58I've been wearing it all the time.
00:08:01What about yours?
00:08:02You still have it?
00:08:07Harper!
00:08:08She's Eleanor's daughter!
00:08:13Mom, that necklace is way too precious to me, so I've kept it locked in the safe.
00:08:20Good, good girl.
00:08:21As long as you're here with me, that's all that matters.
00:08:32Prepare a 50 million investment contract as a welcome gift for Dream Tech.
00:08:36A 50 million contract?
00:08:39Yes!
00:08:40I want the whole world to know my daughter is back!
00:08:45Mom, you don't have to.
00:08:4650 million is too much, and it's not even enough for what I've owed you for the past years.
00:08:53A billionaire chairman is calling me her daughter.
00:08:56I'm not kissing anyone's ass ever again.
00:08:59Harper, you've been living off my family for 15 years.
00:09:01I'll just take your place as her daughter.
00:09:14Oh, look, it's our IT genius.
00:09:16Still got your ass on the floor doing grunt work?
00:09:18A parentless cripple like you?
00:09:20Mopping floors is all you're good for.
00:09:22You don't deserve to touch a keyboard in the dev department with that dirty, fake hand of yours.
00:09:26Please move.
00:09:27You're interfering with my work.
00:09:31I'm the CTO of this company, and Stella's boyfriend.
00:09:34You embarrassed me in front of my colleagues.
00:09:36If I can't get my work done, you're not getting yours done either.
00:09:40You couldn't crack the firewall?
00:09:42That's on you!
00:09:43How is that my fault?
00:09:54Water on the floor.
00:09:55Be careful.
00:09:58Get her out of here.
00:10:03Let go!
00:10:04Don't touch me!
00:10:06That girl.
00:10:07I ran into her earlier.
00:10:08She noticed I couldn't see well and kindly offered me those glasses.
00:10:11I hope that guy wasn't giving her a hard time.
00:10:13Oh no, don't you worry.
00:10:15I arranged for that janitor to work here.
00:10:17Everyone's being really nice to her.
00:10:19Come on, Mom.
00:10:21It's too messy over here.
00:10:23You'll get your shoes dirty.
00:10:26Dad, Mom!
00:10:27We're getting rich!
00:10:28That chairman Eleanor from Star Group thinks I'm her lost daughter.
00:10:32She's investing 50 million in my company.
00:10:3550 million?
00:10:37That's more zeros than I can count.
00:10:39Listen, if she asks, you tell her I'm the one you saved from down that cliff.
00:10:43Both me and Harper are adopted.
00:10:45Nothing to worry about.
00:10:47That cripple can't remember anything.
00:10:48As long as we stick to the story, this fortune is yours.
00:11:00Harper, you don't deserve a precious thing like this.
00:11:04I'll keep it for you from now on.
00:11:07Here I announce that Star Group will invest 50 million dollars to support Miss Stella's super glasses project.
00:11:35That's my design!
00:11:38Stella, you stole my invention?
00:11:45Harper, what are you doing?
00:11:47The super glasses is my patent.
00:11:48What are you talking about?
00:11:49I invented the super glasses.
00:11:51I wrote every line of code.
00:11:53I built the prototype.
00:11:55And you're claiming it as your patent?
00:12:00Wait, that's my necklace.
00:12:02How come it's on you?
00:12:04What's going on?
00:12:06Who is this janitor, really?
00:12:10Mom, Harper is actually the sister adopted along with me.
00:12:15I've taken care of her since we were little, always giving up my things to her.
00:12:19But then she starts to think whatever I have could be claimed by her.
00:12:23I can let her have anything else, but the super glasses are my lifelong dream.
00:12:28I made them for you.
00:12:30I can't let her steal them.
00:12:34No, that's not true.
00:12:37We're so sorry, Mrs. Lawrence.
00:12:38We adopted both girls.
00:12:41Stella has always been smart, hardworking, and kind-hearted.
00:12:44But Harper, she's been lazy and dishonest since she was little, always wanting something for nothing.
00:12:50Yes, we're truly sorry about what's happened today.
00:12:53We failed to raise her right.
00:12:55Dad, Mom, why are you saying this?
00:12:59Miss Harper, I used to see you as a good person, but you turned out to be so disappointing.
00:13:06That's not true!
00:13:07They're all lying!
00:13:08Stella offered you a job.
00:13:10Treated you as family.
00:13:12You should have been grateful, instead of biting the hand that feeds you.
00:13:16Someone like you doesn't deserve to be Stella's family.
00:13:20Security!
00:13:21Remove this troublemaker!
00:13:22Don't let her disrupt the conference!
00:13:27Let go of me!
00:13:28This really is my invention!
00:13:30You liar thief!
00:13:48Oh my god!
00:13:50She only has one arm?
00:13:59Wait, that's my necklace.
00:14:02Stop!
00:14:04Stop!
00:14:14How did you get this scar?
00:14:17Who are you?
00:14:20This scar?
00:14:23How did you get it?
00:14:25I-I don't know.
00:14:33Mom, what are you doing?
00:14:36What about your arm?
00:14:38How did you lose it?
00:14:39I don't remember.
00:14:42When I woke up, it was already gone.
00:14:46Could Harper's scar and broken arm have something to do with how she got missing back then?
00:14:53What do you remember?
00:14:55Anything before you got adopted?
00:15:02I-I can't remember.
00:15:07Harper.
00:15:10Harper!
00:15:13Call an ambulance!
00:15:15Now!
00:15:18Mom, you-
00:15:19You don't believe that I'm your daughter?
00:15:21No, Stella.
00:15:23I just felt sorry for that girl.
00:15:25Harper has a disability.
00:15:26I understand that you feel sorry for her.
00:15:29But she lost her arm as a kid when she got herself caught in a trap.
00:15:34The scar on her shoulder is from back then, too.
00:15:37Our adoptive parents can prove it.
00:15:41Yes, that's right.
00:15:43After that, her mind got messy, and she can't remember anything from before.
00:15:49Mom, please don't leave me.
00:15:52I'm your daughter.
00:16:05I'm sorry, Stella.
00:16:06I wasn't thinking straight.
00:16:08Mommy will never leave you again.
00:16:11Except for that 50 million investment.
00:16:13I will also build you a premier, high-tech laboratory, okay?
00:16:19Thank you, Mom.
00:16:21You're so good to me.
00:16:37I'm sorry, everyone.
00:16:39That's all for today's conference.
00:16:41What do you plan to do about that lying troublemaker?
00:16:45Her family already said she has mental issues.
00:16:48I suggest not to take her words seriously.
00:16:52Harper, I will not let you take away what should be mine.
00:17:00That damned cripple!
00:17:02She almost ruined everything for me!
00:17:05Don't be mad.
00:17:06You played that perfectly.
00:17:08Eleanor bought every bit of it.
00:17:11But why would she pity a janitor?
00:17:13And she wants to build me a lab?
00:17:15What the hell do I'm that for?
00:17:16Can't she just give me cash?
00:17:17Be patient.
00:17:19This Eleanor is a golden goose.
00:17:22Just keep her happy, and we'll get plenty of money.
00:17:25Keeping Harper around is just asking for trouble.
00:17:29If you ask me, you should never have saved her back then.
00:17:32Just take her necklace and let her die there.
00:17:35How dare she embarrass me in front of all that media.
00:17:38I'm gonna teach her a lesson!
00:17:43Damn it.
00:17:44The superglasses code had to bug out right now,
00:17:46and Harper's the only one who can fix it.
00:17:48Looks like I'll have to go beg her myself.
00:17:59Harper, you're finally awake!
00:18:03What are you doing here?
00:18:05Honestly, I do need your help with something.
00:18:08You want to prove the superglasses are your invention, right?
00:18:12Here.
00:18:14Just fix the code bug,
00:18:16and I'll get Stella to give you back the patent.
00:18:39Now everyone will know that I invented the superglasses.
00:18:47You are Harper Brown?
00:18:48Yes, that's me.
00:18:50We've received a complaint from Mrs. Stella Brown
00:18:52accusing you of fabricating facts and defaming her.
00:18:54What?
00:18:55No, I didn't!
00:18:57You have the right to remain silent,
00:18:59and the right to an attorney.
00:19:01But right now, you need to come with us.
00:19:06I didn't fabricate anything!
00:19:08Everything I said was true!
00:19:20Finally got rid of that eyesore of a cripple.
00:19:23Hopefully she rots in jail and never comes out.
00:19:26Good thing she fixed the bug before she got arrested.
00:19:29That one-armed freak works quite efficiently.
00:19:35What do you say we fuck right here?
00:19:51This stupid thing is so annoying!
00:20:11Stella?
00:20:13Where has she been?
00:20:19This kid.
00:20:20Just leaving her memento anywhere like that.
00:20:32Voice recording storage activated.
00:20:34Please enter command to unlock.
00:20:39I've got the star, you've got the moon.
00:20:42The star and moon are never apart.
00:20:48Mom, there is a secret hidden in the necklace.
00:20:53Stella, put your seatbelt on!
00:20:56I can't see!
00:20:59So this is the secret you hid in the necklace?
00:21:07Stella, look!
00:21:09These necklaces have joined together!
00:21:12What joined together?
00:21:19Tell me, sweetie, what's the command?
00:21:25What command?
00:21:26I don't remember.
00:21:28Oh, Mom, it was so long ago, I really don't remember.
00:21:32Ever since I fell off that cliff, my head hurts on and off.
00:21:39Okay, okay, okay, I understand.
00:21:40I won't push you.
00:21:52That bitch!
00:21:54That six who plays with high-tech stuff rather than Barbie!
00:21:58Almost got me caught.
00:22:08Well, well, well, a new arrival.
00:22:10Pretty face.
00:22:12Looks like a movie star.
00:22:26Someone help!
00:22:27Let me out!
00:22:29Getting out?
00:22:30Don't count on it.
00:22:34But what's with the missing arm?
00:22:37Let me check it for you.
00:22:39Help!
00:22:40Help!
00:22:41Help!
00:22:45A cripple.
00:22:47Since your hand doesn't work much, I bet your mouth works pretty well, huh?
00:22:56What are you doing?
00:22:57Stay away from me!
00:23:00What are you doing?
00:23:01Stay away from me!
00:23:03Help!
00:23:13Shit!
00:23:14You've got some fire in you, bitch!
00:23:17Seems you need some lesson to know how things work around here.
00:23:27Mom, if you're still out there in this world, if you knew I was suffering, would you come save me?
00:23:41Is this a fingerprint sensor?
00:23:47Mom, it's me, Stella.
00:23:51Happy birthday!
00:23:56My little Stella!
00:24:00After 15 years, Mommy almost forgot what your voice sounded like as a child.
00:24:07All that mystery, and it's just a birthday greeting.
00:24:12Hmm.
00:24:16That voice.
00:24:17Is it my imagination, or it does sound a bit like Harper?
00:24:21What command?
00:24:22I don't remember.
00:24:29Wait, that's my necklace.
00:24:32How come it's on you?
00:24:34Is it possible that this Stella is an impostor, and Harper is actually my daughter?
00:24:41Mark, perfect timing.
00:24:43Run a DNA test on Stella.
00:24:44Compare it with my sample as fast as possible.
00:24:48Where's Harper?
00:24:49I need to see her.
00:25:03Ooh, keeping that treasure nice and close, huh?
00:25:06What are you doing?
00:25:07Give it back!
00:25:12How much is this thing worth?
00:25:13Give it back!
00:25:14I saved up for three years to have that custom made!
00:25:17Three years to save up for a fake arm?
00:25:19Even a hooker's wages aren't that low.
00:25:23Why not?
00:25:24She's missing a few parts, so she can't charge as much, right?
00:25:27Nah, maybe some guys are into that.
00:25:29They might pay extra!
00:25:32Over here!
00:25:33Over here!
00:25:34You bastards!
00:25:36Monsters!
00:25:42If I had a mom, if she were still here with me, would she protect me from bullies like
00:25:48these?
00:25:50Are you saying Harper was locked into city jail?
00:25:53Yes.
00:25:53Miss Stella filed charges against her.
00:25:55She sent the sister she grew up with to jail.
00:25:58Let's go.
00:25:59To city jail.
00:26:09Cripple girl.
00:26:11Today's actually my birthday.
00:26:13Come on, say happy birthday to me, and I'll give you this bite of food.
00:26:19Go away.
00:26:19I don't need it.
00:26:20Really?
00:26:21From yesterday till now, you haven't had one bite of food or one drop of water.
00:26:26You should eat something.
00:26:28If you starve yourself, who's going to play with us?
00:26:31Come on, it's just saying happy birthday.
00:26:33Get away!
00:26:34I'm not saying it!
00:26:37You're asking for it, aren't you?
00:26:39You want me to do this the hard way?
00:26:56Ma'am, the DNA results just came in.
00:26:58And?
00:27:00Is Stella my daughter?
00:27:01The report says there is no biological match.
00:27:03She isn't yours.
00:27:07Then, what about Harper?
00:27:13Oh, my God.
00:27:15After everything I did to her.
00:27:30I've got the star, you've got the moon.
00:27:33The star and moon are never apart.
00:27:37Step on it.
00:27:38Get to the city jail now.
00:27:39Ow!
00:27:44Playing dead, huh?
00:27:46Where's all that fire now?
00:27:48I thought you were so tough.
00:27:56How dare they bully my daughter like this?
00:28:07Let her go.
00:28:09Now!
00:28:16Touch her again.
00:28:17I'll make sure you never walk out that door.
00:28:20Ma'am, the hospital just sent an alert.
00:28:22There was a mix-up with the DNA samples.
00:28:24Stella is your biological daughter.
00:28:26Harper isn't related to you at all.
00:28:33Oh, God, I had her all wrong.
00:28:37Ma'am, what about Harper?
00:28:39Tell the police to release her.
00:28:40Also, contact the best rehabilitationist and have a new prosthetic made for her.
00:28:47But won't this upset Miss Stella?
00:28:50Miss Stella?
00:28:50Even though Harper lied and made up rumors, it must have come from jealousy.
00:28:54My daughter should learn to be forgiving.
00:28:57That woman, Eleanor, just as we thought, she ordered a DNA test on you.
00:29:05I knew she was suspecting me.
00:29:08Good thing you prepared ahead of time and swapped the testing sample with Harper's.
00:29:12Mark, perfect timing.
00:29:14Run a DNA test on Stella.
00:29:16Compare it with my sample as fast as possible.
00:29:20Now she'll be completely convinced that I'm her daughter.
00:29:27Stella, say goodbye to your adoptive parents.
00:29:30From now on, you'll live with me.
00:29:36Mom, Dad, I'm going to miss you.
00:29:38Good girl.
00:29:39Go on, go enjoy your life.
00:29:46Our daughter just landed herself a goldmine.
00:29:50From now on, she'll be our cash cow for life.
00:29:58Dad, Mom, I'm home.
00:30:00Mrs. Lawrence gave me this new prosthetic.
00:30:03Honey, look.
00:30:04That outfit Stella's wearing must be worth millions.
00:30:08She really hit the jackpot this time.
00:30:13Absolutely.
00:30:14From now on, we'll be living the good life.
00:30:17Mrs. Lawrence really is Stella's biological mother?
00:30:20I always thought she was your biological daughter.
00:30:23What are you standing there for?
00:30:25Don't block the screen!
00:30:29Why?
00:30:30If we're both adopted daughters,
00:30:32for 15 years you've treated Stella like a princess.
00:30:35But treat me like a servant.
00:30:38Am I not your child, too?
00:30:41Why?
00:30:42Stella was born with a silver spoon in her mouth.
00:30:45She deserves a billionaire chairman like Mrs. Lawrence as her mother.
00:30:48What are you?
00:30:51You're nothing but a burden.
00:30:53All you've ever done since you were little is causing us trouble.
00:30:56But I'm your daughter, too.
00:30:58Save it!
00:30:59Go wash the dishes in the kitchen!
00:31:06Oh my, how beautiful our Stella is!
00:31:10She's prettier than any movie star!
00:31:13Exactly!
00:31:34From now on, I will give you the best things in the world.
00:31:38I won't let you suffer anymore.
00:31:41With Mommy by my side, I feel like I'm the happiest person in the world.
00:31:50You are not welcome in this family anymore.
00:31:53Get out of my house!
00:31:54Now!
00:31:56Why?
00:31:57What did I do wrong?
00:31:59Raising you to this age was already an act of charity.
00:32:03There's no reason for you to stay here anymore.
00:32:10Dad, Mom, please don't kick me out.
00:32:14Without me at home, who will cook for you?
00:32:18Who will wash the dishes?
00:32:20I can take care of you.
00:32:21I'll make money.
00:32:24Make money?
00:32:25You?
00:32:26A cripple?
00:32:27From now on, Stella's pocket change will be enough for us to live like royalty.
00:32:31We don't need you.
00:32:39Mom!
00:32:40Dad!
00:32:41It's pouring out there!
00:32:43Please, don't do this!
00:32:44Don't call us that!
00:32:45We're not your parents!
00:32:47Ah!
00:32:51Keeping that girl around is a ticking time bomb.
00:32:54What if she goes to Eleanor and gets Stella's identity exposed?
00:32:59Then make her disappear.
00:33:01No loose ends.
00:33:09So for 15 years, I was just a tool that could be thrown away any time.
00:33:16Why does Stella get to have two mothers' love while I have nothing?
00:33:21Was I born to be unwanted?
00:33:30Shit!
00:33:31Shit!
00:33:36Harper?
00:33:37It's pouring rain.
00:33:38What are you doing out here?
00:33:40Mrs. Lawrence.
00:33:43Thank you for the new arm.
00:33:46Get in the car.
00:33:48You'll freeze.
00:33:49Get in the car.
00:33:50Get in the car.
00:33:53No, it's okay.
00:33:54I don't want to get your car dirty.
00:33:56It's too nice.
00:33:57Get in the car.
00:33:58That's an order.
00:34:20Mom, why did you bring this beggar back home?
00:34:27She was kicked out by your adoptive parents.
00:34:30I'm taking her in.
00:34:32How could you take her in?
00:34:34Mom, she's nothing but a delusional fraud.
00:34:37How can you let someone like that into our home?
00:34:40Enough.
00:34:41Stella, go to your room.
00:34:43She actually brought that cripple back?
00:34:45Then what was the point of all my pretending?
00:34:48No way.
00:34:48I'm not letting Harper share a single thing that's mine.
00:35:09These old eyes of mine, they are just giving up on me.
00:35:14Whenever the light gets low, Mrs. Lawrence will have trouble seeing.
00:35:18I need to do something for her.
00:35:22I need to do something for her.
00:35:42Bio radar connected.
00:35:45Dynamic tracking activated.
00:35:52There.
00:35:53Now ma'am won't have to fumble for the lights anymore.
00:36:19Who did this?
00:36:20Who did this?
00:36:29Another trick from that nerd, Harper.
00:36:33Surprise!
00:36:34Mom, do you like it?
00:36:36Stella?
00:36:38You did this?
00:36:41Yes.
00:36:41I noticed you always have trouble seeing at night, and it broke my heart.
00:36:45So, I hired a tech team to upgrade our lighting system for you.
00:36:50Oh, my Stella.
00:36:53You are truly an angel.
00:36:59Ma'am must have discovered what I did.
00:37:01I hope she likes it.
00:37:05How about I take my sweet girl out for a Michelin star dinner tonight, as a thank you for being
00:37:10so thoughtful.
00:37:11Oh, and that diamond bracelet you like?
00:37:14We're getting it for you.
00:37:15That's wonderful, Mom!
00:37:23Oh, Harpler, you're back.
00:37:25Have you got all the seafood Stella wanted?
00:37:27Yes.
00:37:29Good.
00:37:30Stella and I are going out tonight.
00:37:32Take care of the seafood, would you?
00:37:33Just clean it and put it in the fridge.
00:37:35Okay, ma'am.
00:38:00What the hell are you playing at?
00:38:02Trying to impress Eleanor again, are you?
00:38:05No.
00:38:07Mrs. Lawrence has trouble with her eyes.
00:38:09I just wanted to help save your little tricks.
00:38:11Listen, in this house, there's only one daughter.
00:38:14That's me.
00:38:17If I catch you trying to get Eleanor's attention again, I'll make sure your good hand ends up
00:38:21wrecked, too.
00:38:28Is she really the daughter ma'am lost?
00:38:31Why, it seems to me she doesn't care much about her mom.
00:38:41That's my necklace.
00:38:43So there's another one?
00:38:47Voice recording storage activated.
00:38:50Please enter command to unlock.
00:38:52So it's a mechanical nesting design that triggers unlocking command when circuits connect.
00:38:58That's brilliant!
00:39:01Mom, it's me, Stella.
00:39:03Happy birthday!
00:39:06Whose voice is this?
00:39:08Why do I feel like crying?
00:39:24This is an important keepsake between me and my daughter.
00:39:27Who gave you the right to touch it?
00:39:29I'm sorry, ma'am.
00:39:30It just looked familiar, and I happened to press it.
00:39:34Get out!
00:39:35You are not allowed in the study without my permission from now on.
00:39:46How come my fingerprint unlocked it?
00:39:48There are no two identical fingerprints in the world.
00:39:54Stella, I saw my star narclas combined with the moon one.
00:39:58Where did the moon one come from?
00:40:00That's my necklace!
00:40:01You are not supposed to touch it!
00:40:03If it's yours, then why did my fingerprint unlock the recording?
00:40:12Harper, are you having delusions again?
00:40:14Keep your curiosity to yourself.
00:40:16In this house, me and Mom are the only ones who matters.
00:40:20If you dare touch my things again,
00:40:22or say anything crazy in front of Eleanor,
00:40:24I'll make you disappear for good!
00:40:28This cripple is a ticking time bomb.
00:40:30I need to find a way to get rid of her.
00:40:44Eleanor, don't blame me for being cruel.
00:40:47You're the one who kept that disaster around.
00:40:51Now your eye's the price.
00:40:57Chairman, that's all for the key points this quarter.
00:41:00Mom, are your eyes bothering you again?
00:41:03I noticed your eye drops seem to be empty.
00:41:08They are a bit dry.
00:41:10Harper!
00:41:12Go get Mams a new bottle of eye drops.
00:41:13It's on the second shelf in the storage closet.
00:41:16Okay.
00:41:17Okay.
00:41:37Got it?
00:41:39Yeah.
00:41:41Good.
00:41:42Give Mrs. Lawrence in a hand with her eye drops, would you?
00:41:45Sure.
00:41:46Thank you, Harper.
00:41:47You're welcome, ma'am.
00:41:52This might be a little cold.
00:41:54Sorry in advance.
00:42:02My eyes!
00:42:03It hurts so much.
00:42:05Harper, what did you put in my eyes?
00:42:13How?
00:42:18How could this happen?
00:42:21Ma'am, are you okay?
00:42:22I'm calling a doctor right now.
00:42:25What have you done?
00:42:34It's industrial lie.
00:42:35This isn't eye drops.
00:42:37Harper, have you lost your mind?
00:42:38You were trying to blind mom?
00:42:40I wasn't.
00:42:42I just took this from the medicine cabinet.
00:42:45How could there be lie in the medicine cabinet?
00:42:47You must have switched them.
00:42:49Mark, search her room!
00:42:57Chairman, we found real eye drops under Harper's pillow.
00:43:00It has lubricate oil on it, the type used for her prosthetic.
00:43:08Harper, you actually tried to harm me?
00:43:13After everything I've done for you, how could you do this to me?
00:43:17Mom, I told you, she's an ungrateful snake.
00:43:21Harper, I know you're jealous that I have a mother who loves me.
00:43:24So you keep playing the victim, trying to steal her from me.
00:43:27And when that didn't work, you decided to destroy her, make her blind.
00:43:31Isn't that right?
00:43:35No.
00:43:36That's not what happened!
00:43:41What's going on?
00:43:42How come there was corrosive liquid in the eye drops bottle?
00:43:45Is someone trying to harm Mrs. Lawrence?
00:43:48It was badly burned.
00:43:49We managed to save the eyeball, but there's barely any vision left.
00:43:52Just some light perception.
00:43:54Basically, she's blind in that eye.
00:43:55Ma'am, I'm so sorry.
00:43:57I should have checked the eye drops before putting it in.
00:44:01Don't touch me!
00:44:01I used to feel sorry for you.
00:44:04No parents, disabled.
00:44:05I thought if I treated you with kindness, you'd learn to be good.
00:44:09But I never expected my mercy would only fuel your evil intentions.
00:44:12I should never have pitied you and brought you in off the street!
00:44:15I have no evil intentions.
00:44:18Ma'am, I'd rather be the one who got blind.
00:44:22If it would make up for this,
00:44:25I'd give you my cornea!
00:44:27Enough!
00:44:29Save your fake, sentimental act.
00:44:31Are you trying to kill her during the surgery?
00:44:34Is that what you want?
00:44:36Go.
00:44:39Get out!
00:44:41I never want to see you again.
00:44:43Ma'am, you have to believe me.
00:44:46I never meant to hurt you!
00:44:52Someday, you'll know the truth!
00:44:55Finally got rid of that trouble.
00:44:58Now, Eleanor has no reason to trust her anymore.
00:45:06Even though Mrs. Lawrence thinks I hurt her on purpose,
00:45:10I can't just watch her losing her right eye.
00:45:18If the cornea is damaged, we bypass it.
00:45:21Just like my right hand.
00:45:24Use electrical signals to trick the brain and connect directly to the optic nerve.
00:45:37Mom, the doctor said you need to rest.
00:45:40I can handle the inspection myself.
00:45:42The super glasses are your creation.
00:45:46I want this project to go into production as soon as possible.
00:45:55Stella, this is your invention.
00:46:03You're supposed to know the technical details best.
00:46:05I'm counting on you.
00:46:07Of course, Mom.
00:46:08I'm watching everything personally.
00:46:11Nothing could possibly go wrong.
00:46:15Mrs. Lawrence!
00:46:17Please, wait!
00:46:18Harper?
00:46:20What are you doing here?
00:46:22Security!
00:46:23Get this crazy woman out of here!
00:46:31She upgraded the super glasses again.
00:46:33If this old woman sees Harper's tech, she'll know this thing was hers from the beginning,
00:46:37and my cover will be blown.
00:46:39Where is security?
00:46:41How could you let this murderer into the company?
00:46:44Mom, get back!
00:46:45Whatever she's holding must be something dangerous.
00:46:47Last time it was lie in the eye drops.
00:46:49This time, who knows?
00:46:50Maybe some micro-bomb or poison gas?
00:46:53She's here for revenge!
00:46:54Ma'am!
00:46:55You can hate me, get me arrested, or even kill me,
00:46:58but these glasses can help you see!
00:47:02They work on bioelectric principles.
00:47:04Please, just try them once!
00:47:07If they don't work, or if they harm you in any way,
00:47:10you can take my life!
00:47:16Hold on.
00:47:17You mean this thing can help me see?
00:47:20Yes!
00:47:24Mom, you can't trust her!
00:47:25She's evil!
00:47:26Those glasses are definitely dangerous!
00:47:28We'd better just destroy them!
00:47:30We'd better just destroy them!
00:47:33Wait a second.
00:47:34Don't break them.
00:47:42The familiar touch.
00:47:44Memories come flooding back.
00:47:49You can't see well, can you?
00:47:51Try these.
00:47:56The first time I met this girl, she helped me.
00:47:59I just have a feeling she doesn't strike me as someone who would hurt me.
00:48:04But superglasses are Stella's invention.
00:48:06How does she know how to make them?
00:48:11Fine.
00:48:13I'll give you one last chance.
00:48:21I'll give you one last chance.
00:48:23No!
00:48:24Don't put them on!
00:48:34Electrical signals connected.
00:48:36Data transmitting to terminal.
00:48:38I can actually see!
00:48:39Similar bioelectrical signals detected.
00:48:42Match rate 99%.
00:48:45Once I program in Mom's fingerprint and mine, this secret will be just between us.
00:48:52Because you have nightlight likeness, if you wear these, you'll be able to see at night too.
00:49:01Stella!
00:49:02Let go!
00:49:04Or you'll fall with me!
00:49:06I won't let go!
00:49:08I can't live without Mom!
00:49:11I won't let go!
00:49:12I can't live without Mom!
00:49:12I won't let go!
00:49:24I can't live without Mom!
00:49:26I can't live without Mom!
00:49:31Mom, I can't live without Mom!
00:49:33Mom, I remember now.
00:49:34I'm Stella.
00:49:35I'm your daughter.
00:49:40I saw everything that just flashed through your mind.
00:49:44Harper, you're my real daughter.
00:49:46So you lost this arm because of me.
00:49:50Saving me.
00:49:51And I actually blamed you.
00:49:54I even slapped you.
00:49:56I'm so sorry, my baby.
00:49:59I'm so sorry.
00:50:01Don't apologize, Mom.
00:50:03It stopped hurting a long time ago.
00:50:05I mean it.
00:50:06And then...
00:50:07And look, I have this new arm now.
00:50:09You gave it to me.
00:50:11Works great.
00:50:13What are you all standing around for?
00:50:15Can't you see my mom's being held hostage?
00:50:17That crazy woman is trying to strangle her with that robot arm!
00:50:21Snap out of it!
00:50:22She's a liar!
00:50:22Get away from me!
00:50:25Mom, what's wrong? I'm Stella. I'm your daughter.
00:50:28You still have the nerve to call me Mom?
00:50:31You're not worthy of the name Stella.
00:50:32Mom, what are you talking about?
00:50:33Did those glasses wry your brain?
00:50:35Security, get this liar out of here!
00:50:37You're the liar.
00:50:38The one who should be thrown out is you!
00:50:42Mom, are you confused?
00:50:45You had my DNA tested before the report said we're mother and daughter.
00:50:51How do you know about that?
00:50:53You tampered with the sample, didn't you?
00:50:56Just like you stole that necklace.
00:51:01I have no idea what you're talking about.
00:51:03Then tell me, that day on the cliff, what color was I wearing?
00:51:08Where's the switch on that necklace?
00:51:16I lost my memory from the fall.
00:51:19You can't answer.
00:51:21Because I'm the one who saved Mom.
00:51:23I made the necklace.
00:51:24I invented the superglasses.
00:51:26You're just a thief who stole from me and tried to steal my life.
00:51:30And Mom's eye drops, you tampered with them, didn't you?
00:51:32You tried to hurt her.
00:51:35I was so blind.
00:51:37I believed you all this time, while my real daughter was right here.
00:51:46Fine.
00:51:48Since you've figured it all out, no point in me playing the perfect daughter anymore.
00:52:04I'm not your daughter.
00:52:05But look closely.
00:52:07This is the patent certificate for the superglasses, and it has my name on it.
00:52:11I've copied all the core data, and that 50 million from Star Group, it was transferred
00:52:15to my company account last night.
00:52:17Legally, I own this technology.
00:52:19And you?
00:52:19You're nothing.
00:52:22That's my life's work!
00:52:26Every line of code in there was written by me!
00:52:29You thief!
00:52:31Give it back!
00:52:35Yours?
00:52:37Does the code have your name on it?
00:52:39I'm the rightful owner.
00:52:41Without my permission, you're not even allowed to use it.
00:52:44Security!
00:52:45Throw these two out of my company!
00:52:48Move it!
00:52:50Enjoy your mother-daughter reunion.
00:52:52Bye-bye.
00:52:54Stella!
00:52:55You can't take it!
00:52:56What doesn't belong to you will destroy you eventually!
00:53:05Listen up!
00:53:06Fire up the production line!
00:53:08I'm turning this patentant into cold, hard cash.
00:53:12Don't worry, the core code is right here.
00:53:14All I have to do is hit enter, and the production line will start right up.
00:53:18Enough talk.
00:53:18Just do it.
00:53:21Here we go.
00:53:36What's happening?
00:53:38This isn't right.
00:53:40It was working fine just now.
00:53:44Did a cable come loose?
00:53:46The server overheating?
00:53:50Reboot.
00:53:51Yeah, let's try rebooting.
00:53:54You useless idiot!
00:53:56This is top-level source code!
00:53:59Not the broken router you can fix by slapping it!
00:54:03What good is rebooting?
00:54:04It's locked.
00:54:05Figure it out.
00:54:06I'm trying.
00:54:07I'm trying.
00:54:08I'm trying.
00:54:08But-
00:54:08What?
00:54:09But what?
00:54:10This code.
00:54:12It recognizes its owner.
00:54:14It locked itself down.
00:54:18It's useless.
00:54:19This is the highest level of biometric encryption.
00:54:21Without Harper's bio-signature, the entire Super Glasses project is just scrap metal.
00:54:29Harper.
00:54:30That bitch again!
00:54:34Answer the phone.
00:54:35Just answer the damn phone!
00:54:47Hello?
00:54:48Harper!
00:54:49What did you do to the code?
00:54:51Unlock it right now, or I'll sue me for destruction of company property!
00:54:55Destruction of property?
00:54:57Stella, that program is authorized with my bio-signature, and it's linked to my prosthetic terminal.
00:55:02That's my brain.
00:55:03My hand.
00:55:04I have the right to revoke access whenever I want.
00:55:06You want to sue?
00:55:08Go ahead.
00:55:11Don't think I wouldn't dare.
00:55:12I'm the patent holder now.
00:55:15Is that so?
00:55:17Then you'd better hope your patent can start moving on its own.
00:55:21Let me remind you.
00:55:23You just took 50 million from Star Group.
00:55:26If you can't deliver the product within the contract period, that's called massive fraud.
00:55:34You-
00:55:35Fifty million dollars.
00:55:36Heh.
00:55:37That's enough to keep you locked up for a long, long time.
00:55:40Good luck.
00:55:44Don't worry, Mom.
00:55:45What belongs to us, no one can take it away.
00:55:53Harper, you think locking the code means I'm out of options?
00:55:57If you're going to screw me over, I'll make sure you pay for it, too.
00:56:03I'm just an ordinary girl from the slums.
00:56:06To develop the super glasses, I lived in a basement, ate instant noodles, pulled all-nighters.
00:56:17I thought technology could change my fate, but I was wrong.
00:56:21In the face of big money, dreams mean nothing.
00:56:28Chairman Eleanor of Star Group, to boost her newly found illegitimate daughter, Harper, not only stole my patent, but also
00:56:37used her back-world access to lock down my entire system.
00:56:42That Harper, she was always stealing from us since she was little.
00:56:46Now that she's lashed on to a rich mother, she's completely out of control.
00:56:51Money cannot let you do whatever you want.
00:56:54This is crushing ordinary people to death.
00:56:59They can lock my code, but they can't lock the truth.
00:57:02I'm begging you all, please help me.
00:57:13Shameless.
00:57:14How can she be so shameless?
00:57:16She's playing on people's resentment against the rich.
00:57:19No matter what we say now, the public won't believe us.
00:57:35Harper, since I can't unlock the code, I'll just destroy the people backing you up.
00:57:43Bastard Harper, go to hell!
00:57:58Understood. I've relayed the message to the CEO.
00:58:06Chairman, it's the board.
00:58:08The stock hit the limit down at opening.
00:58:11Investors are demanding an immediate explanation or they're going to remove you.
00:58:28Good afternoon, Mom.
00:58:31Oh, I mean, Chairman, Eleanor.
00:58:34How's the view out there?
00:58:36Stella, what exactly do you want?
00:58:39Simple.
00:58:40I want you to hold a press conference immediately.
00:58:43Publicly apologize to me.
00:58:45Admit that Harper is an imposter and a liar.
00:58:47Admit that you stole my patent out of selfishness.
00:58:50And as compensation for emotional damages and technology rights, I want 20% of Star Group's share.
00:58:58In your dreams, Star Group is mom's life's work.
00:59:02You're not getting it for nothing.
00:59:05Say whatever you want.
00:59:07Right now, every minute, Star Group's market value is evaporating.
00:59:12Eleanor, do you want to protect your precious daughter?
00:59:15Or do you want to save your business empire?
00:59:20You, you monster!
00:59:30Mom!
00:59:32Mom, wake up!
00:59:34Mom!
00:59:38Mom!
00:59:50Hello, Madam?
00:59:51Miss Stella's on the phone.
00:59:53Hello, Eleanor.
00:59:55Still alive, Mom?
00:59:56You got the agreement, right?
00:59:58Just move your finger and transfer the 20% shares to me, and I'll call off the online mob.
01:00:04Let you have some peace and quiet in the hospital.
01:00:07In your dreams!
01:00:08As long as I'm still breathing, you're not getting what you want!
01:00:24You old hag!
01:00:26If you won't give it to me...
01:00:31I'll just take it from your daughter!
01:00:45Who are you?
01:01:02It's no good, Stella.
01:01:03This is biometric encryption.
01:01:04Without the developer's biosignature, I can't get in at all!
01:01:12Can't get in?
01:01:14Then forget it.
01:01:17I gave you a chance.
01:01:19The source code is locked in this hand, right?
01:01:23Stella, stop!
01:01:24This is a crime!
01:01:26A crime?
01:01:27We're in the middle of nowhere!
01:01:29That old hag is lying in the hospital, completely helpless.
01:01:33No one can save you!
01:01:35Die!
01:01:38Danger!
01:01:40Emergency defense activated.
01:01:43Stop!
01:01:43Oh, my hand!
01:02:14Now...
01:02:15It's my turn.
01:02:34Get the car!
01:02:36Round up all the security teams!
01:02:38Call the police now!
01:02:45Oh my god, don't stop me!
01:02:58Mom!
01:03:00If you lay one finger on my daughter, I'll make you vanish from this country!
01:03:21Don't move!
01:03:24I'm the victim.
01:03:25Public opinion is on my side.
01:03:28You can't arrest me.
01:03:30Hold on.
01:03:34Stella, every word you said, every move you made, it's all been recorded.
01:03:37And everything that just happened, it's being broadcast live on the big screen in Stargroup Square.
01:03:42What are you talking about?
01:03:46Oh my god, this is the real face of that poor girl from the slumps?
01:03:50She's really going to cut someone with a chainsaw?
01:03:52That's insane!
01:03:53It was all a lie!
01:03:55We've been played!
01:04:01The public opinion you wanted, it's all turned against you now.
01:04:06Anything else you want to say?
01:04:07No!
01:04:08No!
01:04:08This can't be happening!
01:04:09No!
01:04:11Since everyone is paying attention to the truth behind the superglasses,
01:04:17I'll demonstrate what the real source code looks like in front of everyone.
01:04:22Stella claims this is her invention, but what she doesn't know is,
01:04:26in the comments of every core algorithm, I hit a sentence.
01:04:31To the mother I lost, may my light illuminate your world.
01:04:35There was a long, lonely stretch in my life.
01:04:38I lost my mother.
01:04:39I lost my memories.
01:04:41I was sailing through the dark, unable to see the way.
01:04:44The superglasses were the promise I made to my mother.
01:04:47They were the one clear point of light in my dim life.
01:04:50They gave me the strength to move forward,
01:04:51and eventually helped me find my way back.
01:04:54That light once lit up my world,
01:04:56and I hope it can illuminate many others.
01:05:06This is for you, Mom.
01:05:15You useless idiot!
01:05:17If you just cracked that code, I wouldn't be in this mess!
01:05:20You crazy woman!
01:05:21You dragged me into this!
01:05:23Officer, I want to report her.
01:05:24She abused the disabled, stole intellectual property,
01:05:27and tempered with DNA reports.
01:05:28I've got proof!
01:05:29Mom, after all, we were mother and daughter for a while.
01:05:32Can't you put in a good word for me?
01:05:34Help get me...
01:05:34You don't get to call me that.
01:05:36I gave you chance after chance.
01:05:40It was your own greed that turned you into a monster.
01:05:44Prison is where you belong.
01:06:02My child, I failed to protect you again.
01:06:04Are you hurt?
01:06:06No, I'm fine.
01:06:08Actually, I gave them a pretty good beating.
01:06:10As long as you're okay.
01:06:13Mommy's so useless.
01:06:15I'm never there when you need me.
01:06:16But look at you.
01:06:17You grew up so strong and smart all on your own.
01:06:20I'm so proud of you.
01:06:21Must be good genes.
01:06:35Mom, won't this scare the audience?
01:06:38I mean, I'm disabled.
01:06:40No.
01:06:41You lost this arm saving me.
01:06:44And it was this arm that created the miracle.
01:06:47It's your medal of honor and my pride.
01:06:54Okay.
01:06:56Even with one hand, my daughter is the most beautiful genius in the world.
01:07:05Today, I want to introduce two important people to you.
01:07:08The first is the new chief technology officer of Star Group and the true inventor of super
01:07:12glasses.
01:07:13The second is my biological daughter, the one I lost for 15 years, Harper.
01:07:17Or to be precise, Stella Harper Lawrence.
01:07:20Through all of this, I've been incredibly fortunate because the light never gave up on me.
01:07:25To let that light reach more people, I'm announcing that the super glasses will forebow high profits
01:07:31and be provided at cost to visually impaired people.
01:07:35This is Star Group's gift to the world.
01:07:39And it's mine and my mother's.
01:07:51Mom, happy birthday.
01:07:53You've already given me the best gift.
01:07:56Having you back.
01:07:58Then let me give you the second best one, too.
01:08:04Mom, wait up!
01:08:05Hurry up, sweetheart!
01:08:07When you grow up, you're going to be the fastest runner and the highest jumper.
01:08:13By the way, who's my father?
01:08:15I've never heard you mention him.
01:08:17He's not important.
01:08:19Isn't one mom enough for you?
01:08:20That's not what I meant.
01:08:24Wait, am I actually illegitimate?
01:08:27Darkness once tried to swallow me.
01:08:30But as long as there's light in your heart,
01:08:34we'll never lose our way.
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