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00:00:02Ever's the day we were trapped in the snow-covered mountains, mom has called me a liar.
00:00:08Not because I actually lied, but because of this thing on my wrist, the thermal monitoring bracelet.
00:00:17My mother Grace is obsessed with technology.
00:00:20The one belief she holds above all else is that data never lies.
00:00:31In an environment like this, every single calorie must be used where it matters most.
00:00:36Anyone showing a red light gets no food for the day.
00:00:43Mine is green.
00:00:46Your bracelet is red! You're recklessly consuming the last remaining calories in this house!
00:00:52Mom, I only had a cup of water this morning. I really don't know why it's red.
00:00:57Shut up!
00:00:59Your body has excess heat. You don't deserve any rations today.
00:01:05Mom, I'm really cold and hungry.
00:01:08The machine doesn't lie, Chloe.
00:01:12From that day on, those words became the most unquestionable truth in that cabin.
00:01:16The red light on my bracelet became like a curse.
00:01:19It declared me over-consuming heat every single day.
00:01:22At noon that day, mom distributed the food.
00:01:25Anna got a larger portion because her bracelet was green.
00:01:27She needs to replenish energy.
00:01:29Mine was pitifully small because my bracelet was flashing red.
00:01:33Mom, I haven't eaten anything. I'm really hungry.
00:01:38Chloe, machines don't lie. Just to get an extra bite, you're actually trying to deceive me.
00:01:42Look at your sister Anna. Her bracelet is always green.
00:01:45She'd rather stay hungry than steal even a script of food.
00:01:47And you, you're a thief.
00:01:49I didn't take any food. I really didn't.
00:01:52If you didn't steal anything, then why did I find the last piece of missing from the storage room this
00:01:58morning?
00:01:58I didn't take it.
00:02:10I ate it.
00:02:13She ate it. It's totally Anna. She just told me.
00:02:17Mom, I didn't. Sister, why are you accusing me?
00:02:22Mom, my bracelet is green. How could I have stolen the chocolate?
00:02:31Not only are you selfish enough to steal food, you even viciously frame your own sister.
00:02:38How did I end up with such a cruel daughter?
00:02:52Mom, I didn't lie. It really wasn't me. Please, just believe me this once. Just once.
00:03:00No.
00:03:02Even just a fraction of the tenderness she showed when she looked at Anna.
00:03:08Mom, I really didn't lie to you. Please believe me this time. I'm your daughter.
00:03:15Look at it yourself. Red. Chloe, it's red. It shows excess calories. If you didn't steal food, then who did?
00:03:21Your sister's bracelet is green. She can barely even stand. How could she possibly steal anything?
00:03:27I 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? Her? She won't freeze. Her bracelet is red. She's got excess heat. Anna,
00:04:09don't be like her. Be an honest child.
00:04:14My heart felt like it was being clenched by an icy hand. The pain so intense I could barely breathe.
00:04:21I didn't even have the strength to struggle anymore. My forehead began to burn with heat. Even my breath carried
00:04:28an abnormal warmth.
00:04:30Grace, Chloe, Chloe doesn't look well. Her face is too red. Could she have a fever? Maybe we should give
00:04:36her some hot water?
00:04:38David. David, her bracelet is red. This isn't a fever. She secretly ate chocolate and her body temperature rose because
00:04:45of excess calories.
00:04:47She fooled you. She fooled you. You're still lying. Pretending to be sick to gain my sympathy? Looks like you
00:04:56need a real lesson.
00:04:57You're going to the attic right now to reflect on your mistakes.
00:05:09Mom, I really didn't steal the chocolate. I didn't lie.
00:05:24Mom, don't lock me in here. I'll die.
00:05:30When you figure it out, when you admit you stole the chocolate and your bracelet turns green, I'll let you
00:05:36out. Otherwise, you can stay here forever and reflect.
00:05:55Chloe, I'm sorry. I was wrong. I was wrong. I shouldn't have doubted you.
00:06:02Back then, she loved me too, didn't she?
00:06:14Grace, maybe we should let Chloe out. She hasn't eaten anything today.
00:06:18I had Anna bring her some bread.
00:06:20I wanted to say no one had brought me anything, but the words got stuck in my throat because I
00:06:26knew he wouldn't believe me.
00:06:40Big sister, are you cold? Are you hungry? Don't you really want some hot water and a biscuit?
00:06:47Anna, I'm so cold and hungry. Please give me the water and the biscuit.
00:06:52Give it to you?
00:06:57Oh, right. I almost forgot to tell you. That chocolate? I was the one who ate it. So sweet. So
00:07:02delicious.
00:07:03Too bad you didn't get any. But what can you do? Your core shack is red. Mom only believes me,
00:07:08not you.
00:07:09Want a drink? Then beg me. Say you're a liar that you stole the chocolate. Say it and I'll let
00:07:15you drink.
00:07:16Oops. My hand slipped. Sorry, big sister.
00:07:22I looked at the board beneath me as it frozen solid. Suddenly, I couldn't feel my feet anymore.
00:07:26The dizziness from the fever grew stronger and stronger. My vision blurred.
00:07:29I could clearly feel it, my body heat slipping away little by little, my life draining out of me.
00:07:33But I still couldn't accept it. I still hadn't lived to see the day Mom believed me.
00:07:38Mom, I'm so cold. I'm so hungry. I really didn't lie. Please believe me. Just once. Please.
00:07:46Dad, save me. I'm going to die. Dad!
00:07:50Music started playing downstairs. It was the deafening Symphony No. 5.
00:07:55The intense, surging music instantly drowned out my faint cries for help.
00:07:59The sound of me pounding on the floor completely swallowed them.
00:08:02She knew I was calling for help. She heard me. She just didn't want to listen.
00:08:07With that thunderous music, she blocked her own ears and completely cut off my last path to survival.
00:08:13My hands stopped pounding. In that moment, all my strength, all my hope, all my unwillingness vanished.
00:08:20I was so hungry. So cold. But Mom would never believe me. She would only believe the bracelet.
00:08:28The machine doesn't lie. What a ridiculous sentence.
00:08:33I don't know how much time passed. My 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. Crack. A faint snapping sound.
00:08:51My little finger broke, but I felt no pain at all. So this is what it's like when a person
00:08:55is freezing to death.
00:08:56You really feel nothing. Mom. I thought again of when I was very young.
00:09:00Venster. Her embrace was so her warm. Her smile was so gentle.
00:09:04I want to go back to that time. I want Mom to hug me just once more.
00:09:08February 14th. 7th day of the blizzard. Mom found the chocolate missing.
00:09:11She said I stole it. It wasn't me, Anna ate it. My bracelet turned red.
00:09:15Mom hit me, shocked me with the bracelet, took my blanket and gave it to Anna. I'm so cold.
00:09:23Chloe, come here. Let Mom hug you.
00:09:31I felt weightless. I looked down. I was floating. And there, below me, I saw myself lying on that frozen
00:09:37pile of cardboard.
00:09:38My right hand was missing a little finger. The dead girl's wrist was still flashing red.
00:09:42Oh. Oh. I'm dead.
00:09:45I looked down. My body was still curled up on the freezing wooden floor.
00:09:48The thermal monitoring bracelet was still tightly fastened around my lifeless, purplish wrist.
00:09:53The red light continued flashing tirelessly, reflecting on my pale, expressionless face. Eerie and ironic.
00:09:59I was dead. I died at the age of 10 in a blizzard in the Alps, locked in a freezing
00:10:04attic by my mom I loved most, frozen to death.
00:10:06I hovered there, looking at my own corpse. I didn't cry. I wasn't afraid.
00:10:10There was only a vast, lifeless calm inside me, like a nightmare that had lasted 10 years, finally ending.
00:10:15My soul passed through the attic door like a gust of wind, without the slightest resistance.
00:10:20I drifted down the stairs, into the living room. Mom, Dad, and Anna were gathered around the table by the
00:10:27fire.
00:10:27Smiles on their faces. Smiles I hadn't seen in a long time.
00:10:31The satellite phone on the table was lit.
00:10:34I heard it.
00:10:35Just moments ago, Mom had gotten phone to the rescue team.
00:10:39They said the blizzard had weakened.
00:10:41In two days, they would be able to fly up in a helicopter and take us down the mountain.
00:10:45We were saved, except me.
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! We can finally leave this awful place!
00:10:56Mom, I want cake! Don't we still have that emergency cream cake in storage?
00:11:01I want to eat it now!
00:11:03Alright.
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. No one's gonna take it from you.
00:11:31Hmm...
00:11:32When we get down the mountain, I'll buy you a bigger, even better cake.
00:11:37I floated in front of them, watching this warm, joyful scene.
00:11:41And somewhere where my heart should have been, there was pain.
00:11:45Oh, right.
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 should have learned her lesson.
00:12:10My breath stopped instantly.
00:12:13Was she going to the attic?
00:12:14Was she going to see me?
00:12:16Was she finally going to discover that I was dead?
00:12:22Chloe...
00:12:26Chloe, 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!
00:12:39I 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!
00:12:52I'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!
00:12:58I'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.
00:13:08Mom 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.
00:13:16Sound the cold room on her.
00:13:17See us, babe.
00:13:19Shouldn't we turn on the heating?
00:13:21The rescue team will be here soon anyway?
00:13:24You'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.
00:13:45The water 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, until 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.
00:14:11I'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!
00:14:26Open the door!
00:14:27Hurry!
00:14:28Open 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 in two days.
00:14:49They'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.
00:14:58Maybe 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!
00:15:19Oh my god!
00:15:19It stinks!
00:15:21It'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!
00:15:33What are you doing in there?
00:15:35It stinks!
00:15:36Chloe!
00:15:37What are you doing in there?
00:15:37It stinks!
00:15:51Chloe, didn't you want to disgust us?
00:15:53Fine.
00:15:54Then stay in there with your stink.
00:15:55Don'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
00:16:10than push the door open and look at her own daughter.
00:16:13I'm right here.
00:16:16Can't you see me?
00:16:22The tape in the end couldn't block the overwhelming stench of a rotting body.
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?
00:16:54I'm gonna teach you a lesson today!
00:17:10Chloe?
00:17:12Chloe?
00:17:14Chloe?
00:17:23I'm talking to you, Chloe!
00:17:48Chloe?
00:17:50No!
00:17:52I'm sorry!
00:17:52No, that's impossible!
00:17:54Chloe?
00:17:54You're pretending, aren't you, Chloe?
00:17:56You're lying to Mom again, aren't you?
00:17:59Get up!
00:18:00Mom's not angry anymore. I won't scold you again. Get up. Don't scare me, please
00:18:07Her hand trembled as she reached beneath my nose. No breath
00:18:11Then she reached for my neck feeling for a pulse. Nothing only coldness only silence
00:18:17I was truly dead dead in the attic. She had locked with her own hands
00:18:21Dead in the cold and hunger she had caused. Dead under the gaze. She never once chose to believe
00:18:27Impossible. The machine doesn't know it. Impossible.
00:18:41They had followed the sound of the screams. The team leader pushed open the attic door and froze the moment
00:18:46he saw what was inside
00:18:47The body of a ten-year-old girl lay curled up on the cold floor a bracelet flashing red on
00:18:52her wrist a
00:18:53A woman sat collapsed on the ground screaming like a madwoman. Her eyes unfocused completely deranged
00:19:00David and Anna who had followed behind turned deathly pale the moment. I saw my body
00:19:06David's legs gave out and he collapsed at the doorway his whole body trembling violently
00:19:15He finally understood behind the door. He had almost opened that day lay his daughter's cold corpse
00:19:21He finally understood that his repeated hesitation and retreat had ultimately pushed me to my death
00:19:28Anna hid behind David staring at my bluish swollen face and fear finally showed on her face
00:19:35She burst into tears clinging tightly to David's arm
00:19:38Her body shaking like a leaf in the autumn wind barely able to stand
00:19:43She was finally afraid she finally understood that her friend her lies her framing had cost a life
00:19:51Had killed her own sister
00:19:56Quick
00:19:57Call a doctor seal off the scene the rescue team leader quickly snapped out of it and shouted sharply at
00:20:03the others
00:20:04Unable to suppress the anger in his voice
00:20:06The team set up a cordon the doctor pushed through the crowd and entered the attic
00:20:12Crouching beside my body for a long time
00:20:14Examining carefully his movements gentle as if afraid of damaging my already fragile skin
00:20:20severe hypothermia
00:20:23Organ failure this child was starved for at least a month and in temperatures well below freezing. She froze to
00:20:29death
00:20:29Time of death was two to three days ago
00:20:32It's not my fault
00:20:35She was lying
00:20:37She stole food
00:20:38Look
00:20:39The bracelet is red
00:20:40The red light
00:20:42It says she has excess calories
00:20:43I 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
00:20:53But the strap had fused tightly with my frozen purplish skin
00:20:56Almost as if it had grown into the flesh
00:20:59Breeding his teeth the doctor took out specialized tools and carefully pried the bracelet off
00:21:04Little by little I floated in mid-air
00:21:06Watching the bracelet that had been on me for ten whole days finally leave my wrist
00:21:11This cold shackle that had trapped me for ten days
00:21:14That had caused my death
00:21:15Finally fell away
00:21:17The doctor held the bracelet turning it over and over
00:21:20Then opened the casing on the back
00:21:22After just one glance, he let out a cold laugh
00:21:26Looking up at mom
00:21:28Ma'am, your so-called infuelable machine
00:21:31Has been broken for a long time
00:21:33The temperature sensor and calorie monitoring module have completely failed
00:21:37The circuit shorted out
00:21:38Which is why the red light stays on
00:21:41From the very first day it was worn, it was already broken
00:21:44It couldn't measure anything at all
00:21:45It could only keep flashing red
00:21:47The truth, she had trusted above all else
00:21:51The thing she relied on to judge my life and death
00:21:54The thing she relied on to judge my life and death
00:21:55The thing she relied on to judge my life and death had been a joke from the very beginning
00:21:59You are lying
00:22:05I hadn't lied
00:22:07Not once
00:22:10The bracelet was broken
00:22:12She was wrong
00:22:13No, no, that's impossible
00:22:20No, impossible
00:22:22Machines don't lie
00:22:26Look, Anna's bracelet is still green
00:22:29This proves the system works
00:22:31This is scientific
00:22:33At that moment, a female rescue worker walked over to Anna, bent down, and took something out of the pocket
00:22:39It had been hidden there for days
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 and said coldly
00:22:51Ma'am, is this the chocolate you said was stolen?
00:22:55We found it in your younger daughter's pocket
00:22:58All eyes turned instantly toward Anna
00:23:01Anna's face went pale in an instant
00:23:08It wasn't me
00:23:10My sister told me to hide it
00:23:12She ate it, not me
00:23:17But this time, no one believed her anymore
00:23:23Little girl, take off your bracelet and show it to me
00:23:27Anna froze instantly
00:23:32No, mom gave it to me, I won't take it off
00:23:35But the doctor gave her no chance to argue
00:23:37He pulled out a screwdriver and pried the bracelet open on the spot
00:23:42What was inside made everyone gasp
00:23:44No sensors, no chip, no heat, monitoring module
00:23:49Nothing at all, only two cheap green LED lights and a button battery
00:23:53The circuit was hardwired, once powered
00:23:55It is just a 2 yuan toy
00:23:57He doctor slammed the shattered bracelet onto the ground in front of mom
00:24:01His voice trembled with barely contained rage
00:24:04This bracelet of your younger daughter was designed to always show green from the very beginning
00:24:09No matter what she said, what she did, or how much she lied
00:24:12It would always stay green
00:24:14Ma'am, your so-called scientific survival system
00:24:17Your so-called infuelable data from beginning to end was nothing but a complete joke
00:24:21A sick, biased joke
00:24:23You personally froze your honest daughter to death in that attic
00:24:26While treating a compulsive liar like treasure
00:24:29Mom looked at the shattered plastic pieces on the ground
00:24:32At the toy still glowing green
00:24:34And suddenly, she laughed
00:24:38She laughed loudly
00:24:40So loudly that tears came out of her eyes
00:24:43She doubled over, collapsing onto the floor, her whole body curling up with laughter
00:24:52Fake
00:24:52It's all fake
00:24:54It's all fake
00:24:55It's all fake
00:24:55Mom suddenly screamed
00:24:56And then she did something insane
00:24:58No 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, still stained with my blood and fragments of skin
00:25:11And snapped it onto her own wrist
00:25:13She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself
00:25:16She raised her wrist, her eyes wild
00:25:18Look, it'll turn green
00:25:21The red light flared bright, violent
00:25:23Mom's confident expression shattered instantly
00:25:26She slapped at the bracelet like it was a broken television, panic rising in her voice
00:25:31What?
00:25:32No!
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, you piece of junk!
00:25:53You're framing me!
00:25:54Suddenly, she 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 to 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
00:26:07You are a liar!
00:26:09You are a liar!
00:26:10No!
00:26:11Mom suddenly screamed
00:26:13Clawing frantically at the bracelet
00:26:16Trying to rip it off her wrist
00:26:18Take it off!
00:26:19It's red!
00:26:20I'm not a liar!
00:26:21I'm not!
00:26:21But the clasp had locked due to her violent struggle
00:26:25Like a shackle tightly bound to her wrist
00:26:27Just as it had once been tightly bound to mine
00:26:31A doctor picked up the diary from the floor
00:26:35He flipped through it page by page
00:26:37His expression growing darker and darker
00:26:41February 14th
00:26:42Day 7 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
00:26:48My bracelet turned red
00:26:50Mom hit me
00:26:51Shocked me with the brazier
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 onto my cardboard bed
00:26:58I hit the floor and called for mom
00:26:59But she turned up the music so loud
00:27:01She couldn't hear me
00:27:03When I was nine
00:27:05Anna broke mom's most precious tech robot
00:27:08And cried saying I did it
00:27:09Without even asking
00:27:10Mom locked me in the storage room
00:27:12For a full day and night with 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
00:27:19And Anna
00:27:20She was curled up in mom's arms
00:27:22Eating sweet strawberries
00:27:25Watching me be locked away with a happy smile
00:27:27Countless days and nights
00:27:29Anna stole my toys
00:27:30Tore my drawings
00:27:31Ruined 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 without question
00:27:39Then scolded me
00:27:40Punished me
00:27:41And made me stand in a cold corner without 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 will you regret it?
00:28:00Will you miss me even a little?
00:28:03If there's a next life
00:28:04Can you believe me once?
00:28:07Can you please stop calling me a liar?
00:28:10Every word struck like a heavy hammer
00:28:12Crashing down on on my mom's heart
00:28:15She covered her face and let out a heart-wrenching cry
00:28:18Like a wounded beast
00:28:20She remembered the fourth day of the blizzard
00:28:22The slap she gave me across the face
00:28:25And the electric shock that coursed through my entire body
00:28:30She remembered pulling the only blanket off me and wrapping it around Anna instead
00:28:35And the despair in my eyes
00:28:39She remembered me banging on the floor
00:28:41Screaming for her help
00:28:43While she deliberately turned up Symphony of Fate to the maximum volume to block out her own ears
00:28:49She remembered sealing the cracks of the attic door with tape
00:28:52And the disgust and impatience she felt at the time
00:28:58She had personally little by little pushed her daughter toward death
00:29:01She had personally killed the little girl who loved her most
00:29:05And trusted her most
00:29:10Mom let out a piercing scream
00:29:12And suddenly raised her head
00:29:14Looking toward Anna curled up in the corner
00:29:17It's you!
00:29:18It's all you!
00:29:20She lunged forward like a mad woman
00:29:23Tightly gripping Anna's throat
00:29:25Screaming hysterically
00:29:28You're the one who lied
00:29:29You're the one who stole the chocolate
00:29:31You tricked me
00:29:32You killed Chloe
00:29:35I'm going to kill you
00:29:37You'll pay for my daughter's life
00:29:42The rescue staff and doctors rushed in and pulled mom away
00:29:46Pinning her firmly down on the sofa
00:29:50My dad watched everything
00:29:52The crazed mother
00:29:54The terrified Anna
00:29:55And the bloodstained note in 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 with 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
00:30:20It was Anna
00:30:22It's not my fault
00:30:24My body was placed into a black body bag
00:30:27The zipper slowly closed
00:30:28Sealing away my short 10 years of life
00:30:31Felt with pain and despair
00:30:32Don't take her away!
00:30:34Give her back to me!
00:30:35She ran across the snowfield
00:30:37Her bare feet stepping onto sharp ice shards
00:30:40Instantly cutting her skin
00:30:41Blood trailed across the white snow
00:30:43Leaving a shocking red path behind her
00:30:46Chloe!
00:30:47Mom will give you all the food rations
00:30:50Please open your eyes and look at me!
00:30:52She reached the landing gear area
00:30:55Desperately jumping upward
00:30:56Trying to grab hold of the edge of the body bag
00:30:59But she only grasped empty, freezing air and swirling snowflakes
00:31:06This incident quickly spread across the world
00:31:09The rescue team's camera had recorded everything
00:31:11One of the crew members accidentally uploaded the footage online
00:31:16And from there, it spread like an unstoppable avalanche
00:31:28The entire internet exploded
00:31:31Netizens 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 like an avalanche
00:31:51Crashing down on my mom, my dad, and this shattered family
00:31:54On the second day after the incident escalated
00:31:57Our villa at the foot of the mountain
00:31:59Was completely surrounded by an enraged crowd
00:32:02The front gate had been splashed with 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
00:32:11Were written everywhere
00:32:13The villa windows had been smashed with bricks
00:32:16Red paint and abusive slogans covered the walls and floors
00:32:21At the entrance reporters and furious protesters
00:32:23Packed tightly together
00:32:26Behind them, the crowd held signs filled with insults
00:32:29Chanting loudly until 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, get out of Switzerland!
00:32:40Neighbors had already moved out one after another
00:32:43The property management even came with legal notices
00:32:46Demanding we leave immediately
00:32:47Saying our presence had severely damaged neighborhood safety
00:32:51And property values
00:32:52And caused extreme disturbance to other residents
00:32:55Inside the villa, everything was in chaos
00:32:57The curtains were tightly drawn
00:32:58The lights stayed off
00:33:00Only the glow of the television
00:33:01Illuminated the pale faces of my dad and my mom
00:33:04The house phone had been completely overwhelmed
00:33:06Every call that came through brought waves of insults and curses
00:33:09Even the mobile phones couldn't be turned on
00:33:11The moment they were switched on
00:33:13Countless abusive messages and non-stop harassing calls flooded in
00:33:16It's not my fault
00:33:19It's not my fault
00:33:30It's all your fault!
00:33:31All of it!
00:33:32If it weren't for that damn bracelet of yours
00:33:34If you hadn't trusted those useless data readings
00:33:36Chloe wouldn't be dead
00:33:38We wouldn't have ended up like this
00:33:39You're a mad woman!
00:33:41A 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!
00:33:50Ow!
00:34:00So
00:34:01This
00:34:02This
00:34:03This
00:34:08This
00:34:09backs
00:34:09This
00:34:09This
00:34:09Of
00:34:09This
00:34:10This
00:34:10You can't
00:34:21Mom and dad had no choice but to sell the house, the car, and everything valuable in the home to
00:34:26cover legal fees and compensation.
00:34:42How dare you!
00:34:48Stop!
00:34:57Don't touch my things! Those are mine! Give them back!
00:35:05These items have been seized and auctioned by the court. They no longer belong to you.
00:35:23If you fail to repay the debt, we will file for court enforcement and have you imprisoned it.
00:35:29They can get hungry and have you.
00:35:41It's okay to stay in jail.
00:35:42It's okay to stay in jail.
00:35:43I've had to go to the house.
00:35:43I've had to go to the house.
00:35:43It's okay to stay in jail.
00:35:56I've had to go to the house.
00:36:06Anna, look at Anna.
00:36:09It's not fair.
00:36:45Didn't you love lying?
00:36:46It wasn't me.
00:36:47I didn't kill my sister.
00:36:49Didn't you have that bracelet with the always green signal?
00:36:51Why doesn't anyone believe you now?
00:36:53You deserve it.
00:36:54This is what you get for what you did to your sister.
00:36:56Liar.
00:36:56Thief.
00:36:57Murderer.
00:36:58Why don't they bully anyone else?
00:37:00Just you.
00:37:01Maybe you should reflect on yourself.
00:37:03When you harmed your sister, when you harmed your...
00:37:05Did you ever think this day would come?
00:37:14Let me out.
00:37:15Please let me out.
00:37:16I didn't steal it.
00:37:17I really did it.
00:37:24I didn't steal it.
00:37:27I didn't steal it.
00:37:30I didn't steal it.
00:37:32I didn't steal it.
00:37:33I didn't steal it.
00:37:34I didn't steal it.
00:37:34I didn't steal it.
00:37:35I didn't steal it.
00:37:36I didn't steal it.
00:37:37I didn't steal it.
00:37:38I didn't steal it.
00:37:38I didn't steal it.
00:37:39I didn't steal it.
00:37:41I didn't steal it.
00:37:57This was her rightful punishment.
00:38:03As for Mom, her fate was even more tragic than anyone else's.
00:38:07The defendant should undergo a forensic psychiatric evaluation.
00:38:13I'm not crazy. Everything I do is based on the data from the scientific wristband. I didn't do anything wrong.
00:38:29Can you explain the behavior at that time?
00:38:32I didn't do anything wrong. The bracelet is broken. Anna lied to me.
00:38:44Chloe, sorry. It's all my fault.
00:38:52Machines don't lie. Red light. Chloe, I'm sorry.
00:39:01She had lost the capacity for civil conduct and was unfit to serve a prison sentence.
00:39:07She would be forcibly committed to a psychiatric hospital for lifelong isolated treatment.
00:39:15I'm not crazy. You're the ones who are crazy.
00:39:19The bracelet was broken. It's not my fault. I'm not insane.
00:39:24I was right. The data doesn't lie. Chloe lied to me. Anna lied to me. I'm not crazy. Let me
00:39:31out.
00:39:33Just like no one had believed me back then, police officers and caretakers walked in carrying restraint straps.
00:39:41The moment Mom saw them, she reacted like a startled beast.
00:39:45She kept retreating, then suddenly tried to run toward Dad's direction, as if hoping he would save her.
00:39:51But Dad had long since disappeared. In the courtroom, there was not a single person on her side.
00:40:01In that moment, she was truly alone. Just like I once was, trapped in the attic with no one to
00:40:09turn to.
00:40:12Before being sent to the psychiatric hospital, she did something insane.
00:40:16That was the day my body was sent to the funeral home.
00:40:20Hey!
00:40:27Go, I'm back!
00:40:33Chloe! Mom was wrong! Come back! I'm sorry!
00:40:39Chloe! Chloe! Wait for me!
00:40:51Her feet suffered severe frostbite, and the tissue completely neckerated.
00:40:56The doctors had no choice but to perform an amputation, cutting everything below the knees.
00:41:02She became a woman without legs.
00:41:06Completely broken, and completely insane.
00:41:11Get out! Chloe!
00:41:13In the psychiatric hospital, she became the strangest patient.
00:41:17No one knew where she got it from, but she found a red plastic ring and wore it around her
00:41:22neck like a collar.
00:41:24It was her self-made calorie monitoring bracelet.
00:41:28Don't touch my light! Chloe is watching! If you take it away, she'll get angry!
00:41:35Grace! Grace! Grace, it's time to eat.
00:41:39Red light!
00:41:40Run! Don't punish me, Chloe! I'm sorry!
00:41:44She was reliving my final moments before death.
00:41:47She locked herself inside the same cold attic where I had once been trapped, reliving my personal hell over and
00:41:53over again.
00:41:54Chloe, I'm sorry. Mom was wrong. Please come back, okay? Mom will never trust the bracelet again. Mom will bake
00:42:00you cake, cover you with blankets.
00:42:02Oh, I confess. I confess. Red light! Red light!
00:42:08Chloe, Mom was wrong. Mom shouldn't have trusted the red light.
00:42:22Chloe, are you there?
00:42:25Mom threw the bracelet away. Mom doesn't believe in it anymore. Please come back. Please come back. Mom will cook
00:42:31for you. Mom will buy you new dresses.
00:42:34There was no ripple in my heart, only a dead silence. Regret means nothing to the dead. It was too
00:42:40late.
00:42:40Mom, it's all too late.
00:42:44When I was locked in the attic and frozen to death, where was your remorse?
00:42:48When I used my last strength to write a blood-written plea, begging you to believe me just once, where
00:42:54was your remorse?
00:42:55Mom, I don't hate you anymore. But I don't love you anymore either. In the next life, let's not meet
00:43:02again.
00:43:08I drifted through the snowstorm of the Alps. Snow fell onto my body, yet I felt no cold at all.
00:43:13I was finally free. No red lights, no hunger, no cold, no lies, no mom's hatred, no Anna's framing, no
00:43:20dad's inaction.
00:43:22Only boundless freedom.
00:43:24Just then, I heard a familiar bark. I looked down.
00:43:27A golden sled dog was sitting in the snow, wagging its tail, looking up at me with bright eyes.
00:43:32It was Buddy.
00:43:33Buddy was the dog I once raised.
00:43:35A gift from Dad on my eighth birthday.
00:43:38A gentle golden retriever sled dog.
00:43:41My only warmth in childhood.
00:43:43When my mom called me a liar and Anna bullied me,
00:43:47only Buddy would run over,
00:43:49lie down by my feet,
00:43:52and rub its head against my hand,
00:43:55staying with me.
00:43:56But Mom didn't like it.
00:43:58She said dogs carry germs and would affect her research.
00:44:02Before we came to the snowy mountains for vacation,
00:44:05she took advantage of a moment when I wasn't paying attention
00:44:07and abandoned Bunny in the mountains.
00:44:10Bunny! Bunny!
00:44:15I cried for days and searched for days,
00:44:18but I never found him.
00:44:20It turns out he had always been here,
00:44:22waiting for me at the border.
00:44:30Let's go.
00:44:31Don't look back.
00:44:32I could feel his soft, warm fur,
00:44:35feel his body temperature,
00:44:37feel his heartbeat.
00:44:38This was the living, breathing connection
00:44:41I had longed for most when I was alive.
00:44:47In the distance, a door of light appeared.
00:44:49It was the entrance to the next cycle of reincarnation.
00:44:54I turned back and took one last look at this world
00:44:56that had tormented me for ten years.
00:44:58One look in the direction of the psychiatric hospital,
00:45:01and one look at the wooden cabin that had trapped me.
00:45:04Then I turned around,
00:45:05holding Buddy's paw,
00:45:07and walked step by step toward that door of light.
00:45:10Everything behind me became like a faded photograph,
00:45:14slowly blurring and dissolving.
00:45:16My mother's final tears,
00:45:18the bracelet's red glow,
00:45:19the blood-written message on the floor,
00:45:21the freezing attic,
00:45:22all of it vanished.
00:45:24I did not look back.
00:45:25The nightmare that had lasted wood for ten years
00:45:28had finally come to a true end.
00:45:31Passing through that light,
00:45:32there was no spinning,
00:45:33no chaos,
00:45:34only endless warmth
00:45:35as if I were sinking into a spring stream.
00:45:38Even the pain deep within my soul,
00:45:40those lingering aches and phantom pains,
00:45:42gradually faded away.
00:45:44Buddy's paw in my hand was warm and gentle.
00:45:46When I opened my eyes again,
00:45:48I was small,
00:45:50wrapped in a soft blanket.
00:45:52Someone was humming.
00:45:54It was a woman's voice,
00:45:56gentle,
00:45:57slightly off-key,
00:45:59yet filled with love.
00:46:00Her fingers lightly brushed across my cheek,
00:46:03carrying the scent of gardenias.
00:46:04Not the cold,
00:46:05disinfectant smell from my mother
00:46:07in my previous life.
00:46:08Not that clinical,
00:46:09distant feeling.
00:46:11You're awake.
00:46:13Honey,
00:46:14come quickly.
00:46:15Our daughter just blinked.
00:46:17He was tall,
00:46:18with healthy,
00:46:19wheel-colored skin weathered features.
00:46:21But his eyes were exceptionally gentle.
00:46:24He was my father in this sweet life,
00:46:26Martin.
00:46:26He was the same rescue captain from my previous life.
00:46:30The first person to rush into the attic and find my body.
00:46:36Hey, Charlotte.
00:46:38I'm your dad.
00:46:40Charlotte.
00:46:41Not Chloe.
00:46:42No burden.
00:46:44No shackles.
00:46:45No lies.
00:46:46No label of liar.
00:46:48Just Charlotte.
00:46:49A name that meant warmth,
00:46:51being cherished,
00:46:52and being loved unconditionally.
00:46:54I grew up in a home filled with love.
00:46:56Our house wasn't big,
00:46:57but it was clean and warm.
00:46:59In the living room,
00:47:00there was a large fireplace
00:47:01that burned brightly every winter,
00:47:03filling everything with cozy heat.
00:47:05There were no heat-monitoring bracelets,
00:47:07no red or green lights,
00:47:09no strict food rationing,
00:47:11no cold attic.
00:47:12Only endless love
00:47:14and unconditional trust.
00:47:15When I was three years old,
00:47:17my mother made hot cocoa.
00:47:19The aroma drifted from the kitchen
00:47:20into the living room.
00:47:31Baby,
00:47:32I'm here.
00:47:35Charlotte,
00:47:36you're safe now.
00:47:38I'm here.
00:47:39Dad is here.
00:47:40No one will hurt you.
00:47:42My throat hurts.
00:47:44I don't want hot cocoa.
00:47:48Not like the hot water
00:47:49in that attic thermos
00:47:50that Anna once poured out,
00:47:52not something that had been held up
00:47:54to my mouth before being taken away.
00:47:56When I was four years old,
00:47:58the kindergarten organized
00:48:00a health checkup
00:48:01that included a blood test.
00:48:09Charlotte,
00:48:10it's just a tiny poke.
00:48:11It won't hurt.
00:48:12Look at the other children.
00:48:12They're all very brave.
00:48:13Don't punish me.
00:48:14It's okay, Charlotte.
00:48:15I didn't lie.
00:48:16Don't shock me.
00:48:17It's okay.
00:48:19Sorry,
00:48:20my child's experienced trauma.
00:48:21We're going to skip
00:48:22the physical exam for now.
00:48:23We'll take her
00:48:24to a child psychologist
00:48:25and we'll come back
00:48:25when she's ready.
00:48:31Charlotte,
00:48:32did someone hurt you before?
00:48:35Bracelet,
00:48:36red light,
00:48:37so cold.
00:48:38My baby,
00:48:39you must have suffered
00:48:40so much,
00:48:41didn't you?
00:48:42It's okay now.
00:48:43You're home.
00:48:45Mom and Dad are here.
00:48:47No one can hurt you anymore.
00:48:49From that day on,
00:48:50they regularly took me
00:48:52to see a child psychologist.
00:48:54The doctor said
00:48:56I had severe
00:48:57post-traumatic stress disorder.
00:48:59My parents never complained once.
00:49:02They never made me feel
00:49:04like a burden.
00:49:05They stayed with me,
00:49:06played games with me,
00:49:08did therapy exercises with me,
00:49:10slowly healing the wounds
00:49:11in my heart.
00:49:13They bought me many,
00:49:15many colorful,
00:49:16beautiful bracelets,
00:49:18but they never forced me
00:49:19to wear any of them.
00:49:22These are just accessories,
00:49:24Charlotte.
00:49:24Wear them if you like.
00:49:25If you don't,
00:49:25just take them off.
00:49:26No matter what,
00:49:27your dad and I
00:49:27will always love you.
00:49:28I looked at the
00:49:29sparkling bracelet on my wrist.
00:49:30There was no red light,
00:49:32no electric shock,
00:49:33no accusation,
00:49:33only my mother's gentle smile.
00:49:35It took me two lifetimes
00:49:36to finally hear those words.
00:49:38When I was five years old,
00:49:39I once had a fever.
00:49:42I started crying uncontrollably.
00:49:44I feel hot.
00:49:45It wasn't because I felt unwell.
00:49:47It was because what I said.
00:49:49Mom immediately took a thermometer
00:49:51and checked my temperature.
00:50:00Mom, if I say I feel hot,
00:50:04do you believe me?
00:50:07I believe you.
00:50:09If you say you're hot,
00:50:10then you're hot.
00:50:11The thermometer says you're hot too.
00:50:13Of course I believe you.
00:50:14What if the thermometer
00:50:15didn't say I was hot,
00:50:17but I said I was?
00:50:18Would you still believe me?
00:50:20I would.
00:50:21Your feelings are your own.
00:50:22They don't need any machine
00:50:24to prove them.
00:50:25I held on to those words
00:50:27in my heart
00:50:27for a long, long time.
00:50:30The afternoon I had a fever.
00:50:32It started snowing outside.
00:50:34Dad wrapped me in a blanket
00:50:35and held me by the window
00:50:36as we watched the snow.
00:50:39Mom loved snowy days the most
00:50:41when I was a child,
00:50:42building snowmen with my brother.
00:50:43Once I had placed the snowman's nose
00:50:45where its eyes should be.
00:50:50Why?
00:50:52It was so the snowman
00:50:53could look down at its own feet.
00:50:55Otherwise it would never know
00:50:56what it was wearing.
00:50:58I was wrapped in that blanket
00:51:00simply because they wanted me
00:51:01to feel warm,
00:51:02so they wrapped me up in it.
00:51:04It was soft, thick, and warm.
00:51:06I buried my face in it
00:51:07and took a breath.
00:51:08It smelled like fabric softener.
00:51:11Clean, dry, and unmistakably
00:51:13the scent of home.
00:51:14When I was seven,
00:51:15I started elementary school.
00:51:17There was a girl in my class
00:51:18named Lena.
00:51:19She looked exactly like Anna
00:51:21from my previous life.
00:51:22The same eyes,
00:51:24the same face shape.
00:51:29Sister,
00:51:30you're so pitiful.
00:51:37I'm...
00:51:37My name is Lena.
00:51:39You...
00:51:40Do you want to be my friend?
00:51:42Her tone was so cautious,
00:51:44so eager to please.
00:51:45Just like me in my previous life,
00:51:47almost instinctively,
00:51:49I glanced at her wrist.
00:51:50She was wearing a cheap
00:51:52green cartoon wristband.
00:51:54Later, I learned that Lena's mother
00:51:56was also extremely strict.
00:51:58She demanded absolute obedience
00:52:00and absolute honesty.
00:52:01If Lena made even the smallest mistake,
00:52:03she would be locked in her room
00:52:05and denied food.
00:52:06Lena, just like my past self,
00:52:08lived in endless fear and suppression.
00:52:10One day, Lena accidentally
00:52:11broke the teacher's glass cup.
00:52:18I looked at her,
00:52:19at the fear and despair in her eyes.
00:52:21In that instant,
00:52:23I was reminded of my past self.
00:52:24The little girl who lay on the cold floor,
00:52:27writing I am a liar over and over again,
00:52:29begging for forgiveness again and again.
00:52:34Lena, it's okay.
00:52:36Accidents happen.
00:52:37Let's go tell the teacher together, okay?
00:52:38The teacher won't be angry.
00:52:41But mom said that children who lie
00:52:44are bad kids
00:52:45and they will be punished.
00:52:47Being honest doesn't mean
00:52:48you never make mistakes.
00:52:49It means that when you do make a mistake,
00:52:51you're brave enough to admit it.
00:52:52And even if you tell the truth,
00:52:53you shouldn't be punished for it.
00:52:56I broke the cup.
00:52:58I'm sorry.
00:52:59The teacher didn't get angry.
00:53:02Instead, she smiled,
00:53:03patted both our heads,
00:53:05and said it was okay,
00:53:06just to be more careful next time.
00:53:08From that day on,
00:53:09we became best friends.
00:53:11I took Lena home to meet my parents.
00:53:14She looked at my mom and dad,
00:53:16so gentle,
00:53:17so patient,
00:53:18never shouting over small things,
00:53:20never punishing a child for 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.
00:53:33None of that is shameful.
00:53:34One day,
00:53:35Lena's mother came to school to pick her up.
00:53:37When she saw us together,
00:53:38her 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,
00:53:50Lena hasn't done anything wrong.
00:53:52She's a very,
00:53:53very good child.
00:53:54You shouldn't always assume 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,
00:54:04and in the end,
00:54:05she said thank you.
00:54:09Your daughter made me realize
00:54:11how terribly wrong I've been.
00:54:14Little by little,
00:54:15Lena's mother became gentler.
00:54:17She started learning to listen
00:54:19instead of shouting,
00:54:21to trust instead of blaming.
00:54:23And Lena,
00:54:24too,
00:54:25became more and more confident,
00:54:27more and more open.
00:54:29In my previous life,
00:54:30I was never saved.
00:54:31I endured all the pain alone in the darkness.
00:54:33But in this life,
00:54:35I can save others.
00:54:36When I was ten years old,
00:54:38Dad took us to the mountains.
00:54:40Not the Alps,
00:54:42just ordinary mountains.
00:54:44Dad was the captain of a mountain rescue team.
00:54:46He knew every path in the area,
00:54:48knew where the hidden ice was,
00:54:49which slopes were dangerous,
00:54:50where you could set up camp,
00:54:51and where rocklops might happen after rain.
00:54:53He led me along an easier trail.
00:54:55Mom walked behind us,
00:54:56camera in hand,
00:54:57taking photos from time to time.
00:55:03Here.
00:55:07Dad, have you ever seen people
00:55:09trapped in snowy mountains?
00:55:11Yes.
00:55:12Many times.
00:55:14What happened to them in the end?
00:55:20Some were rescued,
00:55:21some weren't.
00:55:22The ones who weren't rescued?
00:55:27Do you still remember them?
00:55:29I remember.
00:55:30Every single one.
00:55:32Do you know why I chose this job?
00:55:35No.
00:55:36Because I hope that after every snowstorm,
00:55:38no one is left alone in the mountains.
00:55:40For everyone who gets trapped,
00:55:42I hope someone can reach them in time.
00:55:44The wind blew down from the mountain,
00:55:46carrying the scent of pine trees
00:55:47and a faint coolness from the distant stream.
00:55:50But it wasn't the kind of cold
00:55:51that selt into your bones.
00:55:53It was breathable,
00:55:54refreshing,
00:55:55alive.
00:55:56A summer kind of cool.
00:55:57The coolness of being alive.
00:56:02Look.
00:56:06I stared at that photo for a long time.
00:56:09That child was me.
00:56:10Clean.
00:56:11Looking outward.
00:56:12Alive.
00:56:13Not Chloe curled up in the corner of an attic
00:56:15in my previous life.
00:56:16That was Charlotte.
00:56:17Standing in the sunlight.
00:56:18Standing between dad and mom.
00:56:19At that moment,
00:56:21I remembered the lines in my drawing book.
00:56:23I remembered the hands that wrote them.
00:56:25I remembered the child
00:56:27who use up her last bit of strength
00:56:29just to say,
00:56:30I love you so much.
00:56:32You don't need a wristband
00:56:33to prove that what you say is true.
00:56:35There are people here 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
00:56:43who will catch every word you say.
00:56:45There are people here who believe you.
00:56:47Hey.
00:56:50In autumn,
00:56:51one of dad's old rescue teammates
00:56:53came to visit,
00:56:54bringing his wife
00:56:55and an elderly woman
00:56:56when with them.
00:56:57She was his mother.
00:56:59Even though time had carved
00:57:00deep marks into her face,
00:57:02even though it shed the obsession
00:57:03and madness of my previous life,
00:57:05even though the eyes
00:57:06that once belonged to a scientist
00:57:07no 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.
00:57:22Charlotte!
00:57:23What's wrong, sweetheart?
00:57:25Are you feeling unwell?
00:57:27At that moment,
00:57:28the old woman's gaze also fell on me.
00:57:30Her originally gentle eyes
00:57:32froze the instant she saw me.
00:57:42This is your child?
00:57:46Yes, this is our daughter,
00:57:48Charlotte.
00:57:50I could clearly see the wrinkles
00:57:52at the corners of her eyes,
00:57:54the white strands at her Thames
00:57:57and the tears pooling in her eyes,
00:58:00held back so tightly
00:58:01that they refused to fall.
00:58:04Charlotte.
00:58:06Such a beautiful name.
00:58:09My throat felt blocked,
00:58:10as 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
00:58:19wrapped in love.
00:58:20Seeing that I remained silent,
00:58:22a 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,
00:58:36she sat directly across from me.
00:58:39She carefully used serving chopsters
00:58:41to put food into my bowl.
00:58:44Auntie,
00:58:45you're spoiling Charlotte too much.
00:58:47You should eat too.
00:58:50It's fine.
00:58:51When I look at this child,
00:58:53I just feel an instant sense of closeness.
00:58:55I looked at the pile of food in my bowl,
00:58:59my emotions tangled and heavy.
00:59:01In my previous life,
00:59:03until the day I died,
00:59:04I had always hoped,
00:59:06just once,
00:59:07that she would serve me a bite of food,
00:59:09say something gentle to me,
00:59:10or believe me even once.
00:59:12But now,
00:59:13she had done it.
00:59:15Only,
00:59:16it was already too late.
00:59:18In the afternoon,
00:59:20I paint alone in the sunroom.
00:59:30She carefully walked over
00:59:32and sat down on the wicker chair beside me.
00:59:36I know who you are.
00:59:37And I also know who I am.
00:59:40From the moment I was born,
00:59:42I carried all my memories.
00:59:45I remember everything I did to you.
00:59:49I'm sorry, Chloe.
00:59:51I'm sorry.
00:59:54Chloe,
00:59:55I'm sorry to you.
00:59:57I'm really sorry.
00:59:59Every day,
01:00:00I ask myself,
01:00:03why didn't I trust you that day in the cabin?
01:00:07Why did I trust that broken wristband
01:00:10instead of my own daughter?
01:00:12I remember slapping you.
01:00:15I remember shocking you.
01:00:17The way you curled up on the floor,
01:00:20begging me to stop.
01:00:21I remember locking you in the attic.
01:00:25The way you clung to the door frame,
01:00:28begging me not to lock it.
01:00:30I remember kicking open the attic door
01:00:34and finding your frozen body.
01:00:37And the red light still flashing on your wrist.
01:00:42I saw your blood,
01:00:43written letter,
01:00:45every single word.
01:00:46I carved into my heart
01:00:48and carried with me
01:00:49for the rest of my life.
01:00:51You asked
01:00:52if there could be another life.
01:00:55Could I please trust you once?
01:00:57Could I stop calling you a liar?
01:01:00But 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.
01:01:10The flower I had loved most in my previous life.
01:01:14Chloe,
01:01:15Chloe,
01:01:15no,
01:01:16Charlotte,
01:01:18I know that no matter how many apologies I say,
01:01:21it'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,
01:01:28not in the next.
01:01:30I don't dare to ask for your forgiveness.
01:01:33I just,
01:01:34I 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,
01:01:41nor judged by data.
01:01:43It is listening to you,
01:01:44believing what you say,
01:01:45holding you and telling you that your mother is here.
01:01:47But I understood all of that far too late.
01:01:49Too late.
01:01:51I'm so sorry,
01:01:52Charlotte.
01:01:53She 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,
01:02:07lying 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,
01:02:14I 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,
01:02:25a warm home,
01:02:26and a bright future.
01:02:28Auntie,
01:02:28I don't hate you anymore.
01:02:30Her tears fell even harder.
01:02:32Her lips trembled as if she wanted to say something,
01:02:35but 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,
01:02:47because 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.
01:02:54But I also won't forgive you.
01:02:56Not because of hatred,
01:02:57but because what happened does not deserve forgiveness.
01:03:00After hearing my words,
01:03:02her 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,
01:03:17where was her remorse then?
01:03:19When I kept calling her mom over and over telling her I wasn't lying,
01:03:24where was her remorse then?
01:03:26When I used my last strength to write a blood letter,
01:03:30begging her to believe me just once,
01:03:32where was her remorse then?
01:03:35Now it was all too late.
01:03:38That afternoon,
01:03:39when Jason's family prepared to leave,
01:03:41the old woman walked at the very end.
01:03:44At the doorway,
01:03:45she turned back to look at me once more.
01:03:46Her eyes were full of tears,
01:03:48reluctance,
01:03:48and endless loneliness.
01:03:50Then,
01:03:50leaning on her cane,
01:03:51she walked away slowly,
01:03:52step by step.
01:03:53I stood at the door,
01:03:54watching her aged,
01:03:55hunched body disappear down the street,
01:03:56and in my heart,
01:03:57there was no 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,
01:04:08your dad and I are here for you.
01:04:12That night,
01:04:13I lay in bed with steady breathing,
01:04:15occasionally shifting as I chased something in my dreams.
01:04:18I stared at the ceiling,
01:04:20thinking of my previous life.
01:04:23Chloe!
01:04:24Chloe!
01:04:26They were real.
01:04:27The pain was real.
01:04:28That cold,
01:04:29abandoned time when no one came for me,
01:04:32that was real too.
01:04:34But I am no longer Chloe.
01:04:37I am Charlotte,
01:04:38and I no longer hate Grace.
01:04:41That winter,
01:04:42dad's rescue team completed a high-difficulty mission.
01:04:45A family of three had been trapped near the 3,000-meter snow line,
01:04:50and they were all rescued safely.
01:04:53No one was injured.
01:04:55During the celebration,
01:04:56the entire team was eating in the cafeteria.
01:04:59Mom sat in a corner smiling as she watched him.
01:05:02I sat beside Mom,
01:05:03eating 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,
01:05:12he was curled up in a hollow,
01:05:14facing 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,
01:05:24the 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.
01:05:36This 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.
01:05:47She doesn't know what I'm thinking,
01:05:49but she just keeps it there.
01:05:51That's enough.
01:05:53This is already enough.
01:05:55Alright, very nice.
01:05:56When I was 13,
01:05:57I 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,
01:06:10carrying a salty taste.
01:06:13I spread my arms,
01:06:15feeling the wind,
01:06:16feeling freedom.
01:06:18For a moment,
01:06:19I seemed to see my past self.
01:06:25Charlotte,
01:06:26what are you thinking about?
01:06:30I'm just grateful
01:06:31to be alive
01:06:32and to be with you.
01:06:34Silly girl,
01:06:35we're the lucky ones.
01:06:37Having you as our daughter
01:06:38is the greatest happiness of our lives.
01:06:44The suffering of my past life
01:06:46taught me to cherish
01:06:47the happiness of this one.
01:06:49The pain that went deep into my bones
01:06:52taught me what true love is
01:06:53and what true trust really means.
01:06:56I no longer need to fear the red lights.
01:07:00I can laugh,
01:07:01I can cry,
01:07:02I can freely express my feelings.
01:07:04I can love bravely
01:07:05and be loved in return.
01:07:07I have parents who love me
01:07:08the best friend
01:07:09and a bright future.
01:07:10This is a life
01:07:11I never even dared to dream of
01:07:13in my past life.
01:07:14That night,
01:07:14on the hotel balcony,
01:07:16I took out my diary.
01:07:18Today,
01:07:18I saw the ocean.
01:07:20It was vast,
01:07:21blue,
01:07:22and free.
01:07:23I thought of my past self,
01:07:25the little girl locked in the attic,
01:07:27longing to be loved
01:07:28and believed.
01:07:29She would never believe
01:07:30that I could live
01:07:31such a happy life now.
01:07:32My parents loved me very much.
01:07:35They taught me
01:07:36what honesty
01:07:37and courage are.
01:07:39Lena is now my best friend.
01:07:42She is confident
01:07:43and bright,
01:07:44her smile like stars
01:07:45in her eyes.
01:07:46The old lady is in good health.
01:07:48She often calls me
01:07:49and sends me pastries
01:07:51she makes herself.
01:07:52Buddy is still that silly little guy,
01:07:54always pawing at my hand
01:07:56asking me to play with him.
01:07:57I no longer hate anyone.
01:07:59I am no longer attached
01:08:01to the past.
01:08:02Those painful memories
01:08:04are like footprints on the beach,
01:08:05washed away by the waves.
01:08:07But they taught me
01:08:08to cherish every step I take.
01:08:10I know that in my past life,
01:08:13my mother,
01:08:13sister,
01:08:14and father
01:08:14all received
01:08:15their due consequences.
01:08:17And I,
01:08:17at last,
01:08:18have broken free
01:08:19from the chains
01:08:20and found true freedom.
01:08:21I don't want to see them again.
01:08:23I don't want to relive
01:08:24that life again.
01:08:25I just want to be Charlotte,
01:08:27simple,
01:08:28happy,
01:08:29and loved.
01:08:29I don't want to see it.
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