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The Red Light Curse
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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!
00:17:47No.
00:17:52No.
00:17:53That's impossible.
00:17:54Chloe?
00:17:54You're pretending aren't you Chloe?
00:17:57You're lying to mom again, aren't you?
00:17:59Get you up now!
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
00:18:28The machine doesn't know
00:18:40They 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
00:18:55Screaming 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 her body shaking like a leaf in the autumn wind barely
00:19:41able to stand
00:19:43She was finally afraid she finally understood that her prank her lies her framing had cost a life
00:19:51Had killed her own sister
00:19:56Quick call a doctor seal off the scene the rescue team leader quickly snapped out of it and shouted sharply
00:20:03at the others
00:20:04Unable to suppress the anger in his voice
00:20:07The team set up a cordon the doctor pushed through the crowd and entered the attic
00:20:11Crouching 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
00:20:30Time of death was two to three days ago
00:20:32It's not my fault she was lying
00:20:37She stole food look the bracelet is red the red light it says she has excess calories
00:20:43I follow the data machines don't lie
00:20:47The doctor frowned crouched down and carefully tried to remove the bracelet from my wrist
00:20:53But the strap had fused tightly with my frozen purplish skin almost 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 watching the bracelet that had been on me for 10 whole days
00:21:09finally leave my wrist
00:21:11This cold shackle that had trapped me for 10 days that had caused my death
00:21:15Finally fell away
00:21:17The doctor held the bracelet turning it over and over then opened the casing on the back
00:21:22After just one glance he let out a cold laugh looking 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 which 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 it could only keep flashing red
00:21:47The truth she had trusted above all else
00:21:51The things she relied on to judge my life and death had been a joke from the very beginning
00:21:59You are lying
00:22:05I hadn't lied not once
00:22:10The bracelet was broken she was wrong
00:22:14No no that's impossible
00:22:20No impossible machines don't lie
00:22:26Look Anna's bracelet is still green this proves the system works this is scientific
00:22:33At that moment a female rescue worker walked over to Anna bent down and took something out of the pocket
00:22:39It had been hidden there for days crumpled beyond recognition still smeared with traces of chocolate
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
00:23:10It 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
00:23:45No chip
00:23:46No heat
00:23:47Monitoring module
00:23:49Nothing at all
00:23:50Only two cheap green led lights and a button battery
00:23:53The circuit was hardwired
00:23:55Once powered
00:23:55It is just a two 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 it would always stay green
00:24:14Ma'am your so-called scientific survival system your so-called infuelable data
00:24:19From beginning to end was nothing but a complete joke a 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
00:24:46Her whole body curling up with laughter
00:24:52Fake
00:24:53It's all fake
00:24:54Mom suddenly screamed
00:24:56And then she did something insane
00:24:59No way
00:25:00The bracelet can't be wrong
00:25:01I didn't eat anything today
00:25:03My calories couldn't possibly be over
00:25:06It'll turn green
00:25:07She grabbed the bracelet
00:25:08Still stained with my blood 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
00:25:19Look
00:25:19It'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
00:25:29Panic 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
00:25:41It'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
00:25:48Why is it red?
00:25:50I'm telling the truth!
00:25:52Turn green you piece of junk!
00:25:54You're framing me!
00:25:55Suddenly 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
00:26:02But 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
00:26:15Trying 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!
00:26:22But the clasp had locked due to her violent struggle
00:26:24Like a shackle
00:26:26Tightly 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 shocked 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 she 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 for a full day and night with no food or water
00:27:15After I banged on the door crying that it wasn't me but she wouldn't listen
00:27:19And Anna she was curled up in mom's arms eating sweet strawberries watching me be locked away with a happy
00:27:27smile
00:27:27Countless days and nights Anna stole my toys tore my drawings ruined my homework and then cried to mom saying
00:27:35I didn't
00:27:35Every single time mom believed Anna without question then scolded me punished me and made me stand in a cold
00:27:43corner without food
00:27:45Machines don't lie
00:27:48Anna's wristband is green
00:27:50You're just a liar
00:27:51Mom, I really didn't lie. I've never lied to you. I know you don't like me, but I still love
00:27:57you
00:27:58If I die, will you regret it? Will you miss me even a little?
00:28:02If there's a next life, can you believe me once? Can you please stop calling me a liar?
00:28:10Every word struck like a heavy hammer crashing down on on my mom's heart
00:28:15She covered her face and let out a heart-wrenching cry like a wounded beast
00:28:20She remembered the fourth day of the blizzard the slap she gave me across the face and the electric shock
00:28:27that coursed through my entire body
00:28:30She remembered pulling the only blanket off me and wrapping it around Anna instead and the despair in my eyes
00:28:39She remembered me banging on the floor screaming for her help while she deliberately turned up symphony of fate to
00:28:46the maximum volume to block out her own ears
00:28:49She remembered sealing the cracks of the attic door with tape and the disgust and impatience she felt at the
00:28:55time
00:28:57She had personally little by little pushed her daughter toward death
00:29:01She had personally killed the little girl who loved her most and trusted her most
00:29:10Mom let out a piercing scream and suddenly raised her head
00:29:14Looking toward Anna curled up in the corner
00:29:17It's you! It's all you!
00:29:20She lunged forward like a mad woman
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
00:29:33You 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, our daughter
00:30:08You froze her to death with your own hands
00:30:11How dare you? How 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 filled with pain and despair
00:30:32Don't take her away
00:30:33Give her pepper back to me
00:30:35She ran across the snow field
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
00:30:47Chloe, mom 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
00:31:02And swirling snowflakes
00:31:05This incident quickly spread across the world
00:31:08The rescue team's camera had recorded everything
00:31:12One 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 was completely surrounded by an enraged crowd
00:32:02The front gate had been splashed with bright red paint
00:32:05In thick black marker, the words murderers
00:32:08Get out of this city, and justice for Chloe were 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 packed 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 and property values
00:32:52And caused extreme disturbance to other residents
00:32:54Inside 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 illuminated 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
00:33:17It's not my fault
00:33:19It's not my fault
00:33:27I'm gonna kill you
00:33:30It's all your fault
00:33:31All of it
00:33:32If it weren't for that damn bracelet of yours
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
00:33:40A murderer
00:33:45What right do you have to blame me?
00:33:47You were there to save her
00:33:48You're an accomplice
00:33:49You deserve to die too
00:33:59You're an accomplice
00:34:09You're an accomplice
00:34:09You're an accomplice
00:34:10You're an accomplice
00:34:11You're an accomplice
00:34:12You're an accomplice
00:34:12You're an accomplice
00:34:12You're an accomplice
00:34:13You're an accomplice
00:34:13You're an accomplice
00:34:15You're an accomplice
00:34:17You're an accomplice
00:34:18You're an accomplice
00:34:20Mom 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.
00:35:27...
00:35:27Oh
00:35:47Anna
00:36:06Anna, look at Anna
00:36:10It's not fair
00:36:26Oh
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! This is what you get for what you did to your sister
00:36:56Liar! Thief! Murderer!
00:36:58Why don't they bully anyone else?
00:36:59Just you
00:37:01Maybe you should reflect on yourself
00:37:03When you harmed your sister
00:37:05Did you ever think this day would come?
00:37:14Let me out, please let me out
00:37:16I didn't steal it
00:37:17I really didn't
00:37:51Sister
00:37:53Mom, help me
00:37:54Mom, help me
00:37:58This was her rightful punishment
00:38:03As for Mom, her fate was even more tragic than anyone else's
00:38:07The defendant should undergo a forensic psychiatric evaluation
00:38:13I'm not crazy!
00:38:15Everything I do is based on the data from the scientific wristband
00:38:18I didn't do anything wrong
00:38:29Can you explain the behavior at that time?
00:38:33I didn't do anything wrong
00:38:35The bracelet is broken
00:38:36Anna lied to me
00:38:45Chloe, sorry
00:38:46It's all my fault
00:38:53Machines don't lie
00:38:55Red light
00:38:57Chloe
00:38:59I'm sorry
00:39:01She had lost the capacity for civil conduct
00:39:04And was unfit to serve a prison sentence
00:39:07She would be forcibly committed to a psychiatric hospital
00:39:10For lifelong isolated treatment
00:39:15I'm not crazy!
00:39:17You're the ones who are crazy!
00:39:19The bracelet was broken!
00:39:20It's not my fault!
00:39:22I'm not insane!
00:39:24I was right!
00:39:26The data doesn't lie!
00:39:28Chloe lied to me!
00:39:29Anna lied to me!
00:39:30I'm not crazy!
00:39:31Let me out!
00:39:33Just like no one had believed me back then
00:39:37Police officers and caretakers walked in carrying restraint straps
00:39:40The moment mom saw them, she reacted like a startled beast
00:39:45She kept retreating
00:39:46Then suddenly tried to run toward dad's direction
00:39:49As if hoping he would save her
00:39:51But dad had long since disappeared
00:39:55In the courtroom, there was not a single person on her side
00:40:01In that moment, she was truly alone
00:40:04Just like I once was
00:40:06Trapped in the attic with no one to turn to
00:40:12Before being sent to the psychiatric hospital
00:40:14She did something insane
00:40:16That was the day my body was sent to the funeral home
00:40:20Hey!
00:40:27Stay back!
00:40:33Chloe!
00:40:34Mom was wrong!
00:40:36Come back!
00:40:37I'm sorry!
00:40:39Chloe!
00:40:40Wait for me!
00:40:42Wait for me!
00:40:50Her feet suffered severe frostbite
00:40:53And the tissue completely neckerated
00:40:56The doctors had no choice but to perform an amputation
00:41:00Cutting everything below the knees
00:41:02She became a woman without legs
00:41:06Completely broken
00:41:08And completely insane
00:41:11Get out!
00:41:12Chloe!
00:41:13In the psychiatric hospital, she became the strangest patient
00:41:17No one knew where she got it from
00:41:19But she found a red plastic ring
00:41:21And wore it around her neck like a collar
00:41:23It was her self-made calorie monitoring bracelet
00:41:28Don't touch my light!
00:41:30Chloe is watching!
00:41:31If you take it away, she'll get angry!
00:41:35Grace!
00:41:36Grace!
00:41:38Grace!
00:41:38Grace, it's time to eat
00:41:39Red light!
00:41:40Red light!
00:41:40Run!
00:41:41Run!
00:41:43Run!
00:41:44Run!
00:41:44I was reliving my final moments before death
00:41:47She locked herself inside the same cold attic where I had once been trapped
00:41:51Reliving my personal hell over and over again
00:41:54Chloe, I'm sorry
00:41:55Mom was wrong, please come back, okay?
00:41:58Mom will never trust the bracelet again
00:41:59Mom will bake you cake
00:42:01Cover you with blankets
00:42:02I confess
00:42:03I confess
00:42:04I confess
00:42:06Red light!
00:42:07Red light!
00:42:08Chloe!
00:42:09Mom was wrong!
00:42:10Mom!
00:42:10Mom shouldn't have trusted the red light!
00:42:15Mom!
00:42:16Mom shouldn't have trusted the red light!
00:42:22Chloe, are you there?
00:42:25Mom threw the bracelet away?
00:42:27Mom doesn't believe in it anymore
00:42:28Please come back!
00:42:30Please come back!
00:42:31Mom will cook for you!
00:42:32Mom will buy you new dresses!
00:42:33There was no ripple in my heart
00:42:35Only a dead silence
00:42:37Regret means nothing to the dead
00:42:39It was too late
00:42:40Mom!
00:42:41It's all too late
00:42:44When I was locked in the attic and frozen to death
00:42:47Where was your remorse?
00:42:48When I used my last strength to write a blood written plea
00:42:51Begging you to believe me just once
00:42:53Where was your remorse?
00:42:55Mom!
00:42:56I don't hate you anymore
00:42:57But I don't love you anymore either
00:42:59In the next life, let snow meet again
00:43:07I drifted through the snow storm of the Alps
00:43:10Snow fell onto my body
00:43:12Yet I felt no cold at all
00:43:13I was finally free
00:43:15No red lights
00:43:16No hunger
00:43:16No cold
00:43:17No lies
00:43:18No mom's hatred
00:43:19No Anna's framing
00:43:20No dad's inaction
00:43:21Only boundless freedom
00:43:23Just then, I heard a familiar bark
00:43:25I looked down
00:43:26A golden sled dog was sitting in the snow
00:43:29Wagging its tail
00:43:30Looking up at me with bright eyes
00:43:32It was Buddy
00:43:33Buddy was the dog I once raised
00:43:35A gift from dad on my 8th birthday
00:43:38A gentle golden retriever sled dog
00:43:40My only warmth in childhood
00:43:43When my mom called me a liar and Anna bullied me
00:43:47Only Buddy would run over
00:43:50Lie down by my feet
00:43:51And rub its head against my hand
00:43:55Staying with me
00:43:57But 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
00:44:04She 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
00:44:19It 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 that had tormented me for 10 years
00:44:58One look in the direction of the psychiatric hospital
00:45:01And one look at the wooden cabin that had trapped me
00:45:04Then I turned around, holding Buddy's paw
00:45:07And walked step by step toward that door of light
00:45:10Everything behind me became like a faded photograph
00:45:14Slowly blurring and dissolving
00:45:16My mother's final tears
00:45:17The 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 10 years
00:45:28Had finally come to a true end
00:45:31Passing through that light
00:45:32There was no spinning, no chaos
00:45:34Only endless warmth as if I were sinking into a spring stream
00:45:37Even the pain deep within my soul
00:45:40Those lingering aches and phantom pains
00:45:43Gradually 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, wrapped in a soft blanket
00:45:51Someone was humming
00:45:54It was a woman's voice
00:45:57Gentle, slightly off key, yet filled with love
00:46:00Her fingers lightly brushed across my cheek
00:46:02Carrying the scent of gardenias
00:46:04Not the cold disinfectant smell from my mother in my previous life
00:46:08Not that clinical, distant feeling
00:46:11You're awake
00:46:13Honey, come quickly
00:46:15Our daughter just blinked
00:46:17He was tall, with healthy wheel-coloured skin weathered features
00:46:21But his eyes were exceptionally gentle
00:46:24He was my father in this sweet life, Martin
00:46:27He was the same rescue captain from my previous life
00:46:30The first person to rush into the attic and find my body
00:46:36Hey Charlotte
00:46:38I'm your dad
00:46:40Charlotte, not Chloe
00:46:42No burden, no shackles, no lies, no label of liar
00:46:48Just Charlotte, a name that meant warmth, being cherished, and being loved unconditionally
00:46:53I grew up in a home filled with love
00:46:56Our house wasn't big, but it was clean and warm
00:46:58In the living room, there was a large fireplace that burned brightly every winter
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 and unconditional trust
00:47:15When I was three years old, my mother made hot cocoa
00:47:18The aroma drifted from the kitchen into the living room
00:47:30Baby, I'm here
00:47:35Charlotte, you're safe now
00:47:38I'm here, Dad is here
00:47:39No one will hurt you
00:47:42My throat hurts, I don't want hot cocoa
00:47:48Not like the hot water in that attic thermos that Anna once poured out
00:47:52Not something that had been held up to my mouth before being taken away
00:47:56When I was four years old, the kindergarten organized a health check-up that included a blood test
00:48:09Charlotte, it's just a tiny poke, it won't hurt
00:48:11Look at the other children, they're all very brave
00:48:13Don't punish me, I didn't lie, don't shock me
00:48:19Sorry, my child's experienced trauma, we're going to skip the physical exam for now
00:48:23We'll take her to a child psychologist and we'll come back when she's ready
00:48:31Charlotte, did someone hurt you before?
00:48:35Bracelet, red light, so cold
00:48:38My baby, you must have suffered so much, didn't you?
00:48:42It's okay now
00:48:44You're home
00:48:45Mom and Dad are here
00:48:46No one can hurt you anymore
00:48:48From that day on, they regularly took me to see a child psychologist
00:48:54The doctor said I had severe post-traumatic stress disorder
00:48:59My parents never complained once
00:49:02They never made me feel like a burden
00:49:04They stayed with me, played games with me, did therapy exercises with me
00:49:10Slowly healing the wounds in my heart
00:49:13They bought me many, many colorful, beautiful bracelets
00:49:18But they never forced me to wear any of them
00:49:22These are just accessories, Charlotte, wear them if you like
00:49:25If you don't, just take them off
00:49:26No matter what, your dad and I will always love you
00:49:28I looked at the sparkling bracelet on my wrist
00:49:30There was no red light, no electric shock, no accusation
00:49:33Only my mother's gentle smile
00:49:35It took me two lifetimes to finally hear those words
00:49:37When I was five years old, I once had a fever
00:49:42I started crying uncontrollably
00:49:44I feel hot
00:49:45It wasn't because I felt unwell
00:49:47It was because what I said
00:49:49Mom immediately took a thermometer and checked my temperature
00:50:00Mom, if I say I feel hot, do you believe me?
00:50:07I believe you
00:50:08If you say you're hot, then you're hot
00:50:11The thermometer says you're hot, too
00:50:13Of course I believe you
00:50:14What if the thermometer didn't say I was hot, but I said I was?
00:50:18Would you still believe me?
00:50:20I would, your feelings are your own
00:50:22They don't need any machine to prove them
00:50:25I held on to those words in my heart for a long, long time
00:50:30The afternoon I had a fever
00:50:31It started snowing outside
00:50:33Dad wrapped me in a blanket and held me by the window as we watched the snow
00:50:38Mom loved snowy days the most when I was a child
00:50:42Building snowmen with my brother
00:50:43Once I had placed the snowman's nose where its eyes should be
00:50:51Why?
00:50:52It was so the snowman could look down at its own feet
00:50:54Otherwise it would never know what it was wearing
00:50:58I was wrapped in that blanket simply because they wanted me to 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 and took a breath
00:51:08It smelled like fabric softener
00:51:11Clean, dry, and unmistakably the scent of home
00:51:14When I was seven, I started elementary school
00:51:17There was a girl in my class named Lena
00:51:19She looked exactly like Anna from my previous life
00:51:23The same eyes, the same face shape
00:51:29Sister, you're so pitiful
00:51:36I'm, my name is Lena
00:51:40You, do you want to be my friend?
00:51:42Her tone was so cautious, so eager to please
00:51:46Just like me in my previous life
00:51:48Almost instinctively, I glanced at her wrist
00:51:51She was wearing a cheap green cartoon wristband
00:51:54Later, I learned that Lena's mother was also extremely strict
00:51:57She demanded absolute obedience and absolute honesty
00:52:01If Lena made even the smallest mistake, she would be locked in her room and denied food
00:52:06Lena, just like my past self, lived in endless fear and suppression
00:52:10One day Lena accidentally broke the teacher's glass cup
00:52:18I looked at her, at the fear and despair in her eyes
00:52:21In that instant, I was reminded of my past self
00:52:24The little girl who lay on the cold floor, writing I am a liar over and over again, begging for
00:52:30forgiveness again and again
00:52:34Lena, it's okay, accidents happen, let's go tell the teacher together, okay?
00:52:39The teacher won't be angry
00:52:41But, mom said that children who lie are bad kids, and they will be punished
00:52:47Being honest doesn't mean you never make mistakes
00:52:49It means that when you do make a mistake, you're brave enough to admit it
00:52:52And even if you tell the truth, you shouldn't be punished for it
00:52:56I broke the cup, I'm sorry
00:52:59The teacher didn't get angry
00:53:01Instead, she smiled, patted both our heads, and said it was okay
00:53:05Just to be more careful next time
00:53:08From that day on, we became best friends
00:53:11I took Lena home to meet my parents
00:53:14She looked at my mom and dad, so gentle, so patient
00:53:18Never shouting over small things, never punishing a child for making mistakes
00:53:22Her 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, you can be scared, you can make mistakes
00:53:32None of that is shameful
00:53:34One day, Lena's mother came to school to pick her up
00:53:37When she saw us together, her face immediately darkened
00:53:40She grabbed Lena's hand tightly and said sharply
00:53:43Did you cause trouble again?
00:53:45Is Charlotte helping you lie?
00:53:49Auntie, Lena hasn't done anything wrong
00:53:52She's a very, very good child
00:53:54You shouldn't always assume the worst about her
00:53:56She's afraid of you
00:54:01That night, she called my mom
00:54:03They talked for a long time
00:54:04And in the end, she said thank you
00:54:08Thank you
00:54:09Your daughter made me realize how terribly wrong I've been
00:54:14Little by little, Lena's mother became gentler
00:54:17She started learning to listen instead of shouting
00:54:21To trust instead of blaming
00:54:23And Lena, too, became more and more confident
00:54:28More and more open
00:54:29In my previous life, I was never saved
00:54:31I endured all the pain alone in the darkness
00:54:33But in this life, I can save others
00:54:36When I was ten years old, Dad took us to the mountains
00:54:40Not the Alps
00:54:42Just ordinary mountains
00:54:44Dad was the captain of a mountain rescue team
00:54:46He knew every path in the area
00:54:47Knew 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, camera in hand
00:54:57Taking photos from time to time
00:55:03Here
00:55:04Thank you
00:55:07Dad, have you ever seen people trapped in snowy mountains?
00:55:11Yes, many times
00:55:14What happened to them in the end?
00:55:20Some were rescued, some weren't
00:55:22The ones who weren't rescued?
00:55:27Do you still remember them?
00:55:29I remember, every single one
00:55:31Do you know why I chose this job?
00:55:35No
00:55:35Because 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 that selt into your bones
00:55:53It was breathable, refreshing, alive
00:55:55A summer kind of cool
00:55:57The coolness of being alive
00:56:02Look
00:56:03Look
00:56:06I stared at that photo for a long time
00:56:08That child was me, clean, looking outward, alive
00:56:12Not Chloe curled up in the corner of an attic in my previous life
00:56:16That was Charlotte, standing in the sunlight, standing between Dad and Mom
00:56:19At that moment, I remembered the lines in my drawing book
00:56:23I remembered the hands that wrote them
00:56:25I remembered the child, who use up her last bit of strength, just say
00:56:29I love you so much
00:56:32You don't need a wristband to prove that what you say is true
00:56:35There are people here who believe you
00:56:37Even without a wristband, even without any device to verify it
00:56:40Even if what you say sounds impossible
00:56:42There will still be someone who will catch every word you say
00:56:45There are people here who believe you
00:56:47Hey
00:56:50In Autumn, one of Dad's old rescue teammates came to visit
00:56:54Bringing his wife and an elderly woman when with them
00:56:57She was his mother
00:56:58Even though time had carved deep marks into her face
00:57:01Even though it shed the obsession and madness of my previous life
00:57:04Even though the eyes that 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, the old woman's gaze also fell on me
00:57:30Her originally gentle eyes froze 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 at the corners of her eyes
00:57:55The white strands at her Thames
00:57:57And the tears pooling in her eyes
00:57:59Held back so tightly that they refused to fall
00:58:04Charlotte
00:58:06Such a beautiful name
00:58:08My 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 wrapped 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, she sat directly across from me
00:58:39She carefully used serving chopsters to put food into my bowl
00:58:44Aunty, you're spoiling Charlotte too much
00:58:47You should eat too
00:58:50It's fine
00:58:52When 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
00:58:58My emotions tangled and heavy
00:59:01In my previous life
00:59:03Until the day I died
00:59:04I had always hoped
00:59:05Just once that she would serve me a bite of food
00:59:08Say something gentle to me
00:59:10Or believe me even once
00:59:12But now, she had done it
00:59:16Only, it was already too late
00:59:18In the afternoon, I paint alone in the sunroom
00:59:25Charlotte, can I sit here for a while?
00:59:27I won't disturb you while you draw
00:59:30She carefully walked over and sat down on the wicker chair beside me
00:59:35I know who you are
00:59:37And I also know who I am
00:59:40From the moment I was born, I carried all my memories
00:59:45I remember everything I did to you
00:59:49I'm sorry, Chloe
00:59:51I'm sorry
00:59:54Chloe
00:59:55I'm sorry to you
00:59:57I'm really sorry
00:59:59Every day I ask myself
01:00:03Why didn't I trust you that day in the cabin?
01:00:07Why did I trust that broken wristband instead of my own daughter?
01:00:12I remember slapping you
01:00:14I remember shocking you
01:00:17The way you curled up on the floor, begging me to stop
01:00:21I remember locking you in the attic
01:00:25The way you clung to the 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
01:00:41I 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 for the rest of my life
01:00:51You asked
01:00:53If there could be another life
01:00:54Could 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
01:01:09The flower I had loved most in my previous life
01:01:14Chloe, no, Charlotte
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, not 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, nor judged by data
01:01:43It is listening to you, believing 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
01:01:50I'm so sorry, Charlotte
01:01:52She was crying so hard that her whole body trembled
01:01:56Her aged face was covered in tears and regret
01:02:02I looked at her for a long time
01:02:05In my previous life, lying on the cold floor of the attic
01:02:08What I had wanted most before dying was a single apology from her
01:02:12A single, I believe you
01:02:15But now she was truly standing in front of me
01:02:17Saying countless apologies
01:02:19And yet I realized, they no longer mattered to me
01:02:22I already had a new life
01:02:24Parents who loved me, a warm home, and a bright future
01:02:28Auntie, I don't hate you anymore
01:02:30Her tears fell even harder
01:02:32Her lips trembled as if she wanted to say something
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, they love me very much
01:02:42I'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
01:02:53But I also won't forgive you
01:02:55Not because of hatred, but because what happened does not deserve forgiveness
01:03:00After hearing my words, her body swayed
01:03:03She covered her face and let out a broken, desperate sob
01:03:08She knew I was right
01:03:11It was too late
01:03:12Everything was too late
01:03:14When she locked me in the attic and let me freeze to death
01:03:17Where was her remorse then?
01:03:19When I kept calling her mom, over and over, telling her I wasn't lying
01:03:23Where was her remorse then?
01:03:26When I used my last strength to write a blood letter
01:03:29Begging her to believe me just once
01:03:33Where was her remorse then?
01:03:35Now it was all too late
01:03:38That afternoon, when Jason's family prepared to leave
01:03:41The old woman walked at the very end
01:03:43At the doorway, she turned back to look at me once more
01:03:46Her eyes were full of tears, reluctance, and endless loneliness
01:03:49Then, leaning on her cane, she walked away slowly, step by step
01:03:53I stood at the door, watching her aged, hunched body disappear down the street
01:03:56And in my heart, there 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
01:04:06No matter what happens, your dad and I are here for you
01:04:12That night, I lay in bed with steady breathing
01:04:14Occasionally shifting as I chased something in my dreams
01:04:18I stared at the ceiling, thinking of my previous life
01:04:23Chloe! Chloe!
01:04:25They were real
01:04:27The pain was real
01:04:28That cold, abandoned time when no one came for me
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
01:04:40That winter, Dad's rescue team completed a high-difficulty mission
01:04:45A family of three had been trapped near the 3,000-meter snow line
01:04:50And they were all rescued safely
01:04:53No one was injured
01:04:55During the celebration, the 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, eating and listening to their stories
01:05:05They talked about the child from that stranded family
01:05:08A boy, eight years old
01:05:10When they found him, he was curled up in a hollow
01:05:13Facing away from the wind
01:05:15His head wrapped tightly in his clothes
01:05:17He knew how to preserve body heat
01:05:20He lasted much longer than we expected
01:05:23After being rescued, the first thing the boy asked was
01:05:28Where is my mom?
01:05:30Mom is here
01:05:31That boy's mother is here
01:05:33My mother is here too
01:05:35This is real
01:05:36This 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
01:05:46She 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, I graduated from elementary school
01:05:59And got into the best middle school in the city
01:06:01Dad and Mom took me to the seaside to celebrate
01:06:05I stood by the ocean
01:06:07The sea wind brushed through my hair
01:06:10Carrying a salty taste
01:06:13I spread my arms, feeling the wind
01:06:16Feeling freedom
01:06:18For a moment, I seemed to see my past self
01:06:25Charlotte, what are you thinking about?
01:06:30I'm just grateful
01:06:31To be alive and to be with you
01:06:34Silly girl, we're the lucky ones
01:06:36Having you as our daughter is the greatest happiness of our lives
01:06:44The suffering of my past life taught me to cherish the happiness of this one
01:06:49The pain that went deep into my bones taught me what true love is
01:06:53And what true trust really means
01:06:55I no longer need to fear the red lights
01:07:00I can laugh, I can cry, I can freely express my feelings
01:07:04I can love bravely and be loved in return
01:07:07I have parents who love me, the best friend, and a bright future
01:07:10This is a life I never even dared to dream of in my past life
01:07:13That night, on the hotel balcony, I took out my diary
01:07:18Today I saw the ocean
01:07:20It was vast, blue, and free
01:07:22I thought of my past self
01:07:24The little girl locked in the attic, longing to be loved and believed
01:07:28She would never believe that I could live such a happy life now
01:07:32My parents love me very much
01:07:34They taught me what honesty and courage are
01:07:39Lena is now my best friend
01:07:41She is confident and bright, her smile like stars in her eyes
01:07:46The old lady is in good health
01:07:48She often calls me and sends me pastries she makes herself
01:07:52Buddy is still that silly little guy
01:07:54Always pawing at my hand asking me to play with him
01:07:57I no longer hate anyone
01:07:59I am no longer attached to the past
01:08:02Those painful memories are like footprints on the beach
01:08:05Washed away by the waves
01:08:07But they taught me to cherish every step I take
01:08:10I know that in my past life
01:08:12My mother, sister, and father all received their due consequences
01:08:16And I, at last, have broken free from the chains and found true freedom
01:08:21I don't want to see them again
01:08:23I don't want to relive that life again
01:08:25I just want to be Charlotte
01:08:27Simple, happy, and loved
01:08:29A fantastic part
01:08:29That's right
01:08:30With that
01:08:30To be continued
01:08:30To be continued
01:08:30To be continued
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