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The Last Three Wishes - HOT
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00:00I am the last siren in this world.
00:03I was born with three chances to petition the heavens for a wish.
00:10Arthur wanted me to save his mistress's child.
00:14I said no, so he decided to destroy me.
00:18The aegis of the siren, 108 tail scales, tempered with my heart's blood.
00:23I made it to protect him. Now he used it to destroy me.
00:28Don't! Please, don't!
00:32He pushed the blade in, my blood stained the armor.
00:36I am the last siren in this world.
00:38Born with three chances to petition the heavens for a wish.
00:42The first time, my boyfriend Arthur Hudson was on death's door.
00:47I sacrificed the child in my womb and all my future offspring.
00:51Wishing for Arthur to live a century free from illness and calamity.
00:55The second time, the Hudson family teetered on the brink of ruin.
01:00I sacrificed my lifetime of accumulated magical essence.
01:04Wishing for their fortunes to be restored and all their endeavors to prosper.
01:09The third time, Arthur's childhood sweetheart was dying in childbirth.
01:14He demanded I sacrifice again, wishing for Emily Thorne and her child to be safe.
01:19When I refused, he threw me into a men's prison.
01:23One buck a pop. Have your fun with her. It's not like she can get pregnant anyway.
01:27That night, I cried until my voice was hoarse.
01:31As the first light of dawn broke the next day, I paid the price with my own life.
01:36I activated the enchanted amulet and made my final wish.
01:40I wish for all who have betrayed and wronged me to suffer the ruin of their families and die without
01:45a grave to claim their bones!
01:47The curse was cast. Now all I had to do was wait.
01:52When Arthur entered, I was lying amidst the filth.
01:56The last man had just pulled up his pants and left.
01:59Seeing who had entered, the man grinned.
02:02Thanks for the hospitality, Mr. Hudson.
02:05Mrs. Hudson's services were quite memorable.
02:08Without blinking, Arthur grabbed a nearby vase and smashed it over the man's head.
02:14A loud crash, shards flying.
02:17The man's howls were cut short as he was dragged away.
02:20Arthur walked over to me.
02:23His gaze swept over the raw, ruined flesh between my legs, and he let out a cold, derisive snort.
02:30Have you learned your lesson yet?
02:31When I didn't respond, he suddenly sighed.
02:35Reaching out, he began to wipe the filth from my face, touch by touch.
02:40Be good, Sarah. Just help me one last time.
02:43I know you're jealous, but the child in Emily's belly is mine.
02:47My own flesh and blood.
02:49You can't give me children.
02:51You can't stand in the way of someone who can.
02:53Six years ago, he had knelt by my bed and cried until he fainted.
02:58Now he was asking me to bless his child with another woman.
03:03When we were young, he learned I had sacrificed our unborn child to save him.
03:08He had knelt by my bed, cried until he fainted.
03:12He held me then, his eyes bloodshot with guilt, swearing an oath never to fail me.
03:19Even if we never have children, I will love you forever.
03:24The boomerang of youth hit me right between the eyes.
03:27I licked the blood seeping from the corner of my mouth.
03:30Under Arthur's expectant gaze, I slowly shook my head.
03:35Gone.
03:36The last chance. It was gone.
03:38Just moments ago, I had paid with my life to make that final wish.
03:43I gripped the enchanted amulet in my hand and whispered softly.
03:48Arthur, you will join me in hell.
03:51Arthur didn't hear that last sentence.
03:53He received a call from the hospital and frantically dragged me there.
04:00Emily is in labor, Sarah.
04:02Hurry up and wish for the safety of Emily and the baby.
04:05He was dragging a dying woman to save his mistress.
04:08The irony was lost on him.
04:12Emily was Arthur's childhood sweetheart.
04:15She claimed the child in her womb was the reincarnation of a devotee.
04:20And required the blessing of a siren princess to be born safely.
04:24Arthur believed it to be true.
04:26He forced me to use the third amulet to beg the heavens to protect Emily and her child.
04:32What he didn't know was that a siren princess has only three wishes in her lifetime.
04:37Each requiring a sacrifice of equal value.
04:40To save Arthur, I sacrificed our unborn child.
04:44To save the Hudson family, I sacrificed my lifetime of magical essence.
04:50To wish again, only my life would suffice.
04:53I laid out the truth, but Arthur refused to believe it.
04:57Just as Emily said.
04:59He spat, his voice cold with contempt.
05:01You're venomous to the core.
05:05Jealous that she carries my child, you'd spin this web of lies to frame her.
05:09As punishment, he delivered me to a men's prison.
05:13For an entire night, I was subjected to torment until my body was a map of wounds.
05:19Now he was forcing me to pray for Emily.
05:23Gattrenching screams echoed from the delivery room, making Arthur snap.
05:28He kicked me hard in the chest.
05:30Emily is in there, hovering between life and death.
05:33Yet you have the nerve to be jealous and play games.
05:39Sarah, I'm giving you one last chance.
05:42Are you going to make the wish or not?
05:44He sneered coldly and made a call.
05:47Moments later, the butler brought in an antique mahogany box.
05:52When I saw what was inside the box, my blood instantly ran cold.
05:57Beyond the innate gift of granting wishes.
06:00The most precious possession of the Siren Clan is the 108 scales of our tails.
06:07They are the very source of our physical power.
06:10The armor in Arthur's hands, the aegis of the Siren, was forged in the year I loved him most.
06:16I used every single one of my scales, tempered with the very essence of my heart's blood, solely to protect
06:24him.
06:25Crafting it left me in a coma for three months.
06:28When I awoke, my body had lost its natural defenses, becoming as vulnerable as an ordinary human.
06:35Now Arthur was holding that armor in his hands, and I knew exactly what he was about to do.
06:42Now, Arthur toyed with the aegis in his hands, a smirk playing on his lips.
06:48Sarah, I recall you saying this armor was forged from your tail scales, bound to your very soul.
06:55If it would be destroyed.
06:57The aegis was impervious to blade, fire, or water.
07:02I had shared its only method of destruction with Arthur, and no one else.
07:07Don't! Arthur! Please! Don't! No! No!
07:12The thought of what was about to happen made me tremble with terror, ignoring my pleas.
07:17He signaled for a dagger.
07:19Its cold blade pressed against the skin over my heart, and he pushed...
07:24The blade sliced through the skin over my heart.
07:28As it healed, Arthur slashed it again.
07:31After several repetitions, cracks began to appear on the aegis.
07:36Forged from my scales, it could only be unmade by my flesh and blood.
07:42Fresh blood stained the armor red.
07:44As the aegis dissolved, the agony of my soul being torn apart washed over me.
07:51My body shattered completely.
07:53My consciousness fading until only one thought remained.
07:57It hurts. So much.
07:59My soul was breaking apart, but I had to hold on.
08:03The curse hadn't taken effect yet.
08:07Miss Emily has given birth! It's a boy!
08:11Congratulations, Mr. Hudson!
08:13A shudder ran through me, and my mind snapped back into sharp clarity.
08:18The curse would take effect in three hours.
08:21I had to stay alive.
08:23I had to witness their descent into hell myself.
08:26With Emily safely delivered, Arthur finally allowed himself to relax.
08:31Emily!
08:35Thank you for giving me a healthy child.
08:38A sharp pain pierced my heart.
08:40Six years ago to save Arthur, I sacrificed the child in my womb.
08:46After the wish was granted, I struggled to give birth to a stillborn half-human half-fie.
08:52Arthur had knelt by my bed all night and buried the child with his own hands the next day.
08:58I thought that even if he didn't love me, he at least loved that child.
09:02Now, seeing his unbridled joy at Emily's delivery, I finally understood he had always been disgusted by me, by our
09:11child.
09:12A nurse's sudden scream erupted from the delivery room.
09:18Emergency! Mrs. Emily is hemorrhaging!
09:21We need a blood transfusion immediately!
09:23Take Sarah's! Her blood is a universal match, and it has innate healing properties!
09:29Without a moment's hesitation, Arthur hauled me to my feet and dragged me to the nursing station.
09:36A thick, needle-like catheter was plunged into my vein.
09:40A full unit was drawn in no time.
09:44We've already drawn 800cc. Her condition doesn't look good. Should we continue?
09:50Arthur's gaze fell on my bloodless lips, a flicker of hesitation in his eyes.
09:55But he was interrupted by his mother rushing over.
09:59Take it! That's my Hudson family grandson in there!
10:04Arthur slapped me hard across the face.
10:07If you hadn't refused to make a wish, my grandson would have been born safely long ago! It's all your
10:14fault!
10:14Arthur nodded as well.
10:16Emily and the child come first.
10:18The nurse nodded and drew to more tubes.
10:22Excessive blood loss made my head spin in waves of dizziness, and my body fell backward uncontrollably.
10:29My wrist struck the chair beside me, making a crisp ding sound.
10:34Arthur's mother's eyes lit up.
10:36She had spotted the enchanted bloodstone bracelet on my wrist.
10:41Arthur's mother looked over at the sound, her eyes lighting up instantly as she seized my wrist.
10:47The Siren Clan's heirloom? The enchanted bloodstone bracelet?
10:52It protects the wearer with good fortune?
10:54A treasure like this belongs to my grandson as a first meeting gift.
10:58The Siren Clan flourished for thousands of years, leaving behind countless secret treasures.
11:05Arthur's mother had tried to ask me for them several times, but I refused her on every occasion.
11:11She held a grudge against me for this, bent on protecting Emily and driving me out of the Hudson's.
11:17I allowed her to take the bloodstone heirloom.
11:20Little did she know, the heirloom treasures of the Siren Clan can only be worn by descendants of the clan.
11:27If an outsider wears it, they will only suffer a backlash, plagued by misfortune and destined for an early grave.
11:35Emily finally emerged safely from the delivery room.
11:38She smiled weakly at me.
11:40Sarah, even though you refused to save us, I promised Arthur that once the baby's first month celebration is over,
11:49I will move out of the Hudson Manor.
11:53This child is yours.
11:55She was playing the victim again, and Arthur was eating it up.
12:01She and Arthur were childhood sweethearts.
12:04Before the Hudson's fall, both families had entertained the idea of a union.
12:09But when the Hudson's went bankrupt overnight, Emily used the pretext of furthering her studies to flee the country, abandoning
12:17Arthur without a second thought.
12:19Later, when Arthur clawed his way back to the top as the hottest new tycoon in Kinston, the opposite fate
12:26befell the thorns.
12:27A catastrophic decision by Emily's father led to their bankruptcy.
12:32Emily scurried back home, pleading all the way to Arthur's doorstep.
12:37At first, Arthur showed her nothing but contempt, even revulsion.
12:42He forbade her from getting close, hurling insults at her repeatedly.
12:46Everyone in Kinston knew Mr. Hudson despised Emily Thorne the most.
12:51But gradually, something shifted.
12:54Arthur continued to humiliate Emily in public and in private.
12:58Yet every time she ran off in tears, he would find himself staring after her retreating figure, lost in thought.
13:05Watching Emily's tears fall, the emotion in Arthur's eyes gradually shifted.
13:10No longer disgust, but a growing ache of pity.
13:14I saw it all, yet felt powerless to intervene.
13:18Then came a fateful banquet where Arthur, drunk, ended up entangled with Emily.
13:24The room reeked of sex and debauchery, a nauseating mix.
13:29When I confronted him, Arthur shielded Emily firmly behind him.
13:34It was a mistake.
13:36Emily is innocent.
13:38I brought up divorce, but Arthur wouldn't agree.
13:42He blamed it all on an accident, kneeling before me and swearing there wouldn't be a next time.
13:48In a moment of lovesick folly, I forgave him.
13:51But later, Emily showed up at our door, her belly swollen, claiming to carry Arthur's child.
13:58She insisted she didn't want to break up our family, only to bear him a child as atonement.
14:04Arthur, my feelings for you are genuine.
14:08Having your child, even if I get nothing else, I'm willing.
14:14Emily's quiet sobs pulled me back to the present.
14:17Gazing at the bundle in her arms, her eyes suddenly reddened, her voice choked.
14:22But I can't have a better thought with my baby.
14:25The grip on my wrist tightened.
14:28Guilt flashed in Arthur's eyes.
14:30Emily, you're his birth mother.
14:32The bond of blood can't be strevered.
14:34What about Sarah?
14:36I seemed not to hear them.
14:38My eyes fixed blankly on the swaddled infant.
14:42After a long moment, I couldn't help but burst into wild, bitter laughter.
14:47Though my magical essence was gone, the innate gifts of the Siren Clan remained.
14:53Through the sight, I could clearly see that the child before me had absolutely no blood relation to Arthur.
15:00How utterly laughable Arthur prided himself on his shrewdness.
15:04He had been completely duped.
15:06The child Emily carried for ten months wasn't even his, but Arthur didn't know.
15:11He stayed silent for a long moment, then suddenly grabbed my wrist and dragged me out of the room.
15:17Sarah, you're my wife.
15:20I can give you status and position, but Emily has nothing.
15:25She asks for nothing.
15:26Just a tiny bit of my love.
15:29Six years ago, to repay my debt to you, I was cruel enough to leave her and marry you.
15:34This time, I absolutely cannot fail her again.
15:38Sarah, you have so much of my love already.
15:41Just be a little generous to her, okay?
15:43My tears had long since dried up.
15:45I looked at him numbly, unable to say a word.
15:49Perhaps I looked too desperate, because Arthur softened his voice to comfort me.
15:55What pretty miss.
15:56Even your Emily stay.
15:58You're your shitty, Mrs. Halston.
16:00Where you are, is she?
16:02He wrapped his arms around me from behind, resting his head on my shoulder.
16:07Sarah, I love you.
16:09With my back to him, I closed my eyes in exhaustion.
16:12It was no use.
16:14My life was slipping away.
16:16The curse was about to descend.
16:18Saying anything more was pointless.
16:21Arthur's tenderness vanished in an instant.
16:24That very night, he stormed into my room like a madman, grabbed me by the hair, and dragged me before
16:30Emily.
16:31Save him!
16:32Sarah!
16:33I order you to save him!
16:35He roared.
16:36Emily, her eyes streaming with tears, struggled to kneel before me.
16:41Sarah, please, I beg you, save my child.
16:44He is the reincarnation of a holy devotee.
16:46A mortal body cannot contain him.
16:48You are the siren princess.
16:50Only you can wish to save him!
16:53But I saw the truth clearly.
16:55There was no holy devotee.
16:58The child's face was covered in red rashes.
17:02His breathing labored.
17:03It was clearly an allergic reaction.
17:06It's an allergy!
17:07Before I could finish, Emily cut me off with a sob.
17:12Arthur, let me speak with Sarah alone.
17:15As a woman, surely she can understand a mother's desperation.
17:19The moment Arthur left, her demeanor changed completely.
17:24How dare you keep living!
17:27You tainted, used-up whore!
17:30What makes you think you can compete with me for Arthur?
17:33With those words, she lifted the swaddled infant high above her head and slammed it down with all her might.
17:40No!
17:41I was too late to stop her.
17:43The baby hit the floor.
17:45He convulsed violently for a moment, then went still.
17:50Simultaneously, a heart-wrenching scream erupted from Emily.
17:54My fault! All my fault!
17:57Hate me if you must!
17:58Why would you harm an innocent child?
18:01She scooped up the bundle like a madwoman and rushed out the door.
18:05Arthur!
18:07It was her!
18:08She killed our child!
18:11The door crashed open.
18:12A pair of large hands seized my throat.
18:16I looked up into a pair of bloodshot eyes.
18:19You deserve to die!
18:22Suffocation washed over me.
18:24My hands clawed tightly at Arthur as I struggled, shaking my head.
18:28I wasn't afraid of death.
18:30But if I died now, the curse wouldn't take effect.
18:34How would I ever get my revenge?
18:36Tears fell onto Arthur's fingers.
18:39The pressure on my throat suddenly eased.
18:41Arthur stared down at me coldly.
18:44After a long moment, a cruel smile spread across his face.
18:49Sarah, I'm going to make you wish for death.
18:54Arthur was true to his word.
18:56He locked me in the basement.
18:58In the darkness, countless hands roamed over my body.
19:02The pain reached a peak where even my nerves began to blur.
19:06Yet Arthur was still not satisfied.
19:09He stripped me bare and forced me to kneel in the snow.
19:13As the blizzard raged around me.
19:16Arthur stood before the floor-to-ceiling window.
19:19Holding Emily in his arms.
19:21Scrutinizing my wretched struggle.
19:24Time ticked by.
19:25The snow piled up past my legs.
19:28Eventually my body froze solid.
19:31The relentless torment had drained my life force.
19:35Leaving only the faintest vital spark still flickering.
19:38A pair of feet stopped in front of me.
19:41Arthur sneered.
19:42All this drama about dying?
19:44Who are you putting on a show for?
19:46You are a siren.
19:48A minor injury like this poses no threat to you.
19:51The siren clan possessed powerful bodies.
19:55They did not fear the cold.
19:56But Arthur.
19:58I had sacrificed my lifetime of magical essence long ago.
20:02When I made that second wish for the Hudsons.
20:05I was no different from an ordinary human now.
20:08A layer of frost began to coat my fingers.
20:11And the scene before me grew increasingly blurry.
20:14I looked up to see dark clouds quietly gathering in the sky.
20:19Soon.
20:21It would be soon.
20:22As the final number fell from my lips.
20:24I suddenly burst into maniacal laughter.
20:28Arthur.
20:29I will damn you.
20:32To a death without a grave.
20:36The curse was complete.
20:38My body went limp.
20:39And the first bolt of lightning struck.
20:43After my death.
20:44A bolt of lightning struck Arthur.
20:47Strangely however.
20:48He remained completely unscathed.
20:51Only I knew.
20:52The curse had been fulfilled.
20:54The Hudson family's ruin was now inevitable.
20:57The deafening thunder drew the attention of everyone in the Hudson manor.
21:02Arthur's mother rushed out.
21:03Only to find Arthur kneeling beside my lifeless body.
21:07After a single disdainful glance, she averted her eyes.
21:11Dead is dead.
21:13It simply clears the way for Emily.
21:15She caused the death of the Hudson heir.
21:18She got what she deserved.
21:20Go check on Emily.
21:22She just lost her child and is absolutely heartbroken.
21:25As she spoke, she tried to pull Arthur toward the manor.
21:29But Arthur remained motionless.
21:31Staring blankly at my corpse.
21:34How could she die?
21:36He still didn't believe it.
21:37He thought I was faking.
21:40What?
21:42Having witnessed my last breath himself.
21:44A flicker of confusion crossed Arthur's face.
21:47But quickly, he convinced himself this was merely another one of my manipulative ploys.
21:53The Siren Clan is renowned for their physical resilience.
21:57They don't die this easily.
21:59Sarah must be throwing a tantrum.
22:02Using some trick to fake her death and run away.
22:05No.
22:06This time I must cure her of these theatrics.
22:10Arthur muttered to my corpse.
22:12Just then, Emily approached.
22:14He pulled her into his arms and called out coldly.
22:18Sarah, I'm warning you.
22:20Running away won't work on me.
22:21If you crawl back here right now and beg on your knees for Emily's forgiveness,
22:26I might just force, miss.
22:28Just force myself to forgive you.
22:32Otherwise.
22:33My soul floated in the air, finding the scene before me utterly ridiculous.
22:38He was actually trying to threaten a corpse.
22:41A glint of silver caught Arthur's eye.
22:44He saw the silver ring on my right hand.
22:48When he saw the silver ring on my right hand, he suddenly froze.
22:52He must have remembered.
22:54It was the first gift he ever gave me when we started dating.
22:58Back then, Arthur's father had died in an accident and the family had gone bankrupt.
23:04Watching his mother do nothing but wail and weep, Arthur had gritted his teeth.
23:09And shouldered the burden of restoring the family's fortune.
23:13It was the poorest he'd ever been.
23:15He saved a month's worth of meal money to buy it.
23:18Even now, I remember that cramped, stifling rental apartment.
23:24Arthur, his eyes rimmed red, slipping this ring onto my finger.
23:30Sarah, you're all I have left.
23:32Later, when Arthur made his comeback, he showered me with countless extravagant gifts, each worth a fortune.
23:39Yet the only one I never took off was this ring.
23:43The tiny silver butterfly ring gleamed with a cold, faint light under the moon.
23:49Memories of the years we spent supporting each other flooded back to him.
23:54He finally, belatedly, realized that he had wronged Sarah.
23:59Sarah, come back. I promise I'll treat you right this time.
24:02But I was already dead. I could never go back.
24:06Three days after my death, Arthur's mother furtively shoved a glass of drugged milk into Emily's hands.
24:13Emily, you and Arthur are childhood sweethearts, and I've watched you grow up.
24:18I love you like my own daughter.
24:20The baby is gone, so let it be.
24:21The most important thing right now is to hurry up and give the Hudsons an air.
24:26Emily nodded, her face flushed with feigned shyness, and carried a glass of milk into Arthur's room.
24:33But less than ten minutes later, a piercing scream rang out from inside.
24:38Arthur's face was flushed crimson from the drug, yet his eyes remained terrifyingly cold.
24:44He stared down grimly at Emily, who had collapsed on the floor.
24:48His gaze stripped of all its former warmth and affection.
24:52You set me up once.
24:53Did you really think you could do it a second time?
24:57If you hadn't drugged me back then, Sarah and I never would have drifted apart!
25:01Arthur masked the coldness in his eyes.
25:04I didn't understand my own heart before.
25:07I mistook my possessative for love.
25:09Now I realize that the only one I love is Sarah.
25:12When Sarah returns, you're leaving the country.
25:14My soul hovered in the air, watching the scene unfold, and I couldn't help but laugh.
25:20For Arthur, there was no right or wrong between women, only petty jealousy.
25:26He was the prize being fought over.
25:28Whoever he favored was in the right.
25:31When he favored Emily, everything I did was wrong.
25:34In his eyes, my every move was manipulative.
25:38He knew Emily's stories were riddled with holes.
25:41Yet he still suppressed me and humiliated me, just to keep her happy.
25:46Now that I was dead, he was filled with regret, remembering the beautiful memories we shared.
25:53And even finding himself growing weary of Emily.
25:57Cherishing someone like a treasure when in love.
26:00And casting them aside like driftweed when not that was Arthur's modus operandi.
26:05But it didn't matter.
26:06What he took from me he would soon pay back in full.
26:10Emily was still defending herself.
26:12I just love you too much!
26:14Arthur, Sarah is already dead!
26:17We grew up together as childhood sweethearts.
26:19No one suits you better than me!
26:21Let me take her place and stay by your side!
26:24Arthur's mother heard the commotion and rushed over.
26:27Seeing the situation, she quickly tried to mediate.
26:31Emily is right.
26:33Sarah is dead anyway.
26:34Are you going to remain chise for her forever?
26:36Shut up!
26:37Arthur suddenly exploded in rage, grabbing Emily by the throat.
26:42Sarah isn't dead!
26:44She just left in anger!
26:46She'll be back soon!
26:48Watching Emily's face turn purple.
26:51Her eyes rolling back in her head, Arthur's mother hurriedly intervened to stop Arthur.
26:56But the moment Arthur let go, Emily shouted with red-rimmed eyes.
27:02Arthur, are you going to love a woman who killed her own son with her own hands?
27:08It is a fact that Sarah dashed our child to death!
27:13That's not true!
27:14A young girl who had been eavesdropping at the door stepped forward.
27:18I remembered her.
27:20Her name was Lily, a maid in the Hudson Manor's kitchen.
27:23I had once shown her kindness, when Arthur locked me up.
27:28She was the one who risked offending him to sneak me food.
27:32Lily shouted loudly.
27:34Mrs. Emily's child died of suffocation from a seafood allergy.
27:37It had nothing to do with Mrs. Hudson!
27:40Summoning all her courage, she brought out the swaddling bundle that everyone had forgotten.
27:46Arthur frowned and lifted the white cloth.
27:49The child's ashen face was covered in a dense rash of red spots.
27:54This proved everything.
27:57The moment she saw the visitor, every drop of color drained from Emily's face.
28:03Dave Stone?
28:04Why are you here?
28:06Arthur recognized the newcomer.
28:08He was a famous hedonistic trust fund baby in Kinston back in the day.
28:12Backed by the stones, he was arrogant and domineering.
28:16Even Arthur had suffered quite a bit at his hands.
28:20Later, the stones collapsed after backing the wrong side, and Dave vanished along with them.
28:25Arthur looked the man up and down.
28:28This once glamorous playboy was now in a wretched state.
28:32Unkempt hair and stubble, a yellowed curling collar, and a faint stench of sweat clinging to him.
28:38Arthur frowned in disgust.
28:41Dave, you claim to be Emily's husband?
28:44What is that supposed to mean?
28:46What does it mean?
28:47Dave sneered and slapped a marriage certificate onto the table.
28:51Emily, tell Mr. Hudson what this means.
28:55Dave stared darkly at Emily, who was cowering in the corner.
29:00He absolutely loathed this woman.
29:02When the stones first fell, Emily spent her days sighing, worrying about their future.
29:08Seeing her distress broke his heart.
29:10So he told her about the secret stash of money.
29:14Reginald Stone had entrusted it to someone for him before going to prison.
29:17But that woman promised to stick by his side.
29:21The moment his back was turned, she stole the funds.
29:25Then she fled back to the country.
29:27Penaless and stranded abroad, he couldn't even afford a plane ticket home.
29:32If he hadn't met a kind stranger, he would have starved to death in a foreign land without anyone knowing.
29:38Emily screamed.
29:39I don't know him!
29:41He's just here to scam us for money!
29:44Arthur, please believe me, you're the only one I love!
29:48Emily denied it, but the marriage certificate Dave produced couldn't lie.
29:54The truth was now crystal clear.
29:56Six years ago, when the Hudsons went bankrupt,
30:00Emily was terrified that Arthur would use their status as childhood sweethearts to cling to her.
30:06Coincidentally, the only son of the then-powerful Stone family showed interest in her.
30:11So she unhesitatingly dumped Arthur and went abroad with Dave.
30:15She married Dave overseas.
30:18She lived the life of a wealthy socialite for a few years,
30:21just as she had wanted.
30:23But the good times didn't last.
30:25The Stones offended the wrong people and were uprooted.
30:29Dave became a commoner overnight.
30:31It was fine at first.
30:33Dave still had some money.
30:35But Emily was used to spending money like water,
30:38and after just two months, she couldn't take it anymore.
30:42Just then, news arrived that Arthur's startup had succeeded
30:45and he was the new rising star of the business world.
30:49Emily hardened her heart,
30:51stole the last of Dave's assets, and returned to the country.
30:56Upon discovering that Arthur still held a torch for her,
31:00she schemed to get back with him.
31:02Everything was going according to plan,
31:04but then Emily discovered she was pregnant.
31:07She lied, claiming the child was Arthur's,
31:10and used the baby to gain entry into the Hudson family.
31:14Terrified that keeping the child would eventually expose the truth,
31:18she knowingly fed the baby food containing seafood,
31:21despite his severe allergy.
31:24And after the child died,
31:26she shifted the blame onto me.
31:28As Dave's mocking words piled up,
31:31Arthur's eyes turned red with hatred.
31:33Emily had lied to him,
31:35claiming the thorns had forced her to go abroad,
31:38and he had believed every word.
31:40But now Dave scoffed.
31:42Do you need me to recount
31:44exactly how she crawled into my bed back then?
31:47Mr. Hudson,
31:47if you're that desperate for a woman,
31:49go find a brothel.
31:50What's with stealing another man's wife and child?
31:53Arthur's expression grew even colder.
31:56For a woman like this,
31:58he had hurt Sarah,
31:59the one who loved him most.
32:01Recalling the countless times
32:03she had wept and pleaded in his memory,
32:05a sharp pain twisted in Arthur's chest.
32:08Back then,
32:09he had only thought Sarah was jealous,
32:12envious that Emily could carry his child.
32:15He had grown increasingly disappointed in her.
32:18But looking back now,
32:19it was clear that Emily had deliberately set her up.
32:23Emily, well played.
32:25He gritted the words out,
32:27a sinister darkness in his eyes
32:29that no one had ever seen before.
32:31Arthur's revenge came swift and vicious.
32:35He reclaimed every asset under Emily's name and kick.
32:39Ket her out of the Hudson's.
32:41Under his orchestration,
32:42Emily was even saddled with massive gambling debts.
32:46She quickly lost the last few scraps of wealth she had left.
32:50Dave's original plan to force her to pay up fell through.
32:54In his rage,
32:55he turned violent against Emily.
32:57But Emily wasn't one to be pushed around.
33:00The two lived in a basement in the slums.
33:03They fought constantly over the smallest trifles.
33:06Given their marriage,
33:08outsiders hesitated to intervene.
33:11Arthur refused to believe I was dead.
33:14He sealed my body in a glass coffin
33:17and hired a spiritual master to perform a ritual.
33:21The master perhaps truly had some skill.
33:24With just one glance at my body,
33:26he shook his head and sighed.
33:28Her vital spark is extinguished.
33:31She cannot be saved.
33:33Arthur swayed on his feet,
33:35instinctively retorting.
33:37How is that possible?
33:38She is the Siren Princess!
33:40Even the mightiest race is no different from mortals
33:42once they lose their innate magic.
33:44She gave everything,
33:45including her very flesh and blood,
33:47to you.
33:48All that remained was a body no different from a human's.
33:51Aging,
33:51sickness and death
33:53are inevitable.
33:54The moment the words fell,
33:56a tremor ran through the glass coffin.
33:59Realizing what was happening,
34:01Arthur panicked.
34:02He rushed forward to hold down the lid.
34:05But he couldn't stop my body from dissipating bit by bit.
34:10Sarah!
34:10Arthur collapsed to his knees,
34:13consumed by grief.
34:15Watching with his own eyes as my body turned into nothingness,
34:19leaving not a trace behind,
34:21he finally realized that I was truly dead.
34:24Why?
34:25Why?
34:26Arthur couldn't understand.
34:28He had thought I was an omnipotent visitor from another world,
34:32blindly devoted to him.
34:34But he never stopped to think,
34:36if I were truly all-powerful,
34:38would I have allowed him to humiliate me for so long.
34:42What a tragic sin.
34:44The spiritualist looked at Arthur,
34:46hesitating as if to speak,
34:48but ultimately shook his head and left.
34:51Arthur,
34:52still lost in a daze,
34:54failed to notice the spiritualist's strange behavior,
34:57until he received a phone call.
34:59Mr. Hudson, bad news!
35:01Madam Hudson has been in a car accident!
35:03The curse was claiming its first victim.
35:08When Arthur arrived at the hospital,
35:10his mother had already been wheeled out of the emergency room.
35:13She had narrowly escaped death,
35:16but she was destined to spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair.
35:20Seeing her son appear,
35:22tears instantly streamed down her face.
35:25She choked back sobs,
35:27tugging at the hem of Arthur's shirt,
35:29yet didn't know what to say.
35:31The string of recent events had left her fraught with anxiety.
35:34She had originally planned to go shopping with her friends to clear her head,
35:39but halfway there,
35:40it was as if her mind was suddenly clouded.
35:43In a moment of feverish confusion,
35:45she drove
35:46straight into the green belt.
35:49The strange thing was,
35:50despite the crash,
35:52everyone else emerged unscathed.
35:54Only she had her legs crushed,
35:57ending up with a double amputation.
35:59Arthur's mother didn't notice
36:01that the cursed ruby bracelet she had snatched
36:04was faintly glowing with a gloomy light,
36:07sharp and red as blood.
36:09Half a month after my death,
36:12Arthur heard a rumor from somewhere
36:14that immortals frequented Mount Seraph in the neighboring city.
36:18Believing it to be true,
36:19he kept watch their day and night,
36:22hoping that one day he might see me again.
36:25Coming up empty-handed once again,
36:27Arthur walked down the mountain path in a daze.
36:31Suddenly,
36:31a figure darted out from the bushes nearby,
36:34raising a sharp knife and charging straight at him.
36:37Arthur reacted instantly,
36:39kicking the attacker squarely in the chest.
36:42The person and the knife were sent flying 20 feet away.
36:46As a scream rang out,
36:48Arthur finally saw clearly
36:50that the assailant was none other than Emily.
36:54Arthur!
36:55I'm going to kill you!
36:57Emily looked deranged.
36:59The days of mutual torture with Dave
37:01had drained her of all spirit.
37:04During yet another argument,
37:06she had accidentally stabbed Dave.
37:09But after a brief moment of panic,
37:11looking at Dave lying in a pool of blood,
37:14a thought suddenly occurred to Emily,
37:17rather than spending the rest of her life living like this.
37:20She would rather drag her enemy down to hell with her.
37:23She had always been someone who would stop at nothing to achieve her ends.
37:28Consumed by a need for vengeance.
37:30Then and now,
37:31she hid Dave's body in the refrigerator.
37:34She asked around for Arthur's whereabouts.
37:37Upon learning,
37:38he frequently appeared on this mountain.
37:40She came with a knife.
37:42You ruin me!
37:43Even if I die,
37:45I'm taking you with me!
37:46She was still screaming at Arthur as the police dragged her away.
37:50He let out a scoff unbothered.
37:52He was highly skilled in combat.
37:55Emily,
37:55a pampered heiress raised in luxury,
37:57was no match for him.
37:59She wanted him to die with her.
38:01She was dreaming.
38:02But soon the smile was wiped from Arthur's face.
38:06He collapsed to the ground uncontrollably,
38:09staring in horror at his legs,
38:11which had lost all sensation.
38:14My legs.
38:15His assistant hurriedly dialed emergency services.
38:19But after running every possible test at the hospital,
38:22the doctors all threw up their hands in helplessness.
38:26The test results show absolutely nothing wrong.
38:29How can a perfectly healthy person
38:31suddenly lose the ability to walk?
38:34Three days later at the Hudson Manor,
38:36Arthur's mother pounded on the door, weeping.
38:39Arthur!
38:41Arthur!
38:42Please come out!
38:46Don't do anything foolish, Arthur!
38:48Ever since Arthur's legs inexplicably lost sensation three days ago,
38:53and the doctors couldn't find any cause.
38:56Leaving everyone at their wits' end,
38:59Arthur seemed to realize something.
39:01He locked himself in his room and hadn't come out for three whole days.
39:05Arthur's mother stared at the tightly closed door.
39:08She was unable to figure out how things had turned out this way.
39:12Just a month ago,
39:14her son was the rising business star every media outlet fought to cover.
39:18And she was the wealthy matriarch everyone envied.
39:23But now,
39:24she had lost both legs in a car accident,
39:27bound to a wheelchair for life.
39:29Arthur,
39:30who had been perfectly healthy,
39:32was now inexplicably crippled.
39:34And the Hudson group's stock had plummeted because of his condition.
39:38Yet Arthur,
39:40who should have been out there taking charge,
39:42had locked himself away,
39:44refusing to see anyone.
39:46How did it suddenly come to this?
39:48Arthur's mother couldn't understand it,
39:50until that spiritualist suddenly showed up at their door.
39:53Because this was your original God's will.
39:57You enjoyed a house full of riches because of her.
40:01Now that she is dead,
40:03and her power has dissipated,
40:05you naturally return to your original God's will.
40:09The spiritualist didn't say it explicitly,
40:12but Arthur's mother knew the she he referred to was Sarah.
40:15The Sarah who had single-handedly led the Hudsons back to the pinnacle of success.
40:20The Sarah she had loathed to the core,
40:23believing her Phi bloodline to be lowly and base.
40:27If Sarah hadn't appeared six years ago,
40:30what would the Hudsons have looked like?
40:32A chill crept up Arthur's mother's spine.
40:35She remembered.
40:36Arthur was hunted down by enemies,
40:39dying with his spinal cord severed.
40:42The Hudson group declared bankruptcy,
40:44and on the day it was acquired,
40:46she leaped from the rooftop.
40:48A family scattered.
40:49A home destroyed and lives lost.
40:52This was the destined ending for the Hudsons.
40:55The door was suddenly pushed open.
40:58Arthur stood behind it.
40:59He had heard everything.
41:01He met his mother's gaze,
41:03his dry lips moving slightly.
41:05Mom,
41:06our retribution has come.
41:08The paralysis of his legs was just the beginning.
41:12Over the next two months,
41:14Arthur's arms and hands
41:16became paralyzed,
41:17then his ribs inexplicably fractured.
41:22In the end,
41:23every bone in his body shattered.
41:25He couldn't even turn his head.
41:27He was left only to linger on in bed,
41:30gasping for breath,
41:32unable to accept what he had become.
41:34He begged a former subordinate for a bottle of poison,
41:37and ended his life.
41:38After Arthur died,
41:40the company's stock crashed.
41:42Arthur's mother,
41:43now middle-aged,
41:45having lost both husband and son,
41:47saw her hair turn white overnight.
41:49She sold the company,
41:52used the last of her money to bury Arthur,
41:54and just like six years ago,
41:56climbed to the rooftop again.
41:58Only this time,
41:59there was no second Sarah willing to give her all for the Hudsons.
42:03The cold wind howled against her face,
42:06and she finally felt regret.
42:08Sarah, I'm sorry.
42:11She closed her eyes and fell into the void.
42:15My soul floated in mid-air,
42:17taking in the entire scene.
42:19The moment Arthur's mother fell,
42:21the shackles deep within my soul finally dissipated.
42:25The heaven gates rose before my eyes,
42:27slowly opening.
42:29I didn't hesitate.
42:31I lifted my foot and stepped through.
42:33From then on,
42:34the dust of the past was scattered to the winds.
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