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