- 6 hours ago
You Want My Ring Get On Your Knees Englishsub Fullmovie
Category
🎥
Short filmTranscript
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 May 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.
00:00:37Anyone showing a red light gets no food for the day.
00:00:43Mine is green.
00:00:47Your 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.
00:01:30Mine was pitifully small because my bracelet was flashing red.
00:01:34Mom, 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 strip 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.
00:02:14She ate it! It's totally Anna! She just told me!
00:02:17Mom, I didn't!
00:02:19Sister, 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?
00:02:53Mom, I didn't lie. It really wasn't me.
00:02:56Please, 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?
00:03:22Your sister's bracelet is green. She can barely even stand. How could she possibly steal anything? I have to punish
00:03:28a 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?
00:04:04Her? She won't freeze. Her bracelet is red. She's got excess heat. Anna, don't be like her. Be an honest
00:04:11child.
00:04:14My heart felt like it was being clenched by an icy hand, the pain so intense I could barely breathe.
00:04:22I didn't even have the strength to struggle anymore. My forehead began to burn with heat. Even my breath carried
00:04:29an abnormal warmth.
00:04:30Grace, Chloe doesn't look well. Her face is too red. Could she have a fever? Maybe we should give her
00:04:36some hot water?
00:04:38David, her bracelet is red. This isn't a fever. She secretly ate chocolate and her body temperature rose because of
00:04:45excess calories. She fooled you.
00:04:51You're still lying. Pretending to be sick to gain my sympathy? Looks like you need a real lesson. You're going
00:04:57to the attic right now to reflect on your mistakes.
00:05:10Mom, I really didn't steal the chocolate. I didn't lie.
00:05:25Mom, 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.
00:06:03Back 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.
00:07:01So sweet. So delicious. Too bad you didn't get any. But what can you do? Your core shack is red.
00:07:07Mom only believes me, not you. Want a drink? Then beg me. Say you're a liar that you stole the
00:07:13chocolate.
00:07:14Say it and I'll let you drink.
00:07:17Oops, 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.
00:07:27The dizziness from the fever grew stronger and stronger. My vision blurred.
00:07:30I 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.
00:07:45Dad, 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.
00:08:37Instead, a strange warmth began to spread across my skin. A false burning sensation, as if I were no longer
00:08:43cold.
00:08:43I raised my hand and looked at my little finger, frozen to a purplish blue. Without a single ripple in
00:08:48my heart, I bent it forcibly.
00:08:50Crack. A faint snapping sound. My little finger broke, but I felt no pain at all.
00:08:53So this is what it's like when a person is freezing to death. You really feel nothing.
00:08:58Mom.
00:08:58I thought again of when I was very young. Then stir. Her embrace was so her warm. Her smile was
00:09:03so 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. She said I stole it.
00:09:13It wasn't me. Anna ate it. My bracelet turned red. Mom hit me, shocked me with the bracelet, took my
00:09:18blanket and gave it to Anna.
00:09:19I'm so cold.
00:09:24Chloe, 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.
00:09:43Oh. 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.
00:10:00I was dead. I died at the age of ten 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 ten 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. Just moments ago, Mom had gotten through to the rescue team.
00:10:39They said the blizzard had weakened. In two days, they would be able to fly up in a helicopter and
00:10:44take us down the mountain.
00:10:45We were saved, except me. I died three days before the rescue arrived. I died just as the storm was
00:10:53about to end.
00:10:53That's great! We can finally leave this awful place! Mom, I want cake! Don't we still have that emergency cream
00:11:00cake in storage? I wanna eat it now!
00:11:03Alright.
00:11:08That cake Dad had bought it for me before we came to the mountains. I couldn't bear to eat it,
00:11:13so I hid it deep in the storage room.
00:11:15I wanted to wait until the blizzard ended, then take it out and share it with Mom, Dad, and my
00:11:20sister.
00:11:21I 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. Chloe is still locked in the attic.
00:11:49Since rescue is coming soon, maybe we should let her out. Let her have something to eat.
00:11:54She's been locked up for two days.
00:11:57She's been locked up for two days! She should have learned her lesson!
00:12:10My breath stopped instantly. Was she going to the attic? Was she going to see me? Was she finally going
00:12:17to discover that I was dead?
00:12:22Chloe...
00:12:26Chloe, come out and eat!
00:12:28No response.
00:12:31I'm inside! I can't answer you! I'm already dead! If you open the door, you'll see my body! I'm already
00:12:38dead!
00:12:39I looked at Mom with sorrow. If she found out I was dead, would she be sad? Would she regret
00:12:45it?
00:12:45Still sulking? You're already ten, not five. Trying to get my attention this way? Then don't come out.
00:12:51Mom! I'm not sulking! I'm dead! I'm already dead! Look at me! I froze to death! Right there in the
00:12:57attic!
00:12:58I'm not lying! The bracelet is broken! Anna ate it! Look at me!
00:13:02Why did it suddenly get so cold? Is the fireplace not burning strong enough? David, go add some more wood!
00:13:08Mom couldn't hear my voice. She couldn't feel my presence. I was a ghost. A ghost who died at her
00:13:15hands, ignored and forgotten.
00:13:20Shouldn't we turn on the heating? The rescue team will be here soon anyway.
00:13:24You're right. Let them see that even in this kind of environment, we can still maintain a scientific standard of
00:13:29living.
00:13:30She went downstairs and turned on the central heating and the floor heating throughout the house.
00:13:36The temperature in the attic rose as well. My body began to decompose faster.
00:13:45Water spread outward, soaking through the cardboard, seeping into the floor.
00:13:50I watched my body grow colder and stiffer, little by little, until signs of decay began to appear.
00:13:57That was my smell. The smell of death.
00:14:01They 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, forever in this cold attic.
00:14:11I'll take something to Chloe. She's been in the attic for two days. She hasn't even had a sip of
00:14:15water.
00:14:15Take what? Her red light is on like that. She's got more than enough energy. She won't starve.
00:14:25Dad! Open the door! Hurry! Open it!
00:14:29If you just turn the handle, you'll see that I'm not moving anymore. You'll see my darkened face.
00:14:39Hello? Rescue team? Yes, this is David.
00:14:42What? You can come up the mountain in two days? That's great!
00:14:46The rescue team said the blizzard will completely stop. In two days they'll be able to come up.
00:14:53It was that close, just that tiny bit. Just one second. I could have been found.
00:14:57Maybe then, I wouldn't have to keep decaying.
00:15:11Mom was the first to notice.
00:15:15What is that smell? It's disgusting!
00:15:18Oh my god! It stinks! It's coming from the attic! Did my sister go on the floor? Did she do
00:15:25it on purpose? Is she trying to stink us to death?
00:15:32Chloe! What are you doing in there? It stinks!
00:15:51Chloe, didn't you want to disgust us? Fine. Then stay in there with your stink. Don't even think about coming
00:15:57out to pollute our air.
00:16:00The last trace of my attachment to her snapped completely. Just like that strip of tape.
00:16:05She would rather seal the cracks of the door with tape and endure the increasingly unbearable stench than push the
00:16:11door open and look at her own daughter.
00:16:13I'm right here.
00:16:17Can't you see me?
00:16:22The tape in the end couldn't block the overwhelming stench of a rotting body. Another day passed. It was the
00:16:28day the rescue team had promised to come up the mountain.
00:16:45Chloe!
00:16:47I've had enough of you, you disgusting little brat!
00:16:49What exactly are you trying to do? Making the whole house stink on purpose? Are you trying to torment us?
00:16:54I'm gonna teach you a lesson today!
00:17:12Chloe? Chloe?
00:17:24I'm talking to you, Chloe!
00:17:26I'm talking to you, Chloe!
00:17:48I'm talking to you!
00:17:48I'm talking to you, Chloe!
00:17:48I'm talking to you!
00:17:48Chloe...
00:17:51No...
00:17:52No, that's impossible. Chloe!
00:17:55You're pretending, aren't you, Chloe?! You're lying to mom again, aren't you?
00:18:00get up mom'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 then she reached for my neck
00:18:13feeling for a pulse nothing only coldness only silence i was truly dead dead in the
00:18:19attic she had locked with her own hands dead in the cold and hunger she had caused
00:18:24dead under the gaze she never once chose to believe no person the machine doesn't lie
00:18:40they had followed the sound of the screams the team leader pushed open the attic door
00:18:45and froze the moment he saw what was inside the body of a 10 year old girl lay curled up
00:18:50on the cold floor a bracelet flashing red on her wrist a woman sat collapsed on the ground
00:18:55screaming like a mad woman her eyes unfocused completely deranged david and anna who had
00:19:02followed behind turned deathly pale the moment he saw my body david's legs gave out and he
00:19:08collapsed at the doorway his whole body trembling violently how did this happen how did this happen
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
00:19:34she burst into tears clinging tightly to david's arm her body shaking like a leaf in the autumn wind
00:19:41barely able to stand she was finally afraid she finally understood that her prank her lies
00:19:49her framing had cost a life had killed her own sister
00:19:56quick call a doctor seal off the scene the rescue team leader quickly snapped out of it
00:20:02and shouted sharply at the others unable to suppress the anger in his voice
00:20:06the team set up a cordon a doctor pushed through the crowd and entered the attic crouching beside
00:20:12my body for a long time examining carefully his movements gentle as if afraid of damaging my already
00:20:19fragile skin severe hypothermia organ failure this child was starved for at least a month
00:20:26and in temperatures well below freezing she froze to death time of death was two to three days ago
00:20:33it's not my fault she was lying she stole food look the bracelet is red the red light it says
00:20:42she has
00:20:43excess calories i followed the data machines don't lie the doctor frowned crouched down and carefully
00:20:50tried to remove the bracelet from my wrist but the strap had fused tightly with my frozen purplish skin
00:20:56almost as if it had grown into the flesh gritting his teeth the doctor took out specialized tools
00:21:02and carefully pried the bracelet off little by little i floated in midair
00:21:06watching the bracelet that had been on me for ten whole days finally leave my wrist
00:21:11this cold shackle that had trapped me for ten days
00:21:14that had caused my death finally fell away
00:21:17the doctor held the bracelet turning it over and over
00:21:21then opened the casing on the back
00:21:23after just one glance he let out a cold laugh
00:21:26looking up at mom
00:21:28ma'am your so-called infuelable machine has 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
00:21:40from 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 thing she relied on to judge my life and death
00:21:54had been a joke from the very beginning
00:21:59you are lying
00:22:05i hadn't lied
00:22:07not once
00:22:10the bracelet was broken
00:22:12she was wrong
00:22:13no no that's impossible
00:22:20no impossible machines don't lie
00:22:26look Anna's bracelet is still green
00:22:29this proves the system works
00:22:31this is scientific
00:22:32at that moment a female rescue worker walked over to Anna
00:22:36bent down and took something out of her pocket
00:22:39it had been hidden there for days
00:22:41crumpled beyond recognition
00:22:43still smeared with traces of chocolate
00:22:45holding the wrapper
00:22:47the rescue worker walked up to mom
00:22:49and said coldly
00:22:50ma'am is this the chocolate you said was stolen?
00:22:55we found it in your younger daughter's pocket
00:22:58all eyes turned instantly toward Anna
00:23:01Anna's face went pale in an instant
00:23:08it wasn't me
00:23:10my sister told me to hide it
00:23:13she ate it not me
00:23:17but this time
00:23:18no one believed her anymore
00:23:23little girl
00:23:24take off your bracelet and show it to me
00:23:27Anna froze instantly
00:23:32no mom gave it to me
00:23:34i won't take it off
00:23:35but the doctor gave her no chance to argue
00:23:38he pulled out a screwdriver
00:23:39and pried the bracelet open on the spot
00:23:41what was inside made everyone gasp
00:23:44no sensors
00:23:45no chip
00:23:46no heat
00:23:47monitoring module
00:23:48nothing at all
00:23:50only two cheap green led lights
00:23:52and a button battery
00:23:53the circuit was hardwired
00:23:55once powered
00:23:56it is just a two yuan toy
00:23:57he doctor slammed the shattered bracelet
00:24:00onto the ground in front of mom
00:24:02his voice trembled with barely contained rage
00:24:04this bracelet of your younger daughter
00:24:07was designed to always show green
00:24:08from the very beginning
00:24:09no matter what she said
00:24:11what she did
00:24:11or how much she lied
00:24:12it would always stay green
00:24:14ma'am your so called scientific survival system
00:24:17your so called infuelable data
00:24:19from beginning to end
00:24:20was nothing but a complete joke
00:24:21a sick biased joke
00:24:23you personally froze your honest daughter to death
00:24:25in 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
00:24:44collapsing 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
00:25:09still stained with my blood and fragments of skin
00:25:11and snapped it onto her own wrist
00:25:13she took a deep breath
00:25:15trying to calm herself
00:25:16she raised her wrist
00:25:17her eyes wild
00:25:18look
00:25:20it'll turn green
00:25:21the red light flared
00:25:22bright violent
00:25:23mom's confident expression
00:25:25shattered instantly
00:25:26she slapped at the bracelet
00:25:27like it was a broken television
00:25:29panic rising in her voice
00:25:31what
00:25:31no
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
00:25:48i love
00:25:48why is it red
00:25:50i'm telling the truth
00:25:52turn green
00:25:53you piece of junk
00:25:54you're framing me
00:25:54suddenly she remembered me
00:25:56ten year old me
00:25:57punished so severely
00:25:59curled up on the floor
00:26:00biting my lip
00:26:01to stop myself from screaming
00:26:03but the red light kept flashing
00:26:05as if it was speaking to her
00:26:06again and again
00:26:08you 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
00:26:17take it off
00:26:19it's red
00:26:20i'm not a liar
00:26:21i'm not
00:26:21but the clasp had locked
00:26:23due to her violent struggle
00:26:25like a shackle
00:26:26tightly bound to her wrist
00:26:27just as it had once been
00:26:29tightly bound to mine
00:26:31a doctor picked up the diary
00:26:33from the floor
00:26:34he flipped through it
00:26:36page by page
00:26:37his expression growing darker
00:26:39and darker
00:26:41february 14th
00:26:42day 7 of the blizzard
00:26:44mom found the chocolate missing
00:26:45she said i stole it
00:26:47i didn't
00:26:47it was anna who ate it
00:26:48my bracelet turned red
00:26:50mom hit me
00:26:51shocked me with the brazier
00:26:52mom locked me in the acnic
00:26:53dad took my bring me food
00:26:55but anna stopped him
00:26:56anna poured hot water
00:26:57onto 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
00:27:04when i was nine
00:27:05anna broke mom's most precious tech robot
00:27:08and cried saying i did it
00:27:09without even asking
00:27:10mom locked me in the storage room
00:27:12for a full day and night with no food or water
00:27:15i banged on the door
00:27:16crying that it wasn't me
00:27:18but she wouldn't listen
00:27:19and anna
00:27:21she was curled up in mom's arms
00:27:23eating sweet strawberries
00:27:24watching me be locked away with a happy smile
00:27:27countless days and nights
00:27:29anna stole my toys
00:27:31tore my drawings
00:27:32ruined my homework
00:27:33and then cried to mom
00:27:34saying i didn't
00:27:35every single time
00:27:37mom believed anna without question
00:27:39then scolded me
00:27:40punished me
00:27:41and made me stand in a cold corner without food
00:27:45machines don't lie
00:27:48anna's wristband is green
00:27:50you're just a liar
00:27:51mom i really didn't lie
00:27:54i've never lied to you
00:27:55i know you don't like me
00:27:56but i still love you
00:27:58if i die
00:27:59will you regret it
00:28:00will you miss me even a little
00:28:03if there's a next life
00:28:04can you believe me once
00:28:07can you please stop calling me a liar
00:28:10every word struck like a heavy hammer
00:28:12crashing down on on my mom's heart
00:28:15she covered her face and let out a heart wrenching cry
00:28:18like a wounded beast
00:28:20she remembered the fourth day of the blizzard
00:28:23the slap she gave me across the face
00:28:25and the electric shock that coursed through my entire body
00:28:30she remembered pulling the only blanket off me
00:28:33and wrapping it around anna instead
00:28:35and the despair in my eyes
00:28:39she remembered me banging on the floor
00:28:42screaming for her help
00:28:43while she deliberately turned up symphony of fate
00:28:46to the maximum volume to block out her own ears
00:28:49she remembered sealing the cracks of the attic door with tape
00:28:52and the disgust and impatience she felt at the time
00:28:58she had personally little by little
00:29:00pushed her daughter toward death
00:29:02she had personally killed the little girl who loved her most
00:29:05and trusted her most
00:29:10mom let out a piercing scream
00:29:12and suddenly raised her head
00:29:14looking toward anna curled up in the corner
00:29:17it's you
00:29:18it's all you
00:29:21she lunged forward like a mad woman
00:29:23tightly gripping anna's throat
00:29:25screaming hysterically
00:29:27you'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
00:29:34i'm going to kill you
00:29:37you'll pay for my daughter's life
00:29:42the rescue staff and doctors rushed in and pulled mom away
00:29:46pinning her firmly down on the sofa
00:29:50my dad watched everything
00:29:52the crazed mother
00:29:54the terrified anna
00:29:55and the bloodstained note in the evidence bag
00:29:58and finally snapped
00:30:02you monster
00:30:06that was your daughter
00:30:07our daughter
00:30:08you froze her to death with your own hands
00:30:11how dare you
00:30:12how could you
00:30:15it's not my fault
00:30:17it was the wristband
00:30:19it was anna
00:30:22it's not my fault
00:30:24my body was placed into a black body bag
00:30:27the zipper slowly closed
00:30:28sealing away my short 10 years of life
00:30:31filled with pain and despair
00:30:32don't take her away
00:30:34give her remember back to me
00:30:35she ran across the snowfield
00:30:37her bare feet stepping onto sharp ice shards
00:30:40instantly cutting her skin
00:30:41blood trailed across the white snow
00:30:43leaving a shocking red path behind her
00:30:47chloe
00:30:47mom will give you all the food rations
00:30:50please open your eyes and look at me
00:30:52she reached the landing gear area
00:30:55desperately jumping upward
00:30:56trying to grab hold of the edge of the body bag
00:30:59but she only grasped empty
00:31:01freezing air
00:31:02and swirling snowflakes
00:31:06this incident quickly spread across the world
00:31:09the rescue team's camera had recorded everything
00:31:12one of the crew members accidentally uploaded the footage online
00:31:15and from there
00:31:17it spread like an unstoppable avalanche
00:31:28the entire internet exploded
00:31:30netizens 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
00:31:52my dad
00:31:53and this shattered family
00:31:55on the second day after the incident escalated
00:31:58our villa at the foot of the mountain
00:32:00was completely surrounded by an enraged crowd
00:32:02the front gate had been splashed with bright red paint
00:32:05in thick black marker
00:32:07the words murderers
00:32:08get out of this city
00:32:10and justice for chloe
00:32:11were written everywhere
00:32:13the villa windows had been smashed with bricks
00:32:16red paint and abusive slogans covered the walls and floors
00:32:20at the entrance reporters and furious protesters packed tightly together
00:32:25behind 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
00:32:48saying our presence had severely damaged neighborhood safety and property values
00:32:52and caused extreme disturbance to other residents
00:32:54inside the villa
00:32:56everything was in chaos
00:32:57the curtains were tightly drawn
00:32:59the 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
00:33:12the 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
00:33:30it'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
00:33:37chloe wouldn't be dead
00:33:38we wouldn't have ended up like this
00:33:39you're a mad woman
00:33:41a murderer
00:33:45what right do you have to blame me
00:33:47you were there to save her
00:33:48you're an accomplice
00:33:49you deserve to die too
00:33:55you're a mad woman
00:34:11you're a madwoman
00:34:19you're a madwoman
00:34:20no
00:34:21you're a madman
00:34:21Mom and dad had no choice but to sell the house, the car, and everything valuable in the home to
00:34:26cover legal fees and compensation.
00:34:42How dare you!
00:34:48Stop!
00:34:57Don't touch my things! Those are mine! Give them back!
00:35:05These items have been seized and auctioned by the court. They no longer belong to you.
00:35:23If you fail to repay the debt, we will file for court enforcement and have you imprisoned it.
00:35:27You better run!
00:35:46Mr. Golden?
00:35:48Mr. Golden?
00:35:49Oh!!
00:35:50Mr. Golden?
00:36:10It's not fair.
00:36:45Didn't you love lying?
00:36:46It wasn't me.
00:36:47I didn't kill my sister.
00:36:49Didn't you have that bracelet with the always green signal?
00:36:51Why doesn't anyone believe you now?
00:36:53You deserve it.
00:36:54This is what you get for what you did to your sister.
00:36:56Liar.
00:36:56Thief.
00:36:57Murderer.
00:36:58Why don't they bully anyone else?
00:37:00Just you.
00:37:01Maybe you should reflect on yourself.
00:37:03When you harmed your sister, when you harmed your...
00:37:06Did you ever think this day would come?
00:37:14Let me out.
00:37:15Please let me out.
00:37:16I didn't steal it.
00:37:17I really didn't.
00:37:18It's too full ofaguely.
00:37:19Let me out.
00:37:23No.
00:37:36It's too much.
00:37:37No.
00:37:38No.
00:37:43No.
00:37:58This was her rightful punishment.
00:38:03As for mom, her fate was even more tragic than anyone else's.
00:38:08The defendant should undergo a forensic psychiatric evaluation.
00:38:14I'm not crazy. Everything I do is based on the data from the scientific wristband.
00:38:19I didn't do anything wrong.
00:38:30Can you explain the behavior at that time?
00:38:33I didn't do anything wrong. The bracelet is broken. Anna lied to me.
00:38:44Chloe, sorry. It's all my fault.
00:38:53Machines don't lie. Red light.
00:38:58Chloe, I'm sorry.
00:39:00She had lost the capacity for civil conduct and was unfit to serve a prison sentence.
00:39:07She would be forcibly committed to a psychiatric hospital for lifelong isolated treatment.
00:39:15I'm not crazy. You're the ones who are crazy.
00:39:19The bracelet was broken. It's not my fault. I'm not insane.
00:39:25I was right. The data doesn't lie. Chloe lied to me. Anna lied to me. I'm not crazy. Let me
00:39:32out.
00:39:33Just like no one had believed me back then, police officers and caretakers walked in carrying restraint straps.
00:39:41The moment mom saw them, she reacted like a startled beast.
00:39:45She kept retreating, then suddenly tried to run toward dad's direction, as if hoping he would save her.
00:39:52But dad had long since disappeared.
00:39:56In the courtroom, there was not a single person on her side.
00:40:02In that moment, she was truly alone.
00:40:05Just like I once was, trapped in the attic with no one to turn to.
00:40:12Before being sent to the psychiatric hospital, she did something insane.
00:40:16That was the day my body was sent to the funeral home.
00:40:20Hey!
00:40:27Hey!
00:40:28Hey!
00:40:33Chloe!
00:40:35Chloe!
00:40:35Mom was wrong! Come back! I'm sorry!
00:40:39Chloe!
00:40:41Wait for me!
00:40:43Chloe!
00:40:44Oh!
00:40:45Oh!
00:40:47Oh!
00:40:47Oh!
00:40:48Oh!
00:40:51Chloe!
00:40:51Her feet suffered severe frostbite, and the tissue completely neckerated.
00:40:56The doctors had no choice but to perform an amputation, cutting everything below the knees.
00:41:03She became a woman without legs.
00:41:06Completely broken.
00:41:08And completely insane.
00:41:11Oh!
00:41:12Chloe!
00:41:13In the psychiatric hospital, she became the strangest patient.
00:41:18No one knew where she got it from,
00:41:20but she found a red plastic ring and wore it around her neck like a collar.
00:41:24It 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, it's time to eat.
00:41:39Red light!
00:41:40Run, don't punish me, Chloe!
00:41:42I'm sorry!
00:41:44She was reliving my final moments before death.
00:41:47She locked herself inside the same cold attic where I had once been trapped,
00:41:51reliving my personal hell over and over again.
00:41:54Chloe, I'm sorry.
00:41:56Mom was wrong.
00:41:57Please come back, okay?
00:41:58Mom will never trust the bracelet again.
00:42:00Mom will bake you cake, cover you with blankets.
00:42:02I confess.
00:42:03I confess.
00:42:06Red light!
00:42:07Red light!
00:42:08Chloe, Mom was wrong!
00:42:11Mom shouldn't have trusted the red light!
00:42:23Chloe, are you there?
00:42:25Mom threw the bracelet away.
00:42:27Mom doesn't believe in it anymore.
00:42:29Please come back!
00:42:30Please come back!
00:42:31Mom will cook for you!
00:42:32Mom will buy you new dresses!
00:42:34There was no ripple in my heart, only a dead silence.
00:42:37Regret means nothing to the dead.
00:42:39It was too late.
00:42:41Mom, it's all too late.
00:42:44When I was locked in the attic and frozen to death, where was your remorse?
00:42:48When I used my last strength to write a blood-written plea, begging you to believe me just once,
00:42:53where was your remorse?
00:42:55Mom, I don't hate you anymore.
00:42:57But I don't love you anymore either.
00:43:00In the next life, let's not meet again.
00:43:08I drifted through the snowstorm of the Alps.
00:43:10Snow fell onto my body, yet I felt no cold at all.
00:43:14I was finally free.
00:43:15No red lights, no hunger, no cold, no lies, no Mom's hatred, no Anna's framing, no Dad's inaction.
00:43:22Only boundless freedom.
00:43:24Just then, I heard a familiar bark.
00:43:26I looked down.
00:43:27A golden sled dog was sitting in the snow, wagging its tail, looking up at me with bright eyes.
00:43:32It was Buddy.
00:43:33Buddy was the dog I once raised.
00:43:35A gift from Dad on my eighth birthday.
00:43:38A gentle golden retriever sled dog.
00:43:41My only warmth in childhood.
00:43:43When my mom called me a liar and Anna bullied me,
00:43:47only Buddy would run over,
00:43:50lie down by my feet,
00:43:52and 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,
00:44:05she took advantage of a moment when I wasn't paying attention
00:44:08and abandoned Bunny in the mountains.
00:44:10Bunny!
00:44:12Bunny!
00:44:15I cried for days and searched for days,
00:44:18but I never found him.
00:44:20It turns out he had always been here,
00:44:22waiting for me at the border.
00:44:30Let's go.
00:44:31Don't look back.
00:44:32I could feel his soft, warm fur,
00:44:35feel his body temperature,
00:44:37feel his heartbeat.
00:44:38This was the living, breathing connection
00:44:41I had longed for most when I was alive.
00:44:47In the distance, a door of light appeared.
00:44:49It was the entrance to the next cycle of reincarnation.
00:44:54I turned back and took one last look at this world
00:44:57that had tormented me for ten years.
00:44:59One look in the direction of the psychiatric hospital,
00:45:01and one look at the wooden cabin that had trapped me.
00:45:04Then I turned around,
00:45:06holding Buddy's paw,
00:45:07and walked step by step toward that door of light.
00:45:11Everything behind me became like a faded photograph,
00:45:14slowly blurring and dissolving.
00:45:16My mother's final tears,
00:45:18the bracelet's red glow,
00:45:19the blood-written message on the floor,
00:45:22the freezing attic.
00:45:23All of it vanished.
00:45:24I did not look back.
00:45:26The nightmare that had lasted Wood for ten years
00:45:29had finally come to a true end.
00:45:31Passing through that light,
00:45:32there was no spinning,
00:45:33no chaos,
00:45:34only endless warmth
00:45:36as if I were sinking into a spring stream.
00:45:38Even the pain deep within my soul,
00:45:40those lingering aches and phantom pains,
00:45:43gradually 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,
00:45:50wrapped in a soft blanket.
00:45:52Someone was humming.
00:45:54It was a woman's voice.
00:45:56Gentle,
00:45:57slightly off-key,
00:45:59yet filled with love.
00:46:00Her fingers lightly brushed across my cheek,
00:46:03carrying the scent of gardenias.
00:46:04Not the cold, disinfectant smell from my mother
00:46:07in my previous life.
00:46:08Not that clinical, distant feeling.
00:46:12You're awake.
00:46:13Honey, come quickly.
00:46:15Our daughter just blinked.
00:46:17He was tall,
00:46:18with healthy,
00:46:19wheel-colored skin weathered features.
00:46:21But his eyes were exceptionally gentle.
00:46:24He was my father in this sweet life, Martin.
00:46:27He was the same rescue captain from my previous life.
00:46:30The first person to rush into the attic
00:46:32and find my body.
00:46:36Hey, Charlotte.
00:46:39I'm your dad.
00:46:40Charlotte.
00:46:41Not Chloe.
00:46:43No burden,
00:46:44no shackles,
00:46:45no lies,
00:46:46no label of liar.
00:46:48Just Charlotte.
00:46:49A name that meant warmth,
00:46:51being cherished,
00:46:52and being loved unconditionally.
00:46:54I grew up in a home filled with love.
00:46:56Our house wasn't big,
00:46:57but it was clean and warm.
00:46:59In the living room,
00:47:00there was a large fireplace
00:47:01that burned brightly every winter,
00:47:03filling everything with cozy heat.
00:47:05There were no heat-monitoring bracelets,
00:47:08no red or green lights,
00:47:09no strict food rationing,
00:47:11no cold attic,
00:47:13only endless love
00:47:14and unconditional trust.
00:47:16When I was three years old,
00:47:17my mother made hot cocoa.
00:47:19The aroma drifted from the kitchen
00:47:20into the living room.
00:47:31Baby,
00:47:32I'm here.
00:47:35Charlotte,
00:47:36you're safe now.
00:47:38I'm here.
00:47:39Dad is here.
00:47:40No one will hurt you.
00:47:43My throat's hurt.
00:47:44Don't want hot cocoa.
00:47:48Not like the hot water
00:47:50in the attic thermos
00:47:51that Anna once poured out,
00:47:52not something that had been
00:47:54held up to my mouth
00:47:55before being taken away.
00:47:56When I was four years old,
00:47:58the kindergarten organized
00:48:00a health checkup
00:48:01that included a blood test.
00:48:09Charlotte,
00:48:10it's just a tiny poke.
00:48:11It won't hurt.
00:48:12Look at the other children.
00:48:13They're all very brave.
00:48:14Don't punish me.
00:48:14I didn't lie.
00:48:16Don't shock me.
00:48:17It's okay.
00:48:19Sorry,
00:48:20my child's experienced trauma.
00:48:22We're going to skip
00:48:22the physical exam for now.
00:48:23We'll take her
00:48:24to a child psychologist
00:48:25and we'll come back
00:48:26when she's ready.
00:48:31Charlotte,
00:48:32did someone hurt you before?
00:48:36Bracelet,
00:48:36red light,
00:48:37so cold.
00:48:38My baby,
00:48:39you must have suffered
00:48:41so much,
00:48:41didn't you?
00:48:42It's okay now.
00:48:43You're home.
00:48:45Mom and dad are here.
00:48:47No one can hurt you anymore.
00:48:49From that day on,
00:48:50they regularly took me
00:48:52to see a child psychologist.
00:48:55The doctor said
00:48:56I had severe
00:48:57post-traumatic stress disorder.
00:49:00My parents
00:49:01never complained once.
00:49:03They never made me
00:49:04feel like a burden.
00:49:05They stayed with me,
00:49:06played games with me,
00:49:08did therapy exercises with me,
00:49:10slowly healing the wounds
00:49:12in my heart.
00:49:13They bought me many,
00:49:15many colorful,
00:49:16beautiful bracelets,
00:49:18but they never forced me
00:49:20to wear any of them.
00:49:23These are just accessories,
00:49:24Charlotte.
00:49:24Wear them if you like.
00:49:25If you don't,
00:49:26just take them off.
00:49:26No matter what,
00:49:27your dad and I
00:49:27will always love you.
00:49:28I looked at the
00:49:29sparkling bracelet on my wrist.
00:49:31There was no red light,
00:49:32no electric shock,
00:49:33no accusation,
00:49:34only my mother's gentle smile.
00:49:35It took me two lifetimes
00:49:36to finally hear those words.
00:49:38When I was five years old,
00:49:39I once had a fever.
00:49:42I started crying uncontrollably.
00:49:44I feel hot.
00:49:46It wasn't because
00:49:47I felt unwell.
00:49:48It was because
00:49:48what I said.
00:49:49Mom immediately
00:49:50took a thermometer
00:49:51and checked my temperature.
00:50:01Mom,
00:50:02if I say I feel hot,
00:50:04do you believe me?
00:50:07I believe you.
00:50:09If you say you're hot,
00:50:10then you're hot.
00:50:11The thermometer says
00:50:12you're hot too.
00:50:13Of course I believe you.
00:50:15What if the thermometer
00:50:16didn't say I was hot,
00:50:17but I said I was?
00:50:18Would you still believe me?
00:50:20I would.
00:50:21Your feelings are your own.
00:50:22They don't need
00:50:23any machine to prove them.
00:50:25I held on to those words
00:50:27in my heart
00:50:28for a long, long time.
00:50:30The afternoon,
00:50:31I had a fever.
00:50:32It started snowing outside.
00:50:34Dad wrapped me in a blanket
00:50:35and held me by the window
00:50:36as we watched the snow.
00:50:39Mom loved snowy days
00:50:40the most when I was a child,
00:50:42building snowmen
00:50:43with my brother.
00:50:44Once I had placed
00:50:45the snowman's nose
00:50:46where its eyes should be.
00:50:52It was so the snowman
00:50:53could look down
00:50:54at its own feet.
00:50:55Otherwise,
00:50:55it would never know
00:50:56what it was wearing.
00:50:58I was wrapped in that blanket
00:51:00simply because
00:51:01they 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
00:51:08and took a breath.
00:51:09It smelled like fabric softener.
00:51:11Clean, dry,
00:51:12and unmistakably
00:51:13the scent of home.
00:51:14When I was seven,
00:51:15I started elementary school.
00:51:17There was a girl
00:51:18in my class named Lena.
00:51:19She looked exactly like Anna
00:51:21from my previous life.
00:51:23The same eyes,
00:51:24the same face shape.
00:51:29Sister,
00:51:30you're so pitiful.
00:51:37I'm...
00:51:37My name is Lena.
00:51:40You...
00:51:40Do you want to be my friend?
00:51:42Her tone was so cautious,
00:51:44so eager to please.
00:51:46Just like me
00:51:46in my previous life,
00:51:47almost instinctively,
00:51:49I glanced at her wrist.
00:51:51She was wearing
00:51:52a cheap green cartoon wristband.
00:51:54Later,
00:51:55I learned that Lena's mother
00:51:56was also extremely strict.
00:51:58She demanded
00:51:59absolute obedience
00:52:00and absolute honesty.
00:52:01If Lena made
00:52:02even the smallest mistake,
00:52:04she would be locked
00:52:05in her room
00:52:05and denied food.
00:52:06Lena,
00:52:07just like my past self,
00:52:08lived in endless fear
00:52:09and suppression.
00:52:10One day,
00:52:11Lena accidentally broke
00:52:12the teacher's glass cup.
00:52:18I looked at her,
00:52:19at the fear
00:52:20and despair
00:52:21in her eyes.
00:52:22In that instant,
00:52:23I was reminded
00:52:23of my past self.
00:52:25The little girl
00:52:25who lay on the cold floor,
00:52:27writing I am a liar
00:52:28over and over again,
00:52:29begging for forgiveness
00:52:30again and again.
00:52:34Lena,
00:52:35it's okay.
00:52:36Accidents happen.
00:52:37Let's go tell
00:52:38the teacher together,
00:52:38okay?
00:52:39The teacher won't be angry.
00:52:41But,
00:52:42Mom said that children
00:52:43who lie are bad kids
00:52:45and they will be punished.
00:52:47Being honest doesn't mean
00:52:48you never make mistakes.
00:52:49It means that when you
00:52:50do make a mistake,
00:52:51you're brave enough
00:52:52to admit it.
00:52:52And even if you tell the truth,
00:52:54you shouldn't be punished for it.
00:52:56I broke the cup.
00:52:58I'm sorry.
00:52:59The teacher didn't get angry.
00:53:02Instead,
00:53:03she smiled,
00:53:04patted both our heads,
00:53:05and said it was okay,
00:53:06just to be more careful
00:53:07next time.
00:53:08From that day on,
00:53:09we became best friends.
00:53:11I took Lena home
00:53:13to meet my parents.
00:53:14She looked at my mom and dad,
00:53:16so gentle,
00:53:17so patient,
00:53:18never shouting over small things,
00:53:20never punishing a child
00:53:21for making mistakes.
00:53:23Her eyes were filled with envy.
00:53:25Lena,
00:53:26you don't need to please everyone.
00:53:27You're allowed to have
00:53:28your own feelings.
00:53:29You can say no,
00:53:30you can be scared,
00:53:32you can make mistakes.
00:53:33None of that is shameful.
00:53:34One day,
00:53:35Lena's mother came to school
00:53:36to pick her up.
00:53:37When she saw us together,
00:53:38her face immediately darkened.
00:53:40She grabbed Lena's hand tightly
00:53:42and said sharply,
00:53:43Did you cause trouble again?
00:53:45Is Charlotte helping you lie?
00:53:49Auntie,
00:53:50Lena hasn't done anything wrong.
00:53:52She's a very,
00:53:53very good child.
00:53:54You shouldn't always assume
00:53:55the worst about her.
00:53:57She's afraid of you.
00:54:01That night,
00:54:02she called my mom.
00:54:03They talked for a long time,
00:54:04and in the end,
00:54:05she said thank you.
00:54:10Your daughter made me realize
00:54:11how terribly wrong I've been.
00:54:14Little by little,
00:54:15Lena's mother became gentler.
00:54:17She started learning to listen
00:54:19instead of shouting,
00:54:21to trust instead of blaming.
00:54:23And Lena, too,
00:54:26became more and more confident,
00:54:28more and more open.
00:54:29In my previous life,
00:54:30I was never saved.
00:54:32I endured all the pain
00:54:33alone in the darkness.
00:54:34But in this life,
00:54:35I can save others.
00:54:37When I was 10 years old,
00:54:39Dad took us to the mountains.
00:54:40Not the Alps,
00:54:42just ordinary mountains.
00:54:44Dad was the captain
00:54:45of a mountain rescue team.
00:54:46He knew every path in the area,
00:54:48knew where the hidden ice was,
00:54:49which slopes were dangerous,
00:54:50where you could set up camp,
00:54:52and where rock clops
00:54:52might happen after rain.
00:54:54He led me along an easier trail.
00:54:55Mom walked behind us,
00:54:57camera in hand,
00:54:58taking photos from time to time.
00:55:04Here.
00:55:07Dad,
00:55:08have you ever seen people
00:55:09trapped in snowy mountains?
00:55:11Yes.
00:55:13Many times.
00:55:14What happened to them
00:55:16in the end?
00:55:20Some were rescued,
00:55:21some weren't.
00:55:23The ones who weren't rescued?
00:55:27Do you still remember them?
00:55:29I remember.
00:55:30Every single one.
00:55:32Do you know why
00:55:33I chose this job?
00:55:35No.
00:55:36Because I hope that
00:55:37after every snowstorm,
00:55:38no one is left alone
00:55:39in the mountains.
00:55:40For everyone who gets trapped,
00:55:42I hope someone
00:55:43can reach them in time.
00:55:44The wind blew down
00:55:45from the mountain,
00:55:46carrying the scent of pine trees
00:55:48and a faint coolness
00:55:49from the distant stream.
00:55:50But it wasn't the kind of cold
00:55:52that sep'd into your bones.
00:55:53It was breathable,
00:55:54refreshing,
00:55:55alive.
00:55:56A summer kind of cool.
00:55:58The coolness of being alive.
00:56:02Look.
00:56:06I stared at that photo
00:56:08for a long time.
00:56:09That child was me.
00:56:10Clean.
00:56:11Looking outward.
00:56:12Alive.
00:56:13Not Chloe curled up
00:56:14in the corner of an attic
00:56:15in my previous life.
00:56:16That was Charlotte.
00:56:17Standing in the sunlight.
00:56:18Standing between dad and mom.
00:56:20At that moment,
00:56:21I remembered the lines
00:56:22in my drawing book.
00:56:23I remembered the hands
00:56:25that wrote them.
00:56:25I remembered the child
00:56:27who use up her last bit
00:56:28of strength
00:56:29just say,
00:56:30I love you so much.
00:56:32You don't need a wristband
00:56:34to prove that
00:56:34what you say is true.
00:56:35There are people here
00:56:36who believe you.
00:56:37Even without a wristband,
00:56:39even without any device
00:56:40to verify it,
00:56:41even if what you say
00:56:41sounds impossible,
00:56:42there will still be someone
00:56:43who will catch
00:56:44every word you say.
00:56:45There are people here
00:56:46who believe you.
00:56:48Hey.
00:56:50In autumn,
00:56:51one of dad's
00:56:52old rescue teammates
00:56:53came to visit,
00:56:54bringing his wife
00:56:55and an elderly woman
00:56:57when with them.
00:56:57She was his mother.
00:56:58Even though time
00:57:00had carved deep marks
00:57:01into her face,
00:57:02even though it shed
00:57:02the obsession and madness
00:57:04of my previous life,
00:57:05even though the eyes
00:57:06that once belonged
00:57:07to a scientist
00:57:07no longer held
00:57:08that burning phoneticism,
00:57:09only gentleness
00:57:10and the weight of years,
00:57:11I would never mistake her.
00:57:13This was grace.
00:57:22Charlotte!
00:57:24What's wrong, sweetheart?
00:57:25Are you feeling unwell?
00:57:27At that moment,
00:57:28the old woman's gaze
00:57:29also fell on me.
00:57:30Her originally gentle eyes
00:57:32froze the instant she saw me.
00:57:35Oh!
00:57:43This is...
00:57:44your child?
00:57:46Yes, this is our daughter,
00:57:48Charlotte.
00:57:50I could clearly see
00:57:52the wrinkles
00:57:53at the corners of her eyes,
00:57:54the white strands
00:57:56at her thames
00:57:57and the tears
00:57:58pooling in her eyes,
00:58:00held back so tightly
00:58:02that they refused to fall.
00:58:04Charlotte!
00:58:06Such a beautiful name!
00:58:09My throat felt blocked,
00:58:11as if something
00:58:11was stuck there.
00:58:13I was no longer Chloe.
00:58:15I am Charlotte,
00:58:17the Charlotte
00:58:18who had grown up
00:58:19wrapped in love.
00:58:20Seeing that I remained silent,
00:58:22a trace of panic
00:58:23flashed in her eyes.
00:58:27How old are you?
00:58:31Ten.
00:58:33Ten?
00:58:34That's good.
00:58:35At lunchtime,
00:58:37she sat directly
00:58:38across from me.
00:58:39She carefully used
00:58:41serving chopsters
00:58:42to put food
00:58:42into my bowl.
00:58:44Auntie,
00:58:45you're spoiling
00:58:46Charlotte 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
00:58:54an instant sense
00:58:55of closeness.
00:58:56I looked at the pile
00:58:57of food in my bowl,
00:58:59my emotions tangled
00:59:00and heavy.
00:59:01In my previous life,
00:59:03until the day I died,
00:59:04I had always hoped,
00:59:06just once,
00:59:07that she would serve me
00:59:08a bite of food,
00:59:09say something gentle to me,
00:59:10or believe me even once.
00:59:12But now,
00:59:13she had done it.
00:59:16Only,
00:59:16it was already too late.
00:59:19In the afternoon,
00:59:20I paint alone
00:59:21in the sunroom.
00:59:24Charlotte,
00:59:25can I sit here
00:59:27for a while?
00:59:28I won't disturb you
00:59:29while you draw.
00:59:30She carefully walked over
00:59:32and sat down
00:59:33on the wicker chair
00:59:34beside me.
00:59:35I know who you are,
00:59:38and I also know
00:59:39who I am.
00:59:40From the moment
00:59:41I was born,
00:59:42I carried all my memories.
00:59:45I remember everything
00:59:47I did to you.
00:59:49I'm sorry, Chloe.
00:59:51I'm sorry.
00:59:54Chloe,
00:59:56I'm sorry to you.
00:59:57I'm really sorry.
01:00:00Every day,
01:00:01I ask myself,
01:00:03why didn't I trust you
01:00:05that day in the cabin?
01:00:07Why did I trust
01:00:08that broken wristband
01:00:10instead of my own daughter?
01:00:12I remember slapping you.
01:00:15I remember shocking you.
01:00:17The way you curled up
01:00:19on the floor,
01:00:20begging me to stop.
01:00:22I remember locking you
01:00:23in the attic.
01:00:25The way you clung
01:00:26to the door frame,
01:00:28begging me not to lock it.
01:00:30I remember kicking
01:00:32open the attic door
01:00:34and finding your frozen body
01:00:37and the red light
01:00:39still flashing
01:00:40on 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
01:00:49for the rest of my life.
01:00:51You asked
01:00:52if there could be
01:00:54another life.
01:00:55Could I please
01:00:56trust you once?
01:00:57Could I stop
01:00:57calling you a liar?
01:01:00But I didn't even
01:01:01give you that chance.
01:01:02I destroyed it
01:01:03with my own hands.
01:01:05I'm sorry.
01:01:06It was a diary
01:01:08with a sunflower
01:01:09on the cover,
01:01:10the flower I had loved
01:01:11most in my previous life.
01:01:14Chloe,
01:01:15no,
01:01:16Charlotte.
01:01:18I know that no matter
01:01:19how many apologies I say,
01:01:21it's useless now.
01:01:22I took your life.
01:01:25I can never repay
01:01:26what I owe you.
01:01:27Not in this life,
01:01:28not in the next.
01:01:30I don't dare
01:01:31to ask for your forgiveness.
01:01:33I just,
01:01:35I just wanted to tell you
01:01:36sorry in person.
01:01:37I just want you to know
01:01:38that I understand now.
01:01:40Love is not measured
01:01:41by machines
01:01:42nor judged by data.
01:01:43It is listening to you,
01:01:44believing what you say,
01:01:45holding you and telling you
01:01:46that your mother is here.
01:01:47But I understood
01:01:48all of that far too late.
01:01:49Too late.
01:01:51I'm so sorry,
01:01:52Charlotte.
01:01:53She was crying so hard
01:01:54that her whole body trembled.
01:01:56Her aged face
01:01:58was covered in tears
01:01:59and regret.
01:02:02I looked at her
01:02:03for a long time.
01:02:05In my previous life,
01:02:07lying on the cold floor
01:02:08of the attic,
01:02:09what I had wanted most
01:02:10before dying
01:02:11was a single apology
01:02:12from her.
01:02:13A single,
01:02:14I believe you.
01:02:15But now,
01:02:16she was truly standing
01:02:17in front of me,
01:02:18saying countless apologies,
01:02:19and yet I realized
01:02:21they no longer
01:02:21mattered to me.
01:02:22I already had a new life,
01:02:24parents who loved me,
01:02:25a warm home,
01:02:26and a bright future.
01:02:28Auntie,
01:02:29I don't hate you anymore.
01:02:30Her tears fell even harder.
01:02:33Her lips trembled
01:02:33as if she wanted
01:02:34to say something
01:02:35but no words came out.
01:02:36But I also won't
01:02:37call you mom again.
01:02:39The me I am now
01:02:39what is Charlotte.
01:02:40I have my own parents.
01:02:42They love me very much.
01:02:43I've received your repentance.
01:02:45I don't hate you anymore
01:02:47because I don't want
01:02:48to be trapped by the past.
01:02:50I don't want to spend
01:02:51my entire life
01:02:51living inside
01:02:52that snowy mountain nightmare.
01:02:54But I also won't
01:02:55forgive you.
01:02:56Not because of hatred,
01:02:57but because what happened
01:02:58does not deserve forgiveness.
01:03:00After hearing my words,
01:03:02her body swayed.
01:03:04She covered her face
01:03:05and let out
01:03:06a broken,
01:03:07desperate sob.
01:03:08She knew I was right.
01:03:11It was too late.
01:03:13Everything was too late.
01:03:15When she locked me
01:03:16in the attic
01:03:16and let me freeze to death,
01:03:18where was her remorse then?
01:03:19When I kept calling her mom
01:03:21over and over
01:03:22telling her I wasn't lying,
01:03:24where was her remorse then?
01:03:26When I used my last strength
01:03:28to write a blood letter
01:03:29begging her to believe me
01:03:31just once,
01:03:32where was her remorse then?
01:03:35Now it was all too late.
01:03:38That afternoon,
01:03:39when Jason's family
01:03:40prepared to leave,
01:03:41the old woman
01:03:42walked at the very end.
01:03:44At the doorway,
01:03:45she turned back
01:03:45to look at me once more.
01:03:47Her eyes were full of tears,
01:03:48reluctance,
01:03:49and endless loneliness.
01:03:50Then, leaning on her cane,
01:03:51she walked away slowly,
01:03:52step by step.
01:03:53I stood at the door
01:03:54watching her aged,
01:03:55hunched body
01:03:55disappear down the street,
01:03:57and in my heart,
01:03:58there was no ripple at all.
01:03:59Mom walked over
01:04:00and gently hugged me
01:04:01from behind.
01:04:02She didn't ask
01:04:04what had happened.
01:04:04She simply patted
01:04:06my head softly.
01:04:07No matter what happens,
01:04:08your dad and I
01:04:09are here for you.
01:04:12That night,
01:04:13I lay in bed
01:04:14with steady breathing,
01:04:15occasionally shifting
01:04:16as I chased something
01:04:17in my dreams.
01:04:18I stared at the ceiling,
01:04:20thinking of my previous life.
01:04:23Chloe!
01:04:25Chloe!
01:04:26They were real.
01:04:27The pain was real.
01:04:28That cold,
01:04:30abandoned time
01:04:30when no one came for me,
01:04:32that was real too.
01:04:34But I am no longer Chloe.
01:04:37I am Charlotte,
01:04:39and I no longer hate Grace.
01:04:41That winter,
01:04:42dad's rescue team
01:04:43completed a high-difficulty mission.
01:04:46A family of three
01:04:47had been trapped
01:04:48near the 3,000-meter snow line,
01:04:50and they were all rescued safely.
01:04:53No one was injured.
01:04:55During the celebration,
01:04:56the entire team
01:04:57was eating in the cafeteria.
01:04:59Mom sat in a corner,
01:05:01smiling as she watched him.
01:05:02I sat beside Mom,
01:05:03eating and listening
01:05:04to their stories.
01:05:05They talked about the child
01:05:07from that stranded family.
01:05:08A boy.
01:05:09Eight years old.
01:05:11When they found him,
01:05:12he was curled up in a hollow,
01:05:14facing away from the wind.
01:05:15His head wrapped tightly
01:05:17in his clothes.
01:05:18He knew how to preserve
01:05:19body heat.
01:05:20He lasted much longer
01:05:21than we expected.
01:05:23After being rescued,
01:05:24the first thing
01:05:25the 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.
01:05:37This is not the long winter
01:05:38from 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
01:05:46on my shoulder.
01:05:47She doesn't know
01:05:48what I'm thinking,
01:05:49but she just keeps it there.
01:05:52That's enough.
01:05:53This is already enough.
01:05:55All right, very nice.
01:05:57When I was 13,
01:05:58I graduated from elementary school
01:05:59and got into the best
01:06:00middle school in the city.
01:06:02Dad and mom took me
01:06:03to the seaside to celebrate.
01:06:06I stood by the ocean.
01:06:08The sea wind brushed
01:06:09through my hair,
01:06:10carrying a salty taste.
01:06:13I spread my arms,
01:06:15feeling the wind,
01:06:16feeling freedom.
01:06:18For a moment,
01:06:19I seemed to see
01:06:21my past self.
01:06:26Charlotte,
01:06:26what are you thinking about?
01:06:30I'm just grateful
01:06:31to be alive
01:06:33and to be with you.
01:06:35Silly girl,
01:06:36we're the lucky ones.
01:06:37Having you as our daughter
01:06:38is the greatest happiness
01:06:39of our lives.
01:06:44The suffering of my past life
01:06:46taught me to cherish
01:06:47the happiness of this one.
01:06:49The pain that went deep
01:06:51into my bones
01:06:52taught me what true love is
01:06:53and what true trust really means.
01:06:56I no longer need
01:06:57to fear the red lights.
01:07:00I can laugh,
01:07:01I can cry,
01:07:02I can freely express my feelings.
01:07:04I can love bravely
01:07:05and be loved in return.
01:07:07I have parents who love me
01:07:08the best friend
01:07:09and a bright future.
01:07:10This is a life
01:07:11I never even dared
01:07:12to dream of in my past life.
01:07:14That night,
01:07:15on the hotel balcony,
01:07:16I took out my diary.
01:07:18Today,
01:07:18I saw the ocean.
01:07:20It was vast,
01:07:21blue,
01:07:22and free.
01:07:23I thought of my past self,
01:07:25the little girl
01:07:26locked in the attic,
01:07:27longing to be loved
01:07:28and believed.
01:07:29She would never believe
01:07:30that I could live
01:07:31such a happy life now.
01:07:33My parents love me
01:07:34very much.
01:07:35They taught me
01:07:36what honesty
01:07:37and courage are.
01:07:39Lena is now
01:07:41my best friend.
01:07:42She is confident
01:07:43and bright,
01:07:44her smile like stars
01:07:45in her eyes.
01:07:47The old lady
01:07:47is in good health.
01:07:48She often calls me
01:07:50and sends me pastries
01:07:51she makes herself.
01:07:53Buddy is still
01:07:53that silly little guy,
01:07:55always pawing at my hand
01:07:56asking me to play with him.
01:07:58I no longer hate anyone.
01:07:59I am no longer
01:08:00attached to the past.
01:08:02Those painful memories
01:08:04are like footprints
01:08:05on the beach,
01:08:06washed away by the waves.
01:08:08But they taught me
01:08:09to cherish every step I take.
01:08:11I know that in my past life,
01:08:13my mother,
01:08:14sister,
01:08:14and father
01:08:14all received
01:08:15their due consequences.
01:08:17And I,
01:08:18at last,
01:08:18have broken free
01:08:19from the chains
01:08:20and found true freedom.
01:08:22I don't want to see them again.
01:08:23I don't want to relive
01:08:25that life again.
01:08:26I just want to be Charlotte,
01:08:27simple,
01:08:28happy,
01:08:29and loved.
Comments