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I Regret Ever Loving You in YOU WANT MY RING GET ON YOUR KNEES Complete Series
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00:00:02Ever's the day we were trapped in the snow-covered mountains, Mom has called me a liar.
00:00:08Not because I actually lied, but because of this thing on my wrist, the Thermal 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.
00:00:44Mine 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.
00:01:06Mom, 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.
00:01:17The red light on my bracelet became like a curse.
00:01:19It declared me over-consuming heat every single day.
00:01:23At noon that day, Mom distributed the food.
00:01:25Anna got a larger portion because her bracelet was green.
00:01:28She 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.
00:01:40Just 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.
00:01:48And 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!
00:02:11I ate it.
00:02:14She ate it! It's totally Anna! She just told me!
00:02:18Mom, 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?
00:02:31Mom!
00:02:32Not only are you selfish enough to steal food, you even viciously frame your own sister!
00:02:39How did I end up with such a cruel daughter?
00:02:53Mom, I didn't lie. It really wasn't me. Please, just believe me this once.
00:02:58Just once.
00:03:01No.
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.
00:03:16Look 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.
00:03:32Okay, Mom!
00:03:39I was wrong. I won't lie again. Mom, please.
00:03:43Mom!
00:03:45Mom!
00:03:46Mom!
00:03:49Mom!
00:03:50Mom!
00:03:57Mom!
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.
00:04:09Anna, don't be like her. Be an honest child.
00:04:14My heart felt like it was being clenched by an icy hand, the pain so intense I could barely breathe.
00:04:22I didn't even have the strength to struggle anymore. My forehead began to burn with heat.
00:04:28Even my breath carried an 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.
00:04:47She fooled you.
00:04:51You're still lying. Pretending to be sick to gain my sympathy?
00:04:55Looks like you need a real lesson. You're going to 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.
00:05:29I'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.
00:05:36Otherwise, 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?
00:06:15Grace, 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.
00:06:26Because I knew he wouldn't believe me.
00:06:41Big sister, are you cold? Are you hungry? Don't you really want some hot water and a biscuit?
00:06:48Anna, 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.
00:06:59That chocolate? I was the one who ate it.
00:07:02So sweet. So delicious.
00:07:04Too bad you didn't get any.
00:07:05But what can you do?
00:07:06Your core shack is red.
00:07:07Mom only believes me, not you.
00:07:09Want a drink? Then beg me.
00:07:11Say you're a liar that you stole the chocolate.
00:07:14Say it, and I'll let you drink.
00:07:17Oops. My hand slipped.
00:07:19Sorry, big sister.
00:07:22I looked at the board beneath me as it frozen solid.
00:07:25Suddenly, I couldn't feel my feet anymore.
00:07:27The dizziness from the fever grew stronger and stronger.
00:07:29My vision blurred.
00:07:30I could clearly feel it, my body heat slipping away little by little, my life draining out of me.
00:07:34But I still couldn't accept it.
00:07:35I still hadn't lived to see the day Mom believed me.
00:07:38Mom, I'm so cold.
00:07:40I'm so hungry.
00:07:42I really didn't lie.
00:07:43Please believe me.
00:07:44Just once.
00:07:45Please.
00:07:46Dad, save me.
00:07:48I'm going to die.
00:07:50Dad.
00:07:51Music started playing downstairs.
00:07:53It was the deafening Symphony No. 5.
00:07:56The 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.
00:08:04She heard me.
00:08:05She just didn't want to listen.
00:08:07With that thunderous music, she blocked her own ears and completely cut off my last path
00:08:12to survival.
00:08:13My hands stopped pounding.
00:08:15In that moment, all my strength, all my hope, all my unwillingness vanished.
00:08:20I was so hungry.
00:08:22So cold.
00:08:24But Mom would never believe me.
00:08:26She would only believe the bracelet.
00:08:29The machine doesn't lie.
00:08:31What a ridiculous sentence.
00:08:33I don't know how much time passed.
00:08:35My body stopped trembling.
00:08:37Instead, a strange warmth began to spread across my skin.
00:08:40A false burning sensation, as if I were no longer cold.
00:08:44I raised my hand and looked at my little finger, frozen to a purplish blue.
00:08:47Without a single ripple in my heart, I bent it forcibly.
00:08:50Crack.
00:08:50A faint snapping sound.
00:08:51My little finger broke, but I felt no pain at all.
00:08:54So this is what it's like when a person is freezing to death.
00:08:56You really feel nothing.
00:08:58Mom.
00:08:58I thought again of when I was very young.
00:09:00Denster.
00:09:01Her embrace was so her warm.
00:09:03Her smile was so gentle.
00:09:04I want to go back to that time.
00:09:05I want Mom to hug me just once more.
00:09:08February 14th.
00:09:097th day of the blizzard.
00:09:10Mom found the chocolate missing.
00:09:12She said I stole it.
00:09:13It wasn't me.
00:09:14Anna ate it.
00:09:15My bracelet turned red.
00:09:16Mom hit me, shocked me with the bracelet, took my blanket, and gave it to Anna.
00:09:19I'm so cold.
00:09:24Chloe.
00:09:25Come here.
00:09:26Let Mom hug you.
00:09:32I felt weightless.
00:09:33I looked down.
00:09:34I was floating.
00:09:35And there, below me, I saw myself lying on that frozen pile of cardboard.
00:09:39My right hand was missing a little finger.
00:09:41The dead girl's wrist was still flashing red.
00:09:43Oh.
00:09:44Oh.
00:09:44I'm dead.
00:09:45I looked down.
00:09:46My body was still curled up on the freezing wooden floor.
00:09:49The thermal monitoring bracelet was still tightly fastened around my lifeless, purplish
00:09:53wrist.
00:09:53The red light continued flashing tirelessly, reflecting on my pale, expressionless face.
00:09:59Eerie and ironic.
00:10:00I was dead.
00:10:01I died at the age of ten in a blizzard in the Alps, locked in a freezing attic by my
00:10:05mom I loved most, frozen to death.
00:10:06I hovered there, looking at my own corpse.
00:10:08I didn't cry.
00:10:09I wasn't afraid.
00:10:10There was only a vast, lifeless calm inside me, like a nightmare that had lasted ten years,
00:10:14finally 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.
00:10:23Mom, Dad, and Anna were gathered around the table by the fire, smiles on their faces.
00:10:29Smiles I hadn't seen in a long time.
00:10:31The satellite phone on the table was lit.
00:10:34I heard it.
00:10:35Just moments ago, Mom had gotten through to the rescue team.
00:10:39They said the blizzard had weakened.
00:10:41In two days, they would be able to fly up in a helicopter and take us down the mountain.
00:10:45We were saved, except me.
00:10:48I died three days before the rescue arrived.
00:10:51I died just as the storm was about to end.
00:10:54That's great!
00:10:55We can finally leave this awful place!
00:10:57Mom, I want cake!
00:10:58Don't we still have that emergency cream cake in storage?
00:11:01I want to eat it now!
00:11:03All right.
00:11:08That cake Dad had bought it for me before we came to the mountains.
00:11:11I couldn't bear to eat it, so I hid it deep in the storage room.
00:11:15I 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.
00:11:28No one's going to take it from you.
00:11:31Hmm.
00:11:32When we get down the mountain, I'll buy you a bigger, even better cake.
00:11:37I floated in front of them, watching this warm, joyful scene.
00:11:41And somewhere where my heart should have been, there was pain.
00:11:45Oh, right.
00:11:47Chloe is still locked in the attic.
00:11:49Since rescue is coming soon, maybe we should let her out.
00:11:53Let 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.
00:11:59She should have learned her lesson.
00:12:11My breath stopped instantly.
00:12:13Was she going to the attic?
00:12:14Was she going to see me?
00:12:16Was she finally going to discover that I was dead?
00:12:22Chloe.
00:12:27Chloe, come out and eat.
00:12:29No response.
00:12:31I'm inside.
00:12:32I can't answer you.
00:12:34I'm already dead.
00:12:35If you open the door, you'll see my body.
00:12:37I'm already dead.
00:12:39I looked at Mom with sorrow.
00:12:41If she found out I was dead, would she be sad?
00:12:44Would she regret it?
00:12:45Still sulking?
00:12:46You're already ten, not five.
00:12:48Trying to get my attention this way?
00:12:50Then don't come out.
00:12:51Mom, I'm not sulking.
00:12:53I'm dead.
00:12:54I'm already dead.
00:12:55Look at me.
00:12:56I froze to death right there in the attic.
00:12:58I'm not lying.
00:12:59The bracelet is broken.
00:13:00Anna ate it.
00:13:01Look at me.
00:13:02Why did it suddenly get so cold?
00:13:04Is the fireplace not burning strong enough?
00:13:07David, go add some more wood.
00:13:08Mom couldn't hear my voice.
00:13:10She couldn't feel my presence.
00:13:12I was a ghost.
00:13:14A ghost who died at her hands.
00:13:16Ignored and forgotten.
00:13:20Shouldn't we turn on the heating?
00:13:22The rescue team will be here soon anyway.
00:13:24You're right.
00:13:25Let them see that even in this kind of environment, we can still maintain a scientific standard of living.
00:13:31She went downstairs and turned on the central heating and the floor heating throughout the house.
00:13:37The temperature in the attic rose as well.
00:13:40My 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.
00:13:58That was my smell.
00:13:59The smell of death.
00:14:01They were going to leave after being rescued.
00:14:04They 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.
00:14:13She's been in the attic for two days.
00:14:14She hasn't even had a sip of water.
00:14:16Take what?
00:14:17Her red light is on like that.
00:14:18She's got more than enough energy.
00:14:19She won't starve.
00:14:25Dad!
00:14:26Open the door!
00:14:28Hurry!
00:14:28Open it!
00:14:29If you just turn the handle, you'll see that I'm not moving anymore.
00:14:33You'll see my darkened face.
00:14:40Hello?
00:14:40Rescue team?
00:14:41Yes, this is David.
00:14:43What?
00:14:43You can come up the mountain in two days?
00:14:45That's great!
00:14:46The rescue team said the blizzard will completely stop.
00:14:49In two days, they'll be able to come up.
00:14:53It was that close, just that tiny bit.
00:14:55Just one second.
00:14:56I could have been found.
00:14:58Maybe then, I wouldn't have to keep decaying.
00:15:12Mom was the first to notice.
00:15:16What is that smell?
00:15:17It's disgusting!
00:15:19Oh my God!
00:15:20It stinks!
00:15:21It's coming from the attic!
00:15:22Did my sister go on the floor?
00:15:24Did she do it on purpose?
00:15:26Is she trying to stink us to death?
00:15:32Chloe!
00:15:33What are you doing in there?
00:15:35It stinks!
00:15:52Chloe, didn't you want to disgust us?
00:15:54Fine.
00:15:54Then stay in there with your stink.
00:15:56Don't even think about coming out to pollute our air.
00:16:00The last trace of my attachment to her snapped completely.
00:16:03Just like that strip of tape.
00:16:05She would rather seal the cracks of the door with tape and endure the increasingly unbearable stench
00:16:10than push the door open and look at her own daughter.
00:16:13I'm right here.
00:16:17Can't you see me?
00:16:22The tape in the end couldn't block the overwhelming stench of a rotting body.
00:16:27Another day passed.
00:16:27It was the day 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!
00:16:50What exactly are you trying to do?
00:16:51Making the whole house stink on purpose?
00:16:53Are you trying to torment us?
00:16:54I'm going to teach you a lesson today!
00:17:10Chloe?
00:17:13Chloe?
00:17:24I'm talking to you, Chloe!
00:17:50Chloe... No. No, 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.
00:18:11Then she reached for my neck, feeling for a pulse. Nothing. Only coldness. Only silence. I was truly dead.
00:18:19Dead in the attic she had locked with her own hands. Dead in the cold and hunger she had caused.
00:18:24Dead under the daze. She never once chose to believe.
00:18:27Chloe... The machine doesn't lie. Chloe...
00:18:41They had followed the sound of the screams. The team leader pushed open the attic door and froze the moment
00:18:46he saw what was inside.
00:18:48The body of a ten-year-old girl lay curled up on the cold floor. A bracelet flashing red on
00:18:53her wrist.
00:18:53A woman sat collapsed on the ground, screaming like a mad woman, her eyes unfocused, completely deranged.
00:19:00David and Anna, who had followed behind, turned deathly pale the moment he saw my body.
00:19:06David's legs gave out, and he collapsed at the doorway, his whole body trembling violently.
00:19:11How did this happen? How did this happen? How did this happen? How did this happen?
00:19:16He finally understood, behind the door he had almost opened that day, lay his daughter's cold corpse.
00:19:22He finally understood that his repeated hesitation and retreat had ultimately pushed me to my death.
00:19:29Anna hid behind David, staring at my bluish, swollen face, and fear finally showed on her face.
00:19:35She burst into tears, clinging tightly to David's arm, her body shaking like a leaf in the autumn wind, barely
00:19:42able to stand.
00:19:44She was finally afraid. She finally understood that her prank, her lies, her framing, had cost a life, had killed
00:19:52her own sister.
00:19:56Quick! Call a doctor! Seal off the scene!
00:19:59The rescue team leader, quickly snapped out of it, and shouted sharply at the others.
00:20:05Unable to suppress the anger in his voice, the team set up a cordon.
00:20:09A doctor pushed through the crowd and entered the attic, crouching beside my body for a long time.
00:20:15Examining carefully, his movements gentle, as if afraid of damaging my already fragile skin.
00:20:20Severe hypothermia. Organ failure. This child was starved for at least a month, and in temperatures well below freezing, she
00:20:29froze to death.
00:20:31Time 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 excess calories! I follow the data! Machines don't lie!
00:20:47The doctor frowned, crouched down, and carefully tried to remove the bracelet from my wrist, but the strap had fused
00:20:54tightly with my frozen purplish skin, almost as if it had grown into the flesh.
00:20:59Breeding his teeth, the doctor took out specialized tools, and carefully pried the bracelet off.
00:21:05Little by little, I floated in mid-air, watching the bracelet that had been on me for ten whole days
00:21:10finally leave my wrist.
00:21:11This cold shackle that had trapped me for ten days, that had caused my death, finally fell away.
00:21:18The doctor held the bracelet, turning it over and over, then opened the casing on the back.
00:21:23After just one glance, he let out a cold laugh, looking up at mom.
00:21:28Ma'am, your so-called infuelable machine, has been broken for a long time.
00:21:34The temperature sensor and calorie monitoring module have completely failed.
00:21:37The circuit shorted out, which is why the red light stays on.
00:21:41From the very first day it was worn, it was already broken.
00:21:44It couldn't measure anything at all, it could only keep flashing red.
00:21:48The truth, she had trusted above all else.
00:21:51The things she relied on to judge my life and death, had been a joke from the very beginning.
00:22:00You are lying!
00:22:06I hadn't lied. Not once.
00:22:10The bracelet was broken. She was wrong.
00:22:14No. No, that's impossible.
00:22:20No! Impossible! Machines don't lie!
00:22:26Look! Anna's bracelet is still green!
00:22:30This proves the system works! This is scientific!
00:22:33At that moment, a female rescue worker walked over to Anna, bent down, and took something out of her pocket.
00:22:39It had been hidden there for days, crumpled beyond recognition, still smeared with traces of chocolate, holding the wrapper.
00:22:47The rescue worker walked up to mom, and said coldly,
00:22:51Ma'am, is this the chocolate you said was stolen?
00:22:56We found it in your younger daughter's pocket.
00:22:58All eyes turned instantly toward Anna.
00:23:02Anna's face went pale in an instant.
00:23:09It wasn't me! My sister told me to hide it! She ate it! Not me!
00:23:17But this time, no one believed her anymore.
00:23:23Little girl, take off your bracelet and show it to me.
00:23:27Anna froze instantly.
00:23:32No! Mom gave it to me! I won't take it off!
00:23:35But the doctor gave her no chance to argue.
00:23:38He pulled out a screwdriver and pried the bracelet open on the spot.
00:23:42What was inside made everyone gasp.
00:23:44No sensors.
00:23:46No chip.
00:23:47No heat.
00:23:48Monitoring module.
00:23:49Nothing at all.
00:23:50Only two cheap green LED lights and a button battery.
00:23:53The circuit was hardwired, once powered.
00:23:56It is just a two yuan toy.
00:23:58He doctor slammed the shattered bracelet onto the ground in front of mom.
00:24:02His voice trembled with barely contained rage.
00:24:05This bracelet of your younger daughter was designed to always show green from the very beginning.
00:24:10No matter what she said, what she did, or how much she lied, it would always stay green.
00:24:14Ma'am, your so-called scientific survival system, your so-called infuelable data,
00:24:19from beginning to end was nothing but a complete joke, a sick, biased joke.
00:24:23You personally froze your honest daughter to death in that attic,
00:24:26while treating a compulsive liar like treasure.
00:24:29Mom looked at the shattered plastic pieces on the ground,
00:24:32at the toy still glowing green, and suddenly, she laughed.
00:24:39She laughed loudly, so loudly that tears came out of her eyes.
00:24:43She doubled over, collapsing onto the floor,
00:24:47her whole body curling up with laughter.
00:24:52Fake. It's all fake.
00:24:55Mom suddenly screamed, and then she did something insane.
00:24:59No way! The bracelet can't be wrong.
00:25:02I didn't eat anything today.
00:25:03My calories couldn't possibly be over.
00:25:06It'll turn green.
00:25:08She grabbed the bracelet, still stained with my blood and fragments of skin,
00:25:12and snapped it onto her own wrist.
00:25:14She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself.
00:25:16She raised her wrist, her eyes wild.
00:25:20Look. It'll turn green.
00:25:21The red light flared, bright, violent.
00:25:24Mom's confident expression shattered instantly.
00:25:26She slapped at the bracelet, like it was a broken television,
00:25:30panic rising in her voice.
00:25:31What? No! My calories can't be over!
00:25:35I didn't exceed anything! Why is it red? I didn't lie!
00:25:39She started speaking, faster and faster.
00:25:42It's broken! The doctor broke it! I'll try again!
00:25:45I've never abused her! I was doing it for her good! I love-
00:25:49Why is it red? I'm telling the truth!
00:25:52Turn green, you piece of junk! You're framing me!
00:25:55Suddenly, she remembered me, ten-year-old me,
00:25:58punished so severely, curled up on the floor,
00:26:01biting my lip to stop myself from screaming.
00:26:03But the red light kept flashing, as if it was speaking to her,
00:26:07again and again. You are a liar. You are a liar.
00:26:10No!
00:26:12Mom suddenly screamed,
00:26:14clawing frantically at the bracelet,
00:26:16trying to rip it off her wrist.
00:26:18Take it off! It's red! I'm not a liar! I'm not!
00:26:22But the clasp had locked due to her violent struggle,
00:26:25like a shackle, tightly bound to her wrist,
00:26:28just as it had once been tightly bound to mine.
00:26:32A doctor picked up the diary from the floor.
00:26:35He flipped through it, page by page,
00:26:37his expression growing darker and darker.
00:26:42February 14th. Day seven of the blizzard.
00:26:44Mom found the chocolate missing.
00:26:46She said I stole it. I didn't. It was Anna who ate it.
00:26:49My bracelet turned red. Mom hit me, shocked me with the brazier.
00:26:52Mom locked me in the acnic. Dad took my bring-me-food,
00:26:55but Anna stopped him. Anna poured hot water onto my cardboard bed.
00:26:58I hit the floor and called for Mom.
00:27:00But 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 didn't.
00:27:10Without even asking,
00:27:11Mom locked me in the storage room for a full day and night with no food or water.
00:27:15I banged on the door, crying that it wasn't me,
00:27:18but she wouldn't listen.
00:27:20And Anna, she was curled up in Mom's arms,
00:27:23eating sweet strawberries,
00:27:24watching me be locked away with a happy smile.
00:27:28Countless days and nights,
00:27:30Anna stole my toys, tore my drawings,
00:27:32ruined my homework, and then cried to Mom,
00:27:35saying I didn't.
00:27:36Every single time, Mom believed Anna without question,
00:27:39then scolded me, punished me,
00:27:41and made me stand in a cold corner without food.
00:27:46Machines don't lie.
00:27:48Anna's wristband is green.
00:27:51You're just a liar.
00:27:52Mom, I really didn't lie.
00:27:54I've never lied to you.
00:27:55I know you don't like me, but I still love you.
00:27:58If I die, will you regret it?
00:28:01Will you miss me even a little?
00:28:03If there's a next life, can you believe me once?
00:28:07Can you please stop calling me a liar?
00:28:10Every word struck like a heavy hammer,
00:28:13crashing down on on my Mom's heart.
00:28:15She covered her face and let out a heart-wrenching cry,
00:28:19like a wounded beast.
00:28:20She remembered the fourth day of the blizzard,
00:28:23the slap she gave me across the face,
00:28:26and the electric shock that coursed through my entire body.
00:28:30She remembered pulling the only blanket off me and wrapping it around Anna instead,
00:28:35and the despair in my eyes.
00:28:40She remembered me banging on the floor, screaming for her help,
00:28:43while she deliberately turned up Symphony of Fate to the maximum volume to block out her own ears.
00:28:50She remembered sealing the cracks of the attic door with tape,
00:28:53and the disgust and impatience she felt at the time.
00:28:58She had personally little by little pushed her daughter toward death.
00:29:02She had personally killed the little girl who loved her most,
00:29:06and trusted her most.
00:29:10Mom let out a piercing scream, and suddenly raised her head,
00:29:14looking toward Anna curled up in the corner.
00:29:17It's you! It's all you!
00:29:21She lunged forward like a mad woman,
00:29:24tightly gripping Anna's throat, screaming hysterically.
00:29:28You're the one who lied.
00:29:30You're the one who stole the chocolate!
00:29:32You tricked me!
00:29:33You killed Chloe!
00:29:35I'm going to kill you!
00:29:37You'll pay for my daughter's life!
00:29:43The rescue staff and doctors rushed in and pulled Mom away,
00:29:47pinning her firmly down on the sofa.
00:29:51My dad watched everything,
00:29:53the crazed mother, the terrified Anna,
00:29:56and the bloodstained note in the evidence bag,
00:29:58and finally snapped.
00:30:03You monster!
00:30:06That was your daughter!
00:30:08Our daughter!
00:30:09You froze her to death with your own hands!
00:30:11How dare you! How could you?!
00:30:15It's not my fault.
00:30:18It was the wristband.
00:30:20It was Anna.
00:30:22It's not my fault.
00:30:24My body was placed into a black body bag,
00:30:27the zipper slowly closed,
00:30:29sealing away my short ten years of life filled with pain and despair.
00:30:33Don't take her away!
00:30:34Give her ever back to me!
00:30:36She ran across the snowfield,
00:30:38her bare feet stepping onto sharp ice shards,
00:30:40instantly cutting her skin.
00:30:42Blood trailed across the white snow,
00:30:44leaving a shocking red path behind her.
00:30:47Chloe! Mom will give you all the food rations!
00:30:50Please, open your eyes and look at me!
00:30:53She reached the landing gear area,
00:30:55desperately jumping upward,
00:30:57trying to grab hold of the edge of the body bag,
00:31:00but she only grasped empty, freezing air,
00:31:03and 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,
00:31:16and from there, it spread like an unstoppable avalanche.
00:31:28The entire internet exploded.
00:31:31Netizens were in full outrage.
00:31:41And that father too, he did nothing the entire time,
00:31:45just watched his daughter being abused.
00:31:47He deserves to die as well.
00:31:49A flood of insults poured in like an avalanche,
00:31:51crashing down on my mom, my dad, and this shattered family.
00:31:55On the second day after the incident escalated,
00:31:58our villa at the foot of the mountain was completely surrounded by an enraged crowd.
00:32:03The front gate had been splashed with bright red paint.
00:32:05In thick black marker, the words murderers,
00:32:09get out of this city, and justice for Chloe, were written everywhere.
00:32:14The villa windows had been smashed with bricks.
00:32:17Red paint and abusive slogans covered the walls and floors.
00:32:21At the entrance, reporters and furious protesters packed tightly together.
00:32:26Behind them, the crowd held signs filled with insults,
00:32:30chanting loudly until the noise shook the air.
00:32:32Grace, the murderer, get out!
00:32:34You don't deserve to be a mother!
00:32:36Pay for Chloe's life!
00:32:38Evil family, get out of Switzerland!
00:32:41Neighbors 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.
00:32:55Inside the villa, everything 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.
00:33:07Every call that came through brought waves of insults and curses.
00:33:10Even 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.
00:33:22It's not my fault.
00:33:26I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't.
00:33:28I can't, I can't.
00:33:30It's all your fault!
00:33:32All of it!
00:33:33If it weren't for that damn bracelet of yours,
00:33:35if 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!
00:33:40You'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!
00:33:49You're an accomplice!
00:33:50You deserve to die too!
00:33:51Ooh!
00:33:51No!
00:33:52No!
00:34:00What?
00:34:07No!
00:34:21Mom and dad had no choice but to sell the house, the car and everything valuable in the home to
00:34:27cover legal fees and compensation.
00:34:42How dare you!
00:34:48Stop!
00:34:57Don't touch my thing! Those are mine! Give them back!
00:35:06These 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.
00:35:32How's it going to get lost?
00:35:47I don't manage my money.
00:35:47Scully?
00:35:48Anna?
00:36:07Hannah, look at Hannah
00:36:10It's not fair
00:36:45Didn't you love lying?
00:36:46It wasn't me, I didn't kill my sister
00:36:49Didn't you have that bracelet with the always green signal?
00:36:52Why doesn't anyone believe you now?
00:36:53You deserve it, this is what you get for what you did to your sister
00:36:56Liar, thief, murderer
00:36:58Why don't they bully anyone else, just you?
00:37:01Maybe you should reflect on yourself
00:37:04When you harmed your sister, when you harmed your...
00:37:06Did you ever think this day would come?
00:37:14Let me out, please let me out
00:37:16I didn't steal it, I really didn't
00:37:18I really did it
00:37:19I really did it
00:37:20I really did it
00:37:25I don't know.
00:37:52Sister, Mom, help me.
00:37:58This was her rightful punishment.
00:38:03As for Mom, her fate was even more tragic than anyone else's.
00:38:08The 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.
00:38:22Mom!
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.
00:38:52Machines don't lie. Red light. Chloe, I'm sorry.
00:39:01She had lost the capacity for civil conduct and was unfit to serve a prison sentence.
00:39:07She would be forcibly committed to a psychiatric hospital for lifelong isolated treatment.
00:39:16I'm not crazy. You're the ones who are crazy. The 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.
00:39:34Just 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. She kept retreating, then suddenly tried to run toward
00:39:49Dad's direction, as if hoping he would save her.
00:39:52But Dad had long since disappeared. In the courtroom, there was not a single person on her side.
00:40:02In that moment, she was truly alone. Just like I once was, trapped in the attic with no one to
00:40:09turn to.
00:40:12Before being sent to the psychiatric hospital, she did something insane. That was the day my body was sent to
00:40:18the funeral home.
00:40:34I was wrong. Come back. I'm sorry. Chloe, wait for me.
00:40:42I'm sorry.
00:40:43I'm sorry.
00:40:51Her feet suffered severe frostbite, and the tissue completely neckerated. The doctors had no choice but to perform an amputation,
00:41:00cutting everything below the knees.
00:41:03She became a woman without legs. Completely broken. And completely insane.
00:41:14In the psychiatric hospital, she became the strangest patient.
00:41:18No one knew where she got it from, but she found a red plastic ring and wore it around her
00:41:23neck like a collar.
00:41:24It was her self-made calorie monitoring bracelet.
00:41:28Don't touch my light! Chloe is watching! If you take it away, she'll get angry!
00:41:36Grace! Grace! Grace, it's time to eat.
00:41:39Red light! Grace, don't punish me, Chloe! I'm sorry!
00:41:44She was reliving my final moments before death.
00:41:48She locked herself inside the same cold attic where I had once been trapped, reliving my personal hell over and
00:41:53over again.
00:41:54Chloe, I'm sorry. Mom was wrong. Please come back, okay? Mom will never trust the bracelet again. Mom will bake
00:42:01you cake, cover you with blankets.
00:42:02I confess. I confess.
00:42:06Red light! Red light!
00:42:09Chloe, Mom was wrong. Mom shouldn't have trusted the red light.
00:42:23Chloe, are you there?
00:42:25Mom threw the bracelet away. Mom doesn't believe in it anymore.
00:42:29Please come back. Please come back. Mom will cook for you. Mom will buy you new dresses.
00:42:33There was no ripple in my heart, only a dead silence. Regret means nothing to the dead. It was too
00:42:40late.
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, where
00:42:54was your remorse?
00:42:55Mom, I don't hate you anymore. But I don't love you anymore either. In the next life, let's not meet
00:43:02again.
00:43:08I drifted through the snowstorm of the Alps. Snow fell onto my body, yet I felt no cold at all.
00:43:14I was finally free. No red lights, no hunger, no cold, no lies, no mom's hatred, no Anna's framing, no
00:43:21dad's inaction.
00:43:22Only boundless freedom.
00:43:24Just then, I heard a familiar bark. I looked down. A golden sled dog was sitting in the snow, wagging
00:43:30its tail, looking up at me with bright eyes. It was Buddy.
00:43:33Buddy was the dog I once raised. A gift from dad on my eighth birthday. A gentle golden retriever sled
00:43:40dog. My only warmth in childhood.
00:43:43When my mom called me a liar and Anna bullied me, only Buddy would run over, lie down by my
00:43:51feet, and rub its head against my hand, staying with me.
00:43:56But mom didn't like it. She said dogs carry germs and would affect her research. Before we came to the
00:44:03snowy mountains for vacation, she took advantage of a moment when I wasn't paying attention, and abandoned Bunny in the
00:44:09mountains.
00:44:11Bunny! Bunny!
00:44:15I cried for days and searched for days, but I never found him. It turns out he had always been
00:44:22here, waiting for me at the border.
00:44:30Let's go. Don't look back. I could feel his soft, warm fur. Feel his body temperature. Feel his heartbeat.
00:44:38This was the living, breathing connection I had longed for most when I was alive.
00:44:47In the distance, a door of light appeared. It was the entrance to the next cycle of reincarnation.
00:44:54I turned back and took one last look at this world that had tormented me for ten years.
00:44:59One look in the direction of the psychiatric hospital, and one look at the wooden cabin that had trapped me.
00:45:04Then I turned around, holding Buddy's paw, and walked step by step toward that door of light.
00:45:11Everything behind me became like a faded photograph, slowly blurring and dissolving.
00:45:16My mother's final tears, the bracelet's red glow, the blood-written message on the floor, the freezing attic.
00:45:23All of it vanished. I did not look back.
00:45:26The nightmare that had lasted wood for ten years had finally come to a true end.
00:45:31Passing through that light, there was no spinning, no chaos, only endless warmth as if I were sinking into a
00:45:37spring stream.
00:45:38Even the pain deep within my soul, those lingering aches and phantom pains, gradually faded away.
00:45:44Buddy's paw in my hand was warm and gentle.
00:45:47When I opened my eyes again, I was small, wrapped in a soft blanket.
00:45:52Someone was humming. It was a woman's voice.
00:45:56Gentle, slightly off-key, yet filled with love.
00:46:00Her fingers lightly brushed across my cheek, carrying the scent of gardenias.
00:46:05Not the cold, disinfectant smell from my mother in my previous life.
00:46:08Not that clinical, distant feeling.
00:46:12You're awake.
00:46:14Honey, come quickly. Our daughter just blinked.
00:46:17He was tall, with healthy, wheel-coloured skin weathered features.
00:46:22But his eyes were exceptionally gentle.
00:46:24He was my father in this sweet life, Martin.
00:46:26He was the same rescue captain from my previous life.
00:46:31The first person to rush into the attic and 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, being cherished, and being loved unconditionally.
00:46:54I grew up in a home filled with love.
00:46:56Our house wasn't big, but it was clean and warm.
00:46:59In the living room, there was a large fireplace that burned brightly every winter, filling everything with cozy heat.
00:47:06There were no heat-monitoring bracelets.
00:47:08No red or green lights.
00:47:10No strict food rationing.
00:47:11No cold attic.
00:47:13Only endless love and unconditional trust.
00:47:16When I was three years old, my mother made hot cocoa.
00:47:19The aroma drifted from the kitchen into the living room.
00:47:31Baby, I'm here.
00:47:36Charlotte, you're safe now.
00:47:38I'm here.
00:47:39Dad is here.
00:47:40No one will hurt you.
00:47:43My throat turns.
00:47:44I don't want hot cocoa.
00:47:48Not like the hot water in that attic thermos that Anna once poured out.
00:47:52Not something that had been held up to my mouth before being taken away.
00:47:57When I was four years old, the kindergarten organized a health checkup that included a blood test.
00:48:10Charlotte, it'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.
00:48:15It's okay, Charlotte.
00:48:15I didn't lie.
00:48:16Don't shock me.
00:48:17It's okay.
00:48:20Sorry, my child's experienced trauma.
00:48:22We're going to skip the physical exam for now.
00:48:24We'll take her to a child psychologist and we'll come back when she's ready.
00:48:31Charlotte, did someone hurt you before?
00:48:36Bracelet, red light, so cold.
00:48:39My baby, you must have suffered so much, didn't you?
00:48:42It's okay now.
00:48:44You're home.
00:48:46Mom and Dad are here.
00:48:47No one can hurt you anymore.
00:48:49From that day on, they regularly took me to see a child psychologist.
00:48:55The doctor said I had severe post-traumatic stress disorder.
00:49:00My parents never complained once.
00:49:03They never made me feel like a burden.
00:49:05They stayed with me, played games with me, did therapy exercises with me, slowly healing the wounds in my heart.
00:49:13They bought me many, many colorful, beautiful bracelets, but they never forced me to wear any of them.
00:49:23These are just accessories, Charlotte.
00:49:25Wear them if you like.
00:49:25If you don't, just take them off.
00:49:27No matter what, your dad and I will always love you.
00:49:29I looked at the sparkling bracelet on my wrist.
00:49:31There was no red light, no electric shock, no accusation, only my mother's gentle smile.
00:49:35It took me two lifetimes to finally hear those words.
00:49:38When I was five years old, I once had a fever.
00:49:42I started crying uncontrollably.
00:49:44I feel hot.
00:49:46It wasn't because I felt unwell.
00:49:48It was because what I said.
00:49:50Mom immediately took a thermometer and checked my temperature.
00:50:01Mom, if I say I feel hot, do you believe me?
00:50:08I believe you.
00:50:09If you say you're hot, then you're hot.
00:50:11The thermometer says you're hot too.
00:50:13Of course I believe you.
00:50:15What if the thermometer didn't say I was hot, but I said I was?
00:50:18Would you still believe me?
00:50:20I would.
00:50:21Your feelings are your own.
00:50:23They don't need any machine to prove them.
00:50:26I held on to those words in my heart for a long, long time.
00:50:30The afternoon I had a fever.
00:50:32It started snowing outside.
00:50:34Dad wrapped me in a blanket and held me by the window as we watched the snow.
00:50:39Mom loved snowy days the most when I was a child, building snowmen with my brother.
00:50:44Once I had placed the snowman's nose where its eyes should be.
00:50:51Why?
00:50:52It was so the snowman could look down at its own feet.
00:50:55Otherwise, it would never know what it was wearing.
00:50:59I was wrapped in that blanket simply because they wanted me to feel warm.
00:51:03So they wrapped me up in it.
00:51:04It was soft, thick, and warm.
00:51:06I buried my face in it and took a breath.
00:51:09It smelled like fabric softener.
00:51:11Clean, dry, and unmistakably the scent of home.
00:51:14When I was seven, I started elementary school.
00:51:17There was a girl in my class named Lena.
00:51:20She looked exactly like Anna from my previous life.
00:51:23The same eyes, the same face shape.
00:51:30Sister, you're so pitiful.
00:51:37I'm...
00:51:38My name is Lena.
00:51:40You...
00:51:40Do you want to be my friend?
00:51:43Her tone was so cautious, so eager to please.
00:51:46Just like me in my previous life,
00:51:48Almost instinctively, I glanced at her wrist.
00:51:51She was wearing a cheap green cartoon wristband.
00:51:55Later, I learned that Lena's mother was also extremely strict.
00:51:58She demanded absolute obedience and absolute honesty.
00:52:02If Lena made even the smallest mistake,
00:52:04she would be locked in her room and denied food.
00:52:07Lena, just like my past self, lived in endless fear and suppression.
00:52:10One day, Lena accidentally broke the teacher's glass cup.
00:52:18I looked at her, at the fear and despair in her eyes.
00:52:22In that instant, I was reminded of my past self.
00:52:25The little girl who lay on the cold floor,
00:52:27writing I am a liar over and over again,
00:52:30begging for forgiveness again and again.
00:52:34Lena, it's okay.
00:52:36Accidents happen.
00:52:37Let's go tell the teacher together, okay?
00:52:39The teacher won't be angry.
00:52:42But, mom said that children who lie are bad kids,
00:52:45and they will be punished.
00:52:47Being honest doesn't mean you never make mistakes.
00:52:50It means that when you do make a mistake,
00:52:51you're brave enough to admit it.
00:52:53And 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.
00:53:00The teacher didn't get angry.
00:53:02Instead, she smiled, patted both our heads,
00:53:05and said it was okay,
00:53:06just to be more careful next time.
00:53:08From that day on, we became best friends.
00:53:12I took Lena home to meet my parents.
00:53:15She looked at my mom and dad,
00:53:17so gentle, so patient,
00:53:18never shouting over small things,
00:53:20never punishing a child for making mistakes.
00:53:23Her eyes were filled with envy.
00:53:25Lena, you don't need to please everyone.
00:53:27You're allowed to have your own feelings.
00:53:29You can say no,
00:53:31you can be scared,
00:53:32you can make mistakes.
00:53:33None of that is shameful.
00:53:34One day, Lena's mother came to school to pick her up.
00:53:37When she saw us together,
00:53:39her face immediately darkened.
00:53:40She grabbed Lena's hand tightly and said sharply,
00:53:44Did you cause trouble again?
00:53:45Is Charlotte helping you lie?
00:53:49Auntie, Lena hasn't done anything wrong.
00:53:52She's a very, very good child.
00:53:54You shouldn't always assume the worst about her.
00:53:57She's afraid of you.
00:54:01That night, she called my mom.
00:54:03They talked for a long time,
00:54:05and in the end, she said thank you.
00:54:10Your daughter made me realize how terribly wrong I've been.
00:54:14Little by little,
00:54:16Lena's mother became gentler.
00:54:17She started learning to listen instead of shouting,
00:54:21to trust instead of blaming.
00:54:24And Lena, too,
00:54:26became more and more confident,
00:54:28more and more open.
00:54:29In my previous life, I was never saved.
00:54:32I endured all the pain alone in the darkness.
00:54:34But in this life, I 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 of a mountain rescue team.
00:54:47He knew every path in the area,
00:54:48knew where the hidden ice was,
00:54:49which slopes were dangerous,
00:54:51where you could set up camp,
00:54:52and where rock flops might happen after rain.
00:54:54He led me along an easier trail.
00:54:56Mom walked behind us, camera in hand,
00:54:58taking photos from time to time.
00:55:04Here.
00:55:08Dad, have you ever seen people trapped
00:55:10in snowy mountains?
00:55:11Yes.
00:55:13Many times.
00:55:14What happened to them in the end?
00:55:20Some were rescued, some 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 I chose this job?
00:55:35No.
00:55:36Because I hope that after every snowstorm,
00:55:39no one is left alone in the mountains.
00:55:41For everyone who gets trapped,
00:55:42I hope someone can reach them in time.
00:55:44The wind blew down from the mountain,
00:55:46carrying the scent of pine trees
00:55:48and a faint coolness from the distant stream.
00:55:50But it wasn't the kind of cold
00:55:52that selt into your bones.
00:55:53It was breathable, refreshing, alive.
00:55:56A summer kind of cool.
00:55:58The coolness of being alive.
00:56:04I stared at that photo for a long time.
00:56:09That child was me.
00:56:10Clean.
00:56:11Looking outward.
00:56:12Alive.
00:56:13Not Chloe curled up in the corner of an attic
00:56:15in my previous life.
00:56:16That was Charlotte.
00:56:17Standing in the sunlight.
00:56:19Standing between dad and mom.
00:56:20At that moment,
00:56:21I remembered the lines in my drawing book.
00:56:23I remembered the hands that wrote them.
00:56:25I remembered the child
00:56:27who use up her last bit of strength
00:56:29just say,
00:56:30I love you so much.
00:56:32You don't need a wristband
00:56:34to prove that what you say is true.
00:56:36There are people here who believe you.
00:56:37Even without a wristband.
00:56:39Even without any device to verify it.
00:56:41Even if what you say sounds impossible.
00:56:43There will still be someone
00:56:44who will catch every word you say.
00:56:46There are people here who believe you.
00:56:48Hey.
00:56:50In autumn,
00:56:51one of dad's old rescue teammates
00:56:53came to visit.
00:56:54Bringing his wife,
00:56:55and an elderly woman
00:56:57when with them.
00:56:58She was his mother.
00:56:59Even though time had carved
00:57:00deep marks into her face.
00:57:02Even though it shed the obsession
00:57:03and madness of my previous life.
00:57:05Even though the eyes
00:57:06that once belonged to a scientist
00:57:07no longer held that burning phoneticism.
00:57:10Only gentless in the weight of years.
00:57:12I 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.
00:57:31Her originally gentle eyes
00:57:32froze the instant she saw me.
00:57:42This is your child?
00:57:46Yes, this is our daughter,
00:57:48Charlotte.
00:57:51Charlotte.
00:57:51I could clearly see the wrinkles
00:57:53at the corners of her eyes.
00:57:55The white strands at her thames
00:57:57and the tears pooling in her eyes
00:58:00held back so tightly
00:58:02that they refused to fall.
00:58:05Charlotte...
00:58:06Such a beautiful name.
00:58:09My throat felt blocked
00:58:11as if something was stuck there.
00:58:13I was no longer Chloe.
00:58:16I am Charlotte.
00:58:17The Charlotte who had grown up
00:58:19wrapped in love.
00:58:20Seeing that I remained silent,
00:58:23a trace of panic
00:58:23flashed in her eyes.
00:58:27How old are you?
00:58:32Ten.
00:58:33Ten?
00:58:34That's good.
00:58:36At lunchtime,
00:58:37she sat directly across from me.
00:58:40She carefully used
00:58:41serving chopsters
00:58:42to put food into my bowl.
00:58:44Auntie,
00:58:45you're spoiling Charlotte too much.
00:58:47You should eat too.
00:58:50It's fine.
00:58:52When I look at this child,
00:58:53I just feel an instant
00:58:55sense of closeness.
00:58:56I looked at the pile of food
00:58:58in my bowl,
00:58:59my emotions tangled and heavy.
00:59:01In my previous life,
00:59:03until the day I died,
00:59:05I 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,
00:59:11or believe me even once.
00:59:12But now,
00:59:14she had done it.
00:59:16Only,
00:59:17it was already
00:59:18too late.
00:59:19In the afternoon,
00:59:20I paint alone
00:59:21in the sunroom.
00:59:25Charlotte,
00:59:26can I sit here
00:59:27for a while?
00:59:28I won't disturb you
00:59:29while you draw.
00:59:31She carefully walked over
00:59:32and sat down
00:59:33on the wicker chair
00:59:34beside me.
00:59:36I know who you are,
00:59:38and I also know
00:59:39who I am.
00:59:41From the moment
00:59:42I was born,
00:59:43I carried all my memories.
00:59:45I remember everything
00:59:47I did to you.
00:59:49I'm sorry, Chloe.
00:59:52I'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
01:00:09that broken wristband
01:00:10instead of my own daughter?
01:00:12I remember slapping you.
01:00:15I remember shocking you.
01:00:18The way you curled up
01:00:19on the floor,
01:00:20begging me to stop.
01:00:22I remember locking you
01:00:24in the attic.
01:00:25The way you clung
01:00:27to the door frame,
01:00:28begging me not to lock it.
01:00:31I 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.
01:00:42I saw your blood,
01:00:43written letter,
01:00:45every single word.
01:00:47I carved into my heart
01:00:48and carried with me
01:00:50for the rest of my life.
01:00:51You asked
01:00:53if there could be
01:00:54another life.
01:00:55Could I please
01:00:56trust you once?
01:00:57Could I stop
01:00:58calling you a liar?
01:01:00But I didn't even
01:01:01give you that chance.
01:01:03I destroyed it
01:01:04with my own hands.
01:01:05I'm sorry.
01:01:07It 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.
01:01:15Chloe,
01:01:15no,
01:01:16Charlotte.
01:01:18I know that
01:01:19no matter how many
01:01:20apologies I say,
01:01:21it's useless now.
01:01:23I took your life.
01:01:25I can never repay
01:01:26what I owe you.
01:01:27Not in this life,
01:01:29not 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
01:01:36to tell you
01:01:36sorry in person.
01:01:38I just want you
01:01:38to know that
01:01:39I 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,
01:01:46holding you
01:01:46and telling you
01:01:46that your mother is here.
01:01:47But I understood
01:01:48all of that
01:01:49far too late.
01:01:50Too late.
01:01:51I'm so sorry,
01:01:52Charlotte.
01:01:53She was crying
01:01:54so hard
01:01:55that her whole body
01:01:56trembled.
01:01:57Her aged face
01:01:58was covered
01:01:59in 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
01:02:10most before 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
01:02:22mattered to me.
01:02:23I already had
01:02:23a 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.
01:02:31Her tears fell
01:02:32even harder.
01:02:33Her lips trembled
01:02:34as if she wanted
01:02:34to say something
01:02:35but no words came out.
01:02:37But I also won't
01:02:37call you mom again.
01:02:39The me I am now
01:02:40what is Charlotte.
01:02:40I have my own parents,
01:02:42they love me very much.
01:02:43I've received
01:02:44your repentance.
01:02:46I don't hate you anymore
01:02:47because I don't want
01:02:48to be trapped
01:02:49by the past.
01:02:50I don't want to spend
01:02:51my entire life
01:02:52living 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.
01:03:01After 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.
01:03:09She 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?
01:03:20When 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
01:03:30begging her to believe me
01:03:32just once,
01:03:33where 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,
01:03:42the old woman walked
01:03:43at the very end.
01:03:44At the doorway,
01:03:45she turned back
01:03:46to look at me once more.
01:03:47Her eyes were full of tears,
01:03:48reluctance,
01:03:49and endless loneliness.
01:03:50Then,
01:03:50leaning on her cane,
01:03:51she walked away slowly,
01:03:52step by step.
01:03:53I stood at the door
01:03:54watching her aged,
01:03:55hunched body disappear
01:03:56down 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
01:04:02from behind.
01:04:03She didn't ask
01:04:04what had happened.
01:04:05She simply
01:04:05patted my 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.
01:04:24Chloe!
01:04:25Chloe!
01:04:26They were real.
01:04:27The pain was real.
01:04:29That cold,
01:04:30abandoned time
01:04:31when 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,
01:04:43dad's rescue team
01:04:44completed a high-difficulty mission.
01:04:46A family of three
01:04:47had been trapped
01:04:48near the 3,000-meter snow line,
01:04:51and they were all
01:04:52rescued safely.
01:04:53No one was injured.
01:04:55During the celebration,
01:04:57the entire team
01:04:58was eating in the cafeteria.
01:04:59Mom sat in a corner
01:05:00smiling 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,
01:05:10eight years old.
01:05:11When they found him,
01:05:12he was curled up in a hollow,
01:05:14facing away from the wind,
01:05:16his 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
01:05:22than we expected.
01:05:23After being rescued,
01:05:25the first thing
01:05:25the boy asked was,
01:05:28Where is my mom?
01:05:30Mom is here.
01:05:32That boy's mother is here.
01:05:34My mother is here too.
01:05:35This is real.
01:05:37This is not the long winter
01:05:39from my past life.
01:05:40Not a wish written in blood.
01:05:42This is now.
01:05:43This is today.
01:05:45Mom'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.
01:05:55Alright, very nice.
01:05:56When I was 13,
01:05:58I graduated from elementary school
01:05:59and got into the best middle school
01:06:01in 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 through my hair,
01:06:10carrying a salty taste.
01:06:13I spread my arms,
01:06:15feeling the wind,
01:06:17feeling freedom.
01:06:19For a moment,
01:06:20I seemed to see
01:06:21my past self.
01:06:26Charlotte,
01:06:27what are you thinking about?
01:06:30I'm just grateful
01:06:32to 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.
01:06:50The pain that went deep
01:06:51into my bones
01:06:52taught me what true love is
01:06:54and what true trust really means.
01:06:56I no longer need
01:06:58to fear the red lights.
01:07:00I can laugh,
01:07:02I can cry,
01:07:03I can freely express my feelings.
01:07:04I can love bravely
01:07:06and be loved in return.
01:07:07I have parents who love me
01:07:09the best friend
01:07:09and a bright future.
01:07:11This 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,
01:07:22blue,
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 loved me
01:07:34very much.
01:07:35They taught me
01:07:36what honesty
01:07:37and courage are.
01:07:40Lena is now
01:07:41my best friend.
01:07:42She is confident
01:07:43and bright,
01:07:44her smile like stars
01:07:46in her eyes.
01:07:47The old lady
01:07:48is in good health.
01:07:49She often calls me
01:07:50and sends me pastries
01:07:51she makes herself.
01:07:53Buddy is still
01:07:54that 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.
01:08:00I am no longer
01:08:01attached to the past.
01:08:02Those painful memories
01:08:04are like footprints
01:08:05on the beach,
01:08:06washed away
01:08:07by the waves.
01:08:08But they taught me
01:08:09to cherish
01:08:09every step I take.
01:08:11I know that
01:08:12in my past life,
01:08:13my mother,
01:08:14sister,
01:08:14and father
01:08:15all received
01:08:15their due consequences.
01:08:17And I,
01:08:18at last,
01:08:19have broken free
01:08:19from the chains
01:08:20and found true freedom.
01:08:22I don't want
01:08:22to see them again.
01:08:24I don't want
01:08:24to relive
01:08:25that life again.
01:08:26I just want
01:08:27to be Charlotte,
01:08:28simple,
01:08:28happy,
01:08:29and loved.
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