At the wedding reception, the woman who had stolen my life drifted over to me, a smug, provocative smile playing on her lips. Under the guise of a toast, she leaned in close. "Happy wedding day. Just wanted you to know, I took your billionaire husband and your bridal bed for a test drive last night. He’s incredible." I couldn't help myself. I slapped her hard across the face. The very next second, my fiancé, Liam Sterling, grabbed me and furiously slapped me six times in front of everyone. "Chloe Vance doesn't have a greedy bone in her body! She’s given you everything, and yet you still can’t stand her existence!" "I would rather marry a dog than a classless, pathetic woman like you!" With one command, Liam had me thrown into the deep, lawless backwoods, tossed into a snake pit filled with venomous serpents to "reflect on my actions." After seven days of torture, my three biological brothers finally came to settle the score. Caleb Vance, the oldest and CEO of the family empire, brutally kicked me, breaking my leg bone. "Chloe Vance cried all night. I’ve already authorized the legal transfer of every asset in your name to her." Elias Vance, the second oldest and Hollywood movie star, twisted my arm until it snapped. "The family tree will only ever list Chloe Vance's name. You, on the other hand, are dead to this family." Gideon Vance, the youngest and a renowned medical prodigy, was the cruellest. He drove a knife straight into my abdomen. "Chloe Vance has had kidney issues since she was a child. To make it up to her, you must give her one of your healthy kidneys!" Before I could utter a single word in my defense, my organs were brutally ripped out of me while I was still alive. Amidst the bone-deep, maddening pain that should have broken my mind, the cold, mechanical voice of the System suddenly pinged in my mind. [Congratulations, Host. You have successfully completed all torturous plotlines assigned to the 'cannon fodder' villainess!] [Upon the confirmation of this physical body's death, you will be transported back to your original world to enjoy a grand prize of $100 Billion USD!] 1 Hearing those words, I suddenly stopped screaming. The despair and agony inside me were instantly replaced by the absolute relief of imminent liberation. My older brothers, Caleb and Elias, had already left with my kidney. Inside the frigid snake pit, only I and my third brother, Gideon Vance, remained. Blood was still gushing from the incision. Gideon frowned in dissatisfaction as he started stitching the wound closed. "If you had just cooperated and donated the kidney earlier, we wouldn't have had to operate under such primitive conditions." "You’ve wasted so much of my time. You’re such a pain." Just last week, Chloe Vance was processing some files when she got a tiny paper cut, so small it was barely visible. Gideon Vance acted like the sky was falling. He called in the nation's top medical team to assist him in performing emergency bandaging on Chloe Vance, and then personally checked the wound’s healing progress every three hours. But now, facing me, whose entire kidney had been alive excavated, he was actually complaining that basic suturing was too much trouble. Perhaps seeing that I hadn't moved or made a sound for a while, he leaned over, slapped my face lightly, and injected me with a shot of antibiotics. "Stop acting. I know you’re healthy as a horse. A little scratch like this is nothing to you." "Aren't you just trying to act pitiable to make me feel guilty, so you can steal my affection away from Chloe Vance? You are too dark and petty. Since you’ve entered the Vance family, you better learn to suppress your pathetic little schemes!" If this were the past, facing my own flesh and blood's misunderstanding, I would have cried, my eyes red, pleading that I wasn't that kind of person. But now, I felt only a numb calm. I closed my eyes and whispered, my voice raw, "You should leave too. I can wait here and die alone." To me, the fastest way to liberation was to die immediately. But when those words fell into Gideon Vance’s ears, they clearly meant something else. "Elara Vance, what is that supposed to mean? Intentionally saying negative things just to disgust me, right?!" He deliberately pulled the suture violently. The fragile skin and flesh around the edge instantly constricted, dark blood gushing out, bringing with it a剧剧normal person would find absolutely unbearable. Seeing me gasp for air from the pain, my head covered in a cold sweat, a flicker of reluctance flashed in his eyes, and his tone softened slightly. "You are my biological sister. You can’t even imagine how much money and effort we three brothers spent over the years to find you. How could we possibly let you just die like this?" "Ultimately, if you weren't so petty, unable to stand Chloe Vance, and even slapped her, why would you be suffering like this?" While complaining, he gave me a shot of anesthesia directly into the wound. "Just promise me that when you get back, you will stop making things difficult for Chloe Vance and give her a proper apology." "I can take you back to the hospital, get you the best treatment, and you won't have to suffer here anymore." Listening to his condescending tone, as if he were bestowing a magnificent favor upon me, I felt only a cold, sarcastic chill. Even though I was a transmigrator, I had transmigrated into the body of Elara Vance when I was only six years old. Three years ago, after I had suffered countless hardships, the three Vance brothers found me, tears in their eyes, saying I was their long-lost biological sister, and brought me back to the Vance estate. But after going back, I discovered that the Vance family already had a princess: Chloe Vance, who they had adopted years ago. The first moment I saw her, I recognized her. Years ago, back in the orphanage, it was her who locked me in a small, pitch-black utility closet and impersonated me to go out and meet the Vance family, which is why she was adopted by them. For twenty years, Chloe Vance enjoyed all the Vance family's care and affection in my place, while I endured all the suffering and misfortune in hers. But whenever she just pretended to be wronged and wrinkled her brow, my three biological brothers would unconditionally stand by her side and accuse me of being petty. Even my fiancé, Liam Sterling, with whom I had an arranged marriage, would only ever have a smile for her, while treating me with nothing but cold, furious glares. I was exhausted by this constant entanglement and pain. I didn't want to waste another ounce of energy arguing. I simply lifted my hand and violently tore open the incision that had just been stitched shut. When the blood and intestines poured out together, Gideon Vance’s scream was utterly unhinged. "Elara Vance, you’re insane! You’re going to die!" Looking at the tears of panic on his face, I just curled my lips. "Die? That would be wonderful." "Every second I have to spend alive in this world... makes me feel utterly disgusted!" After finishing that sentence, I could no longer control my sinking eyelids. Then, my head lolled to the side, and I lost consciousness. 2 I don’t know how much time passed before I woke up from the darkness. I thought I had already returned to my original world. When I opened my eyes, the familiar face of my oldest brother, Caleb Vance, was right there. "You’re finally awake." His eyes were bruised with dark circles, looking like he hadn't slept well, but his tone was completely devoid of patience. "You’re an adult. Why are you so impulsive?" "Making such a dramatic scene over one little thing... is absolutely beneath a daughter of the Vance family..." At the thought of still having to deal with this rotten world, I felt only a wave of exhaustion. I didn't have the slightest interest in arguing, so I simply interrupted him, my gaze vacant. "You’re right. I’m an embarrassment. I don’t deserve to exist." "So, just let me die." Caleb Vance’s face instantly twisted. He instinctively lifted his hand to slap me. But when he saw my ghostly, pale face, completely devoid of any color, that slap ultimately did not fall. "Elara Vance! I am warning you to stop talking nonsense!" His voice was trembling. The impatience in his eyes faded slightly, hidden beneath a sliver of panic that even he himself didn’t recognize. "I spent so much effort pulling you out of thatSnake Pit. It wasn't so you could sit here and say ridiculous things!" I curled my lips, revealing a completely cold, humorless smile. Spend effort? More like he’s terrified that if I die, nobody will be left to serve as Chloe Vance's spare organ bank, and nobody will be left for her to play the pitiable, wronged victim with. Just as I was thinking this, the hospital room door was pushed open, and my youngest brother, Gideon Vance, walked in carrying medication. Seeing that I was awake, a flash of relief crossed his eyes, but when he spoke, his tone was still extremely aggressive. "Since you’re awake, drink your medicine. Don't force me to have to pour it down your throat!" He held the medicine bowl to my face. The liquid was pitch-black, emitting a bitter aroma. I turned my head away and closed my eyes in refusal: "No need. Waste of medicine." "You!" Gideon Vance was so angry his hands were shaking, but he didn't force the medicine down my throat as he normally would. Instead, he placed the medicine bowl on the nightstand and reached out to check my wound. When his fingertips touched the bandage, his movements were actually unusually gentle. For the first time, there was a hint of the tenderness and consideration he normally reserved only for Chloe Vance. "Sure enough, using the best medicine really does speed up the healing process quite a bit..." He re-wrapped the bandage, giving me a vicious glare. "You better behave yourself. If this wound opens up again, I absolutely will not stitch it up a second time!" His words were harsh, but I clearly saw the red veins in his eyes, and the barely detectable tremble in his fingertips. No doubt, he had stayed up many nights watching over me. If it were the past, I would have definitely been moved by this sliver of tenderness, would have held him and cried, pouring out my grievances. But now, I found it only ironic. I broke free from his hand, violently yanked off the duvet, and was about to tear open the incision again. Right now, every second I spent alive was excruciating torture. As long as I could die quickly, I didn't care about anything. "You’re insane!" Caleb Vance grabbed my arm in a death grip, his force so strong it nearly shattered my bones. But when I groaned in pain, he instantly loosened his grip slightly, only to scream at me, tears in his eyes: "Elara Vance, what exactly do you want to do?" "I want to die." My tone was flat, like I was speaking about something completely insignificant. "Letting me die is best for everyone." "You won't have to be torn, and Chloe Vance can securely be the princess of the Vance family." "So, please be so kind as to let me die faster." 3 These words seemed to have struck Caleb Vance's painful spot. His eyes went red, and he lifted his hand to give me a slap, but it was much lighter than any time he had ever hit me before. It was more like an act of frustrated desperation than punishment. "I absolutely forbid it! You are the biological daughter of the Vance family. Who would dare let you die?" Gideon Vance also panicked. He rushed forward, holding my shoulders, pushing me back onto the bed, his tone carrying a rare note of pleading. "Elara, stop messing around." "I know you’re in pain, but just heal up. In the future... in the future, I’ll spoil you more, okay?" I looked at the pleading in his eyes, finding it utterly preposterous. What were you doing before? When you were alive excavating my kidney, when you were making such a huge fuss over Chloe Vance’s tiny cut, why didn't you think about spoiling me then? I closed my eyes, refusing to look at them again. I let Gideon Vance tuck me back in, let him bring the medicine bowl to my lips, but I simply refused to open my mouth. Amidst the stalemate, the door opened, and my second older brother, Elias Vance, walked in, followed by a pale-faced Liam Sterling. Elias Vance’s eyes went red when he saw me. He quickly walked to the bedside. "Elara, I’m so glad you’re awake. You scared your big brother to death." When I was first recognized by the Vance family, Elias Vance was actually the kindest of all the relatives to me. Not only did he take me all over the country to have fun, but he also told me about the family's missing and searching for me over the years, often breaking down in tears when he spoke about it. But later, after Chloe Vance had wiped away tears and accused me of things a few times in front of him, his demeanor changed. He accused me of being a hypocritical, superficial person, betraying the family’s true sincerity toward me. Seeing him again, I felt only disgust and moved away from the hand he was trying to use to touch my face. Elias Vance’s hand froze in mid-air, a bitter expression on his face as he withdrew it. Seeing this, Liam Sterling stepped forward, proactively taking the medicine bowl from Gideon Vance’s hands. "I’ll feed her. She might listen to me." It wasn't surprising he would be so confident. After all, over the past few years, anyone with eyes could see just how much I tolerantly yielded to this fiancé of mine. I basically loved him to my very bones. Just as he walked toward me, the hospital room door opened again. "Elara Vance, I came to see you." Chloe Vance, wearing hospital pajamas and looking very weak, walked in. Caleb Vance immediately stood up to help her: "Chloe, you just accepted the kidney transplant surgery, your body is still weak. Why are you here?" Chloe Vance shook her head, her gaze landing on me, her eyes filled with manufactured guilt. "It’s all my fault. If I hadn't failed to stop Sister Elara that day, things wouldn't have gotten to this point." "My mind is uneasy. I had to come and apologize to her." As she spoke, she took the bowl from Liam Sterling's hands and sat on the edge of my bed. "Sister Elara, stop punishing yourself. Drink the medicine and heal up. Everyone is worried sick about you." "I know you still blame me, but I really didn't want to steal anything from you. Everything in the Vance family was originally supposed to be yours..." These words appeared to be a retreat, but in reality, every sentence was a hidden accusation that I was petty, holding onto the past, and intentionally using my own body to throw a fit. Before her spoon could touch my lips, I lifted my hand and violently slapped the medicine bowl away. A massive crash echoed as the porcelain bowl shattered on the floor. The scalding hot medicinal liquid splashed all over Chloe Vance, especially on her wrist and the front of her clothes, which instantly turned red from the heat. Chloe Vance gave a dramatic gasp, her eyes instantly red, her voice carrying a cry. "Sister Elara... how could you do this? I was just trying to feed you medicine..." She bit her lip, looking like she was enduring immense suffering, tears welling up in her eyes, a sight that was enough to break anyone's heart. "Elara Vance! You’re insane!" 4 Caleb Vance was absolutely furious. He yanked Chloe Vance behind him, glaring at me with vicious hatred. "Chloe was kind enough to come see you, even feed you medicine, and this is how you treat her?" Gideon Vance immediately rushed forward to check Chloe Vance’s burn, his tone full of anxiety. "How is it? Does it burn badly? Call a doctor!" Elias Vance also knitted his brows tightly, his gaze filled with complete disappointment. "Elara, you’ve gone too far! Chloe has already proactively apologized. When are you going to stop with this dramatic tantrum?" Liam Sterling also quickly walked to Chloe Vance’s side, pulling out a tissue to wipe her off, his tone laced with accusation. "Elara Vance, can you stop being so immature? Chloe came here with good intentions. Even if you don't appreciate it, you shouldn't have violently attacked her." Several men surrounded Chloe Vance, showering her with excessive concern and care, completely disregarding me—someone who had just been alive excavated of a kidney and whose wound was still throbbing with intense pain. Chloe Vance leaned into Caleb Vance’s arms, secretly casting a得意glance at me, a victorious flash in her eyes, though her mouth was still pretending to plead for me: "I’m fine, don't blame Sister Elara. She’s just in a bad mood..." This white lotus performance... if this were the past, I would have definitely been shaking from fury. But now, I found it only absurdly hilarious. Such a clumsy, amateurish routine... anyone else would have seen right through it, but these four men, who occupied the very highest peaks in their respective fields, were actually willingly being played for fools by Chloe Vance. Or, as the saying goes, one is willing to beat and the other is willing to endure the beating. I was just an insignificant part of their weird play. "If you want to feel heartbroken for this animal, please take it outside to feel heartbroken. Do not pollute my hospital room." Hearing my cold, indifferent voice, several men were so angry they were shaking all over. "Elara Vance, it seems you haven't reflected enough!" Gideon Vance looked at me with profound disappointment, his voice sharp: "From now on, I am stopping all your pain medication!" "Until you’ve cleared your mind, until you are willing to apologize properly to Chloe Vance, then you will get your medication restored." Caleb Vance also agreed: "Exactly! You should have a good taste of intense pain. Let’s see if you still dare to be so willfully reckless!" Elias Vance let out a sigh, his gaze full of powerlessness, but he did not object. Liam Sterling stood to the side, silently nodding, clearly in agreement with this decision as well. I closed my eyes, not offering any refutation, not feeling any anger. So what if the pain medication was stopped? The pain of the wound was completely insignificant compared to the humiliation and torture I had endured over the past twenty years. Instead, the intense pain would keep me even clearer as I waited for death to arrive. Seeing my completely unmoved attitude, Gideon Vance immediately acted, ripping out my pain pump. The moment the overwhelming, catastrophic wave of pain hit, my closest relatives and fiancé all surrounded Chloe Vance and walked out, looking deeply concerned for her. Until the door was slammed shut with a massive BANG, not a single person looked back. Ignoring the blood dripping from the corner of my lips, I pulled out a sharp porcelain bowl shard I had covertly hidden under my pillow just now, and slashed it toward my throat without a second of hesitation. As I collapsed again, I could feel the strength in my body slowly draining away. The pain of the wound gradually faded into the distance. My heartbeat got slower and slower... The moment the darkness fully descended, I actually let out a small laugh. This suffocating, painful life was finally over. ... Out in the hallway, after the group had walked quite a distance, Caleb Vance, who was in the front, suddenly halted his footsteps. "You guys go accompany Chloe to get that burn treated. I... I don't feel quite at peace. I’m going back to check on Elara." The second he said that, Elias Vance immediately cut him off: "I’ll go. Elara is truly angry this time. Out of all the relatives in the Vance family, she and I had the best relationship. It should be me who goes to coax her." Gideon Vance was unhappy upon hearing this. "Listen to that. Like anyone here isn't Elara’s biological brother!" "You guys are amateurs. Elara needs a doctor right now. I should be the one going back." Seeing them simultaneously turn to walk back, Liam Sterling knit his brows, giving a apologetic smile to Chloe Vance, who still hadn't processed what was happening. "They are all going. As her husband, it would be inappropriate for me not to go." "Besides, your burn isn't very serious. Go get it treated yourself. When I’m done, I’ll go see you." Finished speaking, not even giving Chloe Vance a chance to react, he chased after the three Vance brothers' footsteps. But when they pushed open the door of the hospital room they had only just left, a thick, suffocating smell of blood came rushing directly toward them.
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