After I moved into the house my parents bought me, the electric bill hit $100,000 in a month! My parents emptied their retirement fund to buy me a house, despite my brother's objections. I moved in with joy. But one month later, my phone showed an electric bill of $100,000! I rushed to the power company to check the statement. The clerk looked at it and shook her head. "Ma'am, your electric bill is legitimate. There's no fraud." To investigate, I removed every appliance from the house. I even charged my phone at work. But the second month's bill came out at $100,000 again! I'd only been working a few months. I couldn't possibly pay this astronomical bill. Under pressure from collections, my parents borrowed from loan sharks to pay for me. I wanted to sell the house, but word about the electric bill had spread. No one would buy it. The bills kept piling up. I pulled the main breaker, not daring to use any electricity. But the third month's bill came out at $100,000! I nearly fainted. My brother didn't believe me. He called me ungrateful, accusing me of using fake electric bills to scam our parents' hard-earned money. My parents were completely disappointed in me. They kicked me out to fend for myself. Within months, I owed millions of dollars in predatory loans. In the end, I was beaten to death. When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day my parents bought the house. ...... Dad smiled as he handed me the new house keys, his eyes full of affection. "Hazel, what are you thinking about? Don't tell me you're speechless with emotion?" "Our Hazel finally has the little house she's been dreaming of. Hurry up and move in to see how it feels!" The memories of my tragic death flooded back. I couldn't help shuddering. I quickly refused. "Dad! Julian got married last month and you just bought him a house." "Buying one for me this month is too much spending!" "Why don't we return the house?" Dad paused, then burst out laughing. "Silly girl, you think this is grocery shopping? You can't just return it like that." Mom also laughed. She took the keys from Dad and pressed them into my hand, brooking no argument. "Hazel, if your brother has one, you must have one too!" "Being fair to both of you—that's our bottom line. No discussion!" "Your dad and I have things to do. Go check out your new home first!" I opened the door with a heavy heart. The house was fully furnished and very new. I could tell my parents had spent serious money. They said they wanted to buy the best, so I could move in and enjoy it immediately. I scanned the entire place. One bedroom, one living room, one kitchen, one bathroom. I carefully checked every room. No high-power appliances. Even if there were, they couldn't possibly cost $100,000 a month! I opened my phone and logged into the electric utility system. My mind went blank with shock! It showed the house had already used 237 kWh. 237 kWh was more than a normal person would use in a month. But only one hour had passed since I completed the paperwork! "I don't believe it... why is this happening!" I frantically searched on my phone, looking for a solution. Suddenly my eyes lit up! A news headline read: Man's Electric Bill Triples—Neighbor Was Stealing Electricity! Instantly it dawned on me. Of course. In my past life, I'd searched every inch of my home and found nothing wrong. Even after I pulled the breaker, the meter kept spinning at high speed. If someone had secretly wired into my electrical system, everything would make sense! I immediately hired the best electrician in the city and asked him to inspect the entire building's wiring. The master electrician's expression turned serious. "Miss, inspecting the whole building is no small matter." "Coordinating with neighbors is very difficult, and the cost will be tens of thousands. Are you sure?" Looking at the three thousand dollars left in my account, I gritted my teeth and opened a credit card, then took out online loans. If I didn't spend the money now, I'd spend much more later. I paid the deposit and coordinated with the neighbors one by one. Then the electrician began the formal inspection. My heart was in my throat. After the electrician finished inspecting the last unit, I looked at him expectantly, hoping for a reasonable answer. But to my surprise, the electrician's face was grave. He sighed. "Miss, no one is stealing your electricity. It's your own household using it."
My eyes widened in shock! How was that possible! In my past life, I'd removed all the appliances. There was no way to use electricity! This life, though I hadn't gone through all that, the appliances in the house were just a fridge, washing machine, and lights. These couldn't possibly use 237 kWh in one hour! The electrician shook his head and left, his tone full of helplessness. "Miss, I don't know about this. Why don't you contact the power company again?" I collapsed on the floor in despair. In my past life, I'd already searched through all the relevant departments. Power company, housing bureau, even the fire department and police. But in the end, nothing was found. Bang bang bang! Someone suddenly pounded on the door. I opened it. It was my brother. He looked at the fully furnished house, his eyes full of resentment and anger. "Hazel, congratulations. You finally beat me once." "While my mortgage isn't even paid off yet, you convinced Mom and Dad to buy you a house in full. You must feel pretty smug, huh?" I forced a bitter smile. I didn't feel smug at all. On the contrary, I felt miserable. Since childhood, though our parents said they'd be fair to both of us, the bigger apples always went to my brother. This time, for once I got better treatment than him, but it turned out like this. Bang! I slammed the door with all my strength, shutting him out. Looking at the electric bill still jumping rapidly on my phone, anger, resentment, grievance, confusion... all my emotions surged up. I grabbed a hammer. Bang! Bang! Bang! Like a madwoman, I smashed all the interior decoration to pieces! The electrician said it was my own usage. Fine, I'd smash everything—all the fixtures and furnishings—I refused to believe I couldn't find where the electricity was being used! Shards flew everywhere, piercing my skin with searing pain. But I felt nothing. I just kept swinging the hammer. Tiles, closets, bed... everything I could see was smashed to pieces! This should solve the problem. But when I opened my phone with trembling hands, my pupils shrank! It clearly showed 2,500 kWh used! "How is this possible!" My eyes were bloodshot, staring deadly at every corner of the house. The house was a complete mess, everything shattered to fragments. But the electric bill kept jumping rapidly. "No, this is impossible!" I refused to accept it. I hired some demolition workers to tear down the walls. Now there was nothing left in the house, yet the bill kept rising. Could all the secrets be hidden in the walls? Several workers demolished for an entire day. Kitchen, bedroom, bathroom... all the interior partitions were torn down, leaving it empty with only four bare load-bearing walls! I stood in the ruins and opened my phone with shaking hands. Surely the electricity couldn't keep running now. But after logging onto the website, a chill shot straight to the top of my head! The electric bill was still rising at high speed!
This time not just me—even the workers were shocked. They took turns checking my phone. "This is absolutely impossible!" "There's nothing left in your house. How is it still using electricity?" One worker glanced around and muttered quietly. "Miss, could there be something... unclean... in your house..." Hearing his words, the others' faces changed instantly. They shoved the phone back at me and fled. Looking at the empty house, my heart filled with despair. I'd never believed in supernatural nonsense, but now except for this, there seemed to be no other explanation. But what should I do? Was I destined to be burdened with massive debt in this life too? Suddenly there was knocking at the door. I opened it to find my parents. They cheerfully handed me fruit and vegetables. "Hazel, we've been busy at work these past few days, so we're only coming to see you now." "How is it? Are you living comfortably in your new house?" I smiled bitterly and didn't answer. They looked behind me curiously. The next second, their smiles froze! Dad rushed into the house, looking at the debris on the ground, utterly shocked. "Hazel, what happened?" "Wasn't this fully furnished when we bought it? How did it become a bare shell?" I pulled out my phone, opened the website, and showed them. My parents' faces instantly went pale. Dad angrily kicked over a stool on the ground. "Heartless realtor! How dare they scam my daughter!" "Hazel, don't worry. Dad will go find them right now and make them exchange it for you!" Mom silently helped me clean up the house. Looking at her thin figure, my tears fell uncontrollably. In my past life, I dragged them down, forcing them to borrow from loan sharks to help me pay the debt. This life, I absolutely couldn't do that again. I walked into the bedroom, found paper in the ruins of the desk, and began writing a will. If in the end I still couldn't find out why, after my death this house would automatically be donated. That way even if huge fees accumulated later, it would have nothing to do with my parents. As I wrote, I suddenly found a section of wire under the desk. The bedroom wiring wasn't in this location at all. Why would there be a wire here? Thump thump thump! My heart suddenly pounded violently! Could this be the source of the $100,000 electric bill? Grabbing the wire, I wanted to see where it led. But no matter how hard I pulled, the wire never reached its end. Just as I was puzzled, suddenly Mom's voice sounded behind me. "Hazel, what are you doing?" I whipped around. Mom's eyes were fixed deadly on the wire in my hand. Her expression wasn't like her previous loving one—it carried a hint of darkness. My heart instantly tightened. A bad thought vaguely surfaced. I forced a smile at Mom, trying to sound casual. "Mom, I'm cleaning up the bedroom." "I want to help so you're not too tired." Mom looked at me suspiciously for a few moments, then snatched the wire and shoved it back under the desk before pulling me out of the bedroom. "Mom's not tired, you don't need to clean." "You've been mentally and physically exhausted these past few days. You need to rest properly." I wasn't willing to give up. I tried to get around Mom to look at that wire again. But unexpectedly, Mom took several steps directly in front of me, her hands gripping me like iron clamps, trying to pull me out of the room again! Looking at Mom's evasive expression, the panic in my heart grew larger and larger. Why did she keep stopping me from inspecting the wire? Could there really be some unspeakable secret there? The terror of my past life's death kept crashing over me. I panicked instantly. I shook off Mom's hands and grabbed that wire, yanking hard! The next second, my pupils shrank!
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