Chapter 1
Alice deliberately scored a perfect score on the college entrance exam, solely to engineer a series of missed encounters with her six older brothers. They chose to work in New York, so she applied to colleges in California. When they transferred to California, she applied to graduate schools abroad.
On their adopted sister Chloe’s birthday party, the six brothers went overboard expressing their affection for her. Their attention suddenly shifted to her. Everyone expected Alice to act like she used to–clinging to her brothers, using jealousy and petulance as weapons–but instead, she silently boarded a plane
overseas.
On the plane, her eldest brother, Ethan, who had always disliked her, messaged her:
“We waited for you all night. Why didn’t you come?”
“They say you went abroad. Is it true?”
“We’re sorry. We won’t ignore you anymore. Please come back.”
The humility radiating from the screen stirred a fleeting emotion in Alice’s heart, which quickly dissipated. For several days, she blocked one brother, only to have another message her. Finally, she removed her SIM card and got a new one. The moment she inserted the new card, a final text arrived from across the ocean:
“Alice, don’t let us catch you.”
But they didn’t know she wasn’t the same Alice. She had a secret: she’d been reborn.
In her previous life, shortly after her birth, her parents died in a car accident. The driver saved her but died in a fuel tank explosion when he returned to try and save her parents. Chloe was the driver’s only daughter.
After the accident, Ethan brought Chloe into the Welch family to raise her alongside Alice. From then on, everything that should have been Alice’s was split with Chloe, including her family. No one asked her if she wanted this, no one cared about her feelings. They only knew that their adopted sister was frail and pitiful and deserved extra consideration.
Ethan said, “Chloe’s not at healthy as you, I hired a chef to prepare meals suitable for her. You need to supervise her and make sure she eats properly.”
Noah said, “Chloe wants to learn painting. You’re already quite good at it, so your tutor will be hers.”
Alex said, “Withdraw from this competition. Let Chloe represent the school, she ranked number two, not a big deal; she’s been preparing for a long time.”
Caleb said, “Chloe’s scores are low, you should apply to the same university so you can look out for her.”
Alice repeatedly gave way, but what did it earn her?
Chloe stole her graduation thesis, Noah testified for Chloe, framing Alice as a plagiarist and getting her expelled. Chloe needed a kidney transplant, Alex personally took her to the operating room, giving Chloe his kidney. Chloe needed international competition wins to boost her profile, Finn, Luke, and Caleb
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unceremoniously kicked Alice off their team.
Finally, because of a vague accusation from Chloe, she was kicked out of the house and became a homeless. This was the final straw. Alice went completely insane.
She hired someone to kidnap Chloe, intending to kill her, but failed. Ethan locked her in a mental institution where Chloe’s hired caregiver tortured her to death.
When she opened her eyes again, she was back three years earlier, the day Chloe was officially adopted into the Welch family. At the party, Chloe intentionally manipulated events, making everyone believe Alice had pushed her into the pool.
Caleb was the first to notice them, but he only saved Chloe, leaving Alice, who also couldn’t swim, struggling in the water. Noah even pressed her to confess. Alice desperately struggled, begging her brothers to save her, but they ignored her.
Memories flooded back. Alice gave up struggling and sank to the bottom of the pool. She stared blankly, expressionless, as if already dead. She watched her brothers gather around Chloe, and even seeing it again, a searing pain pierced her heart.
What a joke! An adopted outsider was worth more than blood–shared sister to her family.
Noah, watching Chloe, only turned to the pool when Alice’s struggles ceased. His face went pale.”.
“Alice!”
