LOGINAfter high school, my brother, John Garrett, and my childhood friend, Ivan Jeffson, take me on a trip. But we end up stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash. In our third year on the island, I accidentally discover surveillance cameras hidden in the trees. Startled, I lose my footing and tumble down the cliff, falling into a large pool at a luxury villa. Inside the villa, a special effects artist is applying fake bruises to John's face. Helen Burch, another girl who had been on the same flight and stranded on the island with us, is lying in my parents' arms. They sit on the couch, watching the video playing on the giant screen. In the video, I am starving, but I still give Helen the only fish I catch that month. After three years of relying on each other for survival, I have long considered her my own sister. My parents gently tap Helen's nose and say, "You don't have to worry about being bullied by your sister anymore, right? You two have become closer than ever." John carefully asks, "Can we move on to the next step and bring Helen home then?" Helen bites her lip and nods. Ivan, whose leg is supposedly broken, strides down the stairs and says delightedly, "It's a good thing I held back and didn't tell Nina the truth." It turns out Helen is my biological sister, who had been taken away by our nanny right after birth. The whole ordeal on the island is nothing more than an elaborate ruse to bring her home. Thinking about everything I have endured over the past three years, I nearly break down. Just as I am about to rush inside, a line of text suddenly appears before my eyes. [Congratulations, Host. You have unlocked the final stage of the Favoritism Mission! Would you like to accumulate enough favoritism points to return to the real world?]
View MoreIvan pushed open the door to the VIP hospital room. Helen immediately leaned back against her bed, pretending to be frail."Ivan... you're here. I've been feeling dizzy all day," she complained.Ivan sat beside her, his expression cold."It was you, wasn't it? The low-boiling-point liquid we used to fake the water... I was the one who bought it and kept it in the villa basement. We used to meet there in secret. Only you and I had the keys." Helen gave him a wounded look and asked, "Ivan, why are you being so harsh? What happened to Nina was an accident. I never meant for any of that to happen." Ivan's gaze suddenly softened. "Helen, I know you did it for us... for our future. I understand. I came here today because your parents have already found the evidence. Tell me everything, and I'll think of a way to help cover for you. I can accept everything about you. Don't you trust me?" Helen immediately threw her arms around him and said, "Ivan, of course, I trust you! Everythi
Three days later, at a morgue in Aloria, the nearest country to the island, the forensic pathologist pulled back the white sheet. It was the first time even he had seen a body in such a state. Yet after years of handling difficult cases, he remained composed and began the examination without hesitation. John had already seen my body before the autopsy. But even after preparing himself for the worst, he still had to clench his fists to keep from passing out when the sheet was lifted. Ivan stared at my body, his eyes red and bloodshot. Tears rolled down his face and fell silently to the floor. For the past three days, he had not slept at all. Every time he closed his eyes, my face would appear in his mind, leaving him sobbing uncontrollably. Off to the side, an assistant held up a digital tablet with my parents on the video call. Despite being hospitalized and hooked up to IV fluids after the devastating shock, they had insisted on hearing the autopsy findings via a video call.
John's eyes widened in shock. "What do you mean by that? What do you mean Nina isn't going to make it?" The wild man swallowed hard and stammered, "M-Ms. Nina… cut the rope and fell into that pot..." His voice shook as he desperately tried to explain himself, terrified that they would hold him responsible for killing me. "The pot was too heavy for me to move. I tried to find something to put out the fire, but there was nothing in the forest I could use. I had no choice but to keep searching until I finally found you…" Ivan let out a breath of relief and spread his hands dismissively."I thought it was something worse. You're so dramatic. That liquid was designed to boil at a certain temperature. It may look like it's bubbling, but it's only around 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Falling in there is basically no different from taking a hot bath." Ivan rubbed his forehead, clearly irritated. "How could you just rush over here like that? What if Nina figured out what was going on?
My skin instantly broke out in blisters. Pain surged through my entire body, and my screams pierced the sky.On the beach, John and Ivan, who were waiting for the boat, immediately turned toward the forest.John remarked, "Did Nina really have to scream like that? She's only tied up there.""Helen was hanging there for so long earlier, and she didn't make a single sound," Ivan remarked.Before they could dwell on it, my parents arrived in a dune buggy, carrying bouquets.John hurried over and asked, "Nina was screaming just now. Dad, Mom, did you see what happened to her on the cameras?"My parents looked completely unconcerned."As soon as you left with Helen, we rushed straight over. We didn't have time to check the cameras," Dad said.Mom shrugged. "Don't worry. The actor you hired is keeping an eye on her. What could possibly happen?"Hearing that, John was relieved.The moment my parents got out of the buggy, they pulled Helen into a tight embrace."Your sister passed y












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