My entire family could hear my thoughts. In my previous life, I was switched at birth with Victoria Harrington. I was reunited with my family 18 years later. It was the early 1920s, when owning a bicycle or a radio was still rare for most families. I had always dreamed of having one of those precious things. However, after I came home, Victoria would constantly brag right in front of me. "Mom told me that I'm the only one who deserves this fancy watch," she said with a sweet smile. "And look at this gorgeous bicycle Dad got me for my birthday! Oh, and when I mentioned wanting a radio, Daniel bought it for me immediately." Then came the real knife twist. "I know you're their biological daughter, Bernice, but let's be honest. When it comes to love, I'm their real daughter. Daniel definitely prefers me as his little sister too." Her words ate at me. I could not stop the bitter thoughts that flooded my mind about my parents and brother. The problem was that my family could hear every single one of those thoughts. Slowly, they began to resent me. Eventually, they threw me out into the cold, and I died alone in the winter streets while Victoria lived happily within the warmth of their love. When I opened my eyes again, I realized that I had been reborn. As I watched Victoria putting on her usual show, my thoughts took a delicious turn. 'Victoria thinks that Mom is such a cheapskate for only buying her a cheap watch instead of something expensive. She even calls Dad stingy behind his back because he didn't get her a pricier bicycle.' 'And she constantly complains about how ugly and crude Daniel is, saying that he embarrasses her. I wonder if I should share these thoughts with my family?'
View More"Did you make this soup yourself?" Daniel asked with a dark expression.Victoria, not understanding why, nodded her head."Good, very good!" Daniel sneered through gritted teeth.Then he grabbed a chicken from the yard and poured the seafood soup on the ground.Seeing Daniel like this, Victoria panicked. Even in the dead of winter, cold sweat broke out on her forehead as she sat and looked on anxiously.Soon, the chicken fell straight to the ground and lay completely still. Seeing this, my family understood everything.Dad, Mom and Daniel all had exhausted and incredulous looks on their faces."I never thought that after raising you for so many years, you'd turn into such an ungrateful wretch.”"If it wasn't for Bernice, we really would have fallen into her trap."Dad looked at the dead chicken on the ground with a heartbroken expression, his once straight back suddenly sagging.Mom was already in tears, sitting there in a daze. She could not believe that the little daughter
Over the following days, Daniel busily prepared everything for my job. Finally, on the last working day before the New Year, he got my work arrangements settled.The whole family sat together happily eating dinner. Even Victoria, who had been upset about the job situation earlier, kept praising me at the dinner table.I had to admit that her behavior during this period had been quite commendable. She not only took care of all the household chores, big and small, but also used her own allowance to buy me many things.This softened Mom's attitude considerably, even though she had been displeased with Victoria before this.Privately, she advised me, "Sweetheart, don't be angry at your sister anymore. She's not bad at heart, just competitive.”"Don't worry, I'll make sure she behaves and doesn't hurt you. I just hope that you can find it in your heart to forgive her, okay?"Looking at Mom's bloodshot eyes, my heart ached. My mother was always so kind. In my previous life, no matter h
Taking a deep breath, I quickly scraped some off with a knife into a bowl, then poured in a bowl of plain water.Then I rushed back into the room, had Daniel lift Victoria up, pinched her nose, and directly poured the doctored water down her throat."Ugh! Bernice, what did you make me drink? It smells awful!" The awakened and coughing Victoria looked furious, as if she wanted to tear me apart.Mom saw her reaction and stepped in front of me. "What are you yelling about? Your sister was just trying to save you, and look, you're fine now! If it wasn't for her, who knows what would've happened before we got you to the hospital?"She spoke sharply, scolding her without mercy.Hearing this, Victoria did not dare say anything more and just lowered her head, lost in thought.Looking at the disheveled figure sitting on the ground, Daniel straightened up and said coldly,"Victoria, you've really disappointed me."It was like he was seeing his beloved little sister with new eyes."Daniel
Hearing this, Victoria, who had just entered, lowered her head and did not dare to speak."What's wrong? What happened? Your sister just got back. Why are you suddenly so angry at her?"Mom noticed the tense atmosphere in the living room and quickly stepped forward to ask."Ask her what she's done!"Hearing this, Mom hurriedly grabbed Victoria's arm and asked anxiously, "What happened? Tell me!"Victoria looked up with red-rimmed eyes, gazing pitifully at everyone in the room, then dropped to her knees in front of Mom with a thud."Mom, I got confused and made a mistake, but I swear I didn't mean to…”"It's just that my classmate heard Daniel say he was getting a job for his sister, so she went ahead and put my name down," Victoria cried as she explained what had happened.It turned out that while Daniel was looking for connections to secure this position for me, Victoria had not been idle either.Unfortunately, she discovered that this position was actually being sold by her
The next few days were surprisingly peaceful. Victoria stopped coming to me with her comments and was out early and back late every day, busy with something.I was pulled along by Mom to accompany her, either shopping at the department store or staying home with her trying different recipes.After living two lifetimes, this was the first time I experienced what it felt like to be truly loved. As my inner gratitude grew, Mom looked at me with increasing tenderness.Every day, she prepared different nutritious meals for me and would not let me do any chores, treating me like a precious gem.Under Mom's daily care and attention, I seemed like a completely different person. My former gaunt and sickly appearance was gone, replaced by the look of a proper city girl. Wearing a newly made checkered dress, I could even turn heads when I walked down the street.Early that morning, Mom pulled me straight over to the department store."Sweetheart, Daniel got his bonus yesterday. Let's buy
After a while, Mom wiped away her tears.Then she looked at me with difficulty. "Bernice, don't blame her. Victoria is usually very well-behaved. She was probably just misled by someone else. After this lesson, we'll educate her properly. It won't happen again.”"Don't worry. No matter what, we'll always treat you and her equally. I can't gain one daughter just to lose another. Can you forgive me? And forgive your sister too?"Looking at Mom's graying hair, I felt pangs of pain in my heart.If not for my previous life, I probably would still think I was unwelcome and unwanted, but now I knew that Mom and Dad were just soft-hearted. They always believed that their children could be saved, so they refused to give up.Seeing their earnest expressions, I nodded. "I'm fine with it."Then I added in my thoughts, 'As long as Mom, Dad and Daniel are happy, I'm willing to do anything. Besides, Victoria grew up by their side, so it's natural that they would love her a little more.'Hearin
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