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I Terminated My Very Much Alive Family's Identities

I Terminated My Very Much Alive Family's Identities

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Revenge

Biological Family

Remorse Family

Counter Attack

Feel-Good Story

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After the college entrance exams, my parents left me at home and took their adopted daughter on a trip to the beach. A typhoon hit, and the three of them never came back. When the news reached me, I did not cry or throw a tantrum. I had their deaths registered right away and pulled out the life insurance I had bought in advance. I received one hundred million in compensation. My fiance scolded me for caring only about money. What he did not know was that I had been reborn. In my past life, after I learned about their deaths, the huge debts they had left behind fell on me. I gave up the chance to go to college and started working to pay everything back. I fought to protect our ancestral home from debt collectors. My fiance stayed with me and cheered me on when I came home late at night from delivery runs. But he never gave me a single cent to help. At thirty-five, I finally cleared every debt. On my birthday, I bought myself a ten-dollar cake to celebrate. Just as I was about to blow out the candle, the door opened. My parents and their adopted daughter, who should have died in the typhoon, walked in dressed in designer clothes. They smiled at me smugly. “Well done! We can finally believe that you aren’t greedy for money. You’ve passed the test. From today, you are qualified to be the daughter of the Jameson family.” “Jane, this brilliant idea was all thanks to you.” My adopted sister smiled. She leaned close and blew out my candle. The only light left in my twenty years of lifetime went out with it. My body gave in to exhaustion. My heart failed. I collapsed and died on the spot. When I opened my eyes again, they were about to head to the beach in the middle of the typhoon. I bought a massive accident insurance policy for them on the spot. This time, all I wanted was for them to disappear from this world forever.

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Chapter 1

Chapter 1

“Serena, if you’d been harsher with them, you could’ve stopped them. Why didn’t you cut your wrists or starve yourself to force them to stay?

“You’re selfish! You never cared about your family’s safety. Now, this mess is yours to clean up, and you deserve it!”

Hearing Matthew Quinn, my fiance, yelling at me, I opened my eyes in the darkness.

The day had finally come. My parents and their adopted daughter had faked their deaths, which would ultimately force me to give up my education, and take on their debts.

My lips curled into a smile before I could stop it. When Matthew saw me smiling instead of crying, he froze.

“Have you lost your mind? Your parents just died! How can you smile?”

I ignored him. I reached under my pillow, pulled out the accident insurance policy I had bought for the three of them yesterday, and held it to my chest. Tears streamed down my face as I laughed.

In my past life, Matthew had lashed out at me with the very same words.

He said that as their daughter, I should have seen the danger and risked my life to stop my parents from taking Jane Jameson, their adopted daughter, to the beach.

He told me I was cruel. He said I knew Jane’s grades were worse than mine, yet I still pushed myself to win first place in the college entrance exams. If I had scored lower, Jane would not have thrown a tantrum. My parents would not have insisted on leaving me behind to make her happy.

In his eyes, everything was my fault.

I was only eighteen at the time. I had lived in a bubble. His words had filled me with guilt. I gave up my education and shouldered ten million in debt.

I sold food at dawn, delivered meals during the day, and drove late-night ride-hailing shifts. The sun burned my skin, malnutrition turned my hair brittle, and my hands were filled with calluses from endless labor.

Many nights, I broke down in tears, but I never dared to stop. I feared ruining the Jameson family’s honor. I feared dying and seeing my parents’ disappointed eyes.

I never imagined that all of this madness had been nothing more than a test from my parents and Jane.

I was done with this game of competing with Jane for their favor. If they wanted to fake their deaths, then this time, I would send them to hell for real.

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9 Chapters
Chapter 1
“Serena, if you’d been harsher with them, you could’ve stopped them. Why didn’t you cut your wrists or starve yourself to force them to stay?“You’re selfish! You never cared about your family’s safety. Now, this mess is yours to clean up, and you deserve it!”Hearing Matthew Quinn, my fiance, yelling at me, I opened my eyes in the darkness.The day had finally come. My parents and their adopted daughter had faked their deaths, which would ultimately force me to give up my education, and take on their debts.My lips curled into a smile before I could stop it. When Matthew saw me smiling instead of crying, he froze.“Have you lost your mind? Your parents just died! How can you smile?”I ignored him. I reached under my pillow, pulled out the accident insurance policy I had bought for the three of them yesterday, and held it to my chest. Tears streamed down my face as I laughed.In my past life, Matthew had lashed out at me with the very same words.He said that as their daughter,
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Chapter 2
I flipped open the insurance policy. My fingers shook as I traced them along the astronomical figure.“Hello. The deaths of my parents and my adopted sister are already on the news. The payout is one hundred million. Please transfer it to my account as soon as possible.”Across the table, the president of the insurance company looked glum. He gasped for breath.“Unbelievable! What luck! You buy the insurance, and the very next moment, Mr. Jameson dies for real. I’ve never been this unlucky in my whole life.”He could curse all he wanted. Before I bought the policy, I spent a fortune on expert advice. The coverage fit perfectly with the cause of death—three lives lost in a typhoon. There was not a single loophole. The company had no choice but to pay.Before long, one hundred million was wired into my account. I counted the zeros, and tears almost fell from my eyes.In my past life, I lived on plain boiled noodles to save money. I could not even afford pickled vegetables and only
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Chapter 3
The tears on my cheeks were not even dry. The staff pitied me for losing my parents, and when they saw what was happening, they immediately stepped in front of me to defend me.“Sir, what are you doing? This young lady just lost both her parents in a natural disaster. She even had to come here herself to close her family’s records. She is hurting more than anyone. “And you, her friend, can’t even comfort her? You’re actually shouting at her? If you keep this up, we will throw you out!”Matthew’s curses died in his throat. His face turned red as he jabbed a finger at me.“Fine! I never thought you could be so heartless. The funeral hasn’t even been held, and you already erased their names from the registry! I was wrong about you.”I turned my back to the staff and gave Matthew a mocking smile.“So? What’re you going to do about it?”His face froze. Panic flashed in his eyes. He glared at me one last time, then walked off to make a phone call. I already knew who he was callin
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Chapter 4
It was not anyone else. It was my parents. “Mom, Dad, I was just dealing with those thugs. They were trying to scam us! Why’re you angry? “Wait… I thought you were dead? “Matthew, you broke the news of their deaths. You even put it in the papers and online. What’s going on?”My barrage of questions froze their raised hands in midair.“Well, we…” “Serena, shouldn’t you be glad Mom and Dad are alive? Why’re you questioning them?” Jane said as she walked over and gave them a way out of the situation.They nodded. “That’s right. We ran into the typhoon, but Jane stayed calm and saved us!”I did not answer and just stared at the three of them. It was no wonder they had faked their deaths so easily. Lying was like second nature to them. Their faces did not even change as they did it.My mom looked around and covered her nose in disgust. “Get rid of this mess and apologize to Jane! This is sickening!” My dad scowled. “Serena, you’ve really disappointed us. Go restore
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Chapter 5
Under my parents’ murderous gazes, the butler flung the front door open and let in a group of reporters with cameras.“Yes, this is where Serena lives.”They walked in smiling but stopped when they saw me covered in blood.The lead reporter flipped through his papers, pulled out a photo, and looked at me in disbelief.“You’re Serena Jameson, right? What happened here?”Relief surged through me. I opened my mouth to answer, but Jane shoved a rag between my teeth.“No, I’m Serena Jameson! “She’s just a maid. She stole my mother’s necklace that was worth millions. And those injuries? She fell on her own.”My parents exchanged glances and quickly backed up her story. “That’s right! You must be here to interview our daughter. Please, this way!“Get this maid to the police! We don’t want to see her again!”With that, they put on fake smiles and tried to lead the reporters away.The reporters looked at the three of them. They were barely able to hold their cameras steady. “Hol
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Chapter 6
The reporter checked my ID and smiled.“This matches perfectly! So, you really are the Jameson family’s eldest daughter, Serena Jameson. Tell us, what’s going on here? Why is the daughter of a wealthy family covered in so many injuries?”I looked at my parents, who were standing off to one side and signaling me to keep quiet, and I gave them a faint smile.“The injuries are from my parents and my adopted sister.”When I spoke, the camera flashes almost blinded me.My dad lost control. He rushed forward and slapped me. I fell to the floor. “You ungrateful child! Who told you to twist the truth? “You were abusing your sister, and we only punished you slightly. How can you make such a big deal?”I covered my face and spat out a mouthful of blood. “Really? You’re angry because I ruined your little plan to replace me with Jane? “Don’t forget, thanks to Jane, you’ve already lost everything.”My dad gasped for breath, and his eyes were bloodshot as he glared at me. He swung his
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Chapter 7
The Jameson family made most of their money from stationeries. When I became the top scorer in the college entrance exams, many parents rushed to buy our products. The factory workers could hardly keep up.Then, the scandal hit. Parents not only stopped buying but also demanded refunds.Almost overnight, the company’s stock collapsed. Even strangers cursed the Jameson family. People said even animals protect their young, but the Jameson family was worse than beasts.I watched the screen, pleased with the outrage against them. Just as I set down my phone to get some rest, the door burst open.My parents charged in with Jane and dragged me out of bed. “Serena, look what you’ve done!”I ignored their anger and asked something that caught them off-guard. “How long was I unconscious?”My mom thought for a moment before saying offhandedly, “Three days. But that doesn’t matter now. “We brought reporters with us. You need to clear our name. The Jameson family is ruined because of y
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Chapter 8
My parents looked at each other and saw fear reflected on their faces. “No one else knew about this. We never said a word. The only one who could have told her is you, Jane. So, this whole faking death business was your bet?!”Jane froze. She had no idea that I knew everything. She had no idea that I had returned to the past with all my memories intact. With only a few words, I could make the entire scheme look like her plan.“It’s not true, Mom, Dad. I never said anything. Please believe me…”Jane rushed forward and tried to throw herself into their arms like always. This time, they turned away. Neither of them held her.I smiled and watched. The real fight was finally about to begin.My parents controlled the Jameson family, but what they hated most was someone manipulating them. Jane told them it was only a test to see if I cared about money and was fit to inherit the family business. But I called it a bet. Their perception of Jane would be completely skewed.In
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Chapter 9
Jane and Matthew fought each other. Gasping for air, my parents turned to me with red, bloodshot eyes.“Serena, we never knew about this! It was all Jane’s plan! “We trusted the wrong person. We wronged you! We apologize. We’ll remove Jane from the family.”Then, they opened their arms. They waited for me to throw myself into their arms and reunite with them.I rolled my eyes and turned away. “No thanks! I already announced in the media that I’ll cut ties with you. From now on, we are strangers.”My mom looked a little hurt. “Serena, you’re our daughter. How can you be so cruel?”My dad looked confused too. “You always hated Jane. We’re willing to let her go. You’re our only daughter. Why won’t you accept this?”I met their eyes and smiled through my tears. “Do you know why I hated Jane?“At first, I hated her for being shallow and petty. Now, I see the truth. You spoiled her. Your favoritism gave her the courage to hurt me. The one who treated me like trash wasn’t J
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