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Chapter 1

"The baby says her diaper is wet, and something hurts her back," Sandy Lane said as she held up her phone. That same line of text appeared on the screen.My mom undid my swaddle and took one look. Sure enough, I was soaked through. "My goodness, this app is amazing!"Mom's eyes widened in disbelief.Sandy smiled gently as she handed the phone over. "Nina, this is an app in the closed beta stage made by a friend of mine who works in the AI industry. There are only ten spots for the entire world, and I saved one just for the baby. Whenever she cries from now on, just record three seconds, and you'll know what she wants."At this time, my dad came out of the study. He glanced at the phone screen and raised his brow. "Can an app understand baby talk?""Enzo, don't dismiss it that quickly," Mom said as she patted his arm. "It really did get it right just now."I watched from inside my swaddle, my heart clenched as memories from my previous life surged back. This was the app th

Chapter 2

I was bawling my eyes out.Mom quickly picked me up and gently patted my back. "What is it? Don't cry, sweetheart."At once, Sandy moved closer and raised her phone to record me for three seconds. A line of text popped up on the screen. [I'm hungry. I want milk.]But I had just eaten, and my stomach was still round.Mom hesitated. "She ate less than twenty minutes ago..."Sandy smiled. "Maybe she wasn't full before. Babies' appetites change all the time."Mom tried to feed me, but I turned my head away with all my strength.I wasn't hungry! I wasn't hungry at all! I was crying because you couldn't trust that app!But I was only one month old, and I couldn't say a word. All my anger and panic could only come out as loud cries and sobs.Dad stood nearby, watching me cry with a frown. "She doesn't look hungry."Unease appeared on Sandy's face, but she quickly smiled again. "Maybe it was too noisy this time and affected the recognition. It's still in beta, after all."Dad didn

Chapter 3

After that, I tried every counterattack I could think of.Every time Sandy took out her phone to record me, I forced myself to quiet down.Once, Mom was holding me and talking to me when Sandy came over, her fingers secretly reaching for my lower back. She was going to pinch me, but I suddenly rolled over and got into my mom's arms instead.Sandy's hand missed. She froze for a second, then smiled and said, "Oh, the baby has so much energy today. She can roll over so neatly already."I lay against my mom's chest, my heart pounding. I had dodged it that time, but Sandy knew more than one trick.Another week passed. Dad had to work late on a project and didn't come home for five days straight. Sandy practically moved into our house and kept Mom company every day. "Nina, you've been working too hard. Let me take care of the baby tonight. You should get some real sleep."Mom was so touched that her eyes turned red. "Sandy, thank you. You're treating me better than a real sister wo

Chapter 4

Dad asked his assistant to pull the footage. However, all the data from that camera was damaged."It broke last week. The memory card burned out," the personal assistant said.What a coincidence.In my previous life, I hadn't known how the camera broke. In this life, I had seen it clearly.Three days earlier, Sandy had smashed the camera while Mom was taking a nap. She thought no one saw her, but she had forgotten that my crib was in the corner of the living room.I had watched the whole thing.But I couldn't expose her.A two-month-old baby could only cry, and Sandy had already hijacked the meaning of my crying. Every time I cried, she would translate it into something to use against my mom.Dad's attitude was becoming colder and colder. Mom tried to explain, but he wouldn't listen. "You say there was no one, then why did the app say that? Can AI make something out of thin air?""Enzo, it's just a phone app!" Mom was so anxious that tears kept rolling down her cheeks. "How co

Chapter 5

The packed lines of text in the Notes app were enough to shock everyone who saw it. [Why hasn't that strange man who keeps kissing me come back? Mom looks so happy when he's here.] [Dad is not my real dad.] Every entry had a date, down to the day each sentence was supposed to be "translated." The living room was so quiet that we could hear a pin drop. Mom froze. Her lips trembled as she looked from the phone screen to Sandy's face. "Sandy…? What is this?" Sandy's face turned pale. She bent down to pick up the phone, her fingers shaking. "Nina, listen to me. This is… This material I wrote for a novel before…" "Material?" Dad's voice was as cold as a blade. "What kind of novel material needs to be arranged by date, and down to which sentence should be said on which day?" Sandy's eyes reddened, and tears came exactly when she needed them. "Enzo, you misunderstood me. I..." "Then explain it." My dad walked over, took the phone from her hand, and scrolled down. "Octobe

Chapter 6

The test result would come out three days later.During those three days, Sandy didn't come to our house again, but she kept herself occupied. I knew… Because Mom's phone kept ringing. Message after message came in, all from people in their shared social circle, all pretending to be "concerned".[Nina, I heard you and Enzo had a fight. Are you okay?][Someone said you two are doing a paternity test. What happened?][Nina, don't get mad at me for being nosy. Sandy has been crying so hard. She said your husband falsely accused her.]Mom's expression grew darker as she read those messages. She didn't reply to any of them, but I could feel the arm holding me tighten.She was bearing it all.-On the morning of the third day, Dad went to collect the report himself. When he came back, he held a brown paper envelope with a complicated expression on his face.Mom stood up from the couch, her eyes fixed on the envelope. "What does it say?"Dad set the envelope on the coffee table, o

Chapter 7

Dad moved faster than I had imagined.Victor called back that same night. "I found it, sir. Sandy contacted a private testing lab on Southton three months ago and transferred fifteen thousand dollars to them. The man in charge is named Lewis. He has a record. His license was revoked before for forging documents."Dad showed no expression on his face after hearing this, but I noticed the knuckles of the hand holding his phone had turned white. "Anything else?"Victor continued. "Also, we had someone trace the source of that hotel photo. The original image came from a stock image website. The face edited onto it doesn't match Nina at all.""Is the evidence preserved?" Dad asked."Everything has been saved in a way that will hold up in court," Victor said.Dad hung up and turned to Mom. She was sitting by the crib, holding a bottle. Her eyes were calm but red."Nina, I'll ask Sandy to come here tomorrow," Dad said.Mom froze for a moment. "What are you going to do?""End this," D

Chapter 8

Everything went silent when Sandy said those words. However, my dad's expression didn't change.He calmly said, "So what? Because you knew me first, I should belong to you?"Sandy's smile finally shattered. "I stayed by your side for three years, back when you were still a poor young man! And what about you? You turned around and married her, just because her father could help you get your first investment?"Mom raised her head. "What?"Sandy turned and looked at Mom, her eyes full of hatred she had accumulated all these years. "Oh, Nina… Do you really think he loves you? You were nothing more than a marriage partner that nets him resources! I was the one who stayed with him from beginning to end.""Enough," Dad said as he stood up. His voice was not loud, but the pressure in it was heavy enough. "Sandy, there was nothing between us. Your one-sided fantasy is not a reason to hurt my wife and daughter."Sandy swayed after that as her voice raised, "One-sided? You say it was on

Chapter 9

On the third day after Sandy left, the police officially opened an investigation. Forgery of a paternity test, spreading false information to damage someone's reputation, and suspected fraud. Lewis, the man in charge of the testing lab, was the first to break. He confessed everything in full detail. Before Sandy was taken away, she posted on social media. There were only two words. [No regrets.] The attached image was a very old photo of her and Dad together. Judging by the background, it seemed to be from their college days. In the photo, Dad smiled with youthful vigor while Sandy stood beside him with light in her eyes. When Mom saw that post, she was silent for a long time. "Enzo." Dad came out of the study. Mom asked, "Back in college, was there really nothing between you and her?" Dad walked over, glanced at the phone screen, and frowned. "She was my roommate's girlfriend. We were in the same club. This photo was taken during a club activity. There were more than

Chapter 10

Time passed by quickly.When I was one year old, I finally learned to say, "Mom!"Mom was so excited that she held me up and spun around three times. Then, she called every relative and friend to show off.Dad sulked beside us for an entire day. "Why didn't you call Dad first?"I grinned at him, then said in a clear voice, "Dad!"He froze for two seconds, then turned his face away, but I saw his ears turn red.Mom laughed so hard that she slapped her thigh. "Enzo, why are you blushing?""I'm not. You saw wrong," Dad said."Who are you trying to fool? Your ears are completely red!" Mom continued laughing."Nina, enough," my dad said.I sat on the crawling mat and watched them bicker, feeling utterly at peace.Sandy was sentenced when I was eight months old. For forgery and defamation, she was sentenced to three years. That compromised testing lab was shut down, too.On the day the news arrived, Mom held me on the balcony and looked at the distant skyline before saying someth

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