All Chapters of My Elite Parents Called Me an Idiot and Chose a Genius Daughter Instead: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

I saw Mom and Dad's car.Dad slammed on the brakes and stopped outside a convenience store.Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, I saw Jacey perched on a high stool, eating a hot dog covered in sweet-and-spicy sauce. Her phone was charging on the table in front of her.She was perfectly fine, with sweet-and-spicy sauce still clinging to the corner of her mouth.Mom and Dad threw open the car doors and rushed inside.Mom grabbed Jacey and hugged her. Her eyes instantly reddened with the overwhelming joy of finding someone she thought she had lost."Jacey Lee, why didn't you answer your phone? Why did you turn it off?"Jacey froze for a moment before putting on a wounded expression. Tears immediately filled her eyes."My phone ran out of battery. I was in a bad mood and wanted to be alone for a while."Dad grabbed her hands and checked her from head to toe. He did not relax until he confirmed that she had not lost even a single strand of hair."You scared me to death! What would we hav

The car did not go very fast on the way to Willow Creek.Dad even took a detour to a gas station and bought a pack of cigarettes."Keep a firm attitude when we see Anna." Mom was reappling lip balm for Jacey."No matter how much she cries, throws a tantrum, or rolls around on the ground, we must remain 'gentle but firm' in our refusal."Especially you, Jacey." Mom turned to look at her in the back seat. "Don't give in, and don't give her any candy."Jacey nodded obediently. "I know. You said it's for my sister's own good."I floated above the dashboard and stared at the digital clock.8:45 p.m.Four hours had passed since I fell into the canal.The car finally turned onto the dirt road leading into Willow Creek.The headlights illuminated an old oak tree ahead.A crowd had gathered around it, with flashlight beams sweeping wildly through the darkness. Three police cars and an ambulance were parked nearby."What's with all this commotion?" Dad frowned, his voice filled with displeasu

He finally noticed my stiff right hand, the fist clenched tightly against my chest.The officer sighed and pried my rigid fingers open.It was difficult. Rigor mortis had already set in.The officer used tremendous force to pry open my fingers one by one.A sticky, black lump was revealed.It was the melted caramel.The wrapper had disintegrated, and the candy was mixed with sludge and canal water. It was impossible to recognize what it had once been.But Dad recognized it.It was the candy the family bought for Jacey three days earlier.I secretly took one.Dad slapped my palm and called me "a greedy little thief."I had not eaten it.I wanted to save it for Dad because he said his mouth tasted bitter that day.Dad held the filthy lump of candy mud in both hands, his entire body trembling."This is… This is…"The officer said quietly, "She stayed in this position the entire time we were recovering her. When she struggled in the water, she didn't reach for the grass along the bank. She

The next day, news of my death began trending online.The comments came pouring in.Someone dug up Mom and Dad's identities, along with the parenting articles they published.The parenting guides once treated as gospel had now become evidence of murder."What a pair of worthless experts. They're murderers!""That adopted daughter is no innocent either. She deliberately turned off her phone. What a manipulative little snake!""That poor little girl. She died believing her parents would come to save her."Mom and Dad were suspended from the university.They hid inside the apartment with the curtains drawn tightly shut. They were too afraid to look at their phones or answer their calls.Someone splashed red paint across their door and wrote, "Murderers must pay with their lives."Jacey no longer dared to go to school either.She curled up in the corner of the sofa, clutching her math competition trophy as she watched Mom and Dad in terror."Dad, Mom, I'm hungry…"Dad sat on the floor, uns

My funeral was simple.Only Grandma, Mom, Dad, and Jacey, who did not want to come, were there.Grandma insisted on burying me beneath the old oak tree.She said I was afraid of the dark, and this spot was close to home, where I could still see the lights.During the burial, Dad placed the lump of candy sludge inside a crystal box and put it in my coffin."Anna, I ate it. It was sweet."He stroked my face, his fingers trembling."If there is a next life, don't be born into our family. Find parents who are a little less clever. As long as they love you, that will be enough."Mom covered me with a brand-new pink puffer coat.She went to the mall and bought it after staying up all night for several days.She used to think pink was tacky and only dressed me in old gray clothes.Now she bought me the brightest, prettiest pink one."Anna, I put new clothes on you. I will never call you ugly again. You are my most beautiful little angel."She cried so hard that she could not stand. She collap