The night my parents were kidnapped, my police officer brother wanted to accompany his fake sister bungee jumping. I didn’t stop him and decisively called the police to prepare the ransom. In my previous life, my brother didn’t go with the fake sister to save our parents. As a result, when she went bungee jumping, the rope broke, and she fell into the cliff. Her body was never found. My brother didn’t say a word afterwards. On my birthday, he drugged me and took me to that cliff. “You planned the kidnapping. You’ve gone too far in your pursuit of attention. You’re a demon!” “Olivia died, so you shouldn’t live either!” When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day my parents were kidnapped. This time, my brother didn’t launch a rescue mission but rushed to his fake sister instead. Later, however, he regretted it to the point of almost going insane. I suddenly opened my eyes, my forehead covered in sweat. My heart was pounding wildly in my chest, as if it was about to burst out. The feeling of weightlessness hadn’t dissipated yet, and the familiar room layout came into view. I checked the time. I had been reborn, reborn on the day my parents were kidnapped. In five minutes, the kidnappers would call, demanding that we prepare the ransom within an hour, or they would kill my parents. I was the Bailey family’s daughter who had been lost for eighteen years. It hadn’t even been a year since I returned to my parents’ embrace, and they were already my everything. No matter what, I couldn’t let the tragedy of my previous life happen again. I quickly went downstairs to wait by the phone, with my police officer brother Lucas, dressed in a tactical outfit and casual pants, following closely behind. “Mia, why are you so nervous? Who are you acting for? Mom and Dad aren’t even here.” “Aren’t they ‘kidnapped’ by you?” I retorted. Lucas revealed a mocking smile. At that moment, I was certain he had also been reborn. His current expression seemed to be telling me, don’t struggle, it’s useless. Without his parents to play along with me, this show would end even sooner. In my previous life, Lucas believed that I had meticulously planned the kidnapping, aiming to gain attention and make our parents care about me more. I didn’t know where he got such an absurd conclusion from. In this new life, Lucas decided to directly ignore my “trap.” “Mia, don’t blame me for not warning you, instigating a crime is also a crime.” “Don’t cry and beg me to bail you out when you end up in jail.” I wanted to say something more, but as soon as I opened my mouth, the urgent ringing of the phone interrupted me. Each ring felt like a needle piercing my heart. Lucas, however, acted as if he couldn’t hear it. Before leaving, a hint of disdain flashed across his brow. “Do whatever you want. I’m going to accompany Olivia bungee jumping.” “Anyway, nothing will really happen to them. Don’t bother me unless it’s necessary.” That’s not what he said in my previous life. Using his years of accumulated criminal investigation skills, Lucas quickly located the kidnappers’ hideout. In just one hour, he brought our parents back unharmed. That day, I was so focused on my traumatized parents that I completely missed the suspicion and anger hidden in Lucas’s eyes. It wasn’t until later when he tied me up at the cliff’s edge that I realized. During the rescue, Olivia Chen had called Lucas countless times. Because Lucas didn’t answer her calls, she went bungee jumping alone and had an accident. Now, the phone’s ringing sounded like a death knell, making me feel anxious all over. I picked up, and the kidnapper’s voice came through clearly. “Two million dollars, prepare it within two hours, or your parents won’t make it.” I stared in horror, my eyes wide. What? Wasn’t it only one million dollars in my previous life?!
I gripped the receiver tightly, cold sweat dripping down my face. It seemed that the realities of the two lives were slightly different, so the kidnappers’ location might have changed as well. I, who had been confident just moments ago, suddenly began to panic. I begged with a sob in my voice. “Can you give me a little more time? I…” The other end hung up immediately. I quickly composed myself, knowing that showing weakness to these desperados was useless. The urgent matter at hand was to prepare the ransom and confirm the location. My hand quickly wrote down the information I knew from my previous life on a piece of paper. There were two kidnappers, both young men, and the kidnapping location was at one of their homes. The ransom was one million dollars, to be deposited in the third trash can at the south entrance of the train station. The kidnappers hadn’t even had time to collect the money before my brother raided their hideout, saving both the money and our parents. Thinking of this, I immediately picked up my phone to call the police and contacted Uncle Quinn, my dad’s good friend and a shareholder in the company, asking the finance department to prepare cash directly. Uncle Quinn sounded just as panicked as I was on the phone. “Call the police, Mia. I’ll take care of the money.” My heart finally settled a bit. Two minutes later, the police arrived. James Xu, my brother’s colleague and good friend, entered with a sour expression. “Mia, your brother just called me. Luckily, I was nearby…” “Filing a false police report is against the law!” All my courage and hope crumbled at that moment. Lucas was convinced that I was the mastermind behind the kidnapping, so he specifically sent his good friend to respond to the call. His goal was to stop my “unreasonable behavior.” Without police force and a criminal investigation expert to crack the location, how could I solve this? Unable to control my emotions, I crumpled the clues in my hand into a ball. Just thinking about my parents being tortured by the kidnappers, I broke down and cried out loud. “Officer James, I’m not lying. I’m an adult, I’ll take responsibility for my actions.” “Please, I need the police’s help. I need you to help me save my parents!” I cried uncontrollably, constantly checking the clock. Almost ten minutes had passed already, and I didn’t have much time left. James leaned back on the sofa, casually scrolling through his phone. Seeing me cry didn’t evoke even a hint of sympathy from him. “They say kids raised in orphanages are cunning. You think crying can emotionally blackmail people?” “Your brother was right, those who weren’t raised from childhood just don’t get it. Your hearts aren’t in the same place.” “Olivia is much more sensible than you…” Olivia and I had different fates. She was adopted by my parents at eight years old and raised like a precious pearl. Especially my brother, whose protection of her bordered on pathological thoroughness. Even after they both became adults, they often slept together, hugging each other. The ticking of the clock brought me back to reality. I forced myself to calm down, suppressing the tumultuous emotions inside. “James.” I called his name solemnly. “Since you’ve responded to the call, you have an obligation to address my report…” Before I could finish, James interrupted me with a merciless laugh. “You little girl, trying to act all noble here.” “You think you can control everything just because you’re back in the Bailey family? You’re like an outsider in this house.” His words made me feel like I’d fallen into an icy pit. “Your brother told me everything. Your parents don’t really love you that much, they often mix up your name with Olivia’s.” “You’ve been playing mind games at home to get attention, making Olivia move out.” James was eating from a fruit platter without a care in the world while belittling me. I knew these words weren’t baseless; they were accumulated impressions my own brother had passed on to him over time. In their eyes, I was just a scheming girl who only cared about getting attention. I stood in front of him again. How he saw me didn’t matter at all. “What will it take for you to believe me? My parents are in real danger right now.” “If we miss the golden rescue window, can you bear that responsibility?” James paused his actions and stood up from the sofa. “Then go ahead and report me. Little girls like you just need to be taught a lesson…” Before he could finish, two uniformed police officers appeared at the door. “Is Mia here? We received a report and are here to handle the case.” My legs nearly gave out, and I almost fell to the ground. Finally, there was hope for my parents!
Seeing the newcomers, James immediately went over to shake hands. “We’re all colleagues. I’m here to check on Lucas’s sister.” Only then did I notice that James was in plain clothes. Next, as he walked towards the door, intending to slip away, he was stopped by the two police officers. I stepped forward to report the current situation. “Officers! My parents have really been kidnapped. I have a recording!” The phone call I had specifically recorded finally came in handy. When the kidnapper’s voice played, James’s face turned pale. “But Lucas said it was just actors…” “He said this was all your own production.” I snorted coldly, not bothering to waste words on him. I slowly unfolded the crumpled paper in my hand. Relying on the somewhat blurred memory fragments from my previous life, I carefully recalled those details. Quickly organizing and piecing together the information in my mind, I finally thought of a good explanation that could directly provide clues from my previous life. “Officers! I can provide information about the suspects. They’ve appeared near my house before.” “The voice sounds very similar… They asked me for directions at the time. I can’t be entirely sure.” Soon, a sketch artist and listening equipment were in place. I concentrated on describing the appearance of the two kidnappers. After comparing with known criminals, results came quickly. They were two young men who had been imprisoned for robbery before. One of them had rented a house using his real name, and the police immediately arranged a rescue operation. I sat on the sofa, but I felt like I had just been pulled out of a pool. Cold sweat had soaked through my clothes. 20 minutes later, the police officer accompanying me received a report. “I’m sorry, Mia, we didn’t find your parents at the scene.” “But we did find this.” There were many secretly taken photos in the kidnappers’ house, not only of my parents but also of me. “They’ve been scoping out the place for a long time. Don’t worry, these two won’t get away.” My brain was about to explode. The thing I feared most had ultimately happened. The kidnappers had changed the location where they were holding the hostages. That meant all these clues I had were useless. James was calling my brother in a corner. Even though he tried to keep his voice down, I could hear him clearly. “It’s a real kidnapping. We already have suspects. You should come back quickly…” Lucas actually laughed out loud on the other end. The words he said seemed intentionally loud enough for me to hear. “Give it up. The bigger you play, the harder you’ll fall…” “When Mom and Dad lose face and disown you, don’t cry…” The fear and hatred from my previous life surged up instantly. Even if he disliked me, his sister who had only recently been found, he shouldn’t disbelieve others’ words at a time like this. I wasn’t wrong, and our parents were even less so. The son they had lovingly raised for over twenty years was now ignoring their safety to accompany a fake sister. If our parents knew, I wonder how heartbroken they would be. I felt it wasn’t worth it for them. As I wiped away the tears from the corner of my eye, the landline in the house suddenly rang loudly. The officer in charge of monitoring gave me a look. My heart suddenly accelerated. The kidnappers were calling again! The officer in charge of monitoring gave me an OK sign. My whole body was shaking as I picked up the receiver. A nearby officer used a card to remind me.
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