Everyone in the family was waiting for me to frame the real daughter, claiming she stole Grandmas jade pendant,
but I calmly admitted in front of them all that I had slipped it into my own pocket by accident.
The room froze.
In the original script, I should have cried, yelled, and dragged her down with me.
But Im not the original girlI transmigrated into her body.
From the moment I changed that line, no one in this house could control me again.
I was reborn in a novel as Sophia Davis, the adopted daughter of the head of Davis Enterprises. I was kept in the family because I had a rare blood type, which meant I served as a “mobile blood bank” for my brother, James Davis.
Not long after, the real daughter, Lily Davis, was found. She was the true protagonist of this world, unlike me, the “villainous” adopted daughter. And she had the special ability that allowed others to hear her thoughts.
According to the storyline, I was supposed to constantly frame her in front of my parents, making them believe she was bullying me, and trying to make them dislike her. But with her “God’s perspective” from the storyline, Lily could always predict my actions and words, causing my family to lose trust in me again and again.
On the very first day Lily returned, my parents asked me to show her the room upstairs that had been prepared for her. I remembered from the plot that at this point, everyone in the family should have already heard Lily’s thoughts. They were waiting to see if things would unfold the way she said they would.
I was about to try to break the plot and do something unexpected, but suddenly, my body slipped, and I found myself tumbling down the stairs uncontrollably.
As I rolled down the stairs and hit the floor, I noticed the look in my parents’ and James’ eyes. There was a clear trace of disappointment there. They were all waiting for me to say something, but no one came to help me.
I had to slowly stand up on my own. Feeling embarrassed, I weakly apologized, “It’s OK. I didn’t eat enough this morning. Just low blood sugar.”
Lily, looking surprised, asked, “You’re trying to say I pushed you, aren’t you? You don’t even know why, and you just want Mom and Dad not to be mad, right?”
My parents and James looked at me with suspicion in their eyes, and I just leaned against the wall, weakly retorting, “Did you not hear me or what? It was the low blood sugar.”
Then, I looked at James pitifully, “I’ll get better soon. I don’t want to be unable to provide blood when you need it.”
James and my parents, hearing this, immediately came over to help me up, their faces filled with concern.
Lily had taken my room, but in exchange, my parents gave me a luxurious suite.
Eighteen years ago, Lily, their biological daughter, was kidnapped by bad people, and my parents were devastated. To cope with the grief, they adopted me from an orphanage, since I also had a rare blood type.
For the past eighteen years, they had treated me like their own daughter, nurturing and pampering me. But their love for me wasn’t without an ulterior motive.
First, they wanted me to help run Davis Enterprises, and second, I was meant to be James’ personal blood donor.
James loved racing, and as a professional driver, he often got injured during his races. Whenever he needed a blood transfusion, it was always me who provided it. That was why my parents doted on me so much, and why James treated me like his own sister.
Mom gently pulled me aside, “Sophia, your health isn’t great. You can have the suite on the first floor from now on.”
In the original plot, when Lily was first brought back, the family hadn’t had time to prepare her room yet. The original Sophia, wanting to show her family how considerate and generous she was, offered her own room to Lily, even though she planned to stay in the storage room to play the martyr and gain their sympathy.
But this time, instead of offering my room, Mom gave me the largest room, the suite, on the first floor, the one where they used to read and write. Lily could already feel the drama unfolding in her mind.
“She’s definitely going to refuse,” Lily thought. “She’ll insist she’s just an outsider and keep pretending to be the victim, staying in the storage room.”
Hearing Lily’s thoughts, my parents and James all looked awkward, waiting for my reaction. I hugged Mom happily, acting like a spoiled child.
“Mom, you’re the best! I love you the most! I’ll take the suite downstairs. It’s more convenient, and it’ll be closer to James!”
My parents’ and James’ rooms were on the first floor, so now I was moving down too. Lily would be the only one left upstairs.
She seemed confused that I hadn’t followed the script. Grabbing my arm, she demanded, “You were supposed to refuse and insist on staying in the storage room. Why the sudden change of heart?”
She couldn’t understand why I wasn’t sticking to the expected lines. I had realized something too. When it came to crucial plot points, my actions would be uncontrollable and follow the script, but what I said was entirely under my control.
“Stay in the storage room?” I replied, leaning back. “Why would I want to stay there when I have a perfectly good suite?”
Everyone looked at Lily with confusion. Unable to handle the pressure, she angrily shoved me.
From Lily’s thoughts, I could tell my family was starting to get suspicious of me.
“This doesn’t make sense,” she thought. “You’re not even their real child. Why have you lived as me for the past ten years? I come back, and suddenly you get the suite? Are you trying to humiliate me? Why did you even bring me back?”
She lashed out at my parents and James, venting all the grievances she’d carried for years. But the fact that she went missing had nothing to do with me. I was just adopted later, after all.
James, feeling sorry for me, helped me up from the floor and snapped at Lily, “Don’t take it too far. You can’t just throw tantrums and push people around. Where’s your manners? I bet you did push Sophia just now.”
Lily, having grown up in a small town with poor manners, wasn’t about to let James’ words slide. She started cursing him out in response.
It was all becoming too much for my parents, especially Dad.
“Enough!” he shouted. “The most important thing is that Sophia gets better. She’ll stay on the first floor. The entire second floor is yours, Lily. You can design it however you like. Is that fair now?”
James snorted in disbelief, and Mom wiped away her tears.
When Lily heard that the entire second floor was hers, the space was several times bigger than my own, she had nothing left to say.
The house would soon be undergoing renovations, and my suite would just be rearranged as it was. But Lily’s second floor was going to be a huge project.
She insisted on a walk-in closet, a study, and a separate bathroom. The noise from the construction made the entire house uneasy. Aside from a few arguments with James, no one really called her out on it.
It took over half a month before the renovations were finally done.
Lily now had her room, but her closet was still empty, so Mom gave her a card with her allowance for the year.
“Lily,” she said softly, “I’ve been giving Sophia and James one million a year as pocket money. We’ve missed out on those 18 years with you, so we want to make it right. There is 20 million, and you can spend it however you like.”
Lily refused the card, her voice cold.
“Lost affection can’t be replaced with money. I don’t want your money.”
James, who had been looking at his phone, snorted.
“How high and mighty. If she doesn’t want it, just give it to Sophia.”
Lily’s thoughts turned bitter. “Give it to her, go ahead, give it all to her. You think Sophia’s some kind of good person? She’s about to sabotage James in his next race. When he’s fighting for his life after a crash, she’ll pull some pity play and donate blood, gaining all your trust. Then, once you’ve given her all of Davis Enterprises’ assets, she’ll ditch you. You’ll be left begging on the streets.”
Hearing her thoughts, James hesitated as he handed me the card. Mom and Dad exchanged a wary glance.
The story forced me into a situation where I had to steal something and set Lily up, and when I was caught, I could feel the cold sweat running down my back. But I remained calm. I pulled out the card Mom and Dad had previously given me and handed it to Lily.
“You said I’ve been living in your place for the past ten years. If you won’t take what they gave you, how about you take this card from me?”
Lily shot me a glare and then snatched the card from my hand without hesitation.
“It’s mine to begin with. You should’ve given it back.”
Mom and Dad’s wariness began to fade. James realized how close he’d come to believing Lily’s words and, feeling guilty, pulled out his own card.
“Sophia, don’t let her get to you. If you need money, use my card. We can share.”
I smiled and accepted his offer. I couldn’t understand why the original Sophia would go out of her way to hurt this brother who was so partial to her. Why couldn’t she just live a happy, normal life like any ordinary person? Why did she have to stir up trouble?
The next day, Mom took Lily and me to the mall.
According to the plot, I would initially eagerly pick out all kinds of expensive clothes and jewelry for Lily. But just as we were leaving the store, I would secretly hide something in Lily’s bag to embarrass her.
As the story forced me into a certain action, I found myself unable to control my body as it quietly slipped a beautiful, pricey watch into Lily’s bag. I wanted to head to the counter to pay, but I couldn’t move a muscle.
Lily, noticing something was off, started to think to herself, “Sophia just looks down on me for growing up in a small town. She’s trying to plant stolen goods in my bag to make me look bad and accuse me of being unrefined.”
Mom saw the strange expression on my face and started to suspect something was wrong.
Lily, now aware of the situation, grabbed her bag and said, “Let’s go.” She dragged both me and Mom toward the store’s exit, and sure enough, the alarm went off as we passed through the door.
Mom looked at me, her eyes wide with disbelief. The store clerks quickly blocked our way.
“Excuse me, but could you please stop and check if there are any unpaid items in your bags?”
I could feel the cold sweat on my forehead, my heart pounding in my chest.
Lily smirked, looking at me with a wicked gleam in her eyes. “I don’t know. Why don’t we check our bags?”
The clerk first searched her bag, and sure enough, found the expensive watch tucked into a hidden compartment, with the price tag still attached.
Mom, stunned, pointed at the watch with trembling hands. “This watch isn’t…”
Before she could finish, the clerk cut her off.
“Oh, this watch doesn’t belong to our store. I’ll put it back. Could you please open your bags so we can inspect them?”
The clerk handed Lily her bag back, but Lily stared at the watch in shock. Why would they return it to her if it was stolen?
When they searched my bag, however, they found a diamond brooch.
It turned out I was the one who had stolen the item. The clerk looked at me in disbelief and said sternly, “Miss, your actions suggest theft. We may need to call the police.”
I lowered my head in shame.
Mom stepped forward to defend me.
“My daughter’s been unwell lately, and she must’ve forgotten to pay. We don’t steal jewelry. We can afford it.”
We had often shopped at this store, and the staff knew us well. They couldn’t believe we would be involved in a theft.
The clerk, sensing the tension, spoke sympathetically. “Probably just a mistake. Sophia must’ve absentmindedly put it in her bag. I’ll go ahead and print the invoice, please give me just a moment.”
Just when I thought the situation was about to resolve, Lily interrupted.
She grabbed the clerk’s arm, blocking her from leaving, and pointed at me.
“She did steal. She was trying to plant them in my bag to frame me! I don’t know why she hid them in her own bag, though. Don’t be fooled.”
The clerk looked at our mom, clearly uncomfortable.
Mom, already fed up, snapped, “Enough, Lily.”
But Lily refused to stop. She pulled the watch out of her bag, still with the price tag on it.
“This is clearly the watch she stole from another store. She tried to plant it in my bag earlier!”
As she spoke, the people around us began to look at me with disdain.
Lily grabbed my arm. “Are you trying to accuse me now? Are you going to say it’s my fault? Speak up!”
I could hear whispers in the crowd. Who would’ve thought two rich girls would steal from a store?
Both our reputations were at stake, and Mom finally snapped.
“Enough!”
I couldn’t hold back any longer and started crying.
“I’m sorry, Mom. I took the brooch. I didn’t have the money to buy it. I just wanted to give it to Lily as a gift.”
Lily and Mom suddenly remembered that earlier in the morning, I had given Lily my card.
Lily scoffed, “Sophia, you’re really something else. You stole the brooch to give it to me as a gift, but what about the watch? Isn’t that your attempt to frame me?”
Mom couldn’t take it anymore. She slapped Lily across the face.
“Stop it! The watch was a birthday gift from our entire family to Sophia. She never even wore it and still hadn’t removed the tag. She probably meant to give it to you secretly, and you’ve completely misjudged her!”
Lily stared at me in disbelief before throwing the watch to the ground and running off in tears.
The whole time, I had been wearing the watch when I left the house. But once the plot triggered, I had no control over my actions.
Since I was destined to take the fall for the theft, I decided to accept the blame myself.
When we got home and explained everything, Mom and Dad, along with James, didn’t hold it against me.
They quietly gave me the card Lily had refused earlier.
“Sophia, no matter the reason, stealing is not right. It’s bad for your reputation. Do you understand? Since Lily didn’t want it, you can use this card.”
I happily accepted the card. There was 20 million in it. I was over the moon!
Lily began to question why things weren’t going according to the original plot.
She found me alone and confronted me.
“You’re trying to make it look like I pushed you down the stairs, aren’t you? And in the mall, you deliberately stole something to frame me, right? What changed? Why did you suddenly change your mind?”
I met her furious gaze and calmly poured myself a cup of coffee.
“Let me ask you. Why do you always think I’m the bad guy?”
She opened her mouth but couldn’t come up with a response.
According to the plot, I was supposed to be the evil adopted one, eventually taking all of the family’s wealth for myself. Meanwhile, Lily, whose thoughts could be heard by everyone and who knew the plot, would be loved by everyone and would stop all of it from happening.
“You say you’re not a bad person. Fine. Tomorrow, when I go to school, prove it to me.”
After Lily left, I started to feel a headache coming on.
I had almost forgotten…that the original Sophia was two-faced. At home, she bullied Lily with fake sympathy, but at school, she openly isolated and ostracized her.
What was I supposed to do now?
The next day, at school…
The teacher introduced Lily to the class as a new transfer student. As soon as she sat down, Lily started mentally complaining.
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