On my twentieth birthday, the "real daughter" who had been stolen at birth suddenly showed up at our doorstep, crying that I had stolen her life. Unlike the timid real daughters in novels, she adhered to the "fight and grab" principle. From the moment she entered the house, she targeted me under the pretext of "taking back everything that belongs to her." Whenever my parents showed me a little concern, she would cut her wrists and cry: "Your biological daughter suffered so much, yet you feel sorry for a thief. I'll die to make you regret this!" My parents were so scared they had to coax her everywhere, ignoring and neglecting me. Even my fiancé fell under her spell, feeling sorry for her and scolding me: "Chloe suffered so much because of you, and you still provoke her? You are too vicious!" I defended myself, argued, but in the end, I could only swallow the humiliation alone. Until the World Ski Championships, where I was just one final race away from the gold medal. That was my lifelong dream. But the night before the competition, Lucas broke into my room and snapped my skis. "Tanya, you are a ski coach, you have enough gold medals. But if Chloe doesn't get the gold medal, she will jump off a building. You've enjoyed the blessings in her name for so long, this is what you owe her." "Tomorrow, announce that you are withdrawing from the competition due to a bad mood. It has nothing to do with anyone else. Otherwise, I can't guarantee the lives of your club members." This time, I didn't make a scene. I just stared quietly at the skis broken in half and smiled: "Okay." As long as you can afford the price. 1 Hearing this, Lucas suddenly lowered his brows and warned in a low voice: "Tanya, you are a fake daughter. Sooner or later you will be kicked out of the Tang family. When that time comes, you can only rely on me. I advise you not to play tricks and make Chloe sad again." "Otherwise, I will reconsider my marriage partner." "Whatever." I shrugged indifferently. Lucas was furious. He snorted coldly and slammed the door as he left with a dark face. I sneered, pressed the stop button on the camera on my chest, and walked straight to the window to look at tomorrow's track. Just then, a message popped up on the screen: "Lucas said that he will definitely help me get the gold medal that belongs to me. Look, he always stands on my side." "You fake, you have occupied my life for so many years and enjoyed everything that should have been mine. It's time to return it bit by bit!" When I was twenty, Chloe Su jumped out at my birthday party and said she was the real daughter. Her reason for claiming kinship was dramatic. She said she was the real daughter swapped by the nanny with her own child. And I was that nanny's child. My parents questioned it immediately. Wealthy people's children are not so easily swapped. But she was different from those timid real daughters in novels. She didn't panic at all. She directly took out a paternity test to completely confirm her identity as the real daughter. Then she rushed over and forcefully tore off the exquisite diamond crown on my head and all the jewelry on my body, putting them all on herself, self-righteously: "Give them back to me! A fake daughter like you has no right to wear these things!" "I am the eldest miss of the Tang family. Today's birthday party is also to celebrate for me. You, a thief and fake who stole someone else's life, should leave sensibly!" I grew up in my parents' love and had never suffered such grievances. At that moment, my hair was messy, and there were deep red marks on my neck and wrists. I stood there at a loss. My parents wanted to come over and hug me in distress, but Chloe "tsk-ed" and rolled her eyes at me: "Will you fake daughters die if you don't pretend to be pitiful for a day?" "Mom, Dad, you have been bewitched by this fake. I am your biological daughter. How can you treat me like this?" My parents were bluffed by her, looking at her and then at me, their faces full of hesitation and dilemma. "Although you are our biological daughter, Tanya..." Before they finished speaking, Chloe quit. She sat on the ground and cried loudly: "Enough! Are you going to say that only Tanya is your treasure and tell me not to dream of replacing her?" "Fine! I want everyone to see your bias!" Half of the socialites were there at the time, and her crying attracted the attention of many guests. My parents' faces were extremely ugly, so they could only let me go home to rest first. Before leaving, Chloe snatched my diamond-encrusted high heels. If my parents hadn't stopped her, even my haute couture dress wouldn't have been saved. I returned home embarrassed and lost. My fiancé Lucas, who had specially rushed back from abroad to celebrate my birthday, was furious when he found out. He hugged me and swore to me: "Tanya, don't worry, you still have me. I won't allow anyone to bully you." I was very moved at that time, hugging him and venting all my grievances and panic. At first, he did it, making Chloe cry again and again. But in less than three months, he became Chloe's most loyal dog, turning his gun to deal with me. Just like today. He knew that winning the skiing championship was my dream and promised to protect me for a lifetime, but he still forced me to give it to Chloe. Truly ridiculous. Feeling the arrogance between the lines of Chloe's message, I couldn't be bothered to respond and turned off the screen. I wanted to wait until the competition was over. But since you insist on running into the muzzle, don't blame me for being impolite. 2 The next day, the World Championship finals were the center of attention. The camera focused on me, and I spoke slowly: "Due to poor personal condition, I cannot complete the competition in my best state. After careful consideration, I have decided to withdraw from the World Championship finals. All responsibilities are borne by me alone and have nothing to do with others." As soon as the words fell, the scene was in an uproar. The real-time live broadcast on the LED screen was instantly drowned by bullet comments. "Running away before the battle? So disappointing!" "What kind of athlete has such a poor mentality? Heard she's a coach too. How can she teach others with such trash skills?" "I liked her so much before, I really misjudged her!" Not far away, Chloe was nestled in Lucas's arms, her eyes full of triumph and provocation. I couldn't be bothered to pay attention and walked off the stage expressionlessly. Chloe, who had been ready for a long time, cast a confident and charming smile in Lucas's direction. Since returning, she couldn't wait to declare everywhere that she was the real daughter of the Tang family, degrading me as a fake daughter who occupied the magpie's nest and wanted to frame her at all times. I questioned her, but she said I didn't do it because I was discovered by her and felt guilty. She also used me to gain followers under the banner of "slapping the fake's face," marketing herself as a cool novel heroine. Now as soon as she appeared, the atmosphere at the scene instantly reached a climax. The live broadcast room also boiled over because of her. "Snow Goddess Chloe Su is the athlete we should chase, throwing a certain deserter ten streets behind!" "Ahhh, the look Chloe gave President Lucas was so sweet. Although Tanya is the one engaged to President Lucas, I believe Chloe and President Lucas are true love! Some fakes can't be jealous!" "Character is strength. Chloe has been wandering outside for so many years but is still kind and hardworking. She deserves to succeed! Fake daughter Tanya who stole Chloe's identity should get out of the sports circle early!" Outside the venue, Lucas stared at the blue figure, the tightly pursed corners of his mouth finally curling into a smile. The moment she finished the competition, he immediately stood up to applaud and cheer for her. The large screen at the scene timely gave a split-screen close-up of me and her. On one side was me, pale and solitary. On the other was the radiant new champion. The contrast was stark. She held the gold medal, tears flashing in her eyes facing the camera, her voice choked. "To have today, I want to thank Brother Lucas the most. Without his support and trust... I couldn't have come this far..." Cheers inside and outside the venue came wave after wave. I walked back to the lounge alone. My phone vibrated in my pocket. I unlocked the screen, and Chloe's photo in the family group came into view. In the photo, she leaned into Lucas's arms, clutching the gold medal tightly, smiling brilliantly. "Thank you, Mom, Dad, and Brother Lucas for your support! Although it's a pity that sister withdrew today, I will work hard for her dream too!" The next second, my parents' replies popped up. Mom: [Chloe is amazing, Mom is proud of you.] Dad: [Not bad, guard against arrogance and rashness, keep working hard.] I stared at the tender dialogue on the screen and sneered. Exiting the chat interface, social media platforms had already exploded. The news headlines pushed were meaner one after another. "Irony! Tang family's useless fake daughter Tanya loses to pressure and flees before battle, heroine real daughter Chloe Su carries the banner to win glory for the country!" The comment section was full of filth. I turned off my phone expressionlessly. On the ground, the pair of skis broken by Lucas himself still lay there quietly. I walked over, slowly squatted down, fingertips lightly brushing the jagged cross-section. Memory was violently pulled back to that summer. When I was fourteen, he mysteriously pulled me under a plane tree and presented a long, exquisitely packaged object from behind like a treasure. "For you, Tanya." His eyes were shining, as if full of stars. I opened the package; inside was a pair of skis. Two words were carved on it: Lucas & Tanya. He scratched his head, ears a little red. "Tanya, I heard you're going skiing. Use this from now on." "When you learn, we'll go skiing together every winter." He looked at me, eyes burning. "I'll accompany you. Wherever you go, I'll accompany you." "If you become an athlete in the future, then I will only applaud for you alone." The sunlight that day spilled through the gaps in the plane tree leaves, dancing on him, exceptionally bright. Later, I really embarked on the path of skiing. I used many more expensive skis and won countless medals and honors. But this pair of skis was always by my side. Every important competition, bringing it along, I always felt exceptionally at ease. We once hugged and kissed in front of these skis. After I won my first national championship, he hugged me tightly and said in my ear: "Tanya, I knew you could do it." The vow was still in my ears, but the person had long changed. In a trance, a voice suddenly came to my ear. 3 "Chloe needs a better venue for training. Give her the specially approved training hall, and your Snow Wing Club, give it to her too." I looked up. Lucas stood beside me at some point. He paused, his tone carrying a trace of disgust. "After all, you enjoyed preferential treatment for more than twenty years with her identity, while she suffered for more than twenty years. This counts as a little compensation for her wandering outside in the past." "Tanya, you owe her this." "I don't owe her." I interrupted him, my tone cold and hard. "Since you believe whatever she says, don't come to me." "You said you wouldn't touch the club. My things, I won't give an inch." Lucas snorted coldly, tone disgusted. "Tanya, you always have this self-righteous tough look, as if the whole world owes you." "Chloe is understanding and grateful. Can't you learn from her and change your bad temper?" "Also, I am not asking for your opinion. The handover will be completed tomorrow morning." The man who once said he would protect me for a lifetime now turned against me because of a sentence from another woman. It would be a lie to say it didn't hurt. But I don't know when it started to change. Probably that time, Chloe habitually picked a fight at the dinner table: "Some people have good stomachs and can eat such oily Spicy Chicken. Poor me, I have never had enough to eat since I was a child, my stomach is bad, and I feel uncomfortable eating it." If it were before, Lucas would only say annoyedly: "Get out if you don't eat." But that time he immediately raised his hand, moved the dish I had just touched far away, and said to me: "You eat something else." And Chloe, eating the food Lucas personally picked for her, was like winning a battle, lifting her chin to cast a proud and mocking look. Or maybe that time I fancied a limited edition necklace and used connections to get a reservation. Chloe saw the photo and showed a little envy in front of Lucas. "The fake enjoys everything, the real one can only struggle to survive." The next day, the necklace that should have belonged to me appeared on Chloe's neck. When I questioned him, Lucas just frowned. "It's just a necklace, when did you become so calculating? Chloe hasn't lived a good life before, what's wrong with making her happy?" "In the end, your mom is the murderer who caused her to wander outside." Also, the most chilling time for me was when scratches inexplicably appeared on Chloe's skis. She insisted with red eyes that I did it. Lucas didn't even investigate, looked at me with a frown immediately, and scolded: "Tanya, I know you are angry, but don't use such despicable means." Such things became countless later. From being aggrieved at the beginning, I became too lazy to care later. Pulling away from the memories, I took a deep breath and made a phone call to arrange the handover matters. Since Chloe wants it so much, I'll give it to her. Just don't know if she has the life to enjoy it. The handover ceremony was arranged very high-profile. Chloe wore a tailor-made high-end suit, exquisite makeup, standing in the position that originally belonged to me. She secretly curled her lips, unconcealable pride in her eyes and brows. "Sister, don't worry, I will definitely run the club better and won't disappoint the expectations of you and Brother Lucas." She looked at me, eyes full of showing off. I didn't speak, just nodded gently. No one knew, as early as last night. All the core materials and members of the club were quietly transferred by me. The current club is just a glamorous empty shell. As I expected, a few days after taking over the club, Chloe started her tricks again. Anonymous former team members suddenly started exposing me online. Saying I got into several important competitions through the back door, and even posted a few blurry screenshots of evidence. Immediately after, more black material about me kept popping up. Saying I bullied newcomers and squeezed out potential juniors relying on my money. Public opinion was ignited again. 4 When Lucas found me with those black materials, his eyes were full of undisguised disgust and warning, "Tanya, I didn't expect you to be so unbearable behind the scenes." "Chloe is simple and pure-minded. You'd better behave yourself and don't have any crooked thoughts to hurt her." I chuckled lightly, voice sarcastic: "Lucas, when you came to question me with these things of unknown origin, claiming I was vicious and unbearable, did you ever think about how many years we have known each other?" "A full twenty years, can't it compare to a few cries and forged screenshots from her?" "Did you even try to verify it once?" "Enough!" Lucas suddenly roared low, veins bulging on his forehead. "Tanya, why do you have to be unreasonable and bring up feelings every time? Admit it when you did wrong!" "I hope you remember today's warning, behave yourself, and don't trouble Chloe again. Otherwise, I will make you pay!" He gave me a deep look, then slammed the door and left. I sneered and withdrew my gaze. Before, always thinking of the unwavering love and heart-moving traces of our youth, I always endured it. But this also gave him the chance to hurt me again and again under the banner of "Chloe is miserable, I shouldn't bully her." But this is the last time. Lucas, it's not that I didn't give you a chance. But since you insist on hurting me for Chloe, don't regret it when you discover the truth. Chloe was extremely vain and loved face. She insisted on making our parents hold a grand recognition ceremony again to let everyone in the city know her true identity. Lucas also spoiled her, booking the most luxurious hotel banquet hall in the city. On that day, celebrities from the business and sports circles gathered, and various media were also waiting in full battle array with cameras. The emcee's voice was particularly clear. "Distinguished guests, we gather here today not only to celebrate Miss Chloe's winning the gold medal for the country in the World Championships but also to announce good news!" "After rigorous confirmation, Miss Chloe Su is the biological daughter of the Tang family who was lost outside!" As soon as the words fell, there was applause. Chloe was protected by Lucas, head slightly raised, eyes red, looking excited yet restrained. "Miss Chloe not only has pure character but also showed amazing talent in skiing. Let's review Miss Chloe's elegance on the field through the big screen!" The huge LED screen lit up in response. Photos of Chloe rotating and jumping on the track played one by one, accompanied by exciting background music. Applause continued offstage, praising her as "Tang family's real daughter with both talent and beauty." Chloe held the microphone, sighing with some pity. "Being able to return to Mom and Dad really feels like a dream." "I know, the fake sister who impersonated my life for twenty years may not be able to accept my appearance for a while, so she sulked and didn't even participate in the competition..." "What I want to say is, I can be magnanimous and not care that sister still lives in a home that doesn't belong to her, but things that belong to me, whether it's honor or family, I will firmly hold in my hand." She raised her chin slightly and spoke with a smile. "Sister, you will understand and bless me, right?" Meeting her nakedly provocative gaze, I also politely returned a smile. "Of course." Just as the words fell, the screen originally showing photos of Chloe holding the gold medal suddenly changed into a video. The moment sound came from the video, the smile on Chloe's lips froze instantly, and the color on her face faded completely.
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