The Real Daughter Came Back to Chill and Kill novel Chapter 1

They were all acting strange all of a sudden.

The seven older brothers who once treated me like a thorn in their side and only cared about the fake heiress now wanted to not only protect me for life but also declare my position as the real heiress of the Quinn family.

My parents, who used to brush me aside, even wrote in their will that everything would be left to me.

I couldn't believe it.

Too bad I regressed into the past and had already lost all hope in them.

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"Scarlett Quinn, was it you who stole Lily's Celestial Drop?"

A young man's voice thundered like a muffled clap, jolting Scarlett out of her sleep.

The door was kicked open. Her seventh-eldest brother, Jonah Quinn, was standing there with his hands on his hips, glaring at her furiously.

This all-too-familiar voice and situation made her suddenly realize—she wasn't in that hellish psychiatric hospital anymore.

She was back… in the storage room she had lived in for five years.

She had regressed into the past!

As the haunting memories of her past life flooded her mind, her eyes gradually turned cold.

She was meant to be the beloved daughter of the prestigious Quinn family in Yendale, but fate had other plans when the family's enemies swapped her at birth.

The truth had only recently been uncovered, and she was quickly brought back to the Quinn residence.

But even after they brought her home, they refused to publicly acknowledge her as one of their own.

Instead, they let her stay in the Quinn residence as a live-in maid.

Having grown up like an orphan, Scarlett especially treasured the family bond she had finally found, yearning for their love more than anything.

As such, she didn't mind at first and tried her best to please every family member.

Yet, the harder she tried, the more her older brothers looked down on her, comparing her to the fake heiress at every opportunity.

They called her a country bumpkin and a troublemaker who was not even good enough to be a maid for the fake heiress.

At school, they turned a blind eye to the bullies who would harass her. At home, they wouldn't even let her eat at the table.

Trying to please them only got them to label her as conniving, while pushing back only got them to call her inconsiderate.

Lily Quinn was the adored, high-and-mighty princess, whereas she was the rat that lived in the gutter.

And the most ridiculous part? When Lily faked a fainting spell to frame her, everyone believed it.

They fussed over Lily, tending to her like she was made of glass. As for Scarlett, they drove her out of the house, making her kneel outside in the dead of winter.

The night air was below 10 degrees Fahrenheit, yet they showed no concern for her well-being.

The bitter wind was like knives to her exposed skin. As her body went numb, all color drained from her face. In the end, she passed out from the cold.

On the other hand, the rest of the family stayed warmly indoors, laughing together like one big happy family.

They had completely forgotten about her, the one they had cast out under the guise of punishment.

It was through this repeated cold indifference that her spirit finally shattered.

Scarlett lost control of her emotions and confronted them, telling them that it was Lily who had framed her. But her eldest brother used her emotional state as a reason to personally see to it that she was sent to a psychiatric hospital.

When her parents visited her, their eyes were filled with cold disappointment and distrust.

"How could we have had a daughter like you? If we had known you were like this, we would never have brought you back home!"

Then, they turned to look at the fake heiress with a look of satisfaction, saying, "Good thing we have Lily. She's the one who's more like our own!"

Then, they turned and left without even looking back.

As they walked away, Scarlett saw Lily's victorious smile directed at her.

"I'm the true pride and joy of the Quinn family, Scarlett. You're just a pitiful vermin who will always be beneath me!"

Scarlett endured endless torment in that hospital, where a mad doctor subjected her to relentless electric shocks that ultimately led to her dying an excruciating death.

Perhaps even whoever was watching her couldn't bear to watch her suffer any longer, and so they granted her a second chance at life.