"Give the spot on that variety show to Gracie; she's more suitable than you!"
"You're already back as the real daughter; stop being so petty and fighting with her over everything!"
The noise in her ears slowly brought Lucy May back to her senses.
She opened her eyes and looked up.
The familiar dining room, the table, and all the familiar faces—her family members—but their eyes were filled with disdain and blame.
Wait… isn't this the scene where Gracie Green snatched her spot on that variety show in her previous life?
Did she really come back to life?
At the sight of the date on the wall, a slight smile appeared in her eyes.
Returning to this point in time was just perfect—everything was still in time to change. All the bullying she endured in her previous life wouldn’t happen again!
"Are you even listening to me?" The handsome man beside her frowned, his tone filled with dissatisfaction.
This was her second brother, Michal Green, who was also her current manager.
Sitting at the table were her parents, her mother, five brothers, and Gracie—though just an adopted daughter, she was the most cherished little princess in the family.
Lucy withdrew her gaze and said coldly, "I heard you. I refuse."
This was the first time Lucy had ever spoken back since returning to the family.
Michal was immediately taken aback and impatiently said, "Can you stop making a fuss? Gracie wants to be on that variety show—what's wrong with letting her have it? Do you have to make everyone in the family unhappy?"
"Your unhappiness is your own business; it has nothing to do with me."
Lucy coldly met his gaze. "I earned that spot on the show with my own abilities. Why should I give it to someone else?"
Michal was very displeased with his suddenly defiant younger sister.
He gripped his fork tightly, took a deep breath, and said, "If you give up this spot, I promise I'll find you an even better opportunity."
"No need."
Lucy sneered. "You can save your good resources for your precious sister. I can't afford them."
"Lucy Green!" Ashley Green, Lucy's fifth brother, who had been holding back for a while, finally couldn't bear it anymore. "Don't go too far!"
The expressions of the other members of the Green family also darkened, and the atmosphere became tense.
"Since Lucy likes it, I won’t take it. Let her have it..." Gracie said timidly, her eyes red. "This is my fault, Michal, Ashley, please don't argue with Lucy..."
"This isn't your fault!" Michal and Ashley both comforted her in unison.
Mrs. Green also said with concern, "Gracie my dear, don't overthink it."
After speaking, she turned to Lucy with a stern face. "Lucy, what are you making a fuss about? It's just a small matter. Is it worth it?"
"Yes, it's just a small matter, so why am I going too far?" Lucy said lightly, her expression calm. "I'm just protecting my own interests."
She slowly put down her fork, wiped her mouth and hands with a napkin, and then shot eye daggers at Gracie, who Mrs. Green was protecting.
"Remember, the spot is mine, and it has nothing to do with you."
"So there’s no such thing as you not wanting it and giving it to me. Understand?"
After saying that, she added indifferently. "I'm done eating. You all carry on."
Before she finished speaking, she stood up and returned to her room, unwilling to get entangled with them any further.
Anyway, to her now, the Green family members were just strangers.
She, Lucy, was the biological daughter of the Green family, but they didn't raise her.
When Lucy was four years old, her fifth brother Ashley accidentally lost her outside, and traffickers kidnaped her. After that, the Green family adopted a little girl, changed her name to Gracie, Lucy's original name, and let her took over Lucy's former identity and status.
A year ago, the Green family found their biological daughter Lucy and brought her home, but they looked down on her and instead doted on the adopted daughter Gracie.
Whenever there was a conflict between the two, everyone in the Green family would unconditionally trust and side with Gracie.
Before being recognized by the Green family, she had struggled in the entertainment industry. With her hard work and talent, she slowly climbed from an obscure background actress to a third-tier starlet within a little over a year.
After she was recognized by the Green family, they made her terminate her contract with her original company and transfer to the entertainment company under the Green family.
She thought that with the protection of her parents and brothers, her path would be smoother. Little did she know that Gracie, who had always studied music, suddenly wanted to enter the entertainment industry.
So, her second brother, Michal, personally introduced Gracie into the industry.
He gave all the good resources to Gracie, elevating her to the status of a third-tier starlet.
Gracie always got to pick the best opportunities first, and whatever she didn't want would then fall to Lucy.
Last month, Lucy accidentally saved a director's wife. As a thank you, the director gave her an entry ticket to a big-name variety show that was extremely popular even before it aired.
Unexpectedly, Gracie became interested again and coquettishly asked Michal to let her go.
With Gracie’s status, she couldn't even reach the threshold of that variety show, so the Green family decided that Lucy should give the spot to Gracie.
They called it "giving," but it was really just outright robbery!
Last night, Michal came to her with this request, and she refused.
This morning, Michal brought it up again at the breakfast table. There was no doubt Gracie had once again pretended to be aggrieved.
In her past life, she had actually given up the spot for the sake of family harmony... But sorry, she wouldn’t do that in this life.
Whoever wants to be the "real daughter" can have it!
In the dining room, everyone was staring at each other, almost fuming with anger.
"What does she mean by this? Is she rebelling?" Mrs. Green was so angry that her chest hurt.
Master Green also frowned, but he looked at the Green family members and said, "It's just a small matter, and you’ve made it such a big deal."
"Mom, Dad, I'm sorry; it's all my fault..."
"This has nothing to do with you; it's Lucy who's out of line!" Ashley said angrily, "She's simply unreasonable!"
The other members of the Green family also looked stern.
Lucy didn’t care at all about their anger and disappointment.
After all, in her previous life, she had tried her best to be good to the Green family members. Over the year since her return, she had massaged them, cooked medicinal meals for them, and bent over backward to please them.
But in the end, she still couldn't win over their hearts.
When both she and Gracie were kidnapped by kidnappers, except for Master Green, who wasn't present, everyone else in the Green family chose to save Gracie first!
As a result, she was shot and killed by the kidnappers.
She died with a grudge.
At that moment, she completely lost hope in the Green family.
Going upstairs and returning to her room, Lucy raised her right hand and looked at her palm.
Her life line was very short.
This meant that she had less than a year left to live.
In her previous life, she encountered an accident a little over a year later, which was her fatal disaster.
She had already died, but before she passed, she was bound by a system that took her through various small worlds to complete tasks and earn life points as rewards. Once she accumulated enough life points, she was given the opportunity to be reborn and return to this world.
When the system unbound her, it told her that if she wanted to extend her life, she must gain more people's love.
If she herself gained more people's love, or if she helped others gain more love, her life could be extended.
It was like exchanging love points for life points to extend her life.
So, her top priority now was to find a way to save and extend her life, and entangling with the Green family was just a waste of time.
She quickly packed up the things she brought and left behind all the items the Green family had bought for her in the past year.
After roughly calculating the expenses she incurred from the Green family, she transferred the total amount back to the bank card Master Green had given her.
She hadn’t used the money on that card, and now she added another sum to it.
Then, she took her suitcase and went downstairs.
The Green family members were all sitting in the living room with displeased expressions.
Seeing her come down with her suitcase, their faces changed.
"What are you up to again?" Mrs. Green asked. "Why can't you just give it a break?"
