Chapter 1

I was ordered to attend a tutoring session while the fake daughter, Vanessa, was getting ready to head to a mountain spa resort with Mom and Dad.

Vanessa pouted, "Chloe's stuck studying, and I get to go out and have fun? What if she surpasses me in the next exam?"

Mom and Dad immediately showered her with reassurances. They promised to find her top-tier private tutors when they got back, ensuring I'd never get a chance to outdo her.

Watching the three of them walk off happily, a dark thought flickered in my mind:

I wished they would just drop dead out there. I didn't want a family like this.

That evening, as I pushed open the front door, Mom and Dad stood in the living room, covered in mud.

"There was a sudden flood in the mountains. We were accidentally swept away. Vanessa didn't make it out."

The next moment, my phone vibrated.

It was a message from Vanessa: "Mom and Dad and I were swept away by the flood. I was lucky enough to be rescued, but Mom and Dad drowned!"

A shiver of dread ran down my spine.

Because on my way home, I had received a call.

A sudden flood in the mountains. Mom, Dad, and Vanessa were all dead, drowned in the deluge!