Chapter 1

Five years ago, when my face was disfigured by acid, Lucas held up a photo of his missing true love to convince me to have surgery.

"I'll make you more beautiful than before," he promised.

But when I accidentally stumbled upon an identical face in the VIP ward, I finally understood that I was just a replacement.

Later, I discovered he was secretly using our daughter's blood to keep their illegitimate son alive!

I went mad trying to take my daughter away, but a cold scalpel was pressed against my throat.

His breath hot on my ear, he whispered, "You're just her substitute. It's time to give the face back."

The next moment, I unexpectedly died on his operating table.

When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the day I discovered his secret.

The cold sensation of the scalpel gliding across my face still lingered.

I jolted awake, instinctively touching my face.

I was standing in the hallway of the VIP ward, holding a thermos of hot bone broth.

The familiar number 606 was on the door of this ward.

Through the frosted glass, I saw my husband, Lucas, the director of this private hospital.

He was cradling someone who looked exactly like me.

It was Vanessa, his true love who had been missing for six years.

That's when I realized I had been reborn.

In my previous life, I had accidentally passed by this room and discovered the truth that I was just a replacement for Lucas's true love.

Trembling all over, I hadn't confronted him for the sake of our daughter.

But when I saw with my own eyes that he was using our daughter's blood to keep their illegitimate son alive, I completely lost it.

I burst into the ward, determined to take our daughter away.

But a cold scalpel was pressed against my throat.

Lucas's breath was hot on my ear as he whispered, "You're just her substitute. It's time to give the face back."

The next moment, I was injected with anesthesia and laid on the cold operating table.

He only wanted one person in the world to have this face.

But I unexpectedly died on the operating table.

He announced it as a medical accident and quickly covered it up.

Given another chance at life, I found myself back at the moment I discovered this secret.

I stared intently at the intertwined figures inside, my fingernails digging into my palms, filled with hatred.

Suddenly, my phone began vibrating incessantly in my pocket.

I pulled it out to see "Ms. Lee" displayed on the screen.

I answered the call.

"Hello?"

"Oh, Candy's mom? I've already dropped Candy off with Dr. Lin for her checkup. I'll come pick her up when it's done, okay?"

My grip on the phone tightened.

This was bad!

In my previous life, today was when my daughter's regular "checkups" began!

I rushed downstairs, frantically asking the nurses about Dr. Lin's whereabouts.

The hospital staff, knowing I was the director's wife, quickly informed me that Dr. Lin had gone to the blood draw lab on the third floor.

I set down the thermos of broth and sprinted towards the third floor.

My palms were sweating as I ran, my heart pounding, terrified of being a second too late.

I saw my daughter's silhouette in the distance and shouted, "Candy!"

She turned, her face lighting up when she saw me, calling out in her sweet voice, "Mommy!"

I dashed over and violently knocked away the needle that was about to pierce my daughter's arm.

Dr. Lin was startled by my action, frozen in place.

"Mrs. Carter, what are you doing?"

I didn't answer her, carefully examining the bruises from needle marks on the inside of my daughter's arm.

Why were there needle marks when I had just stopped it?

Could it be that Lucas had already been drawing Candy's blood...

"Dr. Lin, you've been drawing my daughter's blood without parental consent? Don't you know that's illegal!" I shouted at her angrily.

Dr. Lin awkwardly scratched her head. "Well... the director told us to do it..."

The fury in my heart was instantly doused with a bucket of cold water.

Lucas, how could you be so cruel!

Suddenly, my daughter looked up at me innocently and said, "Mommy, Candy's okay. Daddy said he'd buy me something yummy. Candy's not afraid of pain!"

My heart ached as I gently touched the bruises on her little hand, glaring at Dr. Lin.

"Bring me Candy's previous medical records."

She hesitated, saying, "Well... you're not hospital staff, so it's not appropriate to disclose..."

"I can't even see my own daughter's records? Do I need to ask Lucas myself?"

Finally, she produced all of Candy's medical records since birth.

I examined them carefully, only to find that Lucas had covered his tracks perfectly.

Since she was 4 years old, there were regular 200cc blood donations, all signed off by Lucas.

On the surface, it was for rare blood type research, but in reality, it was being transfused to the illegitimate son in VIP room 606!

The paper crumpled in my grip as Dr. Lin watched me nervously.

I threw the medical records in her face, warning her through gritted teeth, "I'm taking my daughter with me. If there's a problem, tell him to come find me!"