There was a fire in my house. After I risked my life to save my parents, who were the richest people in the country, multiple media outlets wanted to interview me.

Faced with the journalists' questions, my parents said that they would fulfill any of my wishes.

Their adopted daughter, Lily Jackson, thought that I would use this chance to drive her away, and her eyes had begun to turn red.

But I just looked at the camera and said coldly, "I want to sever all ties with the Jackson family, and I want all of you to be witnesses of my decision."

The crowd went into an uproar. My parents were infuriated.

The journalists wanted to ask some more questions, but I just started packing my luggage.

Only I was aware that I was reborn.

During my previous life, I took the chance of this interview to drive Lily out of the family.

Not long after she was taken away by her biological parents, they sold her to a man, and she died a terrible death within her husband's house.

My parents pretended like they didn't care and said to me that it was Lily's fate, but in truth, they secretly started poisoning my food.

After the poison killed me, they placed my body in front of Lily's grave in a position as if I was on my knees and apologizing to her. They made me pay for Lily's death with my life.

"If you hadn't driven Lily away, Lily wouldn't have met such a terrible fate! You should pay for what happened to her with your life!"

That was the last thing I heard, and I became completely disappointed with them.

But when I opened my eyes again, I realized I was reborn and went back to the day of the fire.

"What do you want as your reward, Laura? Tell us, and we'll make it happen."

Hearing the familiar voice, I looked around in shock. The journalists around me were all smiling warmly.

"Laura, you risked your life to save your parents. You deserve to be rewarded."

"Go on, tell us what you want."

I opened my mouth, but before I could say anything, Lily threw herself into my parents' arms.

"Mom, Dad, I was worried sick! I wanted to go in and save you, but Laura didn't let me!"

My parents immediately wrapped their arms around Lily and began checking if she was hurt.

Seeing that, I decided to keep quiet. I looked at the three of them who looked like a happy family of three.

When the fire started in our house, I was woken up from my nap by the choking smoke. After I ran out of the house, I realized that my parents were still trapped inside. I wanted to head back into the house with Lily to save them, but she just ran to safety and said disdainfully, "I'm not risking my own life to go back in there to save them! They're not even my real parents anyway! I'd rather they die in this fire! That way, I can inherit all their assets!"

I had no choice but to tell her to call 911, and I chose to go back into our house to save my parents.

But right now, my parents didn't even pay any attention to my burnt arm. Instead, they began comforting Lily, who they thought was frightened.

This was the ridiculous family that I was living in.

My parents only realized that they had left me hanging when they heard the journalists' reminder.

"You're not the only hero today, Laura. Lily wanted to come and save us, but you stopped her. You're the one who prevented her from gaining any merit. You've always liked to compete for our love. We'll let this matter slide this time, but you'd better think carefully about this wish of yours today."

Their eyes were cold. It was as if I didn't save them from the fire; instead, I was trying to kill them with the fire.

At that moment, Lily, who was crying in their arms, turned around and said, "Laura, I know you've always hated me and wanted to compete with me for Mom and Dad's love. You must really want to use this chance to kick me out of the house, right? If that's your wish, then... for the sake of Mom and Dad's reputation, I'll make sure you get what you want."

Lily's words caused an uproar in the crowd.

The journalists who had been praising me just now looked at me with curious eyes, as if waiting to hear some gossip.

"Laura, do you not like your sister? Why did you stop your sister from going into the fire to save your parents? Do you want to take all the credit for yourself? You and Lily are sisters. Have you thought about how your parents will feel when they find out what you've done?"

I was overwhelmed by countless questions.

Not only did my parents not help me out, but they pulled Lily behind them to protect her from the journalists.

"Laura, you can ask for jewelry, cars, or anything else. But Lily is our daughter, you can't just ask us to kick her out of the house just because you saved our lives!"

After hearing my parents' warning, tears welled up in my eyes.

Lily Jackson was only their adopted daughter; I, Laura Jackson, was their biological daughter. We were switched at birth.

When I suffered at Lily's parents' house, Lily enjoyed my parents' love and lived a luxurious life.

I thought things would improve after I left my abusive foster parents, but I was wrong.

To my parents, I was the outsider.

They hated how insecure and timid I was and said that my foster parents had made me become a useless fool.

Lily was even more worried that I would compete with her for my parents' inheritance, so she began bullying me in school.

When I went to tell the teachers about Lily's bullying, my parents would always stand in front of Lily to protect her.

"Lily's still a kid. Why would she lie about such things? She's always been very well-behaved. Why would she bully you?"

What my parents had forgotten was that I was still a kid as well.

I grew up hearing those negative comments, and those comments had become my nightmare.

In the past, I kept on thinking that my life would improve once Lily went back to her own family.

I had suffered for over 10 years for her; why did I have to be hated by my own parents as well? I wanted my parents to only belong to me.

Therefore, during my previous life, I pretended not to know that my parents were threatening me and made my wish.

"Lily's just an adopted daughter and not my biological sister. Her parents are still alive, so I want Lily to return to her own family."

My parents' faces changed drastically, but as businessmen, they had to keep their word. They said that they would fulfill any of my wishes, so they had no choice but to agree to my request in front of all the cameras.

Lily cried her eyes out in front of the cameras and complained about how I bullied her during the past couple of years.

But I didn't really care about it back then.

The only thing I cared about was my parents' love.

I thought I could live a happy life from then on. What I didn't expect was that I had made my own life a living hell.

Seeing that I wasn't saying anything, Lily began crying even louder.

"Mom, Dad, I know Laura doesn't like me, but I've never thought I'm competing with her for anything. I just want to be by your side every day. I've never thought of fighting with Laura for your inheritance. What if Laura really wants to kick me out of the house? I don't want to leave you..."

My parents both frowned and looked at me with cold eyes.

"Laura, we did say we can fulfill any of your wishes, but you shouldn't go too far."

I forced myself to remain calm, wiped the tears from my eyes, took a deep breath, and turned to face the cameras. "I never thought of driving Lily, who's adopted and whose parents are still alive, away. My wish is to sever all ties with the Jackson family."

As soon as I said those words, the entire room became quiet. Then the crowd broke into an uproar.

"Is Laura out of her mind? The Jackson family is the richest family in the country! Why does she want to sever all ties with them?"

"They've always said that Lily was the second daughter of the Jackson family, but it turns out that they're not related at all."

"Can't you all see? Lily didn't do anything, but Mr. and Mrs. Jackson still chose to comfort her first? Laura's arm was burned while trying to save them, but they didn't seem to care at all. Laura must have suffered a lot of grievance over the years."

All the journalists began gossiping about the dirty dealings of affluent families. The surprise was evident on Lily's face, but my parents furrowed their brows.

"What's the meaning of this, Laura? What are you playing at in front of so many people? Why did you tell everyone about Lily's true identity? Are you trying to ruining her and this family?"

I could tell the authority in my parents' voice.

If it had been in the past, I would definitely be scared and then apologize to beg for their forgiveness.

But now, I didn't want their pathetic love anymore. I had been dead once and had come to my senses.

I didn't need their love. I would just need to love myself.

"I was merely telling everyone the truth. There's no need for you to be angry, Mom, Dad. My wish is to leave the Jackson family. I hope everyone present today can bear witness to my decision, and I hope my parents will fulfill my wish."

Seeing that I had made up my mind, my dad, Bradley Jackson, slammed the table, my mom, Sophia Jackson, looked at me with eyes full of resentment, and Lily snuggled into Mom's arms with tears in her eyes.

"Why is Laura being so mean? She must want to use this method to make others think that we're mistreating her. Mom, Dad, I bet she won't really leave this family. She just wants to make me look bad!"

Mom trembled in anger as she pointed at me. "Laura Jackson! You're such an ungrateful bastard! How could you tell everyone about Lily's identity? Have you ever thought about how she would feel? Lily's kind and smart. She's the daughter of the Jackson family! As for you, you've set your eyes on our inheritance and even enrolled in a local university, and weren't willing to leave our side at all. That's because you were afraid that we'd favor Lily over you! I can't believe you're such a vicious person!"

I looked at my mom, who was pointing at me and criticizing me, and my heart ached.

I was unwilling to leave their side because Dad had a heart condition. There had to be someone at home to take care of him. I didn't trust Lily, so I chose to stay.

Lily had never hidden her desire to acquire our family's assets when she was in front of me. From what I knew, if Dad had a heart attack, she would definitely just sit back and not do anything.

I wanted to protect Dad.

Seeing that I had my head lowered and wasn't saying anything, Dad sneered. "Can't come up with anything to say now? Laura, did you think that we'd be worried about you and beg you not to go? To be honest with you, you're wrong! You've already told us what you want in front of everyone, so there's no going back now! We'll never forgive you and let you come back to us, even if you beg us!"

My heart ached even more as I raised my head to look at my dad in the eyes. "Don't get me wrong. When I said I wanted to sever all ties with you, it wasn't a threat or anything. I mean it."

Dad clenched his fists in anger, and the disgust was evident in his eyes.

"Alright then! Very well! Since that's what you want, then I'll grant you your wish! Laura Jackson, from this moment onwards, you're no longer a member of the Jackson family!"

All the journalists present didn't expect things to turn out this way. They looked at each other in a daze.

"Laura, why did you make such a wish?"

"Are your parents or Lily mistreating you? The Jackson family is the richest family in the country. You did a good thing. Why are you punishing yourself by severing all ties with the Jackson family?"

I smiled softly and used my hands to push back the microphones that were stuffed in my face and just left.

Behind me were the discussion of the journalists and the shouting of my parents.

"Did you really think this little act of yours was convincing, Laura? I've already seen through your little tricks! You're just doing this to get our attention, right? When you applied for a local university, I knew you just wanted to cling to us for the rest of your life and so that you could bully Lily?"

That was when Lily's voice sounded. "Laura's just trying to ruin my reputation in front of the cameras. Mom, Dad, you've got to explain things to everyone for me!"