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I was the real heiress who got switched at birth. In my previous life, I was killed in a car crash that was carefully orchestrated. As my consciousness slipped away, in those last fleeting seconds, I looked through the shattered car window and caught sight of Olivia Lane—the fake heiress who had stolen my life for eighteen years—standing just a short distance away. It was in that moment that everything finally hit me. I endured everything and kept silent, just to finally have a taste of the family love I'd missed for so many years. I took it for granted that my parents and brother always doted on Olivia. Whenever she framed me, I convinced myself it was just an innocent misunderstanding. I thought that if I kept compromising and acted mature, one day they'd truly accept me as one of their own. It turned out that from beginning to end, it was all just a one-sided joke I kept telling myself. Now, after time-traveling back to the old days, I watched as my real parents showed up at my door. With guilt written all over their faces, they looked at me and repeated the exact same words as they had in my previous life. "Jane, we're your parents. We're here to take you home," they said. Smiling, I slid the account book across the table. "You wanna claim me as your daughter? Sure, but you'd better settle the bill first," I said. I added, "Eighteen years of food and school that my adoptive parents covered, and the emotional pain. That adds up to $711,000. Cash or transfer?"