I was Isabella Davis' foolish best friend.

She cheated with another man. She said she was with me.

She paid for male escorts. But she claimed she paid on my behalf. She also said I coaxed her into getting a massage at an unlicensed place.

After she got pregnant by accident. She cried to her boyfriend and said, "It was Harper who set me up to be raped."

Her boyfriend got so mad that he stabbed me to death.

After being reborn, her boyfriend came straight to my door.

But this time, I started a livestream.

"Hey everyone, this is a real-life horror game! Come help me out. They say someone's hiding in my house, but I just can't find them!"

1

"Ah, no! You must have the wrong person!"

I screamed and woke up from the nightmare. I was drenched in cold sweat.

I opened my eyes and looked around. That's when I realized, I had been reborn.

Just then, my phone rang urgently.

I picked it up and saw that it was Leo Parker calling. There were 26 missed calls from him.

Leo was my best friend, Isabella's boyfriend. They were about to get engaged.

I steadied myself, trying to shake off the bad memories in my mind.

"Hello? What's up?" I said.

But on the other end, I heard him cursing me out.

"Harper, I've never seen a friend like you. My wedding is the day after tomorrow, and you still won't let Isabella go home. Are you deliberately trying to ruin our wedding?

"Let me tell you, Isabella might be easy to bully, but I'm not. If you've got mental problems, find your own family to bother. Leave Isabella out of it," he said.

Leo's relentless rant caught me completely off guard.

In disbelief, I checked my chat history. That's when I saw Isabella's message from the night before, asking me to cover for her while she went out of town with her lover.

Memories from my past life flooded back. In my past life, Isabella had cheated with her lover but blamed it all on me.

She told him, "Harper was too scared to be home alone, so I had to stay with her. That's why I missed our wedding dress fitting day."

Leo was furious. He came to my office and cursed me out.

Later, Isabella bought me a coffee and brushed the whole thing off.

After that day, I nearly cut ties with Isabella. But she kept using my name to deceive Leo, which eventually led to my tragic death.

After quickly processing my emotions, I set my phone aside, letting Leo continue to yell.

Leo had been angrily cursing me out. When he realized I wasn't responding, he started to panic.

"Hello? What's going on? Say something! Where did you take Isabella?" he shouted.

Watching Leo get more and more anxious, I decisively hung up the phone. I even switched it to airplane mode.

In my past life, I tried to be the good guy. So, I lied for Isabella. But it only brought disaster upon me.

This time, I chose to ignore it.

I had another chance at life. I wasn't going to waste it on people like them.

I hummed a tune as I started my morning routine. I wasn't going to let them ruin my beauty sleep.

But just as I finished putting on my face mask, my brother texted me.

[Harper, stay home and don't open the door. I'm on my way!]

[Someone's livestreaming and badmouthing you, and they're on their way to your place!]

Seeing my brother's message and the livestream link, I was stunned.

What was going on? I clicked on the live stream and saw the title. "Malicious Best Friend Sabotaging Marriage."

In the livestream, Leo was driving while ranting about me to the audience.

"Guys, you have no idea. My girlfriend's best friend is such a bully. She takes advantage of how kind-hearted my girlfriend is, dragging her around to always do free labor. We're about to get married, but this woman still won't leave us alone.

"Look at the time. We have a wedding dress fitting scheduled for tomorrow morning, but this so-called best friend says she's scared to be home alone and insists my girlfriend stay with her. Is this even fair? Is there any justice left?"

The audience was furious, flooding the chat with insults directed at me.

"Guard against fire, theft, and best friends!"

"Bro, I get you. My ex-wife got talked into divorce by her best friend, too."

Seeing the audience's overwhelming support, Leo smirked with satisfaction.

"Tonight, I'm going to show this so-called friend the price of ruining someone else's marriage!

"Guys, make sure to like this stream. Stay tuned for more as we deal with this nasty friend!"

Watching him gloat, I couldn't help but laugh disdainfully.

In my past life, Isabella became more and more reckless. She even got pregnant by her lover and tried to make Leo take responsibility, but he found out.

So she falsely accused me of setting her up to be raped.

Leo was furious and wouldn't listen to any explanation. He stabbed me to death.

At the time, I had just passed the civil service exam and had a bright future ahead of me. But they snuffed out my life.

My brother tried to avenge me by running Isabella over with his car, but she dodged. Instead, he ended up in prison for attempted murder.

My elderly parents were overwhelmed with grief and passed away soon after.

A family was ruined by one lie from Isabella.

This time, I was determined to make them both pay.

I messaged my brother: [I'm fine. Don't worry about me. Come up slowly. If things get heated, wait in the car. I'll let you know when to come up. I have my way of dealing with them.]

In the livestream, Leo pretended to open WhatsApp and acted like he was sending me a voice message.

[Harper, I'm giving you one last chance. Let my girlfriend go home now, and I'll let you off the hook.]

But I didn't even have his WhatsApp. Watching him put on this show, I immediately started my livestream and requested to join his.

When Leo saw that someone wanted to challenge him, he thought he could make some quick cash. So, he happily accepted.

But when the camera turned on and he saw it was me, Leo was furious.

"Well. How dare you start a livestream and connect with me. You're born with no manners. You'll get a lesson tonight!" he yelled.

The stream's viewership exploded, and countless viewers flooded in.

The viewers were unaware of the full story. They saw Leo's livestream title and eagerly started typing, ready to watch the drama unfold.

They joined the earlier viewers in bashing me, thinking they knew the truth.

"Society's morals are so low now, especially with these best friends who do nothing but stir up trouble."

"Guys, you better keep a close eye on your girlfriends. If they have heartless friends like this one, you're in for a world of trouble."

Some nosy viewers even started sharing my personal information, threatening to come to my house with Leo to teach me a lesson.

But as the viewers' comments scrolled rapidly, I acted as if I couldn't see them. I calmly made myself a cup of coffee.

After taking a sip, I calmly looked at Leo on the other side of the screen.

"Who told you your girlfriend is at my place?" I asked.

Leo was taken aback for a moment, then looked at me with disdain.

"Harper, are you scared now? It's too late for that. Isabella told me before she left that she was going to be with you. There's no way you can deny it now!

"Everyone, look at her ugly face. It's bad enough she takes advantage of my girlfriend's kindness, but now she's acting like nothing's wrong. Let's all go after her!" he shouted.

The viewers went wild, spamming the chat with all sorts of vulgar insults.

Leo stepped on the gas, saying he'd be at my place soon.

I was just about to mock him. Right then, Leo's livestream got banned for inappropriate content.

Seeing this, I couldn't help but laugh. How bold of him to incite online harassment. I wondered what was going on in his mind.

After Leo's stream was banned, his viewers had nowhere else to go and ended up in my livestream.

It was such a huge wave of viewers. How could I not seize this opportunity?

"Everyone, the streamer you were just watching was completely making things up about me. Please don't believe or spread rumors. His girlfriend isn't here," I said.

But the viewers weren't convinced. They kept insisting that I must have hidden Isabella somewhere.

As I watched the chat explode with accusations, I cheerfully turned the camera around.

"Alright, everyone. Since you're all so sure, let's play a custom game of hide-and-seek. Help me look around and see if you can find her."

Even though I followed their directions, circling my house three or four times, no one could spot any sign of Isabella.

At this point, some of the more sensible viewers started to have doubts. They began to change the topic.

"Hey everyone, check out that painting on the wall. It looks like an authentic Quincy! That's gotta be worth at least five million!"

The viewers were quickly distracted, asking me to show them the painting again.

Seeing the perfect opportunity, I confidently started introducing my family's collection.

My parents ran an antique business. My friendship with Isabella had been purely by chance.

Once, she came to my house to deliver something for her teacher and accidentally broke a vase from our collection.

Since it was an accident, I pleaded with my dad to let her off the hook. He agreed not to make her pay for it.

That's when she found out my family was wealthy. She shamelessly started telling everyone that I was her best friend.

I was naturally indifferent, so I didn't bother to clarify anything she said.

Little did I know that this would eventually lead to the ruin of my family.

My parents had no awareness of social media. When I was reborn with memories from my past life, I secretly decided to use it to help my family's business.

I hadn't planned out how to start yet, but Leo had delivered this golden opportunity to me.

As I introduced the various items in our collection to the viewers, subtly promoting our antique business, I silently calculated the time. Leo should be arriving soon.

Sure enough, my brother sent me a message: [I'm downstairs and ready. That guy started another livestream with a new account. He's on his way up. Stay safe. If anything happens, just shout into the livestream. I'll come up immediately.]