After her rebirth by Cici

Chapter 1

The summer sun was beating down on the busy streets, making everyone feel like they were melting. People were rushing around in front of the hospital, and the scorching sunlight was hitting everyone equally. Meanwhile, in a hospital room, Katniss Manners slowly woke up from a coma, blinking her eyes open to a strange and mysterious scene.

The gray walls were covered with a red cross, and an old table stood by the bed. The stale air and the strong smell of disinfectant hit her nose, making her already aching head spin even more.

Wait, wasn't she dead? How the heck was she in a hospital?

Katniss remembered.

She had come to the hospital to see her sister, Clara Manners, with a bunch of flowers she had carefully picked out. The hot weather had her drenched in sweat, but she didn't care. Her heart was full of worry and love for Clara. Dodging pedestrians and cars, Katniss hurried along, her anxiety and urgency pushing her forward.

Finally, she reached the hospital entrance and rushed into the ward. The next second, she heard Clara and Elodie Smith talking inside.

"Mom, how did I get this disease? If I can't find a kidney donor, I'm gonna die. What am I gonna do?" Clara's voice trembled as she held the examination report, her eyes filled with helplessness and sadness.

figure something out. We'll find a kidney donor soon." Clara's tears flowed like a river, her fear and despair rising

chest. Knowing the family's struggles and conflicts, she had tried so hard to please her family but was always ignored and

kids to raise, and I haven't had a chance to take good care of you," Clara said sadly, her

hint of darkness as she said, "By the way, didn't Katniss get stomach cancer? Maybe we can use her kidney. It would be a

stood quietly in the hospital corner, thinking about her life.

family found out that Katniss was actually their real daughter who had been mistakenly taken away. She was brought back from the countryside. This unexpected discovery flipped Katniss's life upside down. She

tried hard to fit in with her family but found it

constant nagging cut deep, and the family's cold and unfair attitude towards her was like a slap in the face. Clara's tears always got the family's sympathy, while Katniss was the scapegoat. "I just wanted to help," she'd say, but her efforts to solve the family's money problems were met with cold shoulders and blame. She couldn't wrap her head around why she was always the one getting the short end of the

real Manners

loaded, but as more people got into the game, they started having

day and night to fix the financial mess, just to get a nod from the Manners family, but

bitterly, she should've known that no matter how hard she tried, she'd

pain. Suddenly, a violent cough broke the silence, and she

groaned in pain, the atmosphere in the ward getting heavy. Elodie and Clara heard the noise outside the ward, and Elodie quickly pushed the door open, frowning and glaring at Katniss. "Were you eavesdropping?" Elodie's voice

a chill. She hurriedly stood up, wanting to escape the awkward situation. But Elodie wasn't letting