Lin Muci walked into the classroom, and the system couldn't help but sigh.
Host, your tactic of cutting off the roots is so brilliant.
Lin Miaoyu and her plastic girlfriends are probably going to have a complete rift.
Host, you've done a great job!
Lin Muci's lips curved upwards.
Human greed is endless.
It's human nature to long for good things. She could brainwash herself, thinking her mommy was doing it for affection and true love, but what were they as mother and daughter really after? Didn't she know herself?
There are millions of kinds of affection, but is destroying someone's family, plundering their wealth, and bullying the original wife's daughter considered true love, considered kindness? Bah.
Lin Muci wouldn't indulge these green tea and white lotus types.
After class, she grabbed her schoolbag and waited for a luxury car, watching Lin Miaoyu squeeze onto the bus.
Her so-called girlfriends, whether intentionally or not, kept a distance from her.
She looked solitary.
Quite pitiful.
But it was also what she deserved.
Didn't she want to show off her integrity?
Then let her show it off properly.
Lin Muci drove home, but Lin Cuiping was anxiously preparing to go out, her face full of worry, looking as if the sky had fallen.
Lin Muci rarely saw this naive socialite display such an expression. Her brow slightly raised, she asked,
"Mommy, what's wrong?"
Lin Cuiping felt like she was about to burst into tears again.
"Xiao Ci, your maternal grandfather had an accident! Your grandfather suddenly fell ill at the airport."
"He's been rushed to the Central Hospital, and I have to go see him. Your grandfather is the pillar of our Lin family. If anything happens to him, both our mother and daughter will be ruined."
She couldn't imagine it.
She had always been protected very well by her father.
Lin Muci's maternal grandfather, though a magnate in the business world for many years, had raised his only daughter into a naive airhead.
Lin Muci was a little surprised, but she quickly calmed down.
"Don't worry, I'll go with you."
"Uncle Li, drive."
"Mommy, you mustn't panic. If you panic, the situation will only get worse. Let's go to the hospital first. Don't be afraid. With our resources, we can find the best doctors and get him proper care. He'll be saved; there won't be any major problems."
Lin Muci had become the pillar of strength for her mother.
Lin Muci's mother looked at her, finally calming down, wiping away her tears, and nodding.
The two grabbed their bags and headed out. Lin Muci asked the system,
"Is my maternal grandfather very ill?"
She pondered for a moment and then asked,
"Does it have anything to do with that scumbag Lu Yuanhang?"
The system began querying data.
"Let me see. It seems to be quite serious."
"For so many years, because he was uneasy about handing over power to Lu Yuanhang, he handled everything himself, overworking himself to the point of accumulating illness. If he doesn't receive proper treatment for this episode, he will pass away in three months. According to the plot, the Lin family's power will completely fall into Lu Yuanhang's hands. He will then kick Lin Cuiping out."
"Anyway, the mother's fate later on is quite tragic. Zhao Jingjing frames her, causing her to be abducted by human traffickers and live a precarious life. In the end, she commits suicide in a impoverished mountain village."
"Zhao Jingjing, on the other hand, transforms from a mistress into the legitimate wife, holding her head high."
"The system found Lin Muci, this young girl who had become a vegetative state, wanting her body. It was in her sea of consciousness that it showed her what would happen next."
"This young girl, when she was on her last breath..."
"Only then did she agree to lend her body to the host."
"Her condition was that the host must get justice for her."
"She wants to protect her mommy."
"And get revenge on Zhao Jingjing, that mistress."
Lin Muci gasped.
"It seems I haven't been ruthless enough."
"Zhao Jingjing, that old white lotus, looks so gentle and weak, but she's truly vicious. No wonder the system called her the strongest mistress in history."
"Since he'll die in three months, is my maternal grandfather's illness incurable?"
The system explained.
"It was an accident during surgery; he had a cerebral hemorrhage. He should have received conservative treatment. But Lin Cuiping, influenced by Lu Yuanhang's instigation, opted for an extremely dangerous craniotomy. As a result, his post-operative reaction was very poor, and he passed away like that."
Lin Muci felt a wave of headache again upon hearing this.
"This is truly a classic case of playing a good hand poorly."
She thought for a moment and asked the system,
"I remember in other worlds where I completed tasks, in one world, my identity was a female Chinese medicine practitioner with exceptional medical skills, world-class, capable of treating all kinds of difficult and complex diseases. Can I exchange for that medical skill?"
The system froze for a moment, seemingly performing a series of complex calculations, and then it informed Lin Muci.
"Your points are insufficient for the exchange."
"Unless..."
Lin Muci's face grew cold. She always felt the system had ulterior motives.
"Unless what?"
The system told her.
"Unless you gain favorability from the main characters, which can then be exchanged for points."
"I've calculated for you. You can use this body to raise Ling Qianhe's favorability to above 50, and you should be able to exchange for this Chinese medicine skill. By the way, due to certain world rule restrictions, Host, you cannot directly tell Ling Qianhe that you are Lin Muci. You can only let him discover it himself. So, the favorability for the two identities is not shared."
"His current favorability towards you is exactly zero, that of a complete stranger."
Lin Muci scowled.
"You did that on purpose, didn't you?"
The system feigned innocence.
"Not at all."
"You also know that Ling Qianhe is the Son of Destiny in this world. Gaining points from him is the easiest. Besides him, it's hard to get so many points from anyone else in a short period! I'm not harming you, Host! I genuinely want to help you!"
Lin Muci exploded in anger.
"Besides him! Are all the men in this world dead?"
"I absolutely refuse to exchange points from him again!"