Lin Moci woke up the next day feeling like her mother was somehow different.
The way she looked at her.
It was… kind and amiable. Yet, Lin Moci felt a prickle of unease in her heart. She queried the system internally.
“What did you tell my mommy?”
The system replied casually.
“Just told her the truth. You are a tasker, Ling Qianhe is your mission target. You’ve been to this world several times. The sister he met at the orphanage was you, his little assistant was you. The one he loved, from beginning to end, was always you.”
“What’s wrong with that? Can’t I?”
Lin Moci’s eyes widened in an instant.
“Are you crazy?”
She gasped for air.
She sucked in air frantically.
“She can accept such insane content?”
The system, however, spoke with utmost seriousness.
“Why not?”
“Host, you’re underestimating Ms. Lin Cuiping’s capacity to accept things. I think she’d accept anything. Even if I told her you were abducted by aliens, that Ling Qianhe is actually the world’s biggest demon king, a vampire who has lived for thousands of years, or that you are a top cultivator from the immortal realm, and this is just one of your mortal trials…”
“She’d accept it all.”
“What can’t she accept?”
“We’re all modern people, open-minded.”
Lin Moci: “……”
So, she was considered ignorant and foolish?
Underestimating Ms. Lin Cuiping’s astonishing, astonishing capacity to accept things?
Lin Moci sighed.
Then, she murmured, “So—”
“She knows everything now, what was her reaction?”
The system chuckled softly.
“What reaction could she have? Didn’t you see? You’re still her daughter.”
The system then tossed out the explosive news nonchalantly.
“And you were always her daughter. You’ve been to this world before. You were originally Ms. Lin Cuiping’s daughter. The mission in that world was to save a lovesick mommy, we just sealed your memories.”
“This world is one of the primary origin worlds… which means there are so many derivative branches, and they are so important.”
“Which is why Ling Qianhe became the strongest villain in history.”
“Think of it like this: you played a game, Game Over, then our system upgraded and optimized, and merged all the previous saves. All the progress, all the missions, coexist in this world. Does that make sense?”
Lin Moci: “……”
Merged save files?
The system was capable of doing something like that.
She had wondered why Ms. Lin Cuiping felt so familiar.
Just like her real mother.
It turned out she was indeed her real mother from one of her past lives.
Why didn’t the system mention it sooner!
After all the worry she’d had.
About being discovered.
Turns out.
I transmigrated into myself?
The system sighed.
“I thought these were minor details, not important.”
Lin Moci almost glared at the system.
How could these not be important?
This was incredibly important.
So… Ms. Lin Cuiping truly knew everything?
At the dining table, Lin Cuiping continued to look at her with loving eyes. Lin Moci hesitated for a moment, holding her milk, then asked her softly.
“Mommy?”
Ms. Lin Cuiping looked at her with a beaming smile.
“Darling, what is it?”
Lin Moci carefully observed her expression.
“Um… do you still hate Ling Qianhe?”
Ms. Lin Cuiping sighed, resting her chin on her hand.
“If you like him so much, you’d be sad if I hated him, wouldn’t you, Xiao Ci?”
“Why would I hate him?”
“Besides, he had no parental love since he was a child, his biological mother died so early, and his stepmother was so hateful. He’s quite pitiful.”
“I don’t hate him.”
Lin Moci was a little surprised.
“Really?”
Ms. Lin Cuiping looked at her and smiled cheerfully, her eyes filled with doting affection.
“Of course, it’s real. Why would I lie to you? Don’t worry, Mommy won’t make things difficult for him.”
Actually, Ling Qianhe, with his… his personality… probably wouldn’t be afraid of things being made difficult for him, Lin Moci muttered internally. Then she heard Ms. Lin Cuiping look at her and ask gently.
“Are you still filming today? I’ll drive Xiao Ci to the set.”
“Don’t worry, you just focus on filming.”
“Leave everything else to Mommy to handle.”
Lin Moci blinked.
“Huh? But there’s nothing I need Mommy to handle…”
Ms. Lin Cuiping narrowed her eyes, her aura suddenly igniting.
“Mommy knows how to deal with a shrew.”
“Hmph, I think she has the guts of a bear and the heart of a leopard to bully Xiao Ci!”
…
Lin Moci was still feeling worried as she headed to the filming.
She secretly asked the system.
“Won’t Ms. Lin Cuiping do something… something excessive?”
The system chuckled.
“Don’t worry so much.”
“She won’t lose.”
Hearing this, Lin Moci became even more worried.
“Why wouldn’t she lose? You’re talking nonsense— Ling Qianhe was already so tormented by Madam Ling— Ms. Lin, my mom is just a naive and sweet girl, how can she deal with the ruthless Madam Ling?”
The system actually replied righteously.
“Haven’t you heard of the saying, ‘fools have foolish blessings’?”
“Your mommy is beautiful and kind-hearted, don’t worry. She has immense luck and won’t get hurt at all.”
Lin Moci blinked slightly.
Huh?
The system sounded… very confident.
Could it be that Ms. Lin Cuiping actually had some hidden skills?
She was skeptical. Coincidentally, Yang Weiyang came to rehearse with her, so she temporarily set aside the matter. After all, filming the scene well was the most important thing.
After Yang Weiyang finished rehearsing with Lin Moci, Wu Minlong instructed them to start shooting.
They filmed continuously for a full seven to eight hours from morning till night.
Finally, when wrapping up, Yang Weiyang ate her lunchbox with relish. She wasn’t picky at all, eating the same boxed meals as the crew.
Meanwhile, over there, Bai Jian and the others were also eating their lunchboxes.
However, Zhou Yuan’an brought over several large thermoses of food.
“Come, come, have some food. I made it.”
He was already a good cook, and his skills were brought to the set, even establishing a small kitchen headed by him. The taste was comparable to that of a five-star chef.
He smilingly handed Lin Moci a box of sweet and sour pork ribs.
Lin Moci took a few small bites of the ribs.
Sweet.
The taste was excellent.
The seasoning was perfectly balanced.
Yang Weiyang was incredibly envious.
“Ahhh, Xiao Ci, your treatment is too good!”
“Will someone bring us fruit after the meal! To reward us a little…”
And indeed, someone did. After the meal, cut fruit was delivered, along with milk tea for the crew. Ling Qianhe had ordered them. Yang Weiyang clicked her tongue and teased her.
“Look, look, why doesn’t Fei Siyu know anything? He’s truly a straightforward man! As for Ling Qianhe, this must be the legendary boyfriend that others talk about.”
“Next time I see him, I’ll definitely tease him properly.”
Lin Moci smiled.
“Aren’t you afraid of him anymore?”
Yang Weiyang shook her head.
“I… when was I ever afraid of him! It’s because he was our mentor, so I, so I highly respected him! Respect, understand? I’m not afraid of him at all!”
Just putting on a brave face, Lin Moci couldn’t help but laugh.
“Oh? Really?”
“We’ll see if you can still say that when the time comes.”
“Um, you don’t know, but he’s coming to visit the set this afternoon?”
Yang Weiyang’s eyes widened in an instant.
“Who… who said that?”
Lin Moci was very sure.
“I said it. If I asked him to come, would he not come?”