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Chapter 18: Mama’s Girl 1

“Congratulations, Host, for completing the mission and earning the additional achievement—‘Verbal Cannon King’ title. Rewards: Task Gift Pack *1, Virtue Points *100.
The task requester has given a five-star rating.
Book Spirit’s evaluation: ‘Well done. Next time, don’t do so well.’”

Ren Xin: “………” That’s just throwing shade! But as long as there are virtue points, it’s all good~

“Welcome, Host. I am the Book Spirit for this world. Would you like me to transfer the memories now?”

“Little thing, do you know Book Spirit Number One?”

“……..”

“I’ll just assume you do. Go back and tell that troublemaker to rewrite my evaluation, or I’ll scatter its brain matter!”

“……..”

“Host, please calm down. It’s not easy being a worker.”

Ren Xin raised an eyebrow. “So you are Book Spirit Number One!!”

“……… How did you figure that out?”

“It really is you, huh! Hah~ Why are you here again?”

The Book Spirit whimpered, “I’m just covering for someone! If I’d known it was you again, I wouldn’t have volunteered for a bit of fun…”

“I need two big gift packs to let this slide!!”

Book Spirit: “No way, I don’t have any more.”

Ren Xin then pulled out a knife and held it to her neck. “Fine, I’ll end it here! Then you won’t even need to give out single reward gift pack.”

“……..”

“System is delivering two gift packs. Please check your inventory, Host!”

Hmph. Ren Xin put away the unsharpened blade, speaking in an irritatingly soothing tone, “See? That wasn’t so hard. Do you think I’ve survived this long because of racial talent? Let me tell you, no.”

“Then why?” the Book Spirit asked, half curious, half regretful.

“Because I’m crazy! Going berserk solves 80% of problems. The remaining 20%? Shamelessness. In short: I’m a ginseng winner~~”

“………” The Book Spirit silently went offline, howling into the wind.

This time, the world she entered wasn’t too difficult. The original host was a seventh-grader, 15 years old, living in what seemed to be a harmonious, loving, middle-class family. Her father was a senior engineer, and her mother was a stay-at-home mom.

So far, so ordinary. But the key difference was: the original host had been reborn.

Today, her father would bring home a boy, claiming him to be the orphaned child of a friend. He pitied the boy and decided to adopt him, hoping his wife wouldn’t mind.

The mother, sympathetic to the boy’s tragic story, showed him extra kindness.

The original host also welcomed this “brother,” who was the same age as her.

“But ever since the boy came into the family, it seemed like everyone began to change, except mother.”

The original host’s grandparents clearly favored the boy. Her father, too, began prioritizing the boy in everything, expecting the original host to make concessions.

This led to countless arguments between her parents.

Eventually, a female stranger barged into their home, mockingly sneering at her mother:
“You stupid housewife, how does it feel to raise my son for free? It’s your fault for only giving birth to a useless girl. You’re incompetent—can’t even keep a man. Your in-laws know about this, but they don’t say anything because I gave them a grandson…”

The mother was so enraged she suffered a heart attack and passed away.

The original host, who had just started high school, felt lost. Her home was no longer hers, her mother was gone, and she couldn’t understand how things had spiraled out of control.

But then, she was reborn. She wanted to stop it all.

She tried telling her mother everything, but her mother didn’t believe her, thinking she had watched too many soap operas. She acted out, causing trouble for everyone, hoping to draw attention to the issue.

Instead, her antics only exhausted her mother, who spent all her energy cleaning up after her.

She had used the wrong method. In the end, she still failed to save her mother. Only then did she realize that her tantrums and recklessness only worked on her mother.

Now, she wanted Ren Xin’s help to fix everything and to stand up for her mother.

Ren Xin: “………” A perfectly good hand of cards, and you played it like this.

“Mission objective: Save the mother from the quagmire and ensure she lives a happy life.
Bonus goal: Help her find a good partner to live out their days in mutual love and harmony.”

That’s quite the list of demands. A good partner? That’s going to be tricky!!

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—The phrase “人参赢家” was translated as “I am a ginseng winner” because it plays on a pun in the original Chinese. The term 人参赢家 (literally “ginseng winner”) is a humorous wordplay combining 人参 (ginseng, which sounds like 人生, meaning “life”) and 赢家 (winner). Together, it implies someone who has “won at life” but is humorously tied to ginseng, adding a quirky or comedic tone.