Chapter 1 The Nanny's Niece's Counterattack
"Hey, Tian Ran, the minister is looking for you."
Tian Ran had just returned from the mission world when one of her colleagues stopped her. Hearing her words, she asked, "Linlang, do you know what happened?"
If someone suddenly becomes overly solicitous towards you—someone you might not even see once a year—it's definitely not a good thing.
Linlang shook her head and said, "I don't know. He only said not to assign you any tasks. Maybe he has something important to discuss with you."
After failing to get anything from her, Tian Ran went straight into the office and asked, "Minister, you wanted to see me?"
The head of the "White Moonlight" department smiled as soon as he saw her. "The 'Wish' department is short-staffed and needs someone to be transferred there. I put your name on the form, Tian Ran. Don't let me down." He looked at her encouragingly.
As everyone knows, the Wish Department is the most popular department in the Quick Transmigration Bureau. It is usually not short of people. If it weren't for those big shots suddenly going crazy and going to find some unknown person, there would be no shortage of people, let alone borrowing people from other departments.
The person in front of him was the most skilled transmigrator in their department. With her help, the reputation of the White Moonlight Department wouldn't be ruined. He also had his pride; he couldn't let the people in the Wish Department look down on their department, could he?
Tian Ran was a little unhappy when she heard this. "Minister, you really think highly of me." She gave a wry smile. Everyone knows that the Wish Department is very complicated. That department is not suitable for a lazy person like her. In addition, she finally managed to exchange her points to work in the White Moonlight Department. But after working there for only a few worlds, she has to go to the busiest Wish Department.
Didn't she waste all her previous points?
Who knows how long the secondment will last? What if we find ourselves unable to leave after the secondment?
The head of the "White Moonlight" department knew she was worried about her points, and said with a pained expression, "How about this, I'll return all your previous points to you without taking any back. Just don't tarnish the reputation of our 'White Moonlight' department after you leave."
"I'll get it back when the time is right."
Only then did a satisfied smile appear on Tian Ran's face. "Minister, what are you saying? Would I betray my department for a few points? Don't worry, I'm a member of this department in life and in death. Just wait and see how I bring glory to our White Moonlight Department in the Wish Department." She was instantly full of energy, completely unlike her previous listless expression.
If it weren't for the Wish Department offering such a high price, the head of the White Moonlight Department really wouldn't want her to leave.
After Tian Ran left, he looked at the newly credited points in his account and his face lit up with a big smile.
However, he didn't really screw over Tian Ran, because the Wish Department was indeed short-staffed. He had already confirmed that the top employees from other departments had been seconded there.
Young people should have some passion; they can't just stay in this retirement department and waste their days.
Unaware of what the minister was thinking, Tian Ran had already gone to the Wish Department to report for duty.
Several other people from different departments were traveling with her. Although they didn't know each other, they were all in the same quick transmigration bureau and would see each other all the time, so they were somewhat familiar with each other.
Listening to them gossip about how the big shots in the wish-fulfillment department had fallen for people from the small world, Tian Ran raised an eyebrow, thinking they were completely unprofessional. Unlike her, who completed tasks in so many worlds that she had long forgotten the names of those people.
These discussions were just a minor diversion during her report to the Wish Department, and Tian Ran finished reporting very quickly.
It has to be said that the Wish Department is really busy. She had just finished reporting for duty and hadn't even had a sip of water when she was dragged out to work as a laborer.
"Colleague Tian, because there are quite a lot of backlogged tasks in the department, we need to clear them up as soon as possible, so I'll have to trouble you to work a little harder during this period."
Tian Ran was about to say something, but upon hearing about the triple points, she immediately fell silent. It's just work, isn't it? Where isn't work? It's definitely not that she loves money.
Twenty minutes later, looking at the bracelet system in her hand, she thought the Wish Department was really high-end, as everyone actually wore a system.
She opened the system panel and took a look. There weren't many functions inside; it mainly consisted of two panels: Tasks and Auxiliary Tasks.
The mission was divided into four areas: ancient times, the Republic of China, modern times, and the future. Tian Ran glanced at it briefly and realized that he couldn't finish exploring any of the areas. No wonder he needed to borrow people from other departments.
The task assistance panel was even more powerful, featuring systems like a "Become a Martial Arts Master," a "Question-Solving Machine Mode," a "Merit-Based Godhood System," and an "Infrastructure Construction System"—clearly designed to assist with tasks. However, it only affected the wisher's body and only worked within that world. Tian Ran glanced at it a few times before regretfully moving away.
That makes sense. If you can learn the most advanced technology in every world, wouldn't you become a prodigy after a few worlds?
Tian Ran glanced at the top-ranked tasks, which had similar points, and picked out two that interested her. The titles were quite poetic, to be honest: 1. "An Ordinary Person with Ambitious Hearts, Unwilling to Be Mediocre," 100,000 points. 2. "The Snow Lotus of Tianshan, Determined to Become an Immortal, Yet Entangled in Karma," 100,000 points.
She looked at the two tasks for a while, and finally decided to start the first one. As for the second task, she would choose it if she was still available when she returned.
As Tian Ran tapped to accept the mission, a memory flooded his mind—a person's entire life.
My name is Lin Wei. I was born in a remote, economically underdeveloped mountain village. Surrounded by yellow earth and mud-brick houses, that's what I've seen for over a decade. Back then, weeding, feeding chickens, and walking for more than an hour along mountain paths to read books were my daily routines. I didn't think there was anything wrong with that kind of life.
However, one day, my parents told me that my aunt, who was working in another city, was going to take me to study in the city. That was the first time I saw the outside world. The city was brightly lit and full of tall buildings. It was so beautiful that it felt like a dream.
My grades, which I had always been proud of, were now at the bottom. While others wore neat and clean clothes, I was disheveled and my shoes were worn white. For the first time, I, who had always been a cheerful person, felt inferior.
Shrinking and timid, I was the invisible person in my class. In order not to let my parents' hard-earned money go to waste, I studied hard. However, the word "talent" ultimately limited me to that corner.
"I don't understand why some people are born smart, while I can't learn well no matter how hard I try. Is it because I'm not trying? But I've already tried my best."
That pain, that resentment, and that faint hint of despair—the most terrifying thing in this world isn't effort itself, but effort that yields no results. Tian Ran had never experienced this feeling before, but now, through shared memories, she felt the same emotions as her.
Some people find they're not cut out for studying and give up, while others can't let go of that and start internally fighting. Xinyuanren is the second type of person.
Fortunately, I finally got into university, but it was a little different from what I had imagined. Everyone said that getting into university would make me successful, but after I got into university, I faced classes I couldn't understand, roommates' disdain and comparisons, increasingly tiring part-time jobs, and tuition fees that made it hard to breathe.
I told myself that things would be better after graduation, but after graduation, all I saw were my classmates getting into big companies through connections, while I, having missed out on information and burdened by financial pressure, could only find low-paying jobs.
If I had never seen such magnificent scenery, I would have gladly sunk to the bottom of the mud. But after witnessing such splendor, who would want to return to that barren, yellow-earth mountain village? So I made a decision that I will regret for the rest of my life.
Tian Ran watched as she took advantage of her aunt's position as a nanny in a wealthy family to start a relationship with the family's youngest son, hoping to marry into wealth and live a rich life. However, the relationship was broken up, and her aunt was also dismissed. Tian Ran was not surprised at all.
Marrying into a wealthy family isn't easy, is it? What's more, she's eyeing a naive, powerless rich kid. Without his parents lending him a penny, he's nothing. You could say that she's made a mistake from the start.
But if she hadn't targeted him, she probably wouldn't have been able to fool anyone else.
So in the end, it was obvious that she failed.
The young master is naive, but his brother is not stupid; a single dismissal caused his aunt to lose her job. After that, I was still unwilling to give up, so I decided to drug someone, hoping to marry into the family through her son. However, I drugged the wrong person and drugged his brother, and was thrown out on the spot.
If it weren't for the fact that rich people care about their image, this incident alone would have been enough to land someone in jail. But because of this incident, I was taken back to my small mountain village. That prosperity was ultimately just an unattainable dream.
Lin Wei, Lin Wei, perhaps one can see her life from her name alone. How could a humble person possibly climb to the top?
I've seen the most beautiful scenery in my life, yet I'm surrounded by the most ordinary sights and people. Perhaps this is the fate of ordinary people.
After Tian Ran absorbed all the memories, he didn't feel much resentment. Instead, he felt regret and melancholy, like a frog in a well trying to see the sky outside but struggling to escape the well.
What is it that she really wants? Is it really just fame and fortune? She feels that's not it, but she can't quite put her finger on what she wants.
Studies? Career? Love?
Since she couldn't figure it out, Tian Ran simply stopped thinking about it. Anyway, it all boils down to just a few things. She didn't know which ones they were, so she just wanted them all. And who said that "wei" only meant humble? Didn't it also mean profound and mysterious?
Soon, as her consciousness left her body, Tian Ran possessed the body of the person she wished for, becoming Lin Wei.
The first thing she did when she opened her eyes was to set her helper template to the problem-solving machine mode. Although hard work doesn't always work, it has to be the right kind of hard work. If it's useless for someone to spend 15 hours a day studying, surely it will be useful for her to spend ten or twenty years?
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