Chapter 48: Debts Owed (Revision 10)

After a long day of work, Master Ling collapsed wearily onto the sofa.

It seemed the downsides of endless shopping were beginning to show.

A small white fluff bounced onto her head. “There’s still one day left. Host, have you decided what you want to do?”

Exhausted to the point of death, why did she still have to think?

“Aren’t you supposed to make a plan for me? I’ll just follow whatever you say.”

With a casual brush-off, Ling Zhizhi was already thinking about what she could buy to mooch off the kitchen.

She had no choice—money was tight. She couldn’t even afford her own cooking utensils; otherwise, she wouldn’t have to rely on others.

Life had never been this hard since she was born.

After resting enough, Ling Zhizhi pinched the fluff a couple of times to ease her mood.

“Make a good plan! I trust you. Ling Tuan Tuan, keep it up!”

The texture was nice, and it was easy to fool.

Seeing Ling Zhizhi again in front of her own door, Shi Ling was not surprised in the least.

This girl seemed to lack the instinct to keep strangers at a distance.

“Shi Ling! I bought your favorite food today. I’ll treat you well later.”

It looked like he could end his vacation early.

Shi Ling sighed quietly.

[Host, why the frown over such a perfect plan?]

Heh heh heh, the so-called perfect plan was basically treating her like a workhorse.

Up at six in the morning, asleep by midnight.

This thing really didn’t consider her human.

“Ling Tuan Tuan, do you want me to die suddenly?”

[No way, I love the host the most.]

[This plan takes into account the time difference between the host’s world and ours. The host needs to study and earn money, so time is tight. I found a flexible sales job in the host’s world—that’s the best outcome.]

No matter how perfect, it couldn’t deny the fact that she could only sleep four hours a night.

“I protest. Move the afternoon tasks to the evening—I can work and sell at the same time. Can I livestream in the morning?”

[Alright then…]

Once the schedule was settled, she began to scrutinize the specific content.

It was really practical.

Selling one item per day?

Ling Zhizhi looked around at her now tidied space and had an idea.

Ling Tuan Tuan’s world was highly advanced technologically, but its culture had been damaged by historical reasons. That was why Ling Tuan Tuan existed.

The growth plan clearly stated she had to use livestreaming to showcase culture, with a target number of viewers set for each stage.

Reaching the target would allow her to upgrade Ling Tuan Tuan and unlock its system shop.

The more viewers, the more rewards she could earn.

To her, this was like having a mountain of gold before her eyes but still not being able to touch it.

“I need to tell the delivery guy to come only in the afternoon.”

Ling Tuan Tuan was excited upon hearing her plan, its body turning pink. “Host, how many things do you have? If you have lots, forget the costs—it’s pure profit. Host, you will definitely be amazing at supporting yourself!”

Who knew who had created Ling Tuan Tuan? Aside from following the process, it couldn’t do anything else but offer endless praise.

She was almost numb from all the flattery.

Sighing, she feigned sorrow and casually complained, “If only you could unlock the system space earlier, I wouldn’t have to work so hard tidying up.”

She had carefully studied the user manual that came with the factory system. Though she didn’t know if other systems were as easy to fool, hers definitely was.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been so easily led astray with just a few words.

“Host, don’t worry! I’ll go ask the main system right now. I won’t let you waste your efforts on trivial matters!”

Success!

With one more annoyance solved, she cheerfully flipped through her notebook.

First, to earn money, it was best to target women and children.

Second, since the livestream was just starting, she needed to do something flashy but not too difficult to attract viewers.

With these prerequisites, many options could be filtered out.

Flipping another page, her finger stopped on a certain word.

It seemed the best fit.

Then the first day would be dedicated to it.

Velvet flowers.

They were artistic and practical.

They would also make viewers feel the craft was easy to do—three benefits in one.

Most importantly, the materials were highly substitutable.

“Awooo…”

Ling Tuan Tuan’s returning sound roused Ling Zhizhi from her thoughts.

Spreading her hands, she casually asked, “Found a solution?”

The little fluff jumped onto her hand, sounding a bit downcast, “Host, I can’t find a way to connect to the main system.”

Ling Zhizhi lowered her gaze, looking at the now gray fluff, and comforted it, “It’s okay. Since you can start the livestream, it means you still have some connection to your world.

If you can’t reach your boss, maybe it’s busy and hasn’t seen your message.

Wait a bit longer; there’s still hope.”

The little thing was easy to soothe.

Returning to its original form, the system happily nestled in Ling Zhizhi’s hand.

“What are you looking at, host? The paintings up there are so pretty! Tiny, and as cute as me.”

Paintings?

There were no drawings in her notebook. Where did the system see paintings?

Ling Zhizhi lifted it up and placed it on the notebook. “You mean, what you see are paintings?”

“Yes! Some I’ve even seen before, displayed in the post-war exhibition hall. Very beautiful!”

The system was carefree, but Ling Zhizhi knew this was another revealed detail.

Their two worlds had different scripts—at least, they were not using the same language system at this stage.

One must always be cautious, especially when the other side wielded weapons beyond her capacity to counter.

She had to be extra careful.

“Tuan Tuan, do you say the same things to me as you do to others?”

“The same!”

No, it was bound to her. According to some setting, it must understand her speech.

She asked bluntly, “Tuan Tuan, what does the writing in your world look like? When I speak on the livestream, won’t they fail to understand?”

Ling Tuan Tuan suddenly understood and bounced twice. “Host, don’t worry! All communication through the livestream system will be translated into a language you understand.”

Ling Zhizhi nodded thoughtfully and put it down.

“Tuan Tuan, study the project I chose through the system. I’ll get the livestream space ready.”

[Okay! Okay! I love learning the most!]

Going upstairs, Ling Zhizhi chose a room, put away anything that might reveal too much, and set up a simple livestream space.

Fortunately, her things hadn’t all arrived yet; otherwise, clearing a wide space would have been much harder.

She hoped to earn her first pot of gold tomorrow so she could snag the things she had her eye on!

Dreaming so beautifully, Ling Zhizhi had already forgotten the quirks of that foolish system.