As soon as Lin Shuyue’s article, which pointed the finger at parents who had failed their children, was published, it was eagerly picked up by major media outlets. Lin Shuyue’s name appeared in the Guangdong province’s journalist circles for the first time.

After the report was released, the letters she received poured in like snowflakes. Most of them were from parents whose raw nerves had been touched. Some smaller newspapers even published articles refuting her claims to boost their sales.

Lin Shuyue wasn’t afraid in the slightest. If one article came out, she’d publish a report to argue back.

Her actions of directly engaging with others in real-time also opened the eyes of the onlookers in Pengcheng. The reporter Lin Shuyue’s name officially entered the public consciousness! Even media outlets from other provinces reported on this incredibly exciting online war of words.

Then, Lin Shuyue noticed that classmates whom the original owner hadn’t contacted in ages started popping up. Not only on QQ, but phone calls and text messages also increased.

Lin Shuyue thought about it and replied to each one. She responded more sincerely to those who had a good relationship with the original owner and more perfunctorily to those she didn’t.

On the fifth day after Lin Shuyue left the internet addiction school, while she was still daily engaged in heated debates in the newspaper, public opinion regarding the internet addiction school issue reached its peak. Similar problems were exposed in internet addiction schools in other cities, and many were even more severe than the supposedly superior ones in Pengcheng.

There were quite a few cases of students dying or becoming disabled! Some were settled with money by the school leaders, while others persisted in seeking justice for their children. However, because of the “protective umbrellas” shielding these school leaders, their voices didn’t even make a ripple.

Among these incidents, the one at the Longtan Internet Addiction School in Jiangxi Province caused the biggest uproar. Their perfectly healthy child was tricked into the Longtan School by its leaders and died within two days. To prevent the parents from seeking accountability, the school directly cremated the student, and the parents didn’t even get to see their child one last time.

For the past year, the student’s parents had been persistently petitioning higher authorities, but it was completely useless. Local leaders even hired people to specifically watch them to prevent them from leaving the province!

This matter caused a huge uproar, and the central media specifically sent reporters to various places to investigate local internet addiction schools. Then, they compiled these reports and dedicated several episodes of their programs to discuss this “illness”! Countless heads of internet addiction schools were arrested and brought to justice.

The protective umbrellas that had provided them with various conveniences were ordered to be strictly investigated and thoroughly examined. The leadership team of Longtan County in Jiangxi Province, from the village chief to the county magistrate, were all within the scope of strict investigation and thorough examination.

The state urgently introduced policies to regulate special schools. Various authoritative experts in psychiatry successively published their views on the “illness” of “internet addiction” in the media and clarified that it was a mistake to consider “internet addiction” a mental illness.

Authoritative figures in the field of psychology also published articles addressing the psychology of adolescents during puberty.

Such changes made Lin Shuyue extremely happy. She knew that as long as there was a market, internet addiction schools, even if they changed their names or titles, would still have countless parents waving banknotes to send their children in to suffer.

Her personal abilities were limited, but she would do her best in everything she could.

On the last day of the half-month deadline, Lin Shuyue’s good-and-evil discernment system, which had been silent for a long time, finally made a sound: [Ding!! Congratulations, Host, the limited-time mission: ‘Investigate internet addiction schools and expose them to the public’ has been completed.]

[Ding! Mission settlement in progress, please wait….]

[Ding! Mission settlement complete, Host has gained lifespan x30 days, 300 points.]

[Ding! Congratulations, Host has obtained a box of Shapeshifting Candy x1, cash reward x500.]

Five more red bills appeared in her bag, and Lin Shuyue was in a good mood.

Having gained another 30 days of lifespan, Lin Shuyue expressed her satisfaction. Next, she went to read the description of the Shapeshifting Candy.

Upon reading it, Lin Shuyue was extremely surprised.

The effect of this Shapeshifting Candy was very magical. After eating it, it would enhance her disguises, making them even more realistic!

Take this undercover operation as an example. She disguised herself as a middle-aged woman in her forties, but her body shape and voice couldn’t be disguised. However, if Lin Shuyue ate a Shapeshifting Candy after putting on the makeup, her body shape and voice would change accordingly.

This was simply tailor-made for her! With this candy, her safety would be even more guaranteed in future undercover investigations.

However, after the initial excitement, Lin Shuyue still decided to find herself a voice-over teacher as originally planned.

In her previous life, her disguise training didn’t cover voice alteration. She had tried to learn it online, but she only scratched the surface and was far from being able to successfully disguise various voices.

This undercover operation at the internet addiction school clearly exposed her weakness.

Lin Shuyue’s father, Old Lin, had taught her from a young age that to strike iron, one must be strong oneself.

Lin Shuyue strongly agreed with this. She felt that the Good and Evil Detection System was just a tool for her and she couldn’t become too reliant on it. Otherwise, if the system ever left her, her life and work would plummet!

To this end, Lin Shuyue specifically called Professor Bai, her university teacher.

Professor Bai was a particularly kind old teacher. He had already read Lin Shuyue’s report and was very friendly when she called. Upon hearing that Lin Shuyue wanted to learn voice-over techniques, he introduced her to an expert.

Even more coincidentally, this expert was based in Pengcheng.

Lin Shuyue successfully obtained the address and decided to visit on Saturday when she was off work. Then, she packed her things and left work with Li Mingfang.

Because Lin Shuyue had been spending more time in the office these past few days, her relationship with Li Mingfang had become particularly good.

Li Mingfang was known as a walking encyclopedia of gossip. Whether it was about the newspaper or neighboring companies, she could tell you all the details. Lin Shuyue found her days extremely enjoyable, listening to Li Mingfang’s little bits of gossip in between her online debates.

After browsing around the night market, buying some snacks and two new pieces of clothing, Lin Shuyue walked home, enjoying the gentle breeze of the evening.

Pushing open the door, she saw a middle-aged woman standing in the yard, hanging clothes on the clothesline under the grape arbor.

Hearing the sound, the woman glanced at her, then turned back to her task, focused. “You’re back? Have you eaten? Your sister left some food for you before she went out.”

Lin Shuyue carefully looked at Lou Fengqin. Lou Fengqin didn’t look like her mother from her previous life, but at this moment, Lin Shuyue felt they were incredibly alike, especially the look in her eyes, which was a perfect match.

It was filled with concern and affection, and her gaze was as gentle as bathing in a spring breeze.

Lou Fengqin was very thin, probably weighing less than 90 pounds despite being over 1.6 meters tall. Her cheeks were thin, and her eye sockets were somewhat sunken due to her thinness, but her skin was fair, and her hair was jet black.

Lin Shuyue was a bit surprised. She had thought that with such a difficult life, the original owner’s mother would look older than her actual age. She hadn’t expected time to treat her so kindly.

She looked at most in her early forties, two or three years younger than her actual age. And despite experiencing many hardships, her eyes were still clear and determined.

Lin Shuyue walked in with a smile. “Mom, when did you get here? Why didn’t you call me?”

Lou Fengqin’s voice was carried by the evening breeze, making it even gentler. “You’re not some big shot. Why would I need to call you specifically just to come home?”

Lou Fengqin looked at her second daughter and wrung out the last piece of clothing before hanging it up. “I was supposed to come back a few days earlier, but your Uncle Wu wouldn’t let me leave. He insisted we attend their family reunion banquet, so I got back late.”

“As soon as I got home, I heard your sister praising you, saying how amazing our little girl is. I’m so curious. Come and tell me all about it.”

Lin Shuyue obediently followed Lou Fengqin into the house. Lou Fengqin poured a cup of tea, and Lin Shuyue sat beside her, just like she did in the original owner’s memories, and told her about everything that had happened to her recently.

Lou Fengqin was a very patient listener. No matter what the original owner talked about, she would listen quietly and attentively. She was never like the parents of this time, who would get angry or anxious while talking and then scold and berate their children.

She would only praise the original owner when she got good grades and encourage her when she didn’t. She would reason with her when she didn’t want to study. When she had conflicts with her older sister, she would comfort both sides instead of constantly telling the older one to give in to the younger one.

She missed her son who had been abducted at a young age, but she didn’t neglect her two daughters at home either.

She did the hardest and most tiring work, dividing the money she earned into three parts: one for household expenses, one for her two daughters’ education, and one to fund the search for her son.

She was fair to everyone.

Perhaps because she had seen too many terrible parents these past two days, Lin Shuyue felt that a mother like Lou Fengqin was truly wonderful.

She thought that if there were a grading system for being a parent, then Lou Fengqin would definitely be among the best. And those parents who hurt their children in the name of “for your own good” just to save face wouldn’t even pass.

Lou Fengqin was tired from the journey. After catching up with her second daughter, she went back to her room to sleep. Lin Shuyue waited until Lin Shuxing returned before going to bed. This was already a tacit understanding between the sisters.

Lin Shuyue didn’t sleep well that night. Her mother, who hadn’t appeared in her dreams for a long time, came to see her. She was wearing her crisp police uniform and stood next to her father. They stroked her hair and said with relief, “Yuebao, you’re always a child who makes us proud, no matter where you are. Mom and Dad will always be with you. Keep going!”

In her dream, a tear rolled down Lin Shuyue’s cheek, but a smile played on her lips.

When she woke up again, thinking about what her parents had said in her dream, she felt a warm, full feeling in her chest.

After a long while, she shook off her thoughts and turned her head, only to find a newspaper lying quietly on her pillow.

This scene felt familiar. Lin Shuyue had a premonition and picked up the newspaper to read.

《Unmasking the “Yihaorong” Group, Revealing the Criminal Path of the “Three Siblings”》

The newspaper featured photos of Ah Hao and Zhou Bingrong, who looked more angular and mature, along with an extremely cold and beautiful woman.

Without a doubt, this was another newspaper from the future.