Whoever Wants to Be This Grandma Can Do It

Lin Can transmigrates into the most despicable villain in a book: a family matriarch in her fifties who shares her name.

The original Lin Can was so sharp-tongued and cruel that she turned a once-thriving household into a complete mess, tearing the family apart.

Her two daughters-in-law endured beatings and scoldings every day. Her three dutiful sons were all useless layabouts, and her only daughter, driven to despair by her abuse, jumped into a well and nearly died.

But the ones who suffered most were her grandchildren.

When Lin Can arrives, her eldest grandson is being punished with solitary confinement.

She whipped her second grandson several times, and now he's lying in bed with a high fever, barely breathing.

Her youngest granddaughter was starved for three days for failing to pay her respects on time. She collapsed in the courtyard, and no one even bothered to help her.

The fear they felt as children turns into boundless hatred when they grow up.

In the end, the three become successful and join forces to repay the old matriarch, in full, for all the torment she inflicted on them.

Lin Can flips the table: Who'd want to be this grandmother?!

But when the three little ones appear before her, they gaze at her timidly, blinking their big eyes.

Lin Can suddenly thinks: Maybe she can still save this family.

To live to a ripe old age, Lin Can gives it everything she's got.

She wins back her daughters-in-law, straightens out her sons, and works on building affection with each of the little ones.

Her eldest grandson becomes a high-ranking official. In the original book, his first request to the emperor was, “Grant me a poisoned white silk cord to hang that woman.” Now, he petitions the emperor to confer an honorific title on his grandmother.

Her second grandson joins the Imperial Astronomical Bureau and becomes a favorite of the emperor. In the original story, he divines that “Grandmother is a great calamity who will obstruct the nation's fortunes.” Now, he prays to the heavens for her every day.

Her youngest granddaughter learns exquisite painting from her aunt and is named Princess Pingyao. In the original book, she personally killed Lin Can. Now, she clings to her grandmother and coos at her, growing sweeter with every call.

Lin Can: My life is complete!

After setting the three children on the right path, Lin Can finally closes her eyes in peace...

Then opens them again.

Why haven't they left yet?!

Her grandsons and granddaughter gaze at her with shining eyes and say in unison, “Grandmother! Come home with me!”

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