As the employee with the worst performance record at the quick transmigration bureau, and the one who has stayed truest to her original self by never making any progress, Jiang Ruan knows all about slacking off. Her guiding principle is: when in doubt, give up and slack off.
One day, she makes a bad move and slacks off too much, choosing the wrong scenario. Jiang Ruan transmigrates into a novel as a scandal-ridden, universally hated celebrity side character.
Jiang Ruan: Time to slack off.
Faced with an endless stream of questions from reporters, Jiang Ruan answers bluntly: "You know how it is. When you're lonely, you want to find a man to fool around with."
She has barely finished making headlines with her shocking words when she's told she's going to appear on a parenting reality show.
Jiang Ruan, newly branded a playgirl and a heartbreaker: I'm falling apart.
So, amid a barrage of doubts and insults, Jiang Ruan begins her slacker journey on the parenting show.
But...
During a parent-child competition, good-for-nothing athlete Jiang Ruan inches along at a snail's pace, slacking off.
"Auntie, Zhizhi really likes that black-and-white kitty."
Jiang Ruan looks down. A little dumpling, as pretty as a doll, soft and adorable, and utterly sweet, gently tugs at her hem, gazing up at her with shining eyes.
At once, Jiang Ruan surrenders to that sparkling gaze, gets fired up, and races to first place.
The viewers, torn between cursing and holding back: Jiang Ruan came in first??
On their trip to the zoo, Jiang Ruan, who can't stand the heat, squats on the ground, her soul evaporating as she slacks off.
"Auntie, let's go see the black-and-white kitty... Oh, the black-and-white bear. Okay?"
Jiang Ruan looks at the map. The panda pavilion is diagonally across the zoo from where they are. "Zhizhi, maybe we should..."
Peck. Little Zhizhi gives her a kiss. "Auntie, take me there."
Jiang Ruan jumps up, scoops up Zhizhi, and charges toward the panda pavilion.
Darn it, she's using seduction, but it works!
In a fun puzzle game, math-phobic Jiang Ruan stares at a chickens-and-rabbits-in-a-cage problem on the page, biting her pen and slacking off.
Suddenly, the little dumpling's voice comes from the other side of the door.
"Auntie, waaaah! I want you! I want Mommy! Mommy Jiang Ruan!"
With the word "Mommy" striking her right in the heart, Jiang Ruan raises her foot and hand and kicks the door open.
"Zhizhi, Mommy's here."
Before the show airs, viewers across the internet are waiting to watch Jiang Ruan, the heartbreaker, keep making a fool of herself on the parenting show.
After it airs, everyone is singing her praises:
[Help! Where did this adorable baby come from?]
[I feel like Jiang Ruan has devoted her whole life to Zhizhi.]
[If Jiang Ruan is the queen of the sea, then Zhizhi is definitely the daughter of the sea. She's so spoiled!]
After gaining Zhizhi as her daughter, the child's father comes looking for her.
The more Jiang Ruan looks at him, the more familiar he seems. Could he be someone she'd "played around with" before?
"Miss Jiang, are you still lonely?"
Jiang Ruan hugs the little dumpling in her arms tighter. "Zhizhi, hurry and save Mommy."
Theme: Don't give up and slack off. Stay positive and strive forward.
