Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

That's how the original owner's parents were. In front of outsiders, they wouldn't talk about how good the original owner was, but only about how good their youngest son was. They would even embellish his shortcomings into virtues and fabricate stories to praise things that didn't exist.

For example, when the original owner's younger brother was one year old, the family bought him milk powder, but he didn't like to drink it, so he could only eat solid food.

Even though he didn't like drinking it, his original parents would praise him in front of others, saying that he knew how to care for his parents, didn't drink milk powder, and saved his parents money. But in reality, a one-year-old child wouldn't know whether he cared for his parents or not. It's just that his original parents thought that whatever their son did was right and should be praised, so they made up these lies to praise him.

For example, when the original owner's younger brother was not doing well in elementary school, the original owner's parents sent him to a tutoring class, but he couldn't stand it and didn't want to go to the tutoring class. When outsiders asked, they said that their youngest son was filial and wanted to save them money, so he didn't want to go.

There are too many examples like this. If the original owner's younger brother did something bad, the original owner's parents would find a reason to praise him; if he did nothing wrong, they could make up something to praise him; if he really did something good, they would praise him to the skies.

Because they were praised for peeing far from home since childhood—and even without peeing far, doing nothing, or doing something bad, they wouldn't criticize but would praise them instead—it's easy to imagine what kind of personality the original owner's younger brother would develop. After all, when a person knows that no matter what they do, their parents will praise them, it's easy for them to go astray. Just like the original owner's younger brother is now, doing nothing, sponging off his parents is nothing to brag about, he has no sense of right and wrong, is extremely selfish, and under his parents' influence, he feels that the original owner's money is also his, and that it's only right that he should sell the original owner to get a dowry for him.

Leaving aside the bizarre actions of the original owner's parents, once the New Year was over, Linlang recalled the robot. After all, she had already tormented the original owner's younger brother enough, and she didn't want to waste any more holographic dream-weaving opportunities and robot energy.

The original owner's family certainly needed to be disciplined, but this is about enough. If they continue to misbehave in the future, we can deal with them later.

That night, the original owner's younger brother found that he no longer had nightmares and slept soundly until dawn. The next day, his parents were worried and knocked on his door to wake him up, as it was almost noon and they wondered why their son hadn't come out for lunch. Otherwise, he might have slept all day long.

Although his parents disturbed his hard-won peaceful sleep, which annoyed him, the fact that he finally slept well after so long made his younger brother very happy, and he immediately told his parents about it.

When the original owner's parents heard that their son had stopped having nightmares last night, they were overjoyed. After all, their son had been having nightmares for so long, and they had spent countless amounts of money, but still couldn't help him. If this continued, they would run out of money, and their son's problem would still not be solved. It was truly worrying.

It's a good thing that I'm not having nightmares anymore.

However, they still need to observe carefully to see if it's just that the person won't have nightmares for one night, or if they'll never have nightmares again. They need to be sure that they'll never have nightmares again before they can celebrate. So, although the original parents were happy at the moment, they weren't extremely happy and still needed to observe the situation.

They were only truly relieved when their son stopped having nightmares for several days in a row. They thought that their son's nightmares were finally over, and they were going crazy if they hadn't.

Because they were so anxious, they tried anything in desperation. They told Linlang about the situation and asked her if she had any solutions. Of course, they didn't mention that their son dreamed that she was hitting him; they only said that he had nightmares about it every day.

As a result, their infuriating eldest daughter claimed that their precious son's nightmares were due to boredom; she said that if he kept himself busy and tired, he could fall asleep at night and stop dreaming.

—Actually, what Linlang said was true. Once her younger brother started working, she wouldn't bother him to prevent him from overworking and having an accident that might affect others. But her parents didn't believe her. They thought their eldest daughter was heartless. Her brother was in such a state, and instead of comforting them, she even said that her brother's nightmares were just because he was bored. It was getting more and more outrageous.

If it weren't for the fact that their youngest son had suffered for over a month, they would have told him to wait for her to come back and beat her.

But now that their youngest son is having nightmares, they dare not mention Linlang, let alone the matter of having their youngest son hit Linlang, for fear that the previous nightmares will happen again.

In truth, Linlang made the right decision. If she were to beat up her original brother in real life, firstly, she wouldn't have enough time to spend constantly engaging in real-life combat; secondly, it would be difficult to control the severity of the beating. If she hit him too lightly, she wouldn't be able to properly punish him, which would be a waste. If she hit him too hard, she would be afraid that her original brother's parents would ask her for money to pay for his hospitalization. Although she wouldn't give them money, she never liked being harassed. Now, she was beating up her original brother in her dream, which allowed her to vent her anger without worrying that her original brother's parents would have the nerve to ask her for money for something that happened in a dream. It was a win-win situation.

Furthermore, if it were a real fight, Linlang would definitely have to wear a mask and wouldn't be able to show her face. In this way, the original owner's younger brother wouldn't know that it was Linlang who hit him, and would only think that it was a stranger. This would prevent the original owner's parents from mentioning hitting Linlang later; they would definitely still bring it up, and her troubles would continue.

On the contrary, Linlang, not in her real form, used a dream-weaving tool to appear in a dream and beat up the original owner's younger brother, which caused the original owner's younger brother to develop PTSD. When the original owner's parents brought up the matter of him beating Linlang again, he was so frightened that he probably didn't have the courage to do it anymore.

This is yet another benefit.

So Linlang did the right thing, saving herself a lot of trouble.

After dealing with her original brother, Linlang began a new simulation.

From now on, Linlang felt that her simulation might be somewhat different from the original body's.

Because the original owner of this body had always given money to her parents, she naturally went home for the New Year this time as well. And because she had given money to her parents, they naturally didn't let her younger brother beat her.

Now that Linlang hasn't gone back, and is still having her original brother fight her in her dreams every night, simulating things again, I really don't know what strange changes might happen.

Linlang then simulated the event for herself again before the Lunar New Year.

Because of the last simulation, she didn't do anything different until the Chinese New Year. Logically, things should have been pretty much the same until then.

However, since she wouldn't be home for the New Year, the simulation results would definitely be different. This was why Linlang chose to simulate before the New Year; before then, her development was similar to the original owner's, so there was no need for too many simulations to avoid wasting attempts. The simulations would become increasingly expensive in the future, and she wouldn't be able to afford them anymore. (End of Chapter)