Hearing the childlike voice in his head, Qin Siyang's mood immediately soured.
The same old crap again.
It was clearly caused by outside factors, yet somehow it always came down to him being too weak and not trying hard enough.
He had never slacked off since his rebirth. How many times had he gambled with his life hanging by a thread to get this far? Yet this Sacrificial Giant Vine, which seemed to have the status of a rich kid, still said he wasn't trying hard enough.
It reminded him of his previous life, when he couldn't finish the tasks his manager assigned even with endless overtime, only to be told to look within himself for the problem.
Fucking hell. A manager making thirty thousand a month kept telling a workhorse like me, making three thousand, to reflect on myself. Talk about having no self-awareness.
Ever heard of doing exactly what your paycheck pays for?!
The Sacrificial Giant Vine before him was cut from the same cloth. Though its intelligence was no different from a child's, it already showed hints of that "let them eat cake" attitude that deserved a hanging from a lamppost.
The corners of Qin Siyang's mouth drooped despite himself. Refusing to accept the Sacrificial Giant Vine's psychological pressure, he said, "I think I'm pretty strong, and I work pretty hard."
The Sacrificial Giant Vine shook its leaves. "Not enough. If it were my mom dealing with me, then..."
"I don't have a mom." Throwing caution to the wind, Qin Siyang countered the Sacrificial Giant Vine with an orphan's unbeatable defense.
"Uh..."
Qin Siyang lowered his head without another word.
There was no way he wasn't angry.
If he could beat the Sacrificial Giant Vine, Qin Siyang would have chopped it into chunks and tossed it with