The Whole World Is Coveting the General Store Owner

Also known as I’m the Boss of the Children of Fortune

[Nontraditional fantasy, a universally adored boss, beloved by all with no romance, and a lighthearted pace.]

On the Tianxuan Continent, there’s an inconspicuous little shop whose owner spends all day sighing at the empty store.

One day, a slender boy in a black robe walks in.

His family was tragically wiped out, and he’s been hunted all the way from the remote city of Modou to the prosperous Qinglin Province. When the boss learns that the boy’s real name is “Xiao Yan” and that the old man who travels with him is “Elder Dan,”

he falls silent. He secretly pulls out the storybook he loves to read. “Wait, this plot feels strangely familiar. Are these master and disciple the leads from Battle Through the Heavens?”

…

Xiao Yan thinks his boss is a kind fool with money to burn, opening a shop at a loss just to help people. That is, until he learns the boss’s true identity.

He quietly takes back his assessment that the boss is “a fool.”

“If the boss counts as a fool, then what does that make me?”

Xiao Yan stares in astonishment at the huge crowd of children of fortune the boss has taken in over the years. Wiping the sweat from his brow, he tries to squeeze his way in. “Boss, look at me too!”