[My next novel is Binding Customers to a Food System: I'm Going Viral. Please add it to your reading list!]
Su Tian transmigrates into a wish-fulfillment novel as the real heiress, rejected by her biological parents, outshone in every way by the fake heiress, and destined for a miserable, tragic ending.
System: [You're being dragged across the internet right now, but don't worry. Just follow the plot I give you, and you can turn your fate around and reach the pinnacle of life.]
Su Tian scratches her head. "But I have no special talents."
[That's fine. Listen to me! First, stand out from among millions and embark on a grand career!]
Su Tian thinks for a moment and nods.
Then she visits the official website for the national civil service exam and successfully registers.
System: ???
I meant go audition for a talent show!
The System holds back its frustration. [Second, cater to your biological parents' preferences and make them think you're a good daughter!]
Su Tian says no problem and spends every day at the library.
The System thinks she's finally caught on. But when she runs into her biological parents, what falls out of her arms is a stack of policy essays and aptitude tests covered in dense notes.
System: ???
I meant learn to butter them up!
The System is losing it. [Third! The fake heiress is going to a family banquet. Stand out from the crowd and shine on your own!]
Su Tian nods again and hurries into the walk-in closet.
The System is nearly in tears with relief. Then Su Tian comes out wearing a down jacket as thick as a military coat, her hands tucked into her sleeves. She waves goodbye to the guests in the banquet hall, all dressed to outshine one another. "I'm busy with work. I'm off to visit the neighborhood. Enjoy your meal, and don't mind me."
System: ????
What kind of person did I end up with?!
Only later, when Su Tian appears on a livestream promoting agricultural products, does she become an overnight sensation. Her simple style doesn't hide her beauty, her earnestness reveals her knowledge, and her allusions show her deep understanding of history and literature. Her cultured charm is captivating.
Countless netizens exclaim: So it's true! The prettiest and most outstanding girls have all dedicated themselves to the country! Sob!
Su Tian becomes an overnight sensation. Her biological parents can't stop talking about how outstanding she is, while the fake heiress fades into the background.
The System is dumbfounded.
Only then does it realize that the Host it casually picked up, the one with supposedly no special talents, is actually the nationally renowned top scorer from years ago... a quiz-show warrior who could stand there answering questions from the start of the year to the end!
=My next novel is Binding Customers to a Food System: I'm Going Viral. Add it to your reading list if you like it!=
Blurb: Four stools, two tables, and an old fan that creaks and squeaks. Duan Yiyi's mother has terminal cancer and entrusts her little diner to her.
Duan Yiyi: Mom, don't worry. I'll cure your illness, carry on our family's traditional recipes, and turn our shop into a five-star chain with branches all over the world!
Duan's mother assumes her daughter is just talking nonsense because she's young and fresh out of college.
Neither of those things is possible.
On the first day Duan Yiyi inherits the little diner,
a dejected college graduate who can't find a job walks in. A beep sounds in his ear.
[Congratulations, you've bound a Food System. Mission: Sell fifty servings of egg fried rice at the shop in one day.]
College student: ? Is this what you call binding? This is kidnapping!!!
Duan Yiyi: I don't need anyone here... You don't want money? Great! You're good at calling out to customers. Help me sell a hundred servings.
[System: Mission upgraded. One hundred servings.]
College student: ...You're really pushing it!
But later, when he looks back on the past as the head of a business empire, CEO X recalls:
He discovered his talent for sales and began his brilliant career at a little diner.
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[Congratulations, you've bound a Food System. Mission: Cut a piece of Wensi tofu.]
A girl who stops by the little diner to have one last filling meal before killing herself: ?
Duan Yiyi: I don't need anyone to cut... You don't want money? Great! You're good at cutting tofu. Cut a few more pieces.
[System: Mission upgraded. Three pieces.]
Girl: ...Can I still die or not?!
But later, when the girl has become a top-tier star food streamer, famous across the internet, she remembers:
She found her sense of worth at a little diner.
Later, the little diner keeps growing. People keep showing up to work for free: washing dishes, greeting customers, renovating and expanding the shop, and all sorts of other jobs.
Duan Yiyi really does achieve all her dreams.
She thinks it's incredible. Every time, a benefactor comes to her aid. It seems all she has to do is lie flat.
But those people tell her that she's the one who helped them.
Back when the little diner was still shabby, a frail young man came in and silently washed dishes for Duan Yiyi for a month.
She felt sorry for him and gave him a hundred yuan when he left.
Later, when Duan Yiyi expands into a five-star hotel, he buys ten islands and gives them to her as building sites.
"Thank you for liking me."
Duan Yiyi: ?
"I've kept that hundred yuan all this time."
Duan Yiyi: No, that wasn't because I liked you.
"It was."
System: Who knew? I just kept accidentally binding the wrong Hosts.
Duan Yiyi: Who knew so many people would work for me without pay, then become big shots and come back to repay me?
The customers who found their lives changed forever after entering the diner: Who knew how lucky we were? Sob!
Male lead: Who knew whether she actually likes me?
P.S. The heroine doesn't know the System exists and spends all day marveling at how many good people there are. (smiles)
Theme: Stay true to yourself and remain committed to serving the people