The Big Shots Are Fighting to Work for Me

Tang Lijiao is a little mute who has been alone and unlucky her whole life.

After eighteen difficult years, a huge inheritance suddenly falls into her lap.

It even comes with a System.

The System tells her that she is a disposable tool helping the heroine save a group of supporting characters. Once she has served her purpose, she will be abandoned and freeze to death on the street.

Tang Lijiao has no desire to die.

System: "Complete your missions and you can change your fate and become a happy rich woman."

Tang Lijiao nods vigorously and binds herself to the System.

Whether she's happy or not doesn't matter. She mainly wants to be rich.

System: "One percent of the inheritance unlocked. One street-side toy store acquired. Please work hard to become a heartless boss and exploit Male Supporting Character 1."

Tang Lijiao looks at the limping boy in front of her, and his character profile appears before her eyes.

[Gu Peichen, the heroine's childhood friend and future richest man. At present, he's been framed amid a family feud and has nowhere to go.]

Tang Lijiao puts on a stern face, her cheeks still round with baby fat, and hands him a job ad.

Salary: 500 a month. Room and board included. Six days a week, twelve hours a day. No benefits, no overtime pay.

Gu Peichen, wandering the streets like a lost soul, speaks hoarsely, hope rekindled in his eyes. "Can... I?"

Tang Lijiao is delighted to welcome her first wage slave.

System: "Two percent of the inheritance unlocked. One old-fashioned milk tea shop acquired. Please exploit Female Supporting Character 1."

Yu Si, an heir to the medicine arts from another world and the heroine's future best friend, is currently being hounded by debt collectors.

Tang Lijiao takes advantage of her predicament, hides her in the shop, and holds her to a debt of gratitude.

Cashier, milk tea maker, stocker, cleaner, all in one. She also has to come up with a new milk tea recipe every week. Wages can be paid daily.

That last line was added by hand.

With nowhere else to turn, Yu Si's eyes redden. She is deeply moved. "I can start today."

As more and more of the inheritance is unlocked, Tang Lijiao gets busier and busier.

At eight in the morning, she exploits the genius of the interstellar world. At noon, the fallen King of Hell. At five in the afternoon, the heartless master of the Unfeeling Dao. At ten at night, the powerhouse of the apocalypse...

Seeing that her missions are almost complete, Tang Lijiao decides to show the most "hideous" face of a ruthless capitalist and skip work!

Then her phone is bombarded with calls.

"Jiaojiao, did I do something wrong and make you mad? Why haven't you come by to supervise my work?"

"Dear boss, I've brewed some healthy tea for you. Come and have a cup!"

"Where are you? Am I still your most treasured employee?"

"Are you at the milk tea shop or the toy shop? Or are you at the stationery shop again? What about the barbecue restaurant? Are you not managing that anymore? I didn't mean what I said yesterday. I'm sorry..."

One day, the heroine Chu Anran shows up in front of Tang Lijiao with a group of elders, ready to take her inheritance and turn her into a tool once and for all.

Tang Lijiao is still clutching her schedule, unsure what to do.

Then Chu Anran sees...

The pitiful childhood friend makes one call, and a team of elite lawyers immediately arrives.

The neighbor's daughter, who had been hounded by debt collectors, says one word, and the elders behind Chu Anran nearly fall to their knees, calling her "Divine Doctor Yu."

A senior student who was bullied at school steps in front of Tang Lijiao and intimidates everyone.

The young man she once glimpsed in a hospital room has shed his frail manner. He opens his mouth and lists 108 ways to dispose of a body.

The mysterious man she saved, the sweet part-time coworker...

Everyone is on Tang Lijiao's side!

Reader's Guide:

1. The heroine's muteness will be cured.

2. There is a male lead. One-on-one romance, and both leads are each other's only partners.

3. The original heroine is portrayed negatively.

[May 30, 2022 screenshot]

Theme: Hard times will pass, so never give up hope.