[Updated on 2/24. The blurb has been revised with a new premise. If that bothers you, dear readers, you can save it and remove it later. I'll send out red-envelope bonuses when I start posting as compensation. Sorry qwq]
Four stools, two tables, and an old fan that creaked with every turn. Duan Yiyi's mother had a terminal illness, and entrusted their little fast-food shop 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 Yiyi's mother thought her daughter had just graduated from college and was too young, talking nonsense. Neither of those things was remotely achievable.
On the first day Duan Yiyi inherited the little fast-food shop, a disheartened college graduate who couldn't find a job walked in. A beep sounded in his ear.
[Congratulations, you have been bound to the Food System. Mission: Sell fifty servings of egg fried rice in the shop today.]
College graduate: ? You call that binding? That's kidnapping!
Duan Yiyi: I don't need anyone here... You don't want money? Great! You're good at hawking. Help me sell a hundred servings.
[System: Mission upgraded. Sell one hundred servings.]
College graduate: ...You're going too far!
But later, when he looked back as the head of a business empire, he said that discovering his talent for sales and beginning his glorious life had all started in a little fast-food shop.
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[Congratulations, you have been bound to the Food System. Mission: Cut a piece of finely shredded tofu.]
A girl who had wandered into the little fast-food shop to have one last full meal before killing herself: ?
Duan Yiyi: I don't need anyone to cut tofu... You don't want money? Great! You're good at cutting tofu. Cut a few more pieces.
[System: Mission upgraded. Cut three pieces.]
Girl: ...Am I even allowed to die or not?!
But later, when she had become a top-tier star food streamer who was famous all over the internet, she recalled that finding her purpose in life had all started in a little fast-food shop.
Later on, the little fast-food shop kept getting bigger. People kept showing up to work for free: washing dishes, greeting customers, renovating and expanding the shop, and all sorts of other things.
Duan Yiyi really did achieve every one of her dreams.
She thought it was amazing how benefactors always seemed to come to her aid. It seemed all she had to do was lie flat.
But those people told her that she was the one who had been their benefactor.
Back when the little fast-food shop was still shabby, a frail young man came in and silently washed dishes for Duan Yiyi for a month.
She took pity on him and gave him a hundred yuan when he left.
Later, when Duan Yiyi expanded her business into a five-star hotel, he bought ten islands and gave 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 me liking you.
"It was."
System: Who knew? I just accidentally bound myself to the wrong Host every single time.
Duan Yiyi: Who knew so many people would work for me without wanting money? And then every one of them would become a big shot and come back to repay me?
Customers whose lives were changed forever by a visit to the restaurant: Who knew we were so lucky? Waaah!
Male lead: Who knew whether she actually likes me?
P.S. The female lead doesn't know the System exists. She spends her days marveling at how many good people there are. (Smiling sweetly)
Theme: Discover the good in life and enjoy it.