A Small Wish

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[This is not a warm and cozy story. It's a complete mess. The heroine seems strong on the outside, but is wounded inside and hiding a secret.]

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Ling Yin is positive and driven in her career. She's the ambitious employee in her boss's eyes, the all-purpose leader in her colleagues' eyes, and, to her awful relatives... a money jar.

She talks back to the world, refuses to get caught up in needless worry, and takes life easy.

But as the lights in her life go out one by one, another Ling Yin emerges from beneath her polished exterior.

"Even if that person repents for the past, I won't stop!"

*

Ling Yin has one little wish: an apartment with a view of the sea, where she can live in peace, apart from the world.

After a cataclysmic disaster, Lu Xi is separated from her four-year-old sister. She searches desperately but finds no trace of her, and is then attacked. On the verge of death, she wishes for a second chance. If she could start over, she would stay by her sister's side and care for and protect her devotedly.

Her wish comes true. Lu Xi travels back in time, but ends up inside her sister's teddy bear, and is bound to a System.

The other survivors mistake Lu Xi, now a teddy bear, for a monster. Every time she goes outside, they chase and beat her, leaving her in a miserable state. She has no choice but to strike a deal with the System and stockpile supplies.

Lu Xi is frustrated. "I just wanted to go to the supermarket and find something to eat. Why does everyone attack me on sight? They almost tore my bear head off."

Her innocent little sister says, "They must be jealous that Big Sister turned into such a cute teddy bear!"

Lu Xi is very gratified.

Later, in addition to stockpiling supplies, Lu Xi trades with the System for equipment to arm her teddy bear. She's going to become the most powerful bear in this chaotic age (crossed out), the most powerful person.

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After the cataclysm, the world is reduced to a wasteland, and strange black orbs appear everywhere.

A mysterious organization calling itself the Rulers of the Star System arrives and establishes the Divine Light Research Institute. It gathers large quantities of items from the black orbs and offers supplies to anyone who finds them.

The survivors are afraid of these anomalies and dare not enter, but Lu Xi strides right in, even bringing her four-year-old sister along.

"Hmph, you people think you can bully me? Just watch me dominate the orbs and claim all the supplies for myself."

*

Lu Xi: "Why is the thing you want exactly the same as what the Divine Light Research Institute is looking for? What's your relationship with them? Partners or enemies?"

System: "Uh..."

Lu Xi: "You let it slip last time. You clearly know why I ended up inside a teddy bear. Why are you playing dumb today?"

The System stammers, breaking out in a cold sweat.

Waaah! What's with this Host? Wasn't she supposed to be really slow on the uptake? Why is she suddenly so sharp?

[A somewhat slow, naturally goofy older sister + a younger sister who loves cheering her on, shouting "Big Sister is amazing!" every day, but sometimes innocently lets the truth slip.]

Theme: May human nature remain as beautiful as it was at the beginning.