Playing a Cannon-Fodder Beta in a Clichéd Romance

As the frail eldest daughter of the Li family, Li Shu was born with a weak constitution and limited telekinesis. Everyone saw her as a fragile flower in a greenhouse, a discarded child of the family.

But only Li Shu knew that she was a disposable beta in a melodramatic novel.

A sacrifice in the family's power struggle, her telekinesis had been sealed since birth. Her fate as a disposable character, doomed to die young, was already waiting for her.

Until one day, she heard a voice:

"Congratulations, Host, you've successfully bound the System. Host can change your fate by winning over the villain group.

"Please choose your initial mission:

"1. The bionic 'elf' is for sale in that filthy slum marketplace. Why not try to find him and win him over?

"2. Once night falls, the vines on the back mountain always grow wildly for no apparent reason. Find a way through the strange, clinging vines and rescue the unknown creature hidden deep within.

"3. The school nurse seems to be a deserter from the snake clan and has suffered greatly for it. Why not offer him some comfort at the right moment?"

Li Shu, a disposable beta who had dutifully spent over a decade being sick, clenched her fist. Finally, there's hope for me!

But...

Which of these three ridiculously difficult missions has anything to do with being "initial"?

The System thought it had jumped to the most suitable Host, only to watch helplessly as the missions raced wildly in the opposite direction:

"Wait, it's winning him over, not breaking him in!

"It's rescuing him, not using your kindness to make him work like an ox and a horse!

"It's comforting him, not knocking out his venomous fangs! Enough! I said enough!!"

Theme: Perseverance brings victory