Ning An's Wild Wish System

Ning An listened, then turned around and picked up three fragrant incense sticks from the altar. After lighting them, he handed them to her.

Then, he silently stood aside, waiting for the system panel to appear.

As Hua Jiaojiao bent down to make her wish, the light blue system panel appeared as expected.

[Gender: Female]

[Occupation: White-collar worker]

[Name: Hua Jiaojiao]

[Wish: I’m so exhausted from overtime, Grand Master, please open your eyes and grant me a perfect team-building plan!]

[Improvised Wish Fulfillment Method: In five minutes, her phone will ring, and her assistant will provide her with the perfect answer!]

Damn!

Looking at the system panel, all Ning An wanted to do was curse.

What’s the difference between saying it and not saying it?

Disgusting!

Despicable!

Very soon, Hua Jiaojiao finished her wish inside the main hall and walked out.

Seeing Ning An, who appeared polite and handsome like the good-looking boy next door, Hua Jiaojiao couldn’t hold back her tight emotions any longer and started venting.

"Little Daoist, I’m really envious of you! Living a carefree life outside the world, with no competition, and still getting a stable salary without having to fight in the mundane rat race."

"There are so many people in our country, and the employment environment is bad, I’m about to go crazy."

Listening to Hua Jiaojiao’s complaints, the people in the live stream couldn’t help but express their feelings too.

"Yes, the current environment is really not suitable for people. It used to be a dream to work in one job until retirement. Working in a job for over ten years is now a luxury."

"I feel the same! Now the competition is too fierce. C9 competes with 985, 985 with 211, and 211 with the non-key universities. If you can’t compete with those above, you push downwards, it’s ridiculous."

"There was an excellent female vice president in our company, but she took maternity leave for a few months, and by the time she came back, her position was already filled by others."

"Tragic! Now, in this groove society, it’s hard for us ordinary people to turn things around!"

"Right, guys, did you sign up for the national exams recently? How are your test preparations going?"

"Sign up? Sign up for what? I’ve been preparing since March, and when I checked the list, there wasn’t even a position for me. I’m furious!"

"Bengbu can’t hold it, hahaha."

"..."

The barrage of comments clearly showed everyone’s inner fears about life.

And Hua Jiaojiao, already under a lot of pressure, began to speak even more freely.

"It’s embarrassing to say, others come to make wishes for themselves, but I’m different, I’m still wishing for the company like a workhorse."

"A lousy company team-building plan, what novelty can it have? Keep changing it, keep changing it, what can you make out of it?"

"Besides, we all know about the company team-building costs, who the heck wants to go?"

"Finally, when everyone gets a weekend to rest, we have to spend it on these meaningless team-building activities. Just go through the motions already, stop changing it all the time, for crying out loud!"

The stream viewers gradually understood what was going on.

"This woman is probably their company’s HR, otherwise, why would she be making a team-building plan."

"Who even invented the term company team building, did a dog eat his brains? If I’m happy at the company, I wouldn’t need team building, the company would be my home!"

"Yeah! If I’m not happy at work and I find everyone annoying, why would I even go to team-building? That’s just insane!"

"This... hard to say!"

"I’m just saying, can’t these company executives consider people’s feelings a bit? You guys enjoy yourselves, but you don’t care about the people under you."

"Oh, this is indeed a common issue in many companies. Learning team-building from foreign companies, why don’t you also learn about their salaries and benefits?"

"I guess this sister is driven to desperation, so she came to Changchun Temple to make a wish, but you know any HR in a company must be good at dealing with stuff."

"..."

In the eyes of those who haven’t worked, Hua Jiaojiao’s complaints seem like trivial matters.

After all, it’s hard for anyone to truly empathize.

The only difference between going to work and going to prison is that work is more presentable in the eyes of parents.

No one knows which straw will be the last to break the tired worker’s back.

"So, are you wishing for your company to close down?"

Ning An handed her a cup of tea, jokingly.

Sure enough, a bit of red appeared on Hua Jiaojiao’s long bitter face: "Oh, how could I? My whole family relies on this job to eat."

"My wish is quite simple: to quickly produce a perfect team-building plan and not have to work overtime tonight, so I can go home and sleep well."

There was a lot of sympathy in the barrage.

"So tragic! Just listening to the resentment in her voice, I’d guess she hasn’t been home for at least a week."

"I’m a guy. If I don’t come home for a week, my mom would at most ask me twice if I’m dead. But if my sister doesn’t come back after half a day, she’d have the whole village relatives patrol for her."

"Oh, in this environment, who isn’t working like a horse? My biggest dream is to work for the country, at least I’d have guaranteed rest, right?"

"..."

In the live stream, the oppressive atmosphere dominated again.

Now, the path for ordinary people to advance is getting narrower, and the pressure is increasing.

A decade ago, if you asked a child about their wish, they would proudly say they wanted to be an astronaut, a scientist, or a teacher.

But now, if you ask a child about their wish, they seriously say they want to be an internet celebrity, one that takes the world by storm!

Nothing else, the changes in Dragon Country’s social environment surpass everyone’s imagination.

Listening to Hua Jiaojiao’s complaints, the stream audience was also indignant.

But aside from silence, Ning An could only keep refilling Hua Jiaojiao’s tea.

He was just a little Daoist, with more ambition than strength.

Even if he were to become immortal one day, this is not an issue he could solve.

His influence on changing people’s hearts is almost zero.

"I’m sorry, Little Daoist."

Realizing she was talking too much, Hua Jiaojiao blushed, apologized awkwardly, and waved her hand: "I just couldn’t hold it in, sorry to disturb your peace, apologies."

"No problem."

Ning An handed the tea to her again, smiling, "It’s said that Daoists are the psychologists more suited to Dragon Country people. It’s my honor that Miss Hua trusts me enough to share her grievances with me."

"Little Daoist..."

Hua Jiaojiao was so moved she almost cried, about to say something, but suddenly her phone rang.

"Sorry, I need to take this call."

Opening her phone, seeing it was Xiaowang calling, Hua Jiaojiao assumed there was some resistance to emotions among everyone, and quickly answered the call:

"Xiaowang, what’s up? Did something happen?"

The person on the other end paused for a moment, then said: "Sis, nothing happened, I’ve finished the company’s team-building plan."

"You finished it?"

Hua Jiaojiao was a bit confused.

Xiaowang joined the company a year ago and had been following her since. She knew Xiaowang’s professional level well.

In other areas, Xiaowang had no issues and learned quickly. But when it came to writing plans, he was somewhat lacking.

But Hua Jiaojiao didn’t show any disdain and smiled, "Impressive, taking on your superior’s worries. So tell me, I’ll listen to how you wrote this plan."

The person on the other end said quietly: "I think, since it’s team building, we should definitely see some flowers and grass, so on the first morning, our team-building activity is hiking!"

Hua Jiaojiao had some expectations, but hearing this, she internally cursed.

Come on, buddy, what were you thinking?

We’re already exhausted from work, and now hiking.

She was about to gently reject the plan when Xiaowang chuckled and said:

"Sis, remember the client that used to curse our company to high heavens? They’ve gone bankrupt and are now raising chickens on that mountain."

Hua Jiaojiao stopped short: "Ah?!"

"So, sis, do you think everyone would want to go take a look?"