Emma

Emma, full name is a character from the Link Click donghua series.
== Appearance ==
Emma is a young woman of average height with light brown hair and dark brown/gray eyes.
Emma's office attire consists of a white dress shirt tucked into a navy skirt, with a green bow in front. Her brown hair is tied into a slightly messy bun and her bangs are held in the front with two golden clips. She wears a small pink analog watch on her left wrist.
After narrowly escaping the car crash in Episode 11, she is seen in a more desolate state. Her hair is disheveled, she has lost one of her hair clips and there are purple bruises on her neck where Liu Min previously strangled her. Her green bow is untied, and her shirt collar is wide open, with her cuffs unbuttoned. In addition, her skirt is slightly worn and her stockings are torn. She is walking barefoot, her shoes lost in the struggle. 
In her dream as a child, and very briefly in episode 1, Emma has brown hair tied into two high pigtails by two magenta ribbons. Four smaller golden clips hold her hair in the front. She wears a light green jacket, a yellow scarf and red shoes.
During the flashback in episode 11, Emma is seen wearing a pink jacket, white leggings and brown boots.
== Story ==
Wu Lihua was born into an average family in the countryside and had a close relationship with her parents. As a child, she often promised them that when she grew up, she would move to the city, earn money, and take care of them.
As a young adult, she fulfilled this promise by moving to a big city to work in the finance department of Quede Games, naming herself "Emma." Shortly after starting, the CFO, Zhu Ye, promoted her to his assistant, but this new role came with frequent harassment and excessive overtime. When Emma discovered that Zhu Ye was cooking the books to siphon money from Liu Jing, she received a lecture on "social experience" and was offered a bribe. Despite her difficult situation, Emma hid the truth from her parents, reassuring them that she was doing well.
When the Time Photo Studio was hired by an unnamed client to uncover Zhu Ye's fraud, as his assistant, Emma became central to the mission of obtaining confidential financial data. As Cheng Xiaoshi entered a photo of Emma, he witnessed the challenges she endured, including unwanted advances from Zhu Ye and a phone call from her concerned parents, which led to her being scolded by Zhu. With Lu Guang’s guidance, Cheng Xiaoshi helped complete her extra work by 2 AM. While Emma slept, she dreamed of her parents, and Cheng Xiaoshi, connected to her emotions, deeply felt her loneliness. Disobeying orders, Cheng Xiaoshi read a message from Emma’s mother apologizing for causing her trouble and expressing love. Feeling bad for Emma, Cheng Xiaoshi replied on Emma's behalf, writing, "Mom, Dad, I miss you," in hopes of bringing them happiness.
The next morning, Emma endured further mistreatment at work. Amid the chaos, Cheng Xiaoshi managed to retrieve the financial data from Zhu Ye's laptop. Although Emma was uninvolved in the company's fraud scandal, her proximity to the situation damaged her career. Returning home, shound a pile of her favorite spring rolls left by her parents, thanks to Cheng Xiaoshi's earlier message on her behalf. Deeply moved, Emma called her parents and rushed to meet them.
On her way, the company president, Liu Min, offered Emma a ride. Unbeknownst to her, Liu Min suspected that Emma had used the scandal as an opportunity to steal money from him. While Emma fell asleep on the ride, Liu Min drove out to a secluded location, revealing his malicious intent when Emma woke up and noticed they were heading in the wrong direction. Stopping the car, he verbally and physically assaulted Emma, calling her a parasite and choking her unconscious. Her parents, waiting at the train station, called her, but she was unable to answer.
Unknown to them, Cheng Xiaoshi witnessed the entire process, having entered this timeline from the future and followed them by hiding in the trunk while investigating a serial murder case. Cheng Xiaoshi realized that it was his text message that brought this situation upon Emma, deeply regretting not listening to Lu Guang's warnings. Overcome with frustration, Cheng Xiaoshi broke down and screamed, attracting Liu Min's attention. However, when he checked his trunk, Cheng Xiaoshi had already exited from the photo, making him believe that he had encountered the supernatural.
As his intention was only to scare Emma instead of to kill her, Liu Min rushed her to the hospital, but she woke up on the way. Seeing her face, Liu Min mistook her for a ghost and was terrified. Emma, in a panic, threw herself at Liu Min, trying to escape the car. This ultimately led to Liu Min crashing the vehicle, resulting in both of them suffering heavy injuries.
Emma crawled out of the wrecked car, while Liu Min, trapped between his seat and the airbag, cursed her, vowing to kill her entire family. Emma found her broken phone in the backseat and, crying, began wandering aimlessly. She arrived at an abandoned bridge, tears streaming as she stares at her broken phone. She dropped it over the edge and stepped closer to the precipice. Just as she was about to step off, a voice called her name from behind — Cheng Xiaoshi.
Cheng Xiaoshi introduced himself and explained his ability to travel to the past through photos. He told Emma that he had returned to make up for the mistake he made. Emma, skeptical but hopeful, asked if he could help her go back to square one, assuming his claims are true.
Emma told Cheng Xiaoshi that she too wished to return to the past, wash her hands of the dirty money, refuse Zhu Ye's harassment, and start life anew. Cheng Xiaoshi responded by telling her that in all his visits to people's lives, none were without regrets. While he couldn't guarantee the best version of her past, he insisted he wouldn't let her give up on a better future. Emma, however, broke down, saying that she had no future left.
Cheng Xiaoshi proceeded to share something he learned from the lives he witnessed — that there is always a reason to fight and live on, and that "even in the darkest of times, one will eventually meet the one who carries light." Emma, visibly moved, retracted a foot from the edge of the bridge.
However, just as Cheng Xiaoshi felt a sense of relief and offered his hand, Emma's eyes suddenly turned a bright red, remotely controlled by another yet unknown person possessing special abilities. After briefly addressing Cheng Xiaoshi, the possessor controlled Emma to jump off the bridge, sending her falling to her doom.
== Episode Appearances ==
== Quotes ==
* (To Cheng Xiaoshi) "If that's true... then can you help me return to the beginning... and start all over?" 
== Etymology ==
* Her family name, Wu, is a common family name in China. Her given name, Lihua, can mean "beautiful flower."
== Trivia ==
* Emma's parents speak with a noticeable Shandong accent, implying that Emma and her family hail from the Shandong province in China.
* Emma uses an iPhone with a lemon-patterned phone case.
** Her phone breaks in Episode 11, after Liu Min crashes the car they are in.
** Emma later drops her phone from the bridge while crying in Episode 11.
* One of Emma's favourite foods seems to be fried spring rolls.
* As of Season 1, Emma is one of the only Possessees that didn't directly request something from the Photo Studio. The other is Lin Zhen.
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