Recaps

Qin Hui and his assistant tasted Lu Qin’s food and were amazed by its flavor as customers abandoned the Lotus District Food Festival to visit Lu’s Snack Stall. When Lu Qin left to pick up his daughter, Qin Hui approached him, hoping to address the stall’s impact on the festival.

• Qin Hui took Xiao Jiang’s Fried Rice Noodles and Mapo Tofu, then praised both dishes after tasting them in his office.
• Qin Hui let his assistant try a bite of the Fried Rice Noodles, but took the food back when the assistant kept eating.
• Wu Yiyi shut down the festival’s livestream after viewers flooded it with comments about Lu’s Snack Stall, then went to queue there herself.
• Members of Boss Lu’s Foodie Group celebrated as customers left the festival and went to Lu’s Snack Stall.
• Lu Qin left his stall to pick up his daughter, and Qin Hui introduced himself as a representative of the Lotus District Food Association.
• Qin Hui told Lu Qin he had investigated the stall and learned it was famous in Annan District and had even attracted celebrity Li Xue’s attention.

Qin Hui invited Lu Qin to bring his stall to the Lotus District Food Festival, and Lu Qin agreed to move there the next day after closing for the night. Lu Xiyao charmed customers as the Little Boss Lady, while Lu Qin’s neighbors traveled over to visit; the chapter left the stall still drawing a huge crowd.

• Qin Hui offered Lu Qin a prime, fee-free spot at the Gourmet Food Festival, and Lu Qin agreed to move his stall the following day.
• Lu Qin made dinner for Lu Xiyao, who then helped at the stall and drew a large crowd to her window.
• Boss Chen packed up his quiet crayfish stall, hoping Lu Qin’s arrival at the festival would bring customers the next day.
• Uncle Ge, Chen Dahai, Wang Guifen, and other neighbors came to visit Lu Qin and feed Lu Xiyao snacks.
• Lu Qin stopped other customers from copying the neighbors and giving Lu Xiyao more food, concerned she would not be able to finish it.

Lu Qin’s stall drew crowds with food that impressed rival vendors and even helped a pregnant customer with severe morning sickness regain her appetite. The chapter ended with her enjoying several dishes while customers praised Lu Qin’s cooking.

• Uncle Ge and other neighbors received extra food and waived purchase limits from Lu Qin, while rival stall owners tried his food and admitted it was exceptionally delicious.
• A pregnant woman with severe morning sickness could not tolerate the foods her husband suggested as they passed Lu Qin’s stall.
• The woman smelled Lu Qin’s Mapo Tofu and suddenly wanted to eat, so her husband joined the long line and pleaded for a place near the front.
• The husband bought Mapo Tofu, Crystal Shrimp Dumplings, Ice Crystal Cake, and Mung Bean Paste for his wife.
• The woman ate the dishes eagerly and felt her appetite return, prompting customers to praise Lu Qin’s cooking.

After a hugely successful day at the food festival, Lu Qin won full-level Chinese pastry-making skills and planned to add Lotus Cakes and Thousand-Layer Oil Cake to his stall. Shen Muyan tried to tempt him with a private pajama photo, while the next morning Lu Qin and Xiaomi began preparing the new pastries.

• A pregnant customer praised Lu Qin’s food for easing her morning sickness, and her husband joined Boss Lu’s Foodie Group after learning the stall would return the next day.
• Lu Qin sold most of his food, earned 125,800, then used his system points on six Advanced Lotteries and won Full-Level Chinese Pastry Making Skills and proficiency in eight languages.
• Shen Muyan sent Lu Qin a pajama selfie, recalled it, and offered to show it again for two thousand; Lu Qin refused to pay.
• Fang Ya advised Shen Muyan to use a trump card to pursue Lu Qin and promised to explain it the next day in exchange for food.
• The next morning, Lu Qin bought ingredients while Xiaomi prepared dough and fillings, and he began making Lotus Cakes, which required careful shaping and many ingredients.

Lu Qin bought ingredients and candied fruits, then prepared Lotus Cakes and Thousand-Layer Oil Cake with Xiaomi for the stall. He served the new pastries at breakfast, where Shen Muyan and Lu Xiyao admired and photographed them.

• Lu Qin searched the market for authentic Candied Winter Melon Strips and bought several jars of candied fruits from an elderly couple's shop.
• Lu Qin returned to the courtyard, where Xiaomi helped carry the groceries and assisted with the pastry preparations.
• Lu Qin taught Xiaomi to knead dough and make Thousand-Layer Oil Cake and Lotus Cakes, then had her fry the lotus-shaped pastries.
• Lu Qin called Lu Xiyao out of bed, and Shen Muyan arrived to join them for breakfast.
• Shen Muyan and Lu Xiyao admired Lu Qin's new pastries, and Shen Muyan took photos before they ate.

Shen Muyan and her daughter enjoyed Lu Qin’s new pastries before Lu Qin opened his stall to a record-breaking crowd. The new items quickly sold out, leaving late customers to settle for the nearby bun shop.

• Shen Muyan shared photos of breakfast on Moments, and friends praised Lu Qin’s food and urged her to bring some to her parents.
• Shen Muyan and her daughter ate Lu Qin’s lotus cakes and Thousand-Layer Oil Cakes, then Shen Muyan packed extra food to take home.
• Lu Qin prepared food for the stall and packed pastries for his daughter’s afternoon snack before Shen Muyan took her to kindergarten.
• A large crowd lined up at Lu’s Snack Stall, while city management officers focused on keeping the queue orderly.
• Lu Qin sold out the limited trial batches of lotus cakes and Thousand-Layer Oil Cakes, and late customers bought breakfast from the nearby Sunshine Buns shop.
• Customers complained that the bun shop’s food tasted poor compared with Lu Qin’s breakfast.

Lu Qin set up Lu's Snack Stall at the Lotus District Food Festival, where a huge crowd flocked to his food and ignored the other vendors. The chapter left the rival stall owners baffled as their attempts to attract customers failed.

• The customers criticized the bun shop owner's food and said they preferred Lu's Snack Stall.
• Lu Qin brought his food truck to a central spot inside the food festival, with the stall fee waived.
• Customers formed a long queue at Lu's Snack Stall, and host Wu Yiyi featured it on the official livestream.
• The other stall owners called out promotions, but customers bypassed them to queue for Lu Qin's food.
• The vendors tried tempting passersby with skewers, mala tang, and crayfish, but the customers all refused in favor of Lu's Snack Stall.

Lu's Snack Stall drew nearly all the Gourmet Food Festival’s customers, leaving the other vendors with no sales. Qin Hui saw the scale of the imbalance and could only tell the angry stall owners to wait until Lu's Snack Stall sold out.

• The other stall owners watched customers flock to Lu's Snack Stall, where Lu's Twice Cooked Pork and other foods kept diners lining up.
• Delivery riders brought folding chairs and power banks to customers preparing to wait in line for a long time.
• Wu Yiyi and the staff noticed that their many stalls had no customers, while the official livestream crew joined Lu's Snack Stall's queue.
• The assistant told Qin Hui that the other stalls had no customers, so Qin Hui went downstairs and saw the enormous line and the empty stalls for himself.
• The stall owners complained to Qin Hui, who suggested they wait until Lu's Snack Stall sold out so customers might visit them.

At the Gourmet Food Festival, Lu's Snack Stall drew nearly all the customers, leaving Lotus District's stalls struggling despite discounts. Qin Hui arranged for stall owners to use shills and then called in famous culinary figures to challenge Lu's, while Lu Qin remained busy serving customers.

• Lotus District stall owners complained to Qin Hui that Lu's Snack Stall was monopolizing the festival, and Qin Hui realized its success could damage the district's reputation.
• Qin Hui rejected a proposal to expel Lu's and instead told the stall owners to hire friends and relatives to form lines at their stalls.
• The staged lines attracted some genuine customers, though Lu's Snack Stall remained overwhelmingly popular and the other stalls barely earned back their fees.
• Qin Hui called Old Zhan, Zeng Quanyou, and Chef Qian for help, and they agreed to come.
• Lu Qin continued cooking at the packed stall as a hungry customer who had waited in line repeatedly urged him to hurry.

Lu Qin refused to serve a rude customer who blocked his stall until Officer Zhang intervened and made the man leave. As business picked up for the evening, Yao Yao tired from helping, and Shen Muyan arrived to lend a hand and see Lu Qin.

• Lu Qin refused to sell to a middle-aged customer who had complained about his food, and the man blocked the stall to stop others from ordering.
• Officer Zhang showed his police ID and warned the man, who apologized and left; the customers then let Zhang order first.
• Lu Qin gave Officer Zhang an extra serving of Lotus Cakes to thank him for stepping in.
• As the evening crowd grew, Lu Qin told Yao Yao not to tire herself out, but she was worn down after an hour of helping.
• Shen Muyan arrived, and she and Yao Yao helped at the stall, drawing more customers to Lu's Snack Stall.

Lu Qin and Shen Muyan celebrated another record day at the food stall before sharing dinner with Xiaomi. Shen Muyan tried to engineer a kiss with Lu Qin, but he saw through her staged fall and sent her back to the bedroom, leaving her embarrassed.

• Lu Qin and Shen Muyan sold out early, earning over 150,000 in a day.
• Lu Qin cooked dinner at home, and Xiaomi told him she wanted to stay with him forever.
• Shen Muyan stayed the night and later approached Lu Qin in her pajamas, planning to make it look as if she had slipped into his arms.
• Lu Qin caught Shen Muyan when she fell, then realized the fall was staged and set her upright.
• Shen Muyan avoided Lu Qin's eyes and returned to the bedroom.

Shen Muyan followed Fang Ya’s advice and sneaked into Boss Lu’s bed to test whether he had any problems. After escaping his sleep-tangled embrace, she confirmed to Fang Ya that he was fine but kept the intimate details mostly to herself.

• Shen Muyan told Fang Ya that her attempt to tempt Boss Lu had failed, and Fang Ya blamed his apparent lack of response on a possible problem.
• After learning Shen Muyan had seen his eight-pack abs, Fang Ya told her to sneak into the wrong room and verify whether he could perform.
• Shen Muyan pretended to use the bathroom, entered Boss Lu’s room, and slipped into bed beside him while he slept.
• Boss Lu wrapped an arm around Shen Muyan, rested his head near her shoulder, and repeatedly draped his heavy thigh over her as she lay stiff and nervous.
• Once Boss Lu shifted away, Shen Muyan escaped to the little one’s room and told Fang Ya that he had no problem, while withholding most of what happened.

Shen Muyan and Fang Ya discussed Shen Muyan’s night with Boss Lu, while Boss Lu woke with a vague memory that she might have shared his bed. Later, Lu Qin set up at the Gourmet Food Festival, where three veteran chefs arrived to challenge him and diners watched them prepare fried rice noodles.

• Fang Ya pressed Shen Muyan to describe her test of Boss Lu, then stayed up studying a guide to seducing men while Shen Muyan remained unable to sleep.
• Boss Lu woke with a hazy memory of the wealthy woman entering his room and noticed a scent on his bed, but he did not ask her about it when they met in the morning.
• Lu Qin sold out his morning snacks and saved his remaining rice noodles for the Gourmet Food Festival.
• Old Zhan, Zeng Quanyou, and Chef Qian arrived at the festival with stalls selling dishes also offered by Lu's Snack Stall, intending to defend Lotus District’s culinary reputation.
• A crowd rushed to Lu Qin’s stall, and the three chefs suspected he had hired fake customers.
• The diners noticed the veteran chef’s folded wok as he and Lu Qin began frying rice noodles at the same time.

At the Gourmet Food Festival, Master Old Zhan and Lu Qin faced off by making their famous stir-fried noodles as crowds gathered to watch. Both finished cooking, but the chapter left the taste test and winner undecided.

• Diners recognized Master Old Zhan and praised his decades of experience making stir-fried noodles in Lotus District.
• Master Old Zhan and Lu Qin began cooking stir-fried noodles side by side, drawing a growing crowd of spectators.
• Lu Qin suspected the stall change had been arranged to challenge his stall, but welcomed the chance to divert some customers.
• Qin Hui watched the spectacle, pleased that the invited Lotus District vendors had made the festival livelier.
• Master Old Zhan cooked three portions and Lu Qin cooked five, filling the area with the aroma of wok-fried noodles.

Lu Qin’s fried rice noodles beat Master Old Zhan’s in a taste test, drawing most customers to Lu’s stall. After tasting Lu’s noodles himself, Old Zhan recognized the gap in their skills and ingredients.

• Old Zhan watched Lu Qin fry five servings in one wok and realized his technique was exceptional.
• Diners sampled both cooks’ fried rice noodles and chose Lu Qin’s by eight votes to two.
• Most customers lined up at Lu Qin’s stall while Old Zhan struggled to keep frying.
• Old Zhan asked a customer for a bite of Lu Qin’s noodles and tasted them.
• Old Zhan identified differences in texture, rice noodles, and cooking technique that explained why Lu Qin’s noodles tasted better.

Lu Qin’s victory over Master Old Zhan’s stir-fried rice noodles drew attention to Lu’s Snack Stall at the food festival. As Chef Zeng Quanyou prepared Crystal Shrimp Dumplings beside Lu’s stall, their neighboring stalls became the focus of a livestreamed contest, leaving Four Flavors Restaurant’s Boss Wang worried about the consequences of a loss.

• Master Old Zhan silently acknowledged that Lu Qin’s stir-fried rice noodles tasted better, and the livestream audience praised Lu’s Snack Stall.
• Zeng Quanyou began preparing Crystal Shrimp Dumplings as a crowd gathered for another apparent showdown.
• Xiaomi served Lu Qin’s dumplings to customers, who praised their springy, fresh flavor while others queued to compare them with Zeng Quanyou’s.
• Viewers recognized Zeng Quanyou as a pastry chef from Four Flavors Restaurant, and the livestream framed the neighboring stalls as rivals.
• Boss Wang called Zeng Quanyou, warning that a loss could harm Four Flavors Restaurant’s reputation, while Zeng Quanyou said his participation was personal.

At the Gourmet Food Festival, Zeng Quanyou sold his Crystal Shrimp Dumplings beside Lu Qin’s and discovered that customers preferred Lu’s. After tasting Lu’s dumplings, Zeng Quanyou asked him how he made them, and Lu Qin began explaining.

• Zeng Quanyou sold his Crystal Shrimp Dumplings for twenty-eight yuan a serving, matching Lu’s price, but customers said they were inferior to Boss Lu’s.
• After hearing customers praise Lu’s dumplings, Zeng Quanyou waited in line for twenty minutes and tasted a serving himself.
• Zeng Quanyou realized Lu Qin’s dumplings surpassed his own in flavor and texture and humbly asked about his dough ratio.
• Though Zeng Quanyou expected Lu Qin to keep his cooking methods secret, Lu Qin explained them casually.

Lu Qin defeated Zeng Quanyou in a pastry contest and explained the technique behind his crystal shrimp dumpling wrappers. Chef Qian tasted Lu Qin’s Chicken Tofu Pudding and recognized it as a master-level dish, leaving Qin Hui’s final challenge in doubt.

• Lu Qin gave Zeng Quanyou the Cheng Mian ratio and explained how scalding the mixture with boiling water made the wrapper dough soft and pliable.
• Zeng Quanyou accepted his defeat, thanked Lu Qin, and added him as a friend to exchange pastry-making techniques.
• Qin Hui asked Zeng Quanyou about his loss, then looked to Chef Qian as his last hope against Lu Qin.
• Chef Qian joined the line and bought a serving of Lu Qin’s Chicken Tofu Pudding to judge it for himself.
• Chef Qian tasted the clear broth and tender minced chicken, recognized the dish as a state-banquet-level masterpiece, and admitted he could not make one that good.

Lu Qin’s cooking drew record crowds to the Lotus District Gourmet Food Festival, but he refused Qin Hui’s offers to move his stall there. When government leaders and Kyoto investors toured the festival to assess Jiangcheng’s food culture, the investors remained unimpressed by the local specialties.

• After losing to Lu Qin, Qin Hui recognized Lu’s Snack Stall as the main reason the festival’s attendance had surpassed twenty thousand.
• Qin Hui tried to persuade Lu Qin to move his stall to Lotus District by offering a kindergarten placement and a discounted home, but Lu Qin refused because he wanted to keep his daughter at her current kindergarten and remain in Annan District.
• Qin Hui returned to work and learned that a Bureau of Culture and Tourism leader would inspect the festival alongside Kyoto investors considering a several-hundred-million-yuan food-street project.
• Qin Hui introduced several Lotus District specialty foods to the visitors, and the leader asked diners about them.
• The investors showed little interest in the foods, and the leader realized the supposed local specialties had failed to impress them.

Qin Hui brought investors and the Bureau of Culture and Tourism leader to Lu's Snack Stall, where the food impressed them so much that they considered staying in Jiangcheng longer. The chapter ended with the leader and Qin Hui hopeful that the investors would commit to the deal.

• The investors noticed the huge line at Lu's Snack Stall, and Qin Hui introduced the stall without mentioning that it came from Annan District.
• The investors insisted on joining the queue, but after waiting more than ten minutes, they were so hungry that Qin Hui arranged for them to be served sooner.
• The investors and the Bureau of Culture and Tourism leader tasted Lu Qin's Crystal Shrimp Dumplings, Imperial Consort Chicken Wings, Chicken Tofu Pudding, and fried rice noodles, and praised the food.
• Qin Hui brought more dishes to the table, and the investors ate eagerly until they were full.
• The investors said they might stay in Jiangcheng for a few more days and called Lu's Snack Stall a signature of the city's food scene, leaving the leader and Qin Hui hopeful about the investment.

Shen Muyan learned that Annan District was trying to secure Lu's Snack Stall and revealed to Director Nie Guoqiang that its owner was her child's father. Nie saw a chance to bring the stall to Annan District, while the investors' decision to invest in Jiangcheng remained tied to Lu's Snack Stall.

• Annan District's director blamed his secretary after Kyoto investors abandoned their planned visit and went to Lotus District's Gourmet Food Festival.
• Shen Muyan met with Director Nie Guoqiang to discuss a business project, but Nie remained distracted by the investors' decision.
• Nie received a call saying the investors had decided to invest in Jiangcheng largely because of Lu's Snack Stall.
• Nie sent his secretary to verify whether Lu's Snack Stall had come from Annan District, as Lotus District was trying to keep its owner.
• Shen Muyan recognized the stall as Boss Lu's and told Nie that its owner was her child's father.
• Nie concluded that Shen's connection to the stall could help Annan District secure it.

Shen Muyan secured favorable terms for her project in Annan District and arranged a dinner invitation with Nie Guoqiang, while Lu Qin refused Qin Hui’s attempts to bring his stall to Lotus District permanently. The chapter ended with Shen Muyan joining Lu Qin to pick up Lu Xiyao, who happily greeted both of them.

• Nie Guoqiang stopped worrying that Lu Qin would move his stall to Lotus District and smoothly negotiated Shen Muyan’s project with generous preferential policies.
• Shen Muyan reflected on her divorce and agreed to Nie Guoqiang’s invitation to dinner for her and her husband.
• At the Lotus District food festival, Lu Qin’s stall sold out before five, but he refused Qin Hui’s request to set up there every day and agreed only to finish the festival.
• Shen Muyan waited outside Starlight Kindergarten, where Lu Qin arrived to pick up Lu Xiyao.
• Lu Xiyao ran to Lu Qin and Shen Muyan, kissed them both, and happily called them Boss Lu and Rich Mommy.

Lu Qin took Shen Muyan and Lu Xiyao home after the stall sold out, but Lu Xiyao wanted to keep playing Little Boss Lady. Shen Muyan disciplined her in the car, then cheered her up with a promise of ice cream; at home, Lu Qin began preparing dinner while Shen Muyan and Lu Xiyao ate their treats.

• Lu Qin told Lu Xiyao the stall was done for the day and that they were going home, but she pleaded to keep being Little Boss Lady.
• Shen Muyan made Lu Xiyao stand in the car holding the seatback, then forgave her after she admitted she was wrong.
• Shen Muyan promised Lu Xiyao vanilla ice cream, which stopped her crying.
• At home, Lu Qin went to cook while Xiaomi cleaned the snack cart, and Shen Muyan and Lu Xiyao sat on the sofa eating ice cream.

Lu Qin spent a cozy evening with Shen Muyan and Lu Xiyao, then calculated his food-stall profits and planned to streamline his menu. He ordered an online electronic display to show changing daily menus.

• Shen Muyan stole bites of Lu Xiyao’s ice cream, and the family later enjoyed a lavish dinner with Xiaomi.
• Lu Qin beat Lu Xiyao and Shen Muyan at Chinese checkers, covered them with paper strips, and secretly kept their photos in the cloud after deleting the local copies for Shen Muyan’s 200-yuan red packet.
• Shen Muyan stayed the night and tried to charm Lu Qin after her bath, while he resisted her allure.
• Lu Qin checked his finances, saw that his savings had passed 1.35 million yuan, and decided to offer a rotating selection of dishes to simplify preparation.
• Lu Qin ordered an online electronic display so he could change his daily menu remotely.

Lu Qin used his system points to obtain cooking equipment, health tea, and ice-cream-making skills, then prepared for his food stall with Xiaomi and Shen Muyan. After a busy morning, he picked up an electronic menu display and planned to use his old whiteboard for reminders.

• Lu Qin spent 5,000 system points on a thermostatic box, ice-cream-making skills, gastrointestinal health tea, a kitchen knife, and a box of little umbrellas.
• Lu Qin posted in the Penguin Group that his morning stall would be outside Sunshine Elementary School, drawing excited responses from the foodies.
• Xiaomi returned from buying ingredients while Lu Qin and Shen Muyan awkwardly shared the bathroom early in the morning.
• Lu Qin’s morning stall drew a large crowd, and customers who missed out bought buns from Sunshine Buns instead.
• Lu Qin collected his electronic LCD display and menu from the sign shop, and kept his old whiteboard for written reminders.