Recaps

Lu Qin sold his fried rice noodles and newly introduced Ice Crystal Cake to a growing crowd of returning and new customers. The cakes quickly sold out as customers praised their taste and asked him to lift the two-box limit, while residents spread the word in their apartment group chats.

• A customer tried Lu Qin's Ice Crystal Cake, praised its flavor, and bought a box along with fried rice noodles.
• Returning customers gathered at Lu Qin's stall for fried rice noodles and asked about the Ice Crystal Cake.
• Lu Qin explained that the cakes were freshly made by hand and limited each customer to two boxes, prompting the waiting customers to buy them.
• Customers sampled the Ice Crystal Cake, praised it enthusiastically, and asked Lu Qin to allow larger purchases, but he kept the limit so others could buy some.
• Residents shared recommendations for Lu Qin's stall in their apartment group chats.

Lu Qin’s fried rice noodles and Ice Crystal Cake drew a large crowd, and he sold out of mung bean paste while dividing the remaining cakes among neighbors. Meanwhile, Lu Xiyao waited for Shen Muyan at the Ouri Hotel, where her mother returned briefly before getting pulled back into work.

• Residents flocked to Lu Qin’s stall after neighbors shared news of his food in their chat groups.
• Lu Qin sold all his mung bean paste and most of his fried rice noodles as customers queued at his stall.
• Uncle Ge tried to claim the remaining Ice Crystal Cake, but Lu Qin divided the six boxes among nine neighbors at a reduced price.
• Uncle Ge tasted the cake and showed that he enjoyed it, prompting the others to ask what he thought.
• Lu Xiyao waited with Song Xuanxuan while Shen Muyan attended to hotel work, then watched her mother return with department supervisors and leave her waiting again.
• Song Xuanxuan offered Lu Xiyao a macaron, but Lu Xiyao refused while Song Xuanxuan ate it herself.

Lu Xiyao refused the hotel desserts and asked Song Xuanxuan to bring her the Ice Crystal Cake her father had made. Song Xuanxuan tasted it and discovered how delicious it was.

• Song Xuanxuan offered Lu Xiyao several hotel desserts, but Lu Xiyao refused them.
• Lu Xiyao asked Song Xuanxuan to bring over the boxes she had brought, and Song Xuanxuan retrieved them from her drawer.
• Lu Xiyao opened a box of Ice Crystal Cake made by her dad and happily ate a piece.
• Song Xuanxuan admitted she wanted to try the cake, and Lu Xiyao let her have half a piece.
• Song Xuanxuan tasted the Ice Crystal Cake and savored its soft, chewy texture and rice-and-osmanthus aroma.

Song Xuanxuan discovered how delicious Lu Qin’s Ice Crystal Cake was, while Lu Xiyao shared it with her and later with Shen Muyan. Shen Hongda and Jiang Qin returned and took Lu Xiyao to the amusement park.

• Song Xuanxuan begged Lu Xiyao for bites of Lu Qin’s Ice Crystal Cake and promised to take her to catch plushies.
• Shen Muyan finished a work meeting, joined Lu Xiyao, and declined the pastry when she learned Lu Qin had brought it for her.
• Lu Xiyao played Plants vs. Zombies while Song Xuanxuan secretly ate some of the cake from Shen Muyan’s box.
• Shen Hongda and Jiang Qin returned, greeted Lu Xiyao, and took her to the amusement park, where Shen Hongda rode the pirate ship with her.

Lu Xiyao visited a restaurant with Shen Hongda and Jiang Qin, then video-called Lu Qin as he prepared for his night stall. Concerned about his hardship, Shen Hongda asked Chen Dahai to discreetly help Lu Qin find a better job, while Chen Dahai discovered that the Ice Crystal Cake Lu Qin had made was delicious.

• Shen Hongda and Jiang Qin took Lu Xiyao to a private restaurant, but she ate little because she was not hungry and preferred Lu Qin's home cooking.
• Lu Xiyao video-called Lu Qin while he prepared ingredients for his night stall, and Shen Hongda and Jiang Qin watched him work from off camera.
• Shen Hongda called Chen Dahai and asked him to discreetly help Lu Qin find a better job.
• Chen Dahai tried a piece of Ice Crystal Cake and praised its taste, asking Shen Hongda what it was called.

Shen Hongda and Jiang Qin discovered that Lu Qin had made the delicious Ice Crystal Cake and regretted how they had treated him after his divorce from Shen Muyan. Meanwhile, a food streamer found that the usually busy night-market stalls she recommended had no queues.

• Chen Dahai and Shen Hongda argued over the Ice Crystal Cake until Jiang Qin came downstairs and tried it.
• Old Zhong explained that Lu Qin had made the cakes and sent boxes for Shen Hongda, Jiang Qin, Shen Muyan, and Yao Yao.
• Shen Hongda and Jiang Qin praised Lu Qin’s skill and his care for Yao Yao, then Shen Hongda called Shen Muyan to ask her to get more cakes.
• Panda Loves Food livestreamed at University Town Night Market and found only one customer at Sister Pang’s Braised Pork Roll stall.
• Panda Loves Food led her viewers to a barbecue stall, where they noticed there was no queue either.

Panda Loves Food found that the stalls she had planned to feature were empty, then discovered a huge crowd gathered at Lu Qin’s fried noodle stall. The scene left her and her livestream viewers eager to try his food.

• Panda Loves Food faced complaints from viewers when the stalls she recommended had no customers and Liu's Fried Noodles was nowhere to be found.
• Several Finance and Trade college students hurried past, talking about Boss Lu’s fried noodles and the new Ice Crystal Cake.
• Panda Loves Food followed the students into the alley and found dozens of customers lining up at Lu Qin’s stall, where popular items had already sold out.
• Panda Loves Food squeezed toward the front and saw Lu Qin cooking while customers focused eagerly on his food.
• Panda Loves Food smelled the fried noodles, went to the back of the line, and joined the waiting customers.

Lu Qin sold out of fried rice noodles early, then made one serving each for customers who brought rice noodles from Master Liu’s stall. After Lu Qin packed up and left, Fang Ya arrived at Night Market Street but could not find his stall.

• Lu Qin announced that the fried rice noodles had sold out and agreed to cook one serving each for several customers who brought noodles from another stall.
• The customers bought raw rice noodles from Master Liu, angering him by explaining that they wanted Lu Qin to cook them.
• Lu Qin cooked the customers’ noodles, and they praised his ingredients and cooking before helping him pack up.
• Fang Ya arrived at Night Market Street after searching for Lu Qin’s stall, but she could not find it.

Fang Ya tried the competing fried noodle stalls and found them inedible, while Lu Qin’s business continued to grow. Shen Muyan called Lu Qin after Shen Hongda ordered her to ask him to make Ice Crystal Cake, and the chapter ended as she began the conversation.

• Fang Ya sampled the other fried noodle stalls, threw their food away, and vowed to return the next day after hearing Lu Qin’s stall had sold out early.
• Shen Hongda told Shen Muyan to ask Lu Qin to make Ice Crystal Cake, leaving her unsure how to approach her divorced ex-husband.
• Lu Qin returned home, told two customers his food had sold out, and missed Lu Xiyao while she was away.
• Lu Qin calculated his sales and income, cleaned his cart, and prepared ingredients for the next day with help from his suppliers.
• Shen Muyan returned to the villa, called Lu Qin, and asked whether he was asleep and how Lu Xiyao was doing.

Shen Muyan called Lu Qin to ask him to make Ice Crystal Cake, while their conversation about parenting and his stall left her worried about his prospects. That night, Lu Qin spent his extra system points on fourteen lottery draws and received several skills and items.

• Shen Muyan learned that Lu Qin had made the Ice Crystal Cake and asked him to prepare six boxes for her, agreeing to pay him.
• Lu Qin said he would drop off the cake at Shen Muyan's hotel the next morning and explained that he ran a snack stall instead of working at a company.
• Shen Muyan questioned Lu Qin's choice to run a stall and privately worried that he could not provide for their daughter.
• Lu Qin went to bed and used his system points to make fourteen lottery draws, gaining items and skills including Italian Mastery, German Mastery, and Master-Level Twice-Cooked Pork Skill.

Lu Qin used his system rewards to improve his food-stall business and sold out most of his morning food. At Orui International Hotel, he encountered Italian guest Rossi, who was leaving early because he disliked the food in Jiangcheng.

• Lu Qin received insect repellent, a Fresh-Locking Thermostatic Box, mastery of Italian and German, and a Master-Level Twice-Cooked Pork Skill from fourteen system draws.
• Lu Qin prepared rice noodles, Mung Bean Paste, and Ice Crystal Cake, then sold nearly two hundred portions of fried rice noodles and all his Mung Bean Paste at his morning stall.
• Lu Qin brought Ice Crystal Cake to Orui International Hotel and told the receptionist he had a delivery.
• Rossi appeared with his assistant and the hotel VIP guest room manager, explaining that he was leaving early because the hotel's food was difficult to swallow.
• Rossi's assistant told the manager that Rossi had already changed hotels three times because of his extremely picky taste.

Lu Qin sold a damaged box of Ice Crystal Cakes to the picky VIP Rossi, who was amazed by their flavor and learned where Lu Qin would sell more. Shen Muyan received the cakes at Ouri Hotel and learned that Lu Qin spoke fluent Italian, while Song Xuanxuan defended herself for not telling her about them sooner.

• Rossi accidentally tore the bag Lu Qin was carrying, and Lu Qin sold him the box with damaged packaging after Rossi insisted on compensating him.
• Rossi tasted the Ice Crystal Cakes, praised them, and asked Lu Qin where to buy more.
• Lu Qin told Rossi he had made the cakes and gave him the locations of his afternoon and evening stalls.
• Lu Qin left the remaining boxes at the front desk for President Shen, and Rossi realized he had forgotten to ask for Lu Qin's contact information.
• The VIP guest room manager told Shen Muyan what had happened, and she sent four boxes to Shen Hongda while keeping one for herself.
• Song Xuanxuan protested that Shen Muyan had said the previous day she would not eat the Ice Crystal Cakes.

Shen Muyan enjoyed the Ice Crystal Cake Lu Qin made and explained to Fang Ya that they had not gotten back together. Fang Ya rushed to the hotel to taste the cake, then called Lu Qin Shen Muyan’s husband, leaving Shen Muyan startled by the familiar-sounding title.

• Shen Muyan ate Lu Qin’s Ice Crystal Cake at work and wondered how he had learned to make it so well.
• Fang Ya invited Shen Muyan to eat Fried Rice Noodles, but Shen Muyan refused and told her Lu Qin had made the cake she was eating.
• Fang Ya mistakenly assumed Shen Muyan and Lu Qin had reunited, so Shen Muyan explained what had happened.
• Fang Ya rushed to Shen Muyan’s office and snatched half of the last piece of Ice Crystal Cake to try it.
• Fang Ya praised Lu Qin’s cake and called him Shen Muyan’s husband, making Shen Muyan freeze at the unfamiliar term.

Fang Ya tried to get Shen Muyan to help her find Lu Qin and obtain more Ice Crystal Cakes, while Shen Hongda and Jiang Qin learned about Lu Qin’s stall business from Lu Xiyao. Lu Qin went to buy pork for his stall and bargained with a market vendor.

• Fang Ya pleaded with Shen Muyan to call Lu Qin for more Ice Crystal Cakes, but Shen Muyan refused to help.
• Chen Dahai took two boxes of Ice Crystal Cakes from Shen Hongda, who kept the other two.
• Lu Xiyao shared the cakes with Shen Hongda and Jiang Qin and told them that Lu Qin sold them at a busy street stall.
• Fang Ya asked Shen Muyan where Lu Qin’s stall was, but Shen Muyan said she did not know and told Fang Ya to ask him herself.
• Lu Qin went to the market and bargained with a pork seller over twenty jin of pork, offering 16.8 yuan per jin.

Lu Qin prepared Twice Cooked Pork, Mung Bean Paste, and Ice Crystal Cakes for his afternoon stall, then set up at Huaguoshan Park despite the poor location for selling food. As his stall went ignored, he offered chilled Mung Bean Paste to a young couple looking for milk tea.

• Lu Qin bought pork and prepared ingredients for his afternoon stall, including enough sliced pork for around eighty servings of Twice Cooked Pork.
• Lu Qin cooked and ate a serving of Twice Cooked Pork before heading out to sell his food.
• Lu Qin checked the Stall Map APP and chose Huaguoshan Park, where Sunday visitors were plentiful but mostly came to stroll and hike.
• Lu Qin set up his stall beside vendors selling water and drinks, but passersby showed little interest in his food.
• A young couple admired the lake, and Lu Qin offered them chilled Mung Bean Paste after the woman said she wanted milk tea.

Lu Qin attracted customers to his stall by selling iced mung bean paste and Ice Crystal Cake, whose taste quickly drew a crowd and a long line. As he began making fried rice noodles, two friends who had planned to lose weight struggled to resist ordering more food.

• A couple tried Lu Qin's iced mung bean paste and found it delicious, then bought more cups and two boxes of Ice Crystal Cake.
• The couple tasted the Ice Crystal Cake, praised it loudly, and drew nearby customers to Lu Qin's stall.
• Customers bought mung bean paste and Ice Crystal Cake, and a long line formed as Lu Qin's sales took off.
• Lu Qin began cooking fried rice noodles, and two friends trying to lose weight debated whether to buy a serving.

Lu Qin moved his snack stall to Huaguoshan Park, where a large crowd gathered to eat his fried rice noodles and other dishes. After customers asked him to share his locations, he created a Penguin group and made loyal customer Zhou Weiwei its administrator.

• A couple posted Ice Crystal Cake on social media, and customers identified it as food from Boss Lu's stall and learned he was at Huaguoshan Park.
• Customers waiting at People's Square heard Lu Qin had moved and hurried to Huaguoshan Park, swelling the crowd around his stall.
• Lu Qin asked the customers to line up and avoid littering, then cooked Twice Cooked Pork for the waiting crowd.
• A customer suggested Lu Qin create a group to announce his daily stall locations, and Lu Qin created a Penguin group with a five-hundred-person limit.
• Lu Qin appointed Zhou Weiwei, a loyal customer who had once ordered six servings of fried rice noodles, as the group's administrator.

Lu Qin sold out his food at Huaguoshan Park, earning over 10,000 yuan and growing his customer group. At Ori International Hotel, he reunited with Fang Ya and left with Lu Xiyao, while Fang Ya joined his group to follow his stall locations.

• Zhou Weiwei posted rules for Boss Lu's Foodie Group, which quickly grew to more than a hundred members.
• Lu Qin sold out his food after earning 10,545 yuan in revenue and accumulating 1,367 system points.
• Lu Qin waited at Ori International Hotel, where Fang Ya arrived with Lu Xiyao, who happily ran into her father's arms.
• Fang Ya praised Lu Qin's Ice Crystal Cake and joined Boss Lu's Foodie Group so she could find his stall.
• Lu Qin said goodbye to Fang Ya and left with Lu Xiyao in his three-wheeler food cart.

Chen Dahai investigated Lu Qin and decided to learn more about him before helping Shen Hongda, while Lu Qin reunited with Lu Xiyao and prepared for his late-night stall. Fang Ya and Chef Xiong searched for the source of Ice Crystal Cake, and the chapter ended with Mai Dejun learning that the pastry was available in Jiangcheng.

• Chen Dahai reviewed Lu Qin's living and work circumstances and decided to get familiar with him before acting on Shen Hongda's favor.
• Lu Qin teased Lu Xiyao about eating ice cream, then let her rest beside him before preparing ingredients for his stall.
• Fang Ya asked the hotel's pastry chef whether he knew how to make Ice Crystal Cake, but he did not.
• Chef Xiong called his teacher, who explained that Ice Crystal Cake was a difficult-to-make Northeast specialty.
• Mai Dejun heard that Ice Crystal Cake was in Jiangcheng and said he wanted to try it, then received another call.

Fang Ya wondered when Lu Qin would reopen his stall, while Lu Qin and Lu Xiyao prepared a meal and set out for the night market. They arrived to a cheering crowd and a neatly formed queue, ready for another busy evening.

• Fang Ya finished work and decided to visit University Town Night Market Street alone, hoping to try its fried noodles and wondering when Lu Qin would set up his stall.
• Lu Qin made Twice Cooked Pork for Lu Xiyao, and she enjoyed the meal so much that she asked to bring some to kindergarten the next day.
• Lu Qin and Lu Xiyao washed the dishes together, then set off in their three-wheeler food cart to open their late-night stall.
• The owner of Hot Girl Hotpot asked his server to bring him fried noodles and Mung Bean Paste because Lu Qin's popular stall had kept him from buying them before.
• Lu Qin lifted the mute in his Penguin Group and announced that he was setting up his stall, prompting members to rush to Night Market Street.
• Lu Qin and Lu Xiyao arrived to enthusiastic applause, and the waiting customers welcomed them and saved them a spot in the alley.

Lu Qin served a huge crowd at his stall while Lu Xiyao charmed the customers, and Fang Ya recognized them after joining the line for his food. Fang Ya approached Lu Xiyao and asked whether she could be her stepmother, but Lu Xiyao asked if she had a villa.

• Lu Qin opened his stall as eager customers helped him set up and placed a flood of orders.
• Lu Xiyao stayed beside Lu Qin, directed the line, and entertained customers with her precocious remarks.
• Mr. Rossi returned to Jiangcheng to try more of Lu Qin's food, while Fang Ya joined the long queue after spotting the stall's popularity.
• Fang Ya recognized Lu Xiyao and realized the stall she had come to visit belonged to Lu Qin.
• Customers showered Lu Xiyao with snacks and attention, and she asked a woman who wanted to be her stepmother whether she had a villa.

At Lu Qin’s busy stall, Fang Ya visited and joined Lu Xiyao, who proudly served her the treats her father had made. Shen Muyan saw Fang Ya’s photo of Lu Xiyao and tried to contact her, but Fang Ya stayed engrossed in eating and playing with the girl.

• Lu Xiyao told the crowd that anyone hoping to become her stepmother would need to meet her standards, prompting the young women to give up.
• Fang Ya messaged Shen Muyan that Lu Qin’s ex-wife was a blind monk and sent her a photo of Lu Xiyao surrounded by snacks.
• Fang Ya arrived at Lu Qin’s stall, where Lu Qin asked Lu Xiyao to keep her company while he cooked for the growing line of customers.
• Lu Xiyao shared her father’s Iced Mung Bean Paste and Ice Crystal Cake with Fang Ya, who praised the treats and stayed to eat with her.
• Shen Muyan asked Fang Ya where the photo was taken and called her, but Fang Ya did not respond as she played a spot-the-difference game with Lu Xiyao.

Lu Qin served Fang Ya his fried rice noodles and twice cooked pork while a long line of customers waited, and she was amazed by how good they tasted. After selling out and packing up his stall with Fang Ya and Lu Xiyao, he learned that Fang Ya planned to take a cab home.

• Lu Qin paused to make Fang Ya a serving of fried rice noodles and twice cooked pork while customers urged him to rest.
• Lu Xiyao brought the food and chopsticks to Fang Ya, who tasted both dishes and was astonished by their flavor.
• Lu Qin announced that the last sixteen customers would have to return tomorrow because he had nearly sold out.
• Lu Xiyao and Fang Ya helped Lu Qin pack up his stall after the customers dispersed.
• Fang Ya remarked on Lu Qin's busy business and estimated that he had earned over ten thousand in one evening.
• Lu Qin offered Fang Ya a ride, but she chose to take a cab home.

After Fang Ya told Shen Muyan about Lu Qin's thriving stall, Shen Muyan struggled to message him while Lu Qin cared for Yao Yao and prepared for the next day's business. Lu Qin won a Chicken Tofu Pudding cooking skill and announced a morning stall at Sunshine Elementary School, drawing excited customers to his group.

• Fang Ya called Shen Muyan after visiting Lu Qin's busy stall and told her how delicious the food was and how much he could earn.
• Shen Muyan considered messaging Lu Qin to ask for more Ice Crystal Cake, but deleted the message and had trouble sleeping.
• Lu Qin helped Lu Xiyao brush her teeth and get to sleep, then cleaned his cart and used system points for lottery draws.
• Lu Qin won a Chicken Tofu Pudding cooking skill and planned to offer the dish in limited quantities at his stall.
• Lu Qin announced an 8 a.m. morning stall at Sunshine Elementary School, and customers eagerly discussed going.
• More than a dozen people requested to join Lu Qin's Penguin group, including Yao Yao's Stepmom, who called him her husband.

Shen Muyan joined Lu Qin’s customer group and, annoyed by the women calling themselves his girlfriends and the little girl’s stepmothers, sent her assistant to buy food from his stall. Lu Qin took Lu Xiyao to kindergarten with fried rice noodles for her classmates, while customers began lining up for his breakfast stall.

• Lu Qin approved Shen Muyan’s group application, expanded the group to 2,000 members, and went to wake Lu Xiyao.
• Shen Muyan saw the lively group chat and its members’ romantic nicknames, then ordered Song Xuanxuan to buy fried rice noodles, Mung Bean Paste, and Ice Crystal Cake.
• Lu Qin prepared breakfast for Lu Xiyao, packed food for her kindergarten classmates, and took her to Starlight Kindergarten.
• Lu Xiyao arrived at kindergarten, where children crowded around her and asked about the food she had brought.
• Customers lined up outside Sunshine Elementary School before Lu Qin arrived with his three-wheeler food cart.