Recaps

Lu Qin’s stall drew a rush of newcomers who discovered how delicious his food was, while regulars scrambled to secure their portions. After Lu Xiyao caught a customer trying to buy twice, the stall sold out, and the Penguin Group welcomed even more members worried about the growing competition.

• Regular customers paid passersby to buy food for them, but other customers exposed the scheme and newcomers went to Lu Qin’s stall instead.
• The newcomers tasted Lu Qin’s Ice Crystal Cake, Crystal Shrimp Dumplings, and Mung Bean Paste and praised them as a rare delicacy.
• A large wave of experienced customers arrived and formed a growing line, leaving some passersby worried the food would sell out before their turn.
• A customer wearing sunglasses tried to buy a second portion, but Lu Xiyao recognized his mole and Lu Qin told him to return tomorrow.
• Lu Qin sold out in ten minutes, and customers helped pack up his stall while praising his food and free mints.
• The Penguin Group grew to more than eight hundred members, and its regulars discussed the worsening competition for Lu Qin’s food.

After returning home, Lu Qin reflected on his changing family ties and exchanged messages with Shen Muyan, who had become more involved in Lu Xiyao’s life. The chapter left Lu Qin and Shen Muyan chatting more easily after their day together at the kindergarten activity.

• Lu Qin drove home with Lu Xiyao, agreed she could have one ice cream tomorrow, and tucked her into bed after their return.
• Lu Qin thought about Shen Muyan’s growing contact with him and Lu Xiyao since their divorce, and felt proud of how well he had raised their daughter.
• Lu Qin read Shen Hongda’s message offering support and inviting Lu Xiyao to visit for the weekend, then agreed to bring her over.
• Lu Qin saw that Shen Muyan had changed her profile picture to a photo of the three of them at the kindergarten activity, and he admired the picture.
• Lu Qin told Shen Muyan that Lu Xiyao was asleep and joked about customers saying his stall could earn enough for a Bentley in three months.

Shen Muyan and Lu Qin agreed that he would travel to Hai City next weekend to prepare Liver Paste Soup for Old Master Ouyang’s birthday banquet. Meanwhile, Lu Qin’s success at his food stall astonished his neighbors, including Zeng Guiping, who hurried home to urge her daughter He Huiwen to pursue him.

• Shen Muyan asked Lu Qin about Ouyang Lin’s request, and Lu Qin agreed to go to Hai City next weekend with Lu Xiyao.
• Lu Qin checked his system points, then woke early and went grocery shopping in his new car.
• Wang Guifen gave Lu Qin pineapple for Lu Xiyao, and the neighbors admired his car and praised his thriving stall.
• Zeng Guiping learned that Lu Qin had bought the car with money from his stall and watched a video showing his huge crowds of customers.
• Zeng Guiping rushed home and told He Huiwen to seize her chance with Lu Qin because he had bought a new car worth 350,000 yuan.

He Huiwen tried to approach Lu Qin after learning his snack stall was popular and profitable, but he turned her away to protect his sleeping daughter. A wealthy, beautiful woman named Shen Muyan then arrived at Lu Qin’s courtyard in a Maserati and called him, leaving the neighborhood curious about her connection to him.

• He Huiwen and Zeng Guiping learned from Douyin videos that Lu Qin’s snack stall had become famous and that he earned thousands of yuan a day, so He Huiwen decided to pursue him.
• He Huiwen dressed up and went with her mother to Lu Qin’s courtyard, where the neighborhood’s intelligence squad gossiped about his success and a hotel owner’s offer of a 500,000-yuan salary.
• He Huiwen asked Lu Qin to make her fried rice noodles early, but he refused and told her not to knock again because his daughter was asleep.
• He Huiwen hid her rejection from Zeng Guiping and claimed Lu Qin had asked her to come back later.
• Shen Muyan arrived outside Lu Qin’s courtyard in a Maserati President, drew the neighbors’ attention, and made a phone call without knocking.

Shen Muyan came to Lu Qin’s home for breakfast, and she and Lu Xiyao shared a playful morning before Shen left for an industry meeting. Lu Qin then took Lu Xiyao to his stall and made her the Little Boss Lady for the day.

• He Huiwen and Zeng Guiping saw Shen Muyan enter Lu Qin’s home and left in disappointment as the neighborhood aunties praised the pair as a perfect match.
• Shen Muyan explained that she had come for breakfast before a meeting, and Lu Qin prepared noodles, mung bean paste, shrimp dumplings, and Ice Crystal Cake.
• Shen Muyan woke Lu Xiyao, who called her a wealthy woman and ran to Lu Qin after Shen flicked her forehead.
• Shen Muyan and Lu Xiyao ate breakfast with Lu Qin, and he sent Shen away with two boxes of Ice Crystal Cake before she drove off in her Maserati President.
• Lu Qin took Lu Xiyao to his stall outside Sunshine Elementary School and announced that she would run a small side stall as the Little Boss Lady.

Lu Xiyao helped Lu Qin sell food at his stall, charming customers as the Little Boss Lady. At a resort meeting, Shen Muyan watched a video of her daughter working and became visibly delighted.

• Lu Xiyao took orders, used a tablet to calculate a customer's bill, and packed the food while Lu Qin confirmed the purchase limits.
• Lu Xiyao refused a lollipop at first because she was the Little Boss Lady, then accepted one after checking with Lu Qin.
• Lu Xiyao charmed customers and defended the stall's prices by saying Lu Qin worked hard to make the food.
• Lu Qin and Lu Xiyao organized a quick-pickup line for prepackaged items as regular customers arrived.
• During a discussion meeting at Wangshan Lake Resort, Shen Muyan received Lu Qin's video of the Little Boss Lady and watched Lu Xiyao serve a customer.

During a business meeting, Shen Muyan enjoyed Ice Crystal Cakes made by Lu Qin while her restaurant-owner friends complained about lunch and became curious about the pastries. She reluctantly let Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang try one piece each, leaving them wondering why she guarded the box so closely.

• Shen Muyan shared a video of Yao Yao with Shen Hongda, his wife, and Fang Ya, who praised the child.
• At lunch, Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang criticized the buffet and discussed Fan Qingfang’s new Molecular Cuisine dishes.
• Shen Muyan dismissed Molecular Cuisine as a gimmick and ate Ice Crystal Cakes from a plastic box.
• Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang asked Shen Muyan about the cakes and watched her eat them despite her claim that they were only average.
• Shen Muyan offered Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang one Ice Crystal Cake each, then pulled the box back as they took their pieces.

Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang tasted Shen Muyan’s Ice Crystal Cakes and were amazed by their flavor, but she refused to share more. Their cravings grew until they competed to buy the final piece, which Shen Muyan split between them.

• Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang each tried an Ice Crystal Cake and found it exceptionally delicious.
• Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang asked Shen Muyan for more, but she refused and said the cakes came from a street stall with no fixed location.
• As Shen Muyan ate through the second box, Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang watched and grew increasingly eager for the last piece.
• Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang bid against each other for the final cake, drawing a crowd of onlookers.
• Shen Muyan stopped the bidding and offered to split the last piece between them for one hundred thousand each.
• Fan Qingfang cut the final Ice Crystal Cake in half, and she and Sun Zhi each ate a portion.

After selling half a piece of Ice Crystal Cake for 200,000, Shen Muyan told Lu Qin, while Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang tried to find its maker. Lu Qin prepared to take Lu Xiyao to a new stall location as a provocative Stick Nation food streamer arrived on Victory Road Commercial Street and criticized a local beef pancake.

• Shen Muyan told Lu Qin that she had sold one piece of Ice Crystal Cake for 200,000, and Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang asked about its maker before she sent them the Penguin Group number.
• Lu Xiyao woke from her nap ready to run the stall, and Lu Qin loaded the food cart and set off with her for Victory Road Commercial Street.
• A Stick Nation rich second-generation streamer mocked Dragon Country food during his livestream, drawing a surge of arguing viewers.
• The streamer bought a beef pancake for fifteen yuan, complained that it was greasy and the beef was not tender, then handed it to his four bodyguards, who ate it eagerly.

A rich Stick Nation streamer toured Dragon Country street-food stalls, mocking the food while continuing to eat it. He and his crew then encountered Lu Qin’s hugely popular stall and joined the queue after Lu Qin refused their attempt to pay to cut in.

• The streamer claimed to love spicy food, but after biting a heavily chili-coated grilled pig trotter, he called it only mildly spicy before tossing it to a bodyguard.
• He criticized several street foods while eating multiple bites, prompting viewers from both countries to argue over whether he was being honest.
• The streamer noticed the long queue at Lu Qin’s stall, where Lu Qin cooked Fried Rice Noodles and a little girl sold food beside him.
• The assistant offered Lu Qin money to let the crew cut the line, but Lu Qin refused and suggested items available at the neighboring stall.
• An angry customer threatened the assistant for trying to queue-jump, so the assistant returned to the streamer and said they would join the line.

A Stick Nation rich heir tried to disparage a crowded Dragon Country snack stall during a livestream, but the Ice Crystal Cake was so delicious that he struggled to hide his reaction. He then opened a box of Chicken Tofu Pudding and was left puzzled by a customer’s riddle.

• The rich heir bought one of every snack after waiting in line, while the livestream viewers argued over whether the stall had hired shills.
• The rich heir tasted the Ice Crystal Cake and found it exceptionally delicious, eating five pieces before trying to call it cloying.
• The assistant took away the remaining cakes and gave them to the bodyguards, who also reacted to their delicious taste.
• The rich heir told the livestream chat that the cake was not good, despite his obvious enjoyment.
• The rich heir opened the Chicken Tofu Pudding and asked a waiting customer whether it was chicken or tofu pudding.
• The customer answered, “Eat chicken without seeing chicken; tofu pudding without using beans,” leaving the rich heir and his assistant confused.

A Stick Nation streamer and his assistant sampled Lu Qin’s dishes and were won over by their flavor, but the stall sold out before they could buy anything themselves. The chapter ended with the livestream team leaving empty-handed as Dragon Country viewers laughed at their bad luck.

• The rich second-generation heir tasted Lu Qin’s chicken tofu pudding and praised the dish after recognizing its complex broth and delicate texture.
• The assistant and the Four Vajra tried the stall’s food, including Imperial Consort Chicken Wings and Ice Crystal Cake, and the livestream team’s tough posturing fell away.
• The stall sold out of Ice Crystal Cake, chicken tofu pudding, and chicken wings before the streamer and assistant reached the counter.
• The streamer and assistant offered a customer five hundred yuan for his food, but he gave it to them for free.
• After waiting forty minutes in line, the Stick Nation group learned from Lu Qin that all the fried rice noodles and other food had sold out.

After a successful afternoon at his stall, Lu Qin bought high-quality Osmanthus Oolong tea so he could make a new drink for Lu Xiyao. Shen Muyan got Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang added to Lu Qin’s foodie group, where they discovered his night market location and menu.

• Lu Qin packed up his stall after selling more than 350 portions of Twice Cooked Pork and decided to buy Osmanthus Oolong tea.
• Lu Qin took Lu Xiyao to Mingying Tea Shop, inspected Boss Li’s tea, and bought ten jin for 188 per jin.
• Lu Xiyao eagerly headed home with Lu Qin, excited to try the Osmanthus Oolong Milk Tea he planned to make.
• Shen Muyan asked Lu Qin to add Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang to his Penguin group, and he approved them.
• Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang read the announcement about Lu Qin’s night stall at Changlin Road University Town Night Market Street and learned that Osmanthus Oolong Drink was on the menu.
• Sun Zhi canceled his important dinner engagement so he could go to Lu Qin’s stall.

Lu Qin prepared dinner for Lu Xiyao, and Shen Muyan arrived at his home just as they were about to eat. After Fang Ya learned where Shen Muyan was, she rushed over to join them, leaving the meal set to grow.

• Lu Xiyao secretly noticed Lu Qin smiling at a WeChat conversation with her mother, then waited eagerly while he prepared food and milk tea.
• He Huiwen returned to Lu Qin's courtyard hoping to see him, but Shen Muyan arrived in a Maserati and He Huiwen left without knocking.
• Lu Xiyao welcomed Shen Muyan, who admired Lu Qin as he served dinner, and the three sat down to eat.
• Fang Ya called Shen Muyan looking for a dinner companion, heard Lu Xiyao in the background, and hurriedly announced she would arrive in fifteen minutes.

Lu Qin shared dinner with Shen Muyan, Lu Xiyao, and Fang Ya, and a shoulder massage led Fang Ya to tease him and Shen Muyan about getting back together. When Lu Qin offered to make Osmanthus Oolong milk tea, Shen Muyan asked him to add coffee.

• Fang Ya arrived with red wine, and everyone ate dinner together before Fang Ya lost rock-paper-scissors and washed the dishes.
• Lu Xiyao massaged Lu Qin's shoulders, then persuaded Shen Muyan to take over.
• Fang Ya saw Shen Muyan massaging Lu Qin and excitedly asked if they had gotten back together, but Shen Muyan dismissed her suggestion.
• Lu Xiyao asked Lu Qin for Osmanthus Oolong milk tea, and Fang Ya joined her in asking for some.
• Shen Muyan said she did not like milk tea and asked Lu Qin to add coffee.

Lu Qin made Osmanthus Oolong milk tea for Lu Xiyao, Fang Ya, and Shen Muyan, who loved it so much they drank far too much. After stopping them, Lu Qin teased Shen Muyan about her tea-scented burps, and she leaned close to him to prove she could not smell them.

• Lu Qin explained that he could blend Osmanthus Oolong with milk or coffee, then prepared four drinks for the others to try.
• Lu Xiyao, Fang Ya, and Shen Muyan praised Lu Qin’s Osmanthus Oolong milk tea and compared its flavor favorably with shop-bought drinks.
• Lu Qin left briefly to help a neighbor move her car, and Fang Ya brought out the large pot of milk tea while the others kept drinking.
• Lu Qin returned and stopped Lu Xiyao, Shen Muyan, and Fang Ya from drinking more, warning them that they had already had several cups.
• Shen Muyan denied that her burps smelled of Osmanthus Oolong and leaned close to Lu Qin, asking him to smell again.

Lu Qin saw Shen Muyan, Fang Ya, and Lu Xiyao off, then drove to Night Market Street to open his stall. A huge crowd lined up for his food and the new Osmanthus Oolong Milk Tea, while customers who missed the 100-cup limit envied the hundredth person in line.

• Lu Qin sent Shen Muyan and Lu Xiyao home with food for Shen Muyan's parents, and Lu Xiyao reluctantly left after asking to help at the stall again.
• Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang arrived half an hour early at Night Market Street but still landed around thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth in line.
• Lu Qin arrived in his black M7, and eager customers helped unload and arrange the food at his stall.
• Lu Qin posted that Osmanthus Oolong Milk Tea cost 30 per cup, was limited to one per person, and had only 100 cups available.
• Customers joked with newcomers about the stall's food as the line grew past one hundred people.
• The hundredth customer celebrated getting a cup of Osmanthus Oolong Milk Tea while the customers behind him fumed.

Lu Qin replaced a customer’s spilled milk tea, then served Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang, who decided they wanted to recruit him after tasting his food. Their approach was interrupted by Deng Jianping, a more powerful local businessman who already knew Lu Qin, leaving Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang to see how familiar the two were.

• Lu Qin gave a customer a replacement cup after the customer dropped his milk tea, angering Customer Number One Hundred, who had been counting on buying the last cup.
• Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang bought Lu Qin’s food and milk tea, praised the meal, and decided to compete fairly to recruit him.
• Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang offered Lu Qin their business cards, but he set them aside and continued serving customers.
• Sun Zhi tried to explain that he wanted to invite Lu Qin to work for him, but Deng Jianping finished his sentence and arrived to collect his own order.
• Deng Jianping paid Lu Qin, who reminded him that he had not overpaid this time and invited him to come again.

Lu Qin’s food stall drew praise from business owners, and he sold out his evening menu before preparing to expand his milk tea sales. The next morning, he made 12,000 yuan at his breakfast stall and received a call from Shen Muyan as he returned home.

• Deng Jianping told Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang that Lu Qin had rejected other offers and that even Shengyang Group’s President Ouyang was a customer, then praised Lu Qin’s Osmanthus Oolong Milk Tea over Guo Mi Xue.
• Lu Qin sold out his evening menu, messaged Shen Muyan about their daughter’s bedtime, and drove home listening to a song.
• Lu Qin bought 500ml milk tea cups and disposable meal boxes from Old Zhao and promised to make him three portions of Fried Rice Noodles.
• Lu Qin sold breakfast near Sunshine Elementary School and earned 12,000 yuan before Shen Muyan called him on his way back to the old neighborhood.

Lu Qin rushed to City First Hospital after hearing that Lu Xiyao had a fever, but learned she was fine and had only been brought in because Shen Hongda misread a thermometer. Lu Qin went to prepare lunch for the family, leaving Shen Hongda to turn down Liu Hongming's boastful offer of food from Yu Zun Restaurant.

• Lu Qin hurried to Ward 16 at City First Hospital after Shen Muyan said Lu Xiyao had a fever, then found her cheerfully playing a game with Shen Hongda.
• Shen Muyan explained that the thermometer had shown 39.1 degrees, but the doctor measured Lu Xiyao's temperature at 36.8; tests were still pending because her throat was inflamed.
• Lu Qin reassured Shen Hongda, told him to inform him promptly if anything happened, and agreed to make lunch for Lu Xiyao, Shen Hongda, and Shen Muyan.
• Liu Hongming arrived with his grandson Xiaofeng and food from Yu Zun Restaurant, then offered some to Shen Hongda while showing off the restaurant's success.
• Shen Hongda declined Liu Hongming's food, saying their own meal was already on its way.

While Shen Hongda and his family waited for Lu Qin to bring lunch, Liu Hongming showed off Yu Zun Restaurant’s food and teased Shen Hongda for refusing it. Lu Qin returned with his homemade dishes, whose aroma captivated everyone nearby, and Liu Hongming’s grandson asked to try the shrimp dumplings, leaving Liu Hongming embarrassed.

• Liu Hongming offered Yu Zun Restaurant dishes to Shen Hongda and bragged about their quality, but Shen Hongda refused, confident in Lu Qin’s cooking.
• The doctor told Shen Muyan that Lu Xiyao had only mild inflammation and needed no medicine, then joined the nurse in tasting Liu Hongming’s food.
• Lu Qin returned with homemade dishes, and Lu Xiyao proudly told Liu Hongming that her father had cooked them.
• The aroma from Lu Qin’s food overwhelmed the Yu Zun Restaurant spread, and Liu Hongming’s grandson asked for one of the Crystal Shrimp Dumplings.
• Liu Hongming felt awkward because he had mocked Shen Hongda and could not bring himself to ask for a dumpling.

Lu Qin’s cooking impressed Shen Hongda, Liu Hongming, and the children at the hospital, while Shen Muyan and Lu Qin let others assume they were still married. After Lu Xiyao said her throat felt better and asked to go home, Lu Qin checked her tonsils.

• Shen Hongda fed Liu Hongming’s grandson Crystal Shrimp Dumplings and Twice Cooked Pork, and the boy cried when he wanted more.
• Lu Xiyao gave Lu Qin the last piece of meat and tried to give Shen Muyan green pepper, so Shen Muyan made her eat more vegetables.
• Shen Hongda gave Liu Hongming’s grandson a small bowl of Lu Qin’s food, and Liu Hongming tasted it and found the Twice Cooked Pork better than Yu Zun Restaurant’s.
• Liu Hongming asked whether Lu Qin was Shen Hongda’s son-in-law, and Lu Qin and Shen Muyan said nothing about their divorce.
• Lu Xiyao said her throat no longer hurt and asked to go home, so Lu Qin checked her tonsils.

Lu Qin visited Shen Hongda’s villa with Lu Xiyao after her hospital visit and joined the Shen family for dinner. The evening ended with Lu Qin refusing Lu Xiyao’s plea for ice cream while eating one himself.

• Lu Qin accepted Shen Hongda’s invitation to dinner, and Lu Xiyao and Shen Muyan rode with him in his AITO M7 instead of Shen Hongda’s Bentley.
• Lu Qin canceled his stall plans, prompting his customers in the Penguin Group to complain about missing his food.
• At Junsheng Villa, Lu Xiyao welcomed Lu Qin and joked with Shen Muyan, while Jiang Qin and Shen Hongda chatted with him.
• Shen Muyan secretly sent Fang Ya a photo of Lu Qin, and Fang Ya teased her about remarrying him.
• When the housekeeper offered ice cream, Lu Qin refused Lu Xiyao’s request because she had used up her weekly quota, then ate an ice cream bar himself.

Lu Qin guided Jiang Qin as she cooked dinner for the family, but Shen Hongda praised Lu Qin’s Garlic Ribs and accidentally offended his wife. At dinner, Lu Xiyao gave her saved rib to Lu Qin instead of Shen Muyan, leaving her mother jealous and annoyed.

• Lu Qin let Lu Xiyao have a small bite of ice cream before guiding Jiang Qin through cooking several dishes.
• Jiang Qin served dinner, and Shen Hongda, Shen Muyan, and Lu Xiyao praised her cooking while secretly favoring Lu Qin’s Garlic Ribs.
• Shen Hongda praised the ribs as Jiang Qin’s cooking, then learned Lu Qin had made them and struggled to explain himself when Jiang Qin glared at him.
• Lu Xiyao praised Jiang Qin’s Potato and Beef, and Jiang Qin happily gave her another piece.
• Lu Qin saved a Garlic Rib for Lu Xiyao, who took the last rib from Shen Muyan’s bowl and gave it to her father, making Shen Muyan jealous.

Lu Qin left Shen Hongda and Jiang Qin’s home with Lu Xiyao, but Shen Muyan was locked out and ended up going with them to Lu Qin’s rented home. There, Shen Muyan and Lu Xiyao helped Lu Qin prepare food for his stall, and the chapter ended with Lu Qin tending to Shen Muyan’s pricked finger.

• Lu Qin said he would try to set up his stall that night, then left Shen Hongda and Jiang Qin’s home with Lu Xiyao.
• Shen Muyan found that Shen Hongda and Jiang Qin had locked her out and declined her calls, so she joined Lu Qin and Lu Xiyao in the car.
• At Lu Qin’s rented home, Shen Muyan and Lu Xiyao offered to help him prepare food for the stall.
• Lu Qin showed Lu Xiyao how to wash mung beans and Shen Muyan how to peel shrimp while he prepared dough and began cooking mung bean paste.
• Shen Muyan pricked her finger on a shrimp head, and Lu Qin checked the injury as Lu Xiyao suggested he put her finger in his mouth.