Chapter Summaries

Lu's Snack Stall's fried rice noodles and other food captivated the cast and crew of "Happy Warm Sun," who abandoned their free boxed lunches to buy more. The producer watched in disbelief as even the extras spent much of their daily pay at the stall.

• Shu Man'er, Peng Kai, and the crew devoured food from Lu's Snack Stall and praised it over their usual boxed lunches.
• Chen Dong told the producer that the crew had bought street food during a break, and the producer arranged to cut the boxed-lunch order in half.
• The boxed-lunch restaurant owner argued with the producer, then instructed the kitchen to reduce the meat and dilute the tomato and eggs.
• Wu Chen filmed the fried rice noodles as a prop and completed the scene in one take.
• When the boxed lunches arrived, the crew ignored them and crowded around Lu's Snack Stall instead.
• The producer saw extras spending over a hundred yuan on food and wondered why they were willing to spend so much of their daily pay.

Lu Qin sold out his food and ice cream to the film crew, then asked the producer to pay 130,000 yuan for renting his stall as a prop. The producer balked at the price and offered only 2,000 yuan if Lu Qin returned the next day.

• The producer enjoyed Lu Qin’s food, regretted buying the boxed lunch, and tried unsuccessfully to return it.
• After filming ended, the crew rushed to Lu Qin’s stall and bought all the remaining food and ice cream, including Shu Man’er, who broke her diet to eat.
• Chen Dong asked Lu Qin to keep bringing his stall for the crew’s remaining two days of filming, and Lu Qin agreed on the condition that they settle the day’s payment.
• Lu Qin told Chen Dong and the producer that the stall rental cost 130,000 yuan, based on his day’s income.
• The producer disputed the amount and offered Lu Qin 2,000 yuan to return the next day.

Lu Qin showed the production crew that his stall had earned 139,266 yuan in a day, forcing the producer to pay the agreed 130,000-yuan rental fee. After Peng Kai and Shu Man’er offered their pay to have him return, Lu Qin agreed to set up at Huaguoshan Park again and planned to reserve food for Xiaomi to sell outside the crew.

• Lu Qin showed Chen Dong and the producer his Alipay and WeChat earnings, revealing a combined daily revenue of 139,266 yuan.
• The producer offered Lu Qin only 5,000 yuan, but Lu Qin and the watching customers insisted the crew honor their agreement, so the producer paid 130,000 yuan.
• The producer and Chen Dong refused to rent Lu Qin’s stall again, while Wu Chen and several actors asked him to return the next day.
• Peng Kai offered his 50,000-yuan daily pay, and Shu Man’er offered her roughly 100,000-yuan pay, to persuade Lu Qin to set up at Huaguoshan Park.
• Lu Qin agreed to return and planned to prepare more food while setting some aside for Xiaomi to sell outside the production crew.

Lu Qin brought his well-stocked snack stall back to the Happy Warm Sun film crew, where the cast and staff rushed to buy food. The line distracted Wu Chen so badly that filming kept going wrong.

• After tasting Lu Qin's food, Peng Kai, Shu Man'er, and the crew hoped he would return, and Peng Kai and Shu Man'er paid his acting fee so he would set up his stall again.
• Lu Qin skipped his morning stall the next day to prepare more food, then brought Xiaomi and their packed carts to Huaguoshan Park.
• Assistant director Chen Dong helped Lu Qin set up, and the crew quickly gathered in a long line to buy snacks.
• Wu Chen became distracted by Lu Qin's food and got another NG, while Shu Man'er failed to trade places in line and could buy only half a serving of Fried Rice Noodles.
• Wu Chen made another mistake as the queue grew, and Director Wen called cut after the cameraman's shot went crooked too.

Lu Qin's snack stall drew the production crew and outside customers, while Wu Chen impressed the director with his acting. He Zhuo visited the set and learned that Wu Chen's willpower had been tested by the stall's food.

• Director Wen called a half-hour break, and the production crew rushed to Lu Qin's snack stall for its expanded menu.
• Lu Qin sent Xiaomi to sell snacks to waiting customers outside the set, despite Chen Dong's plea to reserve the food for the crew.
• Wu Chen delivered several scenes in a single take after eating Lu Qin's Mapo Tofu.
• He Zhuo arrived on set, praised Wu Chen's acting, and asked him privately why Director Wen thought his willpower needed tempering.
• Wu Chen told He Zhuo that Lu Qin's food had distracted him during filming.

Wu Chen brought He Zhuo to Lu Qin’s snack stall on the film set and persuaded his health-conscious senior brother to try its food. He Zhuo devoured several Ice Crystal Cakes and wanted more as Wu Chen tried to save some for himself.

• Wu Chen took He Zhuo to Lu Qin’s stall and ordered nearly everything on the menu, despite He Zhuo’s protests.
• Wu Chen explained that Lu Qin’s handmade food used healthier ingredients, and He Zhuo noticed Lu Qin’s focused cooking and handsome appearance.
• Wu Chen tried an Ice Crystal Cake and urged He Zhuo to taste one.
• He Zhuo found the Ice Crystal Cake cool, soft, chewy, and not cloying, then ate several pieces in a row.
• Wu Chen panicked and asked He Zhuo to leave him two pieces.

Lu Qin’s snack stall drew Wu Chen, He Zhuo, and a growing crowd of celebrities to the film set, where everyone praised his food and waited in line. After Li Haigang offered Lu Qin an autograph, Lu Qin failed to recognize his name, leaving the actor speechless.

• Wu Chen and He Zhuo devoured Lu Qin’s food, and He Zhuo decided to stay in Jiangcheng for two more days to eat at the stall again.
• Shu Man’er and other crew members posted photos of the food, prompting celebrities to visit the set on the third day.
• Shu Man’er led the visiting celebrities to the stall, where they waited in line because no one was allowed special treatment.
• The celebrities enjoyed Lu Qin’s food, and Zhang Manlin and another actress admired him despite learning that he was married.
• Li Haigang offered Lu Qin an autograph to build a connection, but Lu Qin could not read the signature and admitted he did not watch much television.

Lu Qin finished serving the production crew and brought Shen Muyan and Lu Xiyao home after they shared ice cream. When the family returned to their house, they found Fang Ya waiting in the living room.

• Shu Man'er and the other actresses admired Lu Qin until Shen Muyan arrived with Lu Xiyao, revealing that Lu Qin was their husband and father.
• Lu Xiyao asked Lu Qin for ice cream, and he gave her and Shen Muyan homemade cones.
• Lu Qin agreed to set up his stall at the Happy Warm Sun production set one last time after the crew added another day of filming to enjoy his food.
• Lu Qin drove Shen Muyan and Lu Xiyao home, where they found Fang Ya sitting on the living room sofa.

Fang Ya visited Lu Qin, Shen Muyan, and Lu Xiyao for dinner, then secretly gave Shen Muyan a box of condoms. Shen Muyan hid it in the shoe cabinet, but Lu Qin began taking shoes out to wash, leaving her worried he would find it.

• Fang Ya arrived hungry, and Lu Qin cooked a large dinner that she, Shen Muyan, and Lu Xiyao eagerly ate.
• Lu Qin gave Fang Ya a digestive tablet, and she quickly felt better before leaving.
• Fang Ya secretly handed Shen Muyan a box of condoms, which Shen Muyan struggled to hide from Lu Qin and Lu Xiyao.
• Shen Muyan hid the box in a corner of the shoe cabinet after neighbors stopped her from throwing it away outside.
• Lu Qin opened the shoe cabinet to wash the shoes, and Shen Muyan realized he might discover the condoms.

Lu Qin tried the system’s cleaning products and accidentally found a box of condoms Shen Muyan had hidden in the shoe cabinet. Later, the divorced pair kissed in the hallway, but the little one’s bedroom door clicked open just as they were about to go further.

• Lu Qin unpacked the system’s cleaning and care set, then used its shoe cleaner to restore several pairs of shoes.
• A box of Okamoto 001 condoms fell from the shoe cabinet, and Shen Muyan claimed Fang Ya had left it behind.
• Lu Qin pocketed the box when the little one approached, while he and Shen Muyan avoided discussing it afterward.
• Lu Qin and Shen Muyan lay awake thinking about their unusual marriage, divorce, and growing attraction to each other.
• The two met in the hallway, drew close, and kissed until a switch clicked in the little one’s bedroom.

Lu Qin used his system rewards and prepared for his final day serving food to the production crew in Jiangcheng. The crew left for Hai City, while Lu Qin’s stall’s celebrity customers joined his food lover group so they could keep in touch with his cooking.

• Lu Qin spent 1,000 points on eight advanced draws and received a full-level mutton rice noodle skill, mint candies, Weather Cards, and other rewards.
• Shen Muyan watched Lu Qin cook in her nightgown, and Lu Qin sent her to the bathroom to dress properly before they ate breakfast together.
• Lu Qin served his last meal to the production crew at Huaguoshan Park, where celebrities praised his food and Director Wen asked the screenwriter to add more scenes.
• Wu Chen lamented that the crew was leaving Jiangcheng for Hai City, while Zhai Lin planned to return to Jiangcheng during his remaining filming days.
• Lu Qin refused the celebrities’ requests for his personal contact information but approved their applications to join his food lover Penguin Group.

Lu Qin’s foodie group erupted after several celebrities joined, and its members voted to replace some existing dishes with his new original-broth mutton rice noodles. Shen Muyan then urgently summoned Lu Qin to Ouri Hotel in Hongchang District, where a guest kept rejecting the mutton soup rice noodles as inauthentic.

• Wu Chen verified that he, He Zhuo, Shu Man’er, and Peng Kai had joined Lu Qin’s foodie group, delighting its members.
• Lu Qin explained that making original-broth mutton rice noodles would take up space and asked the group to choose between the new dish and some existing menu items.
• The foodies voted in favor of trying the mutton rice noodles, and Lu Qin set out to buy ingredients for the broth.
• Shen Muyan called Lu Qin for urgent help with mutton rice noodles, and he drove to Ouri Hotel in Hongchang District.
• A middle-aged guest at the hotel spat out a third bowl of mutton soup rice noodles and said the flavor was still wrong.

Shen Muyan called Lu Qin to Ouri Hotel after Chef Bai failed to satisfy a picky guest demanding lamb soup rice noodles. Lu Qin tasted Chef Bai’s broth and claimed his own would be better, prompting Chef Bai to challenge him to prove it.

• Mr. Tang rejected a bowl of lamb soup rice noodles from a local shop, saying the flavor was wrong.
• Chef Bai prepared multiple batches of lamb soup rice noodles, but Mr. Tang rejected each one without explaining what he wanted.
• Shen Muyan called Lu Qin for help, and he agreed to come make the dish.
• Lu Qin bargained with Shen Muyan and settled on a fee of thirty thousand.
• Lu Qin tasted Chef Bai’s broth, praised it as above average, and said it could not compare to his own.
• Chef Bai took offense at Lu Qin’s confidence and challenged him to show his skill.

Lu Qin identified that the customer disliked Chef Bai’s lamb soup because it was made in the wrong regional style, then began preparing Shan County Lamb Soup. He left the soup to stew under his assistants’ care, while keeping his seasoning recipe secret.

• Lu Qin met the customer and concluded from his Dong Province accent and complaints that he expected Shan County Lamb Soup.
• Lu Qin explained the four major regional styles of lamb soup and agreed to make the Shan County version.
• Lu Qin selected ingredients, prepared the lamb shanks, and secretly mixed the spice and seasoning sachets.
• Lu Qin sautéed the aromatics and spices, added them to the vat, and taught the assistants how to stew the lamb without toughening it.

Lu Qin prepared authentic Shan County lamb soup noodles and Lao Mo flatbread for Shen Muyan and a homesick guest at the Ouri Hotel. The guest recognized the taste of home and praised the meal, leaving the hotel’s final attempt a success.

• Lu Qin simmered lamb soup until it turned milky white, explaining how the broth emulsified, then served Shen Muyan a bowl with lamb and rice noodles.
• Shen Muyan savored Lu Qin’s soup and finished her bowl while he kneaded dough and made Lao Mo flatbread.
• The food and beverage manager sent Lu Qin’s lamb soup and flatbread to the guest, whose surname was Wang and who had waited for a taste of home.
• Wang drank the soup, ate the lamb and flatbread, recognized his hometown’s flavors, and praised Lu Qin’s cooking.

Lu Qin’s lamb soup impressed a hotel guest and drew a rush of orders at Ouri Hotel. Shen Muyan agreed to discuss giving Lu Qin a share of sales in exchange for using his recipe, while the restaurant served a second batch to eager diners.

• A guest praised Lu Qin’s lamb soup, asked how he made it, and gave him a business card.
• As dinner began, guests smelled the soup and ordered more than forty bowls, exhausting the restaurant’s supply.
• Shen Muyan asked Lu Qin to make another batch, and he offered to contribute the recipe in exchange for a share of sales.
• Shen Muyan agreed to discuss the technical stake later, and Lu Qin began making more soup.
• Waiters served the lamb soup as guests clamored for their orders and asked for extra bowls.

Lu Qin’s lamb soup filled Ouri Hotel’s restaurant, bringing in a surge of customers and revenue until the hotel ran out of lamb. Shen Muyan took Lu Qin to her office to discuss making his soup technique equity, then kissed him passionately.

• Lu Qin prepared lamb soup at Ouri Hotel, and Shen Muyan set a price of forty-eight yuan for a medium bowl.
• Guests flocked to the restaurant as word spread, filling it to capacity and ordering bowl after bowl of Lu Qin’s soup.
• The hotel ran out of lamb, while Shen Muyan learned that the soup had brought in revenue equal to the previous ten days’ sales.
• Shen Muyan took Lu Qin to her office to discuss using his lamb soup technique as equity, then locked the door and kissed him.

Lu Qin and Shen Muyan agreed on a deal that gave him a share of mutton soup sales at the Ouri Hotel chain, with the earnings intended for Yao Yao’s dowry. The next morning, Lu Qin launched mutton soup at his stall outside Sunshine Elementary School, where its aroma drew a crowd and caused a minor car collision.

• Shen Muyan offered Lu Qin thirty percent of mutton soup sales at Ouri Hotel restaurants in exchange for the recipe and technical guidance, and they signed the agreements.
• Lu Qin told Shen Muyan that he would save the mutton soup earnings for Yao Yao’s dowry.
• Lu Qin picked up Yao Yao from Shen Hongda and Jiang Qin’s villa and took her home for the night.
• Yao Yao ate breakfast the next morning and went to kindergarten while Lu Qin set up his stall outside Sunshine Elementary School.
• Lu Qin and Xiaomi served mutton soup, and its aroma distracted two drivers into a rear-end collision and drew customers to the stall.

Lu Qin’s lamb soup stall drew a crowd of delighted customers, including actor Zhai Lin, while Shen Muyan and Lu Qin exchanged teasing messages. After selling out the soup and packing up, Lu Qin sent Xiaomi home and drove to the Ouri Hotel to provide technical guidance for his recipe investment.

• Customers praised Lu Qin’s lamb soup, and actor Zhai Lin joined the crowd, ate a large meal, and shared a photo in his work group chat.
• Customers urged Lu Qin to raise his prices, but he joked that he was already making money to support his family and child.
• Lu Qin and Shen Muyan exchanged playful messages, and secretary Song Xuanxuan noticed Shen Muyan smiling at her phone and decided to charge food to her boss’s tab.
• Lu Qin gave several regulars extra soup after the lamb in the barrel ran out, then learned customers had hoped to buy the bones for a bargain.
• Lu Qin packed up the stall, sent Xiaomi home, and drove to the Ouri Hotel to provide technical guidance for his lamb soup recipe investment.

Lu Qin taught fifteen Ouri Hotel chefs how to make his lamb soup, which boosted the hotel chain’s occupancy and drew glowing reviews. Meanwhile, Lu Xiyao brought another tempting lunch to kindergarten, where Teacher Li checked her food to prevent the other children from crowding around her.

• Lu Qin demonstrated his lamb soup recipe and explained its key techniques to fifteen chefs.
• The chefs returned to their hotels to serve the soup, and Ouri’s occupancy rate rose by nearly thirty percent within a week.
• Shen Muyan reviewed the soup’s success and considered asking Lu Qin to contribute more recipes to Ouri as equity.
• Teacher Li stopped Lu Xiyao at the cafeteria and asked whether her lunch contained foods like Twice Cooked Pork or Mapo Tofu.
• After Lu Xiyao denied bringing those dishes, Teacher Li let her into the cafeteria, where her food had previously distracted the other children and forced staff to take her to eat separately.