Chapter Summaries

Lu Qin arrived late with his fried-noodle cart, drawing a crowd of eager customers who helped him set up and lined up for food. As he began cooking, Lu Xiyao sold his chilled Mung Bean Paste, which impressed the customers and quickly brought in more orders.

• Customers passed Master Liu's stall and headed deeper into the alley to find Lu Qin's fried noodles, leaving Master Liu stunned and Boss Guo to mock him.
• The Guan Dong Zhu Vendor told customers he had not seen Lu Qin, then watched as the waiting crowd gathered when Lu Qin arrived with his cart and Lu Xiyao.
• Customers helped Lu Qin set up, and Lu Xiyao asked them to line up while Lu Qin started frying noodles.
• The Guan Dong Zhu Vendor joined the queue for a bowl, while customers bought drinks and waited for their food.
• Lu Xiyao offered chilled Mung Bean Paste for three yuan fifty a cup, and after the first customer praised it, more customers ordered it until Lu Xiyao let them serve themselves.

Lu Qin’s fried noodles and Iced Mung Bean Paste drew a huge crowd at the night market and sold out before nine. After returning home, he put Lu Xiyao to bed and cleaned the food cart, leaving both ready to sell again the next day.

• Customers praised Lu Qin’s fried noodles and Iced Mung Bean Paste as his stall’s line stretched through the alley.
• Master Liu and Boss Guo decided to try Lu Qin’s food, but found the stall had already sold out; a customer offered Boss Guo one serving for one hundred yuan.
• Disappointed by Lu Qin’s success, Master Liu decided he would have to move his own fried noodle stall elsewhere.
• Customers urged Lu Qin to return the next day, and Lu Xiyao happily waved goodbye as she and her father drove home.
• Lu Qin bathed and put Lu Xiyao to bed, then thoroughly cleaned the food cart.

After cleaning his stall and counting his earnings, Lu Qin messaged his ex-wife Shen Muyan about their daughter and agreed that her grandparents could see her the next morning. Meanwhile, food reviewer Fang Ya discovered a popular fried-noodle stall through a viral video and its comments.

• Lu Qin cleaned and dried his food containers, checked his earnings of around 10,000 yuan, and saw that he had 628 system points.
• Shen Muyan asked whether their daughter was asleep and how Lu Qin was managing after moving out, and Lu Qin reassured her that he had a good job and their daughter was doing well.
• Shen Muyan told Lu Qin that the child's grandparents wanted to see her, and he agreed to have someone pick her up at nine the next morning.
• Shen Muyan mentioned the toys their daughter had left behind, and Lu Qin said there was no room for more toys at their rental.
• Fang Ya uploaded a food video, then found a viral post praising a fried-noodle stall in Changlin Road University Town and read comments about its food and long lines.

Lu Qin prepared his stall’s usual foods and began making Ice Crystal Cake with carefully chosen ingredients. He planned to sell the new pastry alongside his Fried Rice Noodles and Mung Bean Paste, while food blogger Fang Ya noted the stall’s location after reading its online praise.

• Fang Ya read enthusiastic comments about Lu Qin’s Fried Rice Noodles, asked whether they were truly delicious, and noted the stall’s address after the account owner replied.
• Lu Qin used system points to draw mint candies, children’s toothpaste, and Master Three-Wheeled Vehicle Driving Technique, then rode his cart to buy fresh ingredients.
• Lu Qin bought Lingu Japonica Rice, Xingyang Glutinous Rice, and supplies for Ice Crystal Cake, including a small millstone.
• Uncle Ge and other neighbors asked whether Lu Qin would open his breakfast stall and praised his Fried Rice Noodles.
• Lu Qin prepared ingredients for Fried Rice Noodles and Mung Bean Paste, then ground the rice for Ice Crystal Cake and kneaded it into dough.

Lu Qin made traditional Ice Crystal Cakes and prepared his food stall before Lu Xiyao left to spend the weekend with her grandparents. He opened his stall near Sunshine Elementary School with Ice Crystal Cakes as a new item, and a customer asked about their price.

• Lu Qin prepared Ice Crystal Cakes with peanut oil, steamed them over fruitwood charcoal, and packed them in boxes priced at 25 yuan each.
• Lu Qin woke Lu Xiyao and told her she would spend the weekend with her grandparents, promising to pick her up the next afternoon.
• Lu Qin gave Lu Xiyao boxes of Ice Crystal Cakes for herself, her grandparents, and her mother before she left with the driver.
• Lu Qin rode his food cart to Sunshine Elementary School and set up his stall with fried noodles, Mung Bean Paste, and Ice Crystal Cakes.
• A customer ordered fried noodles and Mung Bean Paste, then asked Lu Qin about the new Ice Crystal Cakes and remarked that they seemed pricey.

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.