Chapter Summaries

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.

Lu Qin’s popular breakfast stall drew a steady stream of customers, and retired chef Mai Dejun visited with Uncle Ge to try his stir-fried rice noodles. Mai Dejun praised Lu Qin’s technique and cooking, then prepared to taste his Mung Bean Paste.

• Lu Qin served his morning customers while explaining the Penguin Group to an elderly woman, who mistook the members’ playful nicknames for real girlfriends and wives.
• Uncle Ge brought Mai Dejun, a retired state banquet chef, to Lu Qin’s stall for breakfast.
• Mai Dejun inspected Lu Qin’s clean stall and was impressed by his skilled wok technique.
• Mai Dejun tasted the stir-fried rice noodles, finished his serving, and praised them as delicious.
• Uncle Ge invited Mai Dejun to try Lu Qin’s Mung Bean Paste.

Mai Dejun tasted Lu Qin's Ice Crystal Cake and was astonished by its quality, while neighbors crowded around Lu Qin to arrange dates for him after his divorce. Mai Dejun then noticed Lu Qin's other dishes and asked about them.

• Mai Dejun bought Ice Crystal Cake with Uncle Ge and recognized it as the pastry his apprentice had asked him about.
• Mai Dejun tasted Lu Qin's Ice Crystal Cake, praised it as the best pastry he had ever eaten, and asked how Lu Qin made it.
• Uncle Ge reminded Mai Dejun that Lu Qin's recipe was a trade secret, and Mai Dejun backed off from asking.
• Wang Guifen and Auntie Liu each tried to set Lu Qin up with a woman, but Lu Qin said he had just divorced and was not ready to date.
• Mai Dejun read the food cart's whiteboard and asked Lu Qin whether he also sold Twice Cooked Pork and Chicken Tofu Pudding.

Lu Qin refused Mai Dejun's request to exchange contact information and continued serving customers at his stall. Shen Muyan received breakfast from the stall, while Chen Dahai arrived to observe Lu Qin and formed a favorable first impression of him.

• Wang Guifen and Auntie Liu's matchmaking attempt was interrupted, and Lu Qin told Mai Dejun where he sold Twice Cooked Pork and Chicken Tofu Pudding.
• Lu Qin declined to exchange contact information with Mai Dejun twice, so Mai Dejun left with Uncle Ge.
• Lu Qin continued cooking fried rice noodles for customers as Chen Dahai watched and approved of his appearance.
• Song Xuanxuan brought breakfast from Sunshine Elementary School to Shen Muyan, who insisted on keeping both boxes of Ice Crystal Cake.

Shen Muyan, Song Xuanxuan, and Chen Dahai all enjoyed Lu Qin’s food, and the noodle stall’s popularity continued to grow. Chen Dahai wanted another serving, but Lu Qin had sold out of Fried Rice Noodles.

• Song Xuanxuan reluctantly gave Shen Muyan the second box of Ice Crystal Cake, then enjoyed the Fried Rice Noodles and Mung Bean Paste herself.
• Shen Muyan ate Lu Qin’s Fried Rice Noodles and Mung Bean Paste, became full and cheerful, and pleasantly surprised two department heads.
• Song Xuanxuan’s coworkers offered her treats in exchange for the location of the stall selling the delicious Fried Rice Noodles.
• Chen Dahai ate Lu Qin’s Fried Rice Noodles and Mung Bean Paste, praised Lu Qin to himself, and saved his Ice Crystal Cake to enjoy at home.
• Chen Dahai queued for another serving of Fried Rice Noodles, but Lu Qin told him they had sold out.

After his morning stall sold out, Lu Qin drew even more devotion from his customers and added Chen Dahai to his Penguin Group so he could follow the afternoon stall location. Lu Qin then went to Jingyuan Farmer's Market to collect supplies, where Boss Zhao's son helped load his tableware.

• Chen Dahai regretted missing out on Lu Qin's fried rice noodles and mung bean paste after both sold out.
• Lu Qin's customers helped him pack up the stall and asked about his afternoon menu and his daughter.
• Chen Dahai asked Lu Qin for his contact details, and Lu Qin added him to the Penguin Group, which had 523 members.
• Chen Dahai read the group's enthusiastic messages about Lu Qin's food as Lu Qin rode to Jingyuan Farmer's Market.
• Boss Zhao told Lu Qin he could not deliver supplies that day, and Boss Zhao's son helped load the tableware onto Lu Qin's three-wheeler.

Lu Qin bought ingredients for his food stall before rushing to Starlight Kindergarten after Teacher Li called about Lu Xiyao crying. He found that another child had accidentally knocked over her lunch, leaving Lu Xiyao and the other children upset over the spilled food.

• Lu Qin gave Boss Zhao’s family two unsold boxes of Ice Crystal Cake and declined payment.
• Lu Qin bought pork, chicken, eggs, and other ingredients for Twice Cooked Pork and Chicken Tofu Pudding.
• Teacher Li called Lu Qin, who heard Lu Xiyao crying and hurried from the market to the kindergarten.
• Teacher Li told Lu Qin that Lu Xiyao was fine and that her lunch had been knocked over.
• Lu Qin saw Chen Haojie apologizing while the children mourned the spilled food, and Lu Xiyao stood upset without blaming him.

Lu Qin arrived at Starlight Kindergarten after Lu Xiyao's lunch was knocked over and comforted his hungry daughter. When several children asked for his cooking, he asked Teacher Li if he could borrow the kitchen to make food for Lu Xiyao.

• Lu Qin picked up Lu Xiyao, wiped her nose, and comforted her after her lunchbox was knocked over.
• Teacher Li explained that Chen Haojie had accidentally spilled Lu Xiyao's lunch, and Lu Xiyao said she only wanted food made by her father.
• Zhong Shuyi asked Lu Qin to make food for her, prompting the other children to ask for his cooking too.
• Lu Xiyao offered to eat the kindergarten food so Lu Qin would not have to work, but Lu Qin asked Teacher Li if he could borrow the kitchen to cook for her.

Lu Qin cooked for Lu Xiyao at Starlight Kindergarten, impressing the teachers and kitchen staff with his skill. The head chef studied Lu Qin’s method as everyone waited to taste the Twice Cooked Pork with Garlic Sprouts.

• Lu Qin brought pork and seasonings into the kitchen after the staff agreed to let him cook for Lu Xiyao.
• Lu Xiyao followed Lu Qin and volunteered to wash the Garlic Sprouts and green peppers.
• Lu Qin sliced the pork with remarkable speed and precision while the head chef and the others watched.
• Lu Qin served Twice Cooked Pork with Garlic Sprouts, filling the kitchen with an enticing aroma.
• The head chef recognized details in Lu Qin’s cooking that he had never learned, and the three assistants admired Lu Qin’s skill.

Lu Qin cooked three dishes at the kindergarten and shared them with Lu Xiyao and her teachers. The children gathered around, captivated by the food, and Lu Qin offered to give each of them a little.

• Lu Qin finished cooking three dishes, using two woks at once to prepare the last two while Lu Xiyao waited eagerly.
• Lu Qin invited Teacher Li, Teacher Gong, and Teacher Tian to eat with him and Lu Xiyao in the dining hall.
• Lu Xiyao and the teachers praised Lu Qin’s cooking as they ate, while the food’s aroma drew the other children to their table.
• Teacher Li noticed Chen Haojie and the other children drooling over the dishes, and adults gathered at the dining hall entrance to see what smelled so good.
• Lu Qin set down his chopsticks and told the children to bring their trays so he could give each of them a little food.

Lu Qin cooked for the kindergarten children, whose excitement over his Twice Cooked Pork left the teachers struggling to keep the meal fair. After the food ran out and the children started crying, he cooked another batch and left as Lu Xiyao helped serve it.

• The children lined up for Lu Qin's food, and he gave Li Junjie extra garlic and vegetables instead of meat while Lu Xiyao ate until she was full.
• Lu Qin's dishes ran out before every child got a taste, and the children who missed out began crying and demanding Twice Cooked Pork.
• Teacher Li asked Lu Qin for help, and he returned to the kitchen to cook more while the head chef recorded him to learn.
• The children stopped crying when Lu Qin brought out the new dishes, and Lu Xiyao volunteered to help serve them.
• Lu Qin said goodbye to Lu Xiyao and left the kindergarten as the children followed him out and asked whether he would return tomorrow.