Chapter Summaries

Lu Qin proved that he had added nothing to his fried rice noodles by cooking them in front of the officers at the Police Station. The old man admitted his mistake, and Lu Qin left after selling food to the officers and earning 1,546 yuan.

• Lu Qin proposed cooking fried rice noodles in front of everyone to answer the old man's accusation, and the station chief agreed.
• Lu Qin prepared the noodles in the Police Station courtyard while officers and onlookers watched and recorded him.
• The station chief and the old man tasted the noodles, and the old man admitted that he had been mistaken and apologized to Lu Qin.
• The officers, station chief, cafeteria cook Old Guo, and the old man lined up to buy fried rice noodles and Mung Bean Paste.
• Lu Qin earned 1,546 yuan and told the station chief to join the Penguin Group for notifications about where to buy his food.

After police cleared up the misunderstanding and let Lu Qin go, a video of his visit to the station went viral and drew crowds of new fans to his online group. The group fell into chaos until police officers posted proof of their identities, and Lu Qin rode his food cart back to the Old District.

• Lu Qin left the Police Station after the station chief saw him off, and customers who had come to support him bought out his fried rice noodles.
• Videos of Lu Qin's food stall and his visit to the station spread online, making him a trending topic and prompting many netizens to apply to his Penguin Group.
• Zhou Weiwei admitted the new members, but spammers and troublemakers flooded the group with advertisements, links, and obscene posts.
• South City Police Station Zhang Hui warned the group, and Little Zhang Has Fallen in Love with Fried Rice Noodles posted a video showing officers inside the station.
• The troublemakers fled the group, restoring order, and Lu Qin rode his three-wheeler food cart back to the Old District.

After neighbors welcomed Lu Qin home from the police station, he prepared to sell Imperial Consort Chicken Wings and spoke with worried Lu Xiyao. At kindergarten, Lu Xiyao shared his food with Teacher Li and Zhong Shuyi, while Teacher Li learned Lu Qin’s arrest had only been a misunderstanding.

• Uncle Ge, Auntie Wang, and other neighbors performed superstitious rituals to drive away Lu Qin’s bad luck, and Lu Qin gave their grandchildren Mung Bean Paste.
• Lu Qin prepared to sell Imperial Consort Chicken Wings and answered a video call from Lu Xiyao, who worried that the police had taken him away.
• At lunch, Lu Xiyao shared one of Lu Qin’s chicken wings with Teacher Li, who was amazed by its flavor.
• Lu Xiyao traded bites of food with Zhong Shuyi, and Zhong Shuyi praised Lu Qin’s cooking.
• Teacher Li saw a trending post confirming the incident involving Lu Qin was a false alarm, and Lu Xiyao asked what had happened.

Lu Qin reassured Lu Xiyao that he was safe, then headed to People’s Square Pedestrian Street to sell his food, including a new dish, Imperial Consort Chicken Wings. He opened his stall to an eager crowd and began serving customers.

• Teacher Li told Lu Xiyao that police officers had asked Lu Qin to go with them, so Lu Xiyao called her father and learned he was home making mung bean paste.
• Lu Qin ended the call, put the mung beans on to boil, and adjusted the television so Lu Xiyao would only watch cartoons.
• Lu Qin chose People’s Square Pedestrian Street over a busier location so he could pick up Lu Xiyao from school, then announced his new dish in the Penguin Group.
• Dozens of customers arrived early and formed a long line before Lu Qin reached the stall with his food cart.
• Customers helped Lu Qin set up, and he began selling Imperial Consort Chicken Wings alongside his other dishes.

Lu Qin’s new Imperial Consort Chicken Wings drew a huge crowd to his stall, while Shen Muyan, craving the dish, arranged to visit and buy food herself. She joined the long line and refused an offer to cut ahead.

• A customer tried Lu Qin’s Imperial Consort Chicken Wings and cried because their flavor reminded him of his grandmother’s cooking.
• Regulars and newcomers formed a long line at Lu Qin’s stall, and the security guards came to maintain order.
• A woman tried to cut in line with a coy appeal, but another customer shoved her out and sent her to the back.
• Shen Muyan saw photos of the new chicken wings in the Penguin Group and asked Fang Ya to buy food, but Fang Ya said she was returning from Chang City by high-speed rail.
• Shen Muyan drove to People’s Square Pedestrian Street, joined the line, and declined when nearby customers offered to let her cut ahead.

Shen Muyan visited Lu Qin’s food stall and saw how popular and profitable his business had become. After buying food with Fang Ya, she calculated that his stall earned far more than she had expected, leaving her understanding of his work overturned.

• Shen Muyan joined the queue and recognized Lu Qin frying noodles at the stall.
• Lu Qin gave Shen Muyan extra food, prompting customers to tease him about treating her specially.
• Fang Ya arrived, greeted Lu Qin warmly, and ordered food alongside Shen Muyan.
• Lu Qin admitted the two women were his friends, and Shen Muyan paid 289 yuan for their order.
• As she left, Shen Muyan estimated Lu Qin’s daily net income at about 40,000 yuan and was deeply surprised by his earnings.

Shen Muyan and Fang Ya learned how much Lu Qin earned and confronted Yao Yao's Stepmom over her claim to Lu Xiyao. As customers gossiped about Lu Qin and Shen Muyan's past, Chen Yue arrived and asked Lu Qin for his WeChat.

• Fang Ya reacted with shock when she learned Lu Qin earned 1.2 million a month and joked that she and Shen Muyan should eat at his stall for free.
• Fang Ya recognized Yao Yao's Stepmom from Lu Qin's foodies' Penguin Group and challenged her nickname and claim to become Lu Xiyao's stepmother.
• Fang Ya called herself Lu Xiyao's godmother, and Shen Muyan told the woman she was Lu Xiyao's biological mother and demanded that she change her nickname.
• Customers gossiped about Lu Qin's popularity and speculated that Shen Muyan had been the stronger partner in their marriage.
• Chen Yue arrived at Lu Qin's stall and directly asked him for his WeChat, drawing excited reactions from the crowd.

Chen Yue tried to get Lu Qin’s WeChat, but he declined, and Chen Dahai urged her to keep pursuing him. Meanwhile, Mai Dejun and his disciples sampled Lu Qin’s Imperial Consort Chicken Wings, recognized his extraordinary skill, and received month-long cooking assignments.

• Chen Yue ordered food from Lu Qin and asked for his WeChat, but Lu Qin said he did not have it.
• Chen Dahai told Chen Yue that pursuing an exceptional man like Lu Qin would take effort and sincerity, and Chen Yue admitted she had a favorable impression of him.
• Mai Dejun, Xiong Tianmin, and Sui Xiaofu tasted Lu Qin’s Imperial Consort Chicken Wings, and Xiong Tianmin and Sui Xiaofu were astonished by their flavor despite the ordinary ingredients.
• Mai Dejun told his disciples that culinary skill had no upper limit and assigned Xiong Tianmin to make Ice Crystal Cake and Sui Xiaofu to make Imperial Consort Chicken Wings within a month.

Lu Qin picked up Lu Xiyao from kindergarten, then Li Xue invited them to a performance at the Cultural Plaza. Lu Qin agreed to go and bring food, while Lu Xiyao eagerly relayed messages between them.

• Lu Qin watched Lu Xiyao lead the kindergarten dance and picked her up after school.
• Lu Qin bought Lu Xiyao a mango yogurt ice cream, and they headed home together.
• Li Xue watched videos of Lu Qin's popular food stall and called him after craving his food.
• Lu Xiyao answered Li Xue's call and learned she had invited them to a performance at eight o'clock.
• Lu Qin agreed to attend the performance and bring food for Li Xue.

Lu Qin took Lu Xiyao to Cultural Plaza and set up his food stall while she looked around. After passersby recognized him and formed a long queue, father and daughter served customers together.

• Lu Xiyao washed the dishes while Lu Qin prepared the stall’s limited menu for the evening.
• Lu Qin brought Lu Xiyao to Cultural Plaza, where she wanted to explore before they set up the stall.
• Fang Ya messaged Lu Qin to reserve food for herself and Shen Muyan, and Lu Qin agreed while asking them to look after Lu Xiyao.
• Lu Qin set up in a quiet spot, but his stall drew a crowd after customers recognized him from Douyin.
• Lu Xiyao helped Lu Qin serve the queue, joked with customers, and recommended dishes as Lu Qin gave them the prices.

Lu Xiyao charmed customers and helped Lu Qin run his food stall while Shen Muyan watched their warm father-daughter bond and obtained a photo of them. When Shen Muyan arrived at the stall, Lu Xiyao accidentally called her a “rich lady,” prompting Shen Muyan to switch into strict-mother mode.

• Lu Xiyao promoted Lu Qin’s food and delighted customers, who gave her snacks and praised her business skills.
• Shen Muyan watched Lu Qin let Lu Xiyao wipe his sweat and share her mung bean paste with him, then asked a young man to send her the photo he had taken.
• Shen Muyan received the photo and left after the young man’s friend request was rejected, while Fang Ya mocked his disappointment.
• Lu Xiyao continued helping at the stall and sold an order of Twice Cooked Pork by promoting it to a customer.
• Shen Muyan arrived at the stall, and Lu Xiyao blurted out that the “rich lady” was there, making Shen Muyan’s brows rise.

Shen Muyan and Fang Ya shared dinner with Lu Xiyao while Lu Qin continued running his food stall, and they took the little girl to play at Cultural Plaza. The chapter ended with Lu Xiyao asking to ride the children's pirate ship with Shen Muyan.

• Lu Qin packed dinner for Shen Muyan and Fang Ya, and Lu Xiyao reluctantly agreed to go play with them while he finished at the stall.
• Shen Muyan, Fang Ya, and Lu Xiyao ate Lu Qin's food outside Starbucks Coffee, and nearby customers flocked to his stall after hearing where it was.
• Shen Muyan and Fang Ya took Lu Xiyao to the amusement facilities at Cultural Plaza after dinner.
• Lu Xiyao rejected the mini train and inflatable castle, then pointed out the children's pirate ship she wanted to ride.

Shen Muyan, Fang Ya, and Lu Xiyao spent an amusement-park outing trying rides chosen by the thrill-seeking little girl. Shen Muyan struggled through the attractions but kept accompanying her daughter, and the chapter ended with her questioning whether she was suited to raising a child.

• Fang Ya dodged the pirate-ship ride while Shen Muyan bought tickets and rode with Lu Xiyao despite being afraid of heights.
• Lu Xiyao helped Shen Muyan off the ride and bought her water, then Fang Ya returned with ice cream for the three of them.
• Lu Xiyao rode bumper cars with Shen Muyan, but several men repeatedly rammed their car; Fang Ya joined in, and the group left early.
• Lu Xiyao persuaded Shen Muyan to try two thrilling VR experiences while Fang Ya waited outside.
• After the VR rides, Shen Muyan decided that giving custody to Lu Qin had been right because she felt better suited to earning money than raising a child.

After Lu Qin sold out of fried rice noodles, he took Shen Muyan, Fang Ya, and Lu Xiyao to the mall before Li Xue’s performance. He used his system-granted claw machine skills to win a Pikachu plush, leaving Fang Ya insisting the machine had already been primed.

• Lu Qin apologized to customers who missed out on his fried rice noodles, invited them to his Penguin Group, and promised to sell Twice Cooked Pork the next day.
• Lu Qin received Li Xue’s performance seats and found Shen Muyan, Fang Ya, and Lu Xiyao at the mall; he learned Shen Muyan felt sick after the rides.
• Lu Qin told Lu Xiyao not to take Shen Muyan on thrilling rides, and Lu Xiyao agreed to stick to gentler attractions.
• Lu Qin said Li Xue liked his fried rice noodles, then took over the claw machine after Fang Ya and Shen Muyan failed to win a Pikachu.
• Lu Qin used his claw machine skill to win the Pikachu on his first try, delighting Lu Xiyao while Fang Ya claimed the machine’s threshold had already been reached.

Lu Qin won five plush toys at the claw machines, impressing the crowd and leaving Fang Ya unsure whether he had a trick or remarkable luck. He then took Lu Xiyao, Shen Muyan, and Fang Ya to Time Theater, where Manager Wang led them to VIP seats for Li Xue’s show.

• Lu Qin caught Squirtle, CJ7, a carrot, and a teddy bear for Lu Xiyao, drawing a crowd that accused him of having a secret trick.
• Lu Xiyao defended Lu Qin by telling the onlookers that he ran a stall, while Fang Ya remained suspicious about his claw-machine success.
• Lu Qin refunded the unused coins and returned Shen Muyan’s money before the group headed to Time Theater.
• Lu Qin called Manager Wang, who brought the group through a staff entrance to their VIP seats.
• Amy greeted the group, and Lu Xiyao eagerly awaited her first chance to watch her idol perform.

Lu Xiyao joined Li Xue onstage to sing “Little Tadpole,” delighting the audience and making her parents proud. Afterward, Amy and Li Xue suggested training her as a singer, but Lu Qin favored letting her enjoy childhood, and Yao Yao chose to set up a stall with him and become the Little Boss Lady.

• Li Xue invited Lu Qin to sing another nursery rhyme, but Lu Xiyao offered to sing with her instead.
• Li Xue brought Lu Xiyao onstage, where they performed “Little Tadpole” while Shen Muyan recorded and Lu Qin took photos.
• Viewers watching Li Xue’s livestream recognized Lu Qin and praised Lu Xiyao’s performance.
• Amy and Li Xue suggested that Lu Xiyao could train as a singer, but Lu Qin said he wanted her to have a happy childhood.
• Lu Qin asked Lu Xiyao about becoming the Little Boss Lady and setting up a stall with him, and she eagerly agreed.

Lu Qin hosted Shen Muyan, Li Xue, Fang Ya, and Amy for a late-night meal, while Shen Muyan decided not to pursue custody of Yao Yao. After the guests left, Lu Qin checked his earnings and used the system to draw rewards, including Martial Arts Mastery.

• Lu Qin entertained Shen Muyan and the others at his tidy rental home, where Shen Muyan realized Yao Yao and Lu Qin could not bear to be separated and gave up on seeking custody.
• Lu Qin cooked a lavish meal for everyone, and Li Xue, Fang Ya, and Amy left with Ice Crystal Cake while admiring him and wondering how Shen Muyan had divorced him.
• Yao Yao fell asleep after her happy day, and Lu Qin checked his bank balance, which had grown to nearly three hundred thousand from his stall earnings.
• Lu Qin used his system points to make twenty draws and received rewards including mint candies, a small stamina increase, and Martial Arts Mastery.

Lu Qin used the system to gain Crystal Shrimp Dumpling skills and other rewards, then prepared to add the dumplings to his stall menu. After buying shrimp and ingredients at Jingyuan Farmer's Market, he returned home to start cooking.

• Lu Qin drew a solar-powered fan, C-class driving skills, Crystal Shrimp Dumpling skills, and mint candies from the system.
• Lu Qin practiced Combat Capture Fist before heading out on his three-wheeler and told Uncle Ge and Chen Dahai he would sell Crystal Shrimp Dumplings.
• Lu Qin ordered rice noodles from Aunt Zheng and bargained with Boss Hao for twenty jin of freshwater shrimp.
• Lu Qin bought vegetables and other ingredients for the new menu item.
• Lu Qin returned home and began cooking mung bean paste, blanching pork belly, and proofing glutinous rice dough.

Lu Qin prepared Crystal Shrimp Dumplings for breakfast and announced purchase limits at his stall before taking Lu Xiyao to kindergarten. At Orui International Hotel, Shen Muyan learned that President Ouyang had arrived early, but his whereabouts were still unknown.

• Lu Qin made nearly eight hundred Crystal Shrimp Dumplings and woke Lu Xiyao for breakfast.
• Lu Xiyao enjoyed the new dumplings, and Lu Qin packed her lunch and Ice Crystal Cakes for kindergarten.
• Lu Qin announced that fried noodles and Mung Bean Paste would be limited to three portions per customer, prompting mixed reactions in the group chat.
• Lu Qin dropped Lu Xiyao off at Starlight Kindergarten and opened his stall outside Sunshine Elementary School, where customers and teachers lined up.
• Shen Muyan asked Song Xuanxuan whether President Ouyang had arrived, and Manager Wang reported that he had arrived twenty minutes earlier.

Shen Muyan tried to understand why Ouyang Lin had rejected Ouri Hotel’s Liver Paste Soup without tasting it, then sought help from Xiong Tianmin and Mai Dejun. Ouri Hotel had three days to make a Liver Paste Soup that satisfied Ouyang Lin.

• Ouyang Lin declared Hu Zhijun’s Liver Paste Soup unacceptable without tasting it and gave Shen Muyan three days to produce one he approved of if Ouri Hotel wanted Shengyang Group’s investment.
• Shen Muyan tasted the soup and found it delicious, while Hu Zhijun insisted he had prepared it according to the proper method.
• Shen Muyan visited Xiong Tianmin, who was trying to recreate Lu Qin’s Ice Crystal Cake, and rated his version thirty percent similar to Lu Qin’s.
• Shen Muyan showed Xiong Tianmin a photo of the Liver Paste Soup and asked him to contact Mai Dejun for help.
• Xiong Tianmin called Mai Dejun.