Chapter Summaries

Lu Qin’s cooking won over the families at Starlight Kindergarten, while Shen Hongda learned how much Lu Qin earned from his food stall and abandoned plans to find him a company job. Chen Dahai urged Chen Yue to pursue Lu Qin before Shen Muyan could reconcile with him, leaving the rivalry over Lu Qin active.

• Lu Qin cooked more dishes for the kindergarten families, who devoured the meal and praised his cooking; Lu Xiyao’s group won the cooking activity, and Shen Muyan enjoyed her first parent-child games.
• Zhong Shuyi’s Dad gave up on hiring Lu Qin as a hotel chef after seeing how popular his food stall was.
• Chen Dahai told Shen Hongda that Lu Qin’s stall earned tens of thousands of yuan in daily profit, so Shen Hongda dropped his plan to find Lu Qin a company job.
• Chen Dahai told Chen Yue that Shen Muyan was getting close to Lu Qin, and Chen Yue decided to pursue him more determinedly.

Chen Yue tried to contact Lu Qin under the pretense of discussing meal orders, while Lu Qin, Lu Xiyao, and Shen Muyan left the kindergarten event and went to collect a new AITO M7. At the delivery center, Lu Xiyao explored the car and Shen Muyan tried its queen seat.

• Chen Yue messaged Lu Qin about long-term employee meal orders but received no reply and decided not to call him.
• Parents and children praised Lu Qin’s cooking at the kindergarten, and Lu Xiyao received snacks and gifts from her classmates.
• Lu Qin drove Shen Muyan and Lu Xiyao to the AITO delivery center after a salesperson called to say his M7 Ultra was ready.
• Lu Xiyao excitedly explored the new car, while Shen Muyan reclined in its queen seat and found it comfortable.

Lu Qin bought a new car with Shen Muyan paying, then invited her to dinner before she returned to the villa. Shen Muyan wondered about his plans to run his stall and opened Fang Ya’s reconciliation advice link, while Lu Qin prepared ingredients without checking his phone.

• Lu Qin inspected and purchased the car, and Shen Muyan paid for it and arranged for her Porsche to be driven to Lu Qin’s home.
• Lu Qin drove Shen Muyan and Yao Yao home, then invited Shen Muyan to dinner; after eating, she changed and left for the villa.
• Shen Muyan changed her route after Lu Qin told her to rest, and Fang Ya teased her about getting back together with Lu Qin.
• Fang Ya sent Shen Muyan a link about winning back love, and Shen Muyan later opened a book titled “After the Divorce, My Ex-Husband Kneels and Begs to Reconcile.”
• Shen Muyan messaged Lu Qin to ask if he would run his stall that night, while Lu Qin prepared ingredients and did not check his phone.

Lu Qin and Lu Xiyao drove their new AITO M7 to Changlin Road University Town to sell Ice Crystal Cake, Mung Bean Paste, and Crystal Shrimp Dumplings. A crowd of hungry customers rushed to their stall, where they noticed Lu Qin’s new car.

• Lu Qin packed 150 servings of Ice Crystal Cake, 200 cups of Mung Bean Paste, and 250 portions of Crystal Shrimp Dumplings into his Fresh-Locking Thermostatic Box and took Lu Xiyao to set up the stall.
• Lu Qin announced in the group that he would sell at Changlin Road University Town, and the customers complained that they were starving and wondered why he had changed locations.
• Lu Qin parked his new AITO M7 near the crowded pedestrian street, and passersby admired the car, Lu Qin, and Lu Xiyao.
• Lu Qin and Lu Xiyao set up the stall beside the car, and a group of forty or fifty customers hurried over to line up.
• A customer noticed Lu Qin’s new car and told him he had bought an M5 the previous year.

Lu Qin sold a limited selection of snacks from his new car, while his regular customers teased him for buying a car that was too cheap and scrambled to get extra portions. The customers began recruiting passersby to buy food for them, and the chapter ended with them trying to conceal the stall’s popularity and delicacies from newcomers.

• Lu Qin explained that his daughter’s kindergarten event had left him time to prepare only Ice Crystal Cake, Crystal Shrimp Dumplings, and Mung Bean Paste.
• Regular customers praised Lu Qin’s new car but complained that he should have bought a more expensive one, while a growing crowd bought his food.
• Customers called relatives and paid passersby to buy extra portions because Lu Qin limited each person to one of each item.
• A clever customer claimed the food was merely so-so to persuade a passerby to buy for him, then ate the food with obvious delight.
• The passerby tried to buy more for himself, but Lu Qin turned him away because he had already reached the purchase limit.
• Other regular customers followed the same tactic, recruiting passersby to buy food while hoping the stall’s popularity would remain a secret.

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.