Chapter Summaries

Lu Qin made Osmanthus Oolong milk tea for Lu Xiyao, Fang Ya, and Shen Muyan, who loved it so much they drank far too much. After stopping them, Lu Qin teased Shen Muyan about her tea-scented burps, and she leaned close to him to prove she could not smell them.

• Lu Qin explained that he could blend Osmanthus Oolong with milk or coffee, then prepared four drinks for the others to try.
• Lu Xiyao, Fang Ya, and Shen Muyan praised Lu Qin’s Osmanthus Oolong milk tea and compared its flavor favorably with shop-bought drinks.
• Lu Qin left briefly to help a neighbor move her car, and Fang Ya brought out the large pot of milk tea while the others kept drinking.
• Lu Qin returned and stopped Lu Xiyao, Shen Muyan, and Fang Ya from drinking more, warning them that they had already had several cups.
• Shen Muyan denied that her burps smelled of Osmanthus Oolong and leaned close to Lu Qin, asking him to smell again.

Lu Qin saw Shen Muyan, Fang Ya, and Lu Xiyao off, then drove to Night Market Street to open his stall. A huge crowd lined up for his food and the new Osmanthus Oolong Milk Tea, while customers who missed the 100-cup limit envied the hundredth person in line.

• Lu Qin sent Shen Muyan and Lu Xiyao home with food for Shen Muyan's parents, and Lu Xiyao reluctantly left after asking to help at the stall again.
• Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang arrived half an hour early at Night Market Street but still landed around thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth in line.
• Lu Qin arrived in his black M7, and eager customers helped unload and arrange the food at his stall.
• Lu Qin posted that Osmanthus Oolong Milk Tea cost 30 per cup, was limited to one per person, and had only 100 cups available.
• Customers joked with newcomers about the stall's food as the line grew past one hundred people.
• The hundredth customer celebrated getting a cup of Osmanthus Oolong Milk Tea while the customers behind him fumed.

Lu Qin replaced a customer’s spilled milk tea, then served Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang, who decided they wanted to recruit him after tasting his food. Their approach was interrupted by Deng Jianping, a more powerful local businessman who already knew Lu Qin, leaving Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang to see how familiar the two were.

• Lu Qin gave a customer a replacement cup after the customer dropped his milk tea, angering Customer Number One Hundred, who had been counting on buying the last cup.
• Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang bought Lu Qin’s food and milk tea, praised the meal, and decided to compete fairly to recruit him.
• Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang offered Lu Qin their business cards, but he set them aside and continued serving customers.
• Sun Zhi tried to explain that he wanted to invite Lu Qin to work for him, but Deng Jianping finished his sentence and arrived to collect his own order.
• Deng Jianping paid Lu Qin, who reminded him that he had not overpaid this time and invited him to come again.

Lu Qin’s food stall drew praise from business owners, and he sold out his evening menu before preparing to expand his milk tea sales. The next morning, he made 12,000 yuan at his breakfast stall and received a call from Shen Muyan as he returned home.

• Deng Jianping told Sun Zhi and Fan Qingfang that Lu Qin had rejected other offers and that even Shengyang Group’s President Ouyang was a customer, then praised Lu Qin’s Osmanthus Oolong Milk Tea over Guo Mi Xue.
• Lu Qin sold out his evening menu, messaged Shen Muyan about their daughter’s bedtime, and drove home listening to a song.
• Lu Qin bought 500ml milk tea cups and disposable meal boxes from Old Zhao and promised to make him three portions of Fried Rice Noodles.
• Lu Qin sold breakfast near Sunshine Elementary School and earned 12,000 yuan before Shen Muyan called him on his way back to the old neighborhood.

Lu Qin rushed to City First Hospital after hearing that Lu Xiyao had a fever, but learned she was fine and had only been brought in because Shen Hongda misread a thermometer. Lu Qin went to prepare lunch for the family, leaving Shen Hongda to turn down Liu Hongming's boastful offer of food from Yu Zun Restaurant.

• Lu Qin hurried to Ward 16 at City First Hospital after Shen Muyan said Lu Xiyao had a fever, then found her cheerfully playing a game with Shen Hongda.
• Shen Muyan explained that the thermometer had shown 39.1 degrees, but the doctor measured Lu Xiyao's temperature at 36.8; tests were still pending because her throat was inflamed.
• Lu Qin reassured Shen Hongda, told him to inform him promptly if anything happened, and agreed to make lunch for Lu Xiyao, Shen Hongda, and Shen Muyan.
• Liu Hongming arrived with his grandson Xiaofeng and food from Yu Zun Restaurant, then offered some to Shen Hongda while showing off the restaurant's success.
• Shen Hongda declined Liu Hongming's food, saying their own meal was already on its way.

While Shen Hongda and his family waited for Lu Qin to bring lunch, Liu Hongming showed off Yu Zun Restaurant’s food and teased Shen Hongda for refusing it. Lu Qin returned with his homemade dishes, whose aroma captivated everyone nearby, and Liu Hongming’s grandson asked to try the shrimp dumplings, leaving Liu Hongming embarrassed.

• Liu Hongming offered Yu Zun Restaurant dishes to Shen Hongda and bragged about their quality, but Shen Hongda refused, confident in Lu Qin’s cooking.
• The doctor told Shen Muyan that Lu Xiyao had only mild inflammation and needed no medicine, then joined the nurse in tasting Liu Hongming’s food.
• Lu Qin returned with homemade dishes, and Lu Xiyao proudly told Liu Hongming that her father had cooked them.
• The aroma from Lu Qin’s food overwhelmed the Yu Zun Restaurant spread, and Liu Hongming’s grandson asked for one of the Crystal Shrimp Dumplings.
• Liu Hongming felt awkward because he had mocked Shen Hongda and could not bring himself to ask for a dumpling.

Lu Qin’s cooking impressed Shen Hongda, Liu Hongming, and the children at the hospital, while Shen Muyan and Lu Qin let others assume they were still married. After Lu Xiyao said her throat felt better and asked to go home, Lu Qin checked her tonsils.

• Shen Hongda fed Liu Hongming’s grandson Crystal Shrimp Dumplings and Twice Cooked Pork, and the boy cried when he wanted more.
• Lu Xiyao gave Lu Qin the last piece of meat and tried to give Shen Muyan green pepper, so Shen Muyan made her eat more vegetables.
• Shen Hongda gave Liu Hongming’s grandson a small bowl of Lu Qin’s food, and Liu Hongming tasted it and found the Twice Cooked Pork better than Yu Zun Restaurant’s.
• Liu Hongming asked whether Lu Qin was Shen Hongda’s son-in-law, and Lu Qin and Shen Muyan said nothing about their divorce.
• Lu Xiyao said her throat no longer hurt and asked to go home, so Lu Qin checked her tonsils.

Lu Qin visited Shen Hongda’s villa with Lu Xiyao after her hospital visit and joined the Shen family for dinner. The evening ended with Lu Qin refusing Lu Xiyao’s plea for ice cream while eating one himself.

• Lu Qin accepted Shen Hongda’s invitation to dinner, and Lu Xiyao and Shen Muyan rode with him in his AITO M7 instead of Shen Hongda’s Bentley.
• Lu Qin canceled his stall plans, prompting his customers in the Penguin Group to complain about missing his food.
• At Junsheng Villa, Lu Xiyao welcomed Lu Qin and joked with Shen Muyan, while Jiang Qin and Shen Hongda chatted with him.
• Shen Muyan secretly sent Fang Ya a photo of Lu Qin, and Fang Ya teased her about remarrying him.
• When the housekeeper offered ice cream, Lu Qin refused Lu Xiyao’s request because she had used up her weekly quota, then ate an ice cream bar himself.

Lu Qin guided Jiang Qin as she cooked dinner for the family, but Shen Hongda praised Lu Qin’s Garlic Ribs and accidentally offended his wife. At dinner, Lu Xiyao gave her saved rib to Lu Qin instead of Shen Muyan, leaving her mother jealous and annoyed.

• Lu Qin let Lu Xiyao have a small bite of ice cream before guiding Jiang Qin through cooking several dishes.
• Jiang Qin served dinner, and Shen Hongda, Shen Muyan, and Lu Xiyao praised her cooking while secretly favoring Lu Qin’s Garlic Ribs.
• Shen Hongda praised the ribs as Jiang Qin’s cooking, then learned Lu Qin had made them and struggled to explain himself when Jiang Qin glared at him.
• Lu Xiyao praised Jiang Qin’s Potato and Beef, and Jiang Qin happily gave her another piece.
• Lu Qin saved a Garlic Rib for Lu Xiyao, who took the last rib from Shen Muyan’s bowl and gave it to her father, making Shen Muyan jealous.

Lu Qin left Shen Hongda and Jiang Qin’s home with Lu Xiyao, but Shen Muyan was locked out and ended up going with them to Lu Qin’s rented home. There, Shen Muyan and Lu Xiyao helped Lu Qin prepare food for his stall, and the chapter ended with Lu Qin tending to Shen Muyan’s pricked finger.

• Lu Qin said he would try to set up his stall that night, then left Shen Hongda and Jiang Qin’s home with Lu Xiyao.
• Shen Muyan found that Shen Hongda and Jiang Qin had locked her out and declined her calls, so she joined Lu Qin and Lu Xiyao in the car.
• At Lu Qin’s rented home, Shen Muyan and Lu Xiyao offered to help him prepare food for the stall.
• Lu Qin showed Lu Xiyao how to wash mung beans and Shen Muyan how to peel shrimp while he prepared dough and began cooking mung bean paste.
• Shen Muyan pricked her finger on a shrimp head, and Lu Qin checked the injury as Lu Xiyao suggested he put her finger in his mouth.

Lu Qin, Shen Muyan, and Lu Xiyao prepared food for the night market, where a huge crowd eagerly bought from Lu's Snack Stall. Shen Muyan enjoyed helping run the stall and watching the money come in as the food quickly sold out.

• Lu Qin treated Shen Muyan's cut finger while Lu Xiyao tried to comfort her, and Shen Muyan tricked Lu Xiyao out of getting an ice cream bar.
• Shen Muyan shared part of her ice cream with Lu Xiyao after the girl massaged her legs.
• Lu Qin prepared large quantities of snacks, drinks, and rice noodles, then loaded them onto the three-wheeler with Shen Muyan and Lu Xiyao.
• The family arrived at University Town Night Market Street to find more than eight hundred customers already waiting, and the customers helped set up the stall.
• Lu Qin cooked Fried Rice Noodles while Shen Muyan and Lu Xiyao sold the other foods, and customers bought everything at a frantic pace.
• Shen Muyan enjoyed being the big boss lady and found the stall's constant income more satisfying than her job, though she struggled to pack as quickly as Lu Xiyao.

Lu Qin, Shen Muyan, and Lu Xiyao sold out their food stall and counted nearly 25,000 yuan in revenue before returning home. After the family settled in for the night, Lu Qin used his system points to draw a series of rewards.

• Shen Muyan and Lu Xiyao shared milk tea with Lu Qin while the food stall’s customers continued buying their orders.
• Lu Qin saved food for the family, and Shen Muyan calculated that the stall had earned 24,796 yuan that night.
• Lu Qin cleaned the stall equipment while Shen Muyan and Lu Xiyao washed up, then he checked on them before bed.
• Lu Qin opened the system and spent points on repeated draws, receiving mint candies, fruit-preparation skills, a thermostatic box, and cooking skills.

Lu Qin expanded his cooking plans after drawing new recipes and equipment, while Shen Muyan accidentally kissed him and called him “hubby” after waking from a dream. The chapter left Lu Qin arranging to have an outdoor stove delivered and asking where to buy kimchi jars.

• Lu Qin unpacked a second Fresh-Locking Thermostatic Box and planned to buy ingredients, a gas stove, shelving, and kimchi jars.
• Shen Muyan sleepily kissed Lu Qin on the cheek, called him “hubby,” and went into the bathroom before realizing what she had done.
• Shen Muyan blushed with embarrassment and hid in her room after Lu Qin left, while Lu Xiyao noticed her red face but believed her explanation.
• Lu Qin brought Fried Rice Noodles to Boss Zhao, who showed him a movable stove and offered to deliver and assemble it at noon.
• Lu Qin asked Boss Zhao where to buy kimchi jars, and Boss Zhao pointed him to a shop on the next street.

Lu Qin bought ingredients and prepared new dishes for his stall, including accelerated-fermentation pickled vegetables and Mapo Tofu. As Lu Xiyao and Shen Muyan joined him for breakfast, the chapter left them tasting the new tofu before Lu Xiyao headed to kindergarten.

• Lu Qin bought supplies in Jingyuan Farmer's Market, and the stall owners gave him lychees and grapes.
• Lu Qin found the system's fermentation powder and used it to make five jars of pickled vegetables that would be ready the next day.
• Lu Qin prepared Ice Crystal Cake, Crystal Shrimp Dumplings, Mung Bean Paste, and Mapo Tofu for his stall.
• Lu Xiyao woke up, hugged Lu Qin, and ate breakfast with Shen Muyan, who remained embarrassed after the dawn encounter.
• Lu Qin packed Lu Xiyao's lunch and let her taste the mild Mapo Tofu, then fed a spoonful to Shen Muyan.

Lu Qin prepared breakfast for Shen Muyan and Lu Xiyao before Shen Muyan drove their daughter to kindergarten and headed to Ouri Hotel. Customers followed her car, mistaking it for Lu Qin's, and gathered outside the hotel.

• Lu Qin fed Lu Xiyao Mapo Tofu and gave Shen Muyan a boxed lunch, while Lu Xiyao teased her mother into admitting she liked Lu Qin.
• Shen Muyan drove Lu Xiyao to kindergarten in Lu Qin's car, then headed toward Ouri Hotel.
• Lu Qin announced in the Penguin Group that his morning stall would be at Sunshine Elementary School, prompting customers to rush there.
• Customers spotted Shen Muyan's car and followed it, believing Lu Qin was driving toward his breakfast stall.
• Shen Muyan arrived at Ouri Hotel, where the doorman recognized her as President Shen, and a crowd of confused customers arrived behind her.

Lu Qin served breakfast at Sunshine Elementary School after customers mistakenly followed Shen Muyan to a hotel, then set up new cooking equipment and shared lunch with Boss Zhao. After hearing from Lu Xiyao and Shen Muyan, he learned Fang Ya wanted him to taste dishes and offer feedback for her food videos.

• Customers followed Shen Muyan to Ouri Hotel, realized Lu Qin was not in her car, and hurried to Sunshine Elementary School.
• Lu Qin sold breakfast to his regular customers and earned 16,455 yuan before packing up at 9:45.
• Boss Zhao delivered containers, a gas stove, coal, and other supplies, then ate lunch with Lu Qin.
• Lu Xiyao told Lu Qin that her classmates envied her Mapo Tofu and that she would be the Little Boss Lady that evening.
• Shen Muyan told Lu Qin that Fang Ya wanted his professional feedback on her dishes and would pay him a consultation fee.

Lu Qin went to Jingtai Grand Hotel to help Fang Ya taste fusion cuisine, but arrived to find himself among thirteen other participants in a formal culinary assessment. After tasting the first dish, he quickly wrote down his evaluation while the others continued sampling it.

• Shen Muyan arranged for Song Xuanxuan to return Lu Qin's car, and Song Xuanxuan bought his Ice Crystal Cake, Mung Bean Paste, and milk tea.
• Lu Qin drove to Jingtai Grand Hotel after Fang Ya said she would be late and directed him to private room 3092.
• Lu Qin entered the room and discovered thirteen other people waiting with opinion forms, unaware that they were taking part in a chef assessment.
• Chairman Chen Jingrong instructed Zhu Li to serve the first assessment dish and collect the participants' evaluations.
• Lu Qin tasted the beef-stuffed button mushrooms and sauce, identified the basil flavor as too strong, and wrote his comments before the other participants finished tasting.

Lu Qin took part in Rong Xuan Ji Restaurant’s chef evaluation, finishing the tasting and knife-skills tests ahead of the other candidates. His precisely cut Tongji Meat yielded exactly three taels and seven qian of shredded meat, leaving Zhu Li astonished by his skill.

• Lu Qin finished tasting the fusion dish early, while the other candidates spent several minutes writing their evaluations.
• Zhu Li led the candidates into the kitchen and announced a knife-skills test using four taels of Tongji Meat.
• Lu Qin quickly shredded his meat with exceptional uniformity as the other candidates struggled with their cuts.
• Zhu Li inspected the candidates’ results and found that many had produced thick, uneven, or wasteful cuts.
• Lu Qin said his batch contained three taels and seven qian of shredded meat after removing connective tissue.
• The electronic scale confirmed Lu Qin’s exact weight, and Zhu Li recognized him as an exceptional talent.

Lu Qin excelled in the final two cooking assessments, impressing Jingtai Grand Hotel chairman Chen Jingrong with his skill and his Mapo Tofu. Chen Jingrong decided Lu Qin was qualified to become Rong Xuan Ji Restaurant’s head chef and sent Zhu Li to invite him, while the other chefs waited for the results.

• Lu Qin quickly made Mapo Tofu and explained that the Pixian Doubanjiang he had been given was not quite good enough.
• Chen Jingrong read Lu Peng’s detailed evaluation of the mushroom dish and declared that he had identified every key ingredient and flaw.
• Zhu Li reported Lu Peng’s near-perfect meat-cutting results and showed Chen Jingrong the recording.
• Chen Jingrong and Zhu Li tasted Lu Qin’s Mapo Tofu and praised its flavor and technique.
• Chen Jingrong told Zhu Li to invite Master Lu Peng to become Rong Xuan Ji Restaurant’s head chef.
• The fourteen chefs returned to Private Room 3092, where several applicants asked Lu Qin which master had taught him.

Lu Qin accidentally took part in a chef recruitment interview after mistaking a regular room for the VIP room Fang Ya had booked, then slipped away before anyone realized the mix-up. Chen Jingrong discovered that the résumé belonged to someone else and was left wondering who Lu Qin was as Deng Jianping, Sun Zhi, and Fan Qingfang arrived.

• Lu Qin told the interviewers he had taught himself cooking and run a food stall, then realized Fang Ya had meant the VIP private room and that he had entered the wrong room.
• Lu Qin left under the pretense of going to the restroom and met Deng Jianping, Sun Zhi, and Fan Qingfang in the corridor, where he learned they had invested in a Rong Xuan Ji branch in Hai City.
• Chen Jingrong learned that Lu Qin had disappeared from the interview room and ordered Zhu Li to check his résumé.
• Zhu Li and Chen Jingrong found that the résumé photo and age did not match Lu Qin, and a call confirmed that Lu Peng had abandoned the interview without sending anyone in his place.
• Deng Jianping, Sun Zhi, and Fan Qingfang entered Chen Jingrong's office, and Zhu Li explained the identity mix-up.