Lu Qin

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Lu Qin (陆勤)
Alias(es)	Boss Lu; Master Lu
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Lu's Snack Stall 184
Occupation/Role	Street-food stall owner; chef; single father
First Appearance	Chapter 1 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Gourmet Stall System acquired	1	Obtains the system immediately after divorcing Shen Muyan; it grants culinary rewards and supports his new life running food stalls. 1
Max-Level Fried Noodles	3	His first drawn skill; grants complete technique and experience in chopping, wok work, and frying noodles. 3
Max-Level Mung Bean Paste; Fatigue Elimination Aura	11	Acquires the mung bean paste technique and a fatigue-reducing halo that lets him sustain long stall hours. 11
Mastered Ice Crystal Cake Making	20	Draws the skill after accumulating system points, then adds Ice Crystal Cake to the stall menu. 20 25
Master-Level Liver Paste Soup; Stir-fried Tomato and Eggs; Imperial Consort Chicken Wings	72	Consecutive draws provide several master-level dish skills, plus Charm and Strength attribute points. 72
Martial Arts Mastery	97	Gains combat training from a draw; he later practices Combat Capture Fist and is described as capable of repelling multiple ordinary attackers. 97 98
C-class Driving; Max-Level Crystal Shrimp Dumplings	98	Gains driving mastery and complete knowledge of dumpling wrappers, fillings, steaming heat, and timing. 98
Max-Level Osmanthus Oolong Tea Drink	114	Unlocks a Chinese beverage skill; the resulting milk tea becomes a praised staple of his stall. 114 144
Master-Level Mapo Tofu and Kimchi Making	153	Gains new dish skills, a fermentation aid, attribute points, and a Fresh-Locking Thermostatic Box to expand production. 153 154
Master-Level Sichuan Cuisine	180	Advanced Lottery reward grants mastery of the Sichuan cuisine repertoire and its twenty-four flavor profiles. 180
Full-Level Chinese Pastry Making	229	Learns techniques for more than one hundred pastries, including Lotus Cakes and Thousand-Layer Oil Cakes. 229
Max-Level Multi-Flavor Ice Cream Making	250	Unlocks a new dessert-making skill through an Advanced Lottery. 250
Full-Level Original Broth Mutton Rice Noodles	271	Gains the skill and subsequently adds mutton rice noodles to his offerings following a customer-group poll. 271 272

Background

Lu Qin and Shen Muyan finalize their divorce at the Annan District Civil Affairs Bureau. Left with their daughter, Lu Xiyao, he obtains the Gourmet Stall System and begins supporting the two of them through street food. 1

He initially operates from a three-wheeled food cart and schedules his work around Yao Yao's routine, resolving to pack up by 9 PM even when business is strong. 10 His fried rice noodles rapidly attract customers away from neighboring stalls, while mung bean paste and Ice Crystal Cakes establish his reputation for limited, high-demand items. 27 34

Although industry professionals assume a chef of his caliber must have trained at a famous restaurant, Lu Qin states that he has never had a master and simply runs his own stall. 160 His hidden System-derived skills eventually earn recognition from prominent chefs, hotel executives, celebrities, and wealthy diners. 159 212 272

Appearance

Lu Qin is a tall, handsome man who commonly dresses simply in white shirts and jeans. He has short dark hair, defined features, and a warm, refined demeanor that attracts frequent attention from customers and parents at his daughter's kindergarten. 1 43 257

• Tall, straight build and a handsome face. 1
• Usually favors plain white and blue clothing, prioritizing comfort over fashion. 110
• Develops firm, well-proportioned muscles after gaining martial arts mastery and physical attribute points. 113 153
• His appearance is conspicuous enough that a film crew replaces him as a background stall owner because he draws too much attention on camera. 257

Personality

Lu Qin is practical, calm, and disciplined. He organizes his business around his daughter's meals, school schedule, and sleep, rather than maximizing his operating hours. He also maintains purchase limits on popular products so more customers can buy them. 10 19 99

He is professional but guarded with strangers and potential romantic interests. He politely rejects Mai Dejun's attempt to obtain his contact information, declines Chen Yue's request for WeChat, and later refuses multiple celebrities seeking his private contact. 53 88 271

Despite his growing status, Lu Qin remains composed when praised by elite guests and continues to value the freedom of running his own business over prestigious employment offers. 144 161 212

Abilities & Skills

Gourmet Stall System

The Gourmet Stall System supplies Lu Qin with cooking skills, attributes, equipment, weather protection, and personnel through point-based lottery draws. 1 114 180

• System points are earned alongside stall sales and can be spent on ordinary or Advanced Lottery draws. 20 180
• The Fatigue Elimination Aura allows him to work at high intensity without feeling exhausted and function well on roughly four and a half hours of deep sleep. 34 114
• Sunny Day Cards automatically prevent weather conditions from disrupting his outdoor stall. 114
• Attribute rewards improve his Strength, Stamina, Agility, Intelligence, and Charm. 72 153 216

Culinary Mastery

Lu Qin possesses max-level or master-level proficiency in numerous dishes, particularly Sichuan cuisine, pastries, noodles, soups, and street-food staples. 180 229

• Fried rice noodles — His signature dish; he defeats the renowned Master Old Zhan in a customer-judged cook-off. 240
• Liver Paste Soup — Produces a clear, silky soup from finely processed liver paste; the dish secures an additional 20 million yuan in investment for Shen Muyan's hotel and later becomes the centerpiece of Ouyang Peng's birthday banquet. 103 206 212
• Knife work — Cuts tongji meat into shreds with almost no waste and prepares pig liver paste in minutes, impressing professional chefs. 158 206
• Sichuan cuisine — Can prepare a broad repertoire of authentic dishes with precise heat control, seasoning, and flavor balance. 180
• Dish evaluation — Identifies ingredient quality, seasoning, heat control, and technical flaws when assessing other chefs' food. 157 163
• Ingredient standards — Personally selects ingredients when dish quality depends on them, particularly for Liver Paste Soup and chicken wings. 83 192

Martial Arts

Lu Qin gains Martial Arts Mastery despite initially considering it unnecessary for a chef. 97

• Practices Combat Capture Fist in the courtyard. 98
• Is described as able to prevent ten ordinary strong men from approaching him and handle several armed criminals. 98
• The System frames the skill as protection against customers who attempt to dine and dash. 97

Business Management

Lu Qin turns a small food cart into a highly profitable food-stall operation through product selection, supply management, and controlled expansion.

• Restricts purchases of high-demand items to distribute stock fairly. 25 99
• Maintains close relationships with market vendors, who reserve high-quality ingredients and sometimes include extra produce. 83 154
• Expands from a three-wheeled cart to a customized four-wheeled mobile food truck. 168
• Adds assistant Xiaomi to reduce kitchen workload and create more time for Lu Xiyao. 180 189
• Declines high-salary head-chef offers from Rong Xuan Ji and Shen Muyan's restaurant, preferring the independence of his own stall. 144 161

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Three-wheeled food cart — His original mobile stall vehicle, used for transport, ingredient runs, and early food-stall operations. 10 11
• Four-wheeled mobile food truck — Customized to support the expanded stall business. 168
• Fresh-Locking Thermostatic Boxes — System items that expand his ability to prepare and preserve food in advance. 153 154
• Exquisite Multi-Function Kitchen Knife — Advanced Lottery reward. 250
• Dedicated Lu's Snack Stall badges — Marked “Boss Himself,” “Employee Xiaomi,” and “Little Boss Lady.” 184

Relationships

• Lu Xiyao — His daughter and closest family member. Lu Qin plans her meals, picks her up from kindergarten, teaches her cooking and business basics, and supports her role as the stall's “Little Boss Lady.” 19 58 131
• Shen Muyan — His ex-wife and Lu Xiyao's mother. They remain civil co-parents; Shen repeatedly seeks Lu Qin's culinary help and gradually shows renewed affection for him. 1 103 214
• Xiaomi — System-generated permanent assistant who addresses him as “Boss.” Her perfect comprehension lets her learn food preparation after a single demonstration. 180 184
• Fang Ya — Shen Muyan's friend and Lu Qin's acquaintance. She seeks his professional evaluations of restaurant dishes and openly admires his character and cooking. 43 157 163
• Chen Dahai — Wealthy regular customer who respects Lu Qin's work ethic and repeatedly attempts to match him with his daughter, Chen Yue. 76 88 168
• Ouyang Lin — Shengyang Group president and client. Lu Qin's cooking helps secure his investment in Shen Muyan's hotel, and Ouyang Lin later pays him for the Ouyang birthday banquet. 103 214
• Ouyang Peng — Elderly gourmet who commissions Lu Qin's Liver Paste Soup for his birthday banquet and publicly introduces him to influential guests. 206 212
• Master Old Zhan — Fried-rice-noodle competitor who acknowledges Lu Qin's superior noodles after their cook-off. 240

Notable Events

• His stall sells more than 550 portions of fried rice noodles, 600 cups of mung bean paste, and roughly 240 boxes of Ice Crystal Cake in a single day, with profit exceeding 10,000 yuan. 34
• He cooks Liver Paste Soup for President Ouyang, leading to an additional 20 million yuan in hotel investment. 103
• His knife skills and Mapo Tofu impress Rong Xuan Ji's leadership, resulting in head-chef offers of 800,000 yuan and 1 million yuan per year from competing restaurants. 159 161
• At Ouyang Peng's birthday banquet, his Crystal Shrimp Dumplings, Imperial Consort Chicken Wings, and Liver Paste Soup become the event's most sought-after dishes; he receives 80,000 yuan for the work. 212 214
• He shares his original-broth mutton noodle recipe with Ouri Hotel chefs, helping raise the hotel's occupancy through the dish's popularity. 280

Trivia

• Lu Qin does not watch much television and fails to recognize several celebrities who visit his stall. 267
• His cooking was once reported to the police because a customer suspected food that delicious must contain addictive substances; the inspection results cleared him. 79
• He is unusually skilled at claw machines and wins numerous plush toys for Lu Xiyao. 95
• His food-stall income exceeds that of the president managing eight five-star hotels, excluding stock dividends. 128