Chapter Summaries

Zhang Han set the price of his egg fried rice and milk at ten times the usual rate, then served Liang Mengqi a meal made with ingredients from New Moon Mountain. After tasting it, Liang Mengqi realized his egg fried rice surpassed even Wang Long’s famous dish.

• Two rebellious women questioned Zhang Han’s prices, and he told them his egg fried rice cost 280 yuan and his milk cost 80 yuan.
• The sharp-faced woman argued with Zhang Han, who told the women to leave and said his rice was better than any rice dried for a hundred years.
• Liang Mengqi asked whether Zhang Han would charge 50,000 yuan, and he confirmed the price would be 280 yuan.
• Zhang Han cooked egg fried rice with Heavenly Fragrance Wood and served Mengmeng and Liang Mengqi.
• Liang Mengqi tasted the milk and egg fried rice, then judged the meal far better than Wang Long’s 5,000-yuan fried rice.

Liang Mengqi was captivated by Zhang Han’s Egg Fried Rice and piano playing, and she asked when she could return to eat. Zhang Han gave her an uncertain schedule, leaving her eager to visit again.

• Liang Mengqi ate two servings of Zhang Han’s Egg Fried Rice and praised its ingredients and flavor.
• Zhang Han told Mengmeng to rest after eating, then played Canon Variations for her while Liang Mengqi listened in amazement.
• Zhang Han played Summer of Kikujiro, and Liang Mengqi applauded and asked about his food and business hours.
• Zhang Han turned away four young customers, saying the restaurant was sold out for the day.
• Zhang Han told Liang Mengqi he might serve meals from seven to eight in the morning, twelve to one at noon, and six to seven in the evening, but would not always be open.

Zhang Han recorded and submitted Xue Qian’s song “Actor” while preparing to take Mengmeng to bed. Meanwhile, Xue Qian tried to protect his fans from scalpers, and Ziyan refused to film a kissing scene in her music video.

• Liang Mengqi paid Zhang Han eight hundred yuan for dinner and said she would return the next morning.
• Zhang Han arranged and submitted “Actor” to Xue Qian, then told Mengmeng a treasure-hunting story as he put her to bed.
• Xue Qian told Li Fan to contact the ticketing company and prevent fans from being overcharged by scalpers.
• Ziyan’s director demanded a kissing scene with Li Cheng, but Ziyan agreed to continue filming only without the kiss.

Ziyan refused Li Cheng’s repeated attempts to add a kissing scene to her MV, while Liang Mengqi told her friends about Zhang Han’s restaurant and planned to return for breakfast. Liang Hao said he would come to Hong Kong to find Ziyan, and the chapter ended as Zhang Han prepared breakfast and a neighboring restaurant’s employee arrived to ask what he sold.

• Ziyan firmly refused to film a kissing scene, and Li Cheng left after the director abandoned the shoot.
• Zhou Fei took charge of filming and insulted the departing director.
• Liang Mengqi told her group chat about Zhang Han’s delicious, expensive egg fried rice and arranged to return with her friends before seven.
• Liang Hao told Liang Mengqi he planned to come to Hong Kong and look for Ziyan after handing over his companies in Singapore.
• Zhang Han prepared breakfast at the restaurant, where an employee from a neighboring restaurant arrived to ask what he sold.

Zhang Han’s expensive egg fried rice drew mockery from the neighboring restaurant, but Liang Mengqi, Yu Qingqing, and Zhao Dahu came to try it. The customers were stunned by its flavor, and Zhao Dahu broke down in tears over how delicious it was.

• A woman rejected Zhang Han’s 280-yuan egg fried rice and 80-yuan milk, then told the neighboring Sichuan Fragrance Restaurant’s staff about his prices.
• Liang Mengqi, Yu Qingqing, and Zhao Dahu waited for Zhang Han to finish preparing breakfast and joked with one another in the restaurant.
• Zhang Han served Mengmeng breakfast and told the three customers to help themselves to the rice and milk.
• Liang Mengqi devoured her meal, prompting Yu Qingqing and Zhao Dahu to hurry back and taste theirs.
• Yu Qingqing was swept away by the egg fried rice, and Zhao Dahu tearfully declared it delicious.

Yu Qingqing and Liang Mengqi savored Zhang Han’s Egg Fried Rice and goat’s milk, while Zhao Dahu worried about leaving on a business trip and resolved to resign. Yu Qingqing learned Zhang Han was unmarried and teased Liang Mengqi about pursuing him; the women planned to return for lunch after Zhang Han said he would open a little after twelve.

• Yu Qingqing ate multiple servings of Egg Fried Rice and drank goat’s milk, while Zhao Dahu cried over how delicious the food was and lamented his upcoming six-month business trip.
• Yu Qingqing urged Zhao Dahu to quit his job, and he decided to resign so he could stay near Qingqing and keep eating the Egg Fried Rice.
• Zhang Han turned away two middle-aged customers because the food was sold out and he had no time to cook more.
• Yu Qingqing told Liang Mengqi that she should pursue Zhang Han, then learned from him that he was unmarried and Mengmeng was his biological daughter.
• Zhao Dahu finished eating and declared that he would resign immediately, while Yu Qingqing paid for their food.
• Liang Mengqi asked Zhang Han about lunch, and he said he would open a little after twelve, so she and Yu Qingqing planned to return then.

Zhang Han spoke with Ziyan about her exhausting work schedule, then posted strict hours and high prices outside his restaurant. At Xue Qian's home, Li Fan and Xue Qian discovered that a song submitted by Hanyang, titled "Actor," was the masterpiece Xue Qian had been looking for.

• Zhang Han put away Yu Qingqing's payment and spoke with Ziyan, who explained her packed schedule and her efforts to make money and revive her career.
• Zhang Han reassured Ziyan that he and Mengmeng would be fine financially, then handed the phone to Mengmeng so she could talk with her mother.
• After customers came to the restaurant while Zhang Han was not cooking, he posted limited business hours and the restaurant's menu and prices by the entrance.
• At Xue Qian's home, Li Fan listened through song submissions while Xue Qian ordered food instead of letting him eat instant noodles.
• Li Fan noticed that Hanyang's song "Actor" cost 100,000 yuan, then played its accompaniment and piano track for Xue Qian.
• Li Fan praised the song's lyrics and suggested Xue Qian would sing it perfectly, and Xue Qian said it was the song he wanted.

Xue Qian practiced a new song with Li Fan and decided to meet its creator to perfect it for his concert. At Zhang Han’s restaurant, Liang Mengqi, Yu Qingqing, and Zhao Dahu enjoyed lunch before Zhang Han played Castle in the Sky and amazed them with his piano skill.

• Xue Qian sang the new song for nearly three hours, then asked Li Fan to contact its creator so he could discuss it in person.
• Liang Mengqi, Yu Qingqing, and Zhao Dahu arrived at Zhang Han’s restaurant and argued over how to divide the limited rice portions.
• Liang Mengqi and Yu Qingqing took two portions each while Zhao Dahu settled for one, and they praised Zhang Han’s cooking.
• Liang Mengqi asked Zhang Han to play the piano, and he agreed when Mengmeng requested a song.
• Zhang Han played Castle in the Sky with a faster, cheerful middle section, impressing Liang Mengqi, Yu Qingqing, and Zhao Dahu.

Zhao Feng led Yonghe Society members to collect protection money from restaurants in New Moon Bay, then entered Zhang Han’s restaurant and frightened Mengmeng. Zhang Han comforted his daughter as the gangsters confronted him, leaving the encounter poised to turn violent.

• Zhao Feng and his men collected twenty-five thousand yuan from Sichuan Spicy Restaurant before heading to Mengmeng's Leisure Restaurant.
• Zhao Feng rejected a suggestion to double the protection fee, while Zhang Han listened to the gangsters approach from inside.
• The blond youth shouted for the boss, frightening Mengmeng and angering Liang Mengqi, who shielded her.
• The blue-haired man leered at Liang Mengqi, while Zhao Feng silently struggled to contain his anger.
• Zhang Han picked up Mengmeng and reassured her, and she called the gangsters ants.

Zhang Han defused a protection-fee confrontation without alarming Mengmeng, and Zhao Feng punished his subordinate for threatening her. After the gangsters left, Liang Mengqi asked Zhang Han to make more rice, and he agreed to a larger pot.

• Zhang Han reassured Mengmeng that the gangsters were ants, then soothed her when the yellow-haired man reached for his dagger.
• Zhang Han handed the yellow-haired man cash and warned him not to return, but Zhao Feng punched the man and apologized for his subordinate’s behavior.
• Zhao Feng left his personal business card for Zhang Han, then kicked the yellow-haired man outside and ordered him to treat restaurants courteously.
• Liang Mengqi and Yu Qingqing praised Zhang Han’s composure, while Mengmeng proudly declared that her daddy was the best.
• Liang Mengqi asked Zhang Han to make more rice for Zhao Dahu, and Zhang Han agreed to replace the pot with a larger one.