Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen hired Wu Yongjun to watch over his shop and improved his Cooking Skill while preparing a meal for Yu Heyan and Zhang Qingyuan. After tasting the dishes, Yu Heyan declared Lin Chen the Uncrowned King of the Culinary World.

• Lin Chen hired Wu Yongjun at a salary of fifty thousand a month and transferred him his first month's pay.
• Lin Chen persuaded the system that he was preparing food for Lin Xiaoqian, gaining experience that improved his Cooking Skill.
• Yu Heyan and Zhang Qingyuan arrived at Lin Chen's shop and waited while he prepared lunch.
• Lin Chen served Yu Heyan and Zhang Qingyuan ten dishes, then left them to eat as guests.
• Yu Heyan praised Lin Chen's cooking and called him the Uncrowned King of the Culinary World.

After tasting Lin Chen’s cooking, Yu Heyan arranged to bring food to his friend Ye Hong and reserved another meal. He also promised to look into Wu Haoyu’s possible early release, while Zhang Qingyuan hinted that Lin Chen was more formidable than Yu Heyan realized.

• Yu Heyan and Zhang Qingyuan praised Lin Chen’s cooking, packed food for Ye Hong and his wife, and agreed to split the leftovers.
• Yu Heyan invited Ye Hong and his terminally ill wife to Magic City to try the food, and they set off from Hangzhou.
• Yu Heyan reserved a meal with Lin Chen for the following month and offered to help him through his connections.
• Lin Chen asked Yu Heyan to investigate whether Wu Haoyu might receive an early release, and Yu Heyan promised to help.
• Yu Heyan explained the situation to Zhang Qingyuan, who urged him to cultivate his friendship with Lin Chen, prompting Yu Heyan to ask whether Lin Chen was the great Lin Yu.

Zhang Qingyuan told Yu Heyan that Lin Chen was a peerless calligrapher and storyteller who kept his identity private to focus on raising his young daughter. Yu Heyan shared Lin Chen’s food with Ye Hong and his wife, whose poor appetite improved, then called to arrange a reservation, reaching Xu Mengyao.

• Zhang Qingyuan revealed Lin Chen’s extraordinary talents and asked Yu Heyan to keep his identity and family life confidential.
• Ye Hong and his wife visited Yu Heyan, and he reheated two untouched dishes Lin Chen had prepared.
• Ye Hong’s wife was amazed by the food, ate most of it, and asked whether Lin Chen could cook for them at home.
• Ye Hong agreed to make a reservation, and Yu Heyan called Lin Chen, but Xu Mengyao answered while Lin Chen taught Lin Xiaoqian Tai Chi.

After teaching Lin Xiaoqian for ten hours, Lin Chen finally began to gain inner energy, then arranged to meet Yu Heyan and his wealthy friends for tea. He reassured Lin Xiaoqian before leaving, and on arrival he recognized that Ye Hong's Wife was seriously ill.

• Yu Heyan and Ye Hong discussed Lin Chen's influence and shared more food while waiting to hear from him.
• The system told Lin Chen that he had begun to gain inner energy, which could slowly nourish his physique.
• Lin Chen agreed to reserve a table for Ye Hong's friend and meet Yu Heyan, Ye Hong, and Ye Hong's Wife for tea that evening.
• Lin Chen promised Lin Xiaoqian he would spend more time with her, and she let him leave after he warned her about strangers asking children for help.
• Lin Chen met Yu Heyan and the others and immediately recognized that Ye Hong's Wife was seriously ill.

Lin Chen examined Ye Hong's Wife and offered her an ancient prescription that he believed could extend her life, while making clear he could not guarantee the results. Ye Hong and Yu Heyan began rallying their connections against Wu Haoyu, and Lin Chen returned home to Lin Xiaoqian.

• Lin Chen examined Ye Hong's Wife's pulse and warned that her condition needed active treatment.
• Lin Chen offered to send Ye Hong a prescription that he estimated could help his wife live beyond two years, and Ye Hong and his wife thanked him.
• Yu Heyan urged Ye Hong to trust Lin Chen's medical judgment and said they should act against Wu Haoyu sooner.
• Ye Hong and Yu Heyan contacted influential acquaintances to draw attention to Wu Haoyu's matter and increase pressure on the forces backing the Wu Family.
• Lin Chen returned home, where Lin Xiaoqian asked him to tell her a new story.

Lin Chen comforted Lin Xiaoqian and discussed her painting and mathematics talents with Xu Mengyao before answering Professor Lu’s academic questions overnight. In the morning, Lin Chen taught Xiaoqian to use a computer and gained the Hacking Skill.

• Lin Chen told Lin Xiaoqian a bedtime story while Xu Mengyao joined them, and Xiaoqian fell asleep between her parents.
• Xu Mengyao praised Xiaoqian’s painting and math abilities, and Lin Chen explained that her mathematical talent could grow much further.
• Xu Mengyao worried that Lin Chen’s abilities might attract people seeking to capture him, but Lin Chen said he could protect himself and would not hide his talents.
• Lin Chen left Xu Mengyao to finish his fairy-tale update, then answered all of Professor Lu’s academic questions by email.
• Professor Lu read Lin Chen’s answers through the night and found them all correct.
• Xu Mengyao brought Xiaoqian to Lin Chen while changing the wet sheets, and Lin Chen taught Xiaoqian to use a computer, earning the Hacking Skill.

Lin Chen continued caring for Lin Xiaoqian while powerful figures quietly worked to hinder the Wu Family. After National Security captured two thieves targeting his apartment, Lin Chen noticed a van following him and sent Wu Yongjun to investigate, who discovered its occupants were National Security agents.

• Lin Chen reassured Xu Mengyao that Lin Xiaoqian could play a computer game briefly, then practiced controlling his internal energy.
• Wu Yangcheng learned that influential people were acting against the Wu Family and ordered Wu Yangfeng to investigate Lin Chen and protect their businesses.
• Two thieves broke into Lin Chen's apartment building but were arrested by National Security's Wolf Fang Team, which then arranged continued protection for Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen noticed a silver van following him to the private kitchen and asked Wu Yongjun to check it out.
• Wu Yongjun recognized the three people in the van as National Security agents, and their captain said they were on a mission.

Lin Chen learned that National Security had assigned twelve people to protect him, then cooked for Ye Hong and returned home with food for his family. Lin Xiaoqian comforted Xu Mengyao over her past absences, and Lin Chen hugged and kissed Xu Mengyao on the cheek.

• Wu Yongjun told Lin Chen that National Security agents were covertly protecting him.
• Lin Chen asked the captain about the protection detail and learned that twelve agents watched him, but his wife and daughter were not covered.
• Ye Hong and his wife ate Lin Chen's dishes, praised their flavor, and decided to recommend Chen Zhian for a future reservation.
• Lin Xiaoqian praised the food Lin Chen brought home and recalled missing Xu Mengyao when she used to work late.
• Xu Mengyao grew emotional, and Lin Chen hugged her from behind and kissed her cheek.

Lin Chen inspected the renovated commercial property with Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian, then taught Qian Qian piano before taking her home for a nap. After receiving a reservation and a customer referral from Ye Hong, Lin Chen learned that his Fairy Tales books had become popular overseas and that the first three volumes would receive new print runs.

• Lin Chen, Xu Mengyao, and Lin Xiaoqian visited the renovated property, where Xu Mengyao played piano and explained its new facilities.
• Xu Mengyao left to go shopping with Shen Qing, and Lin Chen taught Lin Xiaoqian piano before taking her home to sleep.
• Ye Hong praised Lin Chen's cooking, booked a meal for the following month, and recommended Chen Zhian as a potential customer.
• Lin Chen told Ye Hong that his wife's tea would not significantly affect her medicine as long as she did not drink it immediately afterward.
• Chen Xinhan told Lin Chen that a fourth Fairy Tale book was ready and that the first three books would each receive another million-copy print run after selling well overseas.

Lin Chen received royalties and discussed visiting Elder Xu with Xu Mengyao. After Lin Xiaoqian persuaded him to help an elderly man, Lin Chen asked Xu Mengyao about reliable charity foundations.

• Chen Xinhan sent Lin Chen an electronic contract for royalties and a signing bonus totaling 22.2 million yuan.
• Xu Mengyao told Lin Chen that Elder Xu had invited them to visit, and they agreed to bring Lin Xiaoqian the next day.
• Lin Xiaoqian spotted a frail elderly man collecting things by the roadside and asked Lin Chen to help him.
• Lin Chen and Lin Xiaoqian gave the elderly man 2,000 yuan, and Lin Chen said his daughter had taught him a lesson about life.
• Xu Mengyao confirmed that Lin Xiaoqian had Lunar New Year money, and Lin Chen asked her about reliable charity foundations.

Lin Chen decided to establish the Qian Qian Charity Foundation to quietly help impoverished orphans, with Xu Mengyao agreeing to manage it and Lin Xiaoqian donating her Lunar New Year Money. Later, Lin Chen declined Chen Zhian’s request to travel to the Imperial Capital to cook for his father, leaving Ye Hong to apologize for the misunderstanding.

• Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao agreed to create the Qian Qian Charity Foundation, which would operate discreetly and focus on helping impoverished orphans.
• Lin Xiaoqian offered all her Lunar New Year Money to the foundation, and Xu Mengyao offered to donate five million of her own money.
• Xu Mengyao showed Lin Chen and Lin Xiaoqian new clothes she had bought for them, and Lin Chen tried on his three outfits.
• Chen Zhian called Lin Chen and asked him to travel to the Imperial Capital to cook for Chen Zhian’s father, but Lin Chen refused because he needed to care for Lin Xiaoqian.
• Lin Chen called Ye Hong, who later apologized for not explaining that neither Lin Chen nor Chen Zhian’s father could travel.

Wu Yangfeng and Wu Yangcheng worried that Lin Chen had caught the men they sent to break into his home, while Lin Chen spent time teaching Lin Xiaoqian and signing books. On the drive to meet a potential Foundation Head, Lin Chen reached Grandmaster singing skill and Lin Xiaoqian’s singing improved, leaving Xu Mengyao astonished by his abilities.

• Wu Yangfeng told Wu Yangcheng that the men sent to investigate Lin Chen had gone missing, and Wu Yangcheng advised him to wait before confronting Lin Chen in Magic City.
• Lin Chen practiced Tai Chi with Lin Xiaoqian, then signed books while she watched and learned from his writing.
• Xu Mengyao called to say she had found a potential Foundation Head, and Lin Chen took Lin Xiaoqian to meet him.
• Lin Chen sang with Lin Xiaoqian in the car and reached Grandmaster Singing Skill as her singing talent improved.
• Lin Chen told Xu Mengyao that Lin Xiaoqian had strong math and drawing talent, while he described his own singing as barely World-class.

Lin Chen visited the Xu family, advised Elder Xu on his painting, and examined his illness. He offered a prescription to slow it and said he expected to be able to cure Elder Xu next year, asking the family to keep his medical skill secret.

• Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao greeted Elder Xu and Xu Zhongting, while Lin Xiaoqian went to play with Lanlan.
• Lin Chen reviewed Elder Xu's paintings and explained how he could overcome his artistic bottleneck.
• After checking Elder Xu's pulse, Lin Chen offered an Ancient Prescription that might extend his life and let him live normally for several years.
• Lin Chen said his combined medical skills ranked among the nation's top ten, and Xu Zhongting agreed to arrange a Medical License for him.
• Lin Chen said he could slow Elder Xu's illness now and expected to cure it next year, then asked Elder Xu and Xu Zhongting to keep the news secret.

Lin Chen declined to pursue a medical license immediately so he could focus on his daughter, then stunned the Xu family with his painting, calligraphy, and language skills. He identified Lanlan's strongest foreign-language talents, leaving the family impressed and grateful.

• Lin Chen told Xu Zhongting he wanted to spend time with Lin Xiaoqian and would delay arranging his medical license.
• At Elder Xu's request, Lin Chen painted an aged horse and rider, then inscribed Cao Cao's poem, captivating Elder Xu and Xu Zhongting.
• Lin Chen agreed to lend the painting to Elder Xu for a major leader to see, but insisted Elder Xu write an IOU and return it.
• Lanlan praised Lin Xiaoqian's academic, artistic, and English abilities, and Xu Mengyao credited Lin Chen with teaching her daughter.
• Lin Chen tested Lanlan in several foreign languages and told Xu Zhongting's wife that Lanlan showed the strongest talent for French and Arabic.
• Lin Chen said he knew perhaps twenty or thirty foreign languages, leaving the Xu family astonished.

After Elder Xu praised Lin Chen’s medical ability and painting, he hurried to take the painting to Imperial Capital for safekeeping. There, Ye Hong brought Lin Chen’s food to Chen Zhian and Chen Xingguo, whose enthusiasm led to a request for a reservation; Ye Hong called Lin Chen to ask about it.

• Xu Zhongting and his wife praised Lin Chen for identifying Lanlan’s talents, while Elder Xu said Lin Chen could treat him.
• Elder Xu called Lin Chen’s painting a priceless treasure and told Xu Zhongting to book him a flight to Imperial Capital so he could protect it.
• Ye Hong arrived at the Chen Family residence with food Lin Chen had cooked, and Chen Zhian heated it for Chen Xingguo.
• Chen Xingguo and Chen Zhian were amazed by the food, and Ye Hong explained Lin Chen’s connection to Xu Mengyao and the Xu Family.
• Chen Zhian asked Ye Hong to arrange a reservation for several tables, and Ye Hong called Lin Chen to ask if he would accept.

Chen Zhian apologized to Lin Chen and sought Ye Hong’s advice on maintaining a relationship with him, while Ye Hong revealed that Chen could influence whether Wu Haoyu received a sentence reduction. Wu Yangcheng learned that his lawyer had withdrawn and worried that an unknown force connected to Lin Chen was blocking his son’s release.

• Lin Chen told Ye Hong and Chen Zhian that the next available meal reservation was later than the day after tomorrow and explained his limits on future bookings.
• Chen Zhian thanked Ye Hong, asked how to apologize to Lin Chen, and learned that Lin Chen cherished his daughter Qian Qian.
• Ye Hong told Chen Zhian that he could recommend people for meals and that Wu Haoyu’s sentence reduction was up to him.
• Chen Zhian made several calls through his official connections, while Feng Guiyi told Wu Yangcheng that Wu Haoyu’s prison bullying had reduced his chance of early release and quit the case.
• Wu Yangcheng called Wu Yangfeng and then the Song Family, but remained worried that an unknown power behind Lin Chen was interfering.

Elder Xu showed Elder Gu a painting and poem by the young Lin Chen, prompting the two elders to discuss his talent and the need to protect him. At home, Lin Chen spent the evening with Xu Mengyao before studying late into the night, where Lin Xiaoqian came to find him.

• Elder Xu visited Elder Gu and showed him a painting and calligraphy by Lin Chen.
• Elder Gu was astonished to learn Lin Chen was not yet twenty-five and agreed to discuss special protection for him with his comrades.
• Elder Xu told Elder Gu that Lin Chen had taught him, and Elder Gu continued admiring the painting.
• Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao discussed hiring a housekeeper and his upcoming birthday before she went to bed.
• Lin Chen studied and messaged another professor about an issue he had found in the professor's book.
• Lin Xiaoqian came to Lin Chen's study at two in the morning, and he checked that Xu Mengyao was still asleep.

Lin Chen reassured Xu Mengyao after Lin Xiaoqian woke during the night hoping to use his computer, and the family discussed the incident over breakfast. Lin Xiaoqian planned to draw Xu Mengyao for Lin Chen’s upcoming birthday, then teased Xu Mengyao about Lin Chen liking pretty aunties.

• Lin Xiaoqian woke at night and asked Lin Chen to play on his computer, but he put her to sleep with a lullaby instead.
• Xu Mengyao worried that Lin Xiaoqian might leave the house, and Lin Chen promised to install a high latch and asked Xu Mengyao not to criticize her.
• Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao reminisced about how Xu Mengyao had raised Lin Xiaoqian and agreed that she had improved.
• Xu Mengyao asked Lin Xiaoqian what she would give Lin Chen for his birthday, and Lin Xiaoqian said she would draw Xu Mengyao.
• Xu Mengyao warned Lin Xiaoqian not to sneak out at night to use the computer, and Lin Xiaoqian joked that Lin Chen liked pretty aunties.

Lin Chen reassured Lin Xiaoqian about her parents’ love and decided to care for her at home for another year before kindergarten. Later, Chen Zhian visited to apologize and give Lin Chen a Lamborghini Aventador, and Lin Chen offered him a calligraphy piece in return.

• Lin Chen comforted Lin Xiaoqian after she worried that crying could make her parents abandon her, and Xu Mengyao encouraged her to learn by attending school.
• Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao agreed that Lin Chen would care for Lin Xiaoqian for another year before she started kindergarten.
• Lin Chen taught Lin Xiaoqian Tai Chi, paper-airplane folding, and a computer game, then took her swimming instead of letting her play longer.
• Chen Zhian visited Lin Chen, apologized for his earlier words, and brought toys for Lin Xiaoqian.
• Chen Zhian offered Lin Chen a Lamborghini Aventador, and Lin Chen accepted it in exchange for a piece of calligraphy.
• Chen Zhian examined Lin Chen’s calligraphy, titled “All Rivers Run Into the Sea,” and became absorbed in it.

Lin Chen exchanged valuable calligraphy with Chen Zhian for a Lamborghini Aventador and reached Legendary-level Driving Skill on the way to register it. He brought the car home, where Xu Mengyao accepted the gift after hearing about the exchange, and Lin Xiaoqian showed her a portrait she had drawn for Lin Chen’s upcoming birthday.

• Chen Zhian recognized Lin Chen as Master Lin Yu, accepted Lin Chen’s calligraphy under the condition that he keep it for three years, and revealed that his father managed five fan groups for Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen took Lin Xiaoqian and Chen Zhian to register the Lamborghini Aventador, and the system announced that Lin Chen’s Driving Skill had reached Legendary level during the drive.
• Chen Zhian completed the transfer and left the Lamborghini in Lin Chen’s parking space before departing.
• Xu Mengyao noticed the Lamborghini and asked Lin Chen about it, and he explained that Chen Zhian had given it to him in exchange for calligraphy.
• Lin Xiaoqian showed Xu Mengyao a portrait she had drawn and said she was giving Lin Chen a beautiful Mommy for his birthday.