Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhe sampled Lin Xiaomeng’s handmade dumplings and praised them as a promising addition to the dining hall menu. After a broth mishap and Dan Teng’s embarrassing interruption, Dan Teng tasted the dumplings and enthusiastically endorsed them.

• Lin Zhe invited Lin Xiaomeng into his room, photographed her dumplings for his Moments feed, and praised their taste and menu potential.
• Hot broth from a dumpling splashed Lin Xiaomeng’s neck, and Lin Zhe checked that she had not been burned.
• Dan Teng barged in, misunderstood the scene, and backed out before returning after knocking.
• Lin Xiaomeng offered Dan Teng a dumpling to taste, and he praised it and predicted it would sell well.

Lin Xiaomeng recruited four women from Lin Family Village to work at the inn, while the Good Fortune Canteen’s growing menu and busy Saturday brought record business. New guests tried its popular dishes, became regulars, and found the food sold out when they returned for seconds.

• Dan Teng ate most of Lin Xiaomeng’s dumplings and traded teasing remarks with Lin Zhe before Lin Zhe took Lin Xiaomeng home late at night.
• Lin Xiaomeng got up early and welcomed four village women for interviews, then hired all of them to work at the inn.
• The inn filled all thirty-two rooms for the first time in over three years, and the Good Fortune Canteen set a new sales record.
• Guests tried the new three-delicacy dumplings and other signature dishes after seeing regulars order them eagerly.
• The new guests enjoyed the food and became regulars, but the dishes had sold out when they returned to order more.

Lin Zhe’s inn and canteen benefited from Mount Sanqing’s surge in visitors, bringing daily revenue close to 20,000 yuan as he looked forward to a new check-in reward. After Li Ying brought peaches and began calling him “Boss Lin,” Hu Ting asked him about the legend behind the scenic area’s Penguin Offering a Peach attraction.

• Hu Ting told a visitor who could not book a room that he could eat at the Good Fortune Canteen, but Soul-Stirring Series dishes sold out early.
• Lin Zhe reflected that all thirty-two rooms were booked and the canteen had set a new sales record, pushing the inn’s daily revenue toward 20,000 yuan.
• Lin Zhe anticipated the next day’s check-in reward and credited previous rewards with helping the inn’s business.
• Li Ying delivered a box of peaches from her family’s orchard, thanked Lin Zhe for his business, and called him “Boss Lin” instead of “Young Lin.”
• Hu Ting washed and shared the peaches, then asked Lin Zhe about the legend of the Penguin Offering a Peach attraction.

Hu Ting told Lin Zhe and the Fortunate Inn’s guests the legend connecting the Penguin Offering a Peach attraction with the Eastern Goddess Statue. Her story ended with Yao Ji returning to the immortal realm, while the guests left with a vivid impression of both attractions.

• Hu Ting explained that the penguins had stolen an immortal peach for Yao Ji, the Queen Mother of the West’s daughter and the Goddess in Charge of Spring.
• Hu Ting recited a poem about Yao Ji and invited the inn’s guests to sit and hear the legend.
• Lin Zhe offered the guests peaches, and Hu Ting told them how Yao Ji defeated the Ice and Snow Monster but lost the use of her magic after her immortal bones were injured.
• Hu Ting explained that the two penguins stole a healing peach from the Queen Mother of the West’s garden, allowing Yao Ji to recover and return to the immortal realm.
• Hu Ting finished by saying the Queen Mother of the West transformed the penguins into human form, while Yao Ji’s image remained as the Eastern Goddess Statue; the guests applauded.

Lin Zhe began selling peaches at the Fortunate Inn after Hu Ting revealed their wholesale price, and guests quickly ordered more than two hundred jin. After a long day of business, his weekly check-in location refreshed to “Penguin Offering a Peach!”

• Hu Ting told Lin Zhe that Sister Li could supply peaches wholesale, and Lin Zhe set their price at the same rate as the outside market.
• A guest ordered twenty jin of peaches, and Lin Zhe arranged for Sister Li to deliver them the next morning.
• Lin Zhe had Hu Ting advertise the peaches, and guests ordered more than two hundred jin by early evening.
• The Good Fortune Canteen had another busy dinner service and ran out of eggs with attribute bonuses, while Lin Xiaomeng discussed operations with Lin Zhe.
• After studying until late in the office, Lin Zhe saw that his new check-in location was “Penguin Offering a Peach!”

Lin Zhe ran up the mountain with fitness streamer Jiang Yining, struggling to keep pace while she filmed and chatted with him. At six o’clock, he reached Penguin Offering a Peach, where he could check in for his new reward.

• Lin Zhe woke early and met Jiang Yining warming up in the Fortunate Inn’s courtyard.
• Jiang Yining invited Lin Zhe to run with her, and the two set off toward Penguin Offering a Peach.
• Runners behind Lin Zhe and Jiang Yining suffered a string of mishaps, including nosebleeds, falls, and twisted ankles.
• Lin Zhe tired quickly on the uphill boardwalk, so Jiang Yining slowed down and walked beside him.
• Lin Zhe and Jiang Yining talked about her marathon time as they alternated between running and walking.
• At six o’clock, Lin Zhe reached the area below Penguin Offering a Peach.

Lin Zhe waited at Penguin Offering a Peach until his check-in succeeded and awarded him Little Peach Peach, then finished the Mount Sanqing route with Jiang Yining. Back at the inn, they agreed to meet for breakfast, and Lin Zhe retrieved the reward prompt in his room.

• Lin Zhe tried to get Jiang Yining to continue ahead while he waited for a check-in reward, but she insisted on staying with him.
• Lin Zhe told Jiang Yining the legend of Penguin Offering a Peach while they rested, and after thirty-eight minutes his check-in succeeded and awarded him Little Peach Peach.
• Lin Zhe and Jiang Yining completed the remaining route and returned to the Fortunate Inn at seven thirty.
• Jiang Yining offered to make a promotional video for the inn, and Lin Zhe followed her BL Station account, Yining Travels Along.
• Lin Zhe returned to his room, summoned the Check-In Panel, and chose to retrieve Little Peach Peach.

Lin Zhe received the Little Peach Peach, which could convert peaches into higher-quality plums, and tested it with two peaches. Delighted by the resulting Fortune-Blessed Peach Plums, he planned to sell them discreetly at the inn.

• Lin Zhe learned that Little Peach Peach could convert up to 250 kilograms of peaches daily into plums with quality increased by three levels, provided they sold for at least 40 yuan per kilogram.
• Lin Zhe decided not to have Li Ying deliver peaches directly to the inn and planned to rent a nearby storeroom for the conversion.
• Lin Zhe placed Little Peach Peach beside two peaches and covered them with a T-shirt to activate it.
• Lin Zhe uncovered two large, smooth Fortune-Blessed Peach Plums and saw that their quality had increased by three levels.
• Lin Zhe tasted both plums, loved their sweet-and-tart flavor, and became confident they would sell well.

Lin Zhe treated Jiang Yining to breakfast at the Fortunate Inn, and their lively conversation turned their proprietor-and-guest relationship into a friendship. The chapter left them parting after breakfast to handle their own affairs.

• Lin Zhe met Jiang Yining at the reception desk and invited her to the inn’s private back courtyard.
• Jiang Yining asked for two servings of Soul-Stirring Egg Fried Rice, and Lin Zhe also ordered two servings of Soul-Stirring Three-Delicacy Dumplings.
• Lin Zhe reflected on the canteen’s expanded staff and calculated the potential profit from selling peaches transformed by Little Peach Peach.
• Lin Xiaomeng watched Lin Zhe and Jiang Yining chatting together and felt jealous as the kitchen workers gossiped about their closeness.
• Lin Zhe and Jiang Yining ate breakfast and talked until they had become genuine friends, then went their separate ways.

Lin Zhe rented warehouse F4 in Hongrun Wholesale Market to store goods and keep his business operations discreet. After signing the lease, he ordered five hundred jin of peaches from Li Ying to be delivered there that afternoon.

• Lin Zhe chose the unused F4 warehouse in the northeast F Zone and agreed to rent it for a year for twelve thousand yuan.
• Liu Wenying arranged for the warehouse to be cleaned before three, and Lin Zhe signed the contract and paid the rent.
• Liu Wenying gave Lin Zhe his contract and three keys, and he left the management office.
• Lin Zhe visited Li Ying at Old Li's Grain and Oil Shop and ordered five hundred jin of fresh peaches.
• Lin Zhe told Li Ying to deliver the peaches to F4 after three, and Li Ying agreed without asking why he had rented a warehouse.