Shen Chuan

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Power Progression

Shen Chuan advances through system-assisted culinary training and recipe acquisition rather than named cultivation realms.

Background / History

Transmigration and First Stall

A car accident transports Shen Chuan bodily into a parallel world one week before his debut. He initially expects the God of Cooking System to provide an easy route to wealth, but discovers that new recipes require Show-off Points earned by maintaining a conspicuous cooking-god persona 1.

He opens a chive-pocket stall on Jiangwan Food Street wearing a full suit in summer. To establish his image, he pays a delivery rider 200 yuan to transport him, arrange the stall, and handle setup while he sits in a folding recliner. Both his declaration that a cooking god should not drive his own cart and his composed entrance earn points 1.

Lu Xiaotao becomes his first customer, paying ten yuan despite initially questioning the price. After tasting the food, Lu buys two more. Neighboring lemon-tea vendor Jiang Wenyan also becomes a customer, brings his roommates, and eventually takes over the paid transport and stall-assistance work 2 4 6 8.

Scallion Pancakes and Online Attention

After two days of selling chive pockets, Shen Chuan takes a day off, redeems crispy scallion pancakes, and finds suitable scallions. Customers initially protest the replacement of his original specialty, but the pancakes win over diners such as Old Master Zhao and Old Wang 16 18 21.

His airborne dough preparation becomes an attraction in its own right. Spectators film him, neighboring vendors investigate his success, and customers queue for pancakes priced at fifteen yuan each 21 22.

He later agrees to make chive pockets using ingredients supplied by He Wencai, who promises to pay the usual price. Food blogger Wen Yang films the preparation, recognizes the quality of his knife work and dough handling, and publishes a video identifying the stall’s location. The video attracts further attention and visiting followers 27 28 32 35.

Air-Conditioned Food Cart

After watching Wen Yang’s popular video and noticing comments about the summer heat, Shen Chuan spends his recent earnings—apart from money reserved for ingredients—on modifying his three-wheeler. The work includes a welded frame, glass enclosure, and air conditioning 34.

The upgraded cart draws attention when he returns to Food Street. Shen Chuan presents the cooling as a way to concentrate on cooking, but refuses customers’ suggestion that the more comfortable conditions should mean longer business hours 38 39.

Roujiamo Preparation

Shen Chuan uses customers’ complaints about his limited hours as an opportunity to announce another day off. Behind the performance of being offended, he intends to rest, examine new recipes, and prepare ingredients 44.

After mastering roujiamo, he visits Stonewater Village for freshly slaughtered, country-raised heritage pork. He agrees to purchase half a pig, only for the animal to break loose and chase him. He escapes into a farmhouse and braces its gate against the charging pig before eventually returning home with the meat 46 47.

He sources the necessary spices, marinates the pork overnight, and braises it over low heat for six hours. On reopening, he introduces roujiamo as his new signature dish and explains that his previous scallion supply has nearly been exhausted 47 48 49.

Appearance

Shen Chuan is a young, handsome vendor whose formal presentation sharply contrasts with the surrounding street stalls 1 32.

• Stall attire: A carefully pressed suit, trousers, and leather shoes, even during intense summer heat 1 10.
• Grooming: Neatly combed hair and meticulous checks of his appearance before leaving home 10.
• Public bearing: Straight-backed, composed, and deliberately unhurried while attracting attention 1 22.
• Off-duty clothing: A tank top, beach shorts, and flip-flops after returning to his air-conditioned home 9.

Personality

Shen Chuan’s outward arrogance begins as a deliberate performance rather than effortless self-confidence. Early on, he rehearses boastful lines internally and feels embarrassed after delivering them. Repeated rewards gradually make the remarks easier, although he refuses to admit that he might genuinely enjoy showing off 4 15 27.

He is calculating about presentation: he studies domineering-CEO dramas and billionaire novels for usable lines, evaluates which remarks earn points, and searches for fresh ways to surprise customers. His serious expression often conceals amusement, embarrassment, or satisfaction with the system’s rewards 19 25 26 44.

He values comfort and personal time, routinely closing when ingredients run out and resisting demands for overtime. His insistence on quality is also practical: he seeks carefully selected ingredients and refuses to reserve cooked food when doing so would damage its texture. Despite publicly claiming not to run the stall for money, he privately wants more profitable, higher-end dishes 11 15 27 34 42.

Abilities & Skills

God of Cooking System

The system exchanges Show-off Points for culinary recipes and requires Shen Chuan to maintain a cooking god’s swagger while cooking 1.

• Point generation: Boastful dialogue, unusual presentation, cooking displays, and even silent composure can earn points 1 2 21.
• Recipe costs: The cheapest shop recipe costs 500 points; somewhat harder recipes cost upward of one or two thousand, while further recipes remain locked 1 27.
• Diminishing returns: Familiar customers become accustomed to his behavior, making new customers more valuable sources of points 10 30 35.
• Menu freedom: The system does not dictate which dish he must sell 27.

System Space Training

System Space allows Shen Chuan to practice recipes for extended periods while little outside time passes 1 46.

• Repetition makes precise cooking movements instinctive 2.
• Training can take place during an apparent night’s sleep; he wakes refreshed after learning scallion pancakes 16.
• Mastery still requires substantial effort, particularly for the combined meat-and-bread preparation of roujiamo 46.

Precision Knife Work and Dough Handling

His manual techniques impress ordinary customers, neighboring vendors, and food blogger Wen Yang 3 22 27.

• Rotates dough in exact fifteen-degree increments to produce an evenly rounded wrapper 2.
• Uses different cutting motions for chive bases and leaves while keeping the finished pieces identical in length 3.
• Produces wrappers matching in size and thickness, then fills and seals them in fluid movements 11 28.
• Maintains close control over frying temperature, timing, and appearance 12.

Flying Pancake Technique

Shen Chuan throws dough into the air so that it spins and spreads, then catches it precisely for cooking 21 30.

• Can vary a throw’s angle and predict the returning dough’s path 21 25.
• Tends a pancake in the pan while another dough disc is airborne 22 30.
• Remains physically limited: prolonged tossing and kneading leave him exhausted despite technical mastery 25 31.

Ingredient Appraisal

After unlocking system recipes, Shen Chuan develops a discerning eye for ingredient quality 9.

• Selects tender, pesticide-free farm-grown chives, genuine free-range eggs, and freshly milled flour from the current wheat harvest 9 15.
• Rejects replacement ingredients that do not meet his standards, even when customers want him to continue selling 15.
• Personally checks the quality of the many spices and aromatics required for braised pork 47.

Signature Dishes

Equipment / Items

• Three-wheeled food cart — His mobile stall and transport; later enclosed with glass and fitted with air conditioning 1 34.
• Beginner-gift kitchen tools — Include a sharply edged, well-balanced cleaver that feels custom-made for his hand 3.
• Insulated storage boxes — Used to organize and transport fresh ingredients 10 18.
• Folding recliner — Part of his first-day setup, allowing him to supervise while the hired rider arranges the stall 1.
• Small fan — Installed before his second day of business, preceding the air-conditioning upgrade 10.

Relationships

• Jiang Wenyan — Neighboring student vendor who becomes his regular driver and assistant. Helps with setup, serving, queues, cleanup, and transport; Shen Chuan pays him 200 yuan for documented transport-and-stall-assistance jobs 8 10 13 25.
• Lu Xiaotao — His first customer. Initially skeptical of the price and boasting, he becomes enthusiastic about the food and later pays Zhang Jiale 500 yuan for a better queue position 2 4 30.
• He Wencai — Persistent chive-pocket customer who brings suitable ingredients to secure another batch. His scallion allergy makes the later switch to roujiamo particularly welcome 27 49.
• Wen Yang — Food blogger whose cooking footage publicizes the stall. Initially suspects the enthusiastic customers might be shills, then recognizes Shen Chuan’s expertise and recommends his food 27 32 40.
• Old Master Zhao — Regular customer who enthusiastically praises the scallion pancakes and teases those who hesitated to queue 21.
• Zhang Jiale and Jiang Wenyan’s roommates — Student customers drawn in by Jiang Wenyan’s recommendations. Later join efforts to flatter Shen Chuan and persuade him to keep opening 6 30 44.

Notable Quotes

“Because I'm a god of cooking. A god of cooking should have the swagger to match. What god of cooking have you ever seen riding his own cart to set up a stall?” 1

“Impatience won't get you a hot flying pancake. My pancakes have their own rhythm. Good food takes patience.” 22

“Yeah. It's too hot. Even running a stall, I shouldn't make myself suffer.” 34