Recaps

Shen Chuan’s customer He Wencai arrived with homegrown ingredients and begged him to make chive pockets, revealing that he was allergic to scallions and had gone to extraordinary lengths for the food. Shen Chuan accepted the flattery and earned Show-off Points while food blogger Wen Yang filmed the scene, still unsure whether Shen’s cooking lived up to his boasts.

• Shen Chuan arrived at the stall and found customers lined up, with He Wencai waiting at the front for chive pockets.
• He Wencai presented Shen Chuan with chives, flour, and eggs from his family’s farm, explaining that he had driven six hours to collect them and get in line.
• He Wencai revealed that he was allergic to scallions and pleaded for chive pockets, then embarrassed himself by describing how his craving had gotten him kicked out of bed.
• Shen Chuan called himself a God of Cooking, and the boast earned him Show-off Points.
• Food blogger Wen Yang filmed the stall and watched He Wencai’s appeal, wondering whether Shen Chuan’s skill matched his confidence.

Shen Chuan agreed to make chive pockets after He Wencai brought ingredients and promised to pay full price, turning the customers’ surprise at his concern about overtime into more Show-off Points. As Shen Chuan prepared the batch, food blogger Wen Yang noticed his exceptional cooking skills and filmed him closely.

• Customers praised Shen Chuan’s chive pockets and scallion pancakes, while Wen Yang suspected they might be shills and decided to keep filming.
• He Wencai asked Shen Chuan to make chive pockets from ingredients he had brought, and Shen Chuan joked that cooking them would keep him at work longer, earning Show-off Points.
• He Wencai offered to help with the preparation, prompting Jiang Wenyan to worry that his chance to assist had been taken.
• Shen Chuan agreed to make the chive pockets at the usual price, and He Wencai said he would buy the whole batch.
• Other customers crowded around He Wencai to ask for some, while Jiang Wenyan took over helping with the ingredients.
• Shen Chuan began preparing the dough and filling, and Wen Yang filmed his practiced knife and kneading skills.

Shen Chuan made chive pockets with He Wencai’s ingredients, and the customers loved them as much as his scallion pancakes. He left the question of whether he would sell both dishes the next day undecided.

• Shen Chuan prepared and fried chive pockets while Wen Yang filmed him and the customers waited eagerly.
• He Wencai kept some chive pockets for himself and sold the rest to the other customers, then eagerly ate one.
• He Wencai praised Shen Chuan’s chive pockets, earning Shen Chuan 30 Show-off Points.
• The customers and the grilled sausage vendor tasted the chive pockets and agreed they were as good as the scallion pancakes.
• Customers asked Shen Chuan to sell both dishes the next day, but he said it depended on the situation.

Wen Yang bought chive pockets and scallion pancakes to review, but the chive pockets tasted so good that he forgot to film them at first. Meanwhile, Lu Xiaotao returned from a business trip hoping to eat the pockets and found the stall’s line stretched far behind him.

• Wen Yang ordered five chive pockets and five scallion pancakes and asked Shen Chuan if he could film the stall for a review.
• Shen Chuan told Wen Yang he did not need a fake review, and Wen Yang began eating the chive pockets while he waited for his pancakes.
• Wen Yang was astonished by the simple filling and layered wrapper, ate three pockets, then hurried to film the fourth.
• Lu Xiaotao returned from an out-of-town business trip and found a long line at the stall where he had first tried Shen Chuan’s chive pockets.

Lu Xiaotao returned to Shen Chuan’s popular stall and paid Zhang Jiale five hundred yuan to move ahead in line, only to get the last chive pocket and wait for scallion pancakes. He watched Shen Chuan make the pancakes fly and enthusiastically agreed that the boss was the God of Cooking.

• Lu Xiaotao told the customers that he had been the first to try Shen Chuan’s food, then learned that today’s chive pockets were limited and the line was long.
• Lu Xiaotao offered Zhang Jiale five hundred yuan for his place near the front, and Zhang Jiale accepted.
• Jiang Wenyan recognized Lu Xiaotao as the first-day “sucker” and gave him the last chive pocket; Lu Xiaotao also joined the queue for scallion pancakes.
• Shen Chuan made scallion pancakes fly through the air while cooking, and Lu Xiaotao praised his trick and agreed that he was the God of Cooking.
• Shen Chuan gained ten Show-off Points and noticed that customers’ belief in his cooking skills made his showboating less effective.

Wen Yang and the customers praised Shen Chuan’s scallion pancakes, and Shen Chuan earned Show-off Points while refusing to promise that he would open the next day. After the food sold out, customers confronted Lu Xiaotao over how he had gotten two pancakes, and he explained that he had swapped places in line.

• Wen Yang filmed a close-up of Shen Chuan’s scallion pancake and admired its layers and fresh scallion aroma.
• Lu Xiaotao and other customers declared Shen Chuan’s scallion pancakes as good as his chive pockets and asked whether he would open tomorrow.
• Shen Chuan said he might rest, told customers not to come every day, and earned 20 Show-off Points.
• Shen Chuan sold out of scallion pancakes and began packing up while Wen Yang prepared to finish filming.
• Customers accused Lu Xiaotao of cutting in line after seeing him eat two scallion pancakes, and Lu Xiaotao said he had paid to swap places with a young man at the lemonade stall.
• Jiang Wenyan vouched for Lu Xiaotao to prevent the customers from starting a conflict.

After Jiang Wenyan explained that Lu Xiaotao had traded places in line, the crowd accepted the explanation and learned the trade had cost five hundred yuan. Wen Yang edited and posted a video of Shen Chuan’s stall, defended it against claims that it was scripted, and shared the stall’s location as interest grew.

• Jiang Wenyan explained that Lu Xiaotao had traded places with his roommates, and the customers who had exchanged spots confirmed it.
• Lu Xiaotao told the crowd that the spot had cost five hundred yuan, prompting them to abandon the idea of trading places themselves.
• Wen Yang went home, edited footage of Shen Chuan cooking and serving customers, and posted the video to his account.
• Wen Yang defended the video in the comments after followers suspected He Wencai’s request for chive pockets had been scripted.
• Wen Yang shared Shen Chuan’s stall location on Jiangwan Food Street, and followers continued asking about it as the discussion grew.

Wen Yang’s video of Shen Chuan’s stall drew skeptics and curious locals, while a loyal customer’s eating videos helped fuel interest in the food. The next morning, Shen Chuan decided to work another day to earn enough Show-off Points for a new recipe, then spotted himself in a video.

• Wen Yang answered skeptics by offering to pay for their food and a meal at a big hotel if they tried Shen Chuan’s cooking and disliked it.
• A longtime customer defended Shen Chuan online and pointed viewers to videos of himself repeatedly eating at the stall.
• Viewers watched the customer’s videos, and growing interest in Wen Yang’s post drew more locals to comment and share photos of Shen Chuan’s food.
• Shen Chuan woke with 890 Show-off Points and decided to run his stall for another day so he could redeem a recipe.
• Shen Chuan began scrolling through videos and saw himself in one.

After seeing a popular video of his stall, Shen Chuan decided to install air conditioning in his tricycle so he could keep cool while cooking and show off to customers. He arrived at the residential complex with the newly modified vehicle, where Jiang Wenyan was impressed, though Shen Chuan wondered why the system awarded him only thirty Show-off Points.

• Shen Chuan watched a popular video of his stall and considered how to earn more Show-off Points.
• After noticing comments about the summer heat, Shen Chuan decided to install air conditioning in his tricycle and spent the day having it modified.
• Shen Chuan tested the air conditioning on his way home and enjoyed the cool air.
• Jiang Wenyan waited at the residential complex, hoping Shen Chuan would open his stall so he and his classmates could get food.
• Shen Chuan opened the tricycle door to show Jiang Wenyan the air conditioning, and Jiang Wenyan was surprised by the modification.
• Jiang Wenyan praised Shen Chuan, who received thirty Show-off Points and wondered why the reward was so small.

Shen Chuan’s scallion pancakes drew an increasingly long line, including fans of food blogger Wen Yang, who joined him to try them. When Shen Chuan and Jiang Wenyan failed to arrive by their usual time, the customers began to fear the stall might not open that day.

• Jiang Wenyan enjoyed the cool air-conditioning in the driver’s seat as he prepared to chauffeur Shen Chuan.
• Wen Yang’s fans found the long line for Shen Chuan’s stall and spotted Wen Yang waiting in it.
• Wen Yang and the regular customers praised the scallion pancakes, prompting the fans to hurry to the back of the line.
• The line grew as customers waited past five, but Shen Chuan’s stall still had not arrived.
• The customers noticed that Jiang Wenyan’s neighboring lemonade stall was empty too and worried that Shen Chuan would not come.

More than a hundred university students crowded into the food street to buy Shen Chuan’s scallion pancakes, while their arrival and badly parked cars caused a traffic jam that trapped his tricycle outside. Shen Chuan stayed cool in his air-conditioned vehicle, but hungry Jiang Wenyan went to find out what was blocking the road.

• Zhang Jiale led a large group of university students to the food street and organized them into a line for Shen Chuan’s food.
• Zhang Jiale told the customers that Shen Chuan was on his way, then hurried to join the back of the line.
• Customers’ long queues and double-parked cars blocked the food street and nearby roads, trapping vehicles and vendors.
• Shen Chuan waited comfortably in his air-conditioned tricycle while Jiang Wenyan, eager for scallion pancakes, got out to investigate the jam.

Jiang Wenyan found Shen Chuan trapped outside the food street by a traffic jam caused by illegally parked vehicles. Customers worked with the traffic police to clear the road, but they still could not find Shen Chuan’s cart.

• Jiang Wenyan discovered that illegally parked cars and scooters had blocked the road and told Shen Chuan they would have to wait.
• Jiang Wenyan shared a photo of the traffic jam in his group chat, and news that Shen Chuan could not reach the food street spread through the waiting line.
• A customer realized the illegally parked vehicles had helped cause the jam, prompting drivers in line to move their cars to nearby parking.
• Zhang Jiale rallied students to organize shared bikes and electric scooters with help from a traffic officer while they searched for Shen Chuan’s cart.
• The customers cleared most of the road but could not find Shen Chuan, and some feared he had left.

Jiang Wenyan brought Shen Chuan’s newly enclosed, air-conditioned three-wheeler to the food street, where the waiting crowd eagerly welcomed him. Shen Chuan reopened his stall and showed off the cool setup, leaving customers and neighboring vendors reacting to his unusual comforts.

• Traffic police questioned the crowd and learned that most people had come to buy Shen Chuan’s scallion pancakes and chive pockets.
• Jiang Wenyan drove Shen Chuan’s modified three-wheeler to the food street as customers waited in the heat.
• Customers recognized Shen Chuan inside the enclosed cart and noticed the outdoor AC condenser.
• Shen Chuan opened the stall window, letting cool air reach the crowd and revealing the air-conditioned interior.
• Shen Chuan claimed the air conditioning helped him focus on cooking, earning Show-off Points and drawing envious reactions from nearby stall owners.

Shen Chuan kept his stall’s hours short despite the new air conditioner, and his effortless showboating earned him more Show-off Points while annoying nearby stall owners. As customers finally got his scallion pancakes, one man who had missed out for two days savored the food he had taken half a day off to buy.

• A customer asked Shen Chuan to keep his stall open longer now that it was cool, but Shen Chuan said running a stall was tiring and refused to work overtime.
• Shen Chuan told the neighboring stall owners to install air conditioners, gaining Show-off Points as they silently resented his remarks.
• Shen Chuan prepared the dough and tossed it into the air, impressing customers with his practiced skill as he made pancakes quickly.
• A customer explained that he had missed out on scallion pancakes for two days and had taken half a day off to finally buy some.
• The customer tasted Shen Chuan’s pancake and praised its fragrant scallion flavor and flaky, moist texture.

Customers and Wen Yang’s fans tasted Shen Chuan’s scallion pancakes and were amazed by their layered flavor despite the simple ingredients. Wen Yang redirected his fans’ praise to Shen Chuan, who prepared to show off in response.

• A customer savored his scallion pancake one layer at a time, while a middle-aged man advised him to take a big bite and then reminded him he could not keep taking time off work to buy pancakes.
• Cui Xiaobo and other fans tried Shen Chuan’s scallion pancakes and speculated about the secret behind their rich flavor.
• Old Master Zhao explained that Shen Chuan used only salt, pepper, and scallions, and said his own attempts to copy the pancakes had not matched their texture.
• Cui Xiaobo and several other fans went to watch Shen Chuan cook, where they encountered Wen Yang and thanked him for sharing the stall.
• Wen Yang credited Shen Chuan for the pancakes, and his fans praised Shen’s cooking and said they wished they had bought more.

Shen Chuan brushed off the customers’ praise while secretly earning show-off points as university students ate his scallion pancakes and praised them. Jiang Wenyan eagerly looked after Shen Chuan and guarded his place as a backer, until Shen Chuan said they could close after using up the remaining ingredients.

• Shen Chuan dismissed the newcomers’ compliments, and Wen Yang hurried to smooth over the awkward silence.
• University students crowded around the stall to eat their pancakes, then discussed how delicious—and costly—they were.
• A student who had doubted his classmate apologized after tasting the pancakes and understood why they were so popular.
• The students praised Jiang Wenyan for helping them discover Boss Shen, and Jiang proudly fussed over Shen Chuan.
• Shen Chuan checked the dwindling ingredients and told Jiang Wenyan they could close once the current batch was finished.

Shen Chuan sold out his final batch of scallion pancakes and refused to make more, despite the students’ pleas and offers of how much money he could earn. The disappointed customers left hungry, while students who had bought pancakes fought over them and the remaining queue mourned the shortage.

• Students urged Shen Chuan to keep selling pancakes, but he said he had run out of ingredients and claimed he was not running the stall for money.
• Shen Chuan earned Show-off Points for his boastful reply and finished cooking the last ten scallion pancakes.
• Shen Chuan announced that the pancakes were sold out, and Jiang Wenyan handed him a drink and helped him clean up.
• Students who had missed out complained at classmates who had bought several pancakes, while the buyers kept eating without responding.
• One student bit a large chunk out of his friend's pancake, and the students' quarrel turned into chaos as the waiting customers despaired over the sold-out food.

Customers argued and pleaded for more of Shen Chuan’s sold-out pancakes, while He Wencai fled with the two scallion pancakes he had bought for his wife. Shen Chuan defended his limited production by claiming quality came first, and customers left grumbling about his comfortable working conditions.

• Customers who had missed out on pancakes argued over purchase limits and asked He Wencai whether he could bring more chives and eggs, but he said he had none left.
• A customer tried to persuade He Wencai to give him one of his two scallion pancakes, so He Wencai ran off with them for his wife.
• New customers learned that Shen Chuan had sold out before dark, while regulars complained about waiting in line without getting any pancakes.
• Shen Chuan told a customer that making more would compromise quality, earning Show-off Points as the customer thanked him through gritted teeth.
• Customers complained that Shen Chuan was lazy, and an older man criticized his easy working conditions before asking someone beside him to agree.

After customers complained to Shen Chuan, he pretended to be hurt and announced he would close his stall the next day, earning Show-off Points while securing a break. The customers failed to change his mind as Jiang Wenyan drove him away.

• A customer complained about Shen Chuan, and another customer quickly claimed he did not know him.
• Shen Chuan used the complaint as an excuse to announce he would close the stall the next day, earning Show-off Points.
• Jiang Wenyan reminded the customers that Shen Chuan had once said he opened only when he was in the mood.
• The old man and the customers apologized and praised Shen Chuan, while Zhang Jiale and other students massaged his shoulders.
• Shen Chuan left with Jiang Wenyan, confirming he would reopen the day after, and the customers glared at the old man and the young fellow.

Shen Chuan redeemed a roujiamo recipe after deciding not to risk the hard-to-find ingredients for donkey meat huoshao, while He Wencai went home craving chive pockets and asked his mother to find more village-grown ingredients. Shen Chuan planned to search the countryside for heritage pork the next day, and his stall remained closed for a day.

• After Shen Chuan left the food street, the customers blamed the old man and young man whose complaints had prompted him to take the next day off.
• Jiang Wenyan tried to persuade Shen Chuan to open briefly tomorrow, but Shen Chuan said his cooking required the right state of mind and earned 35 Show-off Points.
• At home, Shen Chuan spent 1,000 Show-off Points to redeem the roujiamo recipe after rejecting donkey meat huoshao because suitable donkey meat would be difficult to find.
• Shen Chuan decided to look in the countryside for home-raised heritage pigs and entered the System Space to learn the recipe.
• He Wencai brought scallion pancakes home to his wife, then called his mother and asked her to find free-range eggs and chives for making chive pockets.

He Wencai persuaded his parents to grow more vegetables and find free-range eggs, hoping to bring fresh ingredients to Shen Chuan. Meanwhile, Shen Chuan searched Stonewater Village for heritage pork and agreed to buy half a pig, but the furious animal charged at him as the villagers tried to catch it.

• He Wencai told Mama He he wanted more homegrown vegetables, and his wife persuaded her to help find free-range eggs and chives.
• Shen Chuan left for Stonewater Village to look for freshly slaughtered, farm-raised heritage pork.
• Auntie Zhang asked around the village but initially found no one willing to slaughter a suitable pig.
• Auntie Zhang found a family willing to slaughter its pig on the condition that Shen Chuan bought half the carcass, and he agreed.
• The villagers struggled to catch the fierce pig, which broke through the group and charged at Shen Chuan.

Shen Chuan spent his day off buying pork and seasonings to prepare braised pork while his absence hurt business across the food street. Meanwhile, Wen Yang discovered that fans had flooded his video’s comments to vent about craving Shen Chuan’s scallion pancakes, leaving him alarmed by their resentment.

• Shen Chuan escaped a charging pig, brought home pork, and spent the day buying ingredients for braised pork.
• Without Shen Chuan’s stall, business declined across the food street, while Old Huang’s scallion pancake stall drew customers as a substitute.
• Customers who missed Shen Chuan’s scallion pancakes complained beneath Wen Yang’s video after finding his stall closed.
• Wen Yang read the fans’ increasingly resentful comments and worried that this was how a villain arc started.

Shen Chuan spent the day braising pork for his evening stall and set out with Jiang Wenyan, whose homemade lemonade proved awful. The chapter ends as Jiang Wenyan catches the rich aroma of Shen Chuan’s braised pork in the food truck.

• Wen Yang replied to a follower who could not buy pancakes, saying he could not get any either.
• Shen Chuan simmered stock, prepared spices, and slowly braised local pork for six hours.
• Shen Chuan ate braised pork rice, dressed in his suit, and prepared to take his stall out for the evening.
• Jiang Wenyan offered Shen Chuan homemade lemonade, then discovered it tasted sour, bitter, and overly sweet when Shen Chuan urged him to try it.
• Jiang Wenyan sprayed sunscreen on himself and Shen Chuan before they drove off in the food truck.
• Jiang Wenyan noticed the aroma of braised pork filling the cab and asked Shen Chuan if he smelled it.

Shen Chuan arrived at Food Street to sell his new signature roujiamo, delighting customers who had gathered in a huge line. As the braised meat’s aroma won over the crowd, Shen Chuan prepared the bread and earned Show-off Points with his boasts, while Wen Yang filmed the cooking and asked about the missing scallion pancakes.

• Jiang Wenyan brought Shen Chuan to Food Street, where customers greeted him with lavish compliments and agreed to flatter him so he would keep running his stall.
• Shen Chuan announced that he had replaced scallion pancakes with his signature roujiamo, and Jiang Wenyan opened the pot of fragrant braised meat.
• He Wencai celebrated the menu change because he was allergic to scallions, while Wen Yang prepared to film the new dish for his followers.
• Shen Chuan began making layered flatbreads and stirred the braised meat as Wen Yang filmed the food and cooking process.
• Wen Yang asked when scallion pancakes would return, and Shen Chuan explained that he had run out of scallions before warning customers to eat carefully so they would not bite their tongues.

Shen Chuan served freshly baked flatbreads and roujiamo while diners praised his cooking and a newcomer joined the queue. Jiang Wenyan bought the first roujiamo and took a bite, savoring its crisp, flaky crust.

• The diners praised Shen Chuan after his show of cooking skill, while a passerby wondered if they were hired food shills.
• Shen Chuan took the golden, crisp flatbreads out of the oven, and the diner at the front ordered four roujiamo despite the price.
• Jiang Wenyan decided to buy a roujiamo before the diner at the front, explaining that the aroma had made it impossible to wait.
• Shen Chuan chopped the tender braised meat, filled a sliced flatbread, and added broth before handing the roujiamo to Jiang Wenyan.
• Jiang Wenyan bit into the roujiamo and savored its crisp crust and fragrant, flaky layers.