Chapter Summaries

Shen Chuan’s layered scallion pancakes won over Old Master Zhao, Old Wang, and the waiting customers, while Zhao proudly teased the people who had hesitated to buy them. As passersby filmed Shen Chuan tossing pancakes, he showed off an angled throw and caught the falling pancake perfectly before returning it to the pan.

• Shen Chuan smoothly tossed and cooked scallion pancakes as Old Master Zhao and the other old men joined the queue.
• Old Master Zhao and his companions tasted the pancakes, praised their crisp and soft layers, and preferred them to chive pockets.
• Old Wang admitted he had stayed after watching the pancakes fly, and Old Master Zhao teased him before boasting to the queue about his own purchase.
• Old Master Zhao paraded his pancake in front of the waiting customers, making them crave it while taunting them for not joining the line sooner.
• Passersby stopped to watch Shen Chuan toss pancakes, and some filmed him as he deliberately sent one at an angle toward the crowd.
• Shen Chuan calmly let the pancake drift down, caught it precisely, and tossed it back into the pan, earning 100 Show-off Points.

Shen Chuan drew a huge crowd with his showy pancake-making skills and confidently called himself the God of Cooking. Nearby stall owners joined the line to see what made his scallion pancakes so popular.

• Shen Chuan's dressed-up appearance and cooking display drew nearby stall owners, who wondered if he was a celebrity filming a show.
• Shen Chuan tossed and caught pancake dough while customers ate his scallion pancakes with obvious delight, prompting the stall owners to join the queue.
• When customers urged him to hurry, Shen Chuan told them good food took patience and called eating his pancakes their good fortune, earning Show-off Points.
• Shen Chuan declared that the God of Cooking's skills could withstand scrutiny, and customers who had tasted his food agreed with the title.

The scallion pancake stall’s long line brought customers to nearby vendors, who kept juggling their own businesses with collecting their pancakes. After the braised meat vendor eagerly ate his pancake, customers accused him of acting as a paid shill, and he offered them pieces to prove he was telling the truth.

• Nearby stall owners gained customers from the crowd and asked others to save their places in the pancake line.
• The braised meat vendor left his customers waiting to collect his scallion pancake.
• The braised meat vendor took a bite, was amazed by the pancake’s crisp, layered flavor, and kept eating until his customers reminded him to serve them.
• The customers accused the braised meat vendor of pretending to enjoy the pancake as part of a promotion.
• The braised meat vendor denied being a shill and shared pieces from the untouched side of his pancake, leaving the customers stunned by its aroma.

Boss Shen’s scallion pancakes drew customers away from nearby stalls, while Auntie Liao’s chive-pocket business benefited from the crowds. He Wencai remained miserable because he was allergic to scallions and could not try the pancakes.

• The braised-meat vendor’s customers abandoned their place in line to buy Boss Shen’s scallion pancakes, and the vendor joined them after tasting his own.
• Auntie Liao met Old Huang in line, and Old Huang admitted he could not understand Boss Shen’s pancake-making technique.
• Auntie Liao realized her chive-pocket business might improve and hurried back to serve customers.
• He Wencai arrived at Auntie Liao’s stall hoping for chive pockets but learned Boss Shen was selling scallion pancakes instead.
• Customers praised Boss Shen’s pancakes while buying chive pockets, and He Wencai revealed that his scallion allergy kept him from trying them.

Shen Chuan sold out of his scallion pancakes before eight and closed his stall, leaving He Wencai desperate for the chive pockets he could no longer buy. The next afternoon, Shen Chuan returned to the food street to find an even larger crowd waiting for his pancakes.

• Shen Chuan sold out of his ingredients, clocked out early, and refused He Wencai's request to make chive pockets.
• Shen Chuan paid Jiang Wenyan 200 yuan and went home to rest, while He Wencai lay awake craving the chive pockets.
• He Wencai realized he could bring Shen Chuan the ingredients, then went to sleep in another room after his wife drove him out of bed.
• He Wencai drove to his hometown the next morning instead of going to work.
• Shen Chuan set out for the food street with Jiang Wenyan, where a larger-than-before crowd was already waiting to buy his scallion flying pancakes.

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.