I'd Rather Be a Cook Than a Prince

As graduation draws near, history doctoral student Xiao Gang still cannot get his dissertation approved. In desperation, he turns to his brother-in-law for help, hoping to find a good source or argument. His brother-in-law happens to see a news story and comes up with a brilliant idea, which leads to the unveiling of a long-buried family secret about their ancestors, who lived through an extraordinary era alternating between bloody upheaval and prosperous golden ages, and had remarkable lives and experiences.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.