"Cooking Talent" + "Passionate Basketball" + "Dual System" + "Manhattan Hotel Intrigue" + "International Couple"
Li Zhilei, the younger son of the owner of Jixiang Pork Feast, has come to Columbia University to study abroad, but not to hit the books. He is here simply to play basketball.
His older brother, Li Zhisen, was once a star CBA point guard. But after a bizarre scandal involving a fan, he was forced to retire in his prime, and now he has entrusted his basketball dream to his younger brother.
"Come on, bro! You were supposed to get me in touch with those powerhouse NCAA schools. How did you end up sending me to this Ivy League doormat that everyone can bully?"
Though he has an extraordinary talent for cooking, he has no choice but to play basketball. Then, while playing in a pickup game, he unexpectedly activates a mysterious dual-progression System. As his cooking skills improve, he performs better and better in all kinds of culinary competitions, completing System missions and unlocking new basketball talents along the way.
"Li, your dish, 'Red Blossoms in Spring Mud,' is not only delicious, but full of heartfelt emotion. The deep bond between you and your master is truly moving!"
"What is up with your seemingly limitless stamina? Be honest, did you secretly take some kind of livestock medicine? If they find out, you'll be suspended!"
In the final game of the NCAA regular season, the opposing coach is drawing up tactics for his players on the home team's bench.
"If a double-team can't contain him, we'll have to send four defenders. If that still doesn't work, you, what's-your-name, go in and find a chance to take him out."
Bearing his brother's basketball dream and armed with the double buffs of food and basketball, he is fighting his way from an Ivy League doormat to the NBA, one step at a time.
