The All-Round Doctor and Chef CEO Spoils the Scheming Sickly Neighbor Across the Street

[Two male leads + mutual salvation + modern city + food + sweet romance + happy ending; contains some angst, so read with caution]

A clever, scheming, sickly young man and an arrogant restaurant owner who excels at both medicine and cooking.

Yuan Hao, male, twenty-four years old.

A mother who died young, a stodgy father, a stepmother skilled at setting traps, and him, a frail young man who lost his secure job and now stands with one foot in the grave.

Cheng Man, male, twenty-seven years old.

A brother killed in a car accident, a sister-in-law who went mad, a baby crying to be fed, and him, forced to give up his medical career and take over the family business, Shanglin Restaurant.

One is down on his luck, the other is facing adversity. They’re at each other’s throats before they can agree on anything.

The owner, Cheng, is a master of both medicine and cooking. Knowing the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, he deploys his finest weapon: irresistible good looks. He tempts the sickly young man with food and eagerly creates three meals a day to help him put on weight, nourishing him until he’s fair-skinned, handsome, and soft and well-fed. Then things begin to spiral out of control…

Once the sickly young man recovers, his good looks return, along with his intelligence and cunning. He becomes General Manager Cheng’s very own Zhuge Liang. Together, they level up by taking down thugs, face-slapping relatives who fight over the inheritance, and uncovering the truth behind a car accident concealed by a false story…