Midlife Crisis: My Comeback Begins with Raising Kids and Street Vending

Just as Tian Lingyun turned forty, crisis struck from every direction. The Tian family restaurant business went bankrupt, his wife betrayed him, his daughter was critically ill, and five million in debt weighed him down. Then the food-stall System activated amid the smoke and sizzle. With flashes of the blade, he tossed and stirred the wok. Five-yuan egg fried rice took the whole city by storm, while food coins let him trade for god-tier culinary skills. His frail daughter clutched a crumpled banknote and said, “Dad's cooking tastes like magic.” From a tiny street stall to a restaurant empire, the bank manager who once came to collect debts knelt and begged to become a franchisee. His ex-wife, who had abandoned him, ran into him at a Michelin-starred restaurant as he tied a chef's apron around their daughter's waist. But the collectors chasing his massive debts were already waiting at the mouth of the alley, iron bars in hand… Look! How will a middle-aged man crushed by life cook up a hundred-billion-dollar empire with a single iron wok?