When Jiang Xinyue opens her eyes, she discovers she has become the villainess in an army-marriage novel set in the 1980s.
The original owner threw tantrums and pressured the military hero Xiao Zhenting into marrying her, becoming the “troublemaker” everyone in the compound hated.
It’s hell mode from the start: her cold-faced husband tosses down their marriage certificate and warns, “Don’t expect me to touch you in this lifetime”; her vicious mother-in-law watches her like a hawk, while the sweet-looking heroine Su Qingqing secretly trips her up.
After binding to the Godly Chef System, Jiang Xinyue’s bowl of golden scallion-oil noodles makes the whole compound swoon. Her braised-meat stall becomes a hit in the family housing area, but she gets reported for “speculation and profiteering.”
She turns the tables, joining forces with the women’s federation to establish a military-family cooperative, using modern business ideas to overcome the limitations of the era.
Xiao Zhenting goes from watching coldly to falling head over heels: “Wifey, give me another bowl of rice...”
After following the army to an island, she wins over the battle-hardened camp with malatang. On a typhoon night, she and the military hero who risked his life to save her hold each other for warmth.
When she returns to the city to build a factory, she discovers by chance that her husband is an instructor with the mysterious special forces unit “Dragon Fang”! Together, they foil a commercial espionage plot, and their military canned food saves an entire squad during a border mission.
As the “Chef Jiang” chain spreads across the country, Su Qingqing joins forces with foreign capital to strike back, only to be defeated by Xiao Zhenting’s decisive methods.
At a state banquet, Jiang Xinyue’s dish of cabbage in clear broth amazes the world, making her a generation-defining “God of Food” in Daxia.
Years later, their children follow in their parents’ footsteps: their son wears a military uniform, while their daughter activates the Little Godly Chef System.
In his diary, white-haired Xiao Zhenting writes: “The night I married her, I thought my life had reached its darkest hour. Only now do I understand: that was when the stars first appeared.”
The writing is affectionate and the plot is compact and beautiful.