Food + adorable pets + the warmth of everyday neighborhood life: from breakfast congee to late-night diners, from stray cats and dogs to the bonds between neighbors, these are the comforting details of daily life.
Two male leads who dote on each other: a reborn chef and restaurant owner × a gentle, patient veterinarian. From falling in love to spending a lifetime together, this is a sweet, heartwarming story with no angst.
Shang Lu died, then came back to life.
After a car accident, he is reborn in a parallel world where same-sex marriage is legal, as an aspiring chef who has just rented a shop on an old street. Here, there are no cold stares from his family in his previous life, no exclusion at work. There's only the animal clinic around the corner, always wafting the scent of disinfectant, and Wen Yu, the veterinarian inside, whose white coat is forever stained with carrot juice.
Shang Lu decides to live the way he wants this time: open a little restaurant, raise a dog, and share three meals a day and every season with the person he loves.
When Shang Lu finds a cookbook in Wen Yu's study on a stormy night, identical to the one from his previous life; when Wen Yu holds his hand at a hearing and says, "We can give up this house, but I have to keep this person"; when the autistic girl they adopted calls him "Dad" for the first time...
It turns out the most moving love isn't found in grand declarations, but in sharing soy milk in the morning, leaving a light on late at night, and holding tight to each other's hands through every storm.
Happiness isn't something grand and dramatic. It's waking up every day and seeing you by my side.
This is a story about food, healing, and spending a lifetime together.
