Art student Su Qingyuan is a sophomore who needs to raise money for surgery after her grandmother's emphysema worsens. She hands out flyers on the street in the dead of winter, but a cup of hot ginger tea and her fresh, natural beauty catch the eye of a producer for the variety show Life Partners, who sweet-talks her into appearing on camera. Three hundred thousand yuan for ten days: it's the only reason she agrees to step into the entertainment industry.
On her first day with the crew, she shows up carrying her grandmother's pickled mustard greens and a cast-iron wok, making director Lin Weiwei, the self-proclaimed "queen of sophistication," so furious she slams the table. Asked to memorize a scripted persona, she bluntly asks, "Why do I have to pretend?" When the female guests are told to turn on one another, she serves them sweet soup and smooths things over. For an outdoor survival challenge, while everyone else packs cosmetics, she grows vegetables and stews chicken soup. She feeds the entire crew with a pot of tomato and egg noodles, and unexpectedly goes viral for her sincere, uncontrived nature.
The aloof movie star Gu Yan has nothing but disdain for variety shows, until the millet porridge she makes for his stomach in the early hours wins him over. He quietly blocks the cameras for her and pays her medical bills, then proposes with a "steamed bun ring." Idol Lu Xiaoxing becomes her voice, singer Xia Wan looks out for her, and even Lin Weiwei, who initially looked down on her, turns into her fiercely protective big sister.
From a "troublesome nobody" to a "beloved national chef," she never lets fame and fortune carry her away. Even after making it big, she opens a neighborhood diner and teaches seniors to cook, then joins Gu Yan in running a charity kitchen. This is a story about warming hearts with home cooking and breaking the mold of variety shows with sincerity. It has hilarious iconic moments, sweet romance steeped in everyday life, and the healing power of ordinary people staying true to themselves.
Super beautiful, very sincere, very kind, a group of very friendly and warm people, a very healing novel
Real and natural, not the best, the good side of human nature is vividly displayed, beautiful!!!