Su Xiaoyou, a wild-food blogger, takes a job as a temporary assistant to Lu Shiyan, a top-tier star and award-winning actor, after a stroke of bad luck leaves her scrambling to pay her younger brother’s tuition. One is a “stingiest worker on the entire internet,” with extraordinary cooking skills and a sharp tongue; the other is an “ancient relic of the entertainment industry,” blessed with godlike looks and an extreme aversion to dirt. Their workplace pairing seems destined for chaos, but after one hilarious collision after another, things gradually turn sweet. Su Xiaoyou uses the warmth of home-cooked food to break through Lu Shiyan’s icy defenses, while he shelters her from the storm of online hate. When a wild blogger meets a top-tier star, and everyday chores collide with dazzling fame, they must face the entertainment industry’s open and covert attacks, the bizarre antics of their colleagues, and the ultimate showdown between “penny-pinching” and “being broke but classy.” Amid the chaos, they find a love that goes both ways and grow into better versions of themselves.
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