A rainy night, a string of bad reviews, and three orders splashed into a puddle.
Lin Xiaobei, a college student working part-time as a delivery driver, thinks his life has hit rock bottom.
That is, until he dumps his final serving of clay pot rice onto the head of a wandering old Taoist.
The old man hands him a book titled The Complete Guide to Home Cooking. “Kid, fate brought us together.”
Lin Xiaobei thinks he has just met a lunatic.
Then he follows the recipe’s instructions on how to control the heat for twice-cooked pork, channels his energy, and sets a cup of instant noodles ablaze with a touch of his finger.
Wait, what the hell? Is this a fragment of the Nine Yang Manual?!
From then on, Lin Xiaobei’s everyday life goes completely off the rails:
