On a 1970s Island, I Follow the Troops and Get Spoiled by the Rugged Commander

Ginger Mianmian, a five-star chef who worked herself to death in her previous life, opens her eyes in the 1970s as a timid woman forced by her stepmother to go to the countryside in her sister's place.

She hears that her fiance, Lu Lin, is stationed on an island. He has a scar on his face, looks terrifying, and can supposedly scare a crying baby into silence.

With her spiritual spring space in hand, Ginger Mianmian looks at the beach covered in green crabs, abalone, and giant lobsters and gulps. "I'll marry him! Anyone else can suffer through this hardship. I'll just eat seafood!"

Everyone in the compound waits to see the delicate city girl get scared to tears.

Instead...

Ginger Mianmian makes spicy crab, garlic oysters, and seafood porridge, making every soldier on the island drool.

And the fearsome Commander Lu?

Late at night, the tough man buries his face in his wife's neck and murmurs hoarsely, "Honey, is your back still sore? Let me rub it for you..."