Sweet Tofu Pudding, Savory Tofu Pudding

[Second Chances + Enemies Sharing a Rental + Push and Pull + Down-to-Earth Charm + Comfort Food]

# Bickering Couple # Adult Romance # Reunion After Years Apart # A Love That Still Lingers

The divorce papers they had signed were ruined by her ex-husband, Shen Yuan'an, with a bowl of savory tofu pudding.

Five years later, Jiang Lu never imagined that trying to save the old shop in her alley would leave her sharing a home with her ex-husband. The landlord gave them an ultimatum: one shop, two of you. Only one can stay.

One is a sweet-toothed ex-wife who believes, “No matter how bitter life gets, you need a little sweetness.” The other is a savory-loving ex-husband who thinks, “You should face life’s spice head-on.”

They drew a line down the middle and waged a daily war over sweet versus savory. Brown-sugar glutinous rice cakes faced off against prickly-ash beef offal, while osmanthus rice wine battled pork braised with fermented rice. Then a midnight downpour flooded the shop, and Jiang Lu washed the stains from the divorce papers herself. That was when she noticed four tremblingly written words beside the cold line, “We can’t go on because our futures are different.”

[I don’t want a divorce.]

Can this muddled pot of “yin-yang tofu pudding” ever find its perfect balance again?

[Bonus Scene] Shen Yuan'an pushed over a bowl of tofu pudding with twice the chili oil, grinning obnoxiously. “Try my improved sweet-and-savory version.” Jiang Lu grabbed the sugar jar and dumped it into his bowl. “Sure. Hope it makes your teeth ache!”

Later, when the shop reopened, he scooped up a piece of the silkiest tofu pudding and dabbed it onto her ring finger. Then he dropped to one knee. “Jiang Lu, let me choose this time. Sweet or savory, I choose you.”