Shen Jinghao, a socially anxious genius chef, runs Yiweiju, a rundown eatery in a Jiangnan town that she inherited from her late mother. Her biggest dream is to lie around counting money and grow old alone. Then a “jinx” drops from the sky: Pei Yan, proprietor of Taotie Pavilion, the top restaurant in the capital. A sharp-tongued, proud heiress who ran away to avoid an arranged marriage, she insists on investing in Shen Jinghao’s tiny hole-in-the-wall.
