[Transmigrate into a book + food + comedy + raising a child + slice of life + older man/younger woman, both inexperienced in love]
Meng Yuan unexpectedly transmigrates into a book, becoming the vicious fake heiress in a melodramatic story about a real and fake heiress, the one who clings desperately to a man for love.
The timing of her arrival could hardly be worse!
The original owner abused her adopted daughter, recklessly ruined her own reputation, and turned a winning hand into a complete mess.
The sweet little girl she adopted is set up as a foil to the genius daughter of the real heroine. The original owner treats the child like a tool for comparison, forcing her to compete with a talented young ballerina for the lead role in a dance company.
The girl pushes herself too hard in dance, fractures a bone in her foot, and loses her dancing career. In the end, she dies by suicide after falling into depression. Meanwhile, the original owner commits one misdeed after another, frames the real heiress, squanders every bit of goodwill, and eventually ends up in prison for kidnapping the heroine.
Knowing how it all ends, Meng Yuan can only cry, “Help!”
To hold on to her wealthy lifestyle and protect her sweet, well-behaved little girl, she turns over a new leaf and keeps her head down. She focuses on raising the child, avoiding the plot, and enjoying delicious food as they go out and about, determined to rewrite their fate as disposable characters.
The once timid, sensitive little girl finally breaks free of her ballet-related trauma and sets her sights on becoming a little master chef of Chinese cuisine.
One day, she serves up a fragrant plate of spicy chicken and gazes at it with shining eyes. “Mom, come taste what I made!”
Meng Yuan thinks that if she and her daughter just lie flat and enjoy a peaceful life, they can avoid the original story’s disastrous ending for good.
But one thing makes no sense: Ji Heng, the male lead’s older brother, who had no connection to her in the original plot, keeps running into her and taking her to all kinds of famous eateries.
Thirty-two-year-old Ji Heng has been surrounded by false affection since childhood and despises romantic entanglements. When he first meets twenty-four-year-old Meng Yuan, he sees her as clear-minded, restrained, and sensible.
First he’s curious and lends a hand. Then he starts to feel for her, and before long, he’s completely fallen.
Everyone says love is an illusion. Only after meeting Meng Yuan does he realize that when jade meets the clear moon, the rest of life is made whole.
