At thirty-two, I was swindled by my “best buddy” and left with nothing but debt. Not wanting to drag down my wife and child, I signed the divorce papers through tears and walked away with nothing. I thought I’d hit rock bottom, but then the heavens turned around and handed me a “Medicinal Food System”!
From then on, my life took a sharp turn. While others cultivated immortality, I farmed; while others fought monsters, I raised chickens. In the System’s pocket dimension, I munched on thousand-year-old ginseng like it was a carrot, and the fish raised in spiritual spring water lived longer than I did. In the real world, I set up a huge pot and opened a medicinal cuisine restaurant. One bowl of “Astragalus, Angelica, and Silkie Chicken Soup” was enough to make the retired Chinese medicine doctor next door question everything he knew about life.
With the System’s cheat and my daughter’s god-tier assists (my little girl: “Daddy, that pretty lady said she’s looking for a husband. What do you think?”), my business grew and grew, going from a little roadside eatery to a multinational pharmaceutical group.
But… my career was taking off, so why were there more and more lovely women around me? I won my ex-wife back, a female CEO started pursuing me, and even a cool, aloof celebrity refused to leave. Looking at the roomful of “aunties” and my daughter’s mischievous grin, I fell into deep thought: did this System also come with a hidden “Peach Blossom Overflow” feature?
Lin Zhou glanced at the soup ladle in his hand.
“Why don’t we… have a bowl of soup first? Today, a bowl of soup comes with a story.”
When I wrote this book, I just wanted to let fireworks and fantasy collide. The little cook's journey into the world and his mastery of time and space was both an accident and a necessity. I hope that readers can see the brilliance of ordinary people's counterattack in the laughter and the fragrance of delicious food - after all, where in life is not the stove? Legends can be cooked anywhere. Of course, readers who don't like it, please lightly complain, I can't stand the blow 🤦