Food-Themed Stories, Ideally with a Restaurant, Set in the Modern Day. Please! 美食文，最好有开店的呀，现代文，求求了

1. 101 人 The Warmth of the Mortal World, All Tenderness 人间烟火，皆温柔 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼8k WordsCompleted All the Warmth of Everyday Life 13Reads—Score—14d adds
2. 102 被 Crushed by the Bride Price, I Transmigrated to the Kingdom of Women 被彩礼压垮的我，穿越到了女儿国 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼7k WordsCompleted Crushed by the Bride Price, I Transmigrated to the Kingdom of Women 20Reads—Score—14d adds
3. 103 命 What Is Meant to Be Will Be 命里有时终须有 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼7k WordsCompleted What Is Meant to Be Will Be 7Reads—Score—14d adds
4. 104 剑 The Sword Falls Beneath Azure Skies: I Transmigrated into the Villain's Junior Apprentice Brother 剑落青云：我穿成了反派小师弟 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼12k WordsCompleted The Sword Falls upon the Azure Clouds: I Transmigrated into the Villain's Junior Fellow Disciple 14Reads—Score—14d adds
5. 105 云 Clouds Resting on Old Lord Mountain 云栖老君山 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼7k WordsCompleted Yunqi Laojun Mountain 7Reads—Score—14d adds
6. 106 钓 Fishing Isn't About the Fish, but the Patience to Wait for the Wind 钓鱼钓的不是鱼，是等风来的心态 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼17k WordsCompleted Fishing Isn't About the Fish, It's About Waiting for the Wind 10Reads—Score—14d adds
7. 107 都 Swordflying Through the City: I Conquer the Mortal World on My Flying Sword 都市御剑：我靠飞剑纵横凡尘 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼6k WordsCompleted Swordplay in the City: I Rule the Mortal World with My Flying Sword 13Reads—Score—14d adds
8. 108 我 I Can See When Everyone Will Die 我能看见每个人的死亡时间 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼8k WordsCompleted I Can See When Everyone Will Die 13Reads—Score—14d adds
9. 109 二 The Two Girls Swap Identities 二女的身份互换 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼7k WordsCompleted The Two Girls Swapped Identities 8Reads—Score—14d adds
10. 110 锋 Radiant and Dazzling 锋芒万丈 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼7k WordsCompleted Blazing with Talent 6Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 111 穿 I Transmigrated into a Cauldron Destined for the Slaughter 穿越成了待宰的炉鼎 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼9k WordsCompleted I Transmigrated into a Cauldron Awaiting Its Slaughter 6Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 112 穿 I Transmigrated Into a Game and Became the NPCs' Savior 穿越游戏：我成了NPC的救世主 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼35k WordsCompleted Transmigrating Into a Game: I Became the NPCs' Savior 8Reads—Score214d adds
13. 113 摆 Selling Egg Fried Rice at a Street Stall, Wielding My Spatula Until the Wok Smokes! 摆摊卖蛋炒饭，抡得锅铲都冒烟！ Riding a White Dog骑只白狗Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Food + Games + Challenges + Comfort Food + Heartwarming + Showbiz + No Romance After her contract expires, Shi Yi chooses to leave showbiz. By chance, she is selected by a food game, which requires her to take a little three-wheeled cart out to sell food every day. Level One: Sell ten-yuan boxed meals and throw in a bottle of water! The customers can’t believe what a bargain it is! “Boss Shi, I’ll have an order of braised ribs!” “Oh my gosh, you’ve even got king crab?!” “Boss Shi must be running 3.8kReads7.5Score38814d adds
14. 114 让 I Sent You to Kindergarten, and You Say You Can Cook Six Dishes? 让你上幼儿园，你说能炒六个菜？ Tinpot Guokui铁皮锅盔Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Su Wan transmigrated in the most bizarre way imaginable. In her previous life, she was a chef. Now she's the director of a kindergarten on the verge of closing down. She also received a Food System, and from then on, the whole kindergarten's atmosphere changed completely. Mom: Son, what did you learn at kindergarten today? Son: I don't want to talk about work after I get home. Dad: Sweetie, did you have fun with your friends at school? Daughter: How should I put it? They don't know how to pitch 10.2kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds

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    This smells so good! I have to order takeout before reading! The female lead is hit by a car and transmigrates into the body of a kindergarten principal on the verge of bankruptcy. A culinary system requires her to increase her influence. She opens life skills classes, teaching the little ones how to cook all sorts of delicious food. Each little one becomes a capable chef. After kindergarten, she also has to cook for her grandparents, parents, and other family members! Hahahaha!

15. 115 吃 Eat, Eat, Eat! Come and Eat! 吃吃吃，都来吃 Hua Zhengrong花峥嵘Modern Romance621k WordsCompleted [Unconventional Food Story + Improving the Nation’s Health + Ensemble Cast + No Romance + System Pocket Dimension. Chasing Dreams, and the Heroine Means Business!] Wu Shuang, who grew up in an orphanage, had just graduated from college when a speeding car sent her flying. The good news: she was in great shape and wasn’t hurt. Even better news: she got a food System and a pocket dimension! Wu Shuang sighed: at last, the thread of her fate had grown thicker!!! From then on, Wu Shuang’s hot pot res 228Reads—Score10614d adds
16. 116 我 How Did I, Heir to a Legendary Chef, End Up as a Suffering International Student? 我堂堂神厨后人竟沦为命苦留子？ Call Me Teacher Bao叫我爆老师Modern Romance181k WordsOngoing [Don’t make me cook!! → Cooking is so satisfying] [Gourmet fiction + System + farming pocket dimension + hilarious and heartwarming] Ning Tangtang comes from a family of master chefs, but she has no desire to inherit the family business. Her lifelong dream is to escape the kitchen. What good is a perfect knife technique when milk tea smells so good? No matter how brilliant your cooking is, nothing beats lying flat! Her family thinks she’s “neglecting her proper duties,” so they pack her off abro 17Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 117 美 Gourmet System: A Street Food Stall from the Start 美食系统：开局一个路边摊 One Bite of Pan-Fried Buns一口生煎包包Modern Romance338k WordsOngoing [You have activated the Gourmet System. Would you like to bind it? Yes; No] During graduation season, Jiang Tiantian, an ordinary university student, hadn’t received a single suitable job offer and had only her last 500 yuan left. As she wondered what to do, she activated the [Gourmet Business System]. -New User Starter Pack-: Congratulations, Host! You’ve received a shop and unlocked your starting dish, sweet-and-sour cold noodles. Sell 10 portions to unlock the next dish. -Special Rewards-: Ev 3.3kReads—Score37714d adds

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    Some people own shops, and some don't.

18. 118 明 I'm a Culinary Genius, So Why Does Everyone Call Me a Heretic Cultivator? 明明厨艺天才，怎么都叫我邪修？ Reckless Fury肆意狂澜Urban434k WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [Comedy] [Slice of Life] Lin Xiaoyan is a rookie food blogger who, in an age when food bloggers are locked in a fierce struggle for clicks, has opened up a new path by learning as she cooks. But Lin Xiaoyan's videos never go the way you'd expect. She gets every step wrong, yet somehow the finished dishes turn out brilliantly! “Wait, if you don't know how to caramelize the sugar for red-braised pork, you can just use cola instead? And it still comes out so glossy and red. Are you sure 4.5kReads8.9Score33114d adds
19. 119 县 A Little County-Town Shop That Leaves Customers Craving More 县城小店，馋坏食客 Hua Xiaoze花小泽Urban468k WordsOngoing Wang Chen returned home and laid out plans for himself, determined to get his family's old shop up and running again. Short-term goal: No need to get rich, just break even. Long-term goal: Make money, make money, make money every day. 6.1kReads—Score36614d adds

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    Small shops in the county town, family-owned stores, food that soothes the soul.

20. 120 我 I’m Not a God of Cooking 我不是煮神 A YunAyun阿云AyunUrban305k WordsOngoing Also known as My Daily Prison-Bound Food Stall, He Really Knows How to Eat, and Don't Call Me a Cook [Food + System + No Female Lead + Daily Life + Perfect Reading Companion + Comedy] How much money can you really make from running a food stall? Jiang Yun refused to believe it, until he accidentally bonded with a food-stall System. Either he follows its tasks and runs a stall to earn generous rewards, or the System forcibly deletes his account. What? You want me to sell barbecue outside a cremat 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Do street vendors count? [Eating popcorn]

21. 121 美 Exploring the World of Food 美食世界探索 Chen Ziyang, the Great God Himself陈紫洋大神本人Eastern Fantasy437k WordsOngoing 📖 A hard-core hunting adventure in a world of gourmet food ✔️ No golden finger, no female lead. The protagonist relies entirely on real skill to brave dangerous places, hunt exotic ingredients, and cook hearty dishes. ✔️ A muscular protagonist and realistic, hard-core hunting details turn the wilderness into a feast for the senses. ✔️ No deliberately torturing the protagonist. The pace is brisk and satisfying, with no frustrating setbacks. Later on, his combat power goes through the roof, and he 99Reads—Score—14d adds

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    It's not set in modern times, and it's not about opening a shop, but it gets the food part right. The protagonist has no cheat codes or system; he struggles to survive but doesn't forget to eat well, striving to live a refined life, even in the toughest circumstances, and to live like a human being.

22. 122 我 Running a Restaurant with Hannibal During Gotham's Apocalypse 我和汉尼拔在哥谭末日开餐厅 Yakov of East Pole City东极城的雅可夫Anime Fanfiction413k WordsCompleted Batman is dead. The Joker left his head soaking in the Fountain of Youth, a symbol of Gotham's fall. The heroes of old were utterly defeated, and criminals seized the city in celebration. But no one expected that the real nightmare was only just beginning: a strange plague swept through Gotham, turning the living into walking corpses as civilization collapsed amid screams. Amid the chaos and ruins, two men stepped forward. Jason Ripper, descendant of London's most infamous killer, wielded hi 85Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This should work, right?

23. 123 离 On the Day We Divorced, the Love System Made the Goddess Spoil Me 离婚当天，恋爱系统让女神宠疯我 Qilin Beast麒麟兽Urban170k WordsCompleted A little note: The protagonist is somewhat lustful, but that doesn't stop him from being a man of honor and loyalty!! On the day of his divorce, Lin Chen activated the [Romance System]! His first mission: Confess to the campus beauty. "Wanqiu, I've loved you for seven years." Lin Chen stared at the divorce certificate in his hand, completely dumbfounded. "System, she's already my ex-wife." [Urban + System + wish fulfillment + multiple heroines + romantic rivalry + love-triangle drama + everyone 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds

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    The system was activated after the divorce!!!

24. 124 是 It's Sesame. He Added Sesame 是芝麻，他在加了芝麻 Beef with Rice Noodles肠粉加头牛Eastern Fantasy469k WordsOngoing [Cultivation World + Food + Ensemble Cast + No Toxicity + Lighthearted Comedy + No Female Lead + No Harem + No Angst] After transmigrating into a cultivation world as a menial disciple of the Wudao Sect, he awakens the Culinary Dao System. The entire sect goes crazy competing for a taste of his cooking. From menial disciples and outer- and inner-sect disciples to personal disciples, elders, and ancestors, everyone gets involved. Their tricks are endless. No one is more shameless than the next. T 512Reads—Score10214d adds

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    This is a hilarious fantasy cultivation and food novel, with everyone being a bit of a goofball. Although the author only earns a few cents a day, he promises to update until completion, exceeding a million words, and he's a responsible writer. The author updates daily and reads his own work from beginning to end, correcting any mistakes. Have you ever seen a cultivator using Doraemon's bamboo copter? This book has it. Have you ever seen a cultivator playing a dance machine? This book has it. Everyone's a bit of a goofball, everyone's funny. The author gets more and more unrestrained as the story progresses, so read with confidence. Especially chapters 78, 87, and 88—the author laughed for two hours while writing them before he could stop himself from continuing. Imagine, even the author himself was amused; this book must be incredibly funny and a cure for all unhappiness.

25. 125 在 I Made a Chinese Restaurant a Huge Hit in the Apocalypse of Another World 在异世界末世经营中华餐厅爆火 Ice Cola Drink Substitute冰可乐代喝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse] [Business Management] [System] [Gourmet Food] [Farming] [No CP, Ensemble Cast] After Ling Jing died, she became bound to a business management System and was randomly dropped into an apocalyptic world where plants and animals had mutated. The System asked her to name her restaurant. After thinking for a moment, she typed: Chinese Restaurant. In this mutated apocalypse, every plant and animal had become an enemy. When starving humans on the brink of death caught the scent of roaste 95.4kReads9.4Score13.9k14d adds

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    The first book is set in the apocalypse and has a system; the second is about a transmigrated police officer who goes undercover. No harem, both are super good.

26. 126 在 Getting Rich by Setting Up a Stall in a Psychiatric Hospital! 在精神病院摆摊，暴富！ Tang Di汤抵Modern Romance153k WordsCompleted One heroine + food + no romance Li Xier is an orphan. To pay her rent and electricity bills, she sets up a food stall on the street outside a psychiatric hospital. Her dazzling variety of delicious dishes draws every diner nearby, and passersby stop to join the queue. Tourists and influencers from across the country and abroad flock to her stall. As her business grows bigger and better, Li Xier uses her culinary skills to launch a chain of restaurants and become a successful business owner, r 113Reads—Score—14d adds

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    No romantic pairing, recommended.

27. 127 旧 With the Old Icehouse Closing in Seven Days, I Clear My Master's Name With a Bowl of Noodles 旧冰室只剩七天，我用一碗面替师傅翻案 The Little Fox Who Writes in the Morning早晨写稿的小狐狸8k WordsCompleted The old noodle shop has only seven days left. With a bowl of noodles, I clear my master’s name. —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Fans of old-street food mystery stories shouldn't miss this: Before his death, the master chef left only the words, "Ah Chan, you're going to lose tonight." Thirteen years later, the protagonist finds an old cassette tape at the bottom of a pot. His enemy is on the judges' panel, and this time, he won't admit defeat for anyone.

28. 128 凌 The Kitchen's Fireworks at 4:30 A.M. 凌晨四点半的烟火厨房 Ming Jun by My Side明珺在侧Modern Romance183k WordsCompleted With his life running out, 65-year-old Lin Shouyi chose not to lie in a hospital bed and wait for the end. In the alley behind the hospital, he opened a tiny shop that operated only from 4:30 to 6:00 a.m. Every day, he used a small stove fire to brighten the city’s quietest hours, serving a bowl of hot soup or a plate of fried rice to sanitation workers, emergency nurses, vagrants, and insomniacs. Here, a mother crushed by online loan debt ate a hot meal for the first time; a programmer thinking —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A story about food and farewell. In the final stages of his life, an elderly man opened a small shop that only opened in the early hours of the morning. He used the simplest ingredients to create the most comforting flavors, bringing warmth to those walking alone in the darkness. When he calmly wrote his will, leaving all his savings to this little shop, we understood that the bravest way to face death is not through fear and escape, but by living earnestly to the very end and lighting another lamp in the remaining warmth.

29. 129 八 The Charming ’80s Chef: From the Start, I Cut Ties and Set Up a Street Stall 八零俏厨娘：开局断亲摆摊忙 Dudu Fish Balls嘟嘟鱼丸Modern Romance183k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + System + Delicious Food + Entrepreneurship + Taking Down Scumbags] When she opens her eyes, a state banquet chef has become Shen Jingshu, a young factory worker in the 1980s. Her own mother wants to sell her off in exchange for her brother’s iron rice bowl, while her younger brother scolds her: “You should be sacrificing yourself for the family.” Shen Jingshu calmly serves up a bowl of plain noodles, makes the whole family drool, then slaps down her ledger. “You raised me for t 92Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The female lead cuts ties with her family right from the start, showing no signs of being a saint, hehe. She starts by selling fried dough sticks and breakfast, gradually building her business and expanding nationwide, selling boxed lunches and opening restaurants! Lots of delicious food – investing in her is definitely worthwhile, hehe 🥰

30. 130 我 My Fishing Grounds Connect to the Immortal Realm 我的渔场通仙界 Zhao Dabo赵大波Urban441k WordsOngoing [Farming, Fish Farming, Food, Countryside, Development, Billionaire] In the age of ready-made meals, laid-off chef Lu Jingchuan returns dejectedly to his nearly abandoned hometown, Moon Bay. He inherits a run-down fishery and a mountain of debt. He thinks his life is finally going to be all about lying flat, until an accident activates the Immortal Destiny Jade Pendant his grandfather left behind. From then on, the world is never the same! Fish raised in spirit-rich Immortal Spring grow to full 42Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Urban daily leisure, farming, food, and shop opening—all three can be done simultaneously.

31. 131 我 I Opened a Barbecue Stall in the Apocalypse, and the Zombies Couldn't Stop Drooling 我在末世开烧烤摊，丧尸馋哭了 Xing Youhang星悠航Sci-Fi & Apocalypse502k WordsCompleted [No Romance | Food System | Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland | Dreamcore Urban Legends] The System mistakenly bound him and dropped him into the apocalypse. That was absurd enough! But now he had to conquer zombies with barbecue? Did that make any sense at all??? What does Jiang Feng think about cooking all over the strangest worlds? The man kindles a mysterious flame and calmly turns the skewers. “It’s just business as usual.” “Want it spicy?” . A culinary journey home through the dreamcore wastelan 15Reads—Score314d adds

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    A post-apocalyptic food story with a very imaginative and interesting premise.

32. 132 佛 The Laid-Back Stall Owner: Nobles and Commoners Queue Up to Snap Up the Goods 佛系摊主摆摊，权贵百姓排队疯抢 Cilantro Cutie香菜小妮Historical276k WordsOngoing Modern-day Zhou Yang is reborn in ancient times and bound to a Food System that randomly assigns him outrageous street-stall locations each week. He sells authentic snacks at his own leisurely pace, packs up right on time once he sells out, and never gets greedy for money. Four hilarious highlights: 1. He sells extra-spicy hot-and-sour noodles outside the Imperial Medical Bureau. The physicians leave their patients waiting and secretly send their apprentices to buy some. 2. He sells chicken-leg 5Reads—Score21714d adds
33. 133 诸 Heavenly Realms Resort: From a Seaside Shack to a Master Chef 诸天度假村：从海边破院开始颠勺 Keke Is the GOAT柯柯yydsUrban540k WordsOngoing Overworked office drone Lin Du dies suddenly and is reborn as the manager of the only unfinished, rundown resort on a deserted island in the East Sea. There’s no running water or electricity, no guests, and only a ridiculous System bound to the stove. Others start out rich. Lin Du starts out grilling fish. Then his first guest, an Immortal Realm Emperor who came out to sea to clear his head, finishes a plate of scallops with scallions priced at 88 yuan and has his Dao heart shattered on the sp 21Reads—Score214d adds

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    New cookbook recommendations

34. 134 山 Running a Mountain B&B, My Casual Cooking Leaves Michelin Chefs Stunned 山里开民宿，随手炒菜震碎米其林 Keke Is the GOAT柯柯yydsUrban703k WordsOngoing Shen Qi’s Cloud Perch Lodge has three rules: no guests who leave bad reviews, no repeating dishes, and no disturbances after ten at night. Tourists call him arrogant, until his “Jadeite and White Jade Soup,” made with spirit spring water and stir-fried over a fierce flame, comes out of the pot. Its fragrance carries for miles and cures a provincial TV host’s ten-year illness. The Michelin reviewers arrive with high expectations, only to find a bowl of plain noodles so delicious it makes them que 79Reads—Score—14d adds
35. 135 我 My Restaurant Connects to a Thousand Worlds 我的食肆通万界 The Wine-Sack Wanderer鸱夷客434k WordsOngoing Quick Transmigration + No Romance + Gourmet + Everyday Life + Shopkeeper Stories World One: Total War of Resistance (Complete) World Two: An Lushan Rebellion (Complete) World Three: Human Apocalypse (Ongoing) Xin Yi, a recent food science graduate, has always dreamed of opening a restaurant of her own. She unlocks all kinds of gourmet recipes and connects multiple parallel worlds. In every era and place, people suddenly discover a simple little shop that wasn’t there before, its air filled with 24Reads—Score—14d adds

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    It's beautiful. I stumbled upon it by chance, and it's really beautiful.

36. 136 国 Banquet Chef: A Pit Toilet Snail Broke Me 国宴主厨：被旱厕蜗牛整破防了 Stars Fall on the Wilds星落野场Urban121k WordsOngoing Burdened with 2.5 million yuan in debt, a once-famous state banquet chef is forced to livestream visits to local eateries! He thought he was simply reviewing ordinary local snacks, but the shops he encountered turned out to be more outrageous than the last. A French restaurant serving bizarre snail dishes, a farmhouse specializing in frog, juice in a washbasin, and coffee mixed with medicated oil all make an appearance. Every dish completely upends everything the chef has learned about food over 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The three talents of taste, smell, and sight are unlocked step by step. There is no shortcut to maxing out the level in one step. Each ability is gradually exchanged for through live streaming breakthrough points.

37. 137 世 World Capital of Cuisine: Eel Wars 世界美食之都·鳝战 Guanglin Tricycle广林三蹦子30k WordsCompleted The World’s Food Capital: Eel Wars 40Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Modern cuisine, everyday life

38. 138 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Marketing Queen Takes the Business World by Storm 重生八零：营销女王横扫商界 CPOModern Romance41k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1980s: The Marketing Queen Conquers the Business World 77Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Starting with modern desserts and pastries, my forward-thinking business acumen and top-notch operational skills propelled me into the provincial capital! In the 1980s, opportunities abounded, and I was destined to create a commercial storm in this era! I was destined for success! ❤️❤️

39. 139 神 The Abandoned Miracle Doctor Returns Reborn 神医弃女重生归来 Zi Wei He子薇河Ancient Romance522k WordsCompleted [Pure Love] [Rebirth] [Pocket Dimension] [Revenge] [Sweet Romance] The first season of the animated series The Reborn Legitimate Daughter Takes Her Radiant Beauty Into Her Own Hands is now available on Hongguo and Douyin. This success is all thanks to your support, dear readers. Ziwei bows in gratitude! In her previous life, she fell into the water and lay unconscious for six days, missing her coming-of-age ceremony. When she woke, she learned she was to marry the heir of a marquis's household. 15.6kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds

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    It's so good! It's an ancient romance novel with a sweet and heartwarming story of rebirth and revenge. The plot gets better and better as you read on, and the twists and turns are very unexpected. It's truly captivating and worth staying up all night to watch!

40. 140 绾 I'm Wanwan, Not Wanwan: We're All Reborn, So Why Should I Keep Indulging You? 绾绾不是晚晚：都重生了谁还惯你 Zi Wei He子薇河Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [Soul Swap] [Face-Slapping] [Spatial Spirit Spring] [Ensemble Cast] [Fantasy] On her wedding day, Shen Wanwan is brutally murdered, pierced through the heart by a blade. Her soul follows her body downstream along the river. Meanwhile, Pei Wanning, trying to escape a ghost marriage to the Prince of Qin, jumps into the river to fake her death, only to actually drown. A thousand miles away, their souls meet on a riverbank. Shen Wanwan is horrified. “...Are you human or a ghost?” Pei Wanning can't h 31kReads8.9Score3k14d adds
41. 141 刚 I Was About to Sell My Farmstay, but the System Insisted I Was an Immortal Chef Sect 刚想卖了农家乐，系统非说仙厨宗 Dragon Sucks Up Water神龙吸水Urban180k WordsOngoing [Feel-good story + Gourmet + Cultivation + Multiple heroines] Just after the System tells him he has transmigrated to a world of cultivation and become the young sect master of the Immortal Chef Sect, Xiang Tian opens his eyes to find himself in the same dilapidated farmhouse inn, buried in debt and stripped bare! System, are you lagging? Did you set the wrong location? [Ding! This farmhouse inn is now bound as the Immortal Chef Sect’s headquarters. The sect master is your father, and the sect m 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Farmhouse cuisine: a fusion of cultivation and gourmet food.

42. 142 美 Gourmet: Taking Over the Bear’s Prison Canteen 美食：从承包毛熊监狱食堂开始 Quill Pen羽毛笔Urban1.3M WordsOngoing After a disastrous blind date, Tang Lei flees overnight, only to bind himself to a Chef God System that randomly assigns him a place to run: the cafeteria of a prison in a nation of tough fighters! Pork stewed with potatoes, red-braised pork, stuffed eight-treasure duck, sweet-and-sour ribs… Homestyle dishes! State-banquet cuisine! Every delicacy imaginable! Bring a taste of the culinary kingdom to Siberia, a barren wasteland of food! The vicious, unruly inmates: “Boss, do you need anyone to was 2.8kReads9.2Score30914d adds
43. 143 绑 Bound to the Kitchen God System, I Made the Whole City Wake Up Craving Food 绑定灶王系统，我把全城都馋醒了 Doesn't Like Cilantropor不爱吃香菜porUrban241k WordsOngoing After graduating from college, Jian Yanshen sent out resumes that went nowhere, then returned to Yunxi City looking utterly dejected. His grandfather’s breakfast stall was about to be taken away, and his younger sister, a high school senior, was still counting on him to support her. Just when he was at the end of his rope, an old iron wok spoke inside his head: [Kitchen God System, ownership confirmed]. But the System only provided recipes. It wouldn’t give him the skills for free. Want to make 27Reads—Score15214d adds

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    A super engaging food article, highly recommended!

44. 144 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Making It Big in Shanghai 重生八零，我在沪市发家了 Miaoyiyi妙仪仪Modern Romance311k WordsCompleted No CP!! She has a golden finger, and this is a lighthearted, everyday food story. Back in the 1980s, Lin Yueru finally understood how to live her life. Men may betray you, but the money you earn and put in your pocket never will! This time around, she kicks her freeloading scumbag boyfriend to the curb and uses a food sign-in System to build a culinary empire in Shanghai. Sign in every day, and all kinds of legendary recipes for Shanghai cuisine are hers for the taking. From pan-fried buns sizz 21Reads—Score11214d adds

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    Those who don't mind the era can check it out; it's a period food novel with no romantic pairing.

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