The Little Taotie Diner

After reaching adulthood, Shi Xi came down from the mountain to look for work. With the support of the Bureau of Demons, she opened a little restaurant right outside its entrance.

The Bureau sent employees over every day to help her out, but every time they saw her, they trembled.

Shi Xi smiled. “Don’t be scared. In this new era, Taotie don’t kill for food. We eat healthy!”

**

Shi Xi soon settled into modern society and learned to livestream to make her little restaurant famous.

Customers got a “consultation” before entering. Customer A had stubborn acne-prone skin that nothing could cure.

Shi Xi said, “A few days of Xuncao Beauty Soup will clear it up for good.”

The people in the livestream chat: What a low-effort scam!

A few days later, a mega-influencer with tens of millions of followers appeared to share her experience: “My acne and scars are all gone! More importantly, the soup at that restaurant is unbelievably delicious!”

The people in the chat: I want a reservation!!!

Shi Xi said, “Sorry, the restaurant isn’t taking reservations for now. I can only open after I’ve eaten my fill, and I don’t know how many ingredients will be left. But I can livestream myself eating for you.”

The people in the chat: ?

**

After Shi Xi complained several times, the Bureau of Demons finally assigned her an employee with some guts.

The new employee was handsome and quiet, quick to notice what needed doing, and took care of everything from washing and chopping vegetables to looking after her daily needs. He was also an expert gardener. Shi Xi was very pleased with him and contacted the Bureau to request an extra bonus for him.

The Bureau was baffled. “We didn’t assign a new employee to your restaurant.”

The deputy director went to check out the restaurant and nearly fainted. “Lord of Zhaoyao Mountain, what are you doing here?!”

The mountain lord replied, “Because I really like this restaurant...”

Shi Xi, who happened to be walking by: I see. It was a misunderstanding.

“...the owner of this restaurant.”

Shi Xi: “.”

Beloved little Taotie × gentle, home-loving mountain god with devoted husband vibes

The following is an upcoming novel

Title: Strange Haven Farm

Blurb:

Flowers and plants that refuse to grow, pets beyond the help of medicine, wild animals on the brink of death...

As long as they’re left in Shi Ji’s farm, they’ll soon be bursting with life.

Everyone calls it Strange Haven Farm.

Shi Ji returned from the apocalypse, exhausted and done with it all.

She promptly quit showbiz, went back to the countryside to inherit a run-down farm, and settled into a blissful retirement of farming, fishing, and watching the world go by. Every so often, she’d rescue something fluffy, too.

She thought she was already lazy enough, but her new neighbor was even lazier. He stayed indoors twenty-nine days a month and only occasionally came to the farm to buy ingredients.

Then one day, after drinking too much coffee and struggling to sleep, she went out for a walk and saw her mild-mannered, harmless neighbor fix a car-bent railing with one punch.

Shi Ji: “...”

Neighbor: “...Ah, you caught me.”

Well, fancy meeting you here. You’re a retired big shot too?

Also known as: After the girl I had a crush on discovers my superpowers, I happily run errands for her every day

A few notes about this novel:

1. Livestream scenes will have lots of chat comments. Any tipping or donation scenes are there to serve the plot. Please be sensible about spending in real life.

2. Recipes and wellness advice are sourced from the internet and relevant books. Some ingredients and herbs in the story are fictional and exaggerated for artistic purposes, involving supernatural creatures. Please don’t imitate them.

3. The heroine’s golden finger is extremely powerful. Don’t take the consultation scenes seriously. See a real doctor at a proper hospital.

Theme: A life of simple pleasures is precious