The Four Seasons Eatery

【Do you want to become a legendary innkeeper known throughout the land?】 【Do you want to master lost imperial-cuisine techniques? Do you want to go from penniless to richer than the nation?】 【The Restaurant Entrepreneurship System welcomes you!】 Lu Shanhe looks around at the bare-walled house, her father who’s sick to the point of dying, and the mountain of debt about to collapse on them… They don’t even have a pot to cook in. No choice! Lu Shanhe rolls up her sleeves and gets to work. Wicked relatives come demanding repayment? She sells rice balls, makes a fortune, and gives them a thorough face-slapping! Jealous competitors try to sabotage her? Her staff throws them over their shoulders and clears the place out! Officials and merchants collude to force her to close? She turns around, audits the books, and gets the county magistrate removed from office! Enemies in the capital killed her mother? She opens hotels all the way to the capital and finally clears her mother’s name. Spring-fresh wontons, chilled noodles for summer, autumn pears steeped in osmanthus wine, warm wine by the brazier… She cooks the flavors of every season and brings warmth to everyday life. From a battered food stall, she works her way up to the greatest restaurant in the land! As for the hired hand she took in… She always thought he was mute, but he was strong and hardworking. Then one day, a procession of riders arrives from the capital. They see the man working hard to haul cargo in the back courtyard and promptly drop to their knees. Lu Shanhe: ? It turns out the man was born into a marquis’s household and had simply been hiding his identity. On the day they part, she takes his hand. “Um, actually, all these years…” Watching her hesitate, the man’s gaze darkens. “Could you settle the food bill?” Reader’s guide: 1. Both leads’ first relationship, one-on-one romance. A domineering marquis who does the laundry with a cold face. 2. The heroine is secretly irresistible. Even passing dogs are moved by her charm. 3. A feel-good food-business story, no angst or content warnings. Dive right in! 【Coming soon: *No Abandoning the Puppy*. Lovely readers, visit my author page and add it to your favorites~ A shower of bonus red envelopes when it starts!】 Shi Wan really dislikes her new boss. The man is devastatingly handsome, always in a suit, refined and aloof, yet for some inexplicable reason he seems to hold a grudge against her. Shi Wan shows her colleagues pictures of her ragdoll cat. Her boss happens to walk by and glances at it. “Besides acting cute, what can it do? Can it guard the door? Protect you when you’re in danger?” Shi Wan: “…It’s just a cat.” Shi Wan chats with a male colleague in the elevator. Her boss steps between them without changing expression and asks the man coldly, “Don’t you have a master… I mean, a colleague of your own?” Male colleague: “?” Shi Wan gets busy dating and barely pays her boss any attention for several days. In the company hallway, the usually arrogant, high-and-mighty man suddenly grabs her wrist. “How can you be with someone else?” Shi Wan is baffled. “Mr. Lu, are we close?” His eyes redden. He suddenly lowers his head and bites down hard on her wrist, like a furious, ill-tempered hound venting its anger. Shi Wan covers the bite mark on her wrist and stares at him in disbelief. Finally, she can’t take it anymore. “You want to control whether I keep a cat and who I talk to, and now you’re biting me. Are you my dog?” The man’s face turns ashen, then pale. For once, he doesn’t argue back. Shi Wan suddenly gets a strange feeling. …No way? Before he turned twenty, Lu Dingyao never imagined he would become a dog. He was born into wealth, blessed with exceptional talent, and admired by everyone as a brilliant young star. Then came a plane crash. When he opened his eyes again, he was a Samoyed puppy that a ten-year-old girl had just brought home. The little girl crouches in front of him, smiling brightly. “Shake my hand and your owner will give you some meat.” Lu Dingyao: “…” He’d rather die than do it. Half an hour later, the starving Samoyed, with his stomach practically touching his back, came crawling back and held out his paw in humiliation. After returning to his own body, Lu Dingyao searched the entire world for the girl, but found no trace of her. Until one day at work, he sees that familiar face and hears her timidly say, “Hello, Mr. Lu.” On the surface, Lu Dingyao remains calm, but the muscles in his forearm tremble beneath his suit. You were the one who brought me home, bathed me, brushed my fur, and fed me. You were the one who turned me into a dog. So, Shi Wan, you have to take responsibility. *Includes possessive-dog fiction, a male rival stealing someone’s partner, romantic competition between men, and other messy melodrama!!* Theme: Starting a business means protecting public health and being an entrepreneur with a conscience!