Lu Yangke, CFO of Qixing Group, fainted in a conference room. That was the day his brother and sister-in-law hurriedly found him a private chef who would come to his home.
Lu Yangke: "I don't agree." His sister-in-law: "He won't live with you. He'll just cook."
On the first day, Lu Yangke came home from working overtime at ten. Three dishes and a soup were waiting on the warming tray. A note was stuck to the fridge: "Heat the soup for two minutes if it's cold. Message me what you'd like to eat tomorrow."
Half a month later, Lu Yangke began looking forward to coming home.
The second time Lu Yangke fainted in a conference room, he woke up in the arms of a strange man.
Lu Yangke: "...Who are you?"
The man laughed helplessly, dimples showing as he smiled wryly. "I'm the man who's been cooking for you for half a month."
Du Chuan was an online private chef, talkative and always fussing over people. He was intensely focused when cooking and intensely annoying when he nagged.
At their first proper meeting, Du Chuan mixed a packet of coffee sugar into warm water and fed it to Lu Yangke to wake him up. Then he followed him into the lounge with an insulated lunchbox. "Eat slowly, it's better for your stomach." "I used less oil in this dish." "Your blood sugar's low. You need to eat on time."
Lu Yangke was so annoyed he told him to leave.
Later, Lu Yangke discovered that this man's cooking could cure his stomach problems, his nagging could cure his insomnia, and even his picky eating could be accommodated with a little ingenuity.
Du Chuan said, "Why not give it a try?"
Lu Yangke thought carefully for three seconds. "We can give it a try."
They tried their way into falling in love, breaking up, and Du Chuan rushing into a private club to "rescue a beauty," almost getting arrested, before ending up in an embrace outside the police station, laughing through their tears.
Later still, on the first anniversary of Du Chuan's restaurant opening, it served tiger-shaped steamed buns.
Lu Yangke expressionlessly bit the tiger's head off, took out a ring, and put it on his own finger. "There. Happy now?"
Du Chuan panicked. "You haven't even said yes!"
Lu Yangke pushed up his glasses. "You tell me."
The Conch Girl's rule for feeding her beloved: three meals a day, delivered on time, with one true heart included.
[Tags] City romance, devoted love, food, sweet romance, lighthearted, happy ending
[Couple] Cold-faced workaholic CEO shou x nagging, high-maintenance private chef gong
[Content notes] Slow burn, everyday life, conflicts arise from differences in personality, and the whole family is on their side.
Theme: Love life, love yourself, and love the people around you.
