Nineties Comfort Food [Tough Woman, Delicate Husband]

The main story is complete. Extras will follow.

Ye Jian, an all-around champion at the national Wushu master level, transmigrates into the body of Ye Xidi, a girl who has just graduated from elementary school in 1990.

She also gets a Food System.

Ignoring the System as it babbles on about how amazing it is, Ye Jian's first move is to ask her new body's mother to change her name.

Mrs. Ye: You've had that name for over ten years. I'm used to it. Why change it?

Ye Jian: Your husband has been dead for seven or eight years, and you can't have a son. What reason do you have not to let me change it?

Mrs. Ye: ...

The lunatic next door, from the Chen family, hacked his own father to death in the middle of the night, then accidentally fell into the river and drowned, leaving behind a beautiful little boy.

Ye Jian: Make an extra portion when you cook from now on. Let him come eat with us.

Her mother cursed and grumbled: We can barely feed ourselves. Where are we supposed to find extra food to raise that bastard?

Ye Jian kicked a wooden stool in half. Say one more word, and just see who'll look after you when you're old!

Mrs. Ye: ...

When they went to change her name, Ye Jian caught sight of the boy next door peeking at her from behind the door. She stopped, pointed at him, and said to her mother, "Let's change his name too."

And so, Chen Zhaocai became Chen Zhaozhao.

Mrs. Ye: ...That doesn't seem much better than his old name.

The day before they were due to meet during the holidays, Chen Zhaozhao stopped reading, shaved, put on a face mask, and did his skincare before bed. His roommates watched in stunned silence.

They really wanted to call him a sissy, a narcissist.

But when they looked at that face, whose fame had spread across campus in a single day, they couldn't bring themselves to say it.

At ten sharp, the lights in Dorm 302 went out and everyone went to bed.

Every single day, without fail. If they had something to do, they could do it in another dorm. No one was allowed to disturb Chen Zhaozhao's beauty sleep.

Ye Jian loved how soft and fair his skin was.

Reader's Guide:

1. The heroine isn't actually irritable and rude. Ye Mu just needs someone to keep her in line, and the heroine is still reasonable.

2. One-on-one romance, both leads have no prior experience. A rough-and-tumble heroine and a pampered husband. "Rough" refers to her strength and approach to things, while "pampered" refers to his looks and the way they get along.

3. The novel is around 500,000 words or more. The characters are children at first and grow up in the middle and later parts. A super-strong, ambitious heroine versus a handsome, sophisticated college guy with a calculating streak.

4. Current progress: The pretty boy has grown into a handsome college guy.

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"Why Pick on Him?"

At thirty, Ye Li decided she wanted to retire.

Every time she saw photos on the social media feed of the coworker at the next desk, she turned green with envy!

How could such a disgusting guy have such an adorable baby and such a capable wife, while someone as outstanding as her had nothing at all?

Her friend told her to give up. She'd only just escaped one pit, so why jump into another?

Ye Li thought her friend had a point, but she still couldn't help yearning for it.

Seeing how envious she got by the day, her friend looked her up and down with an amused expression and said meaningfully, "Could it be because you've reached the age when you're as ravenous as a wolf?"

Ye Li felt inexplicably guilty, because every time she got an intense urge for a wife, kids, and a warm bed, it was after seeing the handsome college guy working part-time at the coffee shop downstairs.

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To retire as soon as possible, Ye Li began wrapping up the work on her hands.

The task that took the most time and was hardest to handle was the one involving the Feng family's young master.

Her subordinates came to report every day about how irritable and unreasonable he was. Ye Li always replied casually, "Why pick on him? He's already like this. Can't you just humor him?" In Ye Li's eyes, if the young master could be indulged, indulge him. If not, at worst you'd get a bit of fire. He's young, so how powerful could he be? They're all fire cultivators. What are they afraid of?

It was only later, when someone locked her up on a mountain and fried her every day, that she realized this "fire" was indeed powerful!

1. Modern fantasy, spiritual qi revival.

2. Younger, possessive puppy-like male lead. One-on-one romance, both leads have no prior experience.

3. Trying a more romance-focused story. The setting is fictional, with lots of original worldbuilding.

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"Is Studying More Fun Than Dating? Only If You Let Me Kiss You"

Ye Xiao, a sixth grader this year, is the village's little ringleader. Every day, she takes the village kids up mountains and into rivers, climbing trees and catching fish. The Ye family gets a pile of complaints from parents every day.

They have a headache too!

It's all because Grandpa Ye gave her a name like "Xiaoyao" back then. Now she's way too bold!

Grandpa Ye just smiled cheerfully. It's good for girls to be a little wild! If they're too shy, they'll get bullied.

It's her last semester of elementary school, and Ye Xiao keeps saying she'll go work in Shenzhen after graduation. She heard you can make money there, and there's freedom.

No matter how much her family scolds or hits her, it's no use. If she doesn't want to study, she won't.

During a home visit, her teacher even praised her: Ye Xiao has strong leadership skills. She'll surely achieve great things one day.

Ye Xiao's parents: ...

Teacher, have you even looked at her grades? Just because she keeps your class perfectly in line every day, doesn't mean you should turn a blind eye and make things up!

Then one day, Ye Xiao changed. She started doing her homework with a pencil between her teeth.

It turned out she'd gotten a new deskmate who had transferred from the capital, Jing City.

Rumor had it that his family had bought the best piece of land in the village and built a villa there just so he could come to school.

She didn't understand rich people's thinking. All she knew was that she couldn't take her eyes off her deskmate, and she felt awful whenever she didn't see him for a day.

Because her deskmate was even more beautiful than her goddess, Lady White Snake.

Unfortunately, this deskmate, more beautiful than a fairy, stayed only one semester before leaving. Ye Xiao studied hard so she could go find him.

As she studied, she discovered that studying was even more interesting than her beautiful deskmate.

Later on:

Hey, who are you? Do we know each other? Don't keep me from studying.

Gu Cheng'an had been frail and sickly since childhood, but the hospital could find nothing wrong with him.

A fortune-telling master said his birth chart was dominated by yin, and that he needed to stay close to a benefactor whose chart was dominated by yang. Their opposing energies would naturally make him better.

The Gu family asked how to find someone with yang energy, and the master pointed to a place on the map.

After moving to Jinpu Town, Gu Cheng'an felt he might die before finding the benefactor the master had mentioned.

Ye Xiao would drive him to his grave.

This little demon acted as if she couldn't understand human speech. Ignoring his protests, she dragged him through the village, catching fish and shrimp and leaving him covered in bruises.

Whenever he heard her coming to find him, his scalp tingled.

He was on guard against her every minute of every day, but never noticed that he hadn't been sick in a long time.

Half a year later, an elderly member of his family passed away, and he had to return to the capital.

Only then did he realize he was reluctant to leave her...

When Cheng Huimin first met Ye Xiao, she disliked her in every way. This dark-skinned little girl was always grinning, showing off a mouthful of white teeth, with not a trace of ladylike manners. She was completely unsuited to her son. But later...

Dear daughter-in-law, your mother and I are counting on you┭┮﹏┭┮

Faced with Gu Cheng'an and his mother, surrounded by greedy, deceitful relatives, Ye Xiao grinned. Don't worry, your strongest ally is here!

Dark-skinned village girl versus fair-skinned, aloof beauty

Theme: Love and survival