Upgrading in Ancient Times with the System

Chu Jingyan followed his father to the battlefield at the age of twelve, was enfeoffed as Duke of Chu Commandery at fifteen, and became Duke of Chu at twenty. Everyone said he was a gifted young man with boundless potential. Women who wanted to marry him could have formed a line from the south of the capital all the way to the north.

Who could have guessed that this promising young Duke of Chu would develop an eating disorder?

A young cook appeared in Linjiang County. No one had seen her, but rumors said she was fierce, burly, broad-backed, and barrel-chested. Yet her cooking was so good that she won the Duke of Chu's heart.

What did that mean?

The Duke of Chu wanted to marry the cook!!!!

The women of the capital: Sob, sob! Duke of Chu, why would you forsake all of us lovely flowers for one fierce flower?

Yao Letao, rumored to be burly and barrel-chested: I only agreed to cook for Chu Jingyan for a while because he couldn't even eat and I felt sorry for him. How did it end up becoming a lifetime job?

Really, this is just a story about a girl who transmigrates to ancient times, learns to cook with the help of a System, and ends up winning the heart of her dream man.

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Jiang Chengyue transmigrated.

When she woke up, she discovered she'd become a merfolk hatchling.

What's life like under the sea?

Beautiful coral, colorful schools of fish, craggy reefs, dazzling seawater glittering in the sunlight, a bunch of bouncy, adorable friends, and a gentle caretaker. It couldn't be more idyllic!

Idyllic, my foot!

On her first day alive, she was suspected of having an underdeveloped tail because she couldn't swim, and nearly got sent back into her eggshell to be sealed away.

Jiang Chengyue used to be human and was now a fish. After more than twenty years, she still couldn't swim. Learning to swim with her tail would be incredibly difficult, though thankfully, merfolk couldn't drown.

Just when she finally learned to swim...

Problems came one after another: being born with complete nutritional deficiency, conflicting water and fire affinities, and being tone-deaf despite being a merfolk.

Jiang Chengyue was on the verge of tears. Could someone tell her how she was supposed to adjust after transmigrating into a different species?

Help me out here!

Extra scene:

In her previous life, Jiang Chengyue was a hairpin maker. In this life, she's a formation master who loves collecting all kinds of materials. After learning that her new friend belonged to the Luan-Feng clan, she started thinking about plucking a few feathers from her friend.

Once they knew each other better, she tentatively made the small request. Her friend agreed at once, and the next day brought a, a whole big box of feathers from home.

"These are the feathers my parents and older siblings molted. Do you think that's enough? If it isn't, I can go look for more at my aunts' and uncles' homes!" The instigator stood beside Jiang Chengyue, puffing out her chest with pride.

Jiang Chengyue only wanted to expand her collection, and could only laugh helplessly. But before she could explain, the parents of the featherless child came looking for her.

Caught red-handed with the evidence.

Jiang Chengyue: QWQ

I'm really not a bad kid who tricks little ones.

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