The fiftieth year of the apocalypse.
Ling Le, born into a once-prosperous family of chefs now fallen on hard times, unexpectedly gains a pocket dimension.
And so:
Tender spring chives with golden rice, jade-white fish slices with water shield, cherries plucked fresh from the branch.
A delicate hand stirs the soup; freshly baked country wheat bread and the aroma of wine sold across the counter.
Ling Le turns the desolate, storm-lashed pocket dimension into a hidden paradise.
Her little restaurant becomes so popular that a meal is impossible to come by, transforming the apocalypse, where survival is a daily struggle, into a food lover's paradise.
Until one day, she discovers that her paradise is the heart of the city lord, rumored to be brutal and coldhearted.
Everyone thinks City Lord Fu Cike has no heart. Fu Cike himself thinks so too.
Until one day, tender shoots begin to sprout in his barren heart, row upon row, and they're even a lovely goose-yellow.
Yellow chives?!
Green wheat waves ripple in the fields, and you dwell in my heart. - Old Tree
Farming, food, business management, feel-good wish fulfillment
The wife-chasing crematorium trope
Upcoming novel, title undecided: An Ancient-Era Base-Building Story with Fourth-Dimensional Disaster Players
Strong female lead, feel-good wish fulfillment.
Upcoming novel 2: The Fake Heiress Just Wants to Take It Easy
Only as she lay dying did Ling Luo learn she was the fake heiress and female supporting character in a feel-good story about a wealthy family.
No matter how hard she tried, she was destined to be a foil for the real heiress, disgraced and left with nothing.
After being reborn, she took it easy and decided to quietly stay a minor figure in the entertainment industry and just make it through this life.
But what she never expected was...
She became famous.
Her reaction images were everywhere in the entertainment industry:
"Ling Luo's Faceplant": She forgot to end her livestream and accidentally broadcast herself sleeping. A million people watched live, and she got tons of tips.
"I'm So Sleepy": She stumbled through an adventure variety show while nodding off, accidentally avoiding every trap and winning the championship.
"Gossip Lover": She ate an entire row of watermelons planted by a popular variety show MC over half a year. To pay it back, she had to do manual labor, so she ended up staying on as an MC.
"I just can't do it!": At an audition for a film by an international director, she reluctantly pulled out a suona and blew everyone else away.
The real gossip lovers: That actually worked?!
Ling Luo: Huh? What's going on? How did I become a movie queen before the real heiress?
And I even found the family I never managed to find in my previous life...
Theme: Nurture the heart as you grow, and sow the seeds of a brilliant tomorrow~