Raising a Little Kitchen God

When Su Chan first took on the role of Kitchen God, all she could think about was gaining Chu Qi's faith to save her parents. She never expected to find a cold, silent young man in a dilapidated house.

The boy was poor. His parents had gone missing, he was burdened with enormous debts, and he had no friends. He worked three jobs a day, and all he had to deal with were endless debt collectors, insults, and mockery. He was taciturn, his tall frame seeming ready to shatter at the slightest touch, like a blade that could not be sheathed.

Although Su Chan looked only two or three years old now, she considered herself a grown-up and a deity, so she had to take responsibility for supporting the family.

So if other kids had something, her own kid had to have it too. If other children were dressed in bright, beautiful clothes, she'd even rummage through trash to find clothes for her little one. She was afraid that her child wouldn't make any new friends because the other kids thought he was poor.

She worked diligently to raise him for several years. Then her little boy suddenly grew into a handsome young man. He walked up to her, slowly bent down, looked into her eyes, and said softly, "Chanchan, all the other kids have wives now..."

His adoptive mother Chanchan, who was playing in the mud, panicked. "What do I do? Can I make you one out of dirt in time?"

Young man: ...

It's too late. You'll have to be the one.

Please check out Lao Hei's next novel! Title: The Male Lead Makes Me Go Weak Whenever He Gets Close

Blurb:

Su Dai is only seventeen this year, but nobody knows she's traveled through countless worlds. In every life, she's been a cannon-fodder extra, killed by the heroine, a rival, or the heroine's admirers just because she had the most tenuous connection to the male lead.

This is Su Dai's final life, and she cherishes it dearly, vowing never to get close to the male lead.

So Fu Chi, the famous aloof campus heartthrob, suddenly notices a figure darting around him and hurrying out of sight.

One moment she's shuffling away with her back to him, pressed against the wall; the next, she's leaping over a wall like a startled, bristling kitten, crouching down and pretending to be a rock, or panicking and diving headfirst into a trash can...

Fu Chi: ...

One day, Su Dai is caught by the dean while trying to escape over a wall. After getting a stern lecture, she trudges home, head drooping. Suddenly, a tall shadow falls over her.

She looks up. Fu Chi narrows his eyes, slowly lowers his head, and leans close to her with a faintly amused smile. "Playing hard to get?"

Su Dai stares wide-eyed and shakes her head wildly, but her body can't help going weak. Her face flushes, and a soft little "Mmm!" slips from her lips.

Fu Chi's eyes turn dark. He pulls her soft body into his arms, wraps an arm around her waist, and presses his lips to hers. "I'll allow it."

Su Dai: "Mmm!"

Damn it, she only just realized that whenever she gets close to the male lead, her body goes weak and her face flushes. She has to do certain intimate things!

Theme: Growth.