A Milky-Sweet Little Pear

[Coming next: My Picked-Up Boyfriend Is a Master Spirit Chef] =--Completed: Adopted as the Darling of the Family in a Period Novel; Everyday Life as the Darling of the Entertainment Industry--= Yuan Li runs a dessert shop on a busy commercial street. She recently started offering delivery, and noticed that a company across the street places an order every day. The person who comes out to pick it up is her aloof, handsome neighbor. He’s quiet, good-looking, and everything about him is just her type. He even has an unexpectedly adorable side, which makes her heart race. He’s right there across the street, but what she wants is the stars. Xie Cenxing thinks the owner of the dessert shop across the street is even sweeter than her cakes. The only problem is that there are too many other men around her, and he needs to get rid of them one by one. Ding! Mission complete. Another successful day protecting Little Sweet Pear! Yuan Li notices that she keeps running into him more and more, but every time, he seems to misunderstand her... When a kind doctor asks for her WeChat, he says there’s no such thing as a decent man who asks for someone’s WeChat first. But Yuan Li remembers that he asked for hers first, too. When her refined cousin comes by with flowers, he orders a bouquet of his own, without finding out that she needs them to decorate a cake. That day, Yuan Li drags him to a street corner and has him hand flowers out to everyone he sees. When her wealthy dad brings her a luxury car, he needles him with sarcastic remarks until he leaves. Later, he pins Yuan Li down and kisses her by force. She claws him, and when he finds out the man is his future father-in-law, he nearly cries and asks Yuan Li, “Does your dad have a good memory?” Excerpt 1: The company employees notice that their workaholic boss has been away from the office a lot lately. He’s even started coming in late and leaving early. Some have seen him carry his laptop to the dessert shop across the street, sit there all day, and seem to be in a great mood. No one knows why he keeps going there. Is it because the cakes are good? The dessert shop’s owner doesn’t know either. Yuan Li looks at the man who has shown up yet again and taps on his table, asking with concern, “Is your company’s internet still down?” Xie Cenxing spreads his hands helplessly. “Yeah, the office wiring’s broken.” “All right. A latte and a Black Forest cake. Anything else?” “I need a girlfriend.” “...Sorry, we don’t have those here.” Excerpt 2: Yuan Li plans an anniversary event for her shop. Customers who post about their visit online can win a custom birthday gift and a lifetime membership card, with the most-liked and most-shared post taking the prize. When Xie Cenxing hears that the custom birthday gift is a cake made by Yuan Li herself, along with birthday wishes, he brings a camera to the shop. After taking pictures all day, he picks the best one and posts it on the company’s official account. Netizens criticize the company account for being used for personal purposes, and joke that the employee responsible should be fired. An employee in the know reveals that it was the boss himself, and that he even sent everyone a red envelope to get them to share and like the post. Coming next: My Picked-Up Boyfriend Is a Master Chef [Spacey little fairy who forges magical artifacts × heir to a family of spirit chefs with incredible cooking skills] Shen Zhizhi was born into Xuanjian Sect, the top sect in the immortal realm, and has a whole group of powerful people backing her. Before she’s even a hundred, she’s already reached the Deification Realm, and can throw her weight around in the cultivation world. She’s determined to follow the path of artifact cultivation. To forge a thousand-year anniversary gift for her parents, she decides to set out and find the materials she needs: phoenix feathers, Froststar Grass, dragonblood crystals, cold spring water, qilin deer antlers... Her senior brothers and sisters all say there’s no way she’ll collect everything. But before she’s even reached the secret realm, she’s already found most of it. Is this really that hard? Before she leaves the mountain to gain experience Her parents, the sect leaders: Take these hundred thousand spirit stones and spend them. Her many masters: Tokens from the powerful figures of every sect. If anyone gives you trouble, tell your elders. Her senior brothers and sisters: Take a hundred talismans infused with sword energy. No need for you to fight anyone yourself. After she leaves the mountain to gain experience Before every fight, she first sends the little chef somewhere safe. If he gets hurt, he won’t be able to cook. Then she tries to kill the enemy with one move, so they won’t be late for dinner. Rumors begin circulating among rogue cultivators: Apparently, there’s a beautiful fairy maiden around these parts, with a dog and a pretty-boy by her side. If you see them, take a detour, especially around mealtime. Shen Zhizhi reads a gossip sheet: Are they talking about me? The little chef made delicious braised goo-goo beast today! The powerful cultivator who uses immortal artifacts to cook spirit food, wasting treasures that could shake the heavens, quietly takes all the credit: As long as Zhizhi likes it. The qilin beast that looks like a dog: I’m a divine beast! Only a day after leaving the mountain, Shen Zhizhi saves a little chef in an act of bravery. But are chefs all this good-looking these days? A young master with overwhelming combat skills who pretends to be weak: Zhizhi is willing to take me to the secret realm with her. I’m so happy. I’ll repay her by marrying her. Much later... Shen Zhizhi discovers that her little chef is the heir to a family of spirit chefs. “You lied to me!” Cen Ye holds her in his arms, his eyes full of affection. “Zhizhi, I’ll only ever cook for you.” Excerpt: One day, inside a secret realm, everyone is fighting over treasures when a delicious aroma suddenly wafts through the air. Beneath a tree, a man in black adds a drop of ten-thousand-year stone essence to a pot, along with thousand-year spirit-restoring herbs and a few beauty-preserving flowers. He serves it in a bowl of ice-jade to a woman in pink who has just killed a crowd of wicked cultivators with one move. “Zhizhi, take a break and have some soup to settle your breathing.” Everyone: Help! Is your soup made entirely from heavenly treasures? Theme: Study hard and keep striving to improve