The Chef's Conquest

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Willing to do anything to get into the competition, Ruan Yi's journey toward his dream goes so wildly off track that he not only crashes and burns in front of his idol, revealing his hand too soon, but also gets branded a scheming, pathetic simp.

But the more Ruan Yi thinks about it, the more he feels this wasn't such a bad deal.

Ruan Yi: "I-I just l-l-like you. W-what's it to you?"

Gao Deng: "Stop trying to get with me. I suggest you focus on the competition."

Ruan Yi: "I've already d-decided. I want you, and the championship."

[Fake playboy, real gentleman, god of the culinary world top x Deeply insecure but fiercely hardworking stuttering bottom]

Note: The top is looking for a no-strings hookup, so he's not a virgin, but he's not actually a scumbag (bows).

[Sweetness level: Unlimited chocolate]

[The timid little stutterer loves flirting with the culinary god]

Round one: He flirts his way into the hotel room.

Round two: He sleeps in the culinary god's room.

By round N, the culinary god has the little stutterer pinned against the kitchen counter in the back.

Culinary god: "Didn't you want to learn how to cook? I'll teach you, one step at a time."

Little stutterer: "D-don't mess around. Someone might see us."

Culinary god: "What are you afraid of? I locked the door. You do your thing... I'll do mine."

You are the faith I've spent my whole life believing in.

You are a treasure from beyond the heavens.

[A story about a self-taught new chef who cobbles together techniques from all over, then makes a comeback under the personal guidance of the culinary world's god and becomes a five-star chef.]

[This story takes plenty of liberties with cooking. No fact-checking or arguing, please! Bows~]

[There is no real-life inspiration! There is no real-life inspiration! There is no real-life inspiration!]

[Next novel]: What Do You Need a Job in Esports For? Don't You Want a Husband?

Blurb:

Muye, nearly forced into retirement after being framed, never believed in talk of a run of bad luck. That is, until he sees Gu Ci bouncing around in front of him, talking and laughing.

This has got to be the kind of bad luck even beating himself with pomelo leaves can't fix...

Muye: "Did I transmigrate, or did everyone else die?"

Gu Ci: "You can see me?"

Muye: "Obviously. I almost drowned, I didn't go blind."

Looking at Gu Ci, who should be lying in bed in a vegetative state, Muye decides he must be dead...

[Wealthy heir who became a vegetable after an accident top x The handsomest pro gamer in the entire league bottom]

Note: The game is the one everyone knows, but please don't take the tournaments, rules, and so on too seriously (please).

At first, Muye thinks he must be dead. But after seeing all kinds of ghosts, each dead in an even more bizarre way than the last, he decides he might as well be truly dead.

He sees one kicking his own head around like a ball.

He sees another crawling with its body, head, and limbs all moving in different directions.

He sees one hanging upside down outside a window, no matter how many floors up it is.

Muye thinks: Sometimes I really do wish I could just die already.

Gu Ci: "Maybe don't, Brother Muye. If you really die, who'll be here to love me?"

Muye: "What more do I have to do to show you I love you? Tell me, what have you wanted that I haven't given you?"

Gu Ci: "Would you let me take your pants off?"

But later, when Gu Ci finally wakes up completely from his vegetative state, Muye feels like the sky has fallen.

Fine, fine, so that's how it is. I'm not even afraid of ghosts anymore, so why should I be afraid of winning my top back?

Gu Ci (shocked): "Muye, what did you just say?"

Muye (gritting his teeth): "I said I've already taken my own pants off!"

Theme: Thank goodness you're here on the road to pursuing my dream.