Life After Traveling to Ancient Times

The Great Zhou Dynasty is rich in produce and has everything going for it, except that its people don't know how to eat. Lu Zhi, who studied under a master chef in his previous life and spent years honing his cooking skills, declares: Let me save your taste buds! Hot pot, barbecue, and skewers. Bread, cake, and little desserts. Stir-fries, soups, and Chinese cuisine. Steak, burgers, and Western cuisine. Milk tea, juice, and sweet slushies. If you can think of it, I can make it! What do you do when other countries have you at their mercy because you're short on oil and sugar? Press oil! Make sugar! Turn the tables on them! What do you do when a neighboring country wants to trade a little wine for a lot of resources? Brew wine even better than theirs! Leave them with no way out! * Lu Zhi is sent to study at the Imperial College by imperial decree, where he runs into Gu Chao, who tricked him and broke a promise when they were children. They meet, and sparks fly. Gu Chao lowers his head, his cold eyes serene. He looks like someone you don't want to mess with. Lu Zhi stands tall, secretly trying to make himself look taller. As they stare at each other, Lu Zhi, standing on the moral high ground, fears nothing. Then he suddenly hears the other man's thoughts. [I've longed for this so much. At last, I can see you again.] Lu Zhi blurts out, "Bullshit!" The cold, intimidating young prince looks bewildered. "I didn't." [Reader's Guide: Please don't read if this bothers you] [Please make sure to read this! Don't waste your money!] 1. The villain dies quite directly, without suffering much, but suffers after death. (In this story, souls, the underworld, reincarnation, and rebirth exist.) Do not read if this bothers you!!!!!!!!! He doesn't suffer the equivalent of what he did before he dies because, by the end, I felt no one was more deranged than the villain. There is nothing in this world that the villain truly cares about, so no one can torment him or make him afraid. But the villain does have something he longs for, and it isn't in this life, but after death. So the villain's true ending comes after death, not before. Do not read if this bothers you!!!!! Do not read if this bothers you!!!!!! [None of the characters are perfect, including the protagonist. This isn't simply a cozy, healing food story. The villain is deranged and mentally ill (genuinely psychologically and mentally ill). He goes completely off the rails in chapters eight and nine. Drop it if you don't like that. Let's part on good terms, and please don't make personal attacks.] 2. This story has been revised from beginning to end and is completely different from the previous version. But even after the revisions, the story still doesn't have much logic, and the characters aren't well-developed. So really, don't have any expectations!!! If you're uncomfortable reading it, don't hesitate! Just drop it! 3. Lots of original worldbuilding. The historical dynasty is fictional, with no specific dynasty as a reference. Everything serves the needs of the plot. 4. There is a side couple. Theme: Among the vast sea of people, there will always be someone by your side.