Dressing as a Man and Then a Woman in a Pure Love Novel

Qin Feifei wakes up to find herself transmigrated into a danmei novel as a brainless, useless woman. The original owner took advantage of one of the male leads, Jing Huan, being badly injured by a succubus. She pretended to resist but went along with it, stealing his yang essence. Then, once he regained consciousness, she used the excuse that he had to take responsibility to blackmail him into helping her cultivate. Knowing how the story goes, Qin Feifei understands that Jing Huan took the original owner in and helped her cultivate solely so he could one day reclaim all the spiritual power she had gained from absorbing his yang essence. When that day came, she would be left a dried-out husk. And there is another powerful male lead in the book, Sikong Xiao, who covets Jing Huan and is waiting to engage in a battle of equals with him. As an obstacle in the two male leads' romance, Qin Feifei is in for a miserable struggle to survive, with a tragic end. Waking up while Jing Huan is still unconscious, Qin Feifei shudders and hikes up her skirt to run. After barely escaping with her life, she sets out to fulfill the lazy, gluttonous dream she had as a wage slave: becoming the cultivation world's first pioneering culinary cultivator! When she learns that Jing Huan is investigating the whereabouts of the woman who appeared nearby on the day he was injured, Qin Feifei resolutely disguises herself as a man. Men cannot have their yang essence stolen, so he will never suspect her. Safety achieved. Feeling that the men in this danmei novel look at her with far too much philosophical intensity, Qin Feifei cleverly disguises herself as a woman while posing as a man. The genders don't match, so they can't become a couple. Safety achieved again. Qin Feifei keeps jumping between being a woman disguised as a man and a man disguised as a woman. She never expected this supposedly pure-love story to take such a turn! Male lead Jing Huan: Feifei, where are you trying to run this time? Male lead Sikong Xiao: A man? Excellent. A woman? Even better. [Important Notes] 1. There is no pure-love romance between the two male leads. Some supporting characters have comedic, token pure-love romances. 2. If supporting characters like the heroine, it's because of her cooking and personality, not because she dresses as a man. 3. The heroine is slow to catch on when it comes to romance and will not make major breakthroughs in cultivation. She is a true slacker who loves food, and changes the original bad ending all by herself. 4. Jing Huan features mainly in the first half, and Sikong Xiao in the second. The two male leads hold their own, and the open ending has them protecting the heroine together. Happy ending. Theme: Dreams are the future