From Slave Girl to Head Chef

Please add my upcoming novel, The Discipline Director in an Old-School Angsty Campus Novel, to your favorites! The blurb is at the bottom.

As a food blogger who loves honing her cooking skills, Tang Wanwan transmigrates and becomes a slave girl, saddled with younger siblings and constantly at risk of starving to death.

Going from luxury to poverty in a heartbeat, Tang Wanwan rolls up her sleeves and gets ready to work at a restaurant.

Only when she hits the street does she discover she's in a dynasty that has never existed in the history books.

Here, refined stir-fries are developing at a rapid pace. There's plenty to learn!

Here, no one has heard of hamburgers, fried chicken, or spicy hot pot. There's money to be made!!!

The restaurant where she works is full of master chefs, so Tang Wanwan doesn't dare show off in front of experts. But...

Her pan-fried rice balls win the staff's praise.

A basket of crystal shrimp dumplings catches the head chef's attention.

A serving of crispy fried chicken has the customers raving, and even earns her the chance to become an acclaimed chef's apprentice!

And that's not even mentioning scallion-oil noodles with a giant hot pot, red-oil wontons with little cakes, lamb and bread stew with instant noodles, or mapo tofu stuffed into flatbread!

The customers wipe away their drool and hold up their banknotes. "Take my money right now. Don't make me get on my knees and beg you."

The famous chefs fight back tears of excitement and throw open their doors. "Become my dear apprentice right now. I'm begging you!"

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Later, Chef Tang Wanwan makes a name for herself. Even the emperor and princess come to sample her food. Her little restaurant is wildly popular, yet never sees a single dispute.

She watches a certain prefect pass by the restaurant three times a day, every day. The man is handsome as jade, tall and straight, with the elegance of distant mountains. His righteous aura is like an anchor, and simply standing there seems to drive away every evil spirit and demon in the world.

She teases him, "What brings you here, my lord?"

"Nothing," the man pauses. "I just wanted to see you."

A gentle, clever little chef versus a refined, courteous, devastatingly charming prefect

[A few things to note:

1. The heroine's career is the focus. The romance comes later.

2. The dynasty is fictional, and food is the main backdrop.

3. That's all~

Blurb for The Discipline Director in an Old-School Angsty Campus Novel, coming soon:

As a discipline director, Yang Qing knows how to adapt her teaching to each student and care for their physical and mental well-being. She's a trusted mentor and friend to her students, and has been voted their favorite teacher for five years in a row.

One day, she transmigrates into an old-school angsty campus novel as the villainous, disposable vice discipline director.

The original character bullied students, hinted that parents should give her gifts, and sucked up to the discipline director as he came up with one absurdly harsh school rule after another.

On her first day on the job, Yang Qing slaps a stack of school regulations down in front of the discipline director. "Get rid of them."

He tells her to stop acting crazy, then says into the phone, "There are too many people hoping for a recommendation. Whether your son gets one depends on how much you give me."

Yang Qing presses the record button with her left hand and pulls out her phone, still on the call, with her right. "Principal, did you hear that?"

On her second day, Yang Qing receives a photo of the male and female leads embracing.

The people in the photo, the male and female leads, hold hands and declare, "Even if we have to fight the whole world, we'll be together."

Yang Qing sees their future: after countless misunderstandings and hardships, they both go blind, have kidneys removed, somehow get into a prestigious university, and spend the rest of their lives together. She pulls out a stack of exam prep books. "Don't worry. Study hard. Your teacher will fight the whole world for you."

The photographer, the villainous second female lead, blows a smoke ring. "Only I deserve him."

Yang Qing sees the girl's past, when people kept telling her she had to marry the male lead, and her future, when she fails to win his love, wastes her talent, and spends her days drinking. Yang Qing studies the excellent lighting and composition of the photo in her hands. "Have you considered that maybe he's not good enough for you? Would you take the school's promotional photos?"

The person who delivers the photo, the rebellious second male lead, leans on his cane and plays a game. "If she's unhappy, I'm happy."

Yang Qing sees his future, permanently disabled because he fails to rest properly and has an accident. She takes his phone, gets a pentakill with the lowest gold on her team, and turns the game around. "Bullying someone is the wrong way to show affection. Get back to the hospital now. I'll teach you three easy tricks to reach King rank."

Later...

Shengyao High School, once infamous for its terrible school culture and consistently dismal college admission rates, produces a string of municipal role models and exemplary young people who help others. Its students dominate the city's top ten exam rankings, but competition among them grows fiercer than ever.

"Teacher Yang said my clothes looked nice today. I must be her favorite student."

"Teacher Yang said yesterday that my pastries were the best! I'm obviously the one she likes most."

"Make way, all of you! Don't touch my precious shoulder. Teacher Yang just took a picture of it!"

Theme: Those who work hard can overcome any obstacle.