Reborn as a Beloved Auspicious Beast After Being Loathed by All

Eight-year-old Lin Yu wanted his big brother to hug him, but his big brother, mature and composed from a young age, could only impatiently push him away. At sixteen, Lin Yu was harassed online by his second brother's fans because of a misunderstanding. His second brother, whose personality was awful, only said, "Serves you right." At eighteen, Lin Yu, covered in scars, cautiously approached the illegitimate younger brother the family had just found, only to have the blame turned back on him. On the day of the accident, his illegitimate younger brother smiled with hidden malice as he invited Lin Yu to a family banquet. Even though Lin Yu knew he was disliked, he still got into the car with one last shred of hope. In the final second before he lost consciousness after the crash, he chose to shield his younger brother. As a result, Lin Yu ended up in intensive care, while his younger brother suffered only superficial injuries. His older brothers and former friends came to take the younger brother home from the hospital, and not one of them remembered that Lin Yu was in the same hospital. Lin Yu died all alone in his hospital room. To his surprise, when he opened his eyes again, he had been reborn as a fluffy auspicious beast and was taken in by a business tycoon rumored to be cold and heartless. From then on, he lived a life of being doted on endlessly. He accidentally started a livestream and attracted a huge following of fluffy-animal fans. The little auspicious beast happily curled up in the tycoon's arms and wagged his tail, driving away the bad luck that had surrounded the tycoon for years. Even a random drink purchase won him the grand prize. By chance, he ran into the family and friends who had despised him in his previous life, only to discover that they were searching for him everywhere, red-eyed and frantic. The tycoon narrowed his eyes and lifted the auspicious beast without question. "Mine." P.S. Face-slapping, scum gets punished, and a crowd-pleasing, sweet romance. The previous life is angsty [bolded]; the present life is sweet [bolded]. All the bad guys get their comeuppance!!! Coming soon: A Good Cook Always Serves Up a Meal. If you're interested, please add it to your collection! Shi Yuanyuan is a renowned chef with an obsessive personality, always pursuing the ultimate heights of culinary excellence. He has tried almost every precious ingredient in the world, but lately the ingredients have taken a rather bizarre turn. "New humans" covered in fish scales, trees that bear ghost-infant fruit, pigs that can speak... The horrors everyone else avoids are all top-quality ingredients in Shi Yuanyuan's eyes. Shi Yuanyuan says nothing. He just keeps killing monsters, cooking, killing monsters, cooking... Unfortunately, no one appreciates his art. His dishes are regarded as the world's most potent poison, and just getting close to them is enough to drain your sanity. Everyone who tries them cries out, "What kind of quack are you? I feel even worse after eating that!" Shi Yuanyuan is sad. Shi Yuanyuan eats the food himself. Shi Yuanyuan gets poisoned. Shi Yuanyuan decides to give up his dream of being a chef. The news falls like a death knell. For the culinary world, it means losing one eccentric chef. For all of humanity, it's like the West losing Jerusalem! Like fish out of water!! Like cola with no bubbles!!! A meteor falls, and pollution-induced mutations quietly begin. Pollutants hungry for flesh and blood are everywhere. Society barely manages to keep functioning. The undercurrents threaten to erupt at any moment and swallow everyone, heralding a new chapter called the apocalypse. Just as humanity's leaders are at their wits' end, a good chef descends like a god made flesh. To keep this new god, no, this good chef, from losing heart, humanity's representatives frantically begin recruiting people capable of eating Shi Yuanyuan's food. Anyone who can eat Shi Yuanyuan's cooking and praise him will receive immeasurable wealth and power! A tear opens in space, and a tall figure slowly emerges from the twisted void. The handsome man lowers his eyes. "I don't need treasure. Can I just take this chef home?" From the love interest's perspective: You mean I can get delicious meals for free and take home a wife, too? ^_^ #Yeah, yeah, my wife's tentacle stew is the best. #You don't like it? Then I'll pull out your tongue. #You like it? Who do you think you are, to deserve my wife's cooking? Theme: Learn to cherish the good things in life.