After Dumping the Movie Emperor, I Ran Away Pregnant [Gourmet]

[The main story is complete]

[My next story, The Drought Goddess Becomes a Pitiful Heiress, is coming soon. Please add it to your collection.]

Xu Junyao, the proprietress of a restaurant in a remote tourist attraction, is strikingly beautiful and dignified. She has a seven-year-old son and earns a living running an eatery in an ancient village belonging to an ethnic minority.

The restaurant's decor is nothing special, but the proprietress cooks better than a five-star chef. Her specialty is that everything is exceptionally expensive: 88 yuan for a plate of greens, 388 yuan for pork with green peppers. The prices are fixed, and she refuses to lower them.

People curse her as a heartless profiteer, but after eating there once, they all become loyal regulars. They nearly come to blows over the last plate of sweet-and-sour pork.

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When he was young, film emperor Sheng Jiayan loved a woman with all his heart. She stayed by his side through the lowest point of his career, sharing both hardship and good times, but vanished without a word on the night he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.

Sheng Jiayan searched frantically for her for three months. Then, eight years later, while filming a movie, he saw Xu Junyao in the village where they were shooting.

Xu Junyao had a boy of about seven by her side, whose features bore a striking resemblance to his own when he was a child.

Sheng Jiayan's eyes instantly reddened. In full view of the cameras, he cornered her and demanded, “Why did you disappear without a word eight years ago?”

Xu Junyao looked at her ex-boyfriend, the father of her child, whom she was seeing again after all these years, and replied with a classic line from a heartless woman: “Don't be like this. We're just friends now.”

“Don't read too much into it. I just don't want to take responsibility.”

[Important content notes]

1. A food-and-child-rearing story. The heroine won't enter the entertainment industry. One couple, happy ending. This is not a story about the hero chasing his wife after losing her.

2. The heroine is carefree and doesn't care about romance. She dated the hero only for his DNA. The story will explain why she only wanted his DNA. Please proceed with caution if this bothers you.

3. The hero is an actor, not an idol. He doesn't maintain a single persona for his fans and is free to date. Please don't argue about this.

4. The characters are not based on real people. Please don't associate them with anyone in real life.

Coming soon:

The Drought Goddess Becomes a Pitiful Heiress

The drought goddess Wen Guqiu was sealed away for a thousand years. When she finally saw the light of day again, people mistook her for the youngest daughter of the Gu family of Jing City, Gu Qiu, and took her home.

Wen Guqiu: Do people these days not understand plain speech? She already told them they had the wrong person!

Before Wen Guqiu could explain, the “family” who had seemed so kind showed their true colors as soon as they brought her back to the Gu household.

“Dad” told her, “You're just a burden your mother brought with her. Don't expect to get anything you don't deserve.”

“Mom” told her, “Qiqqi, it was already hard for me to establish myself in the Gu family after marrying with you in tow. For my sake, don't upset your father, brother, or sister.”

“Brother” told her, “If your heart hadn't matched our sister's, you wouldn't even deserve to set foot in the Gu family home.”

Wen Guqiu: “Is that so?”

[Content notes]

1. Fictional setting, plot-driven. The romance develops much later, but the male lead appears early.

2. A satisfying power fantasy plot with ghosts, monsters, and exorcists. The heroine is at the top of the power scale.

3. The heroine is nonhuman and somewhat brutal. Please proceed with caution if that's not for you.

4. Couple: aloof, domineering drought goddess × kindhearted, resilient young exorcist. Strong heroine, weaker hero.

Theme: Warm family bonds and love can heal the pain of an unhappy past