The Bread Smells Wonderful

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Pastry chef Mi Qiu drowned and woke up in ancient times. Here, she had neither fine clothes nor gold and silver to her name, and her new identity was that of a miserable concubine-born daughter who had nearly died. Bullied by her legal mother, tormented by her elder sister, and saddled with a frail, good-for-nothing husband to care for, even the village chief's wife wanted to scrape a little fat off her legs, which were so poor they were practically skin and bone.

By chance, she bound herself to a business System. Under the System's "threats and temptations," Mi Qiu turned her life around and gained a second chance to survive.

Following the System's guidance, she returned to her old trade and used her deft skills to make golden, flaky croissants, soft pastries with molten chocolate centers, sweet-and-sour pineapple buns, and savory-sweet pork floss buns... Her bread became an overnight sensation, the favorite treat of the whole town.

Everyone: How have we never tasted such delicious food before? Don't you dare take any from me...

Gradually, Mi Qiu's purse grew fat. Then the System had her help sell off goods that weren't moving. When fruit growers couldn't sell their fruit, she bought it. When no one would buy their fine rice, she bought it up. When the beekeeper couldn't find anyone interested in his honey, she paid for it. Before long, shops all over town were competing to work with Mi Qiu.

But some people didn't just want to compete for her business. They wanted to claim her, too. When a handsome, refined scholar stood in front of Mi Qiu, drove off a lecher with his saber, and declared that she belonged to him, she realized that the man's gentle exterior was all an act. His true identity was none other than the second prince, who had disappeared according to the rumors.

Thinking of the painful past she would rather forget, Mi Qiu packed her things and tried to run. To her surprise, she was somehow kidnapped along the way and taken to an empty hall in the imperial palace.

Li Muxiu, wearing a four-clawed python robe and clearly suppressing his anger, approached her and patiently coaxed her. "You can be angry, but if there's something you want to know, just ask. What do you think you're doing by running away? Would you dare do it again?"

A true hero would rather die than suffer humiliation, so Mi Qiu could only tremble and shake her head.

A stubborn sweetheart with maxed-out baking skills x a cunning prince who plays the pig to eat the tiger

Theme: Make your own way in life