Fine Jade and Auspicious Feasts (Food)

New novel: The Crown Princess Wants to Usurp the Throne Again Today [GB]. Blurb at the very bottom.

Upcoming novels: After an Alpha Woman Marks the Demon Lord (Transmigrating into a Book); After Losing Her Memory, She Married Her Ex-Husband [Female Alpha, Male Omega]

★ A bold, scheming big sister x a sweet, black-hearted puppy. A food and romance story ★

Ji Xiao transmigrates, only to find that her original body has just died after being forced into marriage. Her betrothed is none other than the number one wastrel in Ningzhou.

Ji Xiao: "Goodbye, and good riddance."

She runs away from the wedding, disguises herself as a man, and picks up a jade-faced young gentleman who has run away from home.

From a pretty but useless ornament to a warm, comforting presence, could those innocent puppy eyes be hiding a black sesame tangyuan?

They pick up river snails in the village, gather mushrooms on the mountain, sell steamed buns at the morning market, and serve delicious food at the night market.

Their snail noodle shop serves golden fried eggs, crisp and fluffy; chilled fruit bowls are sweet and refreshing; pork and bamboo shoot buns are crisp and tender; and paper-thin shaomai are filled with the savory flavors of shrimp and crab.

There's also coconut milk dessert soup, seafood tossed in sauce, lemon chicken feet, spicy braised rabbit heads, and grilled pork belly skewers...

From young master Ji to Miss Xiao, the Ji family food shop becomes a sensation in Yongzhou. A famous courtesan falls for her, the prefect praises her, and even the emperor hears about the "flavor" and comes by on his southern tour.

She earns money to support her family, reaches the peak of her life, attracts a whole garden of admirers, and falls in love with a younger beauty...

Who would have guessed that when they both lose their secret identities, it would get so awkward? Isn't he the notorious former betrothed she called off her engagement with?

Which family's wastrel is both cool and sweet? Which family's puppy is both sly and alluring?

On the day he comes to her home to break off their engagement, he pinches the corner of her sleeve and gazes up at her with tearful eyes, little pearls rolling down his cheeks.

"Sister, can't we stay engaged?"

Ji Xiao: ?

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As the only son of the wealthy Jiang family in Ningzhou, Jiang Tingyu was raised in luxury and grew up free-spirited and unruly, earning himself a reputation as the number one wastrel.

He runs away from home to escape an arranged marriage and is picked up by an older "brother" disguised as a man. From then on, he hones both his cooking and his tea-serving skills, becomes his sister's number one fan, and nearly gets mistaken for a man who likes men.

At first, he only wanted to be the first to taste her delicious cooking.

Later, he wanted to be the only one in his sister's heart.

#What should I do if the puppy I picked up is the notorious hellhound from the neighboring village? #

#When you fall in love freely, then discover your partner was the one you were meant to break off your engagement with#

[Reading Guide]

1. Food, farming, and an older woman-younger man romance. One-on-one, happy ending, light and sweet.

2. Three-year age gap. The hero is mostly a pretty mascot early on, but grows under the heroine's guidance. He's not just a background character, and the romance takes up more of the story later.

3. An alternate dynasty. The seasonings and fruits are mostly available, so please don't get too particular.

-----★ New novel currently serializing ★ The Crown Princess Wants to Usurp the Throne Again Today [GB] ------

A black-hearted, unhinged young lady x a lovesick, possessive crown prince who gives birth for love

Gu Xiyuan transmigrates as the young lady of a general's household and decides to stop being a lovesick fool and focus on her career.

But her betrothed is the infamous Mad Crown Prince of the capital.

He imprisons his father, hunts down his brothers, and, whenever he's in a bad mood, wipes out a few great clans. He has tried to kill her several times...

Gu Xiyuan tries giving in and placating him, but eventually decides to kill him and take the throne herself.

Everything is ready for the wedding at the Eastern Palace. Before the bride can plunge her dagger into the groom, an arrow comes flying out of nowhere and turns the crown prince into a pincushion.

The lovesick prince, dressed in bright red wedding robes and covered in blood, approaches with a sword in hand, takes her hand, and kisses her fingertips.

"I love you."

Gu Xiyuan kicks him away. "So you're taking advantage of the situation?"

Trying to seize the throne, are we?

She killed one mad crown prince, and now here comes another.

The difference is, this one seems to love her.

The Sixth Prince, Yin Mingyin, was born with feminine beauty and a naturally alluring scent. When he falls in love, he can become pregnant.

Gu Xiyuan feels as if she has married a beautiful younger sister. Their bedchamber is filled with spring warmth and fragrance. His beauty mark is red as blood, and he remains breathtaking even while drawing his sword to kill.

The Crown Prince picks flowers for the Crown Princess, styles her hair, sings to her, applies her lip makeup, and embroiders her a sachet.

He wears a little bell to make her happy, then secretly gets pregnant and uses his belly to plead with her through tear-filled eyes.

He's completely lovesick, sick with longing.

Gu Xiyuan, once a lovesick fool herself: "..."

Don't mess with my head. I might actually change my mind.

★ Reader's Guide ★

1. GB story, one-on-one, both leads are sexually inexperienced, a healing sweet story about losing your mind together.

2. The hero disguises himself as a woman early on, then later uses force to take what he wants. The heroine is secretly unhinged, and the second male lead gets his own burning-in-the-fire-of-regret arc.

3. A normal world setting. The hero has a special constitution, and pregnancy is his way of seeking love.

4. No male-male pairings in this story. If there are any, they're foreshadowing. [Emphasis]

-----★ Upcoming novel ★ After an Alpha Woman Marks the Demon Lord (Transmigrating into a Book) ------

A lazy Alpha nine-tailed fox x a cool, career-driven Omega Demon Lord

The interstellar Alpha woman Guiyi transmigrates into a melodramatic xianxia novel as the villainess.

As the Demon Lord's foremost great demon, she falls in love with the male lead and betrays her clan. The great villain personally turns her into a fox-fur muffler.

Guiyi quietly coils her tail around her master's porcelain-white neck to keep him warm. Don't skin me. My life is yours.

As a proper great villain, Demon Lord Feng Qiansu wears the face of a gloomy pretty boy and kills anyone who stands in his way, whether god or Buddha. On his own, he brings the entire cultivation world to its knees.

He kicks the male lead around, steals the female lead, and is as arrogant as they come.

Guiyi, swaggering under his protection and serving as the great villain's fluffy accessory: "Yip!"

The little golden nine-tailed fox swings her magnificent fluffy tails and follows the great villain with her head held high, living the comfortable life of a minor villain from then on.

Her powerful master does all the work. She just has to eat and drink, give her tails a spa treatment, collect handsome men from the demon realm, and occasionally serve as his accomplice to prove her loyalty.

Later, on a battlefield where the two armies face each other, the proud and unruly Demon Lord stands with lowered brows, his elegant jade-like fingers carefully brushing the little nine-tailed fox's fur.

The righteous cultivators: "Bah! What a waste of a life!"

The demon realm's coworkers: "My ship is feeding me again!"

Guiyi: "Shipping everything will only hurt you."

One day, the great villain goes limp in her arms, his face flushed. Beneath his long hair, slick with cold sweat, his vulnerable gland at the back of his neck is swollen and red.

Guiyi: ???

The great villain is actually an Omega!

The Demon Lord doesn't follow the plot at all. He stays away from the romance storyline, doing nothing but petting foxes and building his career. He doesn't even try to steal the heroine anymore.

The System, arriving late: "The plot has completely veered off course. If he destroys this world, you're finished too."

To get the ruined story back on track, Guiyi marks Feng Qiansu at the crucial moment when he is about to wipe out the immortal sects.

To avoid becoming a fox-fur muffler, she fakes her death and runs away that very night.

The frenzied Demon Lord massacres the immortal sects, searches the entire mortal realm, beats the male and female leads into submission, and goes completely berserk.

In the rain of Qingming, Guiyi watches nervously as he collapses in front of her fake grave. Before she can run for it, he grabs her by the tail and drags her back to the Demon Palace.

System: [Warning! Warning! The anti-villain character has severely... severely deviated! The plot has col...]

Feng Qiansu smashes the System panel with one palm. As Guiyi trembles, he takes her hand and presses it against his slightly rounded belly.

His voice is low and dangerous, but his eyes are inexplicably soft and bright with tears. His lovely pheromone scent spreads through the air.

"You gave me a gift, then abandoned me. Which kind of punishment do you prefer?"

★ Reader's Guide ★

1. Both leads transmigrate into a book, ancient ABO setting, with pregnancy.

2. The heroine does everything to survive. She can be cool or sweet, and occasionally has a white-cut-black side.

3. The hero is an all-powerful, all-conquering Demon Lord Omega. He's strong-willed, but pursues his wife while pregnant. An unconventional GB story.

Message: Promote the culture of Chinese cuisine.