They Say There’s Poison in the Food

The blurb for my next novel, "All My Two-Faced Exes End Up in the Crematorium", appears after this one. I hope you'll add it to your collection and show your support. Thank you!

Everyday-style blurb:

The neighbors are mutating, and the world is falling apart, but Tang Yu hasn't noticed a thing. All her attention is focused on becoming the greatest chef in the world.

Focus is the only key to success.

Fueled by her love of cooking, Tang Yu keeps going further down the path of culinary arts, no matter how dark it gets.

Instance [Midnight Meat Soup]: Gathering her courage, Tang Yu serves the landlady the lamb soup she's spent a week simmering, hoping to win over her stomach and convince her to take Tang Yu on as an apprentice.

But the lamb soup wins the landlady's heart instead. Her face deathly pale and blood at the corners of her mouth, the landlady is on the verge of mutation when she suffers a fatal heart attack on the spot. Tang Yu tearfully inherits her estate.

Instance [Her Husband's Lies]: Full of anticipation, Tang Yu prepares a loving breakfast for her eerie "husband."

After taking one bite, her "husband" calmly says he's going to work. He still hasn't come back.

But none of that matters. In pursuit of her dream, Tang Yu is devoted to giving every hungry person a delicious meal.

The pitiful butcher at the bloody slaughterhouse, the residents of Lonely Cliff Town who worship the gods, the group of hikers who got lost on the mountain together...

Not a single person who's tried Tang Yu's cooking has ever left a bad review. Isn't that an accomplishment in itself?

In the end, Tang Yu fulfills her dream. Even the gods must bow before her culinary skills.

She is the fearsome ruler of Taotie City, serving everyone an unparalleled feast.

Show-off-style blurb:

The supernatural has descended upon the world. Countless eerie instances have appeared, and humanity's safe havens have fallen to zero percent. The surviving humans can only reclaim their homes by repeatedly clearing instances, collecting instance fragments, and destroying the entities within them.

In this struggle between humanity and supernatural forces, even the despairing faithful may turn traitor, while the cowardly and weak can find their courage again. And the one believed to be the most dangerous outsider may ultimately become the savior god.

Absolute power has never been wrong. The ones who wield it are the problem. If a god doesn't love humanity, then that god can be slain.

Note: An ensemble cast, primarily from the female lead's perspective. The female lead is powerful, but please don't expect an invincible heroine who effortlessly slaughters everyone and has no weaknesses.

A little scary, but all fear comes from insufficient firepower. The supernatural entities aren't ghosts. Slightly horror-themed; this will be revealed later.

Infinite-flow story with multiple instances and worlds.

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New novel coming soon: "All My Two-Faced Exes End Up in the Crematorium"

Also known as "Pretending to Love You"

In her previous life, Yan Li was the most eye-catching "caged bird" in Dongjiang's circle of powerful families.

A top tycoon treated her as his private canary. A rich young master decided how she should live in the name of love. A new internet mogul wove a cage out of data. Even the roses from the godfather of organized crime were stained with blood.

They all said they loved her to the core, yet they personally drove her to suffocate and die.

As she lay dying, she remembered the female sea turtle beneath the waves, pressed down by countless males and sinking into the abyss, with even struggling reduced to a mere fantasy.

Reborn, Yan Li scoffed. "Love? Get down on your knees and listen to me."

In this life, the newly ruthless heartthrob becomes the one moving the pieces.

The tycoon wants to bind her with a contract? She exposes his tax evasion, then watches him beg for a partnership.

The young master claims he's "doing it for her own good" and forces her into marriage? She exposes his family's scandal in public and turns him into a laughingstock.

The obsessive hacker lays a net to trap her? She hacks all his accounts and lets him experience life in abject poverty.

Even the arrogant god of competitive gaming gets kicked off his pedestal by her. "So aloof? I'll teach you what it means to be humble."

The men who once treated her like a plaything now crawl at her feet, becoming stepping stones on her way to the top.

Yan Li steps on their backs and sneers. "Love isn't a shackle. It's submission."

"You taught me that the strong prey on the weak. Now I'll teach you to bow your heads and admit defeat."

[Darkened Revenge Queen x A Den of Villains]

A clear-headed, ruthless heroine who tears apart fake devotion and deals with every self-important, paternalistic man.

A wish-fulfillment story about women's awakening, against objectification and control. Romance? I'd rather build my career.

Reading Guide:

1. The heroine is a wicked schemer, ruthless and merciless. She won't be redeemed or pushed around, and she outsmarts everyone from beginning to end.

2. A fake "win-her-back crematorium" story, but really it's revenge and face-slapping. Every male lead gets a VIP spot in the crematorium.

3. Theme: Reject coercion in the name of love. Women are born for the sky, not for cages.

Theme: Life won't let down those who work hard.