Head Chef at the Olympic Village [Gourmet]

[Updates at 00:00. Sometimes it takes a few minutes for Jinjiang to display it] Bian Yu was born into this world after being reincarnated from the cultivation world. She fell in love with food, became a chef, and joined the General Administration of Sport of China. With her superb cooking, she won over a whole crowd of ravenous athlete fans. The host country for this Olympics was in chaos, with its public facilities in a dreadful state. To ensure the athletes’ safety, China brought along everything from massage chairs to a whole team of chefs. Bian Yu was chosen by an overwhelming vote and joined the national team on its Olympic journey. Thanks to the spiritual power lingering in her body from her past life, the food she cooked could restore people to their best condition. So Athletes who caught the flu abroad recovered by that very evening after eating her cooking, then went on to win gold medal after gold medal! Athletes assigned to dorms next to construction sites spent the whole night sleepless, with dark circles under their eyes. After eating her cooking, they were instantly full of energy and went on to break record after record! … Whenever the athletes talked about her, they gave her a big thumbs-up. “Chef Xiaoyu’s cooking is the best! Chef Xiaoyu is our lucky star!” [Post-competition interviews] Reporter: “What do you most want to do now that the competition is over?” Athlete: “Go eat Chef Xiaoyu’s cooking!” Reporter: “What left the deepest impression on you during the Olympics?” Athlete: “Chef Xiaoyu’s cooking, I guess. It was really delicious. Some foreigners had no shame at all and tried to fight us for it. When we wouldn’t share, they even got mad… Am I allowed to say that?” ○ There’s relatively little focus on sports competitions. The story is mainly about Gourmet, everyday life, and interactions with the athletes. ○ This is for entertainment only, and the setting is entirely fictional! Many details in the story don’t match reality, so if you’re looking for accuracy, don’t read it! ○ The timeline runs from before the Olympics, to during the Olympics, to after they end. ○ The heroine is extremely popular and has plenty of devoted male and female fans. ○ Some recipes are inspired by the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, as well as food vlogs recorded by athletes at the General Administration of Sport of China. For example, the green pepper beef, red-braised pork, spicy blood curd stew, and mapo tofu eaten in a video by Jia Yifan of the badminton team (slurp). Coming soon: Running a Restaurant at an Orthopedic Hospital [Gourmet] Lin Yutang was reborn as the aunt of a villainess. The villainess was still a tiny three-year-old girl, soft and chubby. To keep the little girl from turning into a doomed supporting character who went evil because of poverty and a lack of love, she renovated and reopened the small house left behind when her older sister, the girl’s mother, died. A little restaurant opened near Dongcheng No. 3 Orthopedic Hospital. Its steaming, savory dishes were just the thing for stubborn old folks and bawling little kids. People brought to the hospital after trying to jump to their deaths found a new reason to live thanks to the restaurant’s delicious food. Even sworn enemies admitted to the hospital after getting into a fight had to sit together in peace when they came to the restaurant. Lin’s Little Restaurant: delicious, nutritious food that makes patients happy and puts their families at ease! [Little Skit 1] A woman got home from work late at night and injured her leg after falling down the stairs because she couldn’t see. She was back to her usual determined self, hobbling with a cane to the little restaurant to buy dinner. When she returned, she found her mother in tears, who rushed over and hugged her, sobbing, “Sweetie, you’re quitting that job. I’ll support you. You’re always working overtime, and now you’ve ended up in the hospital. Your face has gotten so thin… Wait, why is it all swollen?” How had she gotten so round? Surely it wasn’t because she’d put on weight! Woman: “…” [Little Skit 2] Late one night, a man crashed his electric scooter into the glass door of a jewelry store, stole some gold jewelry, and fled in a panic. After investigating, the police identified the suspect as a patient at Dongcheng No. 3 Orthopedic Hospital. When they went to arrest him, they found him waiting in line at the little restaurant nearby. The suspect was horrified and begged desperately, “Officer, please! I won’t run away. Just let me eat this bowl of zhajiangmian before you take me in. I’ve been waiting forever just to get a taste!” Police: “…” ○ An everyday Gourmet story, served with all kinds of gossip and bizarre happenings to enjoy with your meal. Theme: Doing our part for the country!