I Opened a Restaurant in Dongxia

Pan Yan transmigrates. He was a gourmet who loved to eat, but food is what does him in: he dies after eating his own creation, red devil shrimp luosifen.

He transmigrates into a parallel world on his planet and rolls up his sleeves, ready to open a restaurant.

Though he died because of food in his previous life, that can't stop him from loving to eat.

Along the way, he meets his true love in this world, Xue An.

When Xue An first appears, she looks like a classical beauty: gentle and graceful.

She seems like someone who ran away from an arranged marriage at a wealthy household. But after dark clouds gather in the sky, a woman in red arrives, radiating a sharp and terrifying pressure.

It turns out she's the princess of the Eastern Xia dynasty. Unwilling to marry into a noble family, she ran away from her wedding. To escape the marriage, she sets her sights on Pan Yan.

Years ago, the Pan and Xue families arranged a marriage.

Later, the Xue family was ordered to guard the frontier, but in a single night, villains wiped them out, leaving behind one orphaned girl.

Years later, that orphan became the only princess of Eastern Xia. Unwilling to let others dictate her marriage, she ran away.

Xue An takes out the marriage contract from years ago. Pan Yan's expression changes as soon as he reads it.

"Can... can I refuse?"

Xue An replies imperiously, "What do you think?"

[Reading Notes]

● This is a short novel, with a slow-burn romance.

● If long hiatuses bother you, read with caution.

● Updates follow the rankings when the novel is listed. The setting is fictional: someone from the future transmigrates into the ancient past, the Eastern Xia era.

Theme: Food is like life: fortune favors the bold.