The Right Time to Enjoy Food, No Romance 食光正好（无cp）

1. 1 美 Food Influencer Check-In App 美食网红打卡APP Curly-Tailed Pig卷尾巴猪No CP887k WordsCompleted A serving of grilled fish costs 108 yuan, a bowl of beef noodles costs 23, a boxed meal costs 20, and delivery for hot and sour noodles is 30% more expensive... He Aichi is so broke she can barely afford to eat. She wishes meals were free, preferably with a little money thrown in too. Then a strange food-influencer check-in app appeared on her phone. [Food Mission: Visit any restaurant and try its food, then write a review. Rewards: meal reimbursement + one prize draw. Users who visit after re 29.1kFavorites38.8kClicks/ch49.9kGifts

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   Recently unemployed office worker He Aichi stumbles upon an app called "Food Influencer Check-in." By completing various food review tasks posted on the app, she can earn money for meals, as well as various gifts, coupons, and even cash prizes. Having been told by her family since childhood that she has a picky palate, He Aichi travels to cities large and small to sample all kinds of cuisines, sharing her experiences online and gradually building a following on various platforms, embarking on her career path as a food influencer. This work is a food appreciation piece, with detailed and vivid descriptions of food and various restaurants, making the shops and dishes feel real and worth reading.

2. 2 在 The Daily Life of an Orphanage Chef 在孤儿院当大厨的日常 Mo Chao蓦朝No CP564k WordsCompleted Lin Yi spent more than twenty years living through the apocalypse. After dying one day, he arrived in a parallel world and became a caregiver at an orphanage. Having experienced the apocalypse, all he wanted was to live a quiet, ordinary life in this peaceful world. But the children at this orphanage were far too skinny. They were born in a world where supplies were plentiful, so how could they be this thin? So Lin Yi picked up a wok and started cooking. From then on, the orphanage's menu was 27.4kFavorites59.9kClicks/ch23.6kGifts

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   This work depicts the protagonist's daily life as a chef at an orphanage, preparing various delicious meals for the children, which aligns with the theme of this event. The protagonist, Lin Yi, was a chef in his previous life, and in this life, he is a new caregiver at Xingxing Welfare Home. On his first day, he noticed that the children there were all very thin and were living a life where they didn't know where their next meal would come from. So he picked up a spatula and made all kinds of delicious food for the children: braised pork, pickled fish, glutinous rice ribs, hot and sour shredded potatoes, three-delicacy noodles... The different dishes he made every day not only nourished the children's bodies but also brought smiles to their faces.

3. 3 巨 Get Rich with Giant Fish: Returning Home to Open a Fishing Pond 巨物致富：回乡开钓场 Quiet Boat Sprite静舟小妖No CP838k WordsCompleted Tan Yue binds himself to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Waterways System, quits his job, and returns to his hometown to take over the village’s abandoned fishing pond. System prompt: Sign a contract for each intangible cultural heritage project to receive a special water-area buff. Uncle Tan Er at the village entrance has spent his whole life making fishing rods from bamboo using traditional methods. It takes him two years to make one, but he can’t even sell them for a hundred yuan without pe 19.7kFavorites20.5kClicks/ch54.3kGifts

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   Tan Yue unexpectedly became connected to the [Intangible Cultural Heritage Aquatic Heritage System], quitting his job to return to his hometown and take over the village's abandoned fishing pond. The system notification stated: each intangible cultural heritage item signed unlocks an exclusive aquatic buff. He signed Uncle Tan Er, a man who had spent his life making "traditional bamboo fishing rods," granting him a 300% increase in rod toughness and a permanent doubling of the fish's pulling power, much to the delight of the anglers. Through the anglers' connections, he also signed a contract for the ancient fish fry selection technique, using the Jiujiang fish sieve to purify the fry, resulting in a dramatic increase in the probability of catching giant fish. From then on, Tan Yue searched the world for aquatic intangible cultural heritage while simultaneously developing the fishing pond into a sensation both domestically and internationally. Under his leadership, the village revitalized! And his fishpond became a new national-level cultural and tourism landmark!

4. 4 欢 Welcome to the Monster Restaurant 欢迎光临怪物餐厅 Mu Guan Yan慕馆言No CP1.5M WordsCompleted In the future, virtual games are all the rage. Welcome to the Monster Restaurant is the latest game released by Void Games. Here, players become restaurant owners, constantly developing new dishes, unlocking new customers, and discovering their stories. The dishes players make affect their customers' attitudes. A player's relationships with regulars affect the stories of new customers... The monster custome 17.6kFavorites41.7kClicks/ch14.8kGifts

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   In the future, virtual games are all the rage. Initially, everyone thought *Welcome to Monster Restaurant* was just the latest game released by a virtual game company. Players would become restaurant owners, constantly developing new dishes, unlocking new monster guests, and collecting stories from their customers. Later, after experiencing so much in the game, players discovered that it wasn't that simple. In-game abilities could be transferred to real life, and the monsters from the game began to appear in reality. The protagonist, Yunli, befriends monsters through food and gradually uncovers the truth behind the City of Strange Tales with their help. Although the City of Strange Tales is home to many bizarrely shaped monsters and seemingly ordinary yet subtly eerie rules, the story leans towards a relaxed tone, blending enjoyment of food and friendship with moderate excitement, allowing readers to slow down and savor the wondrous journey through the City of Strange Tales.

5. 5 美 A Gourmet Life (System) 美食人生（系统） Ye Youyou叶悠悠No CP972k WordsCompleted After graduating from university, Fan Wan couldn't find a suitable job. Since she enjoyed tinkering with food, she decided to buy a small food cart and sell boxed meals at a street stall. Who knew that as soon as she bought the cart, a gourmet System would automatically arrive? From then on, Fan Wan not only recreated lost delicacies like cold toad soup, sugar crab, and pepper soup, but also gave ordinary home-cooked dishes their own distinctive flavors. As her reputation grew, diners flocked 8.1kFavorites13.2kClicks/ch30.7kGifts

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6. 6 花 The Breakfast Stall in Garden Community [Gourmet] 花园小区早餐摊[美食] Seven Smooth七顺No CP945k WordsCompleted [Running a High School Cafeteria: A Gourmet Guide] is now available. Also coming later: [The Little Canteen by the School Gate]. Blurb at the end. Blurb: Song Xin was a skilled cook. After graduating, she worked for six months and promptly became a human resentment-making machine. With the New Year approaching, she listened to her boss draw up another round of empty promises in a meeting. At last she couldn't take it anymore. She quit on the spot and walked 7.7kFavorites14.7kClicks/ch6kGifts

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