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- 151 The Taste of Life, All These Years (Complete in 2 Volumes) 世味余年（全两册） Bi Luo rushes back to China when her grandfather falls gravely ill, and suddenly finds herself shouldering the burden of revitalizing the family’s century-old restaurant, Four Seasons Spring. She reunites with Shen Linfeng, the man she had a crush on while studying in Country F, only to discover that the seemingly gentle and refined Shen has ulterior motives involving the restaurant. She also unexpectedly meets Tang Lu, who is determined to buy Four Seasons Spring. The two go from constantly cla 179Reads9.7Score3214d adds
- 152 Gourmet: One Bowl of Pork-Killing Stew Makes the Whole Village Weep 美食：一碗杀猪菜，吃哭全村老少 [Gourmet]+ [Rural Banquet Cooking]+ [Everyday Life]+ [System]+ [Humor] Shen Fei had just graduated from college when someone hired him to cook for a funeral banquet. He was still hesitating when he heard the System awaken. Accepting the job would bind him to the Gourmet System. What was there to hesitate about? He knew the ins and outs of wedding and funeral banquets better than anyone! He’d secretly learned plenty by following his grandpa around. From then on, whenever anyone held a wedding or 183Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 153 After Failing the Civil Service Exam, I Reached the Pinnacle of Life 考编失败后，我走向人生巅峰 [Food, everyday life, love at first sight] For three years, she took the civil service exam and failed every time. No job, no money, and no partner. Shen Lichu is about to be lost forever beneath the waves. Then she meets Sheng Qinian. After a whirlwind marriage, Shen Lichu quickly passes the civil service exam she had been working toward for years. However, an accident puts the little restaurant where she grew up at risk of being rented out to someone else. After much thought, Shen Lichu d 163Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 154 What Should I Cook Today? 今天准备做什么菜好呢 When Xia Annuo was sixteen, her parents died in a car accident. Just after graduating from college, she unexpectedly encountered the System, nicknamed Laoliu. The System's rewards were too good to pass up, so to earn it points, Xia Annuo went from watching food videos to learning how to cook. In short, it's the everyday food-filled life of a restaurant. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 Hooked on Cases 案上瘾 [Transmigration + marriage first, love later + devoted to each other + gourmet food + sweet romance + entrepreneurship] A sunny, charming chef-princess versus a seemingly aloof, seemingly impartial prince who is actually cunning Nan Yu was a highly sought-after head chef for state banquets in the 21st century. Little did she know that after one meal, she would transmigrate into the body of a notorious foreign princess. On the journey to her political marriage, “she” mysteriously disappeared. R 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 Gourmet: I'm a Post-2000s Boss, Starting with Fried Rice 美食：我01后大老板从炒饭开始 After Yu Xun's parents died in a car accident, he suddenly became a child with no one to look after him. But he inherited the little restaurant his father left behind. Just when he had no idea what to do with the place, he discovered that he had somehow been bound to an Ultra-High-Level Chef System. "Hey, kid, your buns are so plump and fluffy!" "Yu Xun, hurry up and make me five thousand buns!" "Yu Xun, please... would you sell me your recipes? I can give you a hundred million!" "I wouldn't t 1Reads—Score214d adds
- 157 I'm an Average Cook, Yet the Villagers Won't Stop Singing My Praises! 我厨艺平平，硬被乡亲吹爆了！ The folks in Wang Yang’s hometown are friendly, close-knit, and full of community spirit! But every last one of them has a bad habit: they love to brag, always saying things like, “So-and-so from our village is amazing!” That was all well and good, until they found out Wang Yang had opened a small restaurant in the county town near his hometown... “I’m not bragging, but someone from my village opened a restaurant in our county town. Just thinking about his cooking makes my mouth water...” “If yo 2.6kReads8.1Score14714d adds
- 158 Gourmet: Fragrant Dishes That Have the Sect's Disciples Fighting Over Them 美食：爆香菜肴，宗门弟子疯抢 [Scoundrel + Food + Sect + Hilarious + Cutthroat Competition] Shi Hao transmigrates into a fantasy world and awakens the Chef God System. As one dish after another is served, the entire sect is thrown into an uproar. Not only are the dishes delicious, they even have special effects: increasing cultivation, healing hidden injuries, enhancing beauty... The disciples fight tooth and nail for every bite. Each one swears to train harder so they can grab two more bowls of rice. Shi Hao gives a crooked 18Reads7.5Score214d adds
- 159 The Chief Minister's Darling Wife: I Run a Country Feast in the Ancient Countryside 首辅娇娘：我在古代农村烧大席 [Banquet Cooking + Farming + Business + Everyday Life + Sweet Romance] Tang Yuanyuan, from a family of master chefs, wakes up in the body of a farm girl in Great Zhou, only to have her engagement broken off from the start! Her father is sickly, her family is poor, and when they run out of grain, they eat bran. The whole family scrimps and saves, going hungry one day and eating their fill the next, just to pay their taxes. How are they supposed to get through these hard times? They’ll get through 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 Transmigrated into a Tragic Novel as Cannon Fodder, I Turned the Tables with Food 穿成虐文炮灰，我靠美食逆风翻盘 [Food + System + business + healing each other + obsessive, scheming male lead] Yun Shu, a descendant of imperial chefs, opens her eyes to find she has become a doomed cannon-fodder character in an old-fashioned tragic romance. Not only did she spend her life giving the heroine resources and taking the blame for her, but even after her death, she became part of their PLAY. They really used her to the very end. Why should the whole world’s lives be sacrificed just so their love story can be passi 31Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 161 Little Chef of China: The Path of the Culinary Dao 中华小当家：厨道食途 [Gourmet] [The perfect dish to eat with rice] [Ancient-style setting] [Chinese Culinary Master] [Feel-good novel] The imperial kitchen inspector kicked over his stall. “You run a roadside stall, and you dare call yourself a chef?” With the few ingredients he had left, Cheng Xiaocai made a bowl of scallion oil noodles. An old Taoist watching the crowd finished a bite and immediately declared, “I'll take care of the authorities for you!” It turned out Cheng Xiaocai was descended from a famous chef 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Gourmet: I Take Over the Cafeteria, and Tsinghua and Peking University Fight Like Crazy to Hire Me 美食：承包食堂，清北抢我抢疯了 [Gourmet, comedy, no romance, lighthearted, everyday life, recipes, tutorials] P.S. I'll use my ten years of experience as a chef to show you all the wonders of food. This is pure fiction. Please don't take it as reality! After transmigrating to a parallel world, Yang Yi awakened a Gourmet System. His mission was to take over a college cafeteria. From then on, the students of Qingbei began battling over him. Even the senior administrators of both universities got involved! Huaqing student: “Stud 417Reads8.3Score10014d adds
- 163 Gourmet: Stop Stewing It, Even the Village Dogs Are Drooling! 美食：别炖了，村里狗都馋哭了！ Kuang Rui refuses to get caught up in the rat race and chooses to lie flat back in his hometown. He inherits his father’s braised meat shop and, after rejecting the rat race, gains a Food System. Together, they breathe new life into the shop. The humble home-cooked dishes that once went unnoticed are transformed into viral hits that customers flock to check in and try. Take steamed stinky tofu with minced meat, for example. It smells awful but tastes delicious, and one bite is enough to leave y 2.4kReads6.4Score16014d adds
- 164 The Super Food God Tycoon 超级食神大亨 Yang Song happens upon the Chef God System. With nothing but a secondhand food cart selling grilled gluten skewers, he steadily climbs to the peak of success. The richest man's son works for him as a waiter, goddesses throw themselves at him to help run his shop, and top female students from campus come to peel potatoes for him... A beautiful TV reporter asks in an interview, "I hear lots of celebrities come to dine at Baifeng Pavilion. Do they have to wait in line too?" Yang Song replies calmly 217Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 165 When It Comes to Noodles, I'm the Best in the Country 论做面，我全国最强 [Food] Yu Shaoxian inherited his family's noodle shop. Looking at the shabby, 90-square-meter old shop in front of him, he listened to the System announce his task, eager to give it a try. “Host, your task is to make countless dishes using noodles as the main ingredient.” “Complete the task, and you'll receive a cash reward of 300 million.” “The reward will be delivered in the form of lottery winnings.” “Ding! Your beginner's gift pack has arrived.” “Congratulations, Host! You've received unlimi 1.2kReads8.0Score22214d adds
- 166 How's Your Stomach Today? 今天你的胃还好吗？ Xu Nan runs a little shop in an old alley every day. Far from the hustle and bustle of the city, Xu Nan enjoys a peaceful, comfortable life with three meals a day. Is this the Back to Field lifestyle everyone longs for? Please give it lots of attention ^_^ 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 Laid Off by the Imperial Court, I Set Up a Stall in the Capital 被朝廷裁员后，我在京城摆摊 Su Jinnian transmigrates into the palace kitchens as a maid. She thinks she can put her culinary skills to good use and earn a promotion and a raise, only to get laid off the very next day. With ten taels in severance pay, Su Jinnian says, “It’s fine. I still have my skills.” So she sets up a little stall in the capital, selling braised pork rice, minced-meat noodles, crab roe soup dumplings, and more... Business takes off, the customers keep coming, and even “Young Master Gu,” who queues up eve 1kReads6.7Score11014d adds
- 168 Gourmet: A Happy Life Begins with Banquet Cooking 美食：幸福生活，从烧大席开始 Lin Yu wakes up and transmigrates to a parallel world. Bound to a Food System, he starts a career cooking grand village feasts. From a complete novice in the kitchen, he grows into a master chef. Frying, stir-frying, braising, deep-frying: no problem. Sichuan, Shandong, Cantonese, Huaiyang: he can make them all. Western food and desserts: mastered too. What? He can even lead everyone in Lin Family Village to a better life! That’s right. I’m Lin Yu. A simple food story, with no infighting, cultiv 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 From the Start, I Perform Dragon-Beard Pulled Noodles: Foreigners Are Stunned 开局表演龙须拉面：外国佬震惊了 This book is also known as Reborn: I Opened a Restaurant in Los Angeles, This Chinese Guy Is the Ultimate Villain on My Weight-Loss Journey, Want to Lose Weight? Sorry, Not Allowed, Food: A Tour of Los Angeles on the Tip of Your Tongue, The Joy of Food, the Sorrows of the Chubby, and Food: The Author Absolutely Won't Let You Slim Down (#>д<)! Tang Feng woke up in Los Angeles and awakened a game System called “A Tour of America on the Tip of Your Tongue.” It took him just one year to go from sell 100Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 170 Gourmet: I Took Advantage of Reba's Innocence, Craved Her Cooking, and Married Her 美食：趁热芭青涩，馋哭她做老婆 Lin Feng transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a cook on the set of Eternal Love. He activates the God of Cooking System. One bowl of plain noodles is all it takes to win the heart of foodie Dilraba. Braised pork, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, spicy chicken, beer duck, cold rabbit, farmhouse stir-fried pork... All eight great cuisines of China. If you can think of it, Lin Feng can cook it. With his superb cooking skills, Lin Feng can throw his weight around on any film set. Dilraba: “Oh no 350Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 171 Gourmet: Opening a Shop at Beijing Film Academy, with the Campus Belle as Chef 美食：北影开小店，校花做厨娘 A dream in Nanke, a lifetime in a dream! Lin Xuan, a senior acting student at the Beijing Film Academy, saw a glimpse of his future self struggling in the entertainment industry for ten years without achieving anything. Disheartened, he went home to take over his family’s restaurant and became a chef. Rather than spend another decade busying himself only to fail at both acting and cooking, Lin Xuan decided this time to give up acting and focus on cooking. So he took over Shop No. 88 in the Beiji 203Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 Serving Meals at a Massage Parlor, and You Call Me Improper? 按摩店卖饭，你说我不正经？ [Gourmet]+ [System]+ [Devoted Husband and Daughter]+ [Cozy Daily Life]+ [Running a Business] Just before his massage parlor was about to go under, Chen Sheng bound himself to a Gourmet System for massage parlors. One braised-food combo was enough to make a campus beauty who lost a game of truth or dare cry, “I can’t take any more!” and ask to extend her session. One Emperor’s Egg Fried Rice had a middle-aged man who’d sneaked in for a massage behind his wife’s back exclaiming that he couldn’t ta 272Reads—Score10014d adds
- 173 The God of Cooking’s Legacy: Starting with a Street Stall 厨神传承，从摆摊开始 After graduating, Mei Lin becomes the most ordinary office drone in a big city. Her life is an endless loop between the office and her rented apartment. She barely scrapes by, trapped in a grind with no end in sight, and nearly gives up hope. Then one day, a magical food space falls from the sky. A master chef’s legacy, top-tier ingredients, long-lost recipes… Her life is completely transformed. There’s no future in working for someone else, so why not become her own boss? She quits without hesi 2.3kReads7.3Score18914d adds
- 174 The City Gate Opens at Random, and People from Every Dynasty Are Drooling! 随机开启城门，历代古人馋哭了！ [Food + historical figures from every dynasty + no female lead + heartwarming + running a business + healing + everyday life] [Ding-dong! A city gate has been opened at random] [The gate to Han City, Class B, is now open] [Host, please hurry to Han City, Class B, to set up your stall] What does it feel like to wake up one morning and find you've got a golden finger? Qin Yu was stunned, because the System's first words were: You're dead. Then he found himself in a place called Elysium. Apparently 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 After I Transmigrated, I Opened a Shop and Got Rich Through Farming 穿越后，我靠种田开店致富 After a flowerpot hit her on the head, Lin Yao transmigrated. She ended up in a dirt-poor family, starting from the beginning with a dilapidated farmhouse and two undernourished little ones. Though life was hard, Lin Yao relied on her own two hands, took her younger brother and sister and the stray husband she’d accidentally picked up but couldn’t get rid of, and together they reclaimed wasteland, farmed the land, developed the mountains and forests, made every delicacy under the sun, opened sho 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 I Read Ten Thousand Novels, Then I Transmigrated 看了一万本小说之后我穿越了 An absurdly powerful golden finger, and elementary-school-level political scheming (there's not much, because I don't know how to write it) Transmigration + System + Business Management + Food + Farming + 1v1 After reading ten thousand novels, how is transmigrating any different from taking an exam with the answer key? She was bound to thrive! “Choose your transmigration skills.” “Farming! Raising livestock!! Cooking!!!” Jiang Xiaoman, with her innocent, foolish expression, closed her eyes and g 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 A Food Blogger's Guide to Getting Rich in the Great Liang Dynasty 美食博主的大梁致富记 Su Li, a rising star in food livestreaming, transmigrates one day into a “fallen heiress” in the Great Liang dynasty. From the start, she finds herself in a dilapidated hut, with her whole family so poor they're in tears. Luckily, she has her cooking skills: she can whip up wild herb rice balls, hot-and-sour noodles, and Chinese hamburgers with ease, winning her family over one delicious bite at a time. See how she conquers ancient palates with food, leads her family to prosperity, and finds war 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 Gourmet: I Asked You to Cook, Not Make the Scenic Spot Go Viral 美食：让你做饭，没让你带火景区 [Gourmet + Comfort Food to Watch Online + Inhumane System + Healing] [Comedy + Internet + Street Vending and Shopkeeping] Gao Ze transmigrates to a parallel world. With an unruly System in tow, he begins sharing delicious food at a tourist attraction. One night, the crispy, fragrant roujiamo leaves countless beauty influencers drooling, their eyes nearly welling with tears. The snacks he sells at his first street stall immediately win over parents, students, and teachers alike. No one can re 102Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 Street Stall in the Eighties: One Bowl of Yangchun Noodles Stuns the Whole City 八零摆摊：一碗阳春面震惊全城 In his previous life, he was a private chef specializing in intangible cultural heritage cuisine, but his business partner poisoned him just as the company was about to go public. When he opens his eyes again, he's back in 1982, on the day he fails the college entrance exam. His cousin has taken the factory job meant for him, and his family is buried in debt. His mother brings him a bowl of watery noodles. The moment Lu Zheng takes it, thirty years of culinary expertise awaken within him. One mu 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Even Monsters Have to Set Up Street Stalls 妖怪也要摆地摊 [Food] [Street Stalls] [Lighthearted Comedy] [No Romance] [Ancient Mythical Beast] The score has just come in, so it should rise later~ As Taotie, an ancient mythical beast, Song Zhiwei had never eaten a human. In fact, she was so picky that she nearly starved to death in an age when spiritual energy was scarce. Fortunately, after taking human form a hundred years ago, she was adopted by a descendant of imperial chefs. She learned everything from her guardian and honed peerless culinary skills. 10kReads8.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 181 The Xing'an Ward Diner 兴安坊小饭馆 [No romance, a warm ensemble cast, a slow pace, and an unwavering female perspective with a focus on women] Yan Luo transmigrates to the Great Yong Dynasty and becomes the eldest daughter of Madam Song. In Liushui Alley, Madam Song raises her two daughters alone. The hardships they endure go without saying. Hardworking Yan Luo throws herself once more into the food business she loves. Dear guests, come cool off with a bowl of liangpi on a hot day! Tender chicken, silky noodles, and a mouthwateri 18.9kReads8.6Score2.6k14d adds
- 182 Reborn: I Clear the 1980s with the Help of a Leveling System 重生后，我靠养成系统通关八零 [Reborn + period setting + food + System + pocket dimension + card draws + putting scumbags in their place + plot-driven] After being betrayed by everyone in her previous life, Ye Miaomiao died and ended up in a pitch-black alternate dimension. She was also told she had to complete the main quest set in the 1980s before she could return to her original world and take revenge. All right, then. Bring it on! It was just a matter of clearing a quest. With the fury of her previous life burning inside 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 After My Ex-Wife Mocked Me, I Made 100,000 a Day with a Grilled Sausage System 被前妻嘲讽后，我靠烤肠系统日入十万 After My Ex-Wife Mocked Me, I Made 100,000 a Day with the Grilled Sausage System 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 My Street-Stall Food Is So Bizarre, Customers Think I've Gone Mad! 摆摊太抽象，食客们以为我疯了！ Other street vendors hawked their wares, competing over cooking techniques and recipes. When Chen Yanyu set up his stall, he first had a heart-to-heart with the ingredients, then cheered on the batter, and even had to calm the griddle down so it wouldn't lose its temper. After activating the All Things Empathy Abstract God of Cooking System, the more absurd and outlandish his cooking methods, the more heaven-defying the food tasted! His prices were outrageous, and his behavior was downright biza 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 Selling Liangfen on the Street, I Make the Whole City Crave It 摆摊卖凉粉，全城百姓被馋哭了 [Food + farming + love at first sight + doting romance + slow-burn sweetness] Xu Yingchun transmigrates into a book and becomes its wicked villainess, doomed to a miserable ending. She’s going to escape the villainess’s fate and become the heroine of her own story! After buying her freedom from the Jiang household, she sets up a street stall, opens a restaurant, and buys land. Her life gets better and better. Milk tea, barbecue, crawfish, hot pot, and big-plate chicken: she’ll serve it all! The 321Reads8.0Score12114d adds
- 186 You Asked Me to Cook Vegetarian Meals, So Why Is My Incense Offering Exploding? 让你做斋饭，我香火怎么被干爆了 [The rating has just been posted and is sure to rise] (System) (Food) (Everyday Life) (Lighthearted Comedy) Lu Chen used to be an overworked corporate drone, but after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, he was fired. Just as he was waiting to die, he unexpectedly obtained a Divine Incense System and bonded with Tianlin Temple. As long as the temple receives incense offerings, Lu Chen's lifespan increases. But Tianlin Temple is about to go under! Lu Chen can only use the divine cooking skills 4.2kReads6.7Score40714d adds
- 187 Gourmet: You Hired Me as a Security Guard, So Why Am I Making the Residents Drool? 美食：让你当保安，你馋哭业主？ [Gourmet + System + no romance + cooking competitions + lighthearted daily life] In his previous life, Liu Ran was a programmer who worked around the clock. He died suddenly on his twenty-fifth birthday and was reborn just as he was graduating and looking for a job. This time, he decides to skip thirty years of struggle: he’ll become a security guard right after graduation and laze around! But the Gourmet System intervenes and changes the life he had planned for himself. From the triple-combo ri 189Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 My Everyday Food Adventures in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界的美食日常 [Cultivation + Gourmet + Lighthearted Comedy + Harmonious Sect + One Female Lead] {This book focuses on cultivation, with food as a supporting element. There will be other plotlines besides cooking, so if that's not for you, please don't read.} Lin Xiaofan transmigrates. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself in the cultivation world. Huh? A menial disciple, the standard from-the-start setup. So where's the System? Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've awakened the Culinary Immortal System! 12Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 189 Running a Restaurant That Makes Everyone Drool 经营一家饭店，馋哭所有人 Step right up, don’t miss out! A fresh-from-the-oven food story is here~ Zhou Yuan’s vision went black. He transmigrated back from the apocalypse and gained a Food System, setting out on an inspiring journey of running food stalls across different worlds. In the modern world, Zhou Yuan is a ruthless boss who makes countless customers drool with envy. In the Underworld, countless red-clad vengeful ghosts secretly fall for him. In the vast cultivation world, the top powers issue recruitment orders 879Reads8.9Score11914d adds
- 190 Gourmet: Starting with Randomly Setting Up a Stall to Sell Liangpi 美食：从随机摆摊卖凉皮开始 No heroine, food, street vending, healing, daily life, and a relaxing tone. The protagonist sets up a stall at random spots on the street, selling all kinds of snacks, changing locations every week. The food on offer varies, including cold noodles, grilled gluten skewers, tofu pudding, spicy beef noodles, handmade spicy strips, congee, steamed buns, and more. 145Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 191 Gourmet: A Couple’s Food Truck Is the Cure for a Bad Mood 美食：夫妻开餐车，专治不开心 A gentle reminder: This book focuses on cozy everyday life and healing food. If you’re a reader who loves intense conflict and a fast pace, perhaps we’ll meet again in another story~ [Street Food + Healing + Everyday Life + Cozy] [Synopsis] At the lowest point in life, at least you have me. After being cheated by their unscrupulous boss and losing their jobs, Lin An and his wife, Su Qing, unexpectedly became bound to the [Heart-to-Heart Food Therapy System], which belongs only to the two of them 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 I Have a Gourmet Demon Inside Me 我的体内有美食恶魔 “NEO!! Is that all your appetite amounts to? Come on! Let me eat you! Let me taste your deliciousness!” A demon as black as a black hole appeared behind him. Its enormous mouth snapped open, and its terrifying appetite, echoing throughout the universe, made every living creature tremble. This is the age of gourmet food! The age of exploring the unknown! 5Reads7.7Score914d adds
- 193 I'm a Culinary God: The Way of Nature? More Like the Way of Cumin! 我厨神：道法自然？道法加孜然！ Passionate and hilarious, with a laid-back vibe, unbeatable cooking, a protagonist who grows into his power, and a gaggle of hungry senior brothers and sisters to raise. No female lead. Stir-frying heaven, earth, and the Heavenly Dao. Wei Jitong, heir apparent to the head chef of the state banquet, accidentally transmigrates to a fantasy cultivation world and becomes a junior disciple of Qingfeng Mountain, where he awakens the God of Cooking System. As long as his dishes amaze people, he can ear 212Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 194 Gourmet: A Street Stall Outside the Police Station That Makes Wanted Criminals Drool 美食：警局门口摆摊，馋哭通缉犯 [Food + Daily Life + Comedy + Lighthearted + No Romance + The Perfect Read While Eating] “Shocking! A man set up a pancake stall outside a police station and made a wanted fugitive passing by drool so badly that he turned himself in?” “Exclusive breaking news! A fugitive who had been on the run for a month has been captured. The reason? A street vendor’s cooking reminded him of the taste of his mother’s food?” “Inside scoop! A fugitive renounced his death sentence and left a final message before 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 A Hug to Sleep 一抱安眠 Food + mind reading + two strong leads + one-on-one, mutually faithful romance + light and sweet pampering + a touch of political intrigue Su Tiantian, a top modern pastry chef, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a mistreated concubine-born daughter. To protect herself, she is forced to sign a “sleeping companion” contract with Xiao Jue, the cold-faced Prince of Jing and a legendary general who suffers from a strange affliction: he can only sleep after touching certain people. With her 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 Trial by Fireworks 烟火劫 After transmigrating to ancient times, he finds his pockets empty. Fortunately, he was a cook in his previous life. He uses green tangerines to make tofu, purifies coarse salt, and gathers all kinds of ingredients from the mountains that no one in this world has ever seen. One by one, he brings them home and turns them into dish after dish. From being ignored to having customers clamoring for every serving, his little eatery slowly draws people together and builds a life of its own. A foodie far 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 Gourmet: Don’t Talk to Me About Calories, If It Tastes Good, It’s Calorie-Free 美食：别跟我谈热量，好吃就零卡 [Gourmet] + [Random Food Stalls] + [Lighthearted] + [Cozy] + [Everyday Life] + [Taking It Easy] + [Unusual Food Stall Locations] + [Perfect with a Meal] + [No Female Lead] Fang Yuan, a programmer who has just quit his job, is ready to take it easy... Ding! The Ultimate Food Stall System is at your service. Each week, your stall location and menu will be selected at random. This week, please go to Peace Plaza at noon to sell roasted sweet potatoes. Fang Yuan looks up at the blazing sun, shining 1.3kReads6.2Score11114d adds
- 198 I’m Just Cooking, Why Are the Demonic Beasts So Nervous? 我就做个菜，妖兽你紧张什么？ Xie Fan, a food lover, accidentally transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation and awakens the God of Cooking System! He thought a world of cultivation would be full of fun, but there’s no internet or air conditioning, and worst of all, the food is terrible! With the principle that he can give up cultivating immortality, but he can’t give up eating, Xie Fan decides to fend for himself! The entire sect goes wild! The disciples: “What is this? How can it be so delicious!” “Eating a bowl of f 697Reads6.6Score11214d adds
- 199 Gourmet: I'm the Company Chef, and Everyone Wants Overtime 美食：我公司掌勺，全员要求加班 [The male lead’s career path: employee → self-employed → employee → self-employed → employee → ... an endless cycle...] Su Bin, an outstanding soon-to-be graduate, was about to start an internship at a major company when a jealous classmate secretly changed his assigned position, turning a white-collar job into a late-night restaurant cook position. As it happened, Su Bin unexpectedly acquired a Gourmet System. Inside the company shuttle-bus drivers’ break room: “It’s past nine at night. Why is 233Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 200 The Cook Takes Charge: I Use Food to Crush Villains and Become a Legend 厨娘当家：我靠美食虐渣封神 After transmigrating, Su Qiaoqiao, a twenty-first-century chef, wakes up in the body of a girl from a poor farming family in ancient times. From the start, she's in an “epic” mess: her parents want to sell her sister to pay for her brother's education. Faced with her self-important brother's disdain and her parents' obsessive devotion to their son, she lets out a cold laugh and goes berserk on the spot. “Sell my sister? Think bigger! Why not sell off you, the tender-skinned scholar, to become a 34Reads—Score—14d adds
