Novels like You Told Me to Open a Restaurant, Not Cook for Ghosts!
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- 1 I’m a Funeral Chef, and My Banquet Cooking Leaves Zhou Jie Stunned! 我丧葬大厨，烧大席吓懵周姐！ Qin Yu transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to a Gourmet System. He thought he would become a master chef, dining at the restaurants of the rich and powerful... But who could have guessed the System would make him cook up a feast in the countryside instead! And the dishes he makes even come with special attributes? White-Cut Chicken: “Dancing at the Rooster’s Crow” attribute: its irresistible aroma makes anyone who smells it break into a dance. Four Happiness Meatballs: “Happiness 86Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 After Binding a System, I Opened a Dessert Shop in Ancient Times 绑定系统后，我在古代开甜品店 [Food + Alternate World + Transmigrate + System + Mutual Devotion + Not a Power Fantasy] Gu Qiyue, a top pastry chef, transmigrates into the body of a penniless orphan in ancient times. She opens her eyes to a bare-walled home with a leaky roof and finds her only family, her younger brother, emaciated. Just as she's worrying that life is bitter as wormwood, a “ding” sounds in her mind... She has bound the [Food Business System]. What are household schemes, palace intrigues, backbreaking farming, 174Reads—Score10214d adds
- 3 A Taste of Memories 寻味记 The warmth of everyday life is what comforts ordinary hearts most. To Lin Xi, that warmth means wild grape wine, osmanthus wine, candied hawthorns, chicken wings braised in a three-sauce hotpot, old hen soup with astragalus and red dates, sweet soup made with white flour, tofu with bear’s paw mushrooms, sweet-and-sour yam balls, braised pork knuckle, crystal pork knuckle, shiitake mushrooms stuffed with meat, and daikon and egg soup... Savor the colors and flavors of everyday life, And watch the 148Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Setting Up a Stall Outside the Civil Affairs Bureau? Boss, Don't Run! 民政局门口摆摊？呜，老板别跑！ [Gourmet] [No Heroine] [Daily Life] [Lighthearted Comedy] [Comfort Food] [Heartwarming] Also known as: Give Me Your Stomach, All You Have to Do Is Get Fat Also known as: Sweeten the Food, Get So Fat It Hurts Also known as: Sorry, My Cooking Won't Let You Lose Weight Also known as: That's Right, I'm the Great Gourmet Demon King on Your Road to Weight Loss After quitting his job and returning home, Su Feng started a life as a street vendor. Each week, he sets up at a different location, serving di 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 After Being Exiled, I Made a Fortune Selling Food at a Street Stall 被流放后我靠摆摊发家致富 After competing in the semifinals of the Blue Star’s top chef competition, Qiao Ling gets into a car accident on her way back to the hotel. She transmigrates into the illegitimate second daughter of the Changrong Marquis’s household, who is being sent to marry in place of her elder sister. The second daughter was born in a difficult labor to a maid who seduced her way into her master’s bed. Her father doesn’t care for her, her mother doesn’t love her, and she grew up being bullied by her elder s 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Laid-Back College Student Is Open for Business 摆烂女大学生，在线营业 [A hilarious food story + slice-of-life diary + friendship + healing + farming, no romance, no pocket dimension, no System, no golden finger] A group of friends having a good time together What do you do when you don't want to go to work? Head back to the countryside and lie flat! After graduating from college, Xia Wan briskly packed her bags and returned home to take over the restaurant her grandfather had left her. This city is all takeout and rat-race grinders. She’s not staying here! After 106Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 7 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times, Met a Scumbag, and Opened a School with My Cooking 穿越古代遇渣男，我靠美食开学院 [Transmigration + Ancient Times + Food + Pocket Dimension + System] A lighthearted summer treat, perfect for enjoying with a meal, featuring detailed descriptions of all kinds of delicious food. Su Ning, a young woman from the interstellar era, transmigrates one day and becomes the daughter of a deceased scholar in ancient times. Her scholar father had raised a young husband for her, but who knew he would turn out to be a scumbag? He used her money to pass the imperial exams and become the top c 13Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 8 My Cat Turned Into a Person! 我家猫变成人啦！ Gu Yi, who had loved reading Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio since childhood, brought home a little cat. Who could have guessed that overnight, the cat would turn into a person? She decided to go into business with the little cat spirit and opened a pet lifestyle shop. Her tiny shop in the human world became her very own modern-day Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. All sorts of customers came and went, each one a member of a different demon clan hiding in the city. One old tale after anot 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Transmigrated into a Book as a Cannon-Fodder Villainess: I Leave the Palace, Open a Restaurant, and Become a Tycoon 穿书炮灰女配，出宫开酒楼成首富 [Fake palace intrigue + Wish fulfillment + Food + Cozy + Farming + Light ensemble cast + A touch of a golden finger] Other people rely on schemes to survive palace intrigue. I rely on the wok hei! When she opens her eyes, Qiu Qiu is stunned The unscrupulous System really did toss her into an old-fashioned, melodramatic novel! The original owner is a disposable pawn the emperor uses to please his true love. Her ending is miserable: stripped of her title, sent to the Cold Palace, and left to die o 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Little Chang'an Eatery 长安小食肆 [Food Business Comeback + Clear-Headed Heroine + Everyday Food and Drink + No Romance, but Plenty of Suitors] In her previous life, Jiang Yuan was a chef in the Imperial Kitchen, bound to a mission. For ten years, she treated Crown Prince Zhao Heng's food aversion, prepared soups for him, and soothed his mind, giving him everything he asked for. The day he ascended the throne, he rewarded her with poisoned wine. She drank it with a smile. Mission complete. The System unbound, and at last she was 270Reads6.8Score10814d adds
- 11 Why Mess with Her? Even Evil Spirits Are Beaten Until They Wail 你惹她干嘛？恶鬼都被虐的哇哇哭 [Metaphysical master + imaginative, doted-on heroine + fortune-telling streamer + ghost-catching and feng shui + zany wish fulfillment + romance] [Also known as: The Little Ancestor Doted on by President Fu Is Off Ghost-Hunting Again] They say that ever since the Lu family found their eldest daughter, who had been missing for fifteen years, strange things have been happening nonstop. Day one: Mr. and Mrs. Lu watch their daughter grabbing at empty air. Has she gone crazy? Day two: A benefactor ap —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Gourmet: The Easy Life of a Little Restaurant at a Highway Service Area 美食：服务区小饭馆的躺赢人生 [Gourmet] [Shopkeeping] [No Male Lead] [System] [Cozy] [Everyday Life] [Affordable Prices] Jiang Banxia unexpectedly inherits a fast-food shop at a highway service area. She thinks the location seems pretty good, but it turns out the highway is remote and sees very little traffic. Just as Jiang Banxia is at a loss about how to keep the business going, she learns that there's a traffic jam on the highway not far away! So Jiang Banxia heads out onto the highway carrying boxed meals to sell. H —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Gourmet: A Street Stall Owner Tours the Nation 美食：地摊老板，全国巡摆 Zhang Feng is a model young man who transmigrates to Blue Star in a parallel world and binds himself to a Gourmet System. From then on, a man as legendary as a myth begins appearing all across the country. Cumin lamb skewers, late-night egg fried rice, fragrant braised beef, crispy fried chicken frames... From big cities to small towns, a legend begins to spread: On some street, you may come across a man in a chef’s uniform. If you meet him, you’ll get to taste the most delicious food in the wor 67Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 14 The Cute Chef with a Gourmet System 美食系统之萌神厨娘 Ye Yun is a food streamer with a beautiful face, a sweet voice, and an elegant air. By a twist of fate, she transmigrates to ancient times. Before she can figure out what’s happening, the thoroughly confused Ye Yun is married off in her older sister’s place to the dying eldest son of the Rong family. She also finds herself saddled with a baffling food System. “The Minister of Revenue wants Dongpo pork? Have him book a month in advance.” “The little princess wants ice cream? No way. She stole fru 23Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 15 She Tastes So Good 她，很美味 [Food + farming + palace and household intrigue + devoted, faithful couple + exclusive affection later on + System + transmigration] Jiarou, a hugely popular food blogger, transmigrated into the body of an unfavored concubine in a prince’s household. Hoping to return to her own world as soon as possible, she worked hard to complete her System tasks. Jiarou’s dishes were so delicious that people couldn’t stop thinking about them, couldn’t resist them, and couldn’t help drooling. With her cook 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 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 154Reads9.7Score—14d adds
- 17 The Runaway Bride Chef: The Amnesiac Prince Won’t Leave Me Alone 逃婚小厨娘：失忆王爷赖上我 (Food + sweet romance + political intrigue + slow-burn character growth) I’m Mei Youyou, courtesy name Qiniang. At sixteen, I’m the seventh-ranked disciple of the Medicine King Valley on Baihua Mountain, and the head chef who cooks a different dish every day of the year for all 360 people in the valley. I live by two rules: One: No matter how much my father tries to matchmake me, I’ll never marry! Two: Anyone I save has to pay for treatment, even if he’s the emperor himself! But right now, I’m c —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 I Told You to Be a Cook, So How Did You Become the Demon Cult Leader? 让你当伙夫，你怎么成魔教教主了 [Food + System + Demonic Cult + Management + Farming] The good news: Lu Chen transmigrated. The bad news: He’s in the infamous Blood Moon Sacred Sect. The even worse news: The previous 998 cooks all died. Faced with 427 demonic cultivators whose eyes have gone red with hunger, Lu Chen can only light the stove and simmer a pot of spicy pepper soup. From that day on, the Asura Hall’s whole atmosphere changes. Others cultivate immortality to live forever. The Sacred Sect’s disciples cultivate just 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 After the Villainess Started Cooking, Everyone Spoiled Her! 恶女做美食后，被团宠了！ [Not a wish-fulfillment story + slow burn + food + everyday life + heartwarming] After a car accident, Shang Shixu transmigrated to the Great Xia dynasty. The good news: Her father was an official, and a fairly high-ranking one! The bad news: She was a notorious villainess in the capital. She not only seduced unmarried young men, but also went after married men. Everyone in the city despised her, and her family suffered for it too. She would ask people for favors to their faces, then call them i 327Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 20 My Late-Night Diner System 我有一个深夜食堂系统 [Food System Story] [Comedy] [Passion] [Not connected to the TV series!] Xu Tian, a finance graduate from an ordinary rural family, unexpectedly gets a Food System after graduating. “You can open during the day. Why call it the Late-Night Canteen System...” “You’re telling me that ripped guy is a chef? Did flipping a wok give him that physique?” “Holy crap! Did you see that? His egg fried rice is glowing!” “I’m not blind! It’s technology!! There’s definitely some crazy stuff in it!!!” Years 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Eating and Cat-Wrangling in the Tang Dynasty 我在大唐吃饭撸猫 [Historical romance + transmigration + food + sweet romance + devoted 1v1] You Xiu transmigrates into the body of the second daughter of the wealthy You family in the Tang dynasty. She has money and free time, is young and beautiful, and has both parents in a happy family. As long as she doesn’t do anything stupid, she’s guaranteed an easy life. On top of that, she gets bound to a System during her transmigration. It’s incredibly powerful: any recipe, seed, or cooking utensil from anywhere in th 98Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 22 After I Transmigrated, I Conquered the Capital with My Cooking 穿越后我靠厨艺称霸全京城 A royal chef from the 21st century transmigrates and becomes the notorious, useless, spoiled young lady of Beiyuan Kingdom. Her husband doesn't love her, her mother-in-law can't stand her, and the people laugh at her. The noble princess of Beiyuan has turned herself into a laughingstock. She arrives in this world and makes a pot her weapon and the kitchen her battlefield, stirring up a storm in Beiyuan. The aroma of her dishes wafts for miles, drawing palace chefs to seek her advice. But what's 57Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 23 The Little Chef of Judge Shen's Household 沈提刑家的小厨娘 Fresh crucian carp sliced thin, celery soup from the emerald stream. A breeze brushes the willows, and a beauty... can lift a mountain with a mighty roar! Everyone knows that Miss Meng of the inn is as beautiful as a flower and a wonderful cook, but no one knows she can lift a giant vat with one hand or bend down and pull up a willow tree. Passing by, Judge Shen: Excuse me! * I love you, my lord. Do you know? The audacious Meng Sujin pounced on Shen Shinian, the judicial commissioner of the Cour 686Reads7.2Score12414d adds
- 24 A Chang’an Food Entrepreneur’s Diary 长安美食创业记 The spring breeze stirs the willows, and apricot blossoms glisten in the misty rain. Behind the counter at the Wonderflavor Restaurant in Chongdefang, the proprietress stands poised, eyes lowered. One hand moves the abacus while the other writes and sketches on a sheet of paper. Lin Yuxi: Buy a house and land, settle in Chang’an, and live a wealthy, carefree life with fine food and wine for company. Qin Yue: I’ve established my career. It’s time to start a family. (A transmigration story in an i 198Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 25 Gourmet: The Dining Spot Changes at Random, and Diners Go Wild Looking for It 美食：随机地点，食客们找疯了 [Gourmet]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Funny]+ [Everyday Life]+ [Heartwarming] In her previous life, Su Qing owned shops and was content to lie flat. Then she woke up in a parallel world and found herself bound to a [Random Street Food System]. “I just want to lie flat!” Su Qing wailed. In the CBD late at night, the aroma was irresistible! Zhang Wei, an overworked office worker, exclaimed, “Holy crap! This oden broth is so delicious my tongue is practically melting! Boss, give me three more!” Designer Li L 353Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 26 The True Heiress, Cast Aside as Cannon Fodder, Makes a Fortune Selling Snacks to Raise Her Child 炮灰真千金，摆摊养崽赚千金 [Gourmet] [Raising Kids] [Making Money] The very moment Xia An'an is basking in the joy of having transmigrated, her wealthy family kicks her out. With no choice but to make a living, she starts a street food stall. Scallion pancakes, cold noodles, and grilled skewers: delicious and filling! 295Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 27 The Imperial Kitchen Maid Comes to the Modern World: A Small Shop's Rise 御膳厨娘闯现代：小店逆袭记 [Gourmet business + cozy everyday life + ancient times to modern day] Please note: This is a fictional setting and includes many original worldbuilding details. In a single twist of fate, Su Tang goes from being the star chef of the Imperial Kitchen to a woman with nothing: her father is dead, her mother is gone, her boyfriend has cheated, and she’s lost her job! Even worse, her two younger siblings have been tormented by cruel relatives until they’re skin and bones! Everyone is waiting to see 411Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 28 After I Transmigrated, the Minor Side Character Won Everyone Over with Her Cooking 穿越后，小炮灰靠美食逆袭成团宠 [Sweet Romance and Healing + Independent, Hardworking Heroine + Gentle, Wise Hero + Food Business + Both Pure] Shen Qinqin transmigrates into the body of a wealthy merchant’s daughter who is infatuated with General Xiao. Because her predecessor offended the general, she is cast out of her home and thrown into a river the moment she arrives. Watch her use her own abilities to save her life and work diligently to build herself a place in the world, starting with a tiny wonton stall and branching o 8Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 29 Transmigrated to the 1980s: Every Dish at My Restaurant Is in High Demand! 穿越八零：我的饭馆一菜难求！ When Tang Ruanyuan woke up, she discovered she had transmigrated to the 1980s. At the time, Danchuan Village had just implemented the household land contract system. Her family consisted of a father with a bad leg and a seven-year-old younger brother. Looking at their dirt-poor tile-roofed house and the nearly empty rice jar, Tang Ruanyuan rolled up her sleeves and started doing what she knew best, selling food, with her little brother at her side. In the gold-rush decade of the 1980s, Tang Ruan 53Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 30 After Transmigrating to the Modern World, the Shadow Guard Kicks Back and Cooks 穿越现代后，暗卫开始摆烂做美食 No CP, just the everyday life of an ordinary female covert guard who loves food and gossip. Winter melon, watermelon, Hami melon, nobody’s going to stop me from getting the scoop. Juice-filled buns, dumpling juice, you little brat, get out of my way! Smash the plates, toss the chopsticks, and slap the scoundrels right across the face. I’ve got a temper and the skills to back it up. Nobody gets to push me around. Polished-up blurb A feast of fresh wine and sturgeon, a hotpot of clams. Given a sec 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Gourmet: Selling Meals at a Highway Rest Stop During Lunar New Year, I Bring Traffic to a Standstill 美食：春节服务区卖饭，高速堵疯 [Food + Power Fantasy + No Female Lead] Gu Rui transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to a Food System. At the start, he draws a location for his business, only to get a tiny highway service area! And the ridiculous task is to sell three hundred boxed meals in a single day? Just as Gu Rui is at his wits’ end, a male streamer shows up at the highway service area by chance. After one meal of dumplings, the streamer hugs him and keeps calling him “Mom”! Travel surges during the Spring 186Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 32 Transmigrate and Get Everyone to Love Their Food 穿越之让大家爱上干饭 [Gourmet] [Alternate Setting] [Sweet Romance] [Marriage Before Love] [Relaxed and Easygoing] [Alien Planet] [Everyday Life] Luo Yao never imagined that one day she would transmigrate to a planet much like Earth and inherit an estate. She planned to grow vegetables and cook, settling into a quiet retirement on her own. But to inherit the place, she also had to marry Mu Chen, the heir to the richest family. Mu Chen once happened to see Luo Yao squatting beside a car, eating glutinous rice ball 83Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 From Selling Chive Pies at a Street Stall to Becoming Everyone’s Favorite 从摆摊卖韭菜馅饼开始受万人追捧 [Female-oriented food story + perfect with a meal + lighthearted and healing + doted on by everyone + business] A few notes before reading: Don’t take it too seriously! This is a completely fictional setting, not a mindless story! Before you start, remember that this is a lighthearted food story, so you’ll have a much better time. After being reborn eight times, Su Nuannuan arrives in this fictional ancient world. Moved by her family’s love, she finds the will to keep living and successfully act 247Reads7.6Score47214d adds
- 34 Reborn in the 1980s: The Little Chef 重生八零小厨娘 Song Ran was reborn! She returned to the 1980s, a time of shortages, to a home with bare walls. Her sister-in-law even wanted her to marry a widower and become his children's stepmother! Song Ran was speechless. In her previous life, she'd been a renowned master chef and a top student who graduated from Tsinghua University with a degree in fashion design. There was no way she would accept this fate! A girl with a face covered in pimples? No need to worry. She had a remedy, and once she was cured 219Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 35 Reborn as a Cast-Off Concubine, I Feed My Mother Meat at Every Meal 穿成下堂妾，我带着娘亲顿顿吃肉 [Farming + no System or pocket dimension + young cook + marriage first, love later + building a fortune + cooking delicious food + devoted couple] After a landslide, Shen Xiyue, a renowned chef, thought she was dead. When she opened her eyes, she was dressed in an ancient wedding gown and about to become an old man’s concubine? Thinking of her modern mansion and luxury car, she flew into a rage. She escaped home, beat up her greedy, black-hearted grandmother, and kicked her spineless, blindly fi 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 After I Transmigrated, I Started Selling Egg Pancakes on Dad’s Way to Work 穿越后我在爹爹上班路上卖鸡蛋饼 This story is set in a fictional world, so many things may not make sense. Please be warned!!! Liu Siling, a worker stuck in a notoriously useless major, transmigrated one day and finally became the daughter of an official in the imperial capital! Think she could finally enjoy the good life? Think again. Her family was so poor they were nearly out of food. Somebody save her! No worries: the divine goddess of egg pancakes will bless every child who loves good food! From selling food at a street s 4Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 37 After Leaving the Entertainment Industry, This Has-Been Opens a Restaurant and Takes the Internet by Storm 糊咖退圈后，开饭馆爆红全网 As a good-for-nothing in the cultivation world, Ming Tang idly watched someone else's lightning tribulation. As luck would have it, she took a direct hit and died a miserable, ridiculously unlucky death. When she opened her eyes again, she was a little-known actress in the modern entertainment industry. After turning down her unscrupulous agent's dinner-party demand, Ming Tang took the agent's advice to go home and sell roasted sweet potatoes, and promptly returned home to open a small restauran 473Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 38 A General Store Transformed Into an Ancient-Style Snack Shop 杂货铺爆改古代零食小店 [Just started getting ratings. Read it, and maybe the score will go up!] “A laid-back shopkeeping story focused on snacks. The pace is slow, so skip it if that bothers you.” Jiang Yun transmigrates into ancient times and inherits a grocery store on the verge of bankruptcy. Faced with a difficult situation, she relies on a System in her mind containing recipes for modern delicacies, gradually turning the little shop into a famous establishment. Her secret-recipe spicy strips bring the county magi 814Reads8.2Score11014d adds
- 39 I Opened an Eatery in Ancient Times and Picked Up a Child Bride Along the Way 我在古代开食铺，顺带捡个童养夫 (The rating just came out, but it’ll go up.) [Alternate world + Food + Business + Daily life + One couple only + Happy ending + Love grows over time] Ren Qingwu was born into the body of a newborn baby in one fell swoop, becoming the only daughter of a hunter’s family in the southwestern part of the Great Yong dynasty. Her parents died young, leaving her with a penniless household and a little food stall that barely kept them alive. She resolved to break through with good food: Kneading dough an 3kReads8.1Score34114d adds
- 40 Gourmet: This Culinary God Makes Food So Good It's Unfair 美食：这个厨神做饭过分好吃 [Gourmet] [No Female Lead] [System] [Comfort Food] [Cozy] [Slice of Life] [Ensemble Cast] Ye Mingyu was a master chef in the celestial realm, but after dozing off during a meeting, he was sent down to the mortal world. The good news was that he still had his cooking skills. The bad news was that he had to complete the “Craving It?” System's tasks to return to the celestial realm. But for the food lovers of the mortal world, every day felt like New Year's. Braised pork, hand-pulled noodles in chi 102Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Wuxia Crossover: Drifting Through the Martial World 综武侠：人在江湖飘呀飘 (A martial arts crossover.) Characters include Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang, Lu Xiaofeng, Hua Manlou, Chu Liuxiang, Xiao Yu’er, and others. Their appearances are in no particular order. The pairing is set: Zhan Zhao. As a native of the interstellar age with money and plenty of free time, A Sha’s greatest joy is immersing herself in all kinds of simulation games. When Company S releases a full-dive epic touted as “a hundred percent faithful to the ancient martial arts world,” she immediately becomes a h 220Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Why Not Add Another Bowl of Rice? 不如添碗饭 [Farming + Food + Healing + Growth + Cozy + Lighthearted Comedy] [Cheerful, lively little cook × Arrogant, childish young lord Pei Qun of the marquis’s household: a bickering couple] A young woman who sells wontons in Jingzhou City finds an arrogant, childish man at her doorstep. She takes him home and stuffs him full of food, but the next day he sneaks away. The young woman saves up to open a restaurant and takes a job as a cook in the marquis’s household. Then one day, she discovers that the a 131Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 43 First, a Bowl of Lychee Cream 先来一碗荔枝膏 [Transmigrate + build wealth + imperial exams + everyday life + career-focused] [A slow, steady story. There are bad people now and then, but no cartoonishly awful villains.] Lin Qishu, founder of a modern Chinese tea-drink brand, transmigrated to the Great Liang dynasty after being targeted by online harassment. The moment she opened her eyes, she found herself orphaned and responsible for raising her younger brother. To make matters worse, unscrupulous competitors were watching her, ready to f 2.6kReads8.2Score40514d adds
- 44 The Feisty Young Lady 麻辣小娘子 Just after transmigrating, before she can get used to life in ancient times, a huge black pot lands on her head. Not only is she forced to split from her family, she also ends up saddled with a debt of fifty taels of silver! Su Jin reassures herself: Don't panic. You're a modern woman who completed nine years of compulsory education! At home, she farms and raises chickens. Outside, she uses her talent for pickling vegetables to lead her family out of poverty. Just as her spicy, fragrant Old-Ferm 923Reads8.2Score14614d adds
- 45 The Qing Court Lady Is a Master Chef, and the Fourteenth Prince Can't Resist Her 清穿格格厨艺高，十四爷不经撩 [An alternate Qing dynasty, a gourmet's guide to winning hearts, sweet romance, an adorable child doted on by one and all] Lin Qianyu is knocked back to the Great Qing by a cup of iced milk tea, where she becomes the consort of the aloof Fourteenth Prince, Yinti. But unlike ordinary women in the prince's household, she has no interest in fighting over a man. Instead, she keeps reminding herself: talk is fine, but don't fall in love. Nothing beats making money. By chance, she gains access to 164Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 46 I Sell Grilled Cold Noodles, and the Gourmet Association Has Its Eye on Me 摆摊烤冷面，我被美食协会盯上了 (Food + Northeastern Chinese snacks + all kinds of other snacks + System + no romance + laid-back daily life + livestreaming, entrepreneurship, and opening a shop + steady rise to success) Yu Duoduo quit her job in the prime of her life, at just twenty-two. Working for someone else is hard. It’s enough to drive you into a funk. Yu Duoduo: Entrepreneurship! I have to start a business! When she looked at the terrible grilled cold noodles in front of her, tears of excitement welled up in her eyes! 54Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 47 One Bowl of Beef Noodles Made This Scenic Spot Go Viral 我用一碗牛肉面，让景区火爆全网 Transmigration brought back ingredients for dark cuisine that nobody would eat: beef raised on spiritual herbs, fish soaked in spiritual spring water... They were all leftovers from the dishes she’d made in the cultivation world, food even dogs wouldn’t touch. After taking over her mother’s rundown noodle shop in a tourist park full of overworked laborers, she casually cooked a bowl of beef noodles. An eighty-year-old tourist ate it and found his back no longer ached and his legs no longer hurt. 1.4kReads—Score22414d adds
- 48 Cat Cafe Owner? No! I’m Just the Cats’ Spokesperson 猫咖老板娘？NO！猫的嘴替罢了 [Golden finger + cute pets + no romance] Jiang Wan was a minor sacrificial character in an entertainment-industry lucky-star novel. Just as she was about to be forced out of the story, she unexpectedly became bound to a golden finger recall System. After perfectly completing the System's missions across its worlds, she was finally reborn. After working herself to the bone for hundreds of years, she had no desire to keep striving. She decided to use her System rewards to open a cat cafe, sip tea, 247Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 49 After Dying a Horrible Death, I Cut Ties with My Family and Became a Top Pastry Chef 惨死后断亲，我成了顶级甜品师 In her life before last, Li Zijing was deceived and murdered by her fake wealthy parents, becoming a stepping stone for the real heiress to enter the entertainment industry. She died with her eyes open. In her previous life, she transmigrated into the interstellar era and, after countless hardships, became a highly respected pastry chef. Then she died in a period of upheaval and came back again. The real heiress, a fake innocent, accused her of pushing her down the stairs. Her poisonous stepmo 404Reads7.5Score10214d adds
- 50 The Clever Little Chef: Running a Canteen in Ancient Times 锦心小厨娘：我在古代承包食堂 The dining hall at the Imperial College was a complete mess. Then one day, a new cook arrived, and an endless array of delicious dishes followed. The dining hall became not only a place the students flocked to, but also the dream destination of countless food lovers. “Son, go buy your father two meat-stuffed flatbreads from your dining hall today. Otherwise, I won’t have the strength to attend court.” Even the emperor was getting restless. “I hear the food at the Imperial College is delicious, b 284Reads5.2Score—14d adds
