The Nation’s Goddess: The Greatest Spirit Chef in History

This is the story of a girl who went from being a little fairy as a child to someone who believed that gaining weight had ruined everything. She lets herself go, and ultimately transforms from a helpless little rabbit everyone can bully into a great demon king! Wen Qiao gains weight even from drinking water, and is about to top 300 jin. Not even a perfect foundation can save her. As a child, people called her a little fairy. Now they call her Fat Wen. Her parents despise her, her siblings loathe her, and even the big brother she admired ever since he saved her as a child mistakes someone else for his savior because of her weight. Then the grandfather who loved her most dies. Heartbroken, Wen Qiao misses the college entrance exams. Before she can even set foot inside her family's home, a paternity test report gets her thrown out. Her life is plunged into darkness, until her grandfather's friend gives her a key. She enters a cramped, shabby room, digs through the trash, and finds a magical cooking pot. After inheriting the memories of a food-and-medicine master, she finally understands: she's been playing the wrong role all along! If even the world can become so unscientific, maybe she can lose weight, too? But the first step in mastering this powerful art turns out to be... eating! The chubby girl hesitates for one second, then digs in without a second thought. She may lose anything else, but she won't deprive herself of good food. And there's nothing she can't do without strength! Luckily, the more she eats, the slimmer she gets. Food turns into energy, and with her magic pot in hand, the world is hers. Even the plainest ingredients become peerless delicacies in her hands, as potent as immortal pills! Her recipes also grow more and more varied, moving far beyond ordinary grains and vegetables. In the Northern Sea there is a fish called Kun. It's so huge that one pot isn't enough to stew it... But the chubby girl has a magic pot. Stewing the whole thing in one pot is no fantasy! Demons and monsters, fierce birds and beasts, exotic flowers and herbs, even air and stones: for Wen Qiao, there's nothing she can't stew and eat. Big or small illnesses, even the most difficult ailments, can all be cured with one pot of “everything stew.” And if one pot isn't enough, then she'll make two!! Passerby A: “Hahaha, look at that shopkeeper! Is she an idiot? She thinks stewed dishes can cure illnesses, and she's charging 8,888 for a serving. I'm dying laughing!” Passerby B: “Holy crap! The shopkeeper wasn't lying. One meal of stew really cured the insomnia that's been bothering me for years!” Passerby C: “You know what? Eating stew three times a day cured my stomach cancer! Oh my god!” Everyone in the capital knows the Xie family's Second Master. He's ruthless and doesn't say much, rich, handsome, and well-born, yet he keeps women at arm's length. People privately suspect he might be gay. What they don't know is that the Second Master of the Xie family used to be a chubby kid. After being kidnapped once, he met a heartless beauty who cared only about looks. That's when he worked hard to lose weight and grow into the man she wanted. Like a hunter lying in wait, he bides his time for the perfect chance to bring her home in the most perfect form! So when that day finally comes, Wen Qiao ends up with an orange cat!! Young Xie the Second Chubby: “Why am I bigger than him and look more dependable, but you like him and not me? It must be because I'm not handsome enough!” Grown-up Second Master Xie: “I've spent years yearning for her in vain, while someone else is blind to her charms. Heaven has finally smiled on me. If I don't bring her home now, when will I?” Second Master Xie, much later: “Cherish her, cherish her with all I've got, love her until she can fly to heaven or sink underground! Feed her, keep feeding her! It's good if she gains weight, wonderful, in fact. Then no one will see how precious she is or try to steal my treasure!!” With this promise to grow old together, I write to you on a letter of love, and record our pledge beneath the red leaves in the marriage registry.