Mastering Chinese Cuisine, Starting with Pastries

In middle age, Qi Qiu found himself trapped in a personal crisis.

Before turning thirty, he had worked as a chef, a salesman, a computer technician, and an insurance agent, but never amounted to anything.

His career was going nowhere, while household expenses kept climbing. The pressure was crushing.

Then, out of nowhere, he became bound to the [Gourmet Growth System], and his life began to change.

[Player: Qi Qiu]

[Talent: Insight]

[Professional Skills]:

Knife Skills [Beginner] 335/1000, ["What a sharp knife, and so much blood!"]

Heat Control [Beginner] 218/1000, ["Anyone who can stomach your cooking must be 'happy'!"]

Main Quest:

Turn Your Life Around: Under financial pressure, you decide to make a change and try to increase your income. The perceptive you chooses to start as a street vendor. Do your best to see it through! Set up your stall and sell your wares, bravely taking the first steps toward becoming a culinary god. A street vendor is a business owner too, and gold will always shine. Life needs passion!

Quest Reward: A random pastry-making legacy

Starting with the world of flour and dough, Qi Qiu grows step by step into a culinary god, master of both savory and pastry arts.

This is an ordinary story about an ordinary person who, through hard work and study, gradually becomes a culinary god, changes himself and his family, and makes life better and better.

PS: System + growth + running a business + heartwarming

I hope you'll enjoy it. I also hope everyone can feel happy, cheerful, and healthy while reading.