A Little Eatery by the Canal: The Laid-Back Chef Becomes a Tycoon!

[Radiant, Gorgeous Little Chef x Scheming, Picky Older Man]

After dying suddenly, culinary expert Wen Xi transmigrates into an adult novel, becoming a cannon-fodder maid who has cared for the male lead for three years.

As soon as he recovers, the male lead takes her as a concubine and abuses her to death by every means imaginable.

After transmigrating, Wen Xi decides to stay away from the leads and asks to be sent away, hoping to meet Lord Xie, rumored to be violent and indifferent to human life.

Unexpectedly, the steward sabotages her plans and sends her straight out of the residence.

Now free, Wen Xi decides to return to her old trade and start a food stall and restaurant!

Crispy outside and tender inside, her locust flower cakes; delicate steamed buns packed with filling; soy-braised duck with its rich aroma; sweet, nourishing herbal chicken stew; buttery bread fragrant with milk...

From nobles and dignitaries to wandering martial artists, everyone traveling north or south longs to taste her cooking.

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Xie Chen, courtesy name Sui'an, has had an unusually sharp sense of taste since birth.

One extra grain of salt is too much, and even a little extra spice is unbearable. He can't even stand the smell of anything fishy or gamey.

Yet at a little stall by the canal bridge, he tastes a comfort he has never known before.

The young woman tending the stall has a gentle, graceful air and a radiant, otherworldly beauty.

When he learns she likes scholars, he sets aside his fierce temper and shows up each day as a well-read gentleman.

But her reputation spreads farther and farther, and the people around her keep multiplying.

Young masters from great houses, reclusive scholars, high-ranking officials, poor scholars...

Xie Sui'an can no longer hold back and immediately goes looking for her.

His gaze burns, his tone solemn.

"So, when exactly are you going to give me a place in your life?"