Shen Yuhuan, a contestant in the God of Cooking competition, opens her eyes and finds herself in a book, inhabiting the body of a wicked supporting character destined for ruin.
In the original story, she mortgages her father-in-law’s eatery for cash, then sells her daughter to a child trafficker before fleeing with the money. She ends up freezing to death on a snowy street.
Meanwhile, the male lead, who had failed the imperial exams after a high fever, goes on to pass them with flying colors, joins the Hanlin Academy, and grows old alongside the original heroine, enjoying endless wealth and glory.
Now that Shen Yuhuan has landed in this story, she refuses to accept a supporting character’s fate!
She uses her modern cooking skills to set up a street stall, buys back the eatery, and helps the male lead rise to success!
She steals the heroine’s good fortune and lounges amid mountains of gold and silver, living in luxury.
The neighbors who once mocked her now scramble to get their hands on her dishes.
Nobles and nobles’ retainers request her by name to cook for them.
Even the emperor, whose palate is famously hard to please, cries out that her food tastes divine.
Her life is thriving, and she’s so busy she can barely keep her feet on the ground.
The top scholar, admired by everyone else, quietly ties on an apron beside her:
“My dear, you work so hard. Of course I’ll be right here with you.”
