DANMEI Reading List (RAW) Pt. 2

370. Entertainment Industry's Gourmet Food Service

Translator: Isohungry Translations

Chapters: 134 + 6 Extras

Tags: mpreg, magical space, entertainment circle, rebirth, food porn

Synopsis:

Shao Qing grew up in the orphanage. In order to survive he went to school during the day and worked part-time at a restaurant during night, becoming a proficient cook.

He was looking for his parents when he got into a traffic accident and died.

He was reborn into decades before and activated the portable space in his jade pendant.

He grew many kinds of flowers, planted trees and sold fruits, opened a restaurant and filmed videos.

In this time when internet celebrities are all on the rage, I must stand above the other shows.

Boss Ling Senhao: Lately I've taken a liking to this one person. Long legs, slender waist, really good at acting and the key point is he makes good food. Say, should I sign him or should I sign him?

Mo Shaoqing: So we only agree to work together?

Everyone: Male god Mo's food is so delicious *cries*

Mo Shaoqing: Actually I'm a cook who's being held back by my acting work!

In short, this is a gourmet internet celebrity. He started with private kitchen, exploded from forums to weibo then to the entertainment world, from China to overseas, getting the attention of everyone.

Impressions: I've read this way way back, just happen to see it on MTLnovel today so decided to re-read it again.

So our MC is an orphan, he heard news from a friend from the same orphanage that someone was looking for their child whose age is similar to MC so MC decides to give it a try. Unfortunately, on the way there, he got into an accident and dies, then reborn to his teenage self. However, his 'self' has a family (Mom/Dad/Big Bro) and was not an orphan. Also his jade necklace contains a magical space where you can plant things and stuff.

Then MC's school arc: he's handsome, smart, popular with classmates, he gets sent into an exchange program to different countries. MC also has a clear goal which is to open a restaurant so he starts earning money by selling fruits and flowers grown in the space. Then MC's University years, he enters a Art/Drama University under the music department. In his third year, his family supported him to open a restaurant.

He meets ML very early during one of his part-time jobs when he was young, then he meets him again during the exchange program. Years later, they meet again when ML's secretary bought food from MC's restaurant. Anyways, ML remembers MC cos he's cute and MC remembers ML as well since he's hot...and a successful person who he should learn from. Then MC gets recruited in ML's entertainment company.

MC is generally smooth sailing: magazines, variety show, TV series, movies, modelling/runway, international film. He also gets together with ML then comes out to their respective families when they found out MC is mpreg. There's also finding MC's biological parents (he was adopted by his current family) and what happened all those years ago that caused MC to be 'abandoned'. Ending is uncovering the corruption/trafficking case in the orphanage that MC used to live in in his previous life.

Extras is MC retiring from the entertainment circle, going public with ML and giving birth to a second little bun.

I think this was one of my first mpreg-in-modern-times read. Before this, there was only ger in ancient times and omega in interstellar. Lol. 

Hmm.. our MC is a very...winner-of-life MC, whether its career, romance or family, they're all smooth sailing so there isn't much conflict nor faceslapping. Hmm.. how to say, there is mpreg, magical space and entertainment circle setting but for me, it isn't really too...memorable. I feel like our MC is very...generic (Sorry!) Like with entertainment circle, our MC seems to exist in a vacuum, no more cannonfodder rivals after the first one? With the restaurant, our MC is generally hands off after his brother took over so the magical space/food porn doesn't really get mentioned anymore. You can say MC is obsessed with discovering his true identity/mystery with the orphanage in his past life, but then not really, cos its his friend who investigates it for him then he comes back from abroad, and the conspiracy is already solved/being reported in the news. I guess, it feels like our MC is everywhere...just moderately focused here and there. 

Overall, read this if you're looking for a quick read~ Winner-in-life MC x aristocrat mixed-blood ML~