Lin Fan awakens the divine culinary system after being rejected by his girlfriend in marriage, and takes over as the head chef of a nursing home. With dishes such as Yangchun noodles and soup dumplings, he wins over everyone and quickly rises to fame. His ex‑girlfriend Wu Dongmei teams up with Xu Tailang to scheme against him multiple times, but Lin Fan foils every plot. To seize the land, Xu Tailang blocks his food supplies; Lin Fan gets help from Zhou Xiao’ou to meet Dong Zhu, resolves the crisis, and attracts wealthy retirees like Dong Zhu to stay at the home. Despite repeated defeats, Xu Tailang and his father eventually hire thugs to assault Lin Fan, but they end up arrested and imprisoned. Lin Fan achieves both career and love success, and the nursing home becomes an internet‑famous landmark.
