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The Substitute Bride Chef in the 80s

share time: 2025-12-03 06:03:40

Su Xiaoman, a top modern chef, is forced to substitute marry into the Gu family—led by a 1980s state-owned factory director—to save her best friend. The groom, Gu Jingshen, is a reputedly cold, taciturn veteran with a little nephew hostile to his "stepmother". Against a leaky tube building and nitpicky neighbors, Su Xiaoman wins over the family with her culinary magic: sweet fried rice cakes melt the nephew's resistance, and angelica-stewed chicken soup warms Gu Jingshen's icy facade. But the substitute marriage secret looms like a time bomb. When her best friend suddenly backs out to claim the groom, Su Xiaoman's modern identity (hidden under her apron), her quietly budding love, and the Gu family's buried conflicts are all thrust into the spotlight. What happens when the truth unravels?

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