Main story? NO~~ not even a drop of romance.
The author gave a fan service because the readers were asking for one lol~ the author said they had it planned for a set of short stories, I think ss were chapters 322 to 333 where the author dabbled to a weeee bit of romance just to give the MC a happy family. There were subtle clues here and there that MC was meant to be with the romantic interest ~

I finished the entire novel.
Oh boy, this is a fresh merchant and foodphile story!
The world building is immaculate
The revelation of the secrets were placed on unexpected moments
The introduction of new characters were intentional and never out of place
And the romance! Since the author plan to make the story about Mc and his business empire building, there will be NO romance. The author, however, still made roughly 12 chapters of side stories to cater to the request of romance and family building … although it is just an additional or a gift for the readers, the build up fo romance was also consistent with the flow of the story telling..
Very very nice novel!
I am excited to read the adaptation but so far so good!