Jiang Nuan, the orthodox successor of Wen's Private Cuisine, was framed by her stepmother He Lijuan and stepbrother Jiang Yaozu at the age of ten and driven out of her home, following the reclusive master chef Qin Jiushan to learn culinary arts for sixteen years. After completing her studies and descending the mountain, she carries the Xuan Iron Blade left by her mother, single-mindedly wanting to find her detained, critically ill biological father, retake Wen's old restaurant and the stolen recipes, and clear the stigma of being a "family thief" pinned on her. On a rainy night at a night market noodle stall, she unexpectedly encounters Ningning, the five-year-old daughter of Jiangcheng's richest man, Huo Shaoting. Due to childhood trauma, Ningning suffers from psychogenic anorexia and mutism, refusing to eat normally or speak a word for two years.