After the death of the grandfather who had raised her, Qin Huaran faces even more troubles
A group of overbearing, impossible relatives, a verbal betrothal to someone who is “not the man she was promised to,” a strange illness that has robbed her of her sense of taste, and a book called Recipes of Mountains and Rivers, which contains every cuisine under heaven yet is full of bizarre, unheard-of dishes.
Her grandfather had arranged two clear paths for her before he died, but Qin Huaran chooses neither to return to the Qin family that abandoned her nor to follow her “self-righteous” fiancé to the Shen family.
Instead, she honors her grandfather’s last wish, opens the cookbook, breaks free from convention, and brings the cuisines of the world to life.
The “up to no good” and “self-righteous” fiancé: “I’m not! I didn’t! Don’t make things up!”
