Gu Yan, a rough Han military officer who returned home from serving the border, struggled to make ends meet in the market alone with his little girl Gu Xiaoli who had just turned one year old because his wife died early in childbirth. In order to find a reliable nanny for his daughter, he accidentally rescued the distressed cook Su Zhao who was abandoned by her family on the street. In order to repay the favor of saving his life, Su Zhao temporarily stayed in Gu's family, supported the family's livelihood with his cooking skills that amazed the neighbors, and used gentleness to resolve Gu Yan's coldness after losing his wife. Xiaoli held the corners of their clothes with her soft little hands, and went from "partnering to raise a baby" to secretly falling in love, all the way resolving crises such as neighborhood gossip, the original owner's revenge, and her daughter's illness. In the end, with the help of her baby, the rough man and the cook moved from a contract of mutual assistance to a warm marriage that went both ways. The highlights focus on Su Zhao's use of cooking skills to slap his mean relatives in the face, Gu Yan's tough-guy tenderness in protecting his wife and daughter, and Xiaoli's cute words that push forward the emotional line.
