Joanna Jensen, the legitimate heir of Wentworth Family private cuisine, was framed and expelled from her home at the age of 10 by her stepmother Lila Jensen and stepbrother Jasper Jensen, then studied cooking under reclusive master chef Master Chase for 16 years. After completing her studies, she carried the black iron knife left by her mother, determined to find her critically ill biological father who was under house arrest, retrieve Wentworth's Original Kitchen and the stolen recipes, and clear her name as a "family thief". At a night market noodle stall on a rainy night, she encountered Nina Hawthorne, the 5-year-old daughter of Holden Hawthorne, the richest man in Riverhold City. Nina suffered from psychogenic anorexia and aphasia due to childhood trauma, refusing to eat normally and unable to speak for two years. A simple bowl of plain noodle from Joanna made Nina finish the whole bowl eagerly, and she even called out "mom" on the spot. Anxious, Holden Hawthorne proposed a one-year contract marriage with a 300 million remuneration, wanting Joanna to be Nina's nominal mother. Joanna crossed out the unequal terms, entered the dangerous Hawthorne Family on the condition that she would protect Nina and not give up her own career. After moving into the mansion, she faced repeated frame-ups from her vicious cousin Mara Shaw and all kinds of difficulties from Steward Wood, who sided with the villains. With her superb cooking skills and kind, resilient heart, Joanna protected Nina, gradually heale
