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A magical garden. A glowing vine. A very flustered cook.
Ping Ping is a loud-mouthed apprentice cook with a crush the size of a soup cauldron on the quiet palace herbalist. But when a glowing vine starts reacting to his feelings (and throwing tantrums when he tries to hide them), things get wildly out of control.
Hua Nian doesn't say much-but he watches everything. And when the garden's mysterious soulbloom begins to bloom out of sync, he realizes something dangerous: it's not just magic reacting to Ping Ping... it's emotion.
Between magical mishaps, awkward confessions, fire-spiced food stalls, and one extremely cursed haiku, love starts to take root. But will their bond heal the vine-or destroy it?
3rd Book of Soulflame Chronicles can also be readed as a standalone: A romantic fantasy full of magic, food, awkward love, and flowers that listen.
(Main couple: Ping Ping × Hua Nian. Featuring Zixin × Baiye and Jin × Xuanji as secondary pairs.)