Zhou Yongyou, brother of Zhou Zhiyou of Yilong Trading Company, colluded with bandits in an attempt to stab his friend to death to monopolize the family property. Ma Zongyuan accidentally rescued Zhou Zhiyou, and the two became sworn brothers. After Yongyou was attacked by bandits, Yongyou's wife believed that it was Zhao and Ma who killed Yongyou. Ma Zongyuan secretly fell in love with Zhao Baiyun, the maid of his friend's wife, and agreed to marry her. However, because Ma Zongyuan married Xiao Wei first despite his family's objections, the Ma family did not allow him to marry the maid. Zhao Baiyun grew hateful from love and instigated his friend's wife to falsely accuse him. When Ma Zongyuan was trapped, Yongyou's wife drugged herself for revenge and falsely accused Ma Zongyuan. In order to calm the situation, Zhou Zhiyou hoped that Ma Zongyuan would marry Yongyou's wife. Since Ma Zongyuan was already married and had children, he believed it was against human ethics, so he refused. Later, Zhou Zhiyou led people to the final negotiation. During the period, he heard that Yongyou's wife had committed suicide. Zhou Zhiyou was angry and killed Ma and his family. However, Zongyuan's wife Xiao Wei was left out. Xiao Wei fled to the Xiao family with her son and asked the Xiao family to help avenge but was rejected. Xiao Wei hated the Xiao family for staying out of the matter and exchanged his nephew Xiao Jiantao with his son Ma Chaoqun, asking him to grow up to avenge the Ma family. However, the real Ma Chaoqun was raised by the Xiao family and renamed Xiao Bieliang. Xiao Bieliang met Zhao Zihui, a girl from the Zhao family, and the three of them staged an emotional entanglement of love, hate and hatred.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.