Loving You, Step by Step

The Nangong and Luo families had been close for generations. Nangong Zhuo's mother died in an accident when he was five, and that same year Nangong Jun married Wu Qili, his mistress, with whom he had a daughter, Nangong Qin, two years younger than Nangong Zhuo. Zhao Xue'er, the daughter of the Zhao family, grew up alongside Nangong Zhuo. When he confessed his feelings, she turned him down, saying she wanted to focus on her career, and left for England. Haunted by childhood trauma, his mother's suicide, and his stepmother's jealousy, Nangong Zhuo became cold and ruthless. By twenty-eight, he was a renowned figure in the business circles of the imperial capital, and even Nangong Jun had no choice but to obey him.

The Luo family had a project in Haicheng. The Nangong family partnered with the Luos and married their beloved daughter, Luo Jiayue, to Nangong Zhuo.

After the wedding, Nangong Zhuo treated her coldly. Even when drunk, he only murmured the name of his first love, gazing at her photograph and pining for her. When his first love returned after a breakup and discovered he had married someone else, she made things difficult for Luo Jiayue at every turn. Nangong Zhuo criticized her constantly, and just as Luo Jiayue lost all hope, she handed him divorce papers and vanished from the imperial capital without a trace... Two years later... Haicheng