The Bonds That Bind the Heart

[Love at first sight] [Forced love] [Old-school high-ranking family romance] [Forced childbirth]

Shi Yien is a small-town girl and a hardworking academic, studying clinical medicine for eight years at Beijing's top medical school.

Lang Zheng is a child of an elite military family, the youngest lieutenant colonel, who has devoted his youth to serving on the border.

When Shi Yien visits her fiancé, Zheng Bijian, Lang Zheng falls in love with her at first sight. He keeps her confined in his home for a week, forcing her to agree to marry him and forcing his family to approve as well.

If Shi Yien had had no conscience, Lang Zheng would have died eight hundred times over.

Zheng Bijian dies a hero while guarding the border. Shi Yien believes Lang Zheng had something to do with it, and their relationship grows increasingly volatile.

To keep Shi Yien by his side, Lang Zheng forces her to have his child. After giving birth, Shi Yien develops postpartum depression and jumps from a building. Then...