Because of a marriage pact made by the previous generation, Chu Ruan marries into the wealthy Jiang family of Hong Kong.
On their wedding night, her husband Jiang Ye tosses out a curt “Take care of yourself” and leaves her alone at the Jiang family mansion for seven whole years.
Chu Ruan devotes herself to caring for her grandmother and mother-in-law at the mansion, while Jiang Ye carouses outside and even brings women home. Chu Ruan becomes a laughingstock throughout Shangjing.
In the end, Chu Ruan falls into a lake and drowns on the Jiang estate.
Reborn, Chu Ruan has no way to break off the engagement, so she points at random and chooses the cold, domineering, sinister younger uncle. She expects them to live separate lives after the wedding, without getting in each other’s way, but who could have guessed…
It's very sweet and beautiful.