[Republican-era alternate history]
He is Fu Jing, once a boy who tended horses, now the powerful warlord of Hongcheng. She is Yan Xiuzhu, a wealthy young woman who had never wanted for anything, until her family was destroyed overnight. To uncover the truth, she disguises herself as the Xue family’s daughter and marries Fu Jing.
They each have their own secrets, and though they seem like a couple in name only, they gradually find themselves drawn to each other as they spend their days together. Just as feelings begin to take root in their hearts, a conspiracy quietly unfolds…
Love and hatred intertwine, and the truth is hard to discern. Even though they hate each other, they cannot escape love’s web… Is this a doomed romance or a misunderstanding? And what secret lies beneath the housekeeper’s low-pulled hat?
