During the Republican era, Li Min, an ambitious young man who had returned from studying abroad, fell in love with Xiaolin, a girl from an ordinary family. His family fiercely opposed their relationship. They stopped at nothing to break the couple apart, leaving Li Min heartbroken and despairing at his family’s coldness and cruelty. To fight back against their oppression, he began to ruin himself, drowning in a life of wine and women. Though the refined young lady he was married off to was exceptional, nothing could stir Li Min’s heart anymore. Then one day, he met Lin Qing, an innocent young student. Her kindness and purity touched him deeply, and he seemed to see Xiaolin in her. Determined to pursue the happiness he truly wanted, Li Min divorced the refined young lady and married Lin Qing.
However, this new marriage did not bring lasting happiness. Li Min discovered that Lin Qing was not as innocent as he had imagined. She had secrets and desires of her own, and he gradually found himself caught in a complicated tangle of emotions…
