This is the story of a contractual marriage that begins in hatred. Business tycoon Jiang Jin wants revenge on Su Nian, who once “betrayed” him. Using her father’s rescue as leverage, he forces her to become his wife in name only. During their year-long marriage, he uses every means at his disposal to humiliate and torment her, while Su Nian silently endures it for the sake of her family. As misunderstandings and schemes pile up, Jiang Jin’s heartlessness indirectly leads to her father’s death. With her heart dead, she leaves a divorce agreement and quietly disappears.
A year later, Jiang Jin uncovers the truth and is consumed by soul-crushing remorse. He searches for her desperately, until at last they meet again in a foreign art gallery, where Su Nian has rebuilt her life. He humbly begs her to forgive him, but she has learned to love herself and calmly says goodbye to the past. The blazing inferno of regret he set alight in his pursuit of her ultimately burns away every last bit of light in the rest of his own life.
