Hu Zhiyu and Chen Rugege went from being strangers to each other to joining forces to resist the feudal system under the background of an arranged marriage by their family. In the process, Hu Zhiyu's good friend Zhou Zhili and his German classmate Joseph Mann experienced complex emotional and career entanglements. As they work together, Hu Zhiyu and Chenru work together to overthrow the control of the Yan family and work to establish a new social order to benefit the people.