[Family-arranged marriage + contract marriage + warlord's son + love triangle]
Ren Meizhi, the daughter of a wealthy merchant, spent four years abroad in love with Han Jinggeng, the son of a rich family. Their families had chosen them to marry each other, and they had seemed like a match made in heaven.
After their engagement, Ren Meizhi discovers that her fiancé has a lover. But they have no choice but to obey their parents and wed, setting in motion a contract marriage that both intend to end before it has even begun.
The arrival of Zhou Zhili, the son of a warlord, makes this marriage between wealthy families even more complicated. Their tangled story sets the whole city abuzz, where truth and lies are impossible to tell apart.
When the nest is destroyed, no egg can remain intact. Smoke rises across the land, and no one knows what tomorrow will bring...
