Wen Yue was born into an ordinary, impoverished family. After graduating from high school, she entered the workforce, taking jobs as a waitress, cashier, and assembly-line worker before eventually singing at a bar. At a blind date she attended to earn money for bus fare, she met Qin Li. Qin Li proposed a marriage without real affection, and Wen Yue agreed because she was short on money.
After entering the wealthy world of the Qin family, Wen Yue faced discrimination and hostility from her mother-in-law, Sheng Fanghua, and the two clashed constantly. Wen Yue worked hard to adapt to life among the rich, learning etiquette and rules, and holding her own against her mother-in-law. But new challenges kept appearing. Qin Li’s ex-girlfriend, Jiang Xiaoxiao, returned from abroad, posing a potential threat. Worse still, at Qin Li’s grandmother’s eightieth birthday celebration, her father-in-law’s illegitimate son appeared, throwing the family into turmoil. Her father-in-law defended the boy’s mother, leaving her mother-in-law desperate and helpless as a family storm erupted. Caught in the middle of this complicated mess, what will Wen Yue do? Will she stand her ground, or be swallowed up by the life of the rich? The story follows Wen Yue’s struggles and choices in her marriage into a wealthy family.
