Jewelry Empire: Wen Yuning, heir to a top jewelry conglomerate, marries Shen Zhixia, who comes from a once-prominent family of scholars, in a business alliance. It looks like a wealthy family taking in a poor bride, but in truth, it is the culmination of his carefully planned decade-long secret love for her.
- A Marriage Built on Mismatched Expectations: Shen Zhixia marries into the Wen family with the mission of restoring her family’s fortunes. On their wedding night, however, she discovers a button from her high school uniform, lost years ago, hidden in her husband’s bookcase. Their marriage begins with an unsettling truth.
- The Breaking Point: When Shen Zhixia suffers an unexpected miscarriage, she overhears Wen Yuning discussing with a doctor outside her hospital room whether “the embryo’s genetic test is still unacceptable this time.” At her weakest, she chooses to leave a divorce agreement behind and disappear.
- Bronze Labyrinth: Three years later, they meet again at an antiques auction. Wen Yuning’s jewelry conglomerate and the bronze restoration studio founded by Shen Zhixia are vying for the same Western Zhou bronze ding. Hidden inside the vessel is evidence of an old feud between their families.
