Against the backdrop of a turbulent Republican-era China, a tragic romance unfolds, tangled in love and hate. Su Qing, the daughter of a general, is convinced that Lu Chenzhou, the chauffeur’s son, caused her family’s downfall. When his obsessive love keeps her imprisoned at his side, she takes the cruelest revenge she can: destroying what he treasures and hurting him to the core.
Lu Chenzhou’s possessiveness and secret devotion are crushed beneath her hatred. When the truth comes to light, she learns that he took the blame to protect her and spent his entire fortune. But after enduring her repeated cruelty, his love has burned out, and he turns instead to Shen Ruoyan, who has quietly stood by him.
Su Qing’s regret comes too late. She can only watch him embrace someone else, spending the rest of her life in an empty old house, tasting the bitter fruit she planted herself. The tenderness she destroyed becomes a pain that pierces her to the bone.
