In the poor village of Gujia in the 1980s, cousins Gu San and Zhao Lingling secretly began a forbidden affair. The clan’s powerful elders tore them apart, forcing them each to marry someone else: Gu San wed the quiet, resilient Song Cuicui, while Zhao Lingling married Chen Songzi, a poor, dull-witted man. Yang Si, secretly in love with Zhao Lingling, was forced to marry into the Gu family and wed the spoiled Gu Yingzi.
Riding the tide of reform and opening up, Gu San went to the Northeast to seek his fortune, but became ensnared by gambling and fell into an abyss. Miserable in her marriage, Zhao Lingling ran away three times, eventually reuniting with Gu San in the Northeast. Their brief happiness was soon torn apart by fate. Song Cuicui awoke from despair and headed south to Shenzhen, struggling her way up from the factory floor to become a business powerhouse. Trapped by his status as a live-in son-in-law, Yang Si searched for dignity at a medical clinic, yet could never escape the chains of love and duty.
For ten years, they were tossed about in a sea of sin, all swept up in love, hate, and desire. The forbidden romance between Gu San and Zhao Lingling spread like wildfire, igniting family feuds, business intrigue, and underworld conflicts. Song Cuicui’s cool calculations, Yang Si’s quiet protection, Gu Yingzi’s frenzied jealousy, and Chen Songzi’s obsessive revenge became an inescapable web.
Then a bizarre murder took place, and every secret and sin erupted into the open. One person died in a frozen river, another was thrown into prison, another fled to the ends of the earth, and another went mad for life. When the dust settled, only the boundless sea of sin remained, with love and hate as their vessel. Could those who endured every tribulation find a chance to be reborn? The ripples of fate had already begun to spread quietly to the next generation…
It's very beautiful and the characters are very realistic. I follow them every day.
A novel about both hating and loving 😂