The old piano is Cheng Su’s only comfort as she lives under someone else’s roof, but it conceals her stepbrother Ye Wang’s surveillance and schemes. The night she discovers the secret, he traps her beside the keys, and from then on, she is caught in an endless cycle of threats.
She tries to contact Lu Zheng and escape, but all she gets in return is his brutal abuse. By the time she finally learns that her mother’s mistake years ago was the source of his hatred, she is already covered in wounds.
Her diagnosis of terminal stomach cancer gives her the courage to flee at last, but even a brief stay in a seaside town cannot keep her beyond his reach. As the setting sun dyes the sea red, she closes her eyes in the white dress she wore when they first met, leaving behind only a note: “Ye Wang, in our next life, let’s never meet again.” And he remains in the empty villa with the old piano, spending the rest of his life as her prisoner.
