[Two little bitter gourds get together and grow into one big bitter gourd, then turn from a big bitter gourd into little sweet melons. The male and female leads both have hard lives.]
Lu Shaocheng finds Lin Xiaosheng in this life intending to torment her for the rest of her days, to comfort the spirits of his parents, who died innocent deaths. But he isn’t a particularly ruthless man. He sees her kneeling motionless before his parents’ memorial tablets, refusing to stop even after she faints from hunger. He sees her accept any beating, punishment, or scolding without uttering a single word of resentment. Lu Shaocheng wonders if she’s a stone, with no emotions or feelings at all. So, worn out from berating her, he makes her stay by his side as his punching bag around the clock! But as time goes by, he realizes that the girl is quite obedient and capable. She just wears a bitter expression every day, like a sour pickle left to soak too long. Lu Shaocheng gets curious: can she smile? Is there anyone or anything that could make her smile? Later, he happens to see her smile. Lu Shaocheng realizes that she’s quite cute when she smiles, and if he looks closely, she’s actually quite adorable! One day, he realizes that every opinion he has of her has shifted from negative to positive. Only then does he vaguely sense how irresistible she has become to him. Once his long-frozen heart starts to thaw, there’s no going back. But a blood feud stands between them, and their love is destined to be passionate and earth-shattering…
