Lin Wan, a top jewelry designer, meets Shen Si, a powerful CEO from a wealthy family, on a glittering night in Milan. He appears like a god, helping her out of a bind and putting into words the deepest fracture in her work’s soul: “Like starlight crushed and stuffed into an abyss.” The attraction between two equally matched adults ignites instantly and heats up fast. Shen Si invites her into a collaboration worth tens of millions, drawing her step by step into his world. He wields his immense power to proclaim his boundless devotion to her before the whole world. Beneath the moonlight on a deserted island, he reveals a rare tenderness, personally putting a polished shell necklace around her neck.
Yet from the very beginning, this game of love is riddled with lies and schemes. Behind the sweetness lies a blood feud between two families, buried for twenty years. At a family banquet, “irrefutable evidence” is coldly thrust before them: the Lin family is accused of causing the Shen family’s bankruptcy and driving Shen Si’s grandfather to take his own life in despair. In an instant, every sweet moment turns into a blade piercing the heart.
“I concede this game.” She takes off her ring and walks away without looking back.
“Fine. I’ll let you go.” His eyes redden as he releases her, consumed by longing.
After five years apart, she rises from the ashes in Paris and becomes a legend in her field. Back home, he becomes a work machine, tormented by regret. An auction brings fate around again, and the truth slowly emerges as they investigate together: their parents’ obsession, a love twisted out of shape, and carefully woven lies all combine to create a tragedy spanning two generations.
Battered and scarred, the two choose to face the abyss and work together to break the deadlock amid the ruins of their pain.
