Everyone in the capital knows that Shen Qingjue, heir to the Marquis of Jing'an, is aloof and proud, yet fell in love at first sight with the celebrated courtesan Zhu Sha.
But no one knows that Shen Qingjue is Zhu Sha, disguised as a man, and Zhu Sha is Bai Yue, disguised as a woman.
When their layers of disguise are torn away, Bai Yue seizes her wrist, eyes red, as they face off with swords drawn: “Your world can have only two things in it: waiting for me, and staying by my side.”
She retreats half a step, only to stumble into the web of love he has long laid for her. “When did you start to mean it, in this play where every lie looked real?”
It turns out that a meeting born of disguise had long since become a fated descent into love.
