The in-law ties between the four major families in Tongcheng, Shangjing, formed a web that trapped Qin Lan for half his life.
She was the eldest daughter of the Qin family, but she watched her father give all his preference to his adopted son Shen Yu - the orphan of the Shen family whom she had hated for half her life, and who was also the shadow that silently protected her in the dark night.
Twin sister Ding Yuanyuan and brother-in-law Gu Shen died suddenly. In order to protect the infant Gu Zhiang, Qin Lan had to pretend to be a loving couple with Gu Shen's brother Gu Cheng, trapped in a cage of disguise.
Her first love, Lu Ze, had already parted ways, and now Song Jia beside her was filled with jealousy, waiting for an opportunity to push her into the abyss.
The undercurrents of the four major families are surging. The old Shen family, the Lu family's expectations, the Qin family's expansion, the Ding family's survival, and the Gu family's transformation are all threatening Qin Lan and Shen Yu.
She hated his "predation", but she caught a glimpse of the forbearing affection in his eyes during the confrontation. It turns out that those years of partiality were just belated redemption. This fate, which began with family disputes, was never a game, but the two of them were each other's captives.
Now the original balance of the four major families has been broken, forming a new pattern of "the three powers in Beijing competing for hegemony, and the two powers in Tongcheng relying on each other"...
