A confession of guilt shattered the illusion of a seemingly peaceful marriage between Gu Tingchen and Su Wan. Carrying an unfounded charge, Su Wan signed the document in front of everyone, and then completely disappeared from Gu Tingchen's world, leaving only rumors in the city and an unspeakable dull pain in his heart.
Gu Tingchen, a decisive business tycoon, had always been in control of everything, but he was helpless to deal with Su Wan's departure. He didn't believe that his gentle wife would make such a mistake, but he fell into self-doubt again and again based on the evidence and the comments of others. During the long search and investigation, Gu Tingchen gradually cleared away the fog, and was shocked to realize that behind this farce of "confessing and disappearing", there was a well-planned conspiracy, and even more hidden Su Wan's unknown difficulties and deep feelings - in order to protect the foundation of the Gu family, she was willing to enter the game with her own body and bear all the storms alone.
In the small courtyard far to the south, Su Wan guarded a gardenia tree that he had saved with his own hands, trying to bury the past in the tranquility of the years. But when Gu Tingchen came back with the truth, the past that had been misunderstood and forbearing finally came to the light of day.
The novel takes the pursuit of his wife in the crematorium and the revelation of the conspiracy as the dual main lines. In the entanglement of love and hate, it describes the involuntary and two-way rush of adult love. The fragrance of gardenia runs throughout, becoming a tender witness of the two people's reunion after being broken.
