Five years ago, Xie Yanci and Wen Zhiyu met during an ancient building restoration project and fell in love at first sight.
The two of them were each other's first love and only, committed physically and mentally, and agreed to stay together for life. However, when they were discussing marriage, they encountered family power grabs, business siege, and malicious frame-ups.
In order to protect Wen Zhiyu from being involved in the whirlpool, Xie Yanci was forced to pretend to be indifferent and accept the "nominal marriage" arranged by the family. He deliberately alienated and hurt others with words, trying to push her away in exchange for her peace.
But layers of blocked information, tampered conversations, and forged scenes made Wen Zhiyu completely misunderstand that he was ruthless and heartless, and he chose someone else.
On the rainy night when she learned she was pregnant, Wen Zhiyu didn't want to be a pawn, nor did she want her child to be born into a broken lie. She left the city quietly and went to a small southwest town to remain anonymous.
In the next five years, Xie Yanci quelled civil strife, eliminated enemies, and secured his position. He kept his integrity and searched for her for tens of thousands of miles without seeing anyone else;
Wen Zhiyu gave birth to a child alone, devoted himself to studying restoration skills, and became a top hidden craftsman in the industry. He lived quietly with his original intention and his child.
Five years later, a national key cultural relic restoration project was open for bidding. Wen Zhiyu was forced to leave the mountain to inherit his skills, and unexpectedly reunited with Xie Yanci, the project investor.
He is the capital leader who controls the overall situation, and she is the restoration craftsman who sticks to her original intention.
She avoids her like a snake and scorpion, but he pursues her step by step;
The old love is not extinguished, and the knot is hard to get rid of;
Misunderstandings are peeled away layer by layer, and love is pulled repeatedly.
From temptation, alienation, resistance, to heartache, forgiveness, and side by side, two people who have never betrayed each other, in the broken time
