In the seventeenth year of the Republic of China, Shanghai was in turmoil, warlords were divided, and wealthy families were intertwined. Lu Shiheng was praised by the world as a gentle young marshal. He had a clear look on his face, was courteous to others, and had just the right amount of gentleness and affection in his every move. All the ladies in the city were looking forward to marrying into the Lu family, thinking that if he lowered their eyes, they would have a happy and stable life.
No one knows that his gentleness has always been a natural mask, politeness is alienation, thoughtfulness is propriety, and affection is disguise. At his core, he is cold and self-possessed, evades responsibilities, and has a closed heart. As romantic and affectionate as he was before marriage, he is silent and cold after marriage. Wen Zhiyu came from a scholarly background, had a soft and gentle temperament, and was open-minded and tolerant. He married into the young marshal's house with sincerity and obsession. She believed that tenderness could melt the ice and companionship could last for years. She had deep obsessions, accommodated herself step by step, tolerated everything, and spent her whole life's tenderness to cover a heart that was not warm at all. Only in the end did I understand: The young commander showed his gentleness to the world, but he did not show any sincerity to his wife. At the same time, Shen Yanzhou, a wealthy man in Shanghai, has a gentle demeanor and is a born nobleman, but deep down in his heart he has been trapped in the old dream of Bai Yueguang and Su Wanning all year round. Su Wan Ning was unrivaled in elegance, cold and transparent. After falling in love once, she turned around with decisiveness and neatness, which became an obsession that he could not let go of and pursue throughout his life.
Lin Tingwan, an orphan girl, is determined at every step, soft on the outside but strong on the inside. With her tenacity, she married into the Shen family as her wife. She wants status, stability, and a place to gain a foothold, but she doesn't dare to have a heart-to-heart relationship easily. But after getting married day and night, seeing her husband yearning for the past and never forgetting others, her restraint and calmness gradually gave rise to a love-hate entanglement. In the troubled times, two pairs of marriages have five kinds of hearts. Some people pretend to be gentle, while others are obsessed with perdition.
