[Sweet, innocent girl on the surface x self-aware boy who gives himself over to ruin | A forcibly picked melon is incredibly sweet | Fake and real heiresses | The main couple stays together]
Deep in a secluded mountain valley grows a tree with intertwined branches.
Sharing one root, they grow together, yet can also strangle each other.
After an accident, a young girl carrying a jade pendant unexpectedly stumbles into Ertai's world.
Newly awakened to the human world, she is innocent and naive. In her clear eyes, he is the only one she sees.
A keepsake stirs up a storm.
The Emperor personally comes to their door and acknowledges this "old affair."
In the palace, Princess Huanzhu stirs up one lively commotion after another.
At the Imperial Academy residence, the boy and girl spend their days together, quietly developing feelings that cross the line.
Until another "Fu family daughter" arrives, carrying an identical keepsake.
The true and fake heiresses face off, while undercurrents swirl.
"How dare someone like you try to steal my identity!"
"If I'm not your Ruoli, would you still look at only me, just as you do now?"
"I'm a greedy person. So greedy that whoever touches what's mine will pay with their life."
"My elegant, upright brother, you keep saying 'let go,' but why are you holding me tighter and tighter?"
"Teach me. Should I listen to your words, or your hands?"
"If you dare leave me, I'll tie you up and keep you here forever."
He retreats step by step, while she advances step by step.
He watches himself fall with a clear mind, yet never once thinks to reach for the rope.
In this game of chess, she is the most inconspicuous piece, and also the most dangerous variable.
And all she desires is to stay by that person's side.
Even if their relationship has no name and no legitimacy.
