The second daughter of the Jiang family is made to marry in another's place, and someone else takes her place beneath the red bridal veil. Shen Yanqing calculates every move, yet never realizes that the person beside him in bed is carrying a different marriage contract. Their mutual respect is an act; every step of their mutual testing is real. She wants to uncover the truth behind her mother's death, while he holds the key to the destruction of the Jiang family. A marriage contract binds the two of them. Whoever falls in love first loses. It is not until she smashes the nuptial wine cup that night that he realizes: in this game, she stopped being a pawn long ago.
