In the midsummer of seventeen years old, the noisy and wanton Gu Xun and the calm and self-disciplined Shen Ze became roommates. From being displeased with each other to gradually getting closer due to mutual academic support, a vague and sincere emotion grew among the teenagers. However, the shadow of his father's generation is always lingering - Shen Ze feels the hidden resentment of his backward family towards the "Gu family", while Gu Xun lives under the strong control of his father Gu Minghai and his contempt for the fate of the Shen family.
When the crucial "Qiming Cup" competition came, Gu's father's operation of "paving the way" for his son ruthlessly deprived Shen Ze of his qualifications. Shen Ze's anger and sense of betrayal completely exploded, pushing the unsuspecting Gu Xun away. The youthful romance came to an abrupt end due to misunderstandings and family feuds.
Seven years later, Shen Ze returned as an upstart in the business world and launched precise and cruel revenge on Gu Xun with utter hatred. He personally destroyed Gu Xun's career and pushed it into the abyss of bankruptcy and ruin, as if he wanted to completely burn the young man who once illuminated his youth. Gu Xun struggled in a desperate situation, and what "died" was his former pride and innocence.
It wasn't until Gu Xun returned coldly as the chief advisor of the rival camp that Shen Ze was shocked and came across the truth buried in lies - Shen's father's suicide note revealed the helplessness and trust he had felt back then, but Gu Xun actually used seven years of forbearance and destruction to bear everything on his own. Shen Ze's "pilgrimage road" to revenge turns out to be based on Gu Xun's sacrifice in the name of love. The lie collapsed, and the crematorium-like regret consumed him. In this strong confrontation and sadomasochistic entanglement that begins in midsummer and ends in winter, can they find each other in the ashes and complete a true redemption?
Intention: Use the youthful spirit as a torch to see the true heart in the fog of old grudges, use secret protection and two-way redemption to break the shackles of fate, and let the deep love tempered by lies finally become a pilgrimage.
