Cen Buran never expected that after transmigrating, surviving a near-drowning, and falling into the hands of human traffickers, he would end up "reduced" to working in a brothel. He joins forces with a stunning amnesiac who, like him, has fallen on hard times, and they try to escape their "captors" together. As they spend time together, they are drawn to each other. New to love and swept up in desire, he thinks he has found his soulmate and that their romance will naturally blossom. But just as he is getting intimate with his lover, a fiance suddenly appears, and he discovers that he has become the "other man" in someone else's relationship. Before he can even get his bearings and figure out what to do about this mess, his lover's furious fiance captures him and subjects him to brutal torture.
A twist of fate entangles the three of them in a relationship that cannot be easily untangled, and draws them into the power struggles of the imperial court. What will become of their relationship in the end?
Also known as Spring Comes to the Trees Beyond the Ailing One
Theme: If it cannot be had, follow what you love. Walk the road ahead, and don't ask which way is east or west.
