She is the lawfully wedded wife of the deputy station chief of Jinzhou Station.
He is the deputy station chief's most trusted subordinate: sharp, ruthless, and deeply suspicious, he has never trusted anyone.
They first meet in a cold, gloomy interrogation room.
Dressed in a white shirt, he leisurely flips through the case files. His gaze as he scrutinizes her is like a knife, eager to cut open every one of her secrets.
The next time they meet, she has become the "sister-in-law" he must address with the utmost respect.
From then on, he observes the rules of rank in front of others, but relentlessly closes in on her in private, testing her identity, prying into her marriage, and even developing improper thoughts he refuses to admit to himself.
A jade bangle of unknown origin is brazenly delivered by him to his superior's home.
Others assume he's trying to curry favor. Only he knows who that unmentionable desire is really meant for.
He knows he shouldn't covet her, yet he does it anyway.
She knows he's dangerous, yet somehow she remains entangled with him.
Until an elaborate deception is exposed, and the once lofty sister-in-law becomes his prisoner once more.
This time, there is no one who can take her away from the interrogation room.
At last, he no longer has to call her sister-in-law.
But when he truly no longer needs to use that title, Li Ya realizes he can no longer tell whether he wants to interrogate her secrets or make her his own.
He's spent his life uncovering lies, yet somehow he falls into the trap of a sham marriage.
And the thing he most wants to steal was never the jade.
Theme: In troubled times, faith and love cannot always coexist. Two people on opposing sides, each with their own convictions, confront their desires and true feelings through tests, exploitation, and life-or-death choices.
