The moment Chen Yikai first saw Ding Tianyu, he decided he wanted her.
But it had nothing to do with love at first sight or true love. It was all about power and prestige.
Born into a distinguished family, she would be the key to his ascent into the ranks of the powerful.
He went to great lengths to get her attention, then make her fall completely in love with him.
Marrying her truly let him climb, step by step, toward the pinnacle of life and the end of his ambitions,
until fate sent him a trial that turned his world upside down.
Tortured by anxiety and torment, he suddenly came to understand:
It wasn't that he didn't love his wife; it was that the man he used to be didn't understand love at all.
It wasn't that he couldn't give up everything, as long as it meant protecting her and their home.
He could lose anything, just not his beloved wife.
