When it came to Gu Xiangyu, everyone in the village knew him: a pitiful orphan who had lost both parents as a child, a pale-faced scholar raised on meals from the neighbors. And when it came to Xiao Jian, everyone in Qiuyuan City, high and low, knew him too: Cheng Jian, the playboy son of a tycoon whose wealth rivaled a kingdom. Yet these two people from entirely different worlds were destined to become entangled.