Li Yan, heir to the Changfeng Group, has been searching for Shuishui, his childhood friend who was sent away by her family more than a decade ago. After enduring countless hardships, he finally finds a few clues, only for Xiao Jing, a student at Bin University, to tell him that Shuishui died over a decade ago...
People's hearts are more treacherous than water; even calm ground can give rise to sudden waves. As the veil concealing the truth is lifted layer by layer, what remains may be scattered fragments, helpless resignation, or bloodshed... The human heart is unfathomable, human nature impossible to read, and desire boundless... A person's fate is like a small boat adrift on a vast ocean, destined to be beyond their control, body and soul alike... Some struggle forward, using every means at their disposal, believing they can reach that golden shore by walking over the bodies of others. Little do they know that the far shore is still only another shore, an endless expanse stretching into the distance...