Zhang Lingzhi was forced to leave home. He crossed paths with the widow Xiao Yun, and his younger brother, Zhang Muwen, tried to bring him back into the clan by approaching her. But fate played its cruel tricks: Zhang Muwen fell in love with Xiao Yun, while Zhang Lingzhi became a victim of the family feud and fled beyond the pass.
Years later, Zhang Yuchen returns from beyond the pass. He means to clear his father's name and stand up for justice, navigating the rival clans as the truth slowly comes to light...
Zhang Yuchen opens his father's box and finds a letter signed by a stranger: "Our fate in this life ends here, so in the next, let me be born a woman again. I won't make men shed so many tears, but will fill the world with peach blossoms instead."
Chen Pengyi pinches Zhang Yuchen's ear and asks, "How do you know a poem my mom wrote?"
Zhang Yuchen: ...