The Shen family held a high-ranking post in Shucheng, while the Zhou family was a warlord ruling over its own territory. After the dynasty fell, the two families became close allies and jointly governed Shucheng. As the Zhou family’s ambition and power grew day by day, the Shen family decided that the warlord’s forces were like a tiger raised in their own home. Before long, they would become masters of the Two Rivers region and bring calamity upon the people. So, together with their allies, the Shen family plotted to wipe out the Zhou family.
When Zhou Tingjun learned the truth, he swore to avenge his father. The Shen family, once their family friends, became the sworn murderers of his father, and the girl he loved became hateful in his eyes.
After returning from overseas, Shen Shuran married Liang Xiu'an, the son of a book collector and her childhood sweetheart. But on her wedding day, Zhou Tingjun presented her with a “big surprise”: he abducted Shen Shuran, horse and all. Liang Xiu'an vanished, while the rest of the family were either killed or scattered. Zhou Tingjun took Shen Shuran to Yuezhou, where she began a different life. But this was only the start of her bleak existence. How could she atone for her own “sins”?
