In early winter 2020, a wedding anniversary banquet for Shengshi and Gu Lanshan was held at a hotel under the Shengshi Group. Beneath the seemingly loving masks, the wounds in their hearts were concealed. Shengshi had liked Gu Lanshan since high school, while Gu Lanshan had fallen for Han Chengchi during college. The confident and proud Shengshi could not accept this fact. At a party, he deliberately made Gu Lanshan drink a drugged beverage intended for someone else, which made her become his woman. He then negotiated an appropriate bride price with Gu Lanshan's foster mother, leading her to marry him. Upon discovering all of Shengshi's schemes, Gu Lanshan felt betrayed in their friendship and attempted to flee from the wedding with her brother's help, but her brother ended up in a car accident and became a vegetable. Faced with the high medical expenses for her brother's treatment, Gu Lanshan sought Shengshi's help, but he used her brother's rescue as leverage to coerce her into getting their marriage certificate immediately. At that time, he believed that love meant possession. Shengshi's wishes were fulfilled, but Gu Lanshan's heart turned to ashes. Two individuals who did not understand love entered into marriage, destined for unhappiness. One wanted to get closer, and the other wanted to escape, leaving both with wounds. In the end, Shengshi finally understood that love is not about possession but about letting the other person go free. As their marriage moved towards dissolution, the two began to feel as if they were reborn, gradually learning how to love.