To fulfill her cousin's marriage engagement, Qiao Zhiyi is pressured by her uncle and aunt through emotional family obligations into marrying Shi Jingzhou, the disfigured eldest son of the Shi family. She makes this sacrifice in exchange for her mother's medical treatment and her younger brother's opportunity to study abroad. On their wedding night, she is frightened by her husband's true appearance and sinister temperament, only to discover that there is no turning back from this marriage. Shi Jingzhou appears domineering and cold, but in truth, he stubbornly protects her, secretly seeking medical help for her mother and standing up for her. Qiao Zhiyi is determined to escape the marriage and refuses to owe him anything. Yet through their repeated encounters, misunderstandings, and entanglements with romantic rivals, she gradually begins to see his pain and sincerity. But when her mother's recovery still requires an enormous sum of money, she once again refuses to rely on him, pushing their relationship into an even deeper struggle.