In 1983 in Shidianzi Village, teacher Qiao Qingyan is plotted against by her stepsister Chen Xiaomeng, who snatches away her fiancé Jiang Runsheng. Accidentally discovering she can hear Chen Xiaomeng's inner voice, she is forced to marry Chen Xiaomeng's intended fiancé, the huntsman Xiao Jinye, for self-protection. Xiao Jinye, misinterpreting rumors from his brothers, thinks his mother has chosen Chen Xiaomeng for him; he doesn't go to pick up the bride, doesn't return on his wedding night, and only upon returning home days later discovers his bride is actually his pure white moonlight, Qiao Qingyan.