Jiang Shan is the neglected eldest daughter of the Jiang family. She is forced to marry Lu Qianfan, the eldest son of the Lu family, in place of her stepsister. Rumors claim that he is brutal and impotent, condemning her to a life as a wife with a living but absent husband. Unwilling to submit to this fate, she resolutely flees on her wedding day, only to stumble into the car of the very groom she is trying to avoid. Unaware that the man before her is her dreaded fiancé, Jiang Shan begs him to help her escape this absurd marriage. Lu Qianfan appears cold and aloof, but secretly has plans of his own. He takes advantage of the situation to bring her home and proposes a marriage of convenience. As they go from using each other for their own ends to gradually developing feelings, the two ultimately fall in love amid a tangle of schemes and genuine affection.