Su Qingwan is plotted against by her father and Widow Liu, who force her to marry a simple-minded man in the neighboring village. Fleeing her arranged marriage overnight, she collapses outside the doorstep of the tough guy Lu Chiye. Everyone says Lu Chiye is cold-hearted, ruthless, carries old injuries, and is not to be messed with. Yet Su Qingwan finds this to be exactly what she wanted—somewhere to settle down and a way to escape harassment, couldn't be better. Who would have known that after marriage, the man cherishes her in his heart, and her mother-in-law treats her like her own daughter. The man, who has always had a cold mouth and few words, has a gaze that grows increasingly burning, sticking to her day and night.