A love story between a cold, austere grand general and a passionate, straightforward orphan girl from a military family. When fourteen-year-old Shen Zhixia lost her father to the country, she was brought back to the general's manor by Pei Quechen, the General of Zhenbei, with whom she had a long-standing betrothal. Nominally his fiancée, she was actually treated by him as a junior and subjected to strict upbringing, with reading and archery practice never lacking. Her passionate ardor crashed against his frozen heart, but he guarded only his promise to her deceased father, refusing to utter a word of love or affection. He protected her completely, yet heartlessly sent her far away to Jiangnan to be tempered for three years. Thinking him callous, just as she saw an imperial decree bestow marriage to another, she finally shattered the deep affection he had hidden for years. Those partialities of his that he refused to voice were finally poured out completely.