Ye Lingmei's mother and sister fell victim to the Gu family's cruelty, leading to her mother's tragic death. Yet her father, disregarding family bonds, insists she marry Gu Jingchen, the Gu family heir. Ye Lingmei vows to resist, but her father threatens her sister's life in a nursing home. Desperate, she turns to Qin Ye, sleeping with him to break free from the Gu family's engagement and forge her own path of defiance.