It's hard to live as someone else's dependent. Gu Liyue's biological parents died young; she stays at her uncle's house, working like a beast of burden, timid, obedient, and well-behaved. She never imagined that simply because her reborn cousin set her sights on Gu Liyue's fiancé, she would try to kill her. Determined and resilient, Gu Liyue finally finds a way to leave her uncle's home, and by a twist of fate wins the favor of the lady of a noble household. She thought the worst was over, but the lady's adopted daughter, jealous, made life difficult at every turn, driving Gu Liyue into a corner. With tearful eyes she fled, resolved to rely on herself. On the road she was rescued by the young prince Lu Jinchen, who promised her a lifetime together. Gu Liyue, however, hesitated and recoiled — must she return to that suffocating inner household? Unexpectedly her grandfather, uncles, and a host of cousins descended from the heavens: "Liyue is our treasured pearl; with us backing you, even the young prince would never dare bully you!" Lu Jinchen, cradling his delicate wife, says: "Since you're the apple of my heart, how could I ever wrong you in the slightest?"