The innkeeper Ai Sixi, a staunch celibacy advocate, finds herself targeted by the authorities as a "singlehood exemplar" due to an absurd lawsuit. To help her out of this predicament, Jing Kan, who owes Ai Sixi a debt of gratitude, is forced to marry her. What begins as a marriage of convenience, with both expecting to go their separate ways soon after, takes a dramatic turn when the...
In 1916, Chu Shaohua marries Chen Dashun, the eldest son of the Chen family pharmacy, to save her brother Chu Shaozhong. With her integrity and sharp business skills, she earns the trust of the Chen patriarch and becomes the pharmacy’s manager. After the sudden deaths of Chen Dashun and his father, Chen Ershun inherits the shop but squanders its wealth, leaving the business on the...
