Zhou Ying, a clever street orphan, accidentally meets young master Shen Xingyi, sparking a fateful encounter.

Zhou Ying is sold to the powerful Shen family by her foster father, yet successfully escapes by sneaking into merchant Wu Ping's palanquin.

Zhou Ying's sharp tongue at a banquet catches Wu Pin's interest.

Zhou Ying leaves the Shen household and meets Wu Pin again.

Zhou Ying joins the Wu family business under Wu Pin's guidance.

Wu Weiwen believes that marriage is the only way to wake Wu Pin up from his coma; Hu Zhicun agrees to marry out his daughter, until Du Mingli informs him on a dark family secret; because Hu Yongmei does not show up at the altar, Zhou Ying steps in.