Wen Jianxin never wanted this marriage.
Bound by a family alliance, she was forced to wed a man with a fierce temper and a wounded leg. She told herself she could endure him—his unpredictable moods, his unreasonable demands—forever if she had to.

She was wrong.

A lifetime under the same roof with him felt worse than death.
But as the days pass in the shadows of the 1950s, pride meets pride, and two hearts—each stubborn in their own way—begin a battle neither expected.

A proud, cold heiress × a domineering, sharp-tongued man with a limp
1950s · Forced marriage · Fierce love · Mutual firsts