The story took place in Tianjin in the 1920s. The whereabouts of Zhou Pu Yuan, the master of the Zhou mansion, is unknown due to the involvement of the Jiangqiao incident. The housekeeper Lu Gui had no choice but to bring Zhou Ping, the young master of the Zhou family, from Wuxi to manage the property. Just when Zhou Ping was about to sell the Zhou mansion to pay off the debt, Zhou Pu Yuan came back and brought along a young wife, Fan Yi, who stepped forward to help Zhou Ping understand the debt problem, bringing the two young people together. However, the awkward mother-child relationship made them dare not face up to their true feelings, and the unstoppable pain tormented them more violently.

(Source: Chinese = Baidu || Translation = MyDramaList)

失踪已久的周公馆主人周朴园（鲍方 饰）突然现身并带回了年轻貌美的新姨太太繁漪（王姬 饰），这让周朴园的儿子周萍（赵文瑄 饰）感到十分的尴尬，因为他们尽管名义上是“母子”，却已然生出了男女之间的感情。一番波折之后，痛苦的周萍离开了公馆，远赴东洋深造。

　　五年后，学成归来的周萍回到了祖国决心干一番大事业，没想到一连串的意外将他抛到了生活的谷底，悲痛之中，周萍着只得借酒消愁，一次醉酒后，他闯入了管家女儿四凤（田海蓉 饰）的房间之中，两人发生了不该发生的事情。这种种的一切终究还是被周朴园知晓了，与此同时，四凤的母亲梅侍萍（归亚蕾 饰）亦道出了一个惊天秘密。