Song Zhu, the third young miss of the Song family, rebels against arranged marriages in pursuit of true love. She is the odd one out in a family of intellectuals. Meanwhile, the black-bellied Xiao Yu hides his identity to study at the academy. Song Zhu and Xiao Yu develop an immediate dislike for each other upon meeting that eventually blossoms into a sweet romance. The Song family is well-known for producing a long line of scholars. There is no one in their family who isn't a literary prodigy except for the third daughter Song Zhu. Aside from being a pretty face, she has not inherited any of her parents' good qualities. The more it seems to be the case, the less Song Zhu seems to care about learning. Wanting to escape from everyone's shadow, Song Zhu has been trying to get herself married, that is, until she met "the womanizer" Xiao Yu who has completely disrupted her plans. Xiao Yu is the bane to Song Zhu's existence. As long as he is around, there will be disaster. However, Song Zhu is not the type who is willing to lose, so the two always end up fighting like there's no tomorrow. The whole academy is in disarray because of them, yet they are also the ones who have rekindled the spirit of competition. Academy life in that era is the same as campuses now full of vitality and interesting stories. Song Zhu rallies her group of friends to chase for their own happiness. Adapted from the novel of the same name by Xie Jing Heng Xiang