青青（岳翎 饰）与小草（金铭 饰）都是命苦的女孩。青青被哥嫂逼迫嫁给老头当妾，小草则整天受到舅妈的辱骂，不敢受命运束缚的她们决定双双逃走，远赴扬州投靠小草的亲人海爷爷。路上遇到了愤世嫉俗的离家青年何世纬（马景涛 饰）。种种原因让他们决定结伴同行。他们到达了傅家庄后，因失去儿子哭瞎了眼睛的傅夫人（归亚蕾 饰）误以为何世纬是自己已经死去的儿子元凯，拼命不让世纬离开，出于同情与傅家妾侍的恳求，世纬决定暂时留下。多时的相处下众人之间的感情剧增，没想到一连串爱恨情愁发生后，小草的身世之谜渐渐浮出了水面，一幕幕新仇旧恨也不绝上演…

Xiao Cao is a young orphan living with her cruel aunt and uncle. She has a sisterly bond with her neighbour, Qing Qing, who is being forced into a marriage with a much older man by her older brother. Desperate to escape their unfortunate circumstances, the two girls manage to run away together on the day of Qing Qing's wedding. During their escape they coincidentally meet He Shiwei, a young university student who is also running away from his family due to an arranged marriage. After a few initial misunderstandings the three decide to travel together. However, things become complicated when they encounter the Fu family, and the family matriarch mistakes He Shiwei for her son, Fu Yuankai, who died 10 years ago.