Lin Wu was originally the daughter of the Lin family, a child prodigy in dance and the apple of her parents' eyes. However, she was falsely befriended by Lin Qingqing, her father's illegitimate daughter, who colluded with Xue Hui—Lin Wu's stepmother—to cause the death of Lin Wu's biological mother. They then orchestrated an accident, pushing Lin Wu down a staircase, which left her with a severe leg injury and robbed her of the ability to dance. Through Xue Hui's manipulations, Lin Wu became a stunningly beautiful but notoriously disgraced young woman with a limp, while Lin Qingqing usurped Lin Wu's career in the dance world. Praised throughout the capital and regarded as the ideal daughter-in-law by noble families, Lin Qingqing thrived in the spotlight she had stolen. Unbeknownst to the mother-daughter duo, however, Lin Wu had already set her revenge plan in motion.