
In the dead of winter, Helen Ross takes her daughter, Valentina, to sell wontons. By the roadside, she finds an abandoned baby with a jade pendant. Selfishly, she takes the baby home and names her Silvia. As her daughter Silvia and Valentina (later known as Valentina Thorne) grow up, Valentina is discovered to be the long-lost daughter of Adrian Thorne, the richest man in Silvercrest. She returns to her father's side to live a life of luxury, while Silvia remains in poverty. Five years later, Silvia works as a delivery driver to make ends meet. She tries to enter the Thorne Group to find her sister but is stopped. She also accidentally dirties Valentina Thorne's mother's silk scarf and is given a hard time. The sisters later meet at a coffee shop, where Valentina Thorne, citing fears of attacks from competitors as the company is about to go public, asks Silvia not to contact her for the time being. Silvia's mother falls gravely ill, requiring huge medical fees. Desperate, Silvia takes a job at a bar, where she runs into the young master of the Thorne family and is forced to drink to pay off a 'debt.' Trapped in a difficult situation, Silvia doesn't know how to face the gap between…