陶禾衣为学玉雕嫁给病弱的李齐光冲喜，李齐光好友赵霁云对她一见钟情，经诸多波折与算计后，陶禾衣终于和李齐光和离，搬入赵府，在朝夕相处下陶禾衣与赵霁云的感情逐渐升温，陶禾衣却发现了和李齐光和离的真相。

陶禾衣为学玉雕嫁给病弱的李齐光冲喜，李齐光好友赵霁云对她一见钟情，经诸多波折与算计后，陶禾衣终于和李齐光和离，搬入赵府，在朝夕相处下陶禾衣与赵霁云的感情逐渐升温，陶禾衣却发现了和李齐光和离的真相。

When the eldest grandson of Mr. Kang (Choi Seong-ho), a prominent local figure in the village of Suri in Hwanghae-do, becomes afflicted with a mysterious, life-threatening illness, the entire household is plunged in anxiety. The imminent death of the direct heir to the family name is a serious matter indeed, since the Kangs have a history of seeing their sons die young a fact that has resulted in a household teaming with widows. The family matriarch (Hwang Jung-seun) calls in the most famous shamans and has them perform healing rituals, but the illness shows no sign of improving. The family steward recommends that they bring in Ok-hwa (Yoo Ji-in), who is renowned for her extraordinary spiritual powers. While she is performing the ritual, a large snake drops down from the eaves of the house and causes a commotion. Amazingly, the incident brings about a dramatic improvement in the condition of Mr. Kang's grandson. The household buzzes with glad excitement, with everyone clinging to Ok-hwa and asking her to cure the disease outright. But Ok-hwa searches all around as if possessed by a spirit and discovers a sinister-looking gourd bottle buried deep in the ground in the pine forest. This bottle hides a bloody secret. 　　Some twenty years ago, there was, in the Kang family, a young widow by the name of Lee (Kim Yun-kyeong). Bound by strict moral codes, Lee was living a lonely life of enforced celibacy. She had taken to stabbing her thigh with a small silver knife every night in order to suppress her frustrated desires, but the wound became infected and she came on the verge of death. According to family tradition, the Kangs removed Lee to an isolated hut (called pi-makin Korean), and left her there to await her own death. The family matriarch, wishing to grant her daughter-in-law one final wish, arranged for her to spend a night with the hut keeper, Sam-dol (Nam Koong-won). Through Sam-dol's devoted care, Lee miraculously recovered and the two developed deep feelings for each other. The matriarch welcomed her daughter-in-law's recovery at first, but became enraged when she found out about Lee's adulterous relationship with Sam-dol. As punishment, the Kang family secretly murdered both Sam-dol and Lee. 　　Ok-hwa, who is in fact Sam-dol's daughter, was merely pretending to be a shaman in order to exact revenge for her father. Possessed by a real spirit, she attempts to kill Mr. Kang inside the hut but lets him go unscathed. She enters the hut, sets it on fire, and dies in the flames.

陆家私生子陆淮枫遭追杀被宋夏所救，陆一见钟情。宋夏养父母被陆家长子陆轩撞死，陆家掩盖，陆淮枫隐瞒真相留她在侧。宋夏知真相后假失忆复仇，获陆轩罪证引发内斗，陆轩杀父被抓。陆淮枫阻止时中弹失忆，重逢不识。

萧春雷是一家补品店的老板，他与前妻的女儿身患尿毒症急需他的帮助。他的现任妻子柳悦知道此事后心中忐忑不安，担心萧春雷和前妻旧情复燃，加之工作压力致使精神错乱。被带进了她前夫梁海潮工作的精神病院救治。梁海潮一直对前妻柳悦念念不忘，于是心生怜惜，和为做科学调研混进精神病院乔装成精神病患者的大学教授陈聪明一起，设计将柳悦救出。 　　二人因此又发生了微妙的情感，梁海潮想与柳悦复婚，可是柳悦因还跟萧春雷有婚姻关系没有直接答应，使得梁海潮更加记恨萧春雷。他指使柳悦在萧春雷的补汤里下了兴奋剂，药效发作后萧春雷作被当作神经病送进精神病院。身处精神病院的萧春雷一直表明自己没病，但没人相信，后来此事的原委被陈聪明得知，于是决定帮助他，最终使萧春雷成功逃出医院，见到了自己的女儿。 　　柳悦得知后抑郁症再次发作，在家中自杀…… 　　梁海潮阴谋败露神经错乱，反被关进了精神病院。

折耳与美短，理想与现实，亲情的羁绊比海更深。

折耳与美短，理想与现实，亲情的羁绊比海更深。