Alliance, as this drama is known in English, is about a brilliant programmer Lin Shuang (Zhang Xiao Fei), who was always top of her class and graduated from a first-rate university. She suspended a bright career to focus on raising a family with her husband Wei Ming (Li Ze Feng) and daughter.
She finds out her husband has been having an affair and investing in real estate overseas behind her back. Knowing how ambitious her husband is, she knows he would not consider marrying his financially-strapped mistress Jiang Xi (Jenny Zhang), who works in the same company as him. Lin Shuang confronts Jiang Xii, suggesting they form an alliance to take him down. At first dubious about Lin Shuang's plan, Jiang Xi gets on board after Wei Ming finds a rich girlfriend who can help him climb the corporate ladder.
Meanwhile, Lin Shuang has been taking steps to restart her career. She meets ex-classmate Gu Xu (Huang Xiao Ming) who had always placed second to her in class and still carrying a secret torch for her. He just came back from overseas studies and work where he had been successful. She lands a job at his company that has some dealings with Wei Ming's employer. Due to some dirty tricks Wei Ming pulled, Lin Shuang was forced to resign from her job. She starts a company. Will she succeed? Does she get to enact her revenge against Wei Ming?
This is a well-written and directed drama. Lin Shuang is a quiet force to be reckoned with. She is patient, biding her time, as her brilliant mind carries out her plan. Who would have thought of forming an alliance with her husband's mistress? In the end, it would seem that the best thing that happened to her was when her husband divorced her.
