This is a love story between a serf girl and a rich count. To pay off a gambling debt, a young serf girl is given to the landowner Kukushkin. He takes Varya to his estate and passes her off as his niece, hiding her origins. He does this in pursuit of selfish goals. He needs Count Vorontsov to fall in love with the girl. The handsome count falls into a network, falls in love, wants to get married, and then finds out that he has been tricked. The Count brutally deals with the girl. Varya runs away and ends up in the house of Helen, the owner of a fashion salon. It is here that the main events take place: attempts are made on Varya’s life, love affairs are formed and destroyed.