During the Republican era, civil war raged. The Nationalist Party decided to launch a campaign to wipe out the Communist Party in Haicheng.
Tang Luoyi, an underground Communist Party operative, adopted the alias Yiyun to get out of the arms depot and steal the battle plans. To do so, she approached Commander Shen Chu Xu, the man known as the Living Yama.
He was every bit as ruthless and cold-hearted as people said, yet gradually began to reveal his inner self to her. She had thought that her hatred for the Nationalist Party had left no room in her heart for sincerity, but she seemed to be losing herself all the same.
But she knew she couldn't...
Lin Xiyan:
“If only I were just Lin Xiyan, and you were just Tangtang.”
“There are no ifs in this world. I want to stay by your side, but how hard that is.”
Tang Luoyi:
“I thought it was all over... It turns out it really is over.”
