When they first met, he was the young, high-spirited Young Master Chen, who loved to act on a whim and make trouble. She was an actress carrying the weight of ethnic hatred...
When they met again, he had become Dr. Chen, worn down by age and steeped in the smell of medicine. He neither coveted nor yearned for the world's glamour, longing only for simple happiness. She was the glamorous Boss Zhang, dazzling before all eyes...
Come see a Nanjing family rise and fall, and witness a generation's fervent patriotism. Better to cherish each other through hardship than to part and live our own lives.
From Nanjing to Wuzhen, from Wuzhen to Tongxiang, from Tongxiang to Jiujiang, from Jiujiang to Fuyang, and finally, after many twists and turns, back to their hometown of Nanjing... Who knows how many things and secrets were carried in those letters? They didn't know either. They just kept fleeing, never stopping.
They say... in a fit of rage, he took up a knife, cut off his flesh to repay his mother, and carved out his bones to repay his father. He gave his heart to his beloved, repaid his parents for the blood and breath they had given him, and gave you his true love. Then, with just a wisp of his soul, he went straight to the Western Paradise to report to Buddha.