An epic, heartrending romance between the foreign-educated young master of a financial dynasty and the daughter of a political family in Republican-era China. Amid the flames of war and upheaval, she grew from an innocent, haughty young lady into a businesswoman who fought to save her country. He was the one who helped her break through the constraints of the old era and embrace the liberation of the new. He, too, staked himself in the game, seized victory by half a move, and calculated a thousand possibilities, yet still failed to see her one last time. A lifelong sorrow, as the roads between north and south twist with hardship; life is fleeting, and a lifetime’s whiteness falls away like dust. They say nine out of ten romances in Republican-era China end in tragedy. But if our convictions had been one, perhaps ours would still have been a happy ending amid the chaos of war.
