In the spring of 1941, the organization intercepted a coded message about an air raid. Su Weian, a Chinese teacher at Chongqing No. 18 Middle School, posed as a songstress called Red Rose to assassinate Colonel Honda, the officer in charge of the raid.
Late at night, her assassination attempt failed. The Su residence fell, and her parents were captured by the Japanese. At the risk of his life, the butler got Su Weian aboard a pleasure boat bound for Shanghai.
In the dead of night, rain poured down and the ship capsized. Immersed in the icy sea, Su Weian remembered Shen Qingfeng standing among a field of roses, vowing to her, "I will return soon, and when I do, we will be wed." She thought she was about to die and be swallowed by the sea, but when she opened her eyes, she saw Yan Zhenyi looking down at her with a sharp gaze. "Shi Mulan, the search and rescue operation is still underway, and the police are waiting downstairs. Pretending to have amnesia won't help!"
Eighty-two years ago, the land was shattered and ruin stretched as far as the eye could see. Eighty-two years later, the phoenix led its young, and peace reigned across the land.
Su Weian had planned to head south to find her fiance, Shen Qingfeng, once she recovered. But after learning what Shi Mulan was like, she hesitated... Once she decided to stay, she suddenly thought of Xu Banxian, the old fortune-teller from the days when she lived beneath Yansui Mountain. He was an extraordinary man who claimed he could use sorcery to transfer lifespans at will. Su Weian felt she was the one who had fallen victim to the "Years-Stealing" spell.
