Lin Shengzhen, a medical doctor who returned from Europe, arrives in Nanjing in 1941. By a twist of fate, he becomes the chief surgeon at the National Central Hospital. While searching for his childhood sweetheart, he is accidentally drawn into a series of bizarre events. In the end, he discovers that the greatest enemy trying to kill him is none other than the very lover he has been desperately searching for, Xu Xingye!