In 1935, Shanghai was in turmoil, with many concessions and Japanese military infiltration, and undercurrents were surging beneath the surface of revelry and wealth.
Genius cheongsam maker Xu Jinxiu and double-faced banker Cheng Jingsen meet and get to know each other. They are in a poignant love story struggling between national hatred and family hatred and personal emotions. When pieces of gorgeous cheongsam become a carrier for transmitting information, when anti-Japanese capital chains are hidden behind financial transactions, two people from parallel worlds are involved in the whirlpool of life and death by the torrent of the times.
Xu Jinxiu - the daughter of Suzhou embroiderer, a top tailor who uses needle as pen and thread as ink, and can hide her thoughts in the tangled branches. Underneath his weak appearance, there is a tough and unyielding heart, and he dares to fight against the entire era for the one he loves.
Cheng Jingsen - an upstart banker who returned from studying abroad. He appears to be pro-Japanese but is actually a "financial ghost" who raises funds for anti-Japanese organizations. The eyes behind the gold-rimmed glasses are always unpredictable, but he is distracted by a piece of Haitang cheongsam.
