Both the male and female leads have had no other romantic or sexual partners.
Gunfire and smoke fill the air during the Republican era.
The Xia, Shen, Su, and Lin families stand as four great powers, controlling Shanghai’s economic lifelines, with the Xia family at their head.
In 1917, the illustrious Xia family, feared throughout Shanghai, is wiped out after offending a warlord. The eldest daughter, Xia Anzhi, escapes the massacre only because she has snuck away from home to visit a temple, but what she sees is a horror she will never forget.
At the same time, Shen Jingyan, the second son of the Shen family, returns from studying abroad. On the surface, he seems to care about nothing but food, drink, and pleasure, spending lavishly just to win a beauty’s smile.
But in truth, he is ready to sacrifice himself for his country, shedding blood and laying down his life.
And so their story begins in a world in turmoil...
