"As long as the world is safe and the mountains are clear and the sea is clear, then our future will be long."
The Republic of China was in turmoil, with smoke rising everywhere. Undercurrents are surging in Wancheng, Party A and Party B are fighting openly and secretly, and Japanese forces are watching. Shen Tinglan (pseudonym Lin Cheng), an underground party member codenamed "Yunyan", lurks in the enemy camp as an actor and shoulders a dual mission: to eliminate the traitor "Liyun" and steal enemy secrets.
During an operation, she unexpectedly formed an alliance with the mysterious Minister of Ordnance Qi Yu (codenamed "Shadow"). The two dance together on the tip of a knife, from the archives of the Secret Service to the Hongmen Banquet of the powerful, from the pier on a rainy night to the crisis-ridden bell tower, every step is a life and death game.
When the truth gradually emerged, Shen Tinglan discovered that Qi Yu was actually the "tea boy" who met her on a snowy night in Tokyo three years ago. Unfinished agreements from the past and misplaced identities in troubled times are intertwined into a thrilling spy legend in the test of blood and fire.
"I originally set my heart towards the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch."
But if the bright moon were you, the ditch would be as sweet as sugar.
