Under the haze of the warlords' melee in the Republic of China, the scent of medicine in a small town in the south of the Yangtze River hides the blood feud between two generations.
Lin Wan, an orphan girl from a drug store who suffers from lung disease, has been concealed by her adoptive father since she was a child - she is an orphan of the massacre of the village by the warlord Gu family, and the half of the prescription she hides in the box is the key to revealing the truth about the Gu family's opium smuggling and village massacre.
When Gu Qingyuan, who went by the pseudonym "Medical Doctor", came out into the rain with a silver medicine box and half a jade pendant, forbidden feelings quietly grew in the sound of grinding medicine and coughing. He is the young master of the Gu family, and he carries his father's orders to find a prescription. However, when he gets along with Lin Wan, he sees the bones of the family's atrocities, and he even sees clearly that the mark on his collarbone is the same pain as hers.
Half of the prescription spelled out the prophecy of "use blood as a guide and life as medicine", and two account books recorded a blood feud. When Gu Jiajun's horse hoofs trample the peace of the town, and when love and hate are repeatedly tempered in the furnace of troubled times, they finally understand: the most powerful poison is hatred, and the most painful redemption is sacrifice.
What Lin Wan coughed up blood to protect was not only family secrets, but also the livelihood of countless civilians; what Gu Qingyuan sacrificed with his life was not only a debt to her, but also the ultimate resistance to the cycle of violence.
The rain in the south of the Yangtze River can wash away the blood, but cannot wash away the memories. And the pear tree that withered and reborn in the fire will eventually bear fruit in the ashes - a little bit of hope planted with love and regret for this troubled world.
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"The country is not yet strong and prosperous, so how can we talk about the love between our children?"
My Wanwan and Qingyuan [cry][cry][cry]
"The country is not yet strong and prosperous, so how can we talk about the love between our children?" My Wanwan and Qingyuan [cry][cry][cry]