The turbulent years of the Republic of China are used as the background, and the journey of awakening of Shen Qinghe, a girl from Jiangzhou who collects water chestnuts, is revealed. A flood allowed her to step into the wealthy family of the Lu family. In the collision of old and new ideas, she secretly read banned books, challenged rules, and glimpsed the undercurrent of the times through the gaps in the ledgers. From the water town of Lingtang to Shanghai, she teamed up with the overseas young master Lu Jingming and Pioneer editor-in-chief Su Manli to escort medicines amidst the hail of bullets and spread the truth amidst the sound of the printing press. The copper diamond knife is engraved with the tenacity of the country, and the tip of the pen is written with the ideal of progress. When the beacon fire burns across the mountains and rivers, this woman who walked out of the mud pond will eventually join countless light chasers to carve her own course in the wave of the times, letting the flower of freedom bloom quietly in the dark night before dawn.
