In the turbulent Spring and Autumn Period of 1927, merchants gathered on the beach in Shanghai and the political situation was turbulent. Newspaper editor-in-chief Shen Zhihan encounters detective Han Rushi and actress Wei Lizhu due to a mysterious murder case. The three of them cooperate in the investigation from time to time, but they are involved in many confusing and unresolved cases. During the investigation, they gradually revealed a secret that had been hidden for ten years, including power struggles, the Bourne Supremacy, underground revolutions, gang entanglements and family mysteries. Multiple layers of identity were intricately intertwined with the past. In the turmoil of the Republic of China, these characters struggled between ideals, humanity, and emotions, rising from the pursuit of personal truth to the torrent of fate of the nation. In the end, some of them sacrificed for their beliefs, some became victims of power, some gained self-salvation, and some were buried forever under the dust of history.
