Troubled Times and the Mystery of Life: At the beginning of the story, Shen Liuli, whose family was in decline and whose father had recently lost her father, traveled from Shanghai to Peking to seek refuge with her aunt, only to find that her aunt had left. She had no relatives, no money, and only a rattan box containing her biological mother's belongings (an jade button and half an old photo). The appearance of Lu Chengjun, chief of staff of the warlord, and the seemingly accidental cooperation at first are connected to a dusty past - he had a deep but fruitless relationship with Shen Liuli's biological mother Su Wanqing. The mystery of Shen Liuli's life experience and the subtle and complex emotional bond between her and Lu Chengjun were gradually revealed.
