In Shanghai in 1925, Su Manqing, a female student who returned from studying abroad, founded a girls' school in Shanghai in order to realize her ideal of saving the country through education. During this period, she met Lu Tingchuan, a warlord stationed in Shanghai. Lu Tingchuan seems cold, but in fact he has a patriotic heart and secretly resists the invasion of Shanghai by foreign forces. Su Manqing's school was suppressed by foreign forces and reactionary warlords for promoting patriotic ideas. Lu Tingchuan came to help many times to protect the school and students. During the relationship, Su Manqing was attracted by Lu Tingchuan's patriotism and responsibility, and Lu Tingchuan also admired Su Manqing's bravery and ideals. In the turbulent Shanghai, the two joined hands to fight against foreign enemies and reactionary forces, protect the girls' school, and also gained true love in the troubled times.
