Male protagonist: Yan Fusheng (Yin Tianshu) is the son of a country squire, with a calm, cautious, weak and open-minded personality. In order to resist the arranged marriage and go to the United States to study with his classmate Dong Qihuan, who is in free love, he prepared to escape on the wedding night with Bei Yuzhen, whom he had never met before. Unexpectedly, he was tricked by his stepmother with drugs and incense, and the two had an affair on the wedding night. Later, Yan Fusheng escaped from his hometown with the help of his cousin, met robbers on the way, and missed the ship schedule with Dong Qihuan to the United States. The adventures on the way made them change their life's destiny. Several protagonists met in the historical background of the Anti-Japanese War. Where will they go?