The waters of the Chuan River rush on, but they cannot wash away the passion and cries of anguish from that summer of 1911. A single certificate for railway shares, like a butterfly beating its wings, utterly overturned the world of Chengdu girl Shen Zhiyu.
She fell from the splendor of her sheltered chambers into a world engulfed by war, where she met Chen Mo, a man who seemed rough but whose eyes held a spark. He was an unexpected presence in her turbulent times, and the companion fate had chosen for her.
From the heart of Bashu to the secret front lines, from the battlefield against Japan to the eve of dawn, they used medicine to heal wounds and weapons to defend their beliefs, giving their lives to carry hope forward.
This is a story of searching for light amid a shattered land. When the Five-Star Red Flag finally rose, the age they had consecrated with their youth and passionate love finally gave them an answer, but the price of that answer was unbearably high.
