[Strong male lead + strong female lead + love that grows over time + love of country and family]
Set during the Republican era, but this is a work of fiction, not historical fiction.
A life-saving kindness from twenty years ago bound the Tan and Zhang families together in a pact of life and death. Tan Dezhong, headmaster of Haicheng University, and Zhang Fanglin, the warlord of Shanghai, became sworn brothers and agreed that if their children were of opposite sexes, they would be married.
From spouses hiding their identities to comrades who face life and death together, they take their country and people as their matchmaker and forge their spirits in the heat of battle, carving a path toward dawn amid the chaos of war: “We will defend Shanghai and protect our country. One day, we will meet again in the light.”
