An old apartment building called Qixin Pavilion is a mysterious link between 1937 and 2023. Each evening, as twilight falls and the city lights come on, the two eras quietly overlap there.
Shen Xi (2023, age 26, war correspondent and photographer)
She rents a place at Qixin Pavilion, hoping to find inspiration in the charm of old Shanghai. At first, she is rational and somewhat distant, viewing the strange encounter across time as a surreal dream. Then a man named Gu Qingping, with the warmth and resilience of a bygone age, gradually finds his way into her heart.
Gu Qingping (1937, age 28, architect)
He lives in a city on the brink of turmoil, burdened by the weight of his family and his era. Qixin Pavilion is both his refuge and his prison. Shen Xi's arrival is the only vivid, blazing secret in his repressed life, one the world cannot accept.
Their love begins in midnight whispers and takes root amid the anxieties of a chaotic age, finally blossoming through their shared sense of duty and devotion to one another.
