[Republican-era romance + marriage first, love later + both devoted to each other + happy ending]
[Decisive young warlord × resourceful young reporter]
In the turbulent Republic of China, with the land torn apart, the ties between the Xie and Song families were forged long ago through life and death.
The male lead, Xie Yu'an, and the female lead, Song Qinghan, were the children of childhood friends. During an accident, Song Qinghan’s father gave his life to save Xie’s father. That debt of gratitude became a lifelong obsession for the Xie family. A childhood joke about an arranged marriage became a firm betrothal: a promise, and also Xie’s father’s heartfelt attempt to repay the debt. The Xie family also covered all the costs of Song Qinghan’s studies overseas, determined to protect the only daughter of their old friend.
Bound by gratitude and drawn together by love, even as they drift like duckweed in troubled times and have little say in their own fate, after all the twists and turns, they are fortunate to find that their hearts have always belonged to each other.
