Lin Weiwan, the daughter of a wealthy Shanghai businessman, was forced to accept her family's arrangement and marry the new warlord Xiao Jingyuan. After the marriage, she discovered that Xiao Jingyuan was not as violent as rumored. Instead, he cared about his family and country and secretly funded the anti-Japanese forces. Weiwan uses her family's business resources to help him raise military pay and transport supplies. The two went from a contractual marriage to a sincere relationship, but after the Japanese army occupied Shanghai, they faced a life-or-death decision and used their blood to protect the mountains and rivers of Shanghai and each other.
