Wanxi Qingyang Tingxiao Yuguang

Su Wanxi, the daughter of a cultured family in Jiangnan, flees alone to Beiping after her family is massacred for refusing to collude with a warlord. To make ends meet, she earns money writing on commission at Liulichang, where she meets Lu Tingxiao, a young warlord commander. Drawn to her talent and integrity, he invites her to his residence to tutor his younger sister. At first, Su Wanxi is wary of the young warlord. But Lu Tingxiao treats her with sincerity, respecting her learning and showing his resolve to defend his country amid the turmoil. Su Wanxi gradually sees the innocent heart beneath his carefree exterior, and feelings begin to blossom between them. Their romance is beset by obstacles. Lu's father pressures him into a political marriage, while an old enemy comes after them. Lu Tingxiao is seriously wounded protecting Su Wanxi, and she lovingly cares for him at his bedside, bringing them closer. Once he recovers, he defies his family for love and elopes with her to a small town in the south, where they enjoy a brief period of peace. But with their country in peril, Lu Tingxiao resolutely returns to the battlefield, while Su Wanxi organizes women to support the resistance from the rear. Though separated, they each do their part for their country. After enduring years of war, they finally welcome the dawn of peace. Reunited after the war, they marry and spend the rest of their lives together in a hard-won peace, protecting both their homeland and their love.