In the twelfth year of the Republic of China, the wind along the Qinhuai River carried the atmosphere of drunkenness and wealth and the sway of the country. She was an orphan from a down-and-out scholarly family. She worked as a bookkeeper in a teahouse in Jinling City in order to make a living. There was a bookish air between her eyebrows and an unknown stubbornness. He is an industrialist who returned from studying abroad. He has the ambition to save the country through industry, but he is deeply involved in family disputes and the whirlpool of the times. An unexpected account reconciliation caused two people who had never met each other to understand each other's thoughts. In troubled times, they support each other amidst the teahouse's account books and the sound of factory machines, but they also make difficult choices between secular prejudice and the righteousness of their family and country. The war is gradually rising, but the mist and rain in Qinhuai remain the same, but their fate has long been carried by the torrent of the times, and they are sailing towards unknown distances.