Fireworks in Shanghai,

The warlord marshal Shen Mo spent sixteen years silently guarding Lin Wan, placing a gardenia tied with a blue ribbon at the door of Lin Wan's house every year. One rainy night, he finally entered her life. The two work together to uncover the truth that has been buried for two generations - forced to death, framed, imprisoned, and betrayed. Between hatred and forgiveness, they chose love. Gardenias bloom every year, wind chimes ring gently in the wind, and those who have left are always there. 1. Story background and era setting · Time span: from the eighth year of the Republic of China (1919) to the thirty-eighth year of the Republic of China (1949), the core story takes place in the mid-to-late 1940s, interspersed with sixteen years of waiting and twenty-three years of secrets · Main locations: Shanghai (Xiafei Road, French Concession, Shen Family's Old House, Old Town Lane), Suzhou (Gu Garden, Lin Sujun's Old House) · Era background: During the warlord melee period, the Shen family was a family of warlords in Shanghai, involved in military conflicts such as the Northern Army's invasion of the border and the Battle of Jiangyin.