Hunted by the Japanese Army: A Female Student Hides a Deadly List

With Beiping fallen, the delicate student Lin Wanxing carries a secret list vital to the survival of the underground resistance network and sets out on a perilous journey to Yan’an. The road ahead is blocked by Japanese checkpoints, harassed by collaborators, and cut off by bandits. Every step brings her to the brink of death. She goes from timid and lost to resolute, clinging on through gritted teeth, determined to fulfill her mission and defend her beliefs.

In the depths of despair, she meets Wang, an apparently ordinary farmwife. The old woman, whose hands are covered in calluses and who is skilled at making cornmeal pancakes, is actually an underground courier operating in enemy-occupied territory, as well as the mother of a martyr. Using pancakes as a signal, she hides codes and protects Wanxing, shielding her with both kindness and steely resolve.

A single cornmeal pancake is a meal in a desperate hour, a code for passing on intelligence, and a bond of faith between revolutionaries of two generations. Relying on each other, they break through blockades, withstand torture, and evade pursuit, escaping death again and again as their steadfastness embodies their devotion to their country and people.

After crossing a thousand miles of mountains and rivers and enduring countless trials of life and death, the delicate student becomes a resolute revolutionary, while the ordinary farmwife remains faithful to her beliefs. When Yan’an’s pagoda comes into view, the two women embrace, bearing witness to the power of faith. Northward, to Yan’an, to the people: they will not betray each other, even in death, and their faith will live forever!