In the twenty-sixth year of the Republic of China, Shanghai was in turmoil.
Shen Qingwu, the "daughter of a wealthy businessman" who returned from studying abroad, is actually the sharpest knife of the underground organization "Tingfeng Tower". Her unique skill in deciphering codes can stir up the storm at her fingertips.
Lu Zhengnian, the leader of the Youth Gang and the "living king of hell" who is rumored to be murderous, always appears at the intelligence station in the French Concession late at night. The smell of tobacco on his fingertips hides the interests of his family and country that no one knows about.
A confrontation at the pier on a rainy night made the fate of the two people suddenly entangled. She came to intercept the Japanese military arms code, and he accidentally broke in with the mysterious Begonia token. Amidst the hail of bullets, he put his windbreaker on her shoulders and said "See you in Lingding Pavilion", which became the beginning of the alliance in troubled times.
They are hunters in the dark and each other's prey. His weakness is hidden in the code she deciphered, and her past is locked in the intelligence network he controls. There is a gun hidden under the cheongsam, and there is a knife wrapped in the smile. In the struggle between the spies of the special high school and the gangs, they are fighting step by step and fighting again and again.
"Miss Shen, aren't you afraid, am I the one who will send you on your way?" He held a cigarette in his mouth, but there was no smile in his eyes.
She played with the Begonia brooch and ran her fingertips across the cold gun body: "If Mr. Lu wants to kill me, there will be no survivors at Yuye Pier."
Troubled times are like a chess game, and they are the most tacit chess players. They use flesh and blood as their sons and faith as their lamps. In the fog in Shanghai, they ignite a cluster of fire that can start a prairie fire.
