On a rainy night in Shanghai, Shen Haitang, the down-and-out banker's daughter, met the young military governor Gu Tingchen on the street. One is an orphan girl carrying family secrets, and the other is a warlord with heavy troops. A hand outstretched in the rain brought out the intertwined grievances between two generations, and also opened up a troubled relationship that grew up in conspiracy and gunpowder smoke.
