[Lone Boat] A Century of Cultivation to Share One Boat

For the sake of his country, Gu Yizhong, a Chinese architect who studied abroad, willingly took on a name reviled by all. As a spy, he tread carefully among competing powers, enduring and maneuvering in silence. Along the way, he lost his closest family, said goodbye to the woman he once loved, gave up the architectural career he cherished, and lost contact with his organization. All that remained was his solitary courage and a body covered in scars. In this turbulent age, he became a lonely little boat adrift on the waves.

An old marriage contract, faded with time, and a sham marriage forced by the political climate brought his and Lin Shujuan’s, also known as Haimo, parallel lives together, where they began to intertwine.

Everyone thought a pipa player who sang of love and longing was fragile and easily broken, a flower that could only cling to others. But no one knew she had seen every side of life among the common people, possessed a sharp and perceptive mind, and was clear-sighted, clever, and exceptionally brave. Even the stories told onstage spoke of duty to country and home, and an orphan girl could understand the greater cause.

From then on, Gu Yizhong no longer walked the path of espionage alone.

She read people’s hidden motives through her knowledge of everyday life, and used her insight and intelligence to break through predicaments and confusion. Again and again, she helped him unravel crises and advance his missions when all seemed lost, becoming the most discreet, dependable, and irreplaceable support on his road undercover.

It began with a sham marriage, but they fell for each other as they stood side by side.

They supported one another amid the flash of blades and the shadows of espionage, trusted each other through suspicion and storm, and shed their disguises as deep affection grew between them through one brush with death after another.

After a lifetime adrift alone, he finally found someone to weather every storm with.

Amid the shifting tides of the spy world, everything was tinged with regret. Only you were the perfect ending I was determined to hold on to, after sailing through a thousand trials.