The story’s central twist is its “double agents and the shackles of memory.” Shen Qingyi, the heroine, appears to be a rising star of Suzhou storytelling, but is actually an underground courier working for our side. Gu Beichen, the hero, seems to be a ruthless, bloodthirsty director of the secret police, but is in fact the “Lone Goose,” planted by our Party in the heart of the enemy. Three years ago, the two posed as husband and wife for a mission. They were both injured during an operation, and all memories of each other’s true identities were erased. When they meet again three years later, he has orders to capture her, while she has been assigned to steal the secrets in his possession. As they test and use each other in a desperate game of cat and mouse, fragments of their lost memories and their bodies’ instinctive reactions repeatedly break down their defenses. They are torn between false identities and genuine feelings, until the shocking “DuPont Plan” drives them both to the brink of an abyss.
