The turbulent Republic of China, childhood friends in an old courtyard.
Jiang Muzhi and Qin Yu grew up together in the deep courtyards of two families in Beiping, bound by generations of friendship in military and political circles.
He was five years older than her, the steady and dependable Brother Qin Yu she knew, and the commander who would one day shoulder the fate of their country.
She was a cool and elegant young woman who had returned from studying abroad to lead an investment bank, with a strength in her eyes and brows to rival any man's.
A marriage arranged amid the chaos of war bound them tightly together.
Before marriage, they were old friends. After marriage, they were husband and wife. Yet both kept their distance, respecting each other's boundaries and afraid to let themselves fall in love.
He went to the front lines, defending their land with his own flesh and blood.
She left finance behind and took up her pen as a weapon, venturing alone into the flames of war to become a war correspondent.
When he saw her again on a battlefield riven by artillery fire,
she was no longer the little girl who needed his protection.
Covered in dust, with light in her eyes, she recorded the truth on the edge of life and death, never taking a step back.
Only then did Qin Yu realize that he was defending his country, while she was defending him.
Jiang Muzhi understood, too. He was the only island she had in a war-torn world,
and she was the dusk that came to him in the cold of night.
The land was shattered, but the old friends remained.
One play, two people, half a lifetime amid the flames of war, and a love that would last forever.
A meeting for a lifetime: at the riverside, there is dusk; on the island, there is you.
Theme: Childhood friends, a family-arranged marriage, love after marriage, and mutual affection in the Republic of China era
