Young and old, Gu Yan and Wen Xu are the only warmth in each other's desolate youth. Gu Yan was raised in poverty by her grandmother since she was a child. Wen Xu originally had a stable family, but was massacred by evil forces and became a wandering orphan, who was kindly taken in by her grandmother. Two lonely teenagers depended on each other in a small courtyard to save each other. Their friend Shen Jin witnessed all their time. Changes suddenly occurred, a murder broke out in the old alley, the real culprit absconded, and grandma was forcibly convicted, unable to defend herself, and finally passed away unjustly. In the mourning hall, Wen Xu confessed the scars of childhood massacre, and Gu Yan's faith collapsed, believing that light was useless and that only power could protect people and clear away wrongs. The two had the same original intention, but chose completely opposite paths. Wen Xu believed in the light and went to the University of Political Science and Law, using the law as a blade to purge the darkness; Gu Yan fell into the abyss and took power in blood, hoping to fight evil with evil, clear his grandmother's wrong, and kill all his enemies for Wen Xu. Reunited as adults, the brothers who were dependent on each other in the past are now sworn enemies, both overt and covert. They ran in both directions, with the utmost forbearance, their love hidden in their hearts, and their obsession binding them for half their lives. In the end, Gu Yan avenged Wen Xu and cleared her grandmother's grievances, but she also stood on the opposite side of the light that Wen Xu insisted on, and was finally ended by Wen Xu himself. We meet each other in the old alleys due to fate, but our positions are at odds with each other. We have taken different paths in this life and will never reach the same destination.
Purpose: To use the fateful tragedy of the contrast between black and white to show the two-way forbearing affection and the inescapable shackles of the times, to explore the boundaries between justice and power, and the ultimate form of love and redemption.