Linyuan City.
Shen Qingxu, an underground party translator and telegraph operator, was ordered to contact the agent codenamed "Zhulong", but he never expected that the person coming was actually his ex-boyfriend Jiang Xunzhi who had been "killed" three years ago.
He came back alive.
But he is no longer the passionate and upright young reporter he once was. Today, he is the chief of the Operations Section of the Kuomintang's Secrecy Bureau, with ruthless methods and killings. The organization concluded that he had rebelled and ordered Shen Qingxu to initiate a cleanup process.
Shen Qingxu didn't believe it. She tried to find evidence to prove his innocence, but she witnessed his "crimes" time and time again. She doesn't know that every "truth" she sees is an illusion carefully arranged by him - he is protecting her in his own way, and also protecting a deeper mission.
At the same time, the truth about the murder of his father Shen Mubai has always been a thorn in Shen Qingxu's heart. When he was twenty-three years old, his father was killed at home. He was stabbed three times in the chest. A note was left at the scene saying "Blood debt must be paid with blood." The organization characterized it as a vendetta, but she still didn't believe it. And Jiang Xunzhi - his father's only apprentice - seemed to know something.
When all the evidence pointed to Jiang Xunzhi's betrayal, and when the organization's ultimatum was placed in front of him, Shen Qingxu had no choice.
In the line of duty, she raised her gun.
It was only after the shots were fired that the truth began to emerge.
He did not rebel. He never has.
He was just using his life to complete the last mission - to avenge his master, clear the obstacles for her, and then turn himself into a stepping stone for her promotion.
He succeeded.
And she would spend the remaining fifty years of her life piecing together the love he had never spoken of, and learning to live in a world without him.
Intention: When the long night comes to an end, there will be no more thoughts.