They first met at the Huai Shang newspaper office. He called her a pretty face with nothing to offer; she called him a good-for-nothing.
When they met again, his family had been destroyed, and she was being forced into a political marriage.
To break free of her cage, he pulled every string he could and stole the wedding out from under the other groom.
And when the country was at stake, he personally set off the explosives, blasting the banking empire her biological father had used to aid the enemy sky-high! The flames painted her ashen face red, tearing apart blood ties, love, and hatred in an instant!
Amid the smoke, he gripped her wrist and pressed a searing message into her palm: "East of the grain station, at the locust tree. Wait for me to marry you."
From then on, they were worlds apart.
She was the sharpest pen in Fog City; he was the ruthless business tycoon who laid down lifelines in the dead of night. In an air-raid shelter, he shielded her with his body and kissed away the tears of smoke at the corners of her eyes. "Together, we'll rebuild this shattered land!"
They had no idea if the other was alive or dead. She tended the lamp alone as she ran her newspaper, guarding the fading mark on her palm. He fought through the blockade, surviving by the skin of his teeth.
The next autumn, the liberated zone was awash with crowds. Dust-covered, he opened his palm to reveal the mark he'd carried through the flames of war. She gently traced it with her fingertips, tears glistening in her eyes.
"You blew up my father's vault. The interest... you'll have to pay it back with the rest of your life."
###Highlights: Blowing up the father-in-law's vault! A message burned into her palm! A cold, powerful tycoon! Love and hatred across a sea of bitterness! Two equally strong people falling in love amid the flames of war!
###Happy ending! Read with confidence! Deep in the ashes, they find a love that still burns!
(An imagined story, unrelated to historical figures or events.)
Theme: Love in a time of turmoil, and the love, hate, and turbulent times that two people share
