The Police Captain's Childhood Sweetheart

A Suzhou embroidery frog button links back to a promise left unspoken seven years ago.

Jiang Che, a decisive captain of the criminal investigation squad, is weathered by years of hardship. He guards the dark corners of the city, yet deep in his heart remains a girl he has never been able to forget since they were young.

Ning Zhi is a gentle, graceful qipao conservator. Needle and thread in hand, she spends her days among antique brocade and embroidery. Her qipao-clad elegance is peerless, yet she remains haunted by a broken promise from graduation day.

They grew up side by side, their love hidden beneath restraint. The distance between them, along with the inherent dangers of police work, stands in their way. Misunderstandings pile up, and neither dares to take the first step.

Cross-border smuggling, secret patterns hidden in Republican-era qipaos, international trafficking in cultural relics, and a chain of business-related conspiracy cases.

One strange case after another, one perilous reunion after another. An old qipao in the evidence room and a strand of embroidery thread left at a crime scene bind together the two people who have been apart for years.

After circling through memories and regrets, the unspoken crushes they have kept buried in their hearts are finally brought into the open by their own hands, once the smoke of battle has cleared.

The gunfire falls silent, and brocade meets the long wind. From now on, he will uphold justice in this world, while she safeguards tenderness through every passing year. They will weather every storm together, year after year.