From the 1920s to the 1940s, warlords ruled the country, and there were internal and external troubles. How could an ordinary woman survive in such a turbulent time? Warlord He Guiqi massacred progressive students and was assassinated by patriots such as Liao Chunfeng (played by Chen Long). In order to avenge her father, He Guiqi's daughter He Taohua (played by Miao Pu) changed her name to Yunxiu and lived in seclusion in Shuiche Lane, Xi'an, to look for her enemy. After the two promised to spend their lives together, Yunxiu discovered that her husband was the enemy she had been looking for for a long time. On the one hand, there was the love between the two, and on the other hand, there was the revenge for the murder of her father. The two lovers embarked on different paths in life...