To secure a way out of the city, the resourceful brother-in-law Xue Junshan (Ren Chengwei) arranges a marriage for the feisty 16-year-old Hu Xiangxiang (Yang Zi) with the strict, elite intelligence officer Gu Qingming (Wallace Huo).

He wasn't looking for a show. He was looking for proof. Proof that the world remembered. That the stand at Changsha wasn’t just a footnote in a dusty book. That the girl who sewed the red cross and the boy who fired the bow had been more than ghosts.

Initially a pampered, fun-loving 16-year-old who matures into a courageous nurse. Gu Qing Ming (Wallace Huo):

The plot shifts dramatically with the 1938 Changsha Fire (Wenxi Fire), a botched scorched-earth policy by the Nationalist government that accidentally burned the city to ashes, killing thousands before the Japanese even arrived.

While the drama is excellent, there are a few things to note: