After the September 18th Incident, the local warlord Lu Zhenhua (played by Kou Zhenhai) in the Northeast fled to Shanghai with his family and settled in the French Concession. His ninth aunt Xueqin (played by Wang Linlin) was domineering , the eighth aunt Wenpei (played by Xu Xing) and her daughter, Adjutant Li (played by Cao Qiugen), were expelled from the Lu family. The two families temporarily lost their financial resources and lived in poverty and embarrassment. He came to his father's house to ask for living expenses, had a conflict with Xue Qin, and was whipped by his father, so he decided to take revenge.
Yiping went to sea
In order to make ends meet, Adjutant Li had to go. As a rickshaw driver. One day, his daughter Keyun (played by Xu Lu) came to ask for help, but Wenpei couldn't help the Li family. Seeing this situation, Yiping decided to work as a singer in the Shanghai Dance Hall without telling her mother. . In the ballroom, she met reporter Shu Heng (played by Louis Koo). When she learned that Shu Heng was the boyfriend of Jiu Tai's daughter Ruping (played by Lin Xinru), she suddenly fell in love with him. Yiping fell in love and fell in love with him sincerely.
Ruping was extremely painful after losing Shuheng. However, right beside her, Shuheng's friend Du Fei (played by Su Youpeng) was secretly in love. However, Ruping only respected his friendship but rejected his love because she only had Shu Heng in her heart. Despite this, Du Fei's mental illness relapsed again. Next, Adjutant Li revealed that it was Ruping's brother Erhao (played by Gao Xin) who hurt Keyun. Originally, Yiping did not want to publicize this past incident, because Erhao and Keyun were only 16 years old at the time, but they were childhood sweethearts. One day during the conflict, Yiping pulled Erhao to Li's house. After Erhao saw Keyun, he only knew that his mother had told him that Keyun had married to Guangzhou. She doesn’t know how to face her current lover Fang Yu (played by Li Xin), nor how to face the future.
Mengping was humiliated
However, Xueqin thought it was Yiping. I intend to do the right of her, so she found her husband Wei Guangxiong (Wang Weiping), and Wei Guangxiong sent Yi Ping to beat Yi Ping. The culprit can't be found despite repeated efforts.
Yiping, Shuheng, Erhao, Du Fei, Fang Yu and Ruping worked together to help Keyun recall Keyun's past illness. Gradually getting better, she forgot about the dead child, but remembered Erhao. After witnessing all this, Erhao's girlfriend Fang Yu proposed breaking up. She said that when she woke up Keyun, she also woke up Ke Ke. Erhao said that he awakened Keyun to face conscience, not love. At this time, Ruping's younger sister Mengping (played by Le Tingting) was raped in the dance hall.
< p>Shuheng joins the armyOne day, Shuheng accidentally saw Yiping's old diary and learned about her strong desire for revenge. He learned that she approached him because he was Ruping's boyfriend. Shuheng's heart was broken, and he decided to break up with Yiping. In order to escape, Shuheng joined the anti-Japanese war and became a war reporter. This was an opportunity for Ruping. She missed Shuheng and decided to go to the front line to find him. When Ruping appeared in front of Shuheng amidst the rumbling sound of cannons, he was stunned and moved at the same time. Shuheng did not hesitate to get engaged to Ruping.
At the engagement celebration, Yiping came to congratulate them and sang "Ode to Joy" for them. After singing, Yiping's mood changed drastically due to drinking, and she fell into the water from the bridge. Shuheng and Adjutant Li rescued Yiping and rushed to the hospital, but her life was in danger. Shuheng felt remorseful, hugged Yiping and said that it was because he loved her so deeply that he couldn't bear her "not loving" her. Seeing this scene, Ruping felt that she was losing, and decided to withdraw from this "war between two women." After Yiping recovered from her illness, her grudges with Ruping were resolved.
The sisters reconciled
As the two sisters reconciled, Xueqin's anger and hatred grew day by day. When she found out that her husband Zhenhua wanted to buy another house to live with Wenpei's mother and daughter, she couldn't help but get angry and rushed to Yiping's house to make a fuss. Yiping originally wanted to live in peace with Xueqin, but was forced into desperation and finally told her father about Xueqin's affair with Wei Guangxiong. After getting confirmation from Adjutant Li, Zhenhua was angered. Facing her husband's interrogation, Xueqin frankly admitted that Erjie was his and Wei Guangxiong's illegitimate son, and cursed Lu Zhenhua. In anger, Zhenhua locked Xueqin and her son in the cellar, saying that they would starve to death.
Ruping and Erhao tried their best to rescue their mother and younger brother, but their father was furious and was helpless for a while.
Yiping and Shuheng came forward to dissuade them, and Zhenhua was moved by the situation and decided to go with the flow and give Ruping a chance to rescue Xueqin's mother and son. Ruping found Wei Guangxiong under the guidance of her mother. It turned out that Wei Guangxiong was a member of the underworld. While he robbed Xueqin's mother and son, he also conspired with Xueqin to rob the Lu family's property.
Seeing that her mother actually ignored her children and conspired with her ex-husband to commit such evil deeds, Ruping was greatly shocked. In the end, she left a letter home and ran away. At this time, the "July 7" Marco Polo Bridge Incident broke out. Ruping, who originally wanted to die, was inspired by the times and devoted herself to the battle related to the survival of the nation.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Shuheng, Du Fei, Erhao, and Yiping also participated in the national anti-Japanese war. Eight years later, they reunited one after another. Du Fei and Ruping met by chance on the battlefield and were so happy that they decided to live together. Yiping, on the other hand, has been waiting for Shuheng's return.