The story takes place in 1930. Her mother was framed and died. The lonely girl Lin Yuhui (played by Dong Jie) followed her adoptive mother from Shanghai to Nanjing. Lin Yuhui, who was in a difficult life, began to make a living by singing along the Qinhuai River in desperation and became a singer. Five years passed in a blink of an eye. One day, Lin Yuhui accidentally met Chen Moren (played by Yu Rongguang), her father's former friend. In this way, Lin Yuhui followed Chen Moren to the Chen family and began to live under the fence. Gao Jinbang (played by Han Dong) is the grandson of the housekeeper. He and Lin Yuhui live and study together, almost inseparable. As time goes by, sincere feelings arise between the two. However, as early as childhood, Lin Yuhui had already made an engagement with Chen Peiwen (played by Liu Yu), the young master of the Chen family, so she could only painfully bury her feelings in her heart. The iron hoofs of the Japanese invaders broke the tranquility of Nanjing City. In the flying flames of war, everyone made their own choices.