YuLan, a sentimental girl pretty as her name, born and raised in the cold and arid land but international city of Harbin in Manchuria, China, had the fortune, or perhaps misfortune, of meeting and falling in love with double secret agent Wang JianHao in the beginning of the Sino-Japanese war. The lovers were tragically parted for over four decades by the war while the undying love between them sustained YuLan through a life time of tragedy and hardship in the war-torn country. In the same period of time, Wang's will to live and will to be reunited with his love helped him stay one step ahead...