The First Shot

Her heart was anchored in an unrequited love, while the one who truly saw her from the beginning waited in the wings. A tale of a fateful first encounter that changes everything—and a second chance at a love that was always meant to be.

When an influential and fearsome clan is massacred in mysterious circumstances, the clan’s talented disciple Tang Lici finds himself accused of masterminding the crime. Accusers say that Tang Lici is a traitor who murdered his master. A decade later, suspicions about Tang Lici linger, but much darker forces are conspiring to unleash chaos into the realm. Torn by his duality and his apparent inability to distinguish between good and evil, Tang Lici finds himself drawn back into the wider world to help defeat the evil conspiracy – armed only with his wits and his martial arts skills. His path soon crosses with former acquaintances, with some swearing enmity and others allied to his cause. Can he and his companions help defeat the forces of wickedness – or will his dual nature prove his undoing?

Baili Dongjun, the young master of the Marquis of Zhenxi's mansion, has little interest in practicing martial arts but throws himself into brewing liquor, only because he promised to be the Liquor Deity while his childhood friend Ye Yun becomes the Sword Deity. As fate would have it, he becomes a disciple of the top martial arts master Li Changsheng to start learning martial arts. Later, he meets his confidante Yueyao, reunites with Ye Yun, who has changed his name to Ye Dingzhi, and travels with Sikong Changfeng, a wandering adventurer. Together, these youths embark on their own adventures in the martial world.

A police detective investigating the kidnapping of elementary school students becomes involved in the intricate network of the underworld. Beijing policeman Li Hui Yan has gone alone to a small town in Dongbei due to a kidnapping case. By chance, he meets Zhou You, a mortician who is searching for the truth about his father's death. The two are pulled into grudges and entanglements that span three decades. In twelve days and nights, a secret about human nature is revealed.

A winter-summer romance between an 20-year-old girl, He Ran, and a middle-aged man, Xiao Han. They both took a chance on each other; love and passion followed. Where would their story go in a sea of paint and flowers?