Chinese Drama A Lonely Hero’s Journey Episode 1 Recap & Spoilers By The Chinese drama , starring , , and Chen Duling, released its first set of episodes on . The drama tells the story of Gu Yizhong (Joseph Zeng), who becomes the face of protest against Japanese oppression in his hometown, Suzhou. Episode one focuses on him getting investigated.
In this episode, the narrator acquaints viewers with the ongoing situation in Suzhou in the year 1941. Not only is the occupied city infiltrated by the Japanese invaders, but it also has to deal with the puppet regime of Wang Jingwei, the Chongqing spies, and also the CPC, as all of them want to gain power. After the Japanese failed to pacify and the CPC actively resisted their invasion, a new army base was formed.
Gu Yizhong, the young master of the Gu family, finds himself being pulled into this whirlwind. He is a talented architect and also an anti-Japanese activist. He has an extremely busy schedule as he has to meet important officials and also has been given the responsibility to design the new bank.
But he puts all his plans on hold to meet Xiao Ruoteng (Wang Yuwen). She is a secret agent of the CPC. Then, the viewers see the duo share a boat ride.
It appears they are quite fond of each other and are in a romantic relationship. A Lonely Hero’s Journey episode 1 spoilers The next scene shows Xiao Junxia, the director of CPC’s Iron Blood Action Group. He discusses the plan to rescue a senior intelligence officer with his gro.