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　　年轻的陈秋水（陈坤 饰）为少女王碧云（徐若瑄 饰）的弟弟雨萌当家庭教师，他清朗潇洒，有一套快乐的学习方法，两人一起唱歌学英文，简单快乐，很快就堕入爱河。然而陈秋水是左翼人士，为避难必须逃往大陆。虽然似乎是短暂的离别，但秋水离去前仍与王碧云私定终生，发誓矢志不渝。

　　但离别似乎很漫长 。秋水甚至与台湾失去了联络，但等待和思念仍埋在他的心中。部队护士王金娣（李冰冰 饰）对他坦言爱意，并展开追求。战争结束后，王金娣跟随秋水调至西藏，一路照顾无微不至。秋水亦多次寻碧云未果，决定把旧情藏于心底，不辜负决心随他的王金娣，二人成婚，但命运的嘲弄却在不远处。

　　秋水不知道，身在台湾的王碧云，终身未嫁，一生都在等待。

They fell in love; Chen Qiushui was 20. Wang Biyun was 18. When Qiushui fled Taiwan after the 228 Massacre, Biyun gave him a gold engagement ring and they promised to meet again. Qiushui served as an army doctor during the Korean War, where he met Wang Jindi, a nurse from Shanghai who fell in love with him instantly. Years had gone by, Qiushui married Jindi and settled in Tibet. While in Taiwan, Biyun buried Qiushui's mother and continued to pray for his return. Flashback to modern time, Biyun is living in New York. Her niece played by Isabella Leong, a writer, has travelled to Tibet to find out what happened to Qiushui. Through the pictures she sends back via internet, Biyun finally gets to see the familiar face once again.

När Qiushui lämnade Taiwan gav Biyun honom en ring och löftet om att de åter skulle ses.