Night is deep

Author: Zhang Henshu
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: Young Moon Rong cannot endure the abuse from her foster parents and runs away. She is saved and taken in by the carriage driver Ding Er and his family. Seeing her intelligence, cuteness, and excellent appearance, they help her study with a master artist, making her a famous Peking Opera star. She is deeply grateful to Ding Er and his mother, who also have deep feelings for her. However, Moon Rong is not experienced in the world and succumbs to the temptation of the university student Song Xinsheng, running away with him to Tianjin to live together. But the dream does not last long. After Song tires of her, he even gives her to a warlord in Beijing as a concubine. Moon Rong refuses to submit to her fate and jumps from a building, pretending to be dead, and with the help of others, she escapes from the warlord's clutches. Too ashamed to face Ding Er and his mother, she ends up in Beijing's teahouses, earning a living by singing.
After Moon Rong's departure, Ding Er is forced to marry the mistress of a Liu manager. Later, the Liu manager helps promote Moon Rong as an actress and discovers the relationship between Ding Er and Moon Rong. To seize Moon Rong for himself, the Liu manager tries to drive Ding Er out of Beijing and lures Moon Rong to his secret hideout after the performance. Enraged, Ding Er follows with a knife.