Three men and two women

Author: Tian Baolin
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: A contemporary novel that delves into emotions and desires, confusion and, with a thrilling plot and an unexpected twist. A battle between justice and evil. The story of three men and two women, revealing the most primal impulses of human nature! Zheng Leping, Zheng Le'an, and Jing Dongsheng grew up with the orphaned Ma Lening, considered childhood sweethearts. As time passed, the three men, bound by a lifelong friendship, simultaneously shifted their fraternal affection for Ma Lening into romantic love, vowing to marry no one but her. At a Valentine's Day gathering, Ma Lening announced that her choice would be among the three, while warning the suitors not to harm or harm each other. The three brothers made a verbal gentlemen's agreement and swore an oath. Zheng Leping, under the influence of money, desire, and temptation, lost all the precious things in his humanity. To win Ma Lening's hand in marriage, he went to great lengths— (、), kidnapping, and murder, resorting to every means and losing all sense of morality. In the 1960s, three men born in the Year of the Goat: Zheng Yang, Ma Faxian, and Jing Guangwu entered Peking University's Chinese Department in the same year, forging an extraordinary friendship. During the Cultural Revolution, one died tragically, another disappeared, and one endured hardships before retiring at the turn of the century. The descendants of these three—Zheng Le'an, Zheng Leping, and Dongsheng, along with the orphaned Ma Lening, who had been nurtured and cared for since childhood—grew up together as childhood sweethearts. In the era of the turn of the century, when old and new ideas clashed fiercely, the three men, bound by a lifelong friendship across generations, simultaneously shifted their fraternal affection for Ma Lening into romantic love, vowing to marry no one but her. At a Valentine's Day party, Ma Lening announced that her choice would be among the three, stating she would not consider a decision until she uncovered the cause of her father's death. She also warned the three suitors not to harm or harm each other, to wait for time to help them. The three brothers made a verbal gentlemen's agreement, vowing to separately investigate the cause of Ma Faxian's death and withdraw from the love contest once the task was completed. To ensure fairness, each of them swore a solemn oath. Privately, Zheng Leping, leveraging his father's influence, seized the rare opportunity during the dual-track price system era to rapidly accumulate capital, () from a neighboring province. Under the temptation of money and desire, he lost all the precious values in his life. To win Ma Lening's favor, he went to great lengths— (、), kidnapping, and murder, employing various conspiratorial means to manipulate and harm his honest and straightforward twin brother Zheng Le'an and his competitive, journalist () Jing Dongsheng, using every possible method. The intricate plot, tense scenes, and unexpected ending reveal the thrilling struggle between justice and evil, while also telling people that tradition and justice will always triumph over evil and corruption.