Affectionate and beautiful people are often burdened.

Author: Yuan Qiongqiong
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Publish Date: 2001-06-01
Features: A sentimental literary genius encounters a beautiful and innocent noblewoman. He goes to great lengths to win her favor, even risking the of bigamy, and persistently pursues her. Eventually, the young and beautiful lady accepts him. However, the impulsive and unfaithful Yu Dafu has been hiding many things from Wang Yingxia from the beginning. This includes pretending to marry in Japan for vanity, leading to a ridiculous honeymoon in the Japanese concession in Shanghai, secretly dating other women, showing no concern for his first wife's family background, and his hypocritical personality. These actions cause the beautiful woman to suffer much humiliation and sorrow in this marriage. After countless struggles between the times and personal events, the couple, who once caused a sensation in the literary world, still ended up breaking up after more than ten years of torment. Later, Wang Yingxia married someone else, while Yu Dafu started anew in Singapore, engaging in underground work, only to be assassinated by the Japanese and die in a foreign land. Their story can be seen as a tragic tale of the transition between the old and new eras amidst turbulent times.