Conscience Strain (8)

Author: A Candy
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Publish Date: 2007-03-01
Features: Dawn, Liu Ruoying, and Fan Bingbing star in the movie adaptation. For love, they will go to any extreme. When love encounters a crying candy, it becomes the best love story of the season. In the vast mortal world, with countless tender emotions, it is dedicated to all those who suffer in love. The book comes with 8 attached crying love postcards. I said I would leave the most beautiful you behind, even if you were no longer in this world. I must bring you back to life. — Jun Chu
Although he treats me well now, I know he loves you. What he sees in me is actually you. — Ssan
Do you know what it feels like to love someone but not be able to be near them? It’s pain, an endless pain. — Manli
This book tells the story of 1930s Shanghai. Film photographer Jun Chu deeply loved his girlfriend, the radio host Manli. However, due to his introverted nature, he couldn’t find the courage to propose to her. In frustration, Manli broadcasted a radio drama she had written. In the drama, photographer Jun Chu regrets missing Manli’s marriage proposal and buys a ring to meet her. But on the day he arrives, Manli is killed in a car accident. Jun Chu lives in longing for Manli thereafter.
Later, a woman named Ssan appears. Ssan is the wife Jun Chu’s mother arranges for him to marry in order to ease his grief over Manli. However, Jun Chu roams the attic day and night, ignoring Ssan’s care. While Ssan deeply loves Jun Chu, she cannot bring him happiness. Until one day, Ssan sees Manli, who cannot leave, lingering nearby.