The plot is: Du Xiaoshuang (Brigitte Lin), a beautiful and strong orphan girl, is brought back to the Zhu family by her father and becomes the youngest sister of the four children of the Zhu family. Zhu Shiyao (Gu Minglun), the eldest son of the Zhu family, has a handicap in his leg but is very musical, and Xiaoshuang's musical talent endears him to Shiyao, but at the same time, he has an inferiority complex and is unable to confess his love for Xiaoshuang, but can only love and take care of her silently.
Later, Xiaoshuang meets a young writer, Lu Youwen (played by Qin Han), through Zhu Shihui (played by Tien Niu), who is attracted by Lu's talent and marries him. After the marriage, Lu Youwen became obsessed with gambling and ignored Xiaoshuang in order to find subjects for his creative work, leaving his family penniless and leading to the miscarriage of his first pregnancy, which led to Xiaoshuang's despair and determination to leave Lu Youwen.
After the divorce, Xiaoshuang embarked on the path of composing music with the help of Shiyao. A few years passed. Xiao Shuang, who was still in love with Lu Youwen, found the poor and sick Lu Youwen and accompanied him to spend the last beautiful days of his life. And Shiyao, who was y in love with Xiaoshuang, remained celibate, and he waited silently for Xiaoshuang on the other side of the water.
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p>1975 romantic and literary movie starring Brigitte Lin, Gu Minglun and Qin Han, based on the original novel of the same name by Qiong Yao.
Du Xiaoshuang, who is cold, arrogant, lonely, quiet and independent, is actually as passionate as fire. At the age of eighteen, she is suddenly orphaned and brought back to the Zhu family, where she meets the talented and proud Zhu Shiyao, who falls in love with her at first sight, but out of pride they clash constantly.
Then Lu Youwen, an ambitious and dedicated writer, appeared on the scene, conquering Xiaoshuang with his erudition and elegance, and the two broke through the many obstacles to become husband and wife. However, this seemingly romantic ending is more like the beginning of a tragedy. From the beginning to the end, Zhu Shiyao followed Xiaoshuang. To him, she was like a shadow in the water, seemingly near but still far away, while he, forever against the current, pursued her.
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