Shanghai in the 1930s, the Bai family, a former Qing dynasty Hanlin family whose ancestors once flourished in the 1930s, has been in a state of decline for many years, and the family has fallen into such a state that even their daily lives are stretched to the limit. When the sixth young lady of the Bai family, Ms. Bai Liusu, was born, the old lady Bai had to organize a decent wedding.
To raise money from all the houses, the oldest three Bai Liangyue, the oldest four Bai Liangyong two families shirking each other, sister-in-laws for the small account of the catty, Bai Liusu first feel the warmth and coldness of the world. After a failed marriage, she was left penniless and was subjected to cynicism among her relatives, and saw the world in a different light.
By chance, she meets Fan Liu Yuan, a dashing bachelor, and bets on herself to travel to Hong Kong to win Fan's love, and to fight for a legal marital status. The venue for the fight between the two lovebirds is at the Repulse Bay Hotel.
Originally, Bai Liusu seemed to have lost the bet, but when Fan Liuyuan was about to leave Hong Kong, the Japanese started bombing the Repulse Bay, and Fan Liuyuan turned back to protect Bai Liusu, and it was only when they were at the crossroads of life and death that the two of them were able to see each other sincerely and make the promise of a long-lasting relationship.
Expanded Information:
Love of a Fallen City: The Story of the Fallen City p>The love story of Fan Liuyuan and Bai Liusu in Love in a Fallen City can be described as winding and complicated with nine twists and turns. They are not the kind of heroes who dedicate themselves to the revolution, but the emotional experience between them is rich in tension, and their story is fascinating.
They are so exciting that they seem to be so "beautiful" and charismatic. In this regard, Eileen Chang once said: "I thought it was more realistic to write this way. I know that my work lacks power, but since I am a writer of fiction, I can only try to show the power of the characters in the novel.
I can't create the force for them. And I believe that while they are but weak mortals, less powerful than the heroes, it is these mortals who represent the totality of the age better than the heroes."
These stirring episodes include the lovable, the ridiculous, the pitiful, the pathetic, the despicable, the relatable, and the trustworthy aspects of the humanity of Fan Liu Yuan and Bai Liushu, and the grand backdrop of the fall of Hong Kong behind them is a grand metaphor for a certain relationship between them.
This relationship is the special war between Fan and Bai ...... is the "war" between men and women, the "war" between life and death, the "war" between love and hate, the "war" between men and women, the "war" between life and death, the "war" between love and hate, and the "war" between men and women. "War", that is, the "war" between human nature. And so we see this war unfolding.
Seeing two hard to distinguish, equally intelligent and selfish men and women, how to calculate their own gains and losses, how to rack their brains to calculate each other, and period of time to force each other, and be forced by the other one step forward, half a step back.
Characters:
1. Bai Liusu (Chen Shu?) is a young woman who is a young woman who is a young woman who is a young woman who is a young woman who is a young woman. )
25-30 years old. Bai Liusu was born into a big feudal family in Shanghai and married Tang Yiyuan when she was young. Unable to tolerate her husband's bad behavior, Bai Liusu divorced and returned to her mother's home, but was treated ruthlessly by her family.
In front of the cold reality, she can only wait to be "married" and sold. Bai Liusu is an old woman under the appearance of a "new woman", and she is unwilling to go down the road of abandonment even under the most difficult circumstances.
She knows how to move forward and backward in the process of love, with a unique flavor, and her love affair with Fan Liubuan is from unfocused to passionate, which is very meaningful to people's concept of love nowadays.
2, Fan Liu Yuan (Huang Jue?). )
30-35 years old. Fan Liu Yuan is the illegitimate son of his wealthy businessman father born to a socialite in England. When he was young and alone in Hong Kong, he lived a difficult life and was even forced to go into the underworld, and suffered a lot before he was granted the right to inherit a huge inheritance.
But he can only watch the girl he loves so much marry someone else. Although he likes Bai Liusu in his heart, he refuses to admit it outright and pretends to be careless, his seemingly asking questions and her seemingly answering them.
Keeping the relationship between the two in a state of if and when. He wanted Bai Liusu to be his lover, he would supply her needs, but would not marry her, he was nothing but a selfish man.
And a sudden change changed everything, *** with the same suffering, so that Fan Liu Yuan finally to Bai Liusu born sincere, want to settle down, and she lived a simple married life.
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