Love on the Xiang River

During the Republican era, Pucheng, once a place of picturesque mountains and clear waters, suffered a prolonged drought, while bandits ran rampant.

Though the heroine is a delicate young woman, she dreams of saving the people of her hometown. She flees with her parents to the provincial capital, hoping to find a way to help them.

By chance, she meets a wealthy young man. Not only is the hero handsome, he falls in love with her at first sight. But he has a domineering childhood friend who is also deeply in love with him, and his mother disapproves of the heroine and strongly opposes their relationship. Desperate to secure donations, the heroine can only endure the pain and keep her distance from the hero. Through their combined efforts, they finally obtain a huge sum of money. But then the hero’s mother forces him to get engaged to his childhood friend. The winds of change rise once more, stirring hearts…