The Bells of the South

In the early years of the Republic, Xu Shuhua’s parents died in the war, and he was adopted by the Su family. After his adoptive father passed away, he shouldered the burden of keeping the family business afloat and married the eldest daughter. Yet ever since he first heard the bells ringing in the South, that distant land had haunted his life and his thoughts. He was always dissatisfied, though he could never understand why. Was it the times, his tragic fate, or a makeshift “love”?