"The Falling Cherry Blossoms: The Final Chapter of Love and Hate" is a sadistic novel that tells the story of the love-hate entanglement between Lu Chenyuan, the heir to a top tycoon, and Su Heng, a piano genius who comes from a scholarly family.
Lu Chenyuan was abandoned by his mother when he was a child. He hated "perfect characters", but fell in love with the perfect Su Heng at first sight. He bought the Su family's ancestral home at an auction, signed a three-year marriage contract with Su Heng on the condition of saving the Su family, and imprisoned her beside him. Lu Chenyuan's personal assistant Lin Wan was born in a slum and was good at showing weakness and pretending to be miserable. He secretly funded Lin Wan's plastic surgery to look like Su Heng when she was a girl, trying to replicate the "unpolluted beauty".
Lin Wan repeatedly framed Su Heng, and Lu Chenyuan tortured Su Heng in every possible way during misunderstandings. Not only was Su Heng falsely accused of pushing Lin Wan to have an abortion, but she was also forced to kneel on a rainy night until she passed out. She was also locked in a wine cellar and subjected to cruel abuse by Lin Wan. In the end, Su Heng was seriously injured and blinded in order to save Lu, but was falsely accused of "premeditated murder" and was imprisoned in a mental hospital. There was a fire in the hospital, and Su Heng died in the flames trying to save a child in the same ward, leaving only half a burnt wedding ring.
Lu Chenyuan only discovered Su Heng's silent dedication and Lin Wan's viciousness after her death. He took revenge madly, brought down his father, killed Lin Wan, and eventually the consortium went bankrupt. He died embracing Su Heng's phantom in the ruins. The novel creates a strong sense of sadism through symbols such as pianos and wedding rings, as well as contrasting techniques and time loops, and shows an unforgettable tragic love.
