A poor, famous young actress meets a powerful young nobleman... Is theirs a love for the ages, or a doomed romance destroyed by the gap in their social standing? Onstage, Cheng Dieyi tells Duan Xiaolou, “We agreed it would be for a lifetime. One year, one month, one day, or even one hour less doesn't count as a lifetime.”
Sadly, a lifetime is so long. You can wait to meet the one you love, but you may not live to see the day you grow old together.
