Life Is Like a Dream: the Mist and Rain in Jinling

The scholarly and talented girl from the south of the Yangtze River x the young master who returned from studying abroad In the fourth year of the Republic of China, spring rain occurred in the south of the Yangtze River. Shen Jingshu, a scholarly and talented girl whose family has fallen into decline, meets Gu Lingyun, the son of a wealthy northern family who has returned from studying abroad and embraces the ideal of industrial salvation in the deep rain alley of Nanxun Ancient Town. A simple song and a tea party made two souls from different worlds attracted to each other and secretly fell in love. However, the torrent of time and the shackles of family do not allow this flower of love to bloom quietly. Opposition from the high-ranking Gu family, well-arranged marriage plots, and heavy pressure from old-fashioned ethics followed one after another, trying to ruthlessly separate the lovers. Immediately afterwards, wars broke out, mountains and rivers were shattered, from the turmoil of the Northern Expedition to the outbreak of the all-out Anti-Japanese War, the huge waves of the troubled times scattered them again and again, leaving them separated. Jingshu has grown from a gentle and shy girl in the boudoir to a tough and independent new woman of the era in the midst of displacement and survival struggles; Ling Yun has also grown from a passionate and idealistic rich man to a calm and resolute patriotic industrialist amidst the hatred of the country and the family and the frustrations of his career. Across the war-torn land of China, they endured a long separation and endless longing, but they always treasured each other deep in their hearts. Passing each other by each other again and again, and meeting briefly in times of crisis, their love has been tested in the furnace of the times and has become deeper and deeper. Family, country and world, the love between children is long. In the magnificent historical picture, can they break through the shackles of fate and keep the original love in the mist of life in a dream?