A Cheesy Love Story

As a child, I thought a bouquet of roses was romance. A little older, I thought loudly saying “I love you” was romance. Then I thought giving your life for someone was romance. A few years later, I thought staying together for the long haul was romance. Later, I thought...

Romance takes thousands of forms in different people’s hearts. The story of Wang Yiyi and Lu Tianshen is just one of them. Perhaps in that war-torn era, their love was one of countless ordinary romances, but their story is here now.

Let us tell it slowly. They say that nine out of ten romances in the Republic of China era end in tragedy. Wang Yiyi and Lu Tianshen, too, cannot escape missed chances, separation, death, and more...