In the 1950s, Peng Yufeng falls in love with Anna, a Soviet classmate at his medical college. Just as they are about to graduate and marry, the international situation takes a sudden turn. As relations between China and the Soviet Union deteriorate, Anna returns home. Peng Yufeng tries to cross the border illegally and is sentenced to prison. After labor reform and a period of hardship, he is destitute and down on his luck when Zhu Jinju, a woman who works in the pharmacy at the county hospital, reaches out to help him. They marry in haste and later have a daughter. Encouraged by her father, their daughter goes to study at Moscow University in Russia. While there, she falls in love with a teacher six years her senior. When an accident leaves one of them in need of a blood transfusion, they suddenly discover that they are siblings. After countless twists and turns, Anna sets out from Russia for China, determined to find the man she loves again…
"Love in This Life" tells the story of Peng Yufeng, a young college student, and Anna, a female student from the Soviet Union, who knew each other and fell in love. Peng Yufeng, a political "novice", is not afraid of the sky or the earth, he just does whatever he wants. As a result, he fell and struggled, causing injuries all over his body. After experiencing many hardships, he gradually realized that people must obey the country and society. Although the story begins in the 1950s, it is not difficult to understand that such young intellectuals not only appeared in that generation, but also exist in today's society. The author just uses this to remind young people: the knowledge of life is never in books. The story is still developing, so let us read this book carefully from a new perspective.