Cause of Laughter

Name: Cause of Laughter
Author: Zhang Henshui

啼笑因缘

by Zhang Henshui (张恨水)

Status: Completed
Source: Fanqie

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9.2Score

22Chapters

Synopsis

"Cause of Laughter" is a classic social romance novel by Zhang Henshui. It is based on the marketplace of the 1920s and 1930s in Peking, and weaves a human tragedy of the dislocation of the rich and the poor, and the entanglement of love and hate. Fan Jiashu, a student from the south of the Yangtze River, went to Beijing to study. When he was strolling on a flyover, he met Shen Fengxi, a girl who sang drums. He felt sorry for her poor family and poor background, so he used his savings to help her get out of her career as a performer and sent her to school. The two secretly fell in love and made a private commitment. Fan Jiashu returned to his hometown to visit his mother. Before leaving, he made arrangements for the Shen family's livelihood and entrusted the chivalrous Guan Shou and his daughter to take care of her. But the temptation of prosperity is approaching step by step. Warlord General Liu takes a fancy to Fengxi's appearance and woos her with money, jewelry, and cars. Feng, who had never seen wealth before, was shaken in her heart and gradually forgot Fan Jiashu's sincerity. On the other side, He Lina, a socialite who comes from a wealthy family and looks exactly like Feng, falls in love with Fan Jiashu, but the simple young man has no intention of hanging around. The chivalrous girl Guan Xiu secretly loves Fan Jiashu and sees through this evil fate. On the one hand, there is the original intention of pure poverty, on the other hand, there is the temptation of wealth and wealth. The fate of the three people is intertwined. Love and profit are fiercely pulled. A ridiculous emotional entanglement, which shows the involuntary desolation of women at the bottom of the old era.

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