1912: The Begonias Stay Awake

Introduction In the spring of the first year of the Republic of China, Hangzhou. Shen Yanqing lost his beloved wife Tang Xueheng, but the Tang family pushed his cousin Tang Wantang, whose features resembled his late wife's, to him and persuaded him to move in and renew their relationship. The bronze mirror reflected a similar face, but he would never use a living person to fill the hole in his heart. He traveled far across the ocean and abandoned his tokens; after returning home, he rescued Wan Tang who had become a plaything of the rich and powerful, and personally helped her escape from the shadow and live her life as the real Tang Wan Tang. The war was turbulent, and the mountains and rivers were overturned. Shen Yanqing never married and used pen and ink to record the details of her deceased lover's past. The begonia tree bloomed and fell year by year, and the spring breeze of 1912 blew away the shadow of illusion. He guarded one name and walked through the vast vicissitudes of his life.