Top-tier star Fan Fan initially went out of his way to keep his distance from his female co-star, Qie Qie, but always protected her in secret. One absurd mishap after another took place during filming: falling into a cesspit, becoming a social laughingstock and losing fans, and a slapstick on-set slap that plunged the pair into a cold war. Swept up in love and jealousy, Fan Fan swallowed his pride and begged her to make up, even going so far as to offer to wash her feet to win her love and, in a fit of pique, drink the water afterward. Beneath each humiliating farce lay the blazing, all-consuming fire of his desperate pursuit of her.
