In the spring of the eighth year of the Republic of China, when pear blossoms were in full bloom, Cheng Xuezhi, the young master of the Cheng family, received the admission notice from Yenching University. Also named on the gold list with him was Shen Tinglan, the son of the Shen family who was a close friend of his family.
Two teenagers who had been together since childhood, with longing for the future, agreed to go to Peking to study together. Cheng Xuezhi is as gentle as jade, good at painting, and good at poetry and calligraphy; Shen Tinglan is public and fiery, good at music and rhythm, and has a good knowledge of Western learning. He composed the song "Libai" for him, and he painted "Tinglan" for him. Under the pear tree in the south of the Yangtze River, he made a promise to stay together for a lifetime.
However, the torrent of time never stops for anyone. The Cheng family and the Shen family have been friends for generations, but there are hidden grievances and grudges that are unknown to the public; what seems to be a chance encounter is actually a chess game carefully arranged by fate. When the truth peeled off like pear blossoms, they discovered that from the moment they met, they were already on opposite sides of their fate.
From Jiangnan to Peiping, from domestic to overseas, from black hair to white hair, the two souls wandered in troubled times. They had turned against each other due to misunderstandings, and they had also sacrificed their lives for each other; one was forced to marry but kept his wife, and the other left her home far away but never forgot her.
After half a century of entanglement, after wars and changing times, when all the love and hatred have gone with the wind, all that remains is the eternal promise under the pear tree.
Concept: Love is the ultimate reconciliation beyond possession and form