We Didn't Marry for Love

Three girls with very different personalities support one another as they talk about the future in a Miao village, weathering life's ups and downs over more than a decade. By the time they go from youth to the midpoint of their lives, love is just a seasoning. There are more important things in life.

Why get married? Each has her own reasons, but none of them has anything to do with love. Focusing on the ethics of relationships, they define a partner less as a soulmate and more as a business associate.

"You ask me? Of course it's because he's strong, good-looking, and has money." Wu Qingqiu, an international trade assistant with nothing but her bare hands, has spent years tangled up with her one-night stand, each getting what they need. "Love is just the bread before dinner. I have a big appetite, and it won't fill me up."

"The people who want to marry me aren't right for me, and the right people don't want to get married. After all that picking and choosing, a marriage of convenience suits me." Lin Yu seems to be a science fiction writer and bookstore owner, but secretly writes girls' love stories about unrequited love. "Of course I know love. It's just not part of marriage."

"Find the child a father." Mao Xiangqing, the obedient good girl whose marriage was arranged for her, is warm to everyone, but quite resolute in her second marriage. "I'm having this baby, and I'll raise it myself."